[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H6-H205]
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                           RULES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Republican 
Conference, I call up a privileged resolution (H. Res. 5) and ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

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                               H. Res. 5

       Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of 
     the One Hundred Fifth Congress, including applicable 
     provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted 
     rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Fifth 
     Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, with 
     amendments to the standing rules, and with other orders, as 
     follows:

     SECTION 1. CHANGES IN STANDING RULES.

       Amend the standing rules to read as follows:

                 RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                RULE I.

                              The Speaker.

     Approval of the Journal

       1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative 
     day precisely at the hour to which the House last adjourned 
     and immediately call the House to order. Having examined and 
     approved the Journal of the last day's proceedings, the 
     Speaker shall announce to the House his approval thereof. The 
     Speaker's approval of the Journal shall be deemed agreed to 
     unless a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner demands a 
     vote thereon. If such a vote is decided in the affirmative, 
     it shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider. If such a 
     vote is decided in the negative, then one motion that the 
     Journal be read shall be privileged, shall be decided without 
     debate, and shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider.

     Preservation of order

       2. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum and, in 
     case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or 
     in the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.

     Control of Capitol facilities

       3. Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker 
     shall have general control of the Hall of the House, the 
     corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to 
     the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated 
     rooms in that part of the Capitol.

     Signature of documents

       4. The Speaker shall sign all acts and joint resolutions 
     passed by the two Houses and all writs, warrants, and 
     subpoenas of, or issued by order of, the House. The Speaker 
     may sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions whether or not 
     the House is in session.

     Questions of order

       5. The Speaker shall decide all questions of order, subject 
     to appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. On 
     such an appeal a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     may not speak more than once without permission of the House.

     Form of a question

       6. The Speaker shall rise to put a question but may state 
     it sitting. The Speaker shall put a question in this form: 
     ``Those in favor (of the question), say `Aye.' ''; and after 
     the affirmative voice is expressed, ``Those opposed, say 
     `No.' ''. After a vote by voice under this clause, the 
     Speaker may use such voting procedures as may be invoked 
     under rule XX.

     Discretion to vote

       7. The Speaker is not required to vote in ordinary 
     legislative proceedings, except when his vote would be 
     decisive or when the House is engaged in voting by ballot.

     Speaker pro tempore

       8. (a) The Speaker may appoint a Member to perform the 
     duties of the Chair. Except as specified in paragraph (b), 
     such an appointment may not extend beyond three legislative 
     days.
       (b)(1) In the case of his illness, the Speaker may appoint 
     a Member to perform the duties of the Chair for a period not 
     exceeding 10 days, subject to the approval of the House. If 
     the Speaker is absent and has omitted to make such an 
     appointment, then the House shall elect a Speaker pro tempore 
     to act during the absence of the Speaker.
       (2) With the approval of the House, the Speaker may appoint 
     a Member to act as Speaker pro tempore only to sign enrolled 
     bills and joint resolutions for a specified period of time.

     Term limit

       9. A person may not serve as Speaker for more than four 
     consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
     service for less than a full session in any Congress).

     Designation of travel

       10. The Speaker may designate a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House to travel on 
     the business of the House within or without the United 
     States, whether the House is meeting, has recessed, or has 
     adjourned. Expenses for such travel may be paid from 
     applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) 
     of rule X on vouchers approved and signed solely by the 
     Speaker.

     Committee appointment

       11. The Speaker shall appoint all select, joint, and 
     conference committees ordered by the House. At any time after 
     an original appointment, the Speaker may remove Members, 
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from, or appoint 
     additional Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
     to, a select or conference committee. In appointing Members, 
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner to conference 
     committees, the Speaker shall appoint no less than a majority 
     who generally supported the House position as determined by 
     the Speaker, shall name those who are primarily responsible 
     for the legislation, and shall, to the fullest extent 
     feasible, include the principal proponents of the major 
     provisions of the bill or resolution passed or adopted by the 
     House.

     Declaration of recess

       12. To suspend the business of the House for a short time 
     when no question is pending before the House, the Speaker may 
     declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair.

     Other responsibilities

       13. The Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader, 
     shall develop through an appropriate entity of the House a 
     system for drug testing in the House. The system may provide 
     for the testing of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House, and otherwise shall be 
     comparable in scope to the system for drug testing in the 
     executive branch pursuant to Executive Order 12564 (Sept. 15, 
     1986). The expenses of the system may be paid from applicable 
     accounts of the House for official expenses.

                                RULE II.

                     Other Officers and Officials.

     Elections

       1. There shall be elected at the commencement of each 
     Congress, to continue in office until their successors are 
     chosen and qualified, a Clerk, a Sergeant-at-Arms, a Chief 
     Administrative Officer, and a Chaplain. Each of these 
     officers shall take an oath to support the Constitution of 
     the United States, and for the true and faithful exercise of 
     the duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and 
     ability, and to keep the secrets of the House. Each of these 
     officers shall appoint all of the employees of his department 
     provided for by law. The Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Chief 
     Administrative Officer may be removed by the House or by the 
     Speaker.

     Clerk

       2. (a) At the commencement of the first session of each 
     Congress, the Clerk shall call the Members, Delegates, and 
     Resident Commissioner to order and proceed to record their 
     presence by States in alphabetical order, either by call of 
     the roll or by use of the electronic voting system. Pending 
     the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, the Clerk 
     shall preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of 
     order, subject to appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner.
       (b) At the commencement of every regular session of 
     Congress, the Clerk shall make and cause to be printed and 
     delivered to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident 
     Commissioner a list of the reports that any officer or 
     Department is required to make to Congress, citing the law or 
     resolution in which the requirement may be contained and 
     placing under the name of each officer the list of reports he 
     is required to make.
       (c) The Clerk shall--
       (1) note all questions of order, with the decisions 
     thereon, the record of which shall be appended to the Journal 
     of each session;
       (2) enter on the Journal the hour at which the House 
     adjourns;
       (3) complete the printing and distribution of the Journal 
     to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner, 
     together with an accurate and complete index, as soon as 
     possible after the close of a session; and
       (4) send a printed copy of the Journal to the executive of 
     and to each branch of the legislature of every State as may 
     be requested by such State officials.
       (d) The Clerk shall attest and affix the seal of the House 
     to all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the 
     House and certify the passage of all bills and joint 
     resolutions.
       (e) The Clerk shall cause the calendars of the House to be 
     printed and distributed each legislative day.
       (f) The Clerk shall--
       (1) retain in the library at the Office of the Clerk for 
     the use of the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and 
     officers of the House, and not to be withdrawn therefrom, two 
     copies of all the books and printed documents deposited 
     there; and
       (2) deliver or mail to any Member, Delegate, or the 
     Resident Commissioner an extra copy, in binding of good 
     quality, of each document requested by that Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner that has been printed by order of 
     either House of Congress in any Congress in which the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner served.
       (g) The Clerk shall provide for his temporary absence or 
     disability by designating an official in the Office of the 
     Clerk to sign all papers that may require the official 
     signature of the Clerk and to do all other official acts that 
     the Clerk may be required to do under the rules and practices 
     of the House, except such official acts as are provided for 
     by statute. Official acts done by the designated official 
     shall be under the name of the Clerk. The designation shall 
     be in writing and shall be laid before the House and entered 
     on the Journal.
       (h) The Clerk may receive messages from the President and 
     from the Senate at any time when the House is not in session.
       (i)(1) The Clerk shall supervise the staff and manage the 
     office of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     has died, resigned, or been expelled until a successor is 
     elected. The Clerk shall perform similar duties in the event 
     that a vacancy is declared by the House in any congressional

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     district because of the incapacity of the person representing 
     such district or other reason. Whenever the Clerk is acting 
     as a supervisory authority over such staff, he shall have 
     authority to terminate employees and, with the approval of 
     the Committee on House Administration, may appoint such staff 
     as is required to operate the office until a successor is 
     elected.
       (2) For 60 days following the death of a former Speaker, 
     the Clerk shall maintain on the House payroll, and shall 
     supervise in the same manner, staff appointed under House 
     Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress (as enacted into 
     permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 31b-5).
       (j) In addition to any other reports required by the 
     Speaker or the Committee on House Administration, the Clerk 
     shall report to the Committee on House Administration not 
     later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual 
     period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial 
     and operational status of each function under the 
     jurisdiction of the Clerk. Each report shall include 
     financial statements and a description or explanation of 
     current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
     procedures, and future plans for each function.
       (k) The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate 
     offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits 
     of financial records and administrative operations.

     Sergeant-at-Arms

       3. (a) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall attend the House during 
     its sittings and maintain order under the direction of the 
     Speaker or other presiding officer. The Sergeant-at-Arms 
     shall execute the commands of the House, and all processes 
     issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.
       (b) The symbol of the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall 
     be the mace, which shall be borne by him while enforcing 
     order on the floor.
       (c) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall enforce strictly the rules 
     relating to the privileges of the Hall of the House and be 
     responsible to the House for the official conduct of his 
     employees.
       (d) The Sergeant-at-Arms may not allow a person to enter 
     the room over the Hall of the House during its sittings; and 
     from 15 minutes before the hour of the meeting of the House 
     each day until 10 minutes after adjournment, he shall see 
     that the floor is cleared of all persons except those 
     privileged to remain.
       (e) In addition to any other reports required by the 
     Speaker or the Committee on House Administration, the 
     Sergeant-at-Arms shall report to the Committee on House 
     Administration not later than 45 days following the close of 
     each semiannual period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on 
     the financial and operational status of each function under 
     the jurisdiction of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall 
     include financial statements and a description or explanation 
     of current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
     procedures, and future plans for each function.
       (f) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the 
     appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews 
     and audits of financial records and administrative 
     operations.

     Chief Administrative Officer

       4. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have 
     operational and financial responsibility for functions as 
     assigned by the Committee on House Administration and shall 
     be subject to the policy direction and oversight of the 
     Committee on House Administration.
       (b) In addition to any other reports required by the 
     Committee on House Administration, the Chief Administrative 
     Officer shall report to the Committee on House Administration 
     not later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual 
     period ending on June 30 or December 31 on the financial and 
     operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of 
     the Chief Administrative Officer. Each report shall include 
     financial statements and a description or explanation of 
     current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
     procedures, and future plans for each function.
       (c) The Chief Administrative Officer shall fully cooperate 
     with the appropriate offices and persons in the performance 
     of reviews and audits of financial records and administrative 
     operations.

     Chaplain

       5. The Chaplain shall offer a prayer at the commencement of 
     each day's sitting of the House.

     Office of Inspector General

       6. (a) There is established an Office of Inspector General.
       (b) The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress 
     by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, 
     acting jointly.
       (c) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the 
     Committee on House Administration, the Inspector General 
     shall only--
       (1) conduct periodic audits of the financial and 
     administrative functions of the House and of joint entities;
       (2) inform the officers or other officials who are the 
     subject of an audit of the results of that audit and 
     suggesting appropriate curative actions;
       (3) simultaneously notify the Speaker, the Majority Leader, 
     the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on House Administration in the case 
     of any financial irregularity discovered in the course of 
     carrying out responsibilities under this clause;
       (4) simultaneously submit to the Speaker, the Majority 
     Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on House Administration a 
     report of each audit conducted under this clause; and
       (5) report to the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct information involving possible violations by a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House of any rule of the House or of any law 
     applicable to the performance of official duties or the 
     discharge of official responsibilities that may require 
     referral to the appropriate Federal or State authorities 
     under clause 3(a)(3) of rule XI.

     Office of the Historian

       7. There is established an Office of the Historian of the 
     House of Representatives. The Speaker shall appoint and set 
     the annual rate of pay for employees of the Office of the 
     Historian.

     Office of General Counsel

       8. There is established an Office of General Counsel for 
     the purpose of providing legal assistance and representation 
     to the House. Legal assistance and representation shall be 
     provided without regard to political affiliation. The Office 
     of General Counsel shall function pursuant to the direction 
     of the Speaker, who shall consult with a Bipartisan Legal 
     Advisory Group, which shall include the majority and minority 
     leaderships. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual 
     rate of pay for employees of the Office of General Counsel.

                               RULE III.

   The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.

     Voting

       1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the 
     House during its sittings, unless excused or necessarily 
     prevented, and shall vote on each question put, unless he has 
     a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the event of such 
     question.
       2. (a) A Member may not authorize any other person to cast 
     his vote or record his presence in the House or the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
       (b) No other person may cast a Member's vote or record a 
     Member's presence in the House or the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union.

     Delegates and the Resident Commissioner

       3. (a) Each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall be 
     elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner as 
     Members of the House and shall possess in such committees the 
     same powers and privileges as the other members of the 
     committee.
       (b) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may be 
     appointed to any select committee and to any conference 
     committee.

                                RULE IV.

                         The Hall of the House.

     Use and admittance

       1. The Hall of the House shall be used only for the 
     legislative business of the House and for caucus and 
     conference meetings of its Members, except when the House 
     agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be observed therein. 
     The Speaker may not entertain a motion for the suspension of 
     this clause.
       2. (a) Only the following persons shall be admitted to the 
     Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto:
       (1) Members of Congress, Members-elect, and contestants in 
     election cases during the pendency of their cases on the 
     floor.
       (2) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.
       (3) The President and Vice President of the United States 
     and their private secretaries.
       (4) Justices of the Supreme Court.
       (5) Elected officers and minority employees nominated as 
     elected officers of the House.
       (6) The Parliamentarian.
       (7) Staff of committees when business from their committee 
     is under consideration.
       (8) Not more than one person from the staff of a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner when that Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has an amendment under 
     consideration (subject to clause 5).
       (9) The Architect of the Capitol.
       (10) The Librarian of Congress and the assistant in charge 
     of the Law Library.
       (11) The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
       (12) Heads of departments.
       (13) Foreign ministers.
       (14) Governors of States.
       (15) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners; 
     former Parliamentarians of the House; and former elected 
     officers and minority employees nominated as elected officers 
     of the House (subject to clause 4).
       (16) One attorney to accompany a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner who is the respondent in an 
     investigation undertaken by the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct when a recommendation of that committee is 
     under consideration in the House.
       (17) Such persons as have, by name, received the thanks of 
     Congress.
       (b) The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent 
     request or a motion to suspend this clause.
       3. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all persons not 
     entitled to the privilege of the floor during the session 
     shall be excluded at all times from the Hall of the House and 
     the cloakrooms.
       (b) Until 15 minutes of the hour of the meeting of the 
     House, persons employed in

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     its service, accredited members of the press entitled to 
     admission to the press gallery, and other persons on request 
     of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner by card or in 
     writing, may be admitted to the Hall of the House.
       4. (a) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident 
     Commissioners; former Parliamentarians of the House; and 
     former elected officers and minority employees nominated as 
     elected officers of the House shall be entitled to the 
     privilege of admission to the Hall of the House and rooms 
     leading thereto only if--
       (1) they do not have any direct personal or pecuniary 
     interest in any legislative measure pending before the House 
     or reported by a committee; and
       (2) they are not in the employ of, or do not represent, any 
     party or organization for the purpose of influencing, 
     directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of 
     any legislative measure pending before the House, reported by 
     a committee, or under consideration in any of its committees 
     or subcommittees.
       (b) The Speaker shall promulgate such regulations as may be 
     necessary to implement this rule and to ensure its 
     enforcement.
       5. A person from the staff of a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner may be admitted to the Hall of the 
     House or rooms leading thereto under clause 2 only upon prior 
     notice to the Speaker. Such persons, and persons from the 
     staff of committees admitted under clause 2, may not engage 
     in efforts in the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto 
     to influence Members with regard to the legislation being 
     amended. Such persons shall remain at the desk and are 
     admitted only to advise the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or committee responsible for their admission. A 
     person who violates this clause may be excluded during the 
     session from the Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto 
     by the Speaker.

     Gallery

       6. (a) The Speaker shall set aside a portion of the west 
     gallery for the use of the President, the members of the 
     Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, foreign ministers and 
     suites, and the members of their respective families. The 
     Speaker shall set aside another portion of the same gallery 
     for the accommodation of persons to be admitted on the cards 
     of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner.
       (b) The Speaker shall set aside the southerly half of the 
     east gallery for the use of the families of Members of 
     Congress. The Speaker shall control one bench. On the request 
     of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator, the 
     Speaker shall issue a card of admission to his family, which 
     may include their visitors. No other person shall be admitted 
     to this section.

     Prohibition on campaign contributions

       7. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House, or any other person entitled to 
     admission to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto 
     by this rule, may not knowingly distribute a political 
     campaign contribution in the Hall of the House or rooms 
     leading thereto.

                                RULE V.

                        Broadcasting the House.

       1. The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his 
     direction and control for closed-circuit viewing of floor 
     proceedings of the House in the offices of all Members, 
     Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees and in 
     such other places in the Capitol and the House Office 
     Buildings as he considers appropriate. Such system may 
     include other telecommunications functions as the Speaker 
     considers appropriate. Any such telecommunications shall be 
     subject to rules and regulations issued by the Speaker.
       2. (a) The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his 
     direction and control for complete and unedited audio and 
     visual broadcasting and recording of the proceedings of the 
     House. The Speaker shall provide for the distribution of such 
     broadcasts and recordings to news media, for the storage of 
     audio and video recordings of the proceedings, and for the 
     closed-captioning of the proceedings for hearing-impaired 
     persons.
       (b) All television and radio broadcasting stations, 
     networks, services, and systems (including cable systems) 
     that are accredited to the House Radio and Television 
     Correspondents' Galleries, and all radio and television 
     correspondents who are so accredited, shall be provided 
     access to the live coverage of the House.
       (c) Coverage made available under this clause, including 
     any recording thereof--
       (1) may not be used for any political purpose;
       (2) may not be used in any commercial advertisement; and
       (3) may not be broadcast with commercial sponsorship except 
     as part of a bona fide news program or public affairs 
     documentary program.
       3. The Speaker may delegate any of his responsibilities 
     under this rule to such legislative entity as he considers 
     appropriate.

                                RULE VI.

              Official Reporters and News Media Galleries.

     Official reporters

       1. Subject to the direction and control of the Speaker, the 
     Clerk shall appoint, and may remove for cause, the official 
     reporters of the House, including stenographers of 
     committees, and shall supervise the execution of their 
     duties.

     News media galleries

       2. A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as may 
     be necessary to accommodate representatives of the press 
     wishing to report debates and proceedings shall be set aside 
     for their use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall 
     be admitted thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may 
     prescribe from time to time. The Standing Committee of 
     Correspondents for the Press Gallery, and the Executive 
     Committee of Correspondents for the Periodical Press Gallery, 
     shall supervise such galleries, including the designation of 
     its employees, subject to the direction and control of the 
     Speaker. The Speaker may assign one seat on the floor to 
     Associated Press reporters and one to United Press 
     International reporters, and may regulate their occupation. 
     The Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations as 
     he may prescribe, one additional representative of each press 
     association.
       3. A portion of the gallery as may be necessary to 
     accommodate reporters of news to be disseminated by radio, 
     television, and similar means of transmission, wishing to 
     report debates and proceedings, shall be set aside for their 
     use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall be admitted 
     thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe. 
     The Executive Committee of the Radio and Television 
     Correspondents' Galleries shall supervise such gallery, 
     including the designation of its employees, subject to the 
     direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may admit 
     to the floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one 
     representative of the National Broadcasting Company, one of 
     the Columbia Broadcasting System, and one of the American 
     Broadcasting Company.

                               RULE VII.

                         Records of the House.

     Archiving

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

     Public availability

       3. (a) The Clerk shall authorize the Archivist to make 
     records delivered under clause 2 available for public use, 
     subject to paragraph (b), clause 4, and any order of the 
     House.
       (b)(1) A record shall immediately be made available if it 
     was previously made available for public use by the House or 
     a committee or a subcommittee.
       (2) An investigative record that contains personal data 
     relating to a specific living person (the disclosure of which 
     would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), an 
     administrative record relating to personnel, or a record 
     relating to a hearing that was closed under clause 2(g)(2) of 
     rule XI shall be made available if it has been in existence 
     for 50 years.
       (3) A record for which a time, schedule, or condition for 
     availability is specified by order of the House shall be made 
     available in accordance with that order. Except as otherwise 
     provided by order of the House, a record of a committee for 
     which a time, schedule, or condition for availability is 
     specified by order of the committee (entered during the 
     Congress in which the record is made or acquired by the 
     committee) shall be made available in accordance with the 
     order of the committee.
       (4) A record (other than a record referred to in 
     subparagraph (1), (2), or (3)) shall be made available if it 
     has been in existence for 30 years.
       4. (a) A record may not be made available for public use 
     under clause 3 if the Clerk determines that such availability 
     would be detrimental to the public interest or inconsistent 
     with the rights and privileges of the House. The Clerk shall 
     notify in writing the chairman and ranking minority member of 
     the Committee on House Administration of any such 
     determination.
       (b) A determination of the Clerk under paragraph (a) is 
     subject to later orders of the House and, in the case of a 
     record of a committee, later orders of the committee.
       5. (a) This rule does not supersede rule VIII or clause 9 
     of rule X and does not authorize the public disclosure of any 
     record if such disclosure is prohibited by law or executive 
     order of the President.
       (b) The Committee on House Administration may prescribe 
     guidelines and regulations governing the applicability and 
     implementation of this rule.
       (c) A committee may withdraw from the National Archives and 
     Records Administration any record of the committee delivered 
     to the Archivist under this rule. Such a withdrawal shall be 
     on a temporary basis and for official use of the committee.

     Definition of record

       6. In this rule the term ``record'' means any official, 
     permanent record of the House

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

     Withdrawal of papers

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

                               RULE VIII.

                         Response to Subpoenas.

       1. When a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House is properly served with a subpoena 
     or other judicial order directing appearance as a witness 
     relating to the official functions of the House or for the 
     production or disclosure of any document relating to the 
     official functions of the House, such Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall comply, 
     consistently with the privileges and rights of the House, 
     with the subpoena or other judicial order as hereinafter 
     provided, unless otherwise determined under this rule.
       2. Upon receipt of a properly served subpoena or other 
     judicial order described in clause 1, a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
     shall promptly notify the Speaker of its receipt in writing. 
     Such notification shall promptly be laid before the House by 
     the Speaker. During a period of recess or adjournment of 
     longer than three days, notification to the House is not 
     required until the reconvening of the House, when the 
     notification shall promptly be laid before the House by the 
     Speaker.
       3. Once notification has been laid before the House, the 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House shall determine whether the issuance of the 
     subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a 
     proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and 
     relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of 
     the House. Such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee shall notify the Speaker before seeking 
     judicial determination of these matters.
       4. Upon determination whether a subpoena or other judicial 
     order described in clause 1 is a proper exercise of 
     jurisdiction by the court, is material and relevant, and is 
     consistent with the privileges and rights of the House, the 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House shall immediately notify the Speaker of the 
     determination in writing.
       5. The Speaker shall inform the House of a determination 
     whether a subpoena or other judicial order described in 
     clause 1 is a proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, 
     is material and relevant, and is consistent with the 
     privileges and rights of the House. In so informing the 
     House, the Speaker shall generally describe the records or 
     information sought. During a period of recess or adjournment 
     of longer than three days, such notification is not required 
     until the reconvening of the House, when the notification 
     shall promptly be laid before the House by the Speaker.
       6. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) or otherwise 
     ordered by the House, upon notification to the House that a 
     subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a 
     proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and 
     relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of 
     the House, the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House shall comply with the 
     subpoena or other judicial order by supplying certified 
     copies.
       (b) Under no circumstances may minutes or transcripts of 
     executive sessions, or evidence of witnesses in respect 
     thereto, be disclosed or copied. During a period of recess or 
     adjournment of longer than three days, the Speaker may 
     authorize compliance or take such other action as he 
     considers appropriate under the circumstances. Upon the 
     reconvening of the House, all matters that transpired 
     under this clause shall promptly be laid before the House 
     by the Speaker.
       7. A copy of this rule shall be transmitted by the Clerk to 
     the court when a subpoena or other judicial order described 
     in clause 1 is issued and served on a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.
       8. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to deprive, 
     condition, or waive the constitutional or legal privileges or 
     rights applicable or available at any time to a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House, or of the House itself, or the right of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, or of 
     the House itself, to assert such privileges or rights before 
     a court in the United States.

                                RULE IX.

                        Questions of Privilege.

       1. Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting 
     the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, 
     and the integrity of its proceedings; and second, those 
     affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of Members, 
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, individually, in 
     their representative capacity only.
       2. (a)(1) A resolution reported as a question of the 
     privileges of the House, or offered from the floor by the 
     Majority Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the 
     privileges of the House, or offered as privileged under 
     clause 1, section 7, article I of the Constitution, shall 
     have precedence of all other questions except motions to 
     adjourn. A resolution offered from the floor by a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner other than the Majority 
     Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the privileges 
     of the House shall have precedence of all other questions 
     except motions to adjourn only at a time or place, designated 
     by the Speaker, in the legislative schedule within two 
     legislative days after the day on which the proponent 
     announces to the House his intention to offer the resolution 
     and the form of the resolution. Oral announcement of the form 
     of the resolution may be dispensed with by unanimous consent.
       (2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered 
     from the floor as a question of the privileges of the House 
     shall be equally divided between (A) the proponent of the 
     resolution, and (B) the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, 
     or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.
       (b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence 
     of all other questions except motions to adjourn.

                                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:
       (a) Committee on Agriculture.
       (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of 
     birds and animals in forest reserves.
       (2) Agriculture generally.
       (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
       (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
       (5) Agricultural economics and research.
       (6) Agricultural education extension services.
       (7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization 
     of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not 
     including distribution outside of the United States).
       (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
       (9) Commodity exchanges.
       (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
       (11) Dairy industry.
       (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
       (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
       (14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and 
     seafood and seafood products.
       (15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than 
     those created from the public domain.
       (16) Human nutrition and home economics.
       (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
       (18) Rural electrification.
       (19) Rural development.
       (20) Water conservation related to activities of the 
     Department of Agriculture.
       (b) Committee on Appropriations.
       (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the 
     Government.
       (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in 
     appropriation Acts.
       (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
       (4) Bills and joint resolutions reported by other 
     committees that provide new entitlement authority as defined 
     in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 
     referred to the committee under clause 4(a)(2).
       (c) Committee on Armed Services.
       (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy, and 
     Air Force reservations and establishments.
       (2) Common defense generally.
       (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum 
     and oil shale reserves.
       (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the 
     Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.
       (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures 
     relating to the maintenance, operation, and administration of 
     interoceanic canals.
       (6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.
       (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
       (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the Department of Defense.
       (9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including 
     financial assistance for the construction and operation of 
     vessels, maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair 
     industrial base, cabotage, cargo preference, and merchant 
     marine officers and seamen as these matters relate to the 
     national security.

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       (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and 
     privileges of members of the armed forces.
       (11) Scientific research and development in support of the 
     armed services.
       (12) Selective service.
       (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
     and Air Force.
       (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
       (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the 
     common defense.
       (d) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and 
     Federal monetary policy.
       (2) Bank capital markets activities generally.
       (3) Depository institutions securities activities 
     generally, including activities of any affiliates (except for 
     functional regulation under applicable securities laws not 
     involving safety and soundness).
       (4) Economic stabilization, defense production, 
     renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, 
     rents, and services.
       (5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than 
     transportation).
       (6) International finance.
       (7) International financial and monetary organizations.
       (8) Money and credit, including currency and this issuance 
     of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including 
     the coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar.
       (9) Public and private housing.
       (10) Urban development.
       (e) Committee on the Budget.
       (1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in 
     section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other 
     matters required to be referred to the committee under titles 
     III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth 
     appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States 
     Government.
       (2) Budget process generally.
       (3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special 
     controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary 
     treatment of off-budget Federal agencies and measures 
     providing exemption from reduction under any order issued 
     under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       (f) Committee on Commerce.
       (1) Biomedical research and development.
       (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
       (3) Health and health facilities (except health care 
     supported by payroll deductions).
       (4) Interstate energy compacts.
       (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
       (6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, 
     pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all 
     fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or 
     renewable energy resources.
       (7) Conservation of energy resources.
       (8) Energy information generally.
       (9) The generation and marketing of power (except by 
     federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing 
     authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and 
     ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation 
     facilities (except the installation of interconnections 
     between Government waterpower projects).
       (10) General management of the Department of Energy and 
     management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission.
       (11) National energy policy generally.
       (12) Public health and quarantine.
       (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, 
     including regulation of research and development reactors and 
     nuclear regulatory research.
       (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
       (15) Securities and exchanges.
       (16) Travel and tourism.
     The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect 
     to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear 
     energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear 
     facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.
       (g) Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       (1) Child labor.
       (2) Gallaudet University and Howard University and 
     Hospital.
       (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts 
     into interstate commerce.
       (4) Food programs for children in schools.
       (5) Labor standards and statistics.
       (6) Education or labor generally.
       (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
       (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign 
     laborers under contract.
       (9) Workers' compensation.
       (10) Vocational rehabilitation.
       (11) Wages and hours of labor.
       (12) Welfare of miners.
       (13) Work incentive programs.
       (h) Committee on Government Reform.
       (1) Federal civil service, including intergovernmental 
     personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the 
     United States, including their compensation, classification, 
     and retirement.
       (2) Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in 
     general (other than appropriations).
       (3) Federal paperwork reduction.
       (4) Government management and accounting measures 
     generally.
       (5) Holidays and celebrations.
       (6) Overall economy, efficiency, and management of 
     government operations and activities, including Federal 
     procurement.
       (7) National archives.
       (8) Population and demography generally, including the 
     Census.
       (9) Postal service generally, including transportation of 
     the mails.
       (10) Public information and records.
       (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States 
     and municipalities generally.
       (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the 
     Government.
       (i) Committee on House Administration.
       (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and 
     expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations); House 
     Information Resources; and allowance and expenses of Members, 
     Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
     administrative offices of the House.
       (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in 
     subparagraph (1).
       (3) Employment of persons by the House, including staff for 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and 
     committees; and reporters of debates, subject to rule VI.
       (4) Except as provided in paragraph (q)(11), the Library of 
     Congress, including management thereof; the House Library; 
     statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of works of art 
     for the Capitol; the Botanic Garden; and purchase of books 
     and manuscripts.
       (5) The Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of 
     similar institutions (except as provided in paragraph 
     (q)(11)).
       (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
       (7) Franking Commission.
       (8) Printing and correction of the Congressional Record.
       (9) Accounts of the House generally.
       (10) Assignment of office space for Members, Delegates, the 
     Resident Commissioner, and committees.
       (11) Disposition of useless executive papers.
       (12) Election of the President, Vice President, Members, 
     Senators, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner; corrupt 
     practices; contested elections; credentials and 
     qualifications; and Federal elections generally.
       (13) Services to the House, including the House Restaurant, 
     parking facilities, and administration of the House Office 
     Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
       (14) Travel of Members, Delegates, and the Resident 
     Commissioner.
       (15) Raising, reporting, and use of campaign contributions 
     for candidates for office of Representative, of Delegate, and 
     of Resident Commissioner.
       (16) Compensation, retirement, and other benefits of the 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
     employees of Congress.
       (j) Committee on International Relations.
       (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations 
     generally.
       (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and 
     legations in foreign countries.
       (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United 
     States and foreign nations.
       (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear 
     technology and nuclear hardware.
       (5) Foreign loans.
       (6) International commodity agreements (other than those 
     involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in 
     the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
       (7) International conferences and congresses.
       (8) International education.
       (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
       (10) Diplomatic service.
       (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign 
     nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
       (12) International economic policy.
       (13) Neutrality.
       (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and 
     expatriation.
       (15) The American National Red Cross.
       (16) Trading with the enemy.
       (17) United Nations organizations.
       (k) Committee on the Judiciary.
       (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and 
     criminal.
       (2) Administrative practice and procedure.
       (3) Apportionment of Representatives.
       (4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
       (5) Civil liberties.
       (6) Constitutional amendments.
       (7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the 
     Territories and possessions.
       (8) Immigration and naturalization.
       (9) Interstate compacts generally.
       (10) Claims against the United States.
       (11) Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner; and their 
     acceptance of incompatible offices.
       (12) National penitentiaries.
       (13) Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, 
     and trademarks.
       (14) Presidential succession.
       (15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful 
     restraints and monopolies.
       (16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the 
     United States.
       (17) State and territorial boundary lines.
       (18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security 
     of the United States.
       (l) Committee on Resources.
       (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, 
     restoration, refuges, and conservation.
       (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the 
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       (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, 
     including alien ownership of mineral lands.
       (4) Geological Survey.
       (5) International fishing agreements.
       (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters 
     for irrigation purposes.
       (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for 
     reclamation projects and easements of public lands for 
     irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when 
     necessary to complete irrigation projects.
       (8) Native Americans generally, including the care and 
     allotment of Native American lands and general and special 
     measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native 
     American funds.
       (9) Insular possessions of the United States generally 
     (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
       (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within 
     the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to 
     the memory of individuals.
       (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
       (12) Mineral resources of public lands.
       (13) Mining interests generally.
       (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
       (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management 
     (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of 
     navigable waters).
       (16) Oceanography.
       (17) Petroleum conservation on public lands and 
     conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
       (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of 
     interest on the public domain.
       (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, 
     and grazing thereon.
       (20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans 
     and Native American tribes.
       (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).
       (m) Committee on Rules.
       (1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to the 
     Code of Official Conduct) and the order of business of the 
     House.
       (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
       (n) Committee on Science.
       (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, 
     and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated 
     nonmilitary energy laboratories.
       (2) Astronautical research and development, including 
     resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
       (3) Civil aviation research and development.
       (4) Environmental research and development.
       (5) Marine research.
       (6) Commercial application of energy technology.
       (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
     standardization of weights and measures, and the metric 
     system.
       (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (9) National Space Council.
       (10) National Science Foundation.
       (11) National Weather Service.
       (12) Outer space, including exploration and control 
     thereof.
       (13) Science scholarships.
       (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, 
     and projects therefor.
       (o) Committee on Small Business.
       (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, 
     including financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and 
     paperwork reduction.
       (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal 
     procurement and Government contracts.
       (p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       The Code of Official Conduct.
       (q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, 
     lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.
       (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural 
     disasters.
       (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
       (4) Inland waterways.
       (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and 
     signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such 
     vessels.
       (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including 
     pilotage.
       (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
       (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent 
     collisions at sea.
       (9) The Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office 
     Buildings.
       (10) Construction or maintenance of roads and post roads 
     (other than appropriations therefor).
       (11) Construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and care 
     of buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the Library 
     of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
       (12) Merchant marine (except for national security aspects 
     thereof).
       (13) Purchase of sites and construction of post offices, 
     customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government buildings 
     within the District of Columbia.
       (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including 
     inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
       (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management, as 
     they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
       (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of 
     the United States generally.
       (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including 
     bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams).
       (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.
       (19) Roads and the safety thereof.
       (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, 
     water transportation, transportation safety (except 
     automobile safety), transportation infrastructure, 
     transportation labor, and railroad retirement and 
     unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto).
       (21) Water power.
       (r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       (1) Veterans' measures generally.
       (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of 
     any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the 
     United States or abroad (except cemeteries administered by 
     the Secretary of the Interior).
       (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education 
     of veterans.
       (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of 
     service in the Armed Forces.
       (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general 
     and special.
       (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
       (7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
       (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of 
     veterans.
       (s) Committee on Ways and Means.
       (1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and 
     delivery.
       (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
       (3) Revenue measures generally.
       (4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.
       (5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last 
     sentence of clause 4(f).
       (6) Deposit of public monies.
       (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
       (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
       (9) National social security (except health care and 
     facilities programs that are supported from general revenues 
     as opposed to payroll deductions and except work incentive 
     programs).

     General oversight responsibilities

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

     Special oversight functions

       3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such 
     studies and examinations of the organization and operation of 
     executive departments and other executive agencies (including 
     an agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
     United States) as it considers necessary to assist it in the 
     determination of matters within its jurisdiction.
       (b) The Committee on the Budget shall study on a continuing 
     basis the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and 
     proposed legislation and report the results of such studies 
     to the House on a recurring basis.
       (c) The Committee on Commerce shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
     relating to nuclear and other energy and nonmilitary nuclear 
     energy research and development including the disposal of 
     nuclear waste.
       (d) The Committee on Education and the Workforce shall 
     review, study, and coordinate on a continuing basis laws, 
     programs, and Government activities relating to domestic 
     educational programs and institutions and programs of student 
     assistance within the jurisdiction of other committees.
       (e) The Committee on Government Reform shall review and 
     study on a continuing basis the operation of Government 
     activities at all levels with a view to determining their 
     economy and efficiency.
       (f) The Committee on International Relations shall review 
     and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and 
     Government activities relating to customs administration, 
     intelligence activities relating to foreign policy, 
     international financial and monetary organizations, and 
     international fishing agreements.
       (g) The Committee on Armed Services shall review and study 
     on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government 
     activities relating to international arms control and 
     disarmament and the education of military dependents in 
     schools.
       (h) The Committee on Resources shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
     relating to Native Americans.
       (i) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis the congressional budget process, and the 
     committee shall report its findings and recommendations to 
     the House from time to time.
       (j) The Committee on Science shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
     relating to nonmilitary research and development.
       (k) The Committee on Small Business shall study and 
     investigate on a continuing basis the problems of all types 
     of small business.

     Additional functions of committees

       4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 
     30 days after the transmittal of the Budget to Congress each 
     year, hold hearings on the Budget as a whole with particular 
     reference to--
       (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the 
     President in the presentation of the Budget; and
       (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used 
     as bases in arriving at total estimated expenditures and 
     receipts.
       (B) In holding hearings under subdivision (A), the 
     committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and 
     such other persons as the committee may desire.
       (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
     shall be held in open session, except when the committee, in 
     open session and with a quorum present, determines by record 
     vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that 
     day may be related to a matter of national security. The 
     committee may by the same procedure close one subsequent day 
     of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings shall be 
     printed and a copy thereof furnished to each Member, 
     Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner.
       (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
     may be held before a joint meeting of the committee and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with 
     such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.
       (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, when a committee reports a bill or joint 
     resolution that provides new entitlement authority as defined 
     in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the bill or 
     joint resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the 
     committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority 
     under section 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint 
     resolution may be referred to the Committee on 
     Appropriations with instructions to report it with 
     recommendations (which may include an amendment limiting 
     the total amount of new entitlement authority provided in 
     the bill or joint resolution). If the Committee on 
     Appropriations fails to report a bill or joint resolution 
     so referred within 15 calendar days (not counting any day 
     on which the House is not in session), the committee 
     automatically shall be discharged from consideration of 
     the bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint 
     resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
       (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall 
     study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that (on 
     the first day of the first fiscal year for which the 
     congressional budget process is effective) provide spending 
     authority or permanent budget authority and shall report to 
     the House from time to time its recommendations for 
     terminating or modifying such provisions.
       (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on 
     Appropriations (after consulting with the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations 
     made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
     the conference report on such concurrent resolution, and 
     promptly report the subdivisions to the House as soon as 
     practicable after a concurrent resolution on the budget for a 
     fiscal year is agreed to.
       (b) The Committee on the Budget shall--
       (1) review on a continuing basis the conduct by the 
     Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties;
       (2) hold hearings and receive testimony from Members, 
     Senators, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and such 
     appropriate representatives of Federal departments and 
     agencies, the general public, and national organizations as 
     it considers desirable in developing concurrent resolutions 
     on the budget for each fiscal year;
       (3) make all reports required of it by the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974;
       (4) study on a continuing basis those provisions of law 
     that exempt Federal agencies or any of their activities or 
     outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United States 
     Government, and report to the House from time to time its 
     recommendations for terminating or modifying such provisions;
       (5) study on a continuing basis proposals designed to 
     improve and facilitate the congressional budget process, and 
     report to the House from time to time the results of such 
     studies, together with its recommendations; and
       (6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax 
     expenditures, devise methods of coordinating tax 
     expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget 
     outlays, and report the results of such studies to the House 
     on a recurring basis.
       (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform shall--
       (A) receive and examine reports of the Comptroller General 
     of the United States and submit to the House such 
     recommendations as it considers necessary or desirable in 
     connection with the subject matter of the reports;
       (B) evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the 
     legislative and executive branches of the Government; and
       (C) study intergovernmental relationships between the 
     United States and the States and municipalities and between 
     the United States and international organizations of which 
     the United States is a member.
       (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the 
     Committee on Government Reform may at any time conduct 
     investigations of any matter without regard to clause 1, 2, 
     3, or this clause conferring jurisdiction over the matter to 
     another standing committee. The findings and recommendations 
     of the committee in such an investigation shall be made 
     available to any other standing committee having jurisdiction 
     over the matter involved and shall be included in the report 
     of any such other committee when required by clause 3(c)(4) 
     of rule XIII.
       (d)(1) The Committee on House Administration shall--
       (A) examine all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions 
     after passage by the House and, in cooperation with the 
     Senate, examine all bills and joint resolutions that have 
     passed both Houses to see that they are correctly enrolled 
     and forthwith present those bills and joint resolutions that 
     originated in the House to the President in person after 
     their signature by the Speaker and the President of the 
     Senate, and report to the House the fact and date of their 
     presentment;
       (B) provide policy direction for, and oversight of, the 
     Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and 
     Inspector General;
       (C) have the function of accepting on behalf of the House a 
     gift, except as otherwise provided by law, if the gift does 
     not involve a duty, burden, or condition, or is not made 
     dependent on some future performance by the House; and
       (D) promulgate regulations to carry out subdivision (C).

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       (2) An employing office of the House may enter into a 
     settlement of a complaint under the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 that provides for the payment of 
     funds only after receiving the joint approval of the chairman 
     and ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
     Administration concerning the amount of such payment.
       (e)(1) Each standing committee shall, in its consideration 
     of all public bills and public joint resolutions within its 
     jurisdiction, ensure that appropriations for continuing 
     programs and activities of the Federal Government and the 
     government of the District of Columbia will be made annually 
     to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the 
     nature, requirement, and objective of the programs and 
     activities involved. In this subparagraph programs and 
     activities of the Federal Government and the government of 
     the District of Columbia includes programs and activities of 
     any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned 
     Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal 
     Government or of the government of the District of Columbia.
       (2) Each standing committee shall review from time to time 
     each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which 
     appropriations are not made annually to ascertain whether the 
     program should be modified to provide for annual 
     appropriations.

     Budget Act responsibilities

       (f)(1) Each standing committee shall submit to the 
     Committee on the Budget not later than six weeks after the 
     President submits his budget, or at such time as the 
     Committee on the Budget may request--
       (A) its views and estimates with respect to all matters to 
     be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     the ensuing fiscal year that are within its jurisdiction or 
     functions; and
       (B) an estimate of the total amounts of new budget 
     authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to be 
     provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions within 
     its jurisdiction that it intends to be effective during that 
     fiscal year.
       (2) The views and estimates submitted by the Committee on 
     Ways and Means under subparagraph (1) shall include a 
     specific recommendation, made after holding public hearings, 
     as to the appropriate level of the public debt that should be 
     set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget and 
     serve as the basis for an increase or decrease in the 
     statutory limit on such debt under the procedures provided by 
     rule XXIII.

     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.
       (2)(A) The Committee on the Budget shall be composed of 
     members as follows:
       (i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner who 
     are members of other standing committees, including five who 
     are members of the Committee on Appropriations and five who 
     are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
       (ii) one Member from the elected leadership of the majority 
     party; and
       (iii) one Member from the elected leadership of the 
     minority party.
       (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the 
     Committee on the Budget other than one from the elected 
     leadership of a party may not serve on the committee during 
     more than four Congresses in a period of six successive 
     Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for 
     less than a full session in a Congress).
       (C) A member of the Committee on the Budget who served as 
     either the chairman or the ranking minority member of the 
     committee in the immediately previous Congress and who did 
     not serve in that respective capacity in an earlier Congress 
     may serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority 
     member of the committee during one additional Congress.
       (3)(A) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
     be composed of 10 members, five from the majority party and 
     five from the minority party.
       (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not serve on 
     the committee during more than three Congresses in a period 
     of five successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose 
     any service for less than a full session in a Congress).
       (C) A member of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct may serve on the committee during a fourth Congress 
     in a period of five successive Congresses only as either the 
     chairman or the ranking minority member of the committee.
       (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 
     Standards of Official Conduct 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.
       (B) Whenever the chairman and the ranking minority member 
     of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct jointly 
     determine that Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner named under subdivision (A) should be assigned 
     to serve on an investigative subcommittee of that committee, 
     each of them shall select an equal number of such Members, 
     Delegates, or Resident Commissioner from his respective party 
     to serve on that subcommittee.
       (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 chairman 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 chairman of each affected committee that the 
     election of such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     to the committee is automatically vacated under this 
     subparagraph.
       (2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision (B), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not serve 
     simultaneously as a member of more than two standing 
     committees or more than four subcommittees of the standing 
     committees.
       (B)(i) Ex officio service by a chairman 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.
       (ii) Service on an investigative subcommittee of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct under paragraph 
     (a)(4) does not count against the limitation on subcommittee 
     service.
       (iii) Any other exception to the limitations in subdivision 
     (A) must be approved by the House on the recommendation of 
     the relevant party caucus or conference.
       (C) In this subparagraph the term "subcommittee" includes a 
     panel (other than a special oversight panel of the Committee 
     on Armed Services), task force, special subcommittee, or 
     other subunit of a standing committee that is established for 
     a cumulative period longer than six months in a Congress.
       (c)(1) One of the members of each standing committee shall 
     be elected by the House, on the nomination of the majority 
     party caucus or conference, as chairman thereof. In the 
     temporary absence of the chairman, the member next in rank 
     (and so on, as often as the case shall happen) shall act as 
     chairman. 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 chairman.
       (2) A member of a standing committee may not serve as 
     chairman of the same standing committee, or of the same 
     subcommittee of a standing committee, during more than three 
     consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
     service for less than a full session in a Congress).
       (d)(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2), a committee 
     may have not more than five subcommittees.
       (2) A committee that maintains a subcommittee on oversight 
     may have not more than six subcommittees. The Committee on 
     Appropriations may have not more than 13 subcommittees. The 
     Committee on Government Reform may have not more than seven 
     subcommittees.
       (e) The House shall fill a vacancy on a standing committee 
     by election on the nomination of the respective party caucus 
     or conference.

     Expense resolutions

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

     Interim funding

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

     Travel

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

     Committee staffs

       9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), 
     each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote, not 
     more than 30 professional staff members to be compensated 
     from the funds provided for the appointment of committee 
     staff by primary and additional expense resolutions. Each 
     professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph 
     shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority 
     member of the committee, as the committee considers 
     advisable.
       (2) Subject to paragraph (f) whenever a majority of the 
     minority party members of a standing committee (other than 
     the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) so request, not 
     more than 10 persons (or one-third of the total professional 
     committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever is 
     fewer) may be selected, by majority vote of the minority 
     party members, for appointment by the committee as 
     professional staff members under subparagraph (1). The 
     committee shall appoint persons so selected whose character 
     and qualifications are acceptable to a majority of the 
     committee. If the committee determines that the character and 
     qualifications of a person so selected are unacceptable, a 
     majority of the minority party members may select another 
     person for appointment by the committee to the professional 
     staff until such appointment is made. Each professional staff 
     member appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to 
     such committee business as the minority party members of the 
     committee consider advisable.
       (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing 
     committee--
       (A) may not engage in any work other than committee 
     business during congressional working hours; and
       (B) may not be assigned a duty other than one pertaining to 
     committee business.
       (2) 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 chairman 
     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 XXIV.
       (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by a 
     committee 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.

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       (4) This paragraph does not apply to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       (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 chairman 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(i)(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 paragraph (a) 
     of clause 6, 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.

     Select and joint committees

       10. (a) Membership on a select or joint committee appointed 
     by the Speaker under clause 11 of rule I during the course of 
     a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in 
     the party caucus or conference of which the Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner concerned was a member at the time 
     of appointment. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner cease to be a member of that caucus or 
     conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     shall automatically cease to be a member of any select or 
     joint committee to which he is assigned. The chairman of the 
     relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker 
     whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases 
     to be a member of a party caucus or conference. The Speaker 
     shall notify the chairman of each affected select or joint 
     committee that the appointment of such Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner to the select or joint committee is 
     automatically vacated under this paragraph.
       (b) Each select or joint committee, other than a conference 
     committee, shall comply with clause 2(a) of rule XI unless 
     specifically exempted by law.

     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

       11. (a)(1) There is established a Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence (hereafter in this clause referred 
     to as the ``select committee''). The select committee shall 
     be composed of not more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the 
     Resident Commissioner, of whom not more than nine may be from 
     the same party. The select committee shall include at least 
     one Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from each 
     of the following committees:
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations;
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services;
       (C) the Committee on International Relations; and
       (D) the Committee on the Judiciary.
       (2) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall be ex officio 
     members of the select committee but shall have no vote in the 
     select committee and may not be counted for purposes of 
     determining a quorum thereof.
       (3) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a 
     member of his leadership staff to assist him in his capacity 
     as ex officio member, with the same access to committee 
     meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as employees of 
     the select committee and subject to the same security 
     clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees of 
     the select committee under this clause.
       (4)(A) Except as permitted by subdivision (B), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than the Speaker or 
     the Minority Leader, may not serve as a member of the select 
     committee during more than four Congresses in a period of six 
     successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
     service for less than a full session in a Congress).
       (B) A member of the select committee who served as either 
     the chairman or the ranking minority member of the select 
     committee in the immediately previous Congress and who did 
     not serve in that respective capacity in an earlier Congress 
     may serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority 
     member of the select committee during one additional 
     Congress.
       (b)(1) There shall be referred to the select committee 
     proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
     other matters relating to the following:
       (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of 
     Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence 
     Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947.
       (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all 
     other departments and agencies of the Government, including 
     the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
     of the Department of Defense.
       (C) The organization or reorganization of a department or 
     agency of the Government to the extent that the organization 
     or reorganization relates to a function or activity involving 
     intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
       (D) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and 
     indirect, for the following:
       (i) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of 
     Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence 
     Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947.
       (ii) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     all other departments and agencies of the Government, 
     including the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the Department of Defense.
       (iii) A department, agency, subdivision, or program that is 
     a successor to an agency or program named or referred to in 
     (i) or (ii).
       (2) Proposed legislation initially reported by the select 
     committee (other than provisions solely involving matters 
     specified in subparagraph (1)(A) or subparagraph (1)(D)(i)) 
     containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of a 
     standing committee shall be referred by the Speaker to that 
     standing committee. Proposed legislation initially reported 
     by another committee that contains matter within the 
     jurisdiction of the select committee shall be referred by the 
     Speaker to the select committee if requested by the chairman 
     of the select committee.
       (3) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as 
     prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any 
     other committee to study and review an intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activity to the extent that such 
     activity directly affects a matter otherwise within the 
     jurisdiction of that committee.
       (4) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as amending, 
     limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of a standing 
     committee to obtain full and prompt access to the product of 
     the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of a 
     department or agency of the Government relevant to a matter 
     otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.
       (c)(1) For purposes of accountability to the House, the 
     select committee shall make regular and periodic reports to 
     the House on the nature and extent of the intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities of the various departments 
     and agencies of the United States. The select committee shall 
     promptly call to the attention of the House, or to any other 
     appropriate committee, a matter requiring the attention of 
     the House or another committee. In making such report, the 
     select committee shall proceed in a manner consistent with 
     paragraph (g) to protect national security.
       (2) The select committee shall obtain annual reports from 
     the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the 
     Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such reports 
     shall review the intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the agency or department concerned and the 
     intelligence and intelligence-related activities of foreign 
     countries directed at the United States or its interests. An 
     unclassified version of each report may be made available to 
     the public at the discretion of the select committee. Nothing 
     herein shall be construed as requiring the public disclosure 
     in such reports of the names of persons engaged in 
     intelligence or intelligence-related activities for the 
     United States or the divulging of intelligence methods 
     employed or the sources of information on which the reports 
     are based or the amount of funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities.
       (3) Within six weeks after the President submits a budget 
     under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or at 
     such time as the Committee on the Budget may request, the 
     select committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget 
     the views and estimates described in section 301(d) of the

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     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the 
     jurisdiction of the select committee.
       (d)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), clauses 
     6(a), (b), and (c) and 8(a), (b), and (c) of this rule, and 
     clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI shall apply to the select 
     committee to the extent not inconsistent with this clause.
       (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of the first sentence 
     of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, in the presence of the number 
     of members required under the rules of the select committee 
     for the purpose of taking testimony or receiving evidence, 
     the select committee may vote to close a hearing whenever a 
     majority of those present determines that the testimony or 
     evidence would endanger the national security.
       (e) An employee of the select committee, or a person 
     engaged by contract or otherwise to perform services for or 
     at the request of the select committee, may not be given 
     access to any classified information by the select committee 
     unless such employee or person has--
       (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by the 
     Rules of the House, including the jurisdiction of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and of the select 
     committee concerning the security of classified information 
     during and after the period of his employment or contractual 
     agreement with the select committee; and
       (2) received an appropriate security clearance, as 
     determined by the select committee in consultation with the 
     Director of Central Intelligence, that is commensurate with 
     the sensitivity of the classified information to which such 
     employee or person will be given access by the select 
     committee.
       (f) The select committee shall formulate and carry out such 
     rules and procedures as it considers necessary to prevent the 
     disclosure, without the consent of each person concerned, of 
     information in the possession of the select committee that 
     unduly infringes on the privacy or that violates the 
     constitutional rights of such person. Nothing herein shall be 
     construed to prevent the select committee from 
     publicly disclosing classified information in a case in 
     which it determines that national interest in the 
     disclosure of classified information clearly outweighs any 
     infringement on the privacy of a person.
       (g)(1) The select committee may disclose publicly any 
     information in its possession after a determination by the 
     select committee that the public interest would be served by 
     such disclosure. With respect to the disclosure of 
     information for which this paragraph requires action by the 
     select committee--
       (A) the select committee shall meet to vote on the matter 
     within five days after a member of the select committee 
     requests a vote; and
       (B) a member of the select committee may not make such a 
     disclosure before a vote by the select committee on the 
     matter, or after a vote by the select committee on the matter 
     except in accordance with this paragraph.
       (2)(A) In a case in which the select committee votes to 
     disclose publicly any information that has been classified 
     under established security procedures, that has been 
     submitted to it by the executive branch, and that the 
     executive branch requests be kept secret, the select 
     committee shall notify the President of such vote.
       (B) The select committee may disclose publicly such 
     information after the expiration of a five-day period 
     following the day on which notice of the vote to disclose is 
     transmitted to the President unless, before the expiration of 
     the five-day period, the President, personally in writing, 
     notifies the select committee that he objects to the 
     disclosure of such information, provides his reasons 
     therefor, and certifies that the threat to the national 
     interest of the United States posed by the disclosure is of 
     such gravity that it outweighs any public interest in the 
     disclosure.
       (C) If the President, personally in writing, notifies the 
     select committee of his objections to the disclosure of 
     information as provided in subdivision (B), the select 
     committee may, by majority vote, refer the question of the 
     disclosure of such information, with a recommendation 
     thereon, to the House. The select committee may not publicly 
     disclose such information without leave of the House.
       (D) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the 
     question of disclosure of any information to the House under 
     subdivision (C), the chairman shall, not later than the first 
     day on which the House is in session following the day on 
     which the vote occurs, report the matter to the House for its 
     consideration.
       (E) If the chairman of the select committee does not offer 
     in the House a motion to consider in closed session a matter 
     reported under subdivision (D) within four calendar days on 
     which the House is in session after the recommendation 
     described in subdivision (C) is reported, then such a motion 
     shall be privileged when offered by a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner. In either case such a motion shall be 
     decided without debate or intervening motion except one that 
     the House adjourn.
       (F) Upon adoption by the House of a motion to resolve into 
     closed session as described in subdivision (E), the Speaker 
     may declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair. At the 
     expiration of the recess, the pending question, in closed 
     session, shall be, ``Shall the House approve the 
     recommendation of the select committee?''.
       (G) Debate on the question described in subdivision (F) 
     shall be limited to two hours equally divided and controlled 
     by the chairman and ranking minority member of the select 
     committee. After such debate the previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the question of approving the 
     recommendation without intervening motion except one motion 
     that the House adjourn. The House shall vote on the question 
     in open session but without divulging the information with 
     respect to which the vote is taken. If the recommendation of 
     the select committee is not approved, then the question is 
     considered as recommitted to the select committee for further 
     recommendation.
       (3)(A) Information in the possession of the select 
     committee relating to the lawful intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activities of a department or agency of 
     the United States that has been classified under established 
     security procedures, and that the select committee has 
     determined should not be disclosed under subparagraph (1) or 
     (2), may not be made available to any person by a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House except as provided in subdivision (B).
       (B) The select committee shall, under such regulations as 
     it may prescribe, make information described in subdivision 
     (A) available to a committee or a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner, and permit a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner to attend a hearing of the select 
     committee that is closed to the public. Whenever the select 
     committee makes such information available, it shall keep a 
     written record showing, in the case of particular 
     information, which committee or which Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner received the information. A Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who, and a committee that, 
     receives information under this subdivision may not disclose 
     the information except in a closed session of the House.
       (4) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
     investigate any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or 
     intelligence-related information by a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House in 
     violation of subparagraph (3) and report to the House 
     concerning any allegation that it finds to be substantiated.
       (5) Upon the request of a person who is subject to an 
     investigation described in subparagraph (4), the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct shall release to such person at 
     the conclusion of its investigation a summary of its 
     investigation, together with its findings. If, at the 
     conclusion of its investigation, the Committee on Standards 
     of Official Conduct determines that there has been a 
     significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized 
     disclosure by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House, it shall report its 
     findings to the House and recommend appropriate action. 
     Recommendations may include censure, removal from committee 
     membership, or expulsion from the House, in the case of a 
     Member, or removal from office or employment or punishment 
     for contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
       (h) The select committee may permit a personal 
     representative of the President, designated by the President 
     to serve as a liaison to the select committee, to attend any 
     closed meeting of the select committee.
       (i) Subject to the Rules of the House, funds may not be 
     appropriated for a fiscal year, with the exception of a bill 
     or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or an 
     amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon, to, or for 
     use of, a department or agency of the United States to carry 
     out any of the following activities, unless the funds shall 
     previously have been authorized by a bill or joint resolution 
     passed by the House during the same or preceding fiscal year 
     to carry out such activity for such fiscal year:
       (1) The activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and 
     the Director of Central Intelligence.
       (2) The activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
       (3) The activities of the National Security Agency.
       (4) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     other agencies and subdivisions of the Department of Defense.
       (5) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     the Department of State.
       (6) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including all activities 
     of the Intelligence Division.
       (j)(1) In this clause the term ``intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities'' includes--
       (A) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
     use of information that relates to a foreign country, or a 
     government, political group, party, military force, movement, 
     or other association in a foreign country, and that relates 
     to the defense, foreign policy, national security, or related 
     policies of the United States and other activity in support 
     of the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
     use of such information;
       (B) activities taken to counter similar activities directed 
     against the United States;
       (C) covert or clandestine activities affecting the 
     relations of the United States with a foreign government, 
     political group, party, military force, movement, or other 
     association;
       (D) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
     use of information about activities of persons within the 
     United States, its territories and possessions, or nationals 
     of the United States abroad whose political and related 
     activities pose, or may

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     be considered by a department, agency, bureau, office, 
     division, instrumentality, or employee of the United States 
     to pose, a threat to the internal security of the United 
     States; and
       (E) covert or clandestine activities directed against 
     persons described in subdivision (D).
       (2) In this clause the term ``department or agency'' 
     includes any organization, committee, council, establishment, 
     or office within the Federal Government.
       (3) For purposes of this clause, reference to a department, 
     agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to 
     any successor department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to 
     the extent that a successor engages in intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activities now conducted by the 
     department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in 
     this clause.
       (k) Clause 12(a) of rule XXII does not apply to meetings of 
     a conference committee respecting legislation (or any part 
     thereof) reported by the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence.

                                RULE XI.

           Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business.

     In general

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

     Adoption of written rules

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

     Regular meeting days

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

     Additional and special meetings

       (c)(1) The chairman 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 chairman.
       (2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file 
     in the offices of the committee a written request that the 
     chairman 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 chairman of the filing of the 
     request. If the chairman does not call the requested special 
     meeting within three calendar days after the filing of the 
     request (to be held within seven calendar days after the 
     filing of the request) a majority of the members of the 
     committee may file in the offices of the committee their 
     written notice that a special meeting of the committee will 
     be held. The written notice shall specify the date and hour 
     of the special meeting and the measure or matter to be 
     considered. The committee shall meet on that date and hour. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the 
     committee shall notify all members of the committee that such 
     special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and 
     hour and the measure or matter to be considered. Only the 
     measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered 
     at that special meeting.

     Temporary absence of chairman

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

     Committee records

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

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     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 
     Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittee) shall be 
     open to the public, including to radio, television, and still 
     photography coverage, except when the committee or 
     subcommittee, in open session and with a majority present, 
     determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder 
     of the meeting on that day shall be in executive session 
     because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger 
     national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
     information, would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
     any person, or otherwise would violate a law or rule of the 
     House. Persons, other than members of the committee and such 
     noncommittee Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, 
     congressional staff, or departmental representatives as the 
     committee may authorize, may not be present at a business or 
     markup session that is held in executive session. This 
     subparagraph does not apply to open committee hearings, which 
     are governed by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X or by subparagraph 
     (2).
       (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or 
     subcommittee (other than the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct or its subcommittees) shall be open to the 
     public, including to radio, television, and still photography 
     coverage, except when the committee or subcommittee, in open 
     session and with a majority present, determines by record 
     vote that all or part of the remainder of that hearing on 
     that day shall be closed to the public because disclosure of 
     testimony, evidence, or other matters to be considered would 
     endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
     enforcement information, or would violate a law or rule of 
     the House.
       (B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (A), in 
     the presence of the number of members required under the 
     rules of the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, a 
     majority of those present may--
       (i) agree to close the hearing for the sole purpose of 
     discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received would 
     endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
     enforcement information, or would violate clause 2(k)(5); or
       (ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause 
     2(k)(5).
       (C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be 
     excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at a hearing of a 
     committee or subcommittee (other than the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) unless 
     the House by majority vote authorizes a particular committee 
     or subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of 
     hearings on a particular article of legislation or on a 
     particular subject of investigation, to close its hearings to 
     Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same 
     procedures specified in this subparagraph for closing 
     hearings to the public.
       (D) The committee or subcommittee may vote by the same 
     procedure described in this subparagraph to close one 
     subsequent day of hearing, except that the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     subcommittees thereof, may vote by the same procedure to 
     close up to five additional, consecutive days of hearings.
       (3) The chairman of each committee (other than the 
     Committee on Rules) shall make public announcement of the 
     date, place, and subject matter of a committee hearing at 
     least one week before the commencement of the hearing. If the 
     chairman of the committee, with the concurrence of the 
     ranking minority member, determines that there is good cause 
     to begin a hearing sooner, or if 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, the chairman shall make the announcement at the 
     earliest possible date. An announcement made under this 
     subparagraph shall be published promptly in the Daily Digest 
     and made available in electronic form.
       (4) 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.
       (5)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of 
     order does not lie with respect to a measure reported by a 
     committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were 
     not conducted in accordance with this clause.
       (B) A point of order on the ground described in subdivision 
     (A) may be made by a member of the committee that reported 
     the measure if such point of order was timely made and 
     improperly disposed of in the committee.
       (6) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the 
     Committee on Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.

     Quorum requirements

       (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a 
     committee unless a majority of the committee is actually 
     present.
       (2) Each committee may fix the number of its members to 
     constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving 
     evidence, which may not be less than two.
       (3) Each committee (other than the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means) may fix the number of its 
     members to constitute a quorum for taking any action other 
     than the reporting of a measure or recommendation, which may 
     not be less than one-third of the members.

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

     Investigative hearing procedures

       (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall 
     announce in an opening statement the subject of the 
     investigation.
       (2) A copy of the committee rules and of 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 investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
     incriminate any person--
       (A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), such testimony or 
     evidence shall be presented in executive session if, in the 
     presence of the number of members required under the rules of 
     the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, the 
     committee determines by vote of a majority of those present 
     that such evidence or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, 
     or incriminate any person; and
       (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony 
     in open session only if the committee, a majority being 
     present, determines that such evidence or testimony will not 
     tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.

     In either case the committee shall afford such person an 
     opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive 
     and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena 
     additional witnesses.
       (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman 
     shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to 
     subpoena additional witnesses.
       (7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive session, and 
     proceedings conducted in executive session, may be released 
     or used in public sessions only when authorized by the 
     committee, a majority being present.
       (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may 
     submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for 
     inclusion in the record. The committee is the sole judge of 
     the pertinence of testimony and evidence adduced at its 
     hearing.
       (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony 
     given at a public session or, if given at an executive 
     session, when authorized by the committee.

     Supplemental, minority, or additional views

       (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a 
     committee (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the 
     committee gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
     minority, or additional views for inclusion in the report to 
     the House thereon, that member shall be entitled to not less 
     than two additional calendar days after the

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     day of such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
     holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) 
     to file such views, in writing and signed by that member, 
     with the clerk of the committee.

     Power to sit and act; subpoena power

       (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
     and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters 
     referred to it under clause 2 of rule XII), a committee or 
     subcommittee is authorized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A))--
       (A) to sit and act at such times and places within the 
     United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, 
     or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as it considers 
     necessary; and
       (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance 
     and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such 
     books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 
     documents as it considers necessary.
       (2) The chairman of the committee, or a member designated 
     by the chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.
       (3)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (A)(ii), a 
     subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or 
     subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of an 
     investigation or series of investigations or activities only 
     when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a majority 
     being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas 
     under subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman of 
     the committee under such rules and under such limitations as 
     the committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be 
     signed by the chairman of the committee or by a member 
     designated by the committee.
       (ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct, a subpoena may be authorized 
     and issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of its 
     members.
       (B) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
     other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee or 
     subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.
       (C) Compliance with a subpoena issued by a committee or 
     subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only 
     as authorized or directed by the House.

     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

       3. (a) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has 
     the following functions:
       (1) The committee may recommend to the House from time to 
     time such administrative actions as it may consider 
     appropriate to establish or enforce standards of official 
     conduct for Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, 
     officers, and employees of the House. A letter of reproval or 
     other administrative action of the committee pursuant to an 
     investigation under subparagraph (2) shall only be issued or 
     implemented as a part of a report required by such 
     subparagraph.
       (2) The committee may investigate, subject to paragraph 
     (b), an alleged violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of the Code 
     of Official Conduct or of a law, rule, regulation, or other 
     standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee in the 
     performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
     responsibilities. After notice and hearing (unless the right 
     to a hearing is waived by the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer or employee), the committee shall 
     report to the House its findings of fact and recommendations, 
     if any, for the final disposition of any such investigation 
     and such action as the committee may consider appropriate in 
     the circumstances.
       (3) The committee may report to the appropriate Federal or 
     State authorities, either with the approval of the House or 
     by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the 
     committee, any substantial evidence of a violation by a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House, of a law applicable to the performance of his 
     duties or the discharge of his responsibilities that may have 
     been disclosed in a committee investigation.
       (4) The committee may consider the request of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House for an advisory opinion with respect to the general 
     propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee. With 
     appropriate deletions to ensure the privacy of the person 
     concerned, the committee may publish such opinion for the 
     guidance of other Members, Delegates, the Resident 
     Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.
       (5) The committee may consider the request of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House for a written waiver in exceptional circumstances with 
     respect to clause 4 of rule XXIV.
       (b)(1)(A) Unless approved by an affirmative vote of a 
     majority of its members, the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct may not report a resolution, report, 
     recommendation, or advisory opinion relating to the official 
     conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer 
     or employee of the House, or, except as provided in 
     subparagraph (2), undertake an investigation of such conduct.
       (B)(i) Upon the receipt of information offered as a 
     complaint that is in compliance with this rule and the rules 
     of the committee, the chairman and ranking minority member 
     jointly may appoint members to serve as an investigative 
     subcommittee.
       (ii) The chairman and ranking minority member of the 
     committee jointly may gather additional information 
     concerning alleged conduct that is the basis of a complaint 
     or of information offered as a complaint until they have 
     established an investigative subcommittee or either of them 
     has placed on the agenda of the committee the issue of 
     whether to establish an investigative subcommittee.
       (2) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by 
     the committee on its own initiative, the committee may 
     undertake an investigation relating to the official conduct 
     of an individual Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House only--
       (A) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in 
     writing and under oath, from a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner and transmitted to the committee by such Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; or
       (B) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in 
     writing and under oath, from a person not a Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner provided that a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner certifies in writing to the committee 
     that he believes the information is submitted in good faith 
     and warrants the review and consideration of the committee.

     If a complaint is not disposed of within the applicable 
     periods set forth in the rules of the Committee on Standards 
     of Official Conduct, the chairman and ranking minority member 
     shall establish jointly an investigative subcommittee and 
     forward the complaint, or any portion thereof, to that 
     subcommittee for its consideration. However, if at any time 
     during those periods either the chairman or ranking minority 
     member places on the agenda the issue of whether to establish 
     an investigative subcommittee, then an investigative 
     subcommittee may be established only by an affirmative vote 
     of a majority of the members of the committee.
       (3) The committee may not undertake an investigation of an 
     alleged violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard of 
     conduct that was not in effect at the time of the alleged 
     violation. The committee may not undertake an investigation 
     of such an alleged violation that occurred before the third 
     previous Congress unless the committee determines that the 
     alleged violation is directly related to an alleged violation 
     that occurred in a more recent Congress.
       (4) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to 
     participate as a member of the committee in a committee 
     proceeding relating to the member's official conduct. 
     Whenever a member of the committee is ineligible to act as a 
     member of the committee under the preceding sentence, the 
     Speaker shall designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner from the same political party as the ineligible 
     member to act in any proceeding of the committee relating to 
     that conduct.
       (5) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from 
     participating in an investigation of the conduct of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House upon the submission in writing and under oath of an 
     affidavit of disqualification stating that the member cannot 
     render an impartial and unbiased decision in the case in 
     which the member seeks to be disqualified. If the committee 
     approves and accepts such affidavit of disqualification, the 
     chairman shall so notify the Speaker and request the Speaker 
     to designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     from the same political party as the disqualifying member to 
     act in any proceeding of the committee relating to that 
     case.
       (6) Information or testimony received, or the contents of a 
     complaint or the fact of its filing, may not be publicly 
     disclosed by any committee or staff member unless 
     specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of the 
     full committee.
       (7) The committee shall have the functions designated in 
     titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, in 
     sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code, 
     and in clause 11(g)(4) of rule X.
       (c)(1) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI, each 
     meeting of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or 
     a subcommittee thereof shall occur in executive session 
     unless the committee or subcommittee, by an affirmative vote 
     of a majority of its members, opens the meeting to the 
     public.
       (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, each hearing 
     of an adjudicatory subcommittee or sanction hearing of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be held in 
     open session unless the committee or subcommittee, in open 
     session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, 
     closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that 
     day to the public.
       (d) Before a member, officer, or employee of the Committee 
     on Standards of Official Conduct, including members of a 
     subcommittee of the committee selected under clause 5(a)(4) 
     of rule X and shared staff, may have access to information 
     that is confidential under the rules of the committee, the 
     following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
       ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose, 
     to any person or entity outside the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct, any information received in the course of 
     my service with the committee, except as authorized by the 
     committee or in accordance with its rules.''

     Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk as 
     part of the records of the

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     House. This paragraph establishes a standard of conduct 
     within the meaning of paragraph (a)(2). Breaches of 
     confidentiality shall be investigated by the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct and appropriate action shall be 
     taken.
       (e)(1) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint 
     is deemed frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of 
     the members of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct, the committee may take such action as it, by an 
     affirmative vote of a majority of its members, considers 
     appropriate in the circumstances.
       (2) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress 
     may not be deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct.

     Audio and visual coverage of committee proceedings

       4. (a) The purpose of this clause is to provide a means, in 
     conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, 
     and decorum, by which committee hearings or committee 
     meetings that are open to the public may be covered by audio 
     and visual means--
       (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of 
     the general public, on the basis of accurate and impartial 
     news coverage, regarding the operations, procedures, and 
     practices of the House as a legislative and representative 
     body, and regarding the measures, public issues, and other 
     matters before the House and its committees, the 
     consideration thereof, and the action taken thereon; and
       (2) for the development of the perspective and 
     understanding of the general public with respect to the role 
     and function of the House under the Constitution as an 
     institution of the Federal Government.
       (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio 
     and television tapes and television film of any coverage 
     under this clause may not be used, or made available for use, 
     as partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose 
     the candidacy of any person for elective public office.
       (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the 
     general conduct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or 
     otherwise) covered under authority of this clause by audio or 
     visual means, and the personal behavior of the committee 
     members and 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 in its operations, and 
     may not be such as to--
       (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or 
     other meeting or the activities of committee members in 
     connection with that hearing or meeting or in connection with 
     the general work of the committee or of the House; or
       (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, 
     or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or bring the 
     House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner into disrepute.
       (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by 
     audio and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only 
     in strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and 
     requirements of this clause.
       (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by a committee 
     or subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings 
     shall be open to coverage by audio and visual means. A 
     committee or subcommittee chairman may not limit the number 
     of television or still cameras to fewer than two 
     representatives from each medium (except for legitimate space 
     or safety considerations, in which case pool coverage shall 
     be authorized).
       (f) Each committee shall adopt written rules to govern its 
     implementation of this clause. Such rules shall contain 
     provisions to the following effect:
       (1) If audio or visual 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) The allocation among the television media of the 
     positions or the number of television cameras permitted by a 
     committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting 
     room shall be in accordance with fair and equitable 
     procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio 
     and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
       (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
     obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving 
     evidence or testimony and any member of the committee or the 
     visibility of that witness and that member to each other.
       (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions 
     but may not be placed in positions that obstruct 
     unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the 
     other media.
       (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and 
     radio media may not be installed in, or removed from, the 
     hearing or meeting room while the committee is in session.
       (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), floodlights, 
     spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns may not be used in 
     providing any method of coverage of the hearing or meeting.
       (B) The television media may install additional lighting in 
     a hearing or meeting room, without cost to the Government, in 
     order to raise the ambient lighting level in a hearing or 
     meeting room to the lowest level necessary to provide 
     adequate television coverage of a hearing or meeting at the 
     current state of the art of television coverage.
       (7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers 
     permitted by a 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 a committee or 
     subcommittee chairman for coverage of a hearing or meeting by 
     still photography, that coverage shall be permitted on the 
     basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by the 
     Standing Committee of Press Photographers.
       (8) Photographers may not position themselves between the 
     witness table and the members of the committee at any time 
     during the course of a hearing or meeting.
       (9) Photographers may not place themselves in positions 
     that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by 
     the other media.
       (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
     radio media shall be currently accredited to the Radio and 
     Television Correspondents' Galleries.
       (11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography 
     shall be currently accredited to the Press Photographers' 
     Gallery.
       (12) 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.

     Pay of witnesses

       5. Witnesses appearing before the House or any of its 
     committees shall be paid the same per diem rate as 
     established, authorized, and regulated by the Committee on 
     House Administration for Members, Delegates, the Resident 
     Commissioner, and employees of the House, plus actual 
     expenses of travel to or from the place of examination. Such 
     per diem may not be paid when a witness has been summoned at 
     the place of examination.

     Unfinished business of the session

       6. All business of the House at the end of one session 
     shall be resumed at the commencement of the next session of 
     the same Congress in the same manner as if no adjournment had 
     taken place.

                               RULE XII.

             Receipt and Referral of Measures and Matters.

     Messages

       1. Messages received from the Senate, or from the 
     President, shall be entered on the Journal and published in 
     the Congressional Record of the proceedings of that day.

     Referral

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

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     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) All other bills, memorials, petitions, and 
     resolutions, endorsed with the names of Members, Delegates, 
     or the Resident Commissioner introducing them, may be 
     delivered to the Speaker to be referred. The titles and 
     references of all bills, memorials, petitions, resolutions, 
     and other documents referred under this rule shall be entered 
     on the Journal and printed in the Congressional Record. An 
     erroneous reference may be corrected by the House in 
     accordance with rule X on any day immediately after the 
     Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by unanimous consent or 
     motion. Such a motion shall be privileged if offered by 
     direction of a committee to which the bill has been 
     erroneously referred or by direction of a committee claiming 
     jurisdiction and shall be decided without debate.
       (b)(1) The primary sponsor of a public bill or public 
     resolution may name cosponsors. The name of a cosponsor added 
     after the initial printing of a bill or resolution shall 
     appear in the next printing of the bill or resolution on the 
     written request of the primary sponsor. Such a request may be 
     submitted to the Speaker at any time until the last committee 
     authorized to consider and report the bill or resolution 
     reports it to the House or is discharged from its 
     consideration.
       (2) The name of a cosponsor of a bill or resolution may be 
     deleted by unanimous consent. The Speaker may entertain such 
     a request only by the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner whose name is to be deleted or by the primary 
     sponsor of the bill or resolution, and only until the last 
     committee authorized to consider and report the bill or 
     resolution reports it to the House or is discharged from its 
     consideration. The Speaker may not entertain a request to 
     delete the name of the primary sponsor of a bill or 
     resolution. A deletion shall be indicated by date in the next 
     printing of the bill or resolution.
       (3) The addition or deletion of the name of a cosponsor of 
     a bill or resolution shall be entered on the Journal and 
     printed in the Congressional Record of that day.
       (4) A bill or resolution shall be reprinted on the written 
     request of the primary sponsor. Such a request may be 
     submitted to the Speaker only when 20 or more cosponsors have 
     been added since the last printing of the bill or resolution.
       (5) When a bill or resolution is introduced ``by request,'' 
     those words shall be entered on the Journal and printed in 
     the Congressional Record.

     Executive communications

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

                               RULE XIII.

                    Calendars and Committee Reports.

     Calendars

       1. (a) All business reported by committees shall be 
     referred to one of the following three calendars:
       (1) A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union, to which shall be referred public bills 
     and public resolutions raising revenue, involving a tax or 
     charge on the people, directly or indirectly making 
     appropriations of money or property or requiring such 
     appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of 
     appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the 
     United States for money or property, or referring a claim to 
     the Court of Claims.
       (2) A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all public 
     bills and public resolutions not requiring referral to the 
     Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union.
       (3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 of rule XV, 
     to which shall be referred all private bills and private 
     resolutions.
       (b) There is established a Corrections Calendar as provided 
     in clause 6 of rule XV.
       (c) There is established a Calendar of Motions to Discharge 
     Committees as provided in clause 2 of rule XV.

     Filing and printing of reports

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

     Content of reports

       3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
     report of a committee on a measure or matter shall be printed 
     in a single volume that--
       (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional 
     views that have been submitted by the time of the filing of 
     the report; and
       (B) shall bear on its cover a recital that any such 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any material 
     submitted under paragraph (c)(3) or (4)) are included as part 
     of the report.
       (2) A committee may file a supplemental report for the 
     correction of a technical error in its previous report on a 
     measure or matter.
       (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 votes taken in executive 
     session by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been 
     approved by the committee shall include, separately set out 
     and clearly identified, the following:
       (1) Oversight findings and recommendations under clause 
     2(b)(1) of rule X.
       (2) The statement required by section 308(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, except that an estimate of 
     new budget authority shall include, when practicable, a 
     comparison of the total estimated funding level for the 
     relevant programs to the appropriate levels under current 
     law.
       (3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of 
     the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if timely submitted to the 
     committee before the filing of the report.
       (4) A summary of oversight findings and recommendations by 
     the Committee on Government Reform under clause 4(c)(2) of 
     rule X if such findings and recommendations have been 
     submitted to the reporting committee in time to allow it to 
     consider such findings and recommendations during its 
     deliberations on the measure.
       (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public 
     joint resolution shall contain the following:
       (1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to 
     Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the 
     bill or joint resolution.
       (2)(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

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     the authorized duration of any program authorized by the bill 
     or joint resolution if less than five years);
       (B) A comparison of the estimate of costs described in 
     subdivision (A) made by the committee with any estimate of 
     such costs made by a Government agency and submitted to such 
     committee; and
       (C) When practicable, a comparison of the total estimated 
     funding level for the relevant programs with the appropriate 
     levels under current law.
       (3)(A) In subparagraph (2) 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.
       (B) Subparagraph (2) does not apply to the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on House Administration, the 
     Committee on Rules, or the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct, 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--
       (A) the text of a statute or part thereof that is proposed 
     to be repealed; and
       (B) a comparative print of any part of the bill or joint 
     resolution proposing to amend the statute and of the statute 
     or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 
     appropriate typographical devices the omissions and 
     insertions proposed.
       (2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution 
     proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof with a 
     recommendation that the bill or joint resolution be amended, 
     the comparative print required by subparagraph (1) shall 
     reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by 
     the bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.
       (f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a 
     general appropriation bill shall include--
       (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
       (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill for 
     expenditures not previously authorized by law (except 
     classified intelligence or national security programs, 
     projects, or activities).
       (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--
       (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate headings for 
     ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances''; and
       (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--
       (1) the text of any rule or part thereof that is proposed 
     to be repealed; and
       (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)(1) 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--
       (A) the report includes a tax complexity analysis prepared 
     by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in 
     accordance with section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue 
     Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or
       (B) the chairman 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.
       (2) A report from the Committee on Ways and Means on a bill 
     or joint resolution designated by the Majority Leader, after 
     consultation with the Minority Leader, as major tax 
     legislation may include a dynamic estimate of the changes in 
     Federal revenues expected to result from enactment of the 
     legislation. The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation 
     shall render a dynamic estimate of such legislation only in 
     response to a timely request from the chairman of the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, after consultation with the 
     ranking minority member. A dynamic estimate under this 
     paragraph may be used only for informational purposes.
       (3) In this paragraph the term ``dynamic estimate'' means a 
     projection based in any part on assumptions concerning 
     probable effects of macroeconomic feedback. A dynamic 
     estimate shall include a statement identifying all such 
     assumptions.

     Availability of reports

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

     Privileged reports, generally

       5. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report 
     at any time on the following matters, respectively:
       (1) The Committee on Appropriations, on general 
     appropriation bills and on joint resolutions continuing 
     appropriations for a fiscal year after September 15 in the 
     preceding fiscal year.
       (2) The Committee on the Budget, on the matters required to 
     be reported by such committee under titles III and IV of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (3) The Committee on House Administration, on enrolled 
     bills, on contested elections, on matters referred to it 
     concerning printing for the use of the House or the two 
     Houses, on expenditure of the applicable accounts of the 
     House described in clause 1(i)(1) of rule X, and on matters 
     relating to preservation and availability of noncurrent 
     records of the House under rule VII.
       (4) The Committee on Rules, on rules, joint rules, and the 
     order of business.
       (5) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, on 
     resolutions recommending action by the House with respect to 
     a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House as a result of an investigation by the 
     committee relating to the official conduct of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
       (b) A report filed from the floor as privileged under 
     paragraph (a) may be called up as a privileged question by 
     direction of the reporting committee, subject to any 
     requirement concerning its availability to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner under clause 4 or 
     concerning the timing of its consideration under clause 6.

     Privileged reports by the Committee on Rules

       6. (a) A report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint 
     rule, or the order of business may not be called up for 
     consideration on the same day it is presented to the House 
     except--
       (1) when so determined by a vote of two-thirds of the 
     Members voting, a quorum being present;
       (2) in the case of a resolution proposing only to waive a 
     requirement of clause 4 or of clause 8 of rule XXII 
     concerning the availability of reports; or
       (3) during the last three days of a session of Congress.
       (b) Pending the consideration of a report by the Committee 
     on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business, the 
     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. 
     After the result of such a motion is announced, the Speaker 
     may not entertain any other dilatory motion until the report 
     shall have been disposed of.
       (c) The Committee on Rules may not report--
       (1) a rule or order proposing that business under clause 7 
     of rule XV be set aside by a vote of less than two-thirds of 
     the Members voting, a quorum being present;
       (2) a rule or order that would prevent the motion to 
     recommit a bill or joint resolution from being made as 
     provided in clause 2(b) of rule XIX, including a motion to 
     recommit with instructions to report back an amendment 
     otherwise in order, if offered by the Minority Leader or a 
     designee, except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution 
     for which the text of a House-passed measure has been 
     substituted.
       (d) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House 
     reports concerning rules, joint rules, and the order of 
     business, within three legislative days of the time when they 
     are ordered. If such a report is not considered

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     immediately, it shall be referred to the calendar. If such a 
     report on the calendar is not called up by the member of the 
     committee who filed the report within seven legislative days, 
     any member of the committee may call it up as a privileged 
     question on the day after the calendar day on which the 
     member announces to the House his intention to do so. The 
     Speaker shall recognize a member of the committee who rises 
     for that purpose.
       (e) An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a 
     resolution proposing a special order of business for the 
     consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may 
     be called up as a privileged question by a Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner on a day when it is in order to 
     consider a motion to discharge committees under clause 2 of 
     rule XV.
       (f) If the House has adopted a resolution making in order a 
     motion to consider a bill or resolution, and such a motion 
     has not been offered within seven calendar days thereafter, 
     such a motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of 
     all reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of the 
     bill or resolution.
       (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution 
     providing for the consideration of a measure, it shall (to 
     the maximum extent possible) specify in the resolution the 
     object of any waiver of a point of order against the measure 
     or against its consideration.

     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.

                               RULE XIV.

                    Order and Priority of Business.

       1. The daily order of business (unless varied by the 
     application of other rules and except for the disposition of 
     matters of higher precedence) shall be as follows:
       First. Prayer by the Chaplain.
       Second. Reading and approval of the Journal, unless 
     postponed under clause 9(a) of rule XX.
       Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
       Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.
       Fifth. Disposal of business on the Speaker's table as 
     provided in clause 2.
       Sixth. Unfinished business as provided in 
     clause 3.
       Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills 
     called up by committees as provided in clause 4.
       Eighth. Motions that the House resolve into the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the state of the Union subject to 
     clause 5.
       Ninth. Orders of the day.
       2. Business on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as 
     follows:
       (a) Messages from the President shall be referred to the 
     appropriate committees without debate.
       (b) Communications addressed to the House, including 
     reports and communications from heads of departments and 
     bills, resolutions, and messages from the Senate, may be 
     referred to the appropriate committees in the same manner and 
     with the same right of correction as public bills and public 
     resolutions presented by Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner.
       (c) Motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the 
     Speaker's table may be entertained as provided in clauses 1, 
     2, and 4 of rule XXII.
       (d) Senate bills and resolutions substantially the same as 
     House measures already favorably reported and not required to 
     be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union may be disposed of by motion. Such a 
     motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of all 
     reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of the House 
     measure.
       3. Consideration of unfinished business in which the House 
     may have been engaged at an adjournment, except business in 
     the morning hour and proceedings postponed under clause 9 of 
     rule XX, shall be resumed as soon as the business on the 
     Speaker's table is finished, and at the same time each day 
     thereafter until disposed of. The consideration of all other 
     unfinished business shall be resumed whenever the class of 
     business to which it belongs shall be in order under the 
     rules.
       4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the 
     Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order 
     and then select committees. Each committee when named may 
     call up for consideration a bill or resolution reported by it 
     on a previous day and on the House Calendar. If the Speaker 
     does not complete the call of the committees before the House 
     passes to other business, the next call shall resume at the 
     point it left off, giving preference to the last bill or 
     resolution under consideration. A committee that has occupied 
     the call for two days may not call up another bill or 
     resolution until the other committees have been called in 
     their turn.
       5. After consideration of bills or resolutions under clause 
     4 for one hour, it shall be in order, pending consideration 
     thereof, to entertain a motion that the House resolve into 
     the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 
     or, when authorized by a committee, that the House resolve 
     into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union to consider a particular bill. Such a motion shall 
     be subject to only one amendment designating another bill. 
     If such a motion is decided in the negative, another such 
     motion may not be considered until the matter that was 
     pending when such motion was offered is disposed of.
       6. All questions relating to the priority of business shall 
     be decided by a majority without debate.

                                RULE XV

                   Business in Order on Special Days

     Suspensions, Mondays and Tuesdays
       1. (a) A rule may not be suspended except by a vote of two-
     thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. The 
     Speaker may not entertain a motion that the House suspend the 
     rules except on Mondays and Tuesdays and during the last six 
     days of a session of Congress.
       (b) Pending a motion that the House suspend the rules, the 
     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. 
     After the result of such a motion is announced, the Speaker 
     may not entertain any other motion until the vote is taken on 
     the suspension.
       (c) A motion that the House suspend the rules is debatable 
     for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and one-half 
     in opposition thereto.
     Discharge motions, second and fourth Mondays
       2. (a) Motions to discharge committees shall be in order on 
     the second and fourth Mondays of a month.
       (b)(1) A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in 
     writing to discharge--
       (A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or 
     public resolution that has been referred to it for 30 
     legislative days; or
       (B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a 
     resolution that has been referred to it for seven legislative 
     days and that proposes a special order of business for the 
     consideration of a public bill or public resolution that has 
     been reported by a standing committee or has been referred to 
     a standing committee for 30 legislative days.
       (2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or 
     resolution. A Member may not file a motion to discharge the 
     Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution 
     providing for the consideration of more than one public bill 
     or public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane 
     amendment to a public bill or public resolution.
       (c) A motion presented under paragraph (b) shall be placed 
     in the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange a convenient 
     place for the signatures of Members. A signature may be 
     withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time before a motion 
     is entered on the Journal. The Clerk shall make signatures a 
     matter of public record, causing the names of the Members who 
     have signed a discharge motion during a week to be published 
     in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
     purpose on the last legislative day of the week and making 
     cumulative lists of such names available each day for public 
     inspection in an appropriate office of the House. The Clerk 
     shall devise a means for making such lists available to 
     offices of the House and to the public in electronic form. 
     When a majority of the total membership of the House shall 
     have signed the motion, it shall be entered on the Journal, 
     printed with the signatures thereto in the Record, and 
     referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees.
       (d)(1) On the second and fourth Mondays of a month (except 
     during the last six days of a session of Congress), 
     immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, a 
     motion to discharge that has been on the calendar for at 
     least seven legislative days shall be privileged if called up 
     by a Member whose signature appears thereon. When such a 
     motion is called up, the House shall proceed to its 
     consideration under this paragraph without intervening motion 
     except one motion to adjourn. Privileged motions to discharge 
     shall have precedence in the order of their entry on the 
     Journal.
       (2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or 
     resolution to which it relates shall be read by title only. 
     The motion is debatable for 20 minutes, one-half in favor of 
     the motion and one-half in opposition thereto.
       (e)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on 
     Rules from consideration of a resolution, the House shall 
     immediately consider the resolution, pending which the 
     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. 
     After the result of such a motion to adjourn is announced, 
     the Speaker may not entertain any other dilatory motion until 
     the resolution has been disposed of. If the resolution is 
     adopted, the House shall immediately proceed to its 
     execution.
       (2) If a motion prevails to discharge a standing committee 
     from consideration of a public bill or public resolution, a 
     motion that the House proceed to the immediate consideration 
     of such bill or resolution shall be privileged if offered by 
     a Member whose signature appeared on the motion to discharge. 
     The motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion to 
     proceed is adopted, the bill or resolution shall be 
     considered immediately under the general rules of the House. 
     If unfinished before adjournment of the day on which it is 
     called up, the bill or resolution shall remain the unfinished 
     business until it is disposed of. If the motion to proceed is 
     rejected, the bill or resolution shall be referred to the 
     appropriate calendar, where it shall have the same status as 
     if the committee from which it was discharged had duly 
     reported it to the House.

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       (f)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this 
     clause has once been acted on by the House, it shall not be 
     in order to entertain during the same session of Congress--
       (A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of 
     that bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution 
     that, by relating in substance to or dealing with the same 
     subject matter, is substantially the same; or
       (B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from 
     consideration of a resolution providing a special order of 
     business for the consideration of that bill or resolution or 
     of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in 
     substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is 
     substantially the same.
       (2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to 
     Discharge Committees that is rendered out of order under 
     subparagraph (1) shall be stricken from that calendar.
     Adverse report by the Committee on Rules, second and fourth 
         Mondays
       3. An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a 
     resolution proposing a special order of business for the 
     consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may 
     be called up under clause 6(e) of rule XIII as a privileged 
     question by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner on a 
     day when it is in order to consider a motion to discharge 
     committees under clause 2.
     District of Columbia business, second and fourth Mondays
       4. The second and fourth Mondays of a month shall be set 
     apart for the consideration of such District of Columbia 
     business as may be called up by the Committee on Government 
     Reform after the disposition of motions to discharge 
     committees and after the disposal of such business on the 
     Speaker's table as requires reference only.
     Private Calendar, first and third Tuesdays
       5. (a) On the first Tuesday of a month, the Speaker shall 
     direct the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the 
     Private Calendar after disposal of such business on the 
     Speaker's table as requires reference only. If two or more 
     Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner object to 
     the consideration of a bill or resolution so called, it shall 
     be recommitted to the committee that reported it. No other 
     business shall be in order before completion of the call of 
     the Private Calendar on this day unless two-thirds of the 
     Members voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion 
     that the House dispense with the call.
       (b)(1) On the third Tuesday of a month, after the disposal 
     of such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference 
     only, the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call the bills and 
     resolutions on the Private Calendar. Preference shall be 
     given to omnibus bills containing the texts of bills or 
     resolutions that have previously been objected to on a call 
     of the Private Calendar. If two or more Members, Delegates, 
     or the Resident Commissioner object to the consideration of a 
     bill or resolution so called (other than an omnibus bill), it 
     shall be recommitted to the committee that reported it. Two-
     thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present, may 
     adopt a motion that the House dispense with the call on this 
     day.
       (2) Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph. 
     No amendment shall be in order except to strike or to reduce 
     amounts of money or to provide limitations. An item or matter 
     stricken from an omnibus bill may not thereafter during the 
     same session of Congress be included in an omnibus bill. Upon 
     passage such an omnibus bill shall be resolved into the 
     several bills and resolutions of which it is composed. The 
     several bills and resolutions, with any amendments adopted by 
     the House, shall be engrossed, when necessary, and otherwise 
     considered as passed severally by the House as distinct bills 
     and resolutions.
       (c) The Speaker may not entertain a reservation of the 
     right to object to the consideration of a bill or resolution 
     under this clause. A bill or resolution considered under this 
     clause shall be considered in the House as in the Committee 
     of the Whole. A motion to dispense with the call of the 
     Private Calendar under this clause shall be privileged. 
     Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five minutes in 
     support and five minutes in opposition.
     Corrections Calendar, second and fourth Tuesdays
       6. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed 
     on either the Union or House Calendar, the Speaker, after 
     consultation with the Minority Leader, may direct the Clerk 
     also to place the bill on the ``Corrections Calendar.'' At 
     any time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of a month, the 
     Speaker may direct the Clerk to call a bill that has been 
     on the Corrections Calendar for three legislative days.
       (b) A bill called from the Corrections Calendar shall be 
     considered in the House, is debatable for one hour equally 
     divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
     member of the primary committee of jurisdiction, and shall 
     not be subject to amendment except those recommended by the 
     primary committee of jurisdiction or offered by the chairman 
     of the primary committee or a designee. The previous question 
     shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any amendments 
     thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
     one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
       (c) The approval of three-fifths of the Members voting, a 
     quorum being present, shall be required to pass a bill called 
     from the Corrections Calendar. The rejection of a bill so 
     called, or the sustaining of a point of order against it or 
     against its consideration, does not cause its removal from 
     the Calendar to which it was originally referred.
     Calendar Call of Committees, Wednesdays
       7. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in 
     order before completion of the call of the committees (except 
     as provided by clause 4 of rule XIV) unless two-thirds of the 
     Members voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion 
     that the House dispense with the call. Such a motion shall be 
     privileged. Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five 
     minutes in support and five minutes in opposition.
       (b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union 
     Calendar, except bills or resolutions that are privileged 
     under the Rules of the House, may be called under this 
     clause. A bill or resolution called up from the Union 
     Calendar shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union without motion, subject to 
     clause 3 of rule XVI. General debate on a measure considered 
     under this clause shall be confined to the measure and may 
     not exceed two hours equally divided between a proponent and 
     an opponent.
       (c) When a committee has occupied the call under this 
     clause on one Wednesday, it shall not be in order on a 
     succeeding Wednesday to consider unfinished business 
     previously called up by that committee until the other 
     committees have been called in their turn unless--
       (1) the previous question has been ordered on such 
     unfinished business; or
       (2) the House adopts a motion to dispense with the call 
     under paragraph (a).
       (d) If any committee has not been called under this clause 
     during a session of a Congress, then at the next session of 
     that Congress the call shall resume where it left off at the 
     end of the preceding session.
       (e) This rule does not apply during the last two weeks of a 
     session of Congress.
       (f) The Speaker may not entertain a motion for a recess on 
     a Wednesday except during the last two weeks of a session of 
     Congress.

                                RULE XVI

                         Motions and Amendments

     Motions
       1. Every motion entertained by the Speaker shall be reduced 
     to writing on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner and, unless it is withdrawn the same day, shall 
     be entered on the Journal with the name of the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering it. A dilatory 
     motion may not be entertained by the Speaker.
     Withdrawal
       2. When a motion is entertained, the Speaker shall state it 
     or cause it to be read aloud by the Clerk before it is 
     debated. The motion then shall be in the possession of the 
     House but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or 
     amendment thereon.
     Question of consideration
       3. When a motion or proposition is entertained, the 
     question, ``Will the House now consider it?'' may not be put 
     unless demanded by a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner.
     Precedence of motions
       4. (a) When a question is under debate, only the following 
     motions may be entertained (which shall have precedence in 
     the following order):
       (1) To adjourn.
       (2) To lay on the table.
       (3) For the previous question.
       (4) To postpone to a day certain.
       (5) To refer.
       (6) To amend.
       (7) To postpone indefinitely.
       (b) A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, or for the 
     previous question shall be decided without debate. A motion 
     to postpone to a day certain, to refer, or to postpone 
     indefinitely, being decided, may not be allowed again on the 
     same day at the same stage of the question.
       (c)(1) It shall be in order at any time for the Speaker, in 
     his discretion, to entertain a motion--
       (A) that the Speaker be authorized to declare a recess; or
       (B) that when the House adjourns it stand adjourned to a 
     day and time certain.
       (2) Either motion shall be of equal privilege with the 
     motion to adjournand shall be decided without debate.
     Divisibility
       5. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a question 
     shall be divided on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner before the question is put if it 
     includes propositions so distinct in substance that, one 
     being taken away, a substantive proposition remains.
       (b)(1) A motion or resolution to elect members to a 
     standing committee of the House, or to a joint standing 
     committee, is not divisible.
       (2) A resolution or order reported by the Committee on 
     Rules providing a special order of business is not divisible.
       (c) A motion to strike and insert is not divisible, but 
     rejection of a motion to strike does not preclude another 
     motion to amend.
     Amendments
       6. When an amendable proposition is under consideration, a 
     motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall be 
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     order, and it also shall be in order to offer a further 
     amendment by way of substitute for the original motion to 
     amend, to which one amendment may be offered but which may 
     not be voted on until the original amendment is perfected. An 
     amendment may be withdrawn in the House at any time before a 
     decision or amendment thereon. An amendment to the title of a 
     bill or resolution shall not be in order until after its 
     passage or adoption and shall be decided without debate.
     Germaneness
       7. No motion or proposition on a subject different from 
     that under consideration shall be admitted under color of 
     amendment.
     Readings
       8. Bills and joint resolutions are subject to readings as 
     follows:
       (a) A first reading is in full when the bill or joint 
     resolution is first considered.
       (b) A second reading occurs only when the bill or joint 
     resolution is read for amendment in a Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union under clause 5 of rule XVIII.
       (c) A third reading precedes passage when the Speaker 
     states the question: ``Shall the bill [or joint resolution] 
     be engrossed [when applicable] and read a third time?'' If 
     that question is decided in the affirmative, then the bill or 
     joint resolution shall be read the final time by title and 
     then the question shall be put on its passage.

                               RULE XVII

                           Decorum and Debate

     Decorum
       1. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     desires to speak or deliver a matter to the House shall rise 
     and respectfully address himself to ``Mr. Speaker'' and, on 
     being recognized, may address the House from any place on the 
     floor. When invited by the Chair, a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner may speak from the Clerk's desk.
       (b)(1) Remarks in debate shall be confined to the question 
     under debate, avoiding personality.
       (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), debate may 
     not include characterizations of Senate action or inaction, 
     references to individual Members of the Senate, or quotations 
     from Senate proceedings.
       (B) Debate may include references to actions taken by the 
     Senate or by committees thereof that are a matter of public 
     record; references to the pendency or sponsorship in the 
     Senate of bills, resolutions, and amendments; factual 
     descriptions relating to Senate action or inaction concerning 
     a measure then under debate in the House; and quotations from 
     Senate proceedings on a measure then under debate in the 
     House that are relevant to the making of legislative history 
     establishing the meaning of that measure.
     Recognition
       2. When two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner rise at once, the Speaker shall name the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is first to speak. A 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not occupy 
     more than one hour in debate on a question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 
     except as otherwise provided in this rule.
     Managing Debate
       3. (a) The Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     calls up a measure may open and close debate thereon. When 
     general debate extends beyond one day, that Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner shall be entitled to one hour to 
     close without regard to the time used in opening.
       (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not speak more than 
     once to the same question without leave of the House.
       (c) A manager of a measure who opposes an amendment thereto 
     is entitled to close controlled debate thereon.
     Call to order
       4. (a) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, in 
     speaking or otherwise, transgresses the Rules of the House, 
     the Speaker shall, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner may, call to order the offending Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, who shall immediately sit 
     down unless permitted on motion of another Member, Delegate, 
     or the Resident Commissioner to explain. If a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is called to order, the 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the call to 
     order shall indicate the words excepted to, which shall be 
     taken down in writing at the Clerk's desk and read aloud to 
     the House.
       (b) The Speaker shall decide the validity of a call to 
     order. The House, if appealed to, shall decide the question 
     without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner called to order, the 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be at 
     liberty to proceed, but not otherwise. If the case requires 
     it, an offending Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     shall be liable to censure or such other punishment as the 
     House may consider proper. A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissionermay 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 may not smoke or use any 
     personal, electronic office equipment, including cellular 
     phones and computers, on the floor of the House. The 
     Sergeant-at-Arms is chaged 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, its use shall be 
     decided without debate by a vote of the House.
     Galleries
       7. During a session of the House, it shall not be in order 
     for a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to introduce 
     to or to bring to the attention of the House an occupant in 
     the galleries of the House. The Speaker may not entertain a 
     request for the suspension of this rule by unanimous consent 
     or otherwise.
     Congressional Record
       8. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially 
     verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of 
     the House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
     typographical corrections authorized by the Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner making the remarks.
       (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by 
     permission or order of the House.
       (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within 
     the meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.
     Secret sessions
       9. When confidential communications are received from the 
     President, or when the Speaker or a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner informs the House that he has 
     communications that he believes ought to be kept secret for 
     the present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except 
     the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers 
     of the House for the reading of such communications, and 
     debates and proceedings thereon, unless otherwise ordered by 
     the House.

                               RULE XVIII

       The Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

     Resolving into the Committee of the Whole
       1. Whenever the House resolves into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker shall 
     leave the chair after appointing a Chairman to preside. In 
     case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or 
     lobby, the Chairman may cause the same to be cleared.
       2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and in clause 7 
     of rule XV, the House resolves into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union by motion. When such a 
     motion is entertained, the Speaker shall put the question 
     without debate: ``Shall the House resolve itself into the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for 
     consideration of this matter?'', naming it.
       (b) After the House has adopted a resolution reported by 
     the Committee on Rules providing a special order of business 
     for the consideration of a measure in the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker may at any 
     time, when no question is pending before the House, declare 
     the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the 
     consideration of that measure without intervening motion, 
     unless the special order of business provides otherwise.
     Measures requiring initial consideration in the Committee of 
         the Whole
       3. All bills, resolutions, or Senate amendments (as 
     provided in clause 3 of rule XXII) involving a tax or charge 
     on the people, raising revenue, directly or indirectly making 
     appropriations of money or property or requiring such 
     appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of 
     appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the 
     United States for money or property, or referring a claim to 
     the Court of Claims, shall be first considered in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A 
     bill, resolution, or Senate amendment that fails to comply 
     with this clause is subject to a point of order against its 
     consideration.
     Order of business
       4. (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) business on the calendar 
     of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 
     may be taken up in regular order, or in such order as the 
     Committee may determine, unless the measure to be considered 
     was determined by the House at the time of resolving into the 
     Committee of the Whole.
       (b) Motions to resolve into the Committee of the Whole for 
     consideration of bills and joint resolutions making general 
     appropriations have precedence under this clause.
     Reading for amendment
       5. (a) Before general debate commences on a measure in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, it 
     shall be read in full. When general debate is concluded or 
     closed by order of the House, the measure under consideration 
     shall be read for amendment. A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
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     amendment shall be allowed five minutes to explain it, after 
     which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     shall first obtain the floor shall be allowed five minutes to 
     speak in opposition to it. There shall be no further debate 
     thereon, but the same privilege of debate shall be allowed in 
     favor of and against any amendment that may be offered to an 
     amendment. An amendment, or an amendment to an amendment, may 
     be withdrawn by its proponent only by the unanimous consent 
     of the Committee of the Whole.
       (b) When a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     offers an amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on 
     the state of the Union, the Clerk shall promptly transmit 
     five copies of the amendment to the majority committee table 
     and five copies to the minority committee table. The Clerk 
     also shall deliver at least one copy of the amendment to the 
     majority cloakroom and at least one copy to the minority 
     cloakroom.
     Quorum and voting
       6. (a) A quorum of a Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union is 100 Members. The first time that a 
     Committee of the Whole finds itself without a quorum during a 
     day, the Chairman shall invoke the procedure for a quorum 
     call set forth in clause 2 of rule XX, unless he elects to 
     invoke an alternate procedure set forth in clause 3 or clause 
     4(a) of rule XX. If a quorum appears, the Committee of the 
     Whole shall continue its business. If a quorum does not 
     appear, the Committee of the Whole shall rise, and the 
     Chairman shall report the names of absentees to the House.
       (b)(1) The Chairman may refuse to entertain a point of 
     order that a quorum is not present during general debate.
       (2) After a quorum has once been established on a day, the 
     Chairman may entertain a point of order that a quorum is not 
     present only when the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union is operating under the five-minute rule 
     and the Chairman has put the pending proposition to a vote.
       (3) Upon sustaining a point of order that a quorum is not 
     present, the Chairman may announce that, following a regular 
     quorum call under paragraph (a), the minimum time for 
     electronic voting on the pending question shall be five 
     minutes.
       (c) When ordering a quorum call in the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union, the Chairman may 
     announce an intention to declare that a quorum is constituted 
     at any time during the quorum call when he determines that a 
     quorum has appeared. If the Chairman interrupts the quorum 
     call by declaring that a quorum is constituted, proceedings 
     under the quorum call shall be considered as vacated, and the 
     Committee of the Whole shall continue its sitting and resume 
     its business.
       (d) A quorum is not required in the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union for adoption of a motion that 
     the Committee rise.
       (e) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Chairman shall order a recorded vote on a request 
     supported by at least 25 Members.
       (f) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Chairman may reduce to five minutes the minimum 
     time for electronic voting without any intervening business 
     or debate on any or all pending amendments after a record 
     vote has been taken on the first pending amendment.
     Dispensing with the reading of an amendment
       7. It shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole House 
     on the state of the Union to move that the Committee of the 
     Whole dispense with the reading of an amendment that has been 
     printed in the bill or resolution as reported by a committee, 
     or an amendment that a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner has caused to be printed in the Congressional 
     Record. Such a motion shall be decided without debate.
     Closing debate
       8. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) at any time after the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union has 
     begun five-minute debate on amendments to any portion of a 
     bill or resolution, it shall be in order to move that the 
     Committee of the Whole close all debate on that portion of 
     the bill or resolution or on the pending amendments only. 
     Such a motion shall be decided without debate. The adoption 
     of such a motion does not preclude further amendment, to be 
     decided without debate.
       (b) If the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union closes debate on any portion of a bill or resolution 
     before there has been debate on an amendment that a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has caused to be printed 
     in the Congressional Record at least one day before its 
     consideration, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     who caused the amendment to be printed in the Record shall be 
     allowed five minutes to explain it, after which the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who shall first obtain the 
     floor shall be allowed five minutes to speak in opposition to 
     it. There shall be no further debate thereon.
       (c) Material submitted for printing in the Congressional 
     Record under this rule shall indicate the full text of the 
     proposed amendment, the name of the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner proposing it, the number of the bill or 
     resolution to which it will be offered, and the point in the 
     bill or resolution or amendment thereto where the amendment 
     is intended to be offered. The amendment shall appear in a 
     portion of the Record designated for that purpose. Amendments 
     to a specified measure submitted for printing in that portion 
     of the Record shall be numbered in the order printed.
     Striking the enacting clause
       9. A motion that the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union rise and report a bill or resolution to 
     the House with the recommendation that the enacting or 
     resolving clause be stricken shall have precedence of a 
     motion to amend, and, if carried in the House, shall 
     constitute a rejection of the bill or resolution. Whenever a 
     bill or resolution is reported from the Committee of the 
     Whole with such adverse recommendation and the recommendation 
     is rejected by the House, the bill or resolution shall stand 
     recommitted to the Committee of the Whole without further 
     action by the House. Before the question of concurrence is 
     submitted, it shall be in order to move that the House refer 
     the bill or resolution to a committee, with or without 
     instructions. If a bill or resolution is so referred, then 
     when it is again reported to the House it shall be referred 
     to the Committee of the Whole without debate.
     Concurrent resolution on the budget
       10. (a) At the conclusion of general debate in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget under section 305(a) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the concurrent 
     resolution shall be considered as read for amendment.
       (b) It shall not be in order in the House or in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to 
     consider an amendment to a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget, or an amendment thereto, unless the concurrent 
     resolution, as amended by such amendment or amendments--
       (1) would be mathematically consistent except as limited by 
     paragraph (c); and
       (2) would contain all the matter set forth in paragraphs 
     (1) through (5) of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974.
       (c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union to consider an amendment to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amendment thereto, 
     that proposes to change the amount of the appropriate level 
     of the public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as 
     reported.
       (2) Amendments to achieve mathematical consistency under 
     section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, if 
     offered by direction of the Committee on the Budget, may 
     propose to adjust the amount of the appropriate level of the 
     public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as 
     reported, to reflect changes made in other figures contained 
     in the concurrent resolution.
     Unfunded mandates
       11. (a) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union, an amendment proposing only to strike an unfunded 
     mandate from the portion of the bill then open to amendment, 
     if otherwise in order, may be precluded from consideration 
     only by specific terms of a special order of the House.
       (b) In this clause the term ``unfunded mandate'' means a 
     Federal intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of which 
     exceed the threshold otherwise specified for a reported bill 
     or joint resolution in section 424(a)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
     Applicability of Rules of the House
       12. The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the state of the Union so far as 
     applicable.

                                RULE XIX

                 Motions Following the Amendment Stage

     Previous question
       1. (a) There shall be a motion for the previous question, 
     which, being ordered, shall have the effect of cutting off 
     all debate and bringing the House to a direct vote on the 
     immediate question or questions on which it has been ordered. 
     Whenever the previous question has been ordered on an 
     otherwise debatable question on which there has been no 
     debate, it shall be in order to debate that question for 40 
     minutes, equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the 
     question and an opponent. The previous question may be moved 
     and ordered on a single question, on a series of questions 
     allowable under the rules, or on an amendment or amendments, 
     or may embrace all authorized motions or amendments and 
     include the bill or resolution to its passage, adoption, or 
     rejection.
       (b) Incidental questions of order arising during the 
     pendency of a motion for the previous question shall be 
     decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
     Recommit
       2. (a) After the previous question has been ordered on 
     passage or adoption of a measure, or pending a motion to that 
     end, it shall be in order to move that the House recommit (or 
     commit, as the case may be) the measure, with or without 
     instructions, to a standing or select committee. For such a 
     motion to recommit, the Speaker shall give preference in 
     recognition to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     who is opposed to the measure.
       (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if a motion that 
     the House recommit a bill or joint resolution on which the 
     previous question has been ordered to passage includes 
     instructions, it shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally 
     divided between the proponent and an opponent.

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       (c) On demand of the floor manager for the majority, it 
     shall be in order to debate the motion for one hour equally 
     divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.
     Reconsideration
       3. When a motion has been carried or lost, it shall be in 
     order on the same or succeeding day for a Member on the 
     prevailing side of the question to enter a motion for the 
     reconsideration thereof. The entry of such a motion shall 
     take precedence over all other questions except the 
     consideration of a conference report or a motion to adjourn, 
     and may not be withdrawn after such succeeding day without 
     the consent of the House. Once entered, a motion may be 
     called up for consideration by any Member. During the last 
     six days of a session of Congress, such a motion shall be 
     disposed of when entered.
       4. A bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a 
     committee, or reported therefrom for printing and 
     recommitment, may not be brought back to the House on a 
     motion to reconsider.

                                RULE XX

                        Voting and Quorum Calls

       1. (a) The House shall divide after the Speaker has put a 
     question to a vote by voice as provided in clause 6 of rule I 
     if the Speaker is in doubt or division is demanded. Those in 
     favor of the question shall first rise from their seats to be 
     counted, and then those opposed.
       (b) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     requests a recorded vote, and that request is supported by at 
     least one-fifth of a quorum, the vote shall be taken by 
     electronic device unless the Speaker invokes another 
     procedure for recording votes provided in this rule. A 
     recorded vote taken in the House under this paragraph shall 
     be considered a vote by the yeas and nays.
       (c) In case of a tie vote, a question shall be lost.
       2. (a) Unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the Clerk 
     shall conduct a record vote or quorum call by electronic 
     device. In such a case the Clerk shall enter on the Journal 
     and publish in the Congressional Record, in alphabetical 
     order in each category, the names of Members recorded as 
     voting in the affirmative, the names of Members recorded as 
     voting in the negative, and the names of Members answering 
     present as if they had been called in the manner provided in 
     clause 3. Except as otherwise permitted under clause 9 or 10 
     of this rule or under clause 6 of rule XVIII, the minimum 
     time for a record vote or quorum call by electronic device 
     shall be 15 minutes.
       (b) When the electronic voting system is inoperable or is 
     not used, the Speaker or Chairman may direct the Clerk to 
     conduct a record vote or quorum call as provided in clause 3 
     or 4.
       3. The Speaker may direct the Clerk to conduct a record 
     vote or quorum call by call of the roll. In such a case the 
     Clerk shall call the names of Members, alphabetically by 
     surname. When two or more have the same surname, the name of 
     the State (and, if necessary to distinguish among Members 
     from the same State, the given names of the Members) shall be 
     added. After the roll has been called once, the Clerk shall 
     call the names of those not recorded, alphabetically by 
     surname. Members appearing after the second call, but before 
     the result is announced, may vote or announce a pair.
       4. (a) The Speaker may direct a record vote or quorum call 
     to be conducted by tellers. In such a case the tellers named 
     by the Speaker shall record the names of the Members voting 
     on each side of the question or record their presence, as the 
     case may be, which the Clerk shall enter on the Journal and 
     publish in the Congressional Record. Absentees shall be 
     noted, but the doors may not be closed except when ordered by 
     the Speaker. The minimum time for a record vote or quorum 
     call by tellers shall be 15 minutes.
       (b) On the demand of a Member, or at the suggestion of the 
     Speaker, the names of Members sufficient to make a quorum in 
     the Hall of the House who do not vote shall be noted by the 
     Clerk, entered on the Journal, reported to the Speaker with 
     the names of the Members voting, and be counted and announced 
     in determining the presence of a quorum to do business.
       5. (a) In the absence of a quorum, a majority comprising at 
     least 15 Members, which may include the Speaker, may compel 
     the attendance of absent Members.
       (b) Subject to clause 7(b) a majority of those present may 
     order the Sergeant-at-Arms to send officers appointed by him 
     to arrest those Members for whom no sufficient excuse is made 
     and shall secure and retain their attendance. The House shall 
     determine on what condition they shall be discharged. Unless 
     the House otherwise directs, the Members who voluntarily 
     appear shall be admitted immediately to the Hall of the House 
     and shall report their names to the Clerk to be entered on 
     the Journal as present.
       6. (a) When a quorum fails to vote on a question, a quorum 
     is not present, and objection is made for that cause (unless 
     the House shall adjourn)--
       (1) there shall be a call of the House;
       (2) the Sergeant-at-Arms shall proceed forthwith to bring 
     in absent Members; and
       (3) the yeas and nays on the pending question shall at the 
     same time be considered as ordered.
       (b) The Clerk shall record Members by the yeas and nays on 
     the pending question, using such procedure as the Speaker may 
     invoke under clause 2, 3, or 4. Each Member arrested under 
     this clause shall be brought by the Sergeant-at-Arms before 
     the House, whereupon he shall be noted as present, discharged 
     from arrest, and given an opportunity to vote; and his vote 
     shall be recorded. If those voting on the question and those 
     who are present and decline to vote together make a majority 
     of the House, the Speaker shall declare that a quorum is 
     constituted, and the pending question shall be decided as the 
     requisite majority of those voting shall have determined. 
     Thereupon further proceedings under the call shall be 
     considered as dispensed with.
       (c) At any time after Members have had the requisite 
     opportunity to respond by the yeas and nays, but before a 
     result has been announced, the Speaker may entertain a motion 
     that the House adjourn if seconded by a majority of those 
     present, to be ascertained by actual count by the Speaker. If 
     the House adjourns on such a motion, all proceedings under 
     this clause shall be considered as vacated.
       7. (a) The Speaker may not entertain a point of order that 
     a quorum is not present unless a question has been put to a 
     vote.
       (b) Subject to paragraph (c) the Speaker may recognize a 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to move a call of 
     the House at any time. When a quorum is established pursuant 
     to a call of the House, further proceedings under the call 
     shall be considered as dispensed with unless the Speaker 
     recognizes for a motion to compel attendance of Members under 
     clause 5(b).
       (c) A call of the House shall not be in order after the 
     previous question is ordered unless the Speaker determines by 
     actual count that a quorum is not present.
     Postponement of proceedings
       8. (a)(1) When a recorded vote is ordered, or the yeas and 
     nays are ordered, or a vote is objected to under clause 6 on 
     any of the questions specified in subparagraph (2), the 
     Speaker may postpone further proceedings on that question to 
     a designated place in the legislative schedule on that 
     legislative day (in the case of the question of agreeing to 
     the Speaker's approval of the Journal) or within two 
     legislative days (in the case of any other question).
       (2) The questions described in the subparagraph (1) are as 
     follows:
       (A) The question of passing a bill or joint resolution.
       (B) The question of adopting a resolution or concurrent 
     resolution.
       (C) The question of agreeing to a motion to instruct 
     managers on the part of the House (except that proceedings 
     may not resume on such a motion under clause 7(c) of rule 
     XXII if the managers have filed a report in the House).
       (D) The question of agreeing to a conference report.
       (E) The question of agreeing to a motion to recommit a bill 
     considered under clause 6 of rule XV.
       (F) The question of ordering the previous question on a 
     question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
       (G) The question of agreeing to an amendment to a bill 
     considered under clause 6 of rule XV.
       (H) The question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the 
     rules.
       (b) At the time designated by the Speaker for further 
     proceedings on questions postponed under paragraph (a), the 
     Speaker shall resume proceedings on each postponed question 
     in the order in which it was considered.
       (c) The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time 
     for electronic voting on a question postponed under this 
     clause, or on a question incidental thereto, that follows 
     another electronic vote without intervening business, so long 
     as the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any 
     series of questions is 15 minutes.
       (d) If the House adjourns on a legislative day designated 
     for further proceedings on questions postponed under this 
     clause without disposing of such questions, then on the next 
     legislative day the unfinished business is the disposition of 
     such questions in the order in which they were considered.
     Five-minute votes
       9. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time 
     for electronic voting--
       (a) after a record vote on a motion for the previous 
     question, on any underlying question that follows without 
     intervening business, or on a question incidental thereto;
       (b) after a record vote on an amendment reported from the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, on 
     any subsequent amendment to that bill or resolution reported 
     from the Committee of the Whole, or on a question incidental 
     thereto;
       (c) after a record vote on a motion to recommit a bill, 
     resolution, or conference report, on the question of passage 
     or adoption, as the case may be, of such bill, resolution, or 
     conference report, or on a question incidental thereto, if 
     the question of passage or adoption follows without 
     intervening business the vote on the motion to recommit; or
       (d) as provided in clause 6(b)(3) of rule XVIII, clause 
     6(f) of rule XVIII, or clause 8 of this rule.
     Automatic yeas and nays
       10. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when 
     the Speaker puts the question on passage of a bill or joint 
     resolution, or on adoption of a conference report, making 
     general appropriations, or increasing Federal income tax 
     rates (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI), or on 
     final adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
     conference report thereon.

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     Ballot votes
       11. In a case of ballot for election, a majority of the 
     votes shall be necessary to an election. When there is not 
     such a majority on the first ballot, the process shall be 
     repeated until a majority is obtained. In all balloting 
     blanks shall be rejected, may not be counted in the 
     enumeration of votes, and may not be reported by the tellers.

                                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.
     General appropriation bills and amendments
       2. (a)(1) An appropriation may not be reported in a general 
     appropriation bill, and may not be in order as an amendment 
     thereto, for an expenditure not previously authorized by law, 
     except to continue appropriations for public works and 
     objects that are already in progress.
       (2) A reappropriation of unexpended balances of 
     appropriations may not be reported in a general appropriation 
     bill, and may not be in order as an amendment thereto, except 
     to continue appropriations for public works and objects that 
     are already in progress. This subparagraph does not apply to 
     transfers of unexpended balances within the department or 
     agency for which they were originally appropriated that are 
     reported by the Committee on Appropriations.
       (b) A provision changing existing law may not be reported 
     in a general appropriation bill, including a provision making 
     the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or 
     possession of information not required by existing law for 
     the period of the appropriation, except germane provisions 
     that retrench expenditures by the reduction of amounts of 
     money covered by the bill (which may include those 
     recommended to the Committee on Appropriations by direction 
     of a legislative committee having jurisdiction over the 
     subject matter) and except rescissions of appropriations 
     contained in appropriation Acts.
       (c) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not 
     be in order if changing existing law, including an amendment 
     making the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or 
     possession of information not required by existing law for 
     the period of the appropriation. Except as provided in 
     paragraph (d), an amendment proposing a limitation not 
     specifically contained or authorized in existing law for the 
     period of the limitation shall not be in order during 
     consideration of a general appropriation bill.
       (d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for 
     amendment, a motion that the Committee of the Whole House on 
     the state of the Union rise and report the bill to the House 
     with such amendments as may have been adopted shall, if 
     offered by the Majority Leader or a designee, have precedence 
     over motions to amend the bill. If such a motion to rise and 
     report is rejected or not offered, amendments proposing 
     limitations not specifically contained or authorized in 
     existing law for the period of the limitation or proposing 
     germane amendments that retrench expenditures by reductions 
     of amounts of money covered by the bill may be considered.
       (e) A provision other than an appropriation designated an 
     emergency under section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, a 
     rescission of budget authority, or a reduction in direct 
     spending or an amount for a designated emergency may not be 
     reported in an appropriation bill or joint resolution 
     containing an emergency designation under section 251(b)(2) 
     or section 252(e) of such Act and may not be in order as an 
     amendment thereto.
       (f) During the reading of an appropriation bill for 
     amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union, it shall be in order to consider en bloc 
     amendments proposing only to transfer appropriations among 
     objects in the bill without increasing the levels of budget 
     authority or outlays in the bill. When considered en bloc 
     under this paragraph, such amendments may amend portions of 
     the bill not yet read for amendment (following disposition of 
     any points of order against such portions) and is not subject 
     to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole.
     Transportation obligation limitations
       3. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, or conference report that would cause 
     obligation limitations to be below the level for any fiscal 
     year set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the highway 
     category or the mass transit category, as applicable.
     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) 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.
     Passage of tax rate increases
       (b) A bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
     report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase may not be 
     considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a 
     vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting, a 
     quorum being present. In this paragraph the term ``Federal 
     income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection 
     (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) 
     or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes 
     a new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the 
     amount of tax imposed by any such section.
     Consideration of retroactive tax rate increases
       (c) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a 
     retroactive Federal income tax rate increase. In this 
     paragraph--
       (1) the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any 
     amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 
     1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate of tax and 
     thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any such 
     section; and
       (2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive if it 
     applies to a period beginning before the enactment of the 
     provision.

                               RULE XXII

                       House and Senate Relations

     Senate amendments
       1. A motion to disagree to Senate amendments to a House 
     bill or resolution and to request or agree to a conference 
     with the Senate, or a motion to insist on House amendments to 
     a Senate bill or resolution and to request or agree to a 
     conference with the Senate, shall be privileged in the 
     discretion of the Speaker if offered by direction of the 
     primary committee and of all reporting committees that had 
     initial referral of the bill or resolution.
       2. A motion to dispose of House bills with Senate 
     amendments not requiring consideration in the Committee of 
     the Whole House on the state of the Union shall be 
     privileged.
       3. Except as permitted by clause 1, before the stage of 
     disagreement, a Senate amendment to a House bill or 
     resolution shall be subject to the point of order that it 
     must first be considered in the Committee of the Whole House 
     on the state of the Union if, originating in the House, it 
     would be subject to such a point under clause 3 of rule 
     XVIII.
       4. When the stage of disagreement has been reached on a 
     bill or resolution with House or Senate amendments, a motion 
     to dispose of any amendment shall be privileged.
       5. (a) Managers on the part of the House may not agree to a 
     Senate amendment described in paragraph (b) unless specific 
     authority to agree to the amendment first is given by the 
     House by a separate vote with respect thereto. If specific 
     authority is not granted, the Senate amendment shall be 
     reported in disagreement by the conference committee back to 
     the two Houses for disposition by separate motion.
       (b) The managers on the part of the House may not agree to 
     a Senate amendment described in paragraph (a) that--
       (1) would violate clause 2(a)(1) or (c) of rule XXI if 
     originating in the House; or
       (2) proposes an appropriation on a bill other than a 
     general appropriation bill.
       6. A Senate amendment carrying a tax or tariff measure in 
     violation of clause 5(a) of rule XXI may not be agreed to.
     Conference reports; amendments reported in disagreement
       7. (a) The presentation of a conference report shall be in 
     order at any time except during a reading of the Journal or 
     the conduct of a record vote, a vote by division, or a quorum 
     call.
       (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) the time allotted for 
     debate on a motion to instruct managers on the part of the 
     House shall be equally divided between the majority and 
     minority parties.
       (2) If the proponent of a motion to instruct managers on 
     the part of the House and the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner of the other party identified under subparagraph 
     (1) both support the motion, one-third of the time for debate 
     thereon shall be allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner who opposes the motion on demand of that Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
       (c)(1) A motion to instruct managers on the part of the 
     House, or a motion to discharge all managers on the part of 
     the House and to appoint new conferees, shall be privileged--
       (A) after a conference committee has been appointed for 20 
     calendar days without making a report; and
       (B) on the first legislative day after the calendar day on 
     which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering 
     the motion announces to the House his intention to do so and 
     the form of the motion.
       (2) The Speaker may designate a time in the legislative 
     schedule on that legislative

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     day for consideration of a motion described in subparagraph 
     (1).
       (3) During the last six days of a session of Congress, the 
     period of time specified in subparagraph (1)(A) shall be 36 
     hours.
       (d) Each conference report to the House shall be printed as 
     a report of the House. Each such report shall be accompanied 
     by a joint explanatory statement prepared jointly by the 
     managers on the part of the House and the managers on the 
     part of the Senate. The joint explanatory statement shall be 
     sufficiently detailed and explicit to inform the House of the 
     effects of the report on the matters committed to conference.
       8. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order to consider a conference report until--
       (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, 
     or legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
     a day) on which the conference report and the accompanying 
     joint explanatory statement have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the Congressional 
     Record; and
       (B) copies of the conference report and the accompanying 
     joint explanatory statement have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for at least two 
     hours.
       (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six 
     days of a session of Congress.
       (b)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate 
     amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee 
     until--
       (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, 
     or legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
     a day) on which the report in disagreement and any 
     accompanying statement have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the Congressional 
     Record; and
       (B) copies of the report in disagreement and any 
     accompanying statement, together with the text of the Senate 
     amendment, have been available to Members, Delegates, and the 
     Resident Commissioner for at least two hours.
       (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six 
     days of a session of Congress.
       (3) During consideration of a Senate amendment reported in 
     disagreement by a conference committee on a general 
     appropriation bill, a motion to insist on disagreement to the 
     Senate amendment shall be preferential to any other motion to 
     dispose of that amendment if the original motion offered by 
     the floor manager proposes to change existing law and the 
     motion to insist is offered before debate on the original 
     motion by the chairman of the committee having jurisdiction 
     of the subject matter of the amendment or a designee. Such a 
     preferential motion shall be separately debatable for one 
     hour equally divided between its proponent and the proponent 
     of the original motion. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the preferential motion to its 
     adoption without intervening motion.
       (c) A conference report or a Senate amendment reported in 
     disagreement by a conference committee that has been 
     available as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) shall be 
     considered as read when called up.
       (d)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the time allotted for 
     debate on a conference report or on a motion to dispose of a 
     Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference 
     committee shall be equally divided between the majority and 
     minority parties.
       (2) If the floor manager for the majority and the floor 
     manager for the minority both support the conference report 
     or motion, one-third of the time for debate thereon shall be 
     allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     opposes the conference report or motion on demand of that 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
       (e) Under clause 6(a)(2) of rule XIII, a resolution 
     proposing only to waive a requirement of this clause 
     concerning the availability of reports to Members, Delegates, 
     and the Resident Commissioner may be considered by the House 
     on the same day it is reported by the Committee on Rules.
       9. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment has been 
     committed to a conference committee, the managers on the part 
     of the House may propose a substitute that is a germane 
     modification of the matter in disagreement. The introduction 
     of any language presenting specific additional matter not 
     committed to the conference committee by either House does 
     not constitute a germane modification of the matter in 
     disagreement. Moreover, a conference report may not include 
     matter not committed to the conference committee by either 
     House and may not include a modification of specific matter 
     committed to the conference committee by either or both 
     Houses if that modification is beyond the scope of that 
     specific matter as committed to the conference committee.
       10. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may 
     raise a point of order against nongermane matter, as 
     specified in subparagraph (2), before the commencement of 
     debate on--
       (A) a conference report;
       (B) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to 
     a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference 
     committee and concur therein, with or without amendment; or
       (C) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to 
     a Senate amendment on which the stage of disagreement has 
     been reached and concur therein, with or without amendment.
       (2) A point of order against nongermane matter is one 
     asserting that a proposition described in subparagraph (1) 
     contains specified matter that would violate clause 7 of rule 
     XVI if it were offered in the House as an amendment to the 
     underlying measure in the form it was passed by the House.
       (b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained, a 
     motion that the House reject the nongermane matter identified 
     by the point of order shall be privileged. Such a motion is 
     debatable for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and 
     one-half in opposition thereto.
       (c) After disposition of a point of order under paragraph 
     (a) or a motion to reject under paragraph (b), any further 
     points of order under paragraph (a) not covered by a previous 
     point of order, and any consequent motions to reject under 
     paragraph (b), shall be likewise disposed of.
       (d)(1) If a motion to reject under paragraph (b) is 
     adopted, then after disposition of all points of order under 
     paragraph (a) and any consequent motions to reject under 
     paragraph (b), the conference report or motion, as the case 
     may be, shall be considered as rejected and the matter 
     remaining in disagreement shall be disposed of under 
     subparagraph (2) or (3), as the case may be.
       (2) After the House has adopted one or more motions to 
     reject nongermane matter contained in a conference report 
     under the preceding provisions of this clause--
       (A) if the conference report accompanied a House measure 
     amended by the Senate, the pending question shall be whether 
     the House shall recede and concur in the Senate amendment 
     with an amendment consisting of so much of the conference 
     report as was not rejected; and
       (B) if the conference report accompanied a Senate measure 
     amended by the House, the pending question shall be whether 
     the House shall insist further on the House amendment.
       (3) After the House has adopted one or more motions to 
     reject nongermane matter contained in a motion that the House 
     recede and concur in a Senate amendment, with or without 
     amendment, the following motions shall be privileged and 
     shall have precedence in the order stated:
       (A) A motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate 
     amendment with an amendment in writing then available on the 
     floor.
       (B) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to 
     the Senate amendment and request a further conference with 
     the Senate.
       (C) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to 
     the Senate amendment.
       (e) If, on a division of the question on a motion described 
     in paragraph (a)(1)(B) or (C), the House agrees to recede, 
     then a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may raise a 
     point of order against nongermane matter, as specified in 
     paragraph (a)(2), before the commencement of debate on 
     concurring in the Senate amendment, with or without 
     amendment. A point of order under this paragraph shall 
     be disposed of according to the preceding provisions of 
     this clause in the same manner as a point of order under 
     paragraph (a).
       -11. It shall not be in order to consider a conference 
     report to accompany a bill or joint resolution that proposes 
     to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--
       -(a) the joint explanatory statement of the managers 
     includes a tax complexity analysis prepared by the Joint 
     Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in accordance with 
     section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring 
     and Reform Act of 1998; or-
       (b) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes 
     such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the 
     Congressional Record before consideration of the conference 
     report.-
       12. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a meeting of each 
     conference committee shall be open to the public.-
       (2) In open session of the House, a motion that managers on 
     the part of the House be permitted to close to the public a 
     meeting or meetings of their conference committee shall be 
     privileged, shall be decided without debate, and shall be 
     decided by a record vote.-
       (b) A point of order that a conference committee failed to 
     comply with paragraph (a) may be raised immediately after the 
     conference report is read or considered as read. If such a 
     point of order is sustained, the conference report shall be 
     considered as rejected, the House shall be considered to have 
     insisted on its amendments or on disagreement to the Senate 
     amendments, as the case may be, and to have requested a 
     further conference with the Senate, and the Speaker may 
     appoint new conferees without intervening motion.

                               RULE XXIII

                    Statutory Limit on Public Debt-

       1. Upon adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget under section 301 or 304 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 that sets forth, as the appropriate level 
     of the public debt for the period to which the concurrent 
     resolution relates, an amount that is different from the 
     amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that 
     otherwise would be in effect for that period, the Clerk shall 
     prepare an engrossment of a joint resolution increasing or 
     decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory limit on the 
     public debt in the form prescribed in clause 2. Upon 
     engrossment of the joint resolution, the vote by which the 
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     budget was finally agreed to in the House shall also be 
     considered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution in 
     the House, and the joint resolution shall be considered as 
     passed by the House and duly certified and examined. The 
     engrossed copy shall be signed by the Clerk and transmitted 
     to the Senate for further legislative action.-
       2. The matter after the resolving clause in a joint 
     resolution described in clause 1 shall be as follows: ``That 
     subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation 
     contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof 
     `$__'.'', with the blank being filled with a dollar 
     limitation equal to the appropriate level of the public debt 
     set forth pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 in the relevant concurrent resolution 
     described in clause 1. If an adopted concurrent resolution 
     under clause 1 sets forth different appropriate levels of the 
     public debt for separate periods, only one engrossed joint 
     resolution shall be prepared under clause 1; and the blank 
     referred to in the preceding sentence shall be filled with 
     the limitation that is to apply for each period.-
       3. (a) The report of the Committee on the Budget on a 
     concurrent resolution described in clause 1 and the joint 
     explanatory statement of the managers on a conference report 
     to accompany such a concurrent resolution each shall contain 
     a clear statement of the effect the eventual enactment of a 
     joint resolution engrossed under this rule would have on the 
     statutory limit on the public debt.-
       (b) It shall not be in order for the House to consider a 
     concurrent resolution described in clause 1, or a conference 
     report thereon, unless the report of the Committee on the 
     Budget or the joint explanatory statement of the managers 
     complies with paragraph (a).
       4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or 
     otherwise affecting---
       (a) the power of the House or the Senate to consider and 
     pass bills or joint resolutions, without regard to the 
     procedures under clause 1, that would change the statutory 
     limit on the public debt; or
       (b) the rights of Members, Delegates, the Resident 
     Commissioner, or committees with respect to the introduction, 
     consideration, and reporting of such bills or joint 
     resolutions.
       5. In this rule the term ``statutory limit on the public 
     debt'' means the maximum face amount of obligations issued 
     under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United States 
     Code, and obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest 
     by the United States (except such guaranteed obligations as 
     may be held by the Secretary of the Treasury), as determined 
     under section 3101(b) of such title after the application of 
     section 3101(a) of such title, that may be outstanding at any 
     one time.

                               RULE XXIV

                       Code of Official Conduct-

       There is hereby established by and for the House the 
     following code of conduct, to be known as the ``Code of 
     Official Conduct'':-
       1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a 
     manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.-
       2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House shall adhere to the spirit and the 
     letter of the Rules of the House and to the rules of duly 
     constituted committees thereof.
       -3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not receive compensation and may 
     not permit compensation to accrue to his beneficial interest 
     from any source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue 
     of influence improperly exerted from his position in 
     Congress.
       4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not accept gifts except as provided 
     by clause 5 of rule XXVI.-
       5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not accept an honorarium for a 
     speech, a writing for publication, or other similar activity, 
     except as otherwise provided under rule XXVI.-
       6. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner---
       (a) shall keep his campaign funds separate from his 
     personal funds;-
       (b) may not convert campaign funds to personal use in 
     excess of an amount representing reimbursement for legitimate 
     and verifiable campaign expenditures; and-
       (c) may not expend funds from his campaign account that are 
     not attributable to bona fide campaign or political 
     purposes.-
       7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall treat 
     as campaign contributions all proceeds from testimonial 
     dinners or other fund-raising events.-
       8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or 
     officer of the House may not retain an employee who does not 
     perform duties for the offices of the employing authority 
     commensurate with the compensation he receives.
       (b) In the case of a committee employee who works under the 
     direct supervision of a member of the committee other than a 
     chairman, the chairman may require that such member affirm in 
     writing that the employee has complied with clause 8(a) 
     (subject to clause 7 of rule X) as evidence of compliance by 
     the chairman with this clause and with clause 7 of rule X.-
       9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not discharge and may not refuse to 
     hire an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an 
     individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, 
     or privileges of employment, because of the race, color, 
     religion, sex (including marital or parental status), 
     disability, age, or national origin of such individual, but 
     may take into consideration the domicile or political 
     affiliation of such individual.-
       10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has 
     been convicted by a court of record for the commission of a 
     crime for which a sentence of two or more years' imprisonment 
     may be imposed should refrain from participation in the 
     business of each committee of which he is a member, and a 
     Member should refrain from voting on any question at a 
     meeting of the House or of the Committee of the Whole House 
     on the state of the Union, unless or until judicial or 
     executive proceedings result in reinstatement of the 
     presumption of his innocence or until he is reelected to the 
     House after the date of such conviction.-
       11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     authorize or otherwise allow an individual, group, or 
     organization not under the direction and control of the House 
     to use the words ``Congress of the United States,'' ``House 
     of Representatives,'' or ``Official Business,'' or any 
     combination of words thereof, on any letterhead or envelope.
       12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of 
     the House who is required to file a report under rule XXVII 
     may not participate personally and substantially as an 
     employee of the House in a contact with an agency of the 
     executive or judicial branches of Government with respect to 
     nonlegislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person 
     in which the employee has a significant financial interest.-
       (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee first 
     advises his employing authority of a significant financial 
     interest described in paragraph (a) and obtains from his 
     employing authority a written waiver stating that the 
     participation of the employee in the activity described in 
     paragraph (a) is necessary. A copy of each such waiver 
     shall be filed with the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct.-
       13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House may have access to 
     classified information, the following oath (or affirmation) 
     shall be executed:
       ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose 
     any classified information received in the course of my 
     service with the House of Representatives, except as 
     authorized by the House of Representatives or in accordance 
     with its Rules.''

     Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be 
     retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the House.-
       14. (a) In this Code of Official Conduct, the term 
     ``officer or employee of the House'' means an individual 
     whose compensation is disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
     Officer.
       (b) An individual whose services are compensated by the 
     House pursuant to a consultant contract shall be considered 
     an employee of the House for purposes of clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 
     8, 9, and 13 of this rule.

                                RULE XXV

                  Limitations on Use of Official Funds

     Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts-
       1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     maintain, or have maintained for his use, an unofficial 
     office account. Funds may not be paid into an unofficial 
     office account.-
       2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an 
     amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is paid into the House 
     Recording Studio revolving fund for telecommunications 
     satellite services, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner may accept reimbursement from nonpolitical 
     entities in that amount for transmission to the Clerk for 
     credit to the Official Expenses Allowance.-
       3. In this rule the term ``unofficial office account'' 
     means an account or repository in which funds are received 
     for the purpose of defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses 
     allowable under section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 as ordinary and necessary in the operation of a 
     congressional office, and includes a newsletter fund referred 
     to in section 527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
     Limitations on use of the frank-
       4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall mail 
     franked mail under section 3210(d) of title 39, United States 
     Code at the most economical rate of postage practicable.-
       5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner shall submit a sample or description of 
     the mail matter involved to the House Commission on 
     Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to 
     whether the proposed mailing is in compliance with applicable 
     provisions of law, rule, or regulation.-
       6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner under the provisions of 
     section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, is not 
     frankable unless the cost of preparing and printing it is 
     defrayed exclusively from funds made available in an 
     appropriation Act.-

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       7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     send a mass mailing outside the congressional district from 
     which he was elected.-
       8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner, a mass mailing is not frankable under section 
     3210 of title 39, United States Code, when it is postmarked 
     less than 60 days before the date of a primary or general 
     election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which he is 
     a candidate for public office. If the mail matter is of a 
     type that is not customarily postmarked, the date on which it 
     would have been postmarked, if it were of a type customarily 
     postmarked, applies.
       9. In this rule the term ``mass mailing'' means, with 
     respect to a session of Congress, a mailing of newsletters or 
     other pieces of mail with substantially identical content 
     (whether such pieces of mail are deposited singly or in bulk, 
     or at the same time or different times), totaling more than 
     500 pieces of mail in that session, except that such term 
     does not include a mailing---
       (a) of matter in direct response to a communication from a 
     person to whom the matter is mailed;-
       (b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to 
     other Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, or 
     Senators, or to Federal, State, or local government 
     officials; or-
       (c) of a news release to the communications media.
     Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to 
         succeeding Congress-
       10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in clause 
     1(i)(1) of rule X, including funds from committee expense 
     resolutions, and funds in any local currencies owned by the 
     United States may not be made available for travel by a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator after the 
     date of a general election in which he was not elected to the 
     succeeding Congress or, in the case of a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner who is not a candidate in a general 
     election, after the earlier of the date of such general 
     election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular 
     session of the Congress.

                               RULE XXVI

      Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts

     Outside earned income; honoraria-
       1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House may not---
       (1) have outside earned income attributable to a calendar 
     year that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay 
     for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of 
     title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of that calendar 
     year; or-
       (2) receive any honorarium, except that an officer or 
     employee of the House who is paid at a rate less than 120 
     percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the 
     General Schedule may receive an honorarium unless the subject 
     matter is directly related to the official duties of the 
     individual, the payment is made because of the status of the 
     individual with the House, or the person offering the 
     honorarium has interests that may be substantially affected 
     by the performance or nonperformance of the official duties 
     of the individual.-
       (b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House, such individual may not have outside earned income 
     attributable to the portion of a calendar year that occurs 
     after such individual becomes a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee that exceeds 15 percent 
     of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United 
     States Code, as of January 1 of that calendar year 
     multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the 
     number of days the individual is a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee during that 
     calendar year and the denominator of which is 365.
       (c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made to a 
     charitable organization on behalf of a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may 
     not be received by that Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee. Such a payment may not 
     exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from 
     which the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent 
     relative of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee, derives a financial benefit.
       2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not--
       (a) receive compensation for affiliating with or being 
     employed by a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or 
     other entity that provides professional services involving a 
     fiduciary relationship;
       (b) permit his name to be used by such a firm, partnership, 
     association, corporation, or other entity;
       (c) receive compensation for practicing a profession that 
     involves a fiduciary relationship;
       (d) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the 
     board of an association, corporation, or other entity; or
       (e) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior 
     notification and approval of the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct.
     Copyright royalties
       3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House may not receive an advance payment 
     on copyright royalties. This paragraph does not prohibit a 
     literary agent, researcher, or other individual (other than 
     an individual employed by the House or a relative of a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee) working on behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee with respect to a 
     publication from receiving an advance payment of a copyright 
     royalty directly from a publisher and solely for the benefit 
     of that literary agent, researcher, or other individual.
       (b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not receive copyright royalties 
     under a contract entered into on or after January 1, 1996, 
     unless that contract is first approved by the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct as complying with the 
     requirement of clause 4(d)(1)(E) (that royalties are received 
     from an established publisher under usual and customary 
     contractual terms).
     Definitions
       4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subparagraph 
     (2), the term ``officer or employee of the House'' means an 
     individual (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal to or 
     greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for 
     GS-15 of the General Schedule, and who is so employed for 
     more than 90 days in a calendar year; and
       (2) when used with respect to an honorarium, the term 
     ``officer or employee of the House'' means an individual 
     (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner) 
     whose salary is disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
     Officer.
       (b) In this rule the term ``honorarium'' means a payment of 
     money or a thing of value for an appearance, speech, or 
     article (including a series of appearances, speeches, or 
     articles) by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House, excluding any actual and 
     necessary travel expenses incurred by that Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee (and one 
     relative) to the extent that such expenses are paid or 
     reimbursed by any other person. The amount otherwise 
     determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such 
     expenses to the extent that such expenses are not so paid or 
     reimbursed.
       (c) In this rule the term ``travel expenses'' means, with 
     respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer 
     or, employee of the House, or a relative of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, the 
     cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals 
     while away from his residence or principal place of 
     employment.
       (d)(1) In this rule the term ``outside earned income'' 
     means, with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, wages, 
     salaries, fees, and other amounts received or to be received 
     as compensation for personal services actually rendered, but 
     does not include --
       (A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee;
       (B) any compensation derived by a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House for 
     personal services actually rendered before the adoption of 
     this rule or before he became a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee;
       (C) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House to a tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing, or stock 
     bonus plan and received by him from such a plan;
       (D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House engaged in a 
     trade or business in which he or his family holds a 
     controlling interest and in which both personal services and 
     capital are income-producing factors, any amount received by 
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee, so long as the personal services actually rendered 
     by him in the trade or business do not generate a significant 
     amount of income; or
       (E) copyright royalties received from established 
     publishers under usual and customary contractual terms; and
       (2) outside earned income shall be determined without 
     regard to community property law.
       (e) In this rule the term ``charitable organization'' means 
     an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
     Gifts
       5. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House may not knowingly accept a 
     gift except as provided in this clause.
       (2)(A) In this clause the term ``gift'' means a gratuity, 
     favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, 
     forbearance, or other item having monetary value. The term 
     includes gifts of services, training, transportation, 
     lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of 
     a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the 
     expense has been incurred.
       (B)(i) A gift to a family member of a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, or 
     a gift to any other individual based on that individual's 
     relationship with the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee, shall be considered a 
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     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     if it is given with the knowledge and acquiescence of the 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     and the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee has reason to believe the gift was given because of 
     his official position.
       (ii) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time 
     and place to both a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House and the spouse or dependent 
     thereof, only the food or refreshment provided to the Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall 
     be treated as a gift for purposes of this clause.
       (3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not apply to 
     the following:
       (A) Anything for which the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House pays the 
     market value, or does not use and promptly returns to the 
     donor.
       (B) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) 
     that is lawfully made under that Act, a lawful contribution 
     for election to a State or local government office, or 
     attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a political 
     organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (C) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16) 
     of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. 
     App. 109(16)).
       (D)(i) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a 
     personal friendship unless the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House has reason to 
     believe that, under the circumstances, the gift was provided 
     because of his official position and not because of the 
     personal friendship.
       (ii) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis 
     of personal friendship, the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall 
     consider the circumstances under which the gift was offered, 
     such as:
       (I) The history of his relationship with the individual 
     giving the gift, including any previous exchange of gifts 
     between them.
       (II) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who 
     gave the gift personally paid for the gift or sought a tax 
     deduction or business reimbursement for the gift.
       (III) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who 
     gave the gift also gave the same or similar gifts to other 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioners, officers, or 
     employees of the House.
       (E) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3), a contribution 
     or other payment to a legal expense fund established for the 
     benefit of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House that is otherwise lawfully 
     made in accordance with the restrictions and disclosure 
     requirements of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct.
       (F) A gift from another Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House or Senate.
       (G) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other 
     benefits--
       (i) resulting from the outside business or employment 
     activities of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House (or other outside 
     activities that are not connected to his duties as an 
     officeholder), or of his spouse, if such benefits have not 
     been offered or enhanced because of his official position and 
     are customarily provided to others in similar circumstances;
       (ii) customarily provided by a prospective employer in 
     connection with bona fide employment discussions; or
       (iii) provided by a political organization described in 
     section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in 
     connection with a fundraising or campaign event sponsored by 
     such organization.
       (H) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued 
     participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan 
     maintained by a former employer.
       (I) Informational materials that are sent to the office of 
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House in the form of books, articles, 
     periodicals, other written materials, audiotapes, videotapes, 
     or other forms of communication.
       (J) Awards or prizes that are given to competitors in 
     contests or events open to the public, including random 
     drawings.
       (K) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food, 
     refreshments, and entertainment) and other bona fide, 
     nonmonetary awards presented in recognition of public service 
     (and associated food, refreshments, and entertainment 
     provided in the presentation of such degrees and awards).
       (L) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to 
     all attendees as an integral part of the training) if such 
     training is in the interest of the House.
       (M) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.
       (N) An item, the receipt of which is authorized by the 
     Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational and 
     Cultural Exchange Act, or any other statute.
       (O) Anything that is paid for by the Federal Government, by 
     a State or local government, or secured by the Government 
     under a Government contract.
       (P) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section 
     109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) of an individual 
     other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
     principal.
       (Q) Free attendance at a widely attended event permitted 
     under subparagraph (4).
       (R) Opportunities and benefits that are--
       (i) available to the public or to a class consisting of all 
     Federal employees, whether or not restricted on the basis of 
     geographic consideration;
       (ii) offered to members of a group or class in which 
     membership is unrelated to congressional employment;
       (iii) offered to members of an organization, such as an 
     employees' association or congressional credit union, in 
     which membership is related to congressional employment and 
     similar opportunities are available to large segments of the 
     public through organizations of similar size;
       (iv) offered to a group or class that is not defined in a 
     manner that specifically discriminates among Government 
     employees on the basis of branch of Government or type of 
     responsibility, or on a basis that favors those of higher 
     rank or rate of pay;
       (v) in the form of loans from banks and other financial 
     institutions on terms generally available to the public; or
       (vi) in the form of reduced membership or other fees for 
     participation in organization activities offered to all 
     Government employees by professional organizations if the 
     only restrictions on membership relate to professional 
     qualifications.
       (S) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially 
     commemorative in nature and that is intended for 
     presentation.
       (T) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is 
     granted by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       (U) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other 
     than as a part of a meal.
       (V) Donations of products from the district or State that 
     the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner represents 
     that are intended primarily for promotional purposes, such as 
     display or free distribution, and are of minimal value to any 
     single recipient.
       (W) An item of nominal value such as a greeting card, 
     baseball cap, or a T-shirt.
       (4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House may accept an offer of free 
     attendance at a widely attended convention, conference, 
     symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, viewing, 
     reception, or similar event, provided by the sponsor of the 
     event, if--
       (i) the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House participates in the event as a 
     speaker or a panel participant, by presenting information 
     related to Congress or matters before Congress, or by 
     performing a ceremonial function appropriate to his official 
     position; or
       (ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to the 
     performance of the official duties or representative function 
     of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House.
       (B) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House who attends an event described in 
     subdivision (A) may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of 
     free attendance at the event for an accompanying individual.
       (C) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House, or the spouse or dependent thereof, 
     may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free attendance 
     at a charity event, except that reimbursement for 
     transportation and lodging may not be accepted in connection 
     with the event.
       (D) In this paragraph the term ``free attendance'' may 
     include waiver of all or part of a conference or other fee, 
     the provision of local transportation, or the provision of 
     food, refreshments, entertainment, and instructional 
     materials furnished to all attendees as an integral part of 
     the event. The term does not include entertainment collateral 
     to the event, nor does it include food or refreshments taken 
     other than in a group setting with all or substantially all 
     other attendees.
       (5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not accept a gift the value of 
     which exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal friendship 
     exception in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct issues a written determination 
     that such exception applies. A determination under this 
     subparagraph is not required for gifts given on the basis of 
     the family relationship exception in subparagraph (3)(C).
       (6) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item 
     because it is perishable, the item may, at the discretion of 
     the recipient, be given to an appropriate charity or 
     destroyed.
       (b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) to a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House from a private source other than a registered 
     lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal for necessary 
     transportation, lodging, and related expenses for travel to a 
     meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or similar 
     event in connection with his duties as an officeholder shall 
     be considered as a reimbursement to the House and not a gift 
     prohibited by this clause, if the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee--
       (i) in the case of an employee, receives advance 
     authorization, from the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the 
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       (ii) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed 
     and the authorization to the Clerk within 30 days after the 
     travel is completed.
       (B) For purposes of subdivision (A), events, the activities 
     of which are substantially recreational in nature, are not 
     considered to be in connection with the duties of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House as an officeholder.
       (2) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement 
     shall be signed by the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or officer of the House under whose direct 
     supervision the employee works and shall include--
       (A) the name of the employee;
       (B) the name of the person who will make the reimbursement;
       (C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and
       (D) a determination that the travel is in connection with 
     the duties of the employee as an officeholder and would not 
     create the appearance that the employee is using public 
     office for private gain.
       (3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph (1)(A) of 
     expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed by 
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer (in 
     the case of travel by that Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or officer) or by the Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, or officer under whose direct 
     supervision the employee works (in the case of travel by an 
     employee) and shall include--
       (A) a good faith estimate of total transportation expenses 
     reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
       (B) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses 
     reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
       (C) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses reimbursed 
     or to be reimbursed;
       (D) a good faith estimate of the total of other expenses 
     reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
       (E) a determination that all such expenses are necessary 
     transportation, lodging, and related expenses as defined in 
     subparagraph (4); and
       (F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, or officer, a determination that the 
     travel was in connection with his duties as an officeholder 
     and would not create the appearance that the Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer is using public 
     office for private gain.
       (4) In this paragraph the term ``necessary transportation, 
     lodging, and related expenses''--
       (A) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary for 
     travel for a period not exceeding four days within the United 
     States or seven days exclusive of travel time outside of the 
     United States unless approved in advance by the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct;
       (B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for 
     transportation, lodging, conference fees and materials, and 
     food and refreshments, including reimbursement for necessary 
     transportation, whether or not such transportation occurs 
     within the periods described in subdivision (A);
       (C) does not include expenditures for recreational 
     activities, nor does it include entertainment other than that 
     provided to all attendees as an integral part of the event, 
     except for activities or entertainment otherwise permissible 
     under this clause; and
       (D) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf of 
     either the spouse or a child of the Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
       (5) The Clerk shall make available to the public all 
     advance authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement filed 
     under subparagraph (1) as soon as possible after they are 
     received.
       (c) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the 
     following:
       (1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an agent 
     of a foreign principal to an entity that is maintained or 
     controlled by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House.
       (2) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered 
     lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal on the basis of a 
     designation, recommendation, or other specification of a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House (not including a mass mailing or other 
     solicitation directed to a broad category of persons or 
     entities), other than a charitable contribution permitted by 
     paragraph (d).
       (3) A contribution or other payment by a registered 
     lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal to a legal 
     expense fund established for the benefit of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House.
       (4) A financial contribution or expenditure made by a 
     registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal 
     relating to a conference, retreat, or similar event, 
     sponsored by or affiliated with an official congressional 
     organization, for or on behalf of Members, Delegates, the 
     Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of the House.
       (d)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 
     170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a 
     registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in 
     lieu of an honorarium to a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House are not 
     considered a gift under this clause if it is reported as 
     provided in subparagraph (2).
       (2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee who designates or recommends a contribution to a 
     charitable organization in lieu of an honorarium described in 
     subparagraph (1) shall report within 30 days after such 
     designation or recommendation to the Clerk--
       (A) the name and address of the registered lobbyist who is 
     making the contribution in lieu of an honorarium;
       (B) the date and amount of the contribution; and
       (C) the name and address of the charitable organization 
     designated or recommended by the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner.

     The Clerk shall make public information received under this 
     subparagraph as soon as possible after it is received.
       (e) In this clause--
       (1) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a lobbyist 
     registered under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act or 
     any successor statute; and
       (2) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' means an 
     agent of a foreign principal registered under the Foreign 
     Agents Registration Act.
       (f) All the provisions of this clause shall be interpreted 
     and enforced solely by the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is 
     authorized to issue guidance on any matter contained in this 
     clause.
     Claims against the Government
       6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the House, 
     or continue in its employment, if he acts as an agent for the 
     prosecution of a claim against the Government or if he is 
     interested in such claim, except as an original claimant or 
     in the proper discharge of official duties.

                               RULE XXVII

                          Financial Disclosure

       1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed with 
     the Clerk under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978 within the seven-day period beginning on the date on 
     which the report is filed to the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall 
     compile all such reports sent to him by Members within the 
     period beginning on January 1 and ending on June 15 of 
     each year and have them printed as a House document, which 
     shall be made available to the public.
       2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I 
     of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be considered 
     Rules of the House as they pertain to Members, Delegates, the 
     Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.

                              RULE XXVIII

                           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 the masculine gender 
     include the feminine as well.

     SEC. 2. SEPARATE ORDERS.

       (a) Budget Enforcement.--(1) Pending the adoption by the 
     Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 1999--
       (A) the chairman of the Committee on the Budget, when 
     elected, shall publish in the Congressional Record budget 
     totals contemplated by section 301 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 and allocations contemplated by section 
     302(a) of that Act for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
     2003;
       (B) those totals and levels shall be effective in the House 
     as though established under a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget and sections 301 and 302 of that Act; and
       (C) the publication of those totals and levels shall be 
     considered as the completion of Congressional action on a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Pending the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000, a provision in 
     a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a 
     conference report thereon, that establishes prospectively for 
     a Federal office or position a specified or minimum level of 
     compensation to be funded by annual discretionary 
     appropriations shall not be considered as providing new 
     entitlement authority within the meaning of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
       (3) In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution 
     considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point 
     of order under section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 shall be determined on the basis of the text made in 
     order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose 
     of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is 
     ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.
       (b) Tenure on Budget Committee.--Notwithstanding clause 
     5(a)(2)(B) of rule X, during the One Hundred Sixth Congress 
     tenure on the Committee on the Budget shall not be limited.
       (c) Standards Committee Rules.--Each provision of House 
     Resolution 168 of the One Hundred Fifth Congress that was not 
     executed as a change in the standing rules is hereby 
     reaffirmed for the One Hundred Sixth Congress.

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       (d) Census Subcommittee.--Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of 
     rule X, during the One Hundred Sixth Congress the Committee 
     on Government Reform may have not more than eight 
     subcommittees.
       (e) Explanatory Material Relating to Codification of 
     Rules.--Upon the adoption of this resolution, the Majority 
     Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees may submit 
     for inclusion in the Congressional Record as part of the 
     debate hereon such extraneous and tabular matter as they may 
     consider to constitute legislative history concerning the 
     codification of the standing rules.
       (f) Continuation of Select Committee.--
       (1) In general.--Solely for the purpose of completing 
     activities directly associated with the declassification and 
     public release of its report, the Select Committee on U.S. 
     National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the 
     People's Republic of China (hereafter referred to as the 
     ``Select Committee''), created by House Resolution 463, One 
     Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to June 18, 1998 (hereafter 
     referred to as the ``Authorizing Resolution''), may sit and 
     act during the One Hundred Sixth Congress at any time prior 
     to April 1, 1999, as it may deem appropriate, without regard 
     to whether or not the House of Representatives is in session 
     at the time.
       (2) Continuation of powers and jurisdiction.--Solely for 
     the purpose described in paragraph (1), the Select 
     Committee's jurisdiction, and all other powers, authorities, 
     responsibilities, and procedures of the Select Committee and 
     of other Committees of the House of Representatives, shall 
     remain as set forth in the Authorizing Resolution, except as 
     follows:
       (A) Section 10 of the Authorizing Resolution shall not be 
     continued.
       (B) Sections 8 and 9 of the Authorizing Resolution shall 
     apply only to the enforcement of requests for information 
     which are issued prior to January 3, 1999, and to issuing and 
     enforcing requests for information directly related to the 
     declassification and public release of the Select Committee's 
     report.
       (3) Disposition of records.--In addition to the powers and 
     authorities extended under paragraph (2), upon the 
     termination of the Select Committee, all records of the 
     Select Committee shall be transferred to other committees of 
     the House of Representatives, stored by the Clerk of the 
     House of Representatives, or otherwise disposed of as the 
     Select Committee may direct, consistent with applicable rules 
     and laws concerning classified information.
       (4) No additional funds.--Funds for the Select Committee 
     for carrying out activities under this subsection during the 
     One Hundred Sixth Congress shall be derived solely from 
     amounts provided pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution which 
     remain unobligated and unexpended as of the end of the One 
     Hundred Fifth Congress.
       (g) Numbering of Bills.--In the One Hundred Sixth Congress, 
     the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall 
     be reserved for assignment by the Speaker to such bills as he 
     may designate when introduced before March 1, 1999.

     SEC. 3. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS.

       Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 
     to consider in the House a resolution amending clause 5 of 
     rule XXVI, if offered by the Majority Leader or his designee. 
     The resolution shall be considered as read for amendment. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     resolution to final adoption without intervening motion or 
     demand for division of the question except one hour of debate 
     equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the 
     Minority Leader or their designees.

  Mr. ARMEY (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) is recognized for 1 
hour.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, for the purposes of debate only, I yield the 
customary 30 minutes to the distinguished minority leader, the 
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), or his designee, pending which 
I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of the 
resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the time allocated to me 
under the previous unanimous consent request be conceded to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), the chairman of the Committee 
on Rules.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) is 
recognized.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks, and to include extraneous material in the Record.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, before you leave the Chair, I want to extend 
my hearty congratulations to you.
  Mr. Speaker, as has been said, the customary 30 minutes is already 
yielded to my very good friend and the distinguished ranking member, 
the gentleman from South Boston, Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley).
  Mr. Speaker, I think it is fair to characterize this House rules 
package as one of the most bipartisan in decades. The overwhelming 
majority of the changes provided for in this package were developed by 
a bipartisan task force of the House Committee on Rules.
  Working extensively over the past 2 years, with the nonpartisan 
office of the Office of Parliamentarian, the task force developed a 
more rational and orderly set of House rules, and their recommendations 
are fully embedded in this resolution.
  Adopting the rules of the House in a recodified format will make the 
House easier to understand. The House has not undertaken a 
comprehensive revision of its rules since 1880. Many of the previous 
rules are obsolete, confusing, misleading, incomplete and poorly 
organized. Some of the rules have been understood and implied 
inconsistently due to the awkward way in which those rules were 
drafted. The result is that the legislative process and the activities 
of the House frequently prove difficult to understand and learn, much 
less to master.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to heartily commend my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle, specifically the gentleman from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Moakley), the ranking member of the committee; the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Frost), the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter) for the tremendous effort 
that they and members of their staff put into this project.
  We owe special thanks to the Parliamentarians, and I specifically 
want to mention Mr. Johnson and his staff. They worked long and hard on 
this issue. They spent countless hours, weeknights and weekends, 
drafting this new structure of the rules. As a result of their work, 
the rules for the 106th Congress will be clearly more logical and user 
friendly.
  Mr. Speaker, specifically the rules have been cut nearly in half, 
condensed from 51 rules down to 28 rules. Obsolete and archaic 
provisions have been removed, but the most important citations have 
been retained for purposes of consistency with precedent and practice. 
These are significant bipartisan institutional reforms which will make 
it easier for Members to do their work and for the average American to 
understand and appreciate the legislative process.
  In light of the remarks by the Speaker here in the well about his 
desire to see greater faith in this institution by the American people, 
I believe that having this process more understandable is a very, very 
important thing, and that is accomplished with this package.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, in addition to the recodification that makes up the 
vast majority of H. Res. 5, the resolution makes a number of technical 
changes to the standing rules of the House and those are contained in 
section 1 of the resolution.
  For example, H. Res. 6 in the 104th Congress included a provision in 
clause 2 of rule X which requires committees to approve an oversight 
plan before February 15th of the first session of each Congress and 
submit it to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the 
Committee on House Oversight. In addition, the rule established a point 
of order against consideration of the entire committee funding 
resolution on the House floor if the oversight plan was not adopted and 
submitted before February 15th.
  In 1997, the committee assignment process on both sides of the aisle 
was not completed by February 15th and certain committees were unable 
to organize in time. Also, the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct was unable to organize until September 1997 due to the 
establishment of the ethics reform task force. Consideration of the 
committee funding resolution on the floor should not be tied to the 
adoption of oversight plans by committees, particularly if one or both 
parties have

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not completed the committee assignment process.
  The purpose of the rule change was to encourage committees to plan 
oversight activities in advance, and to adopt those plans in public 
session. Therefore, the resolution retains the February 15th date to 
encourage committees to adopt their oversight plans early.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, clause 5(d) of rule X limits the number of 
subcommittees that a committee may have to not more than five 
subcommittees. Exemptions are provided for the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. To facilitate more 
responsible programmatic oversight, which is a priority of the Speaker, 
the resolution permits those committees, subject to the five-
subcommittee limitation, to establish a sixth subcommittee if one of 
the six subcommittees is an ``oversight'' subcommittee.
  The practice of pairing, which involves absent Members arranging with 
other absent Members on opposite sides of a specific question the 
ability to stipulate how they would have voted, would be eliminated in 
favor of the more certain system of putting a statement in the Record 
as to how the Member would have voted, which appears immediately after 
the vote. The headings for these statements will read ``stated `yea' '' 
or ``stated `nay.' '' These statements do not have to be read from the 
floor if they are submitted in a timely fashion to the clerks, 
generally 1 to 2 hours after the vote.
  If a significant time has elapsed since the vote, a Member can ask 
unanimous consent on the floor that his statement of how he might have 
voted appear immediately after the vote.
  Finally, section 1 contains two ethics-related rules, changes which 
were recommended in a bipartisan fashion by the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct. The first change closes an existing loophole in 
the rules by requiring committee consultants to abide by the key 
provisions of the Code of Official Conduct. Those provisions include 
the requirement that they conduct themselves in a manner which reflects 
credibly on the House, the conflict-of-interest provisions and the gift 
rule.
  Mr. Speaker, the second change conforms House rules to recent Supreme 
Court decisions relating to honoraria earned by certain lower-level 
Federal employees. Such employees would be permitted to receive 
honoraria, such as compensation for an article, speech or appearance 
for activities not related to official duties.
  Section 2 of the resolution consists of ``Separate Orders'' which do 
not change any of the standing rules of the House. These are more or 
less housekeeping provisions which deem certain actions will waive the 
application of certain rules of the House. For example, because 
Congress failed to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 
1999, the Congressional Budget Act is unenforceable, absent the 
establishment of budget allocations for committees in the House. 
Therefore, the resolution authorizes the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget to publish allocations contemplated by a section 302(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act in the Congressional Record.
  On September 18th of 1997, the House adopted recommendations of a 12-
member bipartisan task force on ethics reform with certain amendments 
which included not only changes to the standing rules of the House, but 
also freestanding directives to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct.

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  Those freestanding directives address committee agendas, committee 
staff, meetings and hearings, public disclosure, requirements to 
constitute a complaint, duties of the chairman and ranking member, 
investigative and adjudicatory subcommittees, standard of proof for 
adoption of statement of alleged violation, subcommittee powers, due 
process rights of respondents, and committee reporting requirements. In 
order to have force and effect in the 106th Congress, the freestanding 
provisions of H. Res. 168 are being carried forward by the resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, on November 13th, 1997, the House approved H. Res. 326, 
which provided an exception for the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight to temporarily establish an eighth subcommittee for the 
remainder of the 105th Congress. This rules package allows the 
committee to again establish an eighth subcommittee to accommodate the 
need for extensive oversight over the census.
  The Committee on Rules believes that the type of oversight which is 
needed for issues such as sampling, questionnaire content, and 
continuous measurement cannot be done effectively by the full committee 
or by its other subcommittees. Therefore, this resolution grants the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight another waiver of clause 
5(d) of rule X to permit an eighth subcommittee for the duration of the 
106th Congress.
  The resolution contains a provision continuing the Select Committee 
on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the 
People's Republic of China in the 106th Congress. The Select Committee, 
ably chaired by my colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), 
was established by House adoption of H. Res. 463 on June 18, 1998, by 
an overwhelming vote of 409-10.
  The Select Committee, operating in an extraordinary atmosphere of 
bipartisan cooperation, has produced a thorough and detailed report 
addressing the question of whether U.S. national security has been 
endangered by certain technology transfers to the People's Republic of 
China during the Clinton administration. The report was agreed to by 
all nine members of the Select Committee, on both the Democratic and 
Republican sides of the aisle, and all the members are also in 
agreement on the need to briefly, I underscore ``briefly,'' extend the 
life of the Select Committee. The report of the Select Committee, 
however, is classified.
  Solely for the purpose of declassification and public release of the 
report of the Select Committee, the Select Committee will be continued 
in the 106th Congress for 3 months. The procedural authorities at the 
disposal of the Select Committee are limited by the language in the 
rules package and there are no additional funds authorized. The Select 
Committee will be maintained by unobligated balances remaining from the 
establishing resolution of the 105th Congress.
  Finally, section 3 makes it in order to separately consider a 
resolution introduced by the majority leader or his designee, amending 
clause 5 of rule XXVI to conform the House gift rule to the Senate gift 
rule. The resolution shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and 
controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
designees.
  At this point, Mr. Speaker, I would like to include for the Record a 
section-by-section summary of H. Res. 5, as well as other relevant 
material. And also, pursuant to section 2 of this resolution, and as 
the designee of the majority leader, I will be inserting for the Record 
certain extraneous and tabular information for the purpose of 
establishing a legislative history to the recodification package that 
we have put into place after 2 years of long and drawn-out work.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it would be fair to characterize this House 
rules package as one of the most bipartisan in decades. The 
overwhelming majority of the changes provided for in this package were 
developed by a bipartisan task force of the House Rules Committee.
  Working extensively over the past 2 years with the nonpartisan Office 
of the parliamentarian, the task force developed a more rational and 
orderly set of House rules, and their recommendations are fully 
embedded in this resolution.
  Adopting the rules of the House in a recodified format will make the 
work of the House easier to understand.
  The House has not undertaken a comprehensive revision of its rules 
since 1880. Many of the previous rules are obsolete, confusing, 
misleading, incomplete and poorly organized. Some of the rules have 
been understood and applied inconsistently due to the awkward way in 
which the those rules were drafted. The result is that the legislative 
process and the activities of the House frequently prove difficult to 
learn and understand, much less master.
  I want to commend my colleagues on the other side (Mr. Moakley, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Hall, and Mrs. Slaughter) for the tremendous effort that 
they and their staffs have put into this project. We owe special thanks 
to the parliamentarians, who spent countless hours, weeknights and 
weekends drafting the new structure of the rules. As a result of their 
work,

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the rules of the House for the 106th Congress will be more logical and 
user-friendly.
  Specifically, the rules have been condensed from 51 to 28.
  Obsolete and archaic provisions have been removed, but the most 
important citations have been retained for purposes of consistency with 
precedent and practice.
  These are significant bipartisan institutional reforms which will 
make it easier for Members to do their work, and for the average 
American to understand and appreciate the legislative process.
  In addition to the recodification that makes up the vast majority of 
H. Res. 5, the resolution makes a number of technical changes to the 
standing rules of the House, and those are contained in section 1 of 
the resolution. For example:
  The name of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight will be 
changed to the Committee on Government Reform.
  The name of the Committee on House Oversight will be changed to the 
Committee on House Administration.
  The name of the Committee on National Security will be changed to the 
Committee on Armed Services.
  The resolution clarifies that the Speaker appoints and sets the 
annual rate of pay for employees of the Office of the Historian, which 
was established in old clause X of Rule I in the 101st Congress. An 
earlier form of this clause provided for the seven-year establishment 
of an Office for the Bicentennial to coordinate the commemoration of 
the 200th anniversary of the House of Representatives. The management, 
supervision, and administration of the Office was under the direction 
of the Speaker and was staffed by a professional historian appointed by 
the Speaker on a non-partisan basis.
  In 1984, the Office of Bicentennial was removed from the standing 
rules and established by law for the remainder of its existence. This 
technical change clarifies that the Speaker appoints and sets the 
annual rate of pay for employees of the Office of the Historian.
  The requirement that the full text of a resolution proposing a 
question of the privilege of the House to read could be dispensed with 
by unanimous consent at the point of its initial announcement to the 
House. Questions of privilege are brought before the House in the form 
of a resolution, which may be called up by any Member after proper 
notice and announcement of the form of the resolution.
  Currently, rule IX requires that a Member giving notice of a question 
of the privileges of the House orally announce (read) the full text of 
his proposed resolution. If the Speaker rules that the question of 
privilege is admissible, the resolution is required to be read in full 
when it is called up. Therefore, the requirement that it be read at the 
point of its initial announcement to the House is unnecessary and 
redundant. This change would make it possible in cases of mutual 
convenience to dispense with the oral announcement by unanimous 
consent.
  As part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress passed the 
Budget Enforcement Act containing reforms of the budget process dealing 
with various procedural and enforcement matters. Due to the breadth and 
scope of these reforms, there are four areas where technical amendments 
are necessary to conform the rules of the House with various statutory 
laws relating to the budget process. The areas of technical correction 
involve oversight requirements of the Budget Committee, the 
consideration of bills providing new entitlement authority, the 
submission of views and estimates on the President's budget, and the 
application of certain points of order relating to the timing of 
consideration of legislation. These are very minor and technical 
changes that are necessary to remove current conflicts between the 
Budget Act and the rules of the House.
  H. Res. 6 in the 104th Congress included a provision in clause 2 of 
rule X which requires committees to approve an oversight plan before 
February 15th of the first session of each Congress and submit it to 
the Government Reform and Oversight Committee and the House Oversight 
Committee. In addition, the rule established a point of order against 
consideration of the entire committee funding resolution on the House 
floor if the oversight plan was not adopted and submitted before 
February 15. In 1997, the committee assignment process, on both sides 
of the aisle, was not completed by February 15 and certain committees 
were unable to organize in time.
  Also, the Ethics Committee was unable to organize until September 
1997 due to the establishment of the Ethics Reform Task Force. 
Consideration of the Committee funding resolution on the floor should 
not be tied to the adoption of oversight plans by committees, 
particularly if one or both parties have not completed the committee 
assignment process.
  The purpose of the rule change was to encourage committees to plan 
oversight activities in advance, and adopt those plans in a public 
session. Therefore, the resolution retains the February 15 date to 
encourage committees to adopt their oversight plans early.
  Clause 5(d) of House Rule X limits the number of subcommittees that a 
committee may have to not more than five subcommittees. Exemptions are 
provided for the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure.
  To facilitate more responsible programmatic oversight of executive 
branch agencies and programs, the resolution permits those committees 
subject to the five subcommittee limitation to establish a sixth 
subcommittee if one of the six subcommittees is an ``oversight'' 
subcommittee.
  H. Res. 5 in the 105th Congress permitted committees to adopt a rule 
or motion permitting an equal number of its majority and minority party 
Members to question a witness for not longer than 30 minutes. Also, the 
rule change permitted committees to adopt a rle or motion permitting 
committee staff for its majority and minority party members to question 
a witness. The legislative history accompanying this change established 
an aggregate cap of 60 minutes on Member or staff questioning. This 
resolution clarifies the rule allowing extended Member questioning and 
staff questioning to address ambiguities in its implementation. This 
will eliminate any confusion surrounding the question of whether an 
aggregate cap on extended Member questioning or staff questioning 
exists under the rule.
  The change in the rules in clause 2(m) of rule XI relating to 
subpoenas for documents issued by House committees is designed to 
clarify that a subpoena need not be returned to a formal meeting or 
hearing of a committee. A committee may prescribe the terms of return 
other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee.
  The practice of pairing, which involves absent Members arranging with 
other absent members on opposite sides of a specified question the 
ability to stipulate how they would have voted, would be eliminated in 
favor of the more certain system of putting a statement in the Record 
as to how the Member would have voted, which appears immediately after 
the vote. The headings for these statements will read ``Stated Yea'' or 
``Stated Nay.'' These statements do not have to be read from the floor 
if they are submitted in a timely fashion to the Record clerks 
(generally 1 or 2 hours after the vote). If a significant time has 
elapsed since the vote, a Member can ask unanimous consent on the floor 
that his statement of how he might have voted appear immediately after 
the vote.

  The resolution extends the Speaker's authority to postpone votes to 
any vote on an original motion to instruct conferees. The Speaker has 
the discretionary authority under Rule XX, clause 8 to postpone certain 
questions and to ``cluster'' them for voting at a designated time or 
place in the legislative schedule. Currently, the list of questions on 
which record votes may be postponed does not include the motion to 
instruct conferees at the time of their appointment (although it does 
include the ``20-day'' motion).
  The Speaker's authority to reduce to five minutes the voting time on 
postponed votes would be extended to all postponed questions, and on 
questions incidental thereto, so long as the first vote on a question 
in a series of questions is no less than 15 minutes. Currently, the 
first record vote in a series of postponed questions has to be a 15-
minute vote even if immediately following another record vote on a non-
postponed question.
  In particular, a vote on a motion to reconsider or a motion to table 
a motion to reconsider--even though held not to abrogate the Chair's 
authority to continue 5-minute voting on a series of postponed 
questions--nevertheless must be a 15-minute vote. This change would 
allow even the first in a series of postponed questions to be a 5-
minute vote so long as the first record vote in any unbroken series 
were 15 minutes. More specific, votes ``incidental'' to postponed 
questions could be conducted as 5-minute votes.
  In the rules of the House for the 105th Congress, the Transportation 
Committee's jurisdiction included ``measures related to the 
construction or maintenance of roads and bridges, other than 
appropriations therefor.'' This clause also contained a proviso which 
provides that ``it shall not be in order for any bill providing for 
general legislation in relation to roads to contain any provision for 
any specific road nor for any bill in relation to a specific road to 
embrace a provision in relation to any other specific road.'' In the 
recodified form of the House rules, this proviso would have been 
transferred to clause 3 of Rule XXI. However, the provision will be 
deleted by the resolution because it is obsolete.
  Clause 8 of rule XXIV (Code of Official Conduct) prohibits a Member 
or officer of the House from retaining an employee who does not perform 
official duties commensurate with the compensation received in the 
offices of the employing authority. The resolution conforms

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House rules with other statutory changes which permit telecommuting by 
federal employees. It is anticipated that the House Administration 
Committee would follow up with appropriate regulations defining what is 
permissible under the rule.
  Finally, section 1 contains two ethics-related rules changes which 
were recommended in a bipartisan fashion by the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct.
  The first change closes an existing loophole in the rules by 
requiring committee consultants to abide by the key provisions of the 
Code of Official Conduct. Those provisions include the requirement that 
they conduct themselves in a manner which reflects creditably on the 
House, the conflict-of-interest provisions, and the gift rule.
  The second change conforms House rules to recent Supreme Court 
decisions relating to honoraria earned by certain lower level Federal 
employees. Such employees would be permitted to receive honoraria, such 
as compensation for an article, speech, or appearance, for activities 
not related to official duties.
  Section 2 of the resolution consists of ``Separate Orders'' which do 
not change any of the standing rules of the House. These are more or 
less housekeeping provisions which deem certain actions or waive the 
application of certain rules of the House. For example:
  Because Congress failed to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for 
fiscal year 1999, the Congressional Budget Act is unenforceable absent 
the establishment of budget allocations for committees in the House. 
Therefore, the resolution authorizes the chairman of the Budget 
Committee to publish allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act in the Congressional Record.
  On September 18, 1997, the House adopted the recommendations of a 12-
member bipartisan task force on ethics reform with certain amendments, 
which included not only changes to the standing rules of the House but 
also free-standing directives to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct. Those free-standing directives address committee agendas, 
committee staff, meetings and hearings, public disclosure, requirements 
to constitute a complaint, duties of the chairman and ranking member, 
investigative and adjudicatory subcommittees, standard of proof for 
adoption of statement of alleged violation, subcommittee powers, due 
process rights of respondents, and committee reporting requirements. In 
order to have force and effect in the 106th Congress, the free-standing 
provisions of H. Res. 168 are being carried forward by the resolution.
  When the House adopted H. Res. 5 in the 104th Congress, it adopted a 
new provision [House Rule X, clause 5(d)] which stipulates that no 
House committee ``shall have more than five subcommittees.'' The rule 
made an exception for the Government Reform Committee, the panel was 
authorized by the rule to have ``no more than seven'' subcommittees. 
Government Reform was granted the exception because it absorbed the 
functions of two standing committees (District of Columbia and Post 
Office and Civil Service), which the House abolished on January 4, 
1995.
  On November 13, 1997, the House approved H. Res. 326, which provided 
an exception for the Committee on Government Reform to temporarily 
establish an eighth subcommittee for the remainder of the 105th 
Congress. This rules package allows the Committee to again establish an 
eighth subcommittee to accommodate the need for extensive oversight 
over the census.
  The Rules Committee believes that the type of oversight that is 
needed for issues such as sampling, questionnaire content, and 
continuous measurement cannot be done effectively by the full Committee 
or by its other subcommittees. Therefore, this resolution grants the 
Government Reform Committee another waiver of clause 5(d) of rule X to 
permit an eighth subcommittee for the duration of the 106th Congress.
  The resolution contains a provision continuing the Select Committee 
on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the 
People's Republic of China in the 106th Congress. The Select Committee, 
ably chaired by my California colleague, Mr. Cox, was established by 
House adoption of H. Res. 463 on June 18, 1998 by an overwhelming vote 
of 409-10.
  The Select Committee, operating in an extraordinary atmosphere of 
bipartisan cooperation, has produced a thorough and detailed report 
addressing the question of whether U.S. national security has been 
endangered by certain technology transfers to the People's Republic of 
China during the Clinton administration. The report was agreed to by 
all nine members of the Select Committee--on both sides of the aisle--
and all the members are also in agreement on the need to briefly extend 
the life of the Select Committee. The Select Committee's report, 
however, is classified.
  Solely for the purpose of declassification and public release of the 
Select Committee's report, the Select Committee will be continued in 
the 106th Congress for 3 months. The procedural authorities at the 
disposal of the Select Committee are limited by the language in the 
rules package, and there are no additional funds authorized. The Select 
Committee will be maintained by unobligated balances remaining from the 
establishing resolution of the 105th Congress.
  Finally, section 3 makes it in order to separately consider a 
resolution introduced by the majority leader or his designee, amending 
clause 5 of rule XXVI to conform the House gift rule to the Senate gift 
rule. The resolution shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and 
controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
designees.
  At this point, Mr. Speaker, I would like to include for the Record a 
section-by-section summary of H. Res. 5, as well as other relevant 
material. Also, pursuant to section 2 of this resolution and, as the 
designee of the majority leader, I will be inserting for the Record 
certain extraneous and tabular information for the purpose of 
establishing a legislative history relating to the recodification of 
the rules of the House.

Section-by-Section Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 
             5--Adopting House Rules for the 106th Congress

       1. Redesignation of Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight. The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
     is redesignated as the Committee on Government Reform in each 
     place it appears in the rules.
       2. Redesignation of Committee on House Oversight. The 
     Committee on House Oversight is redesignated as the Committee 
     on House Administration in each place it appears in the 
     rules.
       3. Redesignation of Committee on National Security. The 
     Committee on National Security is redesignated as the 
     Committee on Armed Services in each place it appears in the 
     rules.
       4. Office of the Historian. Clarifies that the Speaker 
     appoints and sets the annual rate of pay for employees of the 
     Office of the Historian. [Rule II, clause 7]
       5. Notice of form of question of privilege. The requirement 
     that the full text of a resolution proposing a question of 
     the privilege of the House be read could be dispensed with by 
     unanimous consent at the point of its initial announcement to 
     the House. [Rule IX, clause 2(a)(1)]
       6. Budget Process. These provisions are necessary to 
     conform certain rules of the House with the amendments made 
     to the Budget Act by the Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 
     1997. These changes relate to the oversight requirements of 
     the Budget Committee, the consideration of bills providing 
     new entitlement authority, and the submission of views and 
     estimates on the President's budget. [Rule X: clause 1(b)(4); 
     clause 2(b)(1); clause 4(f); clause 4(g)]
       7. Committee oversight plans. The prohibition against the 
     consideration of any committee expense resolution when a 
     committee has not adopted and submitted its oversight plans 
     to the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on 
     Government Reform by February 15 of the first session of the 
     Congress would be repealed. [Rule X, clause 2(d)(2)]
       8. Service on the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct. The House rule requiring four members to rotate off 
     the Standards Committee every Congress would be eliminated. 
     The House rule prohibiting Members from serving more than two 
     Congresses in any period of three successive Congresses on 
     the Standards Committee would be amended to prohibit Members 
     from serving more than three Congresses in any period of five 
     successive Congresses. [Rule X, clause 5]
       9. Oversight Subcommittees. The restriction on committees 
     maintaining more than five subcommittees would be maintained 
     in the rule, while committees that maintain a subcommittee on 
     oversight would be restricted to not more than six 
     subcommittees. [Rule X, clause 5(d)]
       10. Exceptions to five-minute rule in hearings. The rule, 
     adopted at the beginning of the 105th Congress, to permit 
     committees to adopt a rule or motion to extend questioning 
     for selected majority and minority members and to permit the 
     questioning of witnesses by staff is clarified to address 
     ambiguities in the rule. [Rule XI, clause 2(j)]
       11. Subpoenas. The House rule granting committees authority 
     to issue subpoenas is clarified to state the common practice 
     that a subpoena may specify the terms of return other than at 
     a meeting or hearing of a committee or subcommittee. [Rule 
     XI, clause 2(m)]
       12. Abolishment of pairs other than ``live pairs.'' The 
     practice of pairing, which involves absent Members arranging 
     with other absent Members on opposite sides of a specified 
     question the ability to stipulate how they would have voted, 
     would no longer be permitted. However, ``live pairs,'' which 
     involve an agreement between one Member who is present and 
     voting and another on the opposite side of the question, who 
     is absent, would continue to be permitted. [Rule XX, clause 
     8]
       13. Postponement of vote on original motion to instruct 
     conferees. The Speaker's current authority to postpone votes 
     would be extended to any vote on an original motion to 
     instruct conferees. [Rule XX, clause 8]
       14. Five-minute voting. The Speaker's authority to reduce 
     to five minutes the voting

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     time on postponed votes would be extended to all postponed 
     questions, and on questions incidental thereto, so long as 
     the first vote on a question in a series of questions is no 
     less than 15 minutes. [Rule XX, clause 10]
       15. Elimination of Specific Road Point of Order. The 
     obsolete point of order against consideration of a general 
     roads bill containing provisions relating to specific roads 
     is deleted. [Rule XXI, clause 3]
       16. Technical amendments. The requirement that a House 
     employee must perform duties commensurate with the 
     compensation received ``in the offices of the employing 
     authority'' is modified to conform with other statutory 
     changes which permit telecommuting by federal employees. 
     [Rule XXIV, clause 8(a)] To conform with administrative 
     changes put in place at the beginning of the 104th Congress, 
     ``Chief Administrative Officer'' is substituted for ``Clerk'' 
     with respect to the entity responsible for dispersing the pay 
     of officers and employees of the House. [Rule XXIV, clause 1]
       17. Consultants. Consultants would be required to abide by 
     the key provisions of House rule XXIV, the Code of Official 
     Conduct, including the requirement that they conduct 
     themselves in a manner that reflects creditably on the House, 
     the conflict-of-interest provision, and the gift rule. [Rule 
     XXIV, clause 14(b)]
       18. Honoraria. Certain lower-level House employees would be 
     permitted to receive honoraria (i.e., compensation for an 
     article, speech, or appearance) for activities not related to 
     official duties. [Rule XXVI, clause 2]


                       Section 2. Separate Orders

       1. Budget Enforcement. This provision authorizes the 
     chairman of the Committee on the Budget to publish budget 
     allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act in the Congressional Record pending 
     the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget for fiscal year 1999. Once published, those budget 
     levels shall be effective in the House as though established 
     by passage of a concurrent resolution on the budget. This 
     provision also clarifies the application of section 315 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act with respect to points of order 
     raised under section 303 of the Budget Act (relating to 
     consideration of spending or revenue measures prior to the 
     adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget.)
       2. Tenure on the Budget Committee. Clause 5(a)(2) of House 
     rule X prohibits Members from serving on the Budget Committee 
     for more than 4 congresses (8 years) in any period of six 
     successive congresses (12 years). The applicability of this 
     rule would be waived for the duration of the 106th Congress.
       3. Standards Committee rules. The free-standing directives 
     of H. Res. 168 of the 105th Congress (sections 3, 4, 5, 7, 
     10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, and 21) regarding ethics 
     reform would be carried forward in the 106th Congress.
       4. Census Subcommittee. Clause 5(d) of House rule X 
     restricts House committees from establishing more than 5 
     subcommittees, with an exception for the Committee on 
     Government Reform, which is permitted to have seven. For the 
     purpose of effective oversight of the census, this provision 
     provides a waiver for the Committee on Government Reform to 
     have eight subcommittees in the 106th Congress.
       5. Explanatory Material Relating to Recodification of 
     Rules. This provision gives the Majority Leader and the 
     Minority Leader or their designees the ability to submit 
     certain extraneous and tabular information in the 
     Congressional Record for the purpose of legislative history 
     relating to the recodification of the standing rules of the 
     House.
       6. Continuance of Select Committee. This provision 
     establishes in the 106th Congress a Select Committee on U.S. 
     National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the 
     People's Republic of China solely for the purpose of 
     completing the declassification and public release of its 
     report prepared by the Select Committee of the 105th 
     Congress. [The Select Committee was established by the House 
     agreeing to H. Res. 463 on June 18, 1998 by a vote of 409-
     10.] The procedural authorities of the Select Committee 
     contained in sections 8 and 9 of H. Res. 463, relating to 
     transfers of information and information gathering, shall be 
     limited in the 106th Congress to enforcing requests for 
     information issued before January 3, 1999 and to issue and 
     enforce requests directly related to the declassification and 
     public release of the Select Committee's report. Also, the 
     provisions of section 10 of H. Res. 463, relating to tax 
     information, shall not apply in the 106th Congress. Expenses 
     of the Select Committee may be paid from applicable accounts 
     of the House which may not exceed those available as 
     unexpended balances of the Select Committee from the 105th 
     Congress. The Select Committee shall cease to exist on March 
     31, 1999.
       7. Numbering of Bills. The first ten numbers for bills 
     (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by 
     the Speaker when introduced on or before March 1, 1999.


                  section 3. special order of business

       This provision provides that upon the adoption of H. Res. 
     5, it shall be in order to separately consider a resolution 
     introduced by the Majority Leader or his designee, amending 
     clause 5 of rule XXVI, the House gift rule. The resolution 
     shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and 
     controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or 
     their designees.

 Description of resolution to be offered by the majority leader or his 
                                designee

       The House gift rule would be amended to incorporate 
     verbatim the text of a provision of the Senate gift rule 
     which would allow a Member, officer, or employee to accept a 
     gift (other than cash or cash equivalent) that he or she 
     reasonably and in good faith believes to have a value of less 
     than $50, and a cumulative value from one source in a 
     calendar year of less than $100. No gift with a value below 
     $10 would count toward the annual limit.
                                  ____

         House of Representatives, Select Committee on U.S. 
           National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With 
           the People's Republic of China,
                                Washington, DC, December 30, 1998.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Hastert: The Select Committee on U.S. National 
     Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
     Republic of China will submit its report on or before January 
     3, 1999, as provided in H. Res. 463. That report, however, 
     will be classified.
       The Select Committee's report will be submitted to the 
     President for declassification. Since the process of 
     declassification review will require consultation with Select 
     Committee staff who are expert in the details and contents of 
     the report, we have discussed with you the advisability of 
     authorizing the Select Committee, on the opening day of the 
     106th Congress, to complete the process of declassification 
     so that the Select Committee's report may be made publicly 
     available.
       Enclosed herewith for your review and approval is a 
     resolution for this purpose. It authorizes no new funds; 
     under its terms the Select Committee's public version of the 
     report would be completed on or before March 31, 1999.
       Please let us know if this resolution, and its adoption on 
     January 6, 1999, meets with your approval.
           Sincerely,
     Chris Cox,
       Chairman.
     Norm Dicks,
       Ranking Member.
                                  ____

         House of Representatives, Select Committee on U.S. 
           National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with 
           the People's Republic of China,
                                  Washington, DC, January 3, 1999.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House,
     The Capitol, Washington DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: The Select Committee on U.S. National 
     Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
     Republic of China, established pursuant to H. Res. 463, 
     hereby submits its classified Report, which has been 
     unanimously approved by the Select Committee.
       Since the Select Committee's Report contains highly 
     classified and sensitive information that must be retained in 
     a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), the 
     Report is being held in the SCIF at 1036 Longworth House 
     Office Building.
           Sincerely,
     Chris Cox,
       Chairman.
     Porter Goss,
       Vice Chairman.
     Doug Bereuter.
     James V. Hansen.
     Curt Weldon.
     Norm Dicks,
       Ranking Democrat.
     John M. Spratt, Jr.,
     Lucille Roybal-Allard.
     Bobby Scott.
                                  ____

                                         House of Representatives,


                               Committee on National Security,

                                Washington, DC, December 17, 1998.
     Hon. David Dreier,
     Chairman-elect, Committee on Rules, Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: We are writing to respectfully request 
     your support for a change in the name of the House Committee 
     on National Security back to the original Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       We believe that the committee's original name more properly 
     reflects the unique constitutional responsibility of the 
     Congress to provide for the nation's military forces. The 
     special relationship between our men and women in uniform and 
     their elected representatives has been integral to the 
     success of the all-volunteer force and central to the 
     tradition of bipartisanship that has characterized our 
     committee's work for decades. Given the serious quality of 
     life, readiness and modernization problems that our armed 
     forces confront today, we believe that the change to the 
     Committee on Armed Services is appropriate and justified.
       Thank you for your consideration.
     Floyd D. Spence,
       Chairman.
     Ike Skelton,
       Ranking Minority Member.

   Recodification Headings and Subheadings of the Rules of the House


                          rule I: The Speaker

       Clause 1: Approval of the Journal.
       Clause 2: Preservation of Order.
       Clause 3: Control of Capitol Facilities.
       Clause 4: Signature of Documents.
       Clause 5: Questions of Order.

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       Clause 6: Form of a Question.
       Clause 7: Discretion to Vote.
       Clause 8: Speaker Pro Tempore.
       Clause 9: Term Limit.
       Clause 10: Designation of Travel.
       Clause 11: Committee Appointment.
       Clause 12: Declaration of Recess.
       Clause 13: Other Responsibilities.


                 rule Il: Other officers and officials

       Clause 1: Elections.
       Clause 2: Clerk.
       Clause 3: Sergeant-at-Arms.
       Clause 4: Chief Administrative Officer.
       Clause 5: Chaplain.
       Clause 6: Office of Inspector General.
       Clause 7: Office of the Historian.
       Clause 8: Office of General Counsel.


   rule iii: the members, delegates and the resident commissioner of 
                              puerto rico

       Clause 1-2: Voting.
       Clause 3: Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.


                     rule iv: the hall of the house

       Clause 1-5: Use and Admittance.
       Clause 6: Gallery.
       Clause 7: Prohibition on Campaign Contributions.


                     rule v: broadcasting the house

          rule vi: official reporters and news media galleries

       Clause 1: Official Reporters.
       Clause 2-3: News Media Galleries.


                     rule vii: records of the house

       Clause 1-2: Archiving.
       Clause 3-5: Public Availability.
       Clause 6: Definition of Record.
       Clause 7: Withdrawal of Papers.


                    rule viii: response to subpoenas

                    rule ix: Questions of Privilege

                   rule x: Organization of committees

       Clause 1: Committees and their Legislative Jurisdictions.
       Clause 2: General Oversight Responsibilities.
       Clause 3: Special Oversight Functions.
       Clause 4(a)-(e): Additional Functions of Committees.
       Clause 4(f)-(h): Budget Act Responsibilities.
       Clause 5: Election and Membership of Standing Committees.
       Clause 6: Expense Resolutions.
       Clause 7: Interim Funding.
       Clause 8: Travel.
       Clause 9: Committee Staffs.
       Clause 10: Select and Joint Committees.
       Clause 11: Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.


       rule xi: Procedures of committees and unfinished business

       Clause 1: In General.
       Clause 2(a): Adoption of Written Rules.
       Clause 2(b): Regular Meeting Days.
       Clause 2(c): Additional and Special Meetings.
       Clause 2(d): Temporary Absence of Chairman.
       Clause 2(e): Committee Records.
       Clause 2(f): Prohibition Against Proxy Voting.
       Clause 2(g): Open Meetings and Hearings.
       Clause 2(h): Quorum Requirements.
       Clause 2(i): Limitation on Committee Sittings.
       Clause 2(j): Questioning Witnesses.
       Clause 2(k): Investigative Hearing Procedures.
       Clause 2(l): Supplemental, Minority, or Additional Views.
       Clause 2(m): Power to Sit and Act; Subpoena Power.
       Clause 3: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       Clause 4: Audio and Visual Coverage of Committee 
     Proceedings.
       Clause 5: Pay of Witnesses.
       Clause 6: Unfinished Business of the Session.


         rule xii: receipt and referral of measures and matters

       Clause 1: Messages.
       Clause 2: Referral.
       Clause 3-4: Petitions, Memorials, and Private Bills.
       Clause 5: Prohibition on Commemorations.
       Clause 6: Excluded Matters.
       Clause 7: Sponsorship.
       Clause 8: Executive Communications.


               rule xiii: calendars and Committee reports

       Clause 1: Calendars.
       Clause 2: Filing and Printing of Reports.
       Clause 3: Content of Reports.
       Clause 4: Availability of Reports.
       Clause 5: Privileged Reports, Generally.
       Clause 6: Privileged Reports by the Committee on Rules.
       Clause 7: Resolutions of Inquiry.


                rule xiv: order and priority of business


               rule xv: business in order on special days

       Clause 1: Suspensions, Mondays and Tuesdays.
       Clause 2: Discharge Motions, second and fourth Mondays.
       Clause 3: Adverse Report by the Committee on Rules, second 
     and fourth Mondays.
       Clause 4: District of Columbia Business, second and fourth 
     Mondays.
       Clause 5: Private Calendar, first and third Tuesdays.
       Clause 6: Corrections Calendar, second and fourth Tuesdays.
       Clause 7: Calendar Call of Committees, Wednesdays.


                    rule xvi: Motions and amendments

       Clause 1: Motions.
       Clause 2: Withdrawal.
       Clause 3: Question of Consideration.
       Clause 4: Precedence of Motions.
       Clause 5: Divisibility.
       Clause 6: Amendments.
       Clause 7: Germaneness.
       Clause 8: Readings.


                     rule xvii: decorum and debate

       Clause 1: Decorum.
       Clause 2: Recognition.
       Clause 3: Managing Debate.
       Clause 4: Call to Order.
       Clause 5: Comportment.
       Clause 6: Exhibits.
       Clause 7: Galleries.
       Clause 8: Congressional Record.
       Clause 9: Secret Sessions.


 rule xviii: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union

       Clause 1-2: Resolving into the Committee of the Whole.
       Clause 3: Measures Requiring Initial Consideration in the 
     Committee of the Whole.
       Clause 4: Order of Business.
       Clause 5: Reading for Amendment.
       Clause 6: Quorum and Voting.
       Clause 7: Dispensing With the Reading of an Amendment.
       Clause 8: Closing Debate.
       Clause 9: Striking the Enacting Clause.
       Clause 10: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.
       Clause 11: Unfunded Mandates.
       Clause 12: Applicability of Rules of the House.


            rule xix: motions following the amendment stage

       Clause 1: Previous Question.
       Clause 2: Recommit.
       Clause 3-4: Reconsideration.


                    rule xx: voting and quorum calls

       Clause 8: Pairs.
       Clause 9: Postponement of Proceedings.
       Clause 10: Five-minute Votes.
       Clause 11: Automatic Yeas and Nays.
       Clause 12: Ballot Votes.


                rule xxi: restrictions on certain bills

       Clause 1: Reservation of Certain Points of Order.
       Clause 2: General Appropriations Bills and Amendments.
       Clause 3: Roads.
       Clause 4: Appropriations on Legislative Bills.
       Clause 5(a): Tax and Tariff Measures and Amendments.
       Clause 5(b): Passage of Tax Rate Increases.
       Clause 5(c): Consideration of Retroactive Tax Rate 
     Increases.
       Clause 6: Transportation Obligation Limitations.


                 rule xxii: house and senate relations

       Clause 1-6: Senate Amendments.
       Clause 7-12: Conference Reports; Amendments Reported in 
     Disagreement.


            rule xxiii: statutory limit on the public debt.

                  rule xxiv: code of official conduct

           rule xxv: limitations on the use of official funds

       Clause 1-3: Limitations on Use of Official and Unofficial 
     Accounts.
       Clause 4-9: Limitations on Use of the Frank.
       Clause 10: Prohibition on Use of Funds by Members Not 
     Elected to Succeeding Congress.


rule xxvi: limitations on outside earned income and acceptance of gifts

       Clause 1-2: Outside Earned Income; Honoraria.
       Clause 3: Copyright Royalties.
       Clause 4: Definitions.
       Clause 5: Gifts.
       Clause 6: Claims Against the Government.


                    rule xxvii: financial disclosure

rule xxviii: general provisions.
                                  ____


              MAJOR RULE CITATION CHANGES PURSUANT TO THE RECODIFICATION OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE
 [This only reflects changes in rule citations. Any current citations that remained the same are not included in
                                                   this list.]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Old Citation                              New Citation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Speaker's Discretion to Vote  Rule I, clause 5........................  Rule XX, clause 1
Lame Duck Travel Authority..  Rule I, clause 8........................  Rule XXV, clause 10
Broadcasting of House         Rule I, clause 9........................  Rule V
 Proceedings.
Office of the Historian.....  Rule I, clause 10.......................  Rule II, clause 7
Office of the General         Rule I, clause 11.......................  Rule II, clause 8
 Counsel.
Clerk.......................  Rule III................................  Rule II, clause 2
Sergeant-at-Arms............  Rule IV.................................  Rule II, clause 3
Chief Administrative Officer  Rule V..................................  Rule II, clause 4

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Office of the Inspector       Rule VI.................................  Rule II, clause 6
 General.
Chaplain....................  Rule VII................................  Rule II, clause 5
Duties of Members...........  Rule VIII...............................  Rule III, clauses 1-2
Pairs.......................  Rule VIII, clause 2.....................  Rule XX, clause 8
General/Specific Roads......  Rule X, clause 1(q).....................  Rule XXI, clause 3
Standards Committee.........  Rule X, clause 4(e).....................  Rule XI, clause 3
Referrals...................  Rule X, clause 5........................  Rule XII, clause 2
Committee Membership........  Rule X, clause 6........................  Rule X, clause 5(a)(1)
Select and Joint Committees.  Rule X, clause 6(g).....................  Rule X, clause 10
Conference Committees.......  Rule X, clause 6(f).....................  Rule X, clause 10
Committee Reporting           Rule XI, clause 2(l)....................  Rule XIII, clauses 2-4
 Procedures.
Committee Broadcast Rule....  Rule XI, clause 3.......................  Rule XI, clause 4
Privileged Reports..........  Rule XI, clause 4.......................  Rule XIII, clause 5
Rules Committee Reports.....  Rule XI, clause 4.......................  Rule XIII, clause 6
Adverse Rules Committee       Rule XI, clause 4(c)....................  Rule XV, clause 3
 Reports.
Expense Resolutions.........  Rule XI, clause 5.......................  Rule X, clause 6
Committee Staffs............  Rule XI, clause 6.......................  Rule X, clause 9
Resident Commissioner/        Rule XII................................  Rule III, clause 3
 Delegates.
Corrections Calendar........  Rule XIII, clause 4.....................  Rule XV, clause 6
Dynamic Estimates...........  Rule XIII, clause 7(e)..................  Rule XIII, clause 3(h)(2)
Decorum and Debate..........  Rule XIV................................  Rule XVII
Voting and Quorum Calls.....  Rule XV.................................  Rule XX
Previous Question...........  Rule XVII...............................  Rule XIX, clause 1
Motion to Recommit..........  Rule XVIII, clause 1; Rule XVI, clause 4  Rule XIX, clause 2
Reconsideration.............  Rule XVIII..............................  Rule XIX, clause 3
Amendments..................  Rule XIX................................  Rule XVI, clause 6
Senate Amendments...........  Rule XX, clause 1.......................  Rule XXII, clause 1
Reading of Bills............  Rule XXI, clause 1......................  Rule XVI, clause 8
General Appropriations Bills  Rule XXI, clause 2(a)...................  Rule XXI, clause 2
Appropriations in             Rule XXI, clause 5(a)...................  Rule XXI, clause 4
 Legislation.
Reappropriations............  Rule XXI, clause 6......................  Rule XXI, clause 2(a)(2)
Printing of Appropriations    Rule XXI, clause 7......................  Rule XIII, clause 4
 Hearings.
Reservations of Points of     Rule XXI, clause 8......................  Rule XXI, clause 1
 Order.
Transport. Obligation         Rule XXI, clause 9......................  Rule XXI, clause 6
 Limitations.
Resolutions of Inquiry......  Rule XXII, clause 5.....................  Rule XIII, clause 7
Committees of the Whole       Rule XXIII..............................  Rule XVIII
 House.
Order of Business...........  Rule XXIV...............................  Rule XIV
Private Calendar............  Rule XXIV, clause 6.....................  Rule XV, clause 5
Calendar Wednesday..........  Rule XXIV, clause 7.....................  Rule XV, clause 7
D.C. Legislative Business...  Rule XXIV, clause 8.....................  Rule XV, clause 4
Priority of Business........  Rule XXV................................  Rule XIV
Unfinished Business.........  Rule XXVI...............................  Rule XI, clause 6
Suspension of the Rules.....  Rule XXVII..............................  Rule XV, clause 1
Discharge Motions...........  Rule XXVII, clause 3....................  Rule XV, clause 2
Conference Reports..........  Rule XXVIII.............................  Rule XXII, clauses 7-12
Secret Sessions.............  Rule XXIX...............................  Rule XVII, clause 9
Exhibits....................  Rule XXX................................  Rule XVII, clause 6
Hall of the House...........  Rule XXXI...............................  Rule IV, clause 1
Admission to the Floor......  Rule XXXII..............................  Rule IV, clauses 2-5
Admission to the Galleries..  Rule XXXIII.............................  Rule IV, clause 6
Official Reporters and the    Rule XXXIV..............................  Rule VI
 Media.
Pay of Witnesses............  Rule XXXV...............................  Rule XI, clause 5
Records of the House........  Rule XXXVI..............................  Rule VII
Withdrawal of Papers........  Rule XXXVII.............................  Rule VII, clause 7
Ballot Votes................  Rule XXXVIII............................  Rule XX, clause 12
Messages....................  Rule XXXIX..............................  Rule XII, clause 1
Code of Official Conduct....  Rule XLIII..............................  Rule XXIV
Financial Disclosure........  Rule XLIV...............................  Rule XXVII
Unofficial Office Accounts..  Rule XLV................................  Rule XXV, clauses 1-3
Limitation on Use of the      Rule XLVI...............................  Rule XXV, clauses 4-9
 Frank.
Outside Earned Income.......  Rule XLVII..............................  Rule XXVI, clauses 1-2
Intelligence Committee......  Rule XLVIII.............................  Rule X, clause 9
Debt Limit..................  Rule XLIX...............................  Rule XXIII
Response to Subpoenas.......  Rule L..................................  Rule VIII
Gift Rule...................  Rule LI.................................  Rule XXVI, clause 5
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                                  ____
                                               Committee on Rules,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 5, 1999.
     Hon. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker-nominee, the Capitol,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Richard Gephardt,
     Minority Leader, the Capitol,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker-nominee and Mr. Leader: At the beginning 
     of the 105th Congress, the Committee on Rules established a 
     bipartisan, ad hoc task force to develop a more rational and 
     orderly set of House rules without making substantive changes 
     in the rules, procedures or precedents of the House as they 
     stand today. The Task Force consisted of Representatives 
     Dreier, Frost, Pryce, and Slaughter.
       In this letter, we formerly present to you the 
     recommendations of the Task Force.
       We have worked closely with the Office of the 
     Parliamentarian to develop this proposal. It is our hope that 
     the recommendations will be incorporated as a part of the 
     opening day rules package. Our proposal reorganizes the rules 
     to provide a more logical, user-friendly structure and, in 
     the process, pares down the number of rules from 51 to 28. 
     Obsolete and archaic provisions have been excised. The 
     proposal, however, retains the location of certain major 
     rules to retain consistency with precedent and practice 
     volumes already published (e.g., germaneness remains as 
     clause 7 of rule XVI and legislation in an appropriation bill 
     remains clause 2 of rule XXI).
       A large part of the effort consisted of maintaining 
     uniformity of word usage and style. The same ideas have been 
     expressed over the years in many very different ways. For 
     example, a privileged question is sometimes called 
     ``privileged'' or ``highly privileged'' or ``of highest 
     privilege'' or ``is in order at any time'' or ``shall always 
     be in order.'' But by consistent and long-standing 
     precedents, these different expressions have been treated as 
     strictly identical. The requirement for collegial action by a 
     committee has been written in a variety of ways, for example 
     ``not without the consent of the committee'' or ``only when 
     authorized by the committee, a majority being present.'' This 
     has led to confusion. In these and similar circumstances, the 
     Task Force sought, whenever possible, a single convention to 
     be used consistently. For example, the convention used to 
     express a mandatory negative is ``may not.'' Gender 
     references, where avoidable, have been deleted; otherwise, 
     they are treated as in the U.S. Code, so that the terms 
     ``he'' or ``his'' are defined in proposed rule XXVIII, to be 
     a reference to ``she'' or ``her'' as applicable.
       While we continue to have substantive disagreements about 
     the existing rules and appropriate changes to them, the Task 
     Force fully agrees that the proposal presents the rules in a 
     more coherent format and makes their meaning more transparent 
     but is in no way intended to alter the interpretation or 
     content of any rule.
           Sincerely,
     David Dreier.
     John Joseph Moakley.
       Enclosure.

                              RULE HEADINGS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Existing rule                      Proposed new rule
------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. Duties of the Speaker..................  The Speaker
II. Election of Officers..................  Other Officers and Officials
III. Duties of the Clerk..................  The Members, Delegates and
                                             Resident Commissioner of
                                             Puerto Rico
IV. Duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms........  The Hall of the House
V. Chief Administrative Officer...........  Broadcasting the House
VI. Office of Inspector General...........  Official reporters and News
                                             Media galleries
VII. Duties of the Chaplain...............  Records of the House
VIII. Duties of the Members...............  Response to subpoenas
IX. Questions of privilege................  Questions of privilege
X. Establishment and jurisdiction of        Organization of Committees
 standing committees.
XI. Rules of procedures for committees....  Procedures of committees and
                                             Unfinished Business
XII. Resident Commissioner and Delegates..  Receipt and Referral of
                                             Measures and Matters
XIII. Calendars and reports of committees.  Calendars and Committee
                                             Reports
XIV. Of decorum and debate................  Order and Priority of
                                             Business
XV. On calls of the roll and House........  Business in order on special
                                             days

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XVI. On motions, their precedence, etc....  Motions and Amendments
XVII. Previous question...................  Decorum and Debate
XVIII. Reconsideration....................  The Committee of the Whole
                                             House on the State of the
                                             Union
XIX. Of amendments........................  Motions following the
                                             amendment stage
XX. Of amendments of the Senate...........  Voting and Quorum Calls
XII. On bills.............................  Restrictions on certain
                                             bills
XXII. Of petitions, memorials, bills and    House and Senate Relations
 resolutions.
XXIII. Of Committees of the Whole House...  Statutory limit on the
                                             public debt
XXIV. Order of business...................  Code of Official Conduct
XXV. Priority of business.................  Limitations on the use of
                                             official funds
XXVI. Unfinished business of the session..  Limitations on outside
                                             earned income and
                                             Acceptance of Gifts
XXVII. Change of suspension of rules......  Financial disclosure
XXVIII. Conference reports................  General provisions
XXIV. Secret session......................  ............................
XXX. Use of exhibits......................  ............................
XXXI. Hall of the House...................  ............................
XXXII. Of admission to the floor..........  ............................
XXXIII. Of admission to the galleries.....  ............................
XXXIV. Official and other reporters.......  ............................
XXXV. Pay of witnesses....................  ............................
XXXVI. Preservation and availability of     ............................
 noncurrent records of the House.
XXXVII. Withdrawal of papers..............  ............................
XXXVIII. Ballot...........................  ............................
XXXIX. Messages...........................  ............................
XL. Executive communications..............  ............................
XLI. Qualifications of officers and         ............................
 employees.
XLII. General provisions..................  ............................
XLIII. Code of Official Conduct...........  ............................
XLIV. Financial disclosure................  ............................
XLV. Prohibition of unofficial office       ............................
 accounts.
XLVI. Limitations on use of the frank.....  ............................
XLVII. Limitations on outside employment    ............................
 and earned income.
XLVIII. Permanent Select Committee on       ............................
 Intelligence.
XLIX. Establishment of statutory limit on   ............................
 public debt.
L. Procedure for response to subpoenas....  ............................
LI. Gift rule.............................  ............................
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                             PROPOSED NEW RULES                                                              EXISTING RULES                                                                  COMMENTARY
 
                      [RECODIFICATION COMMITTEE PRINT]
 
                             [JANUARY __, 1999]
 
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
 
 
Recodifying the standing Rules of the House of Representatives.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                              The Parliamentarians have met with bi-partisan staff from the Task Force
  Resolved, That the standing Rules of the House of Representatives are                                                                                      on recodification of the rules and have agreed upon a revised structural
 recodified to read as follows:                                                                                                                              format of the rules which reduces their number from 52 to 28 in a logical
                                                                                                                                                             sequence. This format arranges the rules by addressing the organization and
                                                                                                                                                             operation of the House as follows: duties of Officers and Members (rules I-
                                                                                                                                                             III), administration of the House (rules IV-VI), institutional prerogatives
                                                                                                                                                             (rules VII-IX), committees (rules X-XI), consideration of legislation
                                                                                                                                                             (rules XII-XXIII), conduct of Members, Officers and Employees (rules XXIV-
                                                                                                                                                             XXVII), and miscellaneous provisions (rule XXVIII). This draft was
                                                                                                                                                             initially based on the 1985 draft of recodification and incorporates
                                                                                                                                                             changes in the rules from that year through 1998. The current draft
                                                                                                                                                             minimizes the change of some major rules citations in order to retain
                                                                                                                                                             consistency with precedent and practice volumes already published (e.g.,
                                                                                                                                                             germaneness remains as clause 7 of rule XVI, and general appropriation bill
                                                                                                                                                             matters remain clause 2 of rule XXI). It is acknowledged, however, that the
                                                                                                                                                             overriding reorganization consensus will necessitate cross references to
                                                                                                                                                             citations in subsequent precedent and practice volumes where rule numbers
                                                                                                                                                             have been changed. The current draft also reflects a specific review of the
                                                                                                                                                             language within each rule to incorporate accepted understandings without
                                                                                                                                                             substantive change. For instance, this draft includes ``Delegates'' and
                                                                                                                                                             ``the Resident Commissioner'' along with ``Members'' in those situations
                                                                                                                                                             where the rules do not distinguish between an individual's status. Their
                                                                                                                                                             omission in the rules (such as voting, Committee of the Whole, and
                                                                                                                                                             selection of presiding officers) is indicative of authorities limited to
                                                                                                                                                             Members. Gender references are treated as in the U.S. Code, whereby a
                                                                                                                                                             reference to ``he'' or ``his'' is defined in rule XXVIII to constitute a
                                                                                                                                                             reference to ``she'' or ``her'' where applicable. Provisos are replaced by
                                                                                                                                                             sentence restructing to assure clarity of meaning. The concept of a
                                                                                                                                                             ``privileged question'' or ``privileged motion'' is consistently utilized
                                                                                                                                                             to replace current references to matters ``of highest privilege'' or ``in
                                                                                                                                                             order at any time'' or ``it shall always be in order.'' References to
                                                                                                                                                             certain voting procedures are changed from ``rollcall'' to ``record'' votes
                                                                                                                                                             and supermajority voting requirements are consistently referred to as ``two-
                                                                                                                                                             thirds'' or ``three-fifths'' of the Members voting, a quorum being present.

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                                                                                                                                                            The clerical and stylistic changes reflected in the proposed recodification
                                                                                                                                                             seek to achieve clarity, readability, and uniformity of word usage and
                                                                                                                                                             style with the goals of removing possible ambiguities and promoting
                                                                                                                                                             predictability of interpretation. No substantive change to the rules is
                                                                                                                                                             intended. The conventions used in the proposed recodification resolve most
                                                                                                                                                             of the lapses in stylistic uniformity in the current text of the rules.
                                                                                                                                                             However, certain well-known, time-honored rules (or phrases), although
                                                                                                                                                             stilted in style, are retained for their historic value. For example, even
                                                                                                                                                             though one convention used in recodification achieves a mandatory negative
                                                                                                                                                             within ``may not,'' the time-honored phraseology of the germaneness rule in
                                                                                                                                                             clause 7 of rule XVI is nevertheless retained.
                    RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                     RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
                                   RULE I.                                    RULE I
 
                                 THE SPEAKER                                  DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER
 
Approval of the Journal
  1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative day precisely at     1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative day precisely at   Rules I-II--Duties of Officers and Members
 the hour to which the House last adjourned and immediately call the House     the hour to which the House shall have adjourned at the last sitting and
 to order. Having examined and approved the Journal of the last day's          immediately call the Members to order. The Speaker, having examined the
 proceedings, the Speaker shall announce to the House his approval thereof.    Journal of the proceedings of the last day's sitting and approved the same,
 The Speaker's approval of the Journal shall be deemed agreed to unless a      shall announce to the House his approval of the Journal, and the Speaker's
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner demands a vote thereon. If such    approval of the Journal shall be deemed to be agreed to subject to a vote
 a vote is decided in the affirmative, it shall not be subject to a motion     on agreeing to the Speaker's approval on the demand of any Member, which
 to reconsider. If such a vote is decided in the negative, then one motion     vote, if decided in the affirmative, shall not be subject to a motion to
 that the Journal be read shall be privileged, shall be decided without        reconsider. It shall be in order to offer one motion that the Journal be
 debate, and shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider.                   read only if the Speaker's approval of the Journal is not agreed to, and
                                                                               such motion shall be determined without debate and shall not be subject to
                                                                               a motion to reconsider.
 
 
Preservation of order
  2. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum and, in case of               2. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of disturbance or
 disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or in the lobby, may       disorderly conduct in the galleries, or in the lobby, may cause the same to
 cause the same to be cleared.                                                 be cleared.
 
Control of Capitol facilities
  3. Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker shall have        3. He shall have general control, except as provided by rule or law, of       The phrase ``until further order'' in existing clause 3 is deleted as
 general control of the Hall of the House, the corridors and passages in the   the Hall of the House, and of the corridors and passages and the disposal     superfluous given existing language of ``Except as otherwise provided by
 part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the House, and the disposal of     of the unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol assigned to the use   rule or law.''
 unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol.                             of the House, until further order.
 

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  4. The Speaker shall sign all acts and joint resolutions passed by the two    4. He shall sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions, writs, warrants,     Proposed clause 4, rule I-Existing clause 4 divided into clauses 4 and 5,
 Houses and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas of, or issued by order of,      and subpoenas of, or issued by order of, the House and decide all questions   to separate Speaker's signing authority from authority to decide questions
 the House. The Speaker may sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions          of order, subject to an appeal by any Member, on which appeal no Member       of order, subject to appeal. The term ``addresses'' is deleted as obsolete.
 whether or not the House is in session.                                       shall speak more than once, unless by permission of the House. The Speaker
                                                                               is authorized to sign enrolled bills whether or not the House is in
                                                                               session.
 
Questions of order
  5. The Speaker shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal by a
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. On such an appeal a Member,
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not speak more than once without
 permission of the House.
 
Form of a question
  6. The Speaker shall rise to put a question but may state it sitting. The     5. (a) He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting; and         Proposed clause 6, rule I-Existing provisions in clause 5, rule I on
 Speaker shall put a question in this form: ``Those in favor (of the           shall put questions in this form, to wit: ``As many as are in favor (as the   division votes and recorded votes are transferred to new rule XX on voting.
 question), say `Aye.' ''; and after the affirmative voice is expressed,       question may be), say `Aye'.''; and after the affirmative voice is            Also, existing provisions in that clause on postponing votes are
 ``Those opposed, say, `No.' ''. After a vote by voice under this clause,      expressed, ``As many as are opposed, say `No'.''; . . . [Remainder            transferred to the new voting rule. Both provisions make more sense under
 the Speaker may use such voting procedures as may be invoked under rule XX.   transferred to Rule XX].                                                      voting procedures than under Speaker's authority.
 
Discretion to vote
  7. The Speaker is not required to vote in ordinary legislative                6. He shall not be required to vote in ordinary legislative proceedings,      Proposed clause 7, rule I-Existing provisions in clause 6, rule I, stating
 proceedings, except when his vote would be decisive or when the House is      except where his vote would be decisive, or where the House is engaged in     that the question loses on a tie vote are transferred to new clause 1, rule
 engaged in voting by ballot.                                                  voting by ballot; . . . [Remainder transferred to Rule XX].                   XX as a voting question.
 
Speaker pro tempore
  8. (a) The Speaker may appoint a Member to perform the duties of the          7. (a) He shall have the right to name any Member to perform the duties of    Only Members, and not Delegates or the Resident Commissioner, may preside
 Chair. Except as specified in paragraph (b), such an appointment may not      the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond three legislative    over the House or the Committee of the Whole.
 extend beyond three legislative days.                                         days, except that with the permission of the House he may name a Member to
  (b)(1) In the case of his illness, the Speaker may appoint a Member to       act as Speaker pro tempore only to sign enrolled bills and joint
 perform the duties of the Chair for a period not exceeding 10 days, subject   resolutions for a period of time specified in the designation,
 to the approval of the House. If the Speaker is absent and has omitted to     notwithstanding any other provision of this clause: Provided, however, That
 make such an appointment, then the House shall elect a Speaker pro tempore    in case of his illness, he may make such appointment for a period not
 to act during the absence of the Speaker.                                     exceeding ten days, with the approval of the House at the time the same is
  (2) With the approval of the House, the Speaker may appoint a Member to      made; and in his absence and omission to make such appointment, the House
 act as Speaker pro tempore only to sign enrolled bills and joint              shall proceed to elect a Speaker pro tempore to act during his absence.
 resolutions for a specified period of time.
 
 
Term Limit
  9. A person may not serve as Speaker for more than four consecutive           (b) No person may serve as Speaker for more than four consecutive             The phrase ``beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress'' is deleted
 Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for less than a full    Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress (disregarding      as no longer necessary.
 session in any Congress).                                                     for this purpose any service for less than a full session in any Congress).
 

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Designation of travel
  10. The Speaker may designate a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,      8. He shall have the authority to designate any Member, officer or            Proposed clause 10, rule I--The existing clause 8, rule I, prohibition on
 officer, or employee of the House to travel on the business of the House      employee of the House of Representatives to travel on the business of the     use of applicable accounts for travel of ``lame duck'' Members has been
 within or without the United States, whether the House is meeting, has        House of Representatives, as determined by him, within or without the         transferred to a new rule XXV.
 recessed, or has adjourned. Expenses for such travel may be paid from         United States, whether the House is meeting, has recessed or has adjourned,
 applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X on     and all expenses for such travel may be paid for from the applicable
 vouchers approved and signed solely by the Speaker.                           accounts of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X on vouchers
                                                                               solely approved and signed by the Speaker.
 
 
Committee appointment
  11. The Speaker shall appoint all select, joint, and conference committees    Derived from clause 6(f), rule X: The Speaker shall appoint all select and    Clause 11, rule I, has been transferred from existing clause 6(f), rule X
 ordered by the House. At any time after an original appointment, the          conference committees which shall be ordered by the House from time to        as it is more logical under rule I (Speaker's authority) than under rule X
 Speaker may remove Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from,     time. At any time after an original appointment, the Speaker may remove       (jurisdiction of committees). It is desirable for this clause to include
 or appoint additional Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner to,    Members or appoint additional Members to select and conference committees.    joint committees as part of the Speaker's appointment authority since the
 a select or conference committee. In appointing Members, Delegates, or the    In appointing members to conference committees the Speaker shall appoint no   Speaker does appoint members to some joint committees under existing law,
 Resident Commissioner to conference committees, the Speaker shall appoint     less than a majority of members who generally supported the House position    such as the Joint Economic Committee. Other joint committees could be
 no less than a majority who generally supported the House position as         as determined by the Speaker. The Speaker shall name Members who are          similarly structured in the future.
 determined by the Speaker, shall name those who are primarily responsible     primarily responsible for the legislation and shall, to the fullest extent
 for the legislation, and shall, to the fullest extent feasible, include the   feasible, include the principal proponents of the major provisions of the
 principal proponents of the major provisions of the bill or resolution        bill as it passed the House.
 passed or adopted by the House.
 
 
Declaration of recess
  12. To suspend the business of the House for a short time when no question    Derived from clause 12, rule I: 12. To suspend the business of the House
 is pending before the House, the Speaker may declare a recess subject to      for a short time when no question is pending before the House, the Speaker
 the call of the Chair.                                                        may declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair.
 
Other responsibilities
  13. The Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader, shall develop      13. The Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader, shall develop
 through an appropriate entity of the House a system for drug testing in the   through an appropriate entity of the House a system for drug testing in the
 House. The system may provide for the testing of a Member, Delegate,          House of Representatives. The system may provide for the testing of any
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, and otherwise       Member, officer, or employee of the House, and otherwise shall be
 shall be comparable in scope to the system for drug testing in the            comparable in scope to the system for drug testing in the executive branch
 executive branch pursuant to Executive Order 12564 (Sept. 15, 1986). The      pursuant to Executive Order 12564 (Sept. 15, 1986). The expenses of the
 expenses of the system may be paid from applicable accounts of the House      system may be paid from applicable accounts of the House for official
 for official expenses.                                                        expenses.
 
                                  RULE II.                                    RULE II
 
                        OTHER OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS.                         ELECTION OF OFFICERS
 

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Elections
  1. There shall be elected at the commencement of each Congress, to            There shall be elected by a viva voce vote, at the commencement of each       In proposed rule II, the election and duties of other offices of the House
 continue in office until their successors are chosen and qualified, a         Congress, to continue in office until their successors are chosen and         are combined as one new organizational rule, rather than separately
 Clerk, a Sergeant-at-Arms, a Chief Administrative Officer, and a Chaplain.    qualified, a Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and       addressed as in current rules III through VII, with the duties of each
 Each of these officers shall take an oath to support the Constitution of      Chaplain, each of whom shall take an oath to support the Constitution of      officer addressed in separate clauses and the establishment of the offices
 the United States, and for the true and faithful exercise of the duties of    the United States, and for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of   of Inspector General, Historian, and General Counsel moved from rules VI
 his office to the best of his knowledge and ability, and to keep the          his office to the best of his knowledge and ability, and to keep the          and I respectively, although they are not elected officers.
 secrets of the House. Each of these officers shall appoint all of the         secrets of the House; and each shall appoint all of the employees of his
 employees of his department provided for by law. The Clerk, Sergeant-at-      department provided for by law. The Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Chief
 Arms, and Chief Administrative Officer may be removed by the House or by      Administrative Officer may be removed by the House or by the Speaker.
 the Speaker.
 
 
                                                                              RULE III
 
Clerk                                                                         DUTIES OF THE CLERK
  2. (a) At the commencement of the first session of each Congress, the         1. The Clerk shall, at the commencement of the first session of each          On the opening day of each Congress since 1981 the House has permitted by
 Clerk shall call the Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner to order   Congress, call the Members to order, proceed to call the roll of Members by   unanimous consent the alphabetical roll call of Members by States to be
 and proceed to record their presence by States in alphabetical order,         States in alphabetical order, and, pending the election of a Speaker or       conducted by electronic device to establish a quorum. Proposed clause 2(a)
 either by call of the roll or by use of the electronic voting system.         Speaker pro tempore, preserve order and decorum, and decide all questions     codifies this practice by permitting the Clerk to use the electronic system
 Pending the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, the Clerk shall     of order subject to appeal by any Member.                                     in this situation.
 preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of order, subject to
 appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
  (b) At the commencement of every regular session of Congress, the Clerk       2. He shall make and cause to be printed and delivered to each Member, or
 shall make and cause to be printed and delivered to each Member, Delegate,    mailed to his address, at the commencement of every regular session of
 and the Resident Commissioner a list of the reports that any officer or       Congress, a list of the reports which it is the duty of any officer or
 Department is required to make to Congress, citing the law or resolution in   Department to make to Congress, referring to the act or resolution and page
 which the requirement may be contained and placing under the name of each     of the volume of the laws or Journal in which it may be contained, and
 officer the list of reports he is required to make.                           placing under the name of each officer the list of reports required of him
                                                                               to be made.

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  (c) The Clerk shall--                                                         3. He shall note all questions of order, with the decisions thereon, the      Consolidation of Clerk's authority as noted below:
    (1) note all questions of order, with the decisions thereon, the record    record of which shall be printed as an appendix to the Journal of each         In proposed clause 2, rule II, all legislative duties of the Clerk are
   of which shall be appended to the Journal of each session;                  session; and complete, as soon after the close of the session as possible,    consolidated in the first portion of this clause, and his remaining
    (2) enter on the Journal the hour at which the House adjourns;             the printing and distribution to Members, Delegates, and the Resident         administrative duties are consolidated in the last portion of this clause.
    (3) complete the printing and distribution of the Journal to Members,      Commissioner from Puerto Rico of the Journal of the House, together with an    Existing clause 6, rule XIII requiring daily printing of calendars has
   Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner, together with an accurate and     accurate and complete index; retain in the library at his office, for the     been transferred to new clause 2(e), rule II to consolidate Clerk's
   complete index, as soon as possible after the close of a session; and       use of the Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico     authority under one rule. The requirement of existing clause 5, rule XVI
    (4) send a printed copy of the Journal to the executive of and to each     and officers of the House, and not to be withdrawn therefrom, two copies of   that the Journal note the hour of adjournment is also transferred to the
   branch of the legislature of every State as may be requested by such        all the books and printed documents deposited there; send, at the end of      new clause 2(c)(2).
   State officials.                                                            each session, a printed copy of the Journal thereof to the executive and to
  (d) The Clerk shall attest and affix the seal of the House to all writs,     each branch of the legislature of every State as may be requested by such
 warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the House and certify the          State officials; deliver or mail to any Member, Delegate, or the Resident
 passage of all bills and joint resolutions.                                   Commissioner from Puerto Rico an extra copy, in binding of good quality, of
  (e) The Clerk shall cause the calendars of the House to be printed and       each document requested by that Member, Delegate, or the Resident
 distributed each legislative day.                                             Commissioner which has been printed, by order of either House of the
  (f) The Clerk shall--                                                        Congress, in any Congress in which he served; attest and affix the seal of
    (1) retain in the library at the Office of the Clerk for the use of the    the House to all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the
   Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers of the House, and   House; and certify to the passage of all bills and joint resolutions.
   not to be withdrawn therefrom, two copies of all the books and printed
   documents deposited there; and
    (2) deliver or mail to any Member, Delegate, or the Resident
   Commissioner an extra copy, in binding of good quality, of each document
   requested by that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner that has
   been printed by order of either House of Congress in any Congress in
   which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner served.
  (g) The Clerk shall provide for his temporary absence or disability by        4. He shall, in case of temporary absence or disability, designate an
 designating an official in the Office of the Clerk to sign all papers that    official in his office to sign all papers that may require the official
 may require the official signature of the Clerk and to do all other           signature of the Clerk of the House, and to do all other acts except such
 official acts that the Clerk may be required to do under the rules and        as are provided for by statute, that may be required under the rules and
 practices of the House, except such official acts as are provided for by      practices of the House to be done by the Clerk. Such official acts, when so
 statute. Official acts done by the designated official shall be under the     done by the designated official, shall be under the name of the Clerk of
 name of the Clerk. The designation shall be in writing and shall be laid      the House. The said designation shall be in writing, and shall be laid
 before the House and entered on the Journal.                                  before the House and entered on the Journal.
  (h) The Clerk may receive messages from the President and from the Senate     5. The Clerk is authorized to receive messages from the President and from
 at any time when the House is not in session.                                 the Senate at any time that the House is not in session.

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  (i)(1) The Clerk shall supervise the staff and manage the office of a         6. He shall supervise the staff and manage any office of a Member who is
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has died, resigned, or been    deceased, has resigned, or been expelled until a successor is elected and
 expelled until a successor is elected. The Clerk shall perform similar        shall perform similar duties in the event that a vacancy is declared by the
 duties in the event that a vacancy is declared by the House in any            House in any congressional district because of the incapacity of the Member
 congressional district because of the incapacity of the person representing   representing such district or other reason. Whenever the Clerk is acting as
 such district or other reason. Whenever the Clerk is acting as a              a supervisory authority over such staff, he shall have authority to
 supervisory authority over such staff, he shall have authority to terminate   terminate employees; and he may appoint, with the approval of the Committee
 employees and, with the approval of the Committee on House Oversight, may     on House Oversight, such staff as is required to operate the office until a
 appoint such staff as is required to operate the office until a successor     successor is elected. He shall maintain on the House payroll and supervise
 is elected.                                                                   in the same manner staff appointed pursuant to section 800 of Public Law 91-
  (2) For 60 days following the death of a former Speaker, the Clerk shall     665 (2 U.S.C. 31b-5) for sixty days following the death of a former
 maintain on the House payroll, and shall supervise in the same manner,        Speaker.
 staff appointed under House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress (as
 enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental
 Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 31b-5).
  (j) In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the           7. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the
 Committee on House Oversight, the Clerk shall report to the Committee on      Committee on House Oversight, the Clerk shall report to the Committee on
 House Oversight not later than 45 days following the close of each            House Oversight not later than 45 days following the close of each
 semiannual period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and    semiannual period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and
 operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of the Clerk.      operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of the Clerk.
 Each report shall include financial statements and a description or           Each report shall include financial statements, a description or
 explanation of current operations, the implementation of new policies and     explanation of current operations, the implementation of new policies and
 procedures, and future plans for each function.                               procedures, and future plans for each function.
  (k) The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices and          8. The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices and
 persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records and     persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records and
 administrative operations.                                                    administrative operations.
 
                                                                              RULE IV
 
Sergeant-at-Arms                                                              DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
  3. (a) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall attend the House during its sittings and    1. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend the House during    In proposed clause 3, rule II only grammatical changes are made: ``or
 maintain order under the direction of the Speaker or other presiding          its sittings, to maintain order under the direction of the Speaker or         other presiding officer'' replaces ``chairman'' and ``clerk'' in existing
 officer. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall execute the commands of the House, and    Chairman, and, pending the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore,      rule.
 all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.    under the direction of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House, and
                                                                               all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.
  (b) The symbol of the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be the mace,       2. The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which shall be borne by him
 which shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.               while enforcing order on the floor.
  (c) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall enforce strictly the rules relating to the     3. He shall enforce strictly the rules relating to the privileges of the
 privileges of the Hall of the House and be responsible to the House for the   Hall and be responsible to the House for the official conduct of his
 official conduct of his employees.                                            employees.

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  (d) The Sergeant-at-Arms may not allow a person to enter the room over the    4. He shall allow no person to enter the room over the Hall of the House      The ``room over the Hall of the House'' houses mechanical equipment and
 Hall of the House during its sittings; and from 15 minutes before the hour    during its sittings; and fifteen minutes before the hour of the meeting of    thus admission is restricted during sittings of the House.
 of the meeting of the House each day until 10 minutes after adjournment, he   the House each day he shall see that the floor is cleared of all persons
 shall see that the floor is cleared of all persons except those privileged    except those privileged to remain, and kept so until ten minutes after
 to remain.                                                                    adjournment.
  (e) In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the           5. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the
 Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall report to the        Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall report to the
 Committee on House Oversight not later than 45 days following the close of    Committee on House Oversight not later than 45 days following the close of
 each semiannual period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial   each semiannual period ending June 30 or on December 31 on the financial
 and operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of the         and operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of the
 Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall include financial statements and a        Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall include financial statements, a
 description or explanation of current operations, the implementation of new   description or explanation of current operations, the implementation of new
 policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.                  policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.
  (f) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the appropriate           6. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices
 offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial     and persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records
 records and administrative operations.                                        and administrative operations.
 
                                                                              RULE V
 
Chief Administrative Officer                                                  CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
  4. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have operational and            1. The Chief Administrative Officer of the House shall have operational
 financial responsibility for functions as assigned by the Committee on        and financial responsibility for functions as assigned by the Committee on
 House Oversight and shall be subject to the policy direction and oversight    House Oversight, and shall be subject to the policy direction and oversight
 of the Committee on House Oversight.                                          of the Committee on House Oversight.
  (b) In addition to any other reports required by the Committee on House       2. In addition to any other reports required by the Committee on House
 Oversight, the Chief Administrative Officer shall report to the Committee     Oversight, the Chief shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not
 on House Oversight not later than 45 days following the close of each         later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual period ending on
 semiannual period ending on June 30 or December 31 on the financial and       June 30 or December 31 on the financial and operational status of each
 operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of the Chief       function under the jurisdiction of the Chief. Each report shall include
 Administrative Officer. Each report shall include financial statements and    financial statements, a description or explanation of current operations,
 a description or explanation of current operations, the implementation of     the implementation of new policies and procedures, and future plans for
 new policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.              each function.
  (c) The Chief Administrative Officer shall fully cooperate with the           3. The Chief shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices and
 appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits of   persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records and
 financial records and administrative operations.                              administrative operations.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE VII
 
Chaplain                                                                      DUTIES OF THE CHAPLAIN
  5. The Chaplain shall offer a prayer at the commencement of each day's        The Chaplain shall attend at the commencement of each day's sitting of the
 sitting of the House.                                                         House and open the same with prayer.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE VI
 
Office of Inspector General                                                   OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
  6. (a) There is established an Office of Inspector General.                   1. There is established an Office of Inspector General.

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  (b) The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by the            2. The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker,
 Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, acting jointly.        the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, acting jointly.
  (c) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on         3. Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on House
 House Oversight, the Inspector General shall only--                           Oversight, the Inspector General shall be responsible only for--
    (1) conduct periodic audits of the financial and administrative               (a) conducting periodic audits of the financial and administrative
   functions of the House and of joint entities;                                 functions of the House and joint entities;
    (2) inform the officers or other officials who are the subject of an          (b) informing the Officers or other officials who are the subject of an
   audit of the results of that audit and suggesting appropriate curative        audit of the results of that audit and suggesting appropriate curative
   actions;                                                                      actions;
    (3) simultaneously notify the Speaker, the Majority Leader, the Minority      (c) simultaneously notifying the Speaker, the Majority Leader, the          Conforming changes are required when existing rule VI becomes clause 6,
   Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on      Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority party member of      rule II.
   House Oversight in the case of any financial irregularity discovered in       the Committee on House Oversight in the case of any financial
   the course of carrying out responsibilities under this clause;                irregularity discovered in the course of carrying out responsibilities
                                                                                 under this rule;
    (4) simultaneously submit to the Speaker, the Majority Leader, the            (d) simultaneously submitting to the Speaker, the Majority Leader, the
   Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority member of the          Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority party member of
   Committee on House Oversight a report of each audit conducted under this      the Committee on House Oversight a report of each audit conducted under
   clause; and                                                                   this rule; and
    (5) report to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct information      (e) reporting to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
   involving possible violations by a Member, Delegate, Resident                 information involving possible violations by any Member, officer, or
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of any rule of the House      employee of the House of any rule of the House or of any law applicable
   or of any law applicable to the performance of official duties or the         to the performance of official duties or the discharge of official
   discharge of official responsibilities that may require referral to the       responsibilities which may require referral to the appropriate Federal or
   appropriate Federal or State authorities under clause 3(a)(3) of rule XI.     State authorities pursuant to clause 4(e)(1)(C) of rule X.
 
Office of the Historian
  7. There is established an Office of the Historian of the House of            Derived from clause 10, rule I: 10. There is established in the House of
 Representatives.                                                              Representatives an office to be known as the Office of the Historian of the
                                                                               House of Representatives.
 
Office of General Counsel
  8. There is established an Office of General Counsel for the purpose of       Derived from clause 11, rule I: 11. There is established in the House of
 providing legal assistance and representation to the House. Legal             Representatives an office to be known as the Office of General Counsel for
 assistance and representation shall be provided without regard to political   the purpose of providing legal assistance and representation to the House.
 affiliation. The Office of General Counsel shall function pursuant to the     Legal assistance and representation shall be provided without regard to
 direction of the Speaker, who shall consult with a Bipartisan Legal           political affiliation. The Office of General Counsel shall function
 Advisory Group, which shall include the majority and minority leaderships.    pursuant to the direction of the Speaker, who shall consult with a
 The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees of     Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, which shall include the majority and
 the Office of General Counsel.                                                minority leaderships. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of
                                                                               pay for employees of the Office of General Counsel.
 

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                                  RULE III.
 
      THE MEMBERS, DELEGATES, AND RESIDENT COMMISSIONER OF PUERTO RICO.         Derived from: RULE VIII
 
Voting                                                                        DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS
  1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the House during its      1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the House during its      In proposed rule III the duty of Members with respect to attendance and
 sittings, unless excused or necessarily prevented, and shall vote on each     sittings, unless excused or necessarily prevented, and shall vote on each     voting, currently in rule VIII, are combined with provisions currently in
 question put, unless he has a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the    question put, unless he has a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the    rule XII authorizing Delegates and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto
 event of such question.                                                       event of such question.                                                       Rico to serve on standing, select and conference committees but are kept
  2. (a) A Member may not authorize any other person to cast his vote or        3.(a) A Member may not authorize any other individual to cast his vote or    separate from a code of conduct and other rules regarding official conduct
 record his presence in the House or the Committee of the Whole House on the   record his presence in the House or Committee of the Whole.                   also applicable to officers and employees (moved to new rules XXIV through
 state of the Union.                                                                                                                                         XXVII). This rule is specific as to the respective duties and prerogatives
                                                                                                                                                             of Members, Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.
                                                                                                                                                              Existing clause 2, rule VIII on announcement of pairs has been transferred
                                                                                                                                                             to new clause 8, rule XX as logically belonging to the voting rule.
 
  (b) No other person may cast a Member's vote or record a Member's presence    (b) No individual other than a Member may cast a vote or record a Member's
 in the House or the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.   presence in the House or the Committee of the Whole.
                                                                                (c) A Member may not cast a vote for any other Member or record another
                                                                               Member's presence in the House or Committee of the Whole.
                                                                                Derived from: RULE XII
 
Delegates and the Resident Commissioner                                       RESIDENT COMMISSIONER AND DELEGATES
  3. (a) Each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall be elected to        The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico and each
 serve on standing committees in the same manner as Members of the House and   Delegate to the House shall be elected to serve on standing committees in
 shall possess in such committees the same powers and privileges as the        the same manner as Members of the House and shall possess in such
 other members of the committee.                                               committees the same powers and privileges as the other Members.
  (b) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may be appointed to any       Derived from clause 6(h), rule X: (h) The Speaker may appoint the Resident
 select committee and to any conference committee.                             Commissioner from Puerto Rico and Delegates to the House to any select
                                                                               committee and to any conference committee.
 
                                  RULE IV.
 
                           THE HALL OF THE HOUSE.                             Derived from: RULE XXXI
 
Use and admittance                                                            HALL OF THE HOUSE                                                             Rules IV-VI--Administration of the House
  1. The Hall of the House shall be used only for the legislative business      The Hall of the House shall be used only for the legislative business of      In proposed rule IV, current provisions regulating the Hall of the House
 of the House and for caucus and conference meetings of its Members, except    the House and for the caucus meetings of its Members, except upon occasions   (rule XXXI), admission to the floor (rule XXXII), and to the galleries
 when the House agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be observed           where the House by resolution agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be     (rule XXXIII) are combined as one administrative rule consisting of seven
 therein. The Speaker may not entertain a motion for the suspension of this    observed therein; and the Speaker shall not entertain a motion for the        clauses.
 clause.                                                                       suspension of this rule.
 
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXXII
 

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  2. (a) Only the following persons shall be admitted to the Hall of the      OF ADMISSION TO THE FLOOR                                                       Proposed clause 2(a)(1) of this rule clarifies that contestants in
 House or rooms leading thereto:                                                1. The persons hereinafter named, and none other, shall be admitted to the   election cases have privileges of the House floor only when their cases are
    (1) Members of Congress, Members-elect, and contestants in election        Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto, viz: The President and Vice       the business on the floor and not merely before a committee.
   cases during the pendency of their cases on the floor.                      President of the United States and their private secretaries, judges of the
    (2) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.                           Supreme Court, Members of Congress and Members-elect, contestants in
    (3) The President and Vice President of the United States and their        election cases during the pendency of their cases in the House, the
   private secretaries.                                                        Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, heads of departments, foreign
    (4) Justices of the Supreme Court.                                         ministers, governors of States, the Architect of the Capitol, the Librarian
    (5) Elected officers and minority employees nominated as elected           of Congress and his assistant in charge of the Law Library, the Resident
   officers of the House.                                                      Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico, each Delegate to the
    (6) The Parliamentarian.                                                   House, such persons as have, by name, received the thanks of Congress, the
    (7) Staff of committees when business from their committee is under        Parliamentarian, elected officers and elected minority employees of the
   consideration.                                                              House (other than Members); and ex-Members of the House of Representatives,
    (8) Not more than one person from the staff of a Member, Delegate, or      former Parliamentarians of the House, and former elected officers and
   Resident Commissioner when that Member, Delegate, or Resident               elected minority employees of the House, subject to the provisions of
   Commissioner has an amendment under consideration (subject to clause 5).    clause 3 of this rule; and clerks of committees when business from their
    (9) The Architect of the Capitol.                                          committee is under consideration and not more than one person from a
    (10) The Librarian of Congress and the assistant in charge of the Law      Member's staff when that Member has an amendment under consideration,
   Library.                                                                    subject to the provisions of clause 4 of this rule; and one attorney to
    (11) The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.                     accompany any Member who is the respondent in an investigation undertaken
    (12) Heads of departments.                                                 by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct when the recommendation
    (13) Foreign ministers.                                                    of such committee is under consideration; and it shall not be in order for
    (14) Governors of States.                                                  the Speaker to entertain a request for the suspension of this rule or to
    (15) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners; former         present from the chair the request of any Member for unanimous consent.
   Parliamentarians of the House; and former elected officers and minority
   employees nominated as elected officers of the House (subject to clause
   4).
    (16) One attorney to accompany a Member, Delegate, or Resident
   Commissioner who is the respondent in an investigation undertaken by the
   Committee on Standards of Official Conduct when a recommendation of that
   committee is under consideration in the House.
    (17) Such persons as have, by name, received the thanks of Congress.
  (b) The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent request or a motion
 to suspend this clause.
 
  3. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all persons not entitled to       2. There shall be excluded at all times from the Hall of the House of
 the privilege of the floor during the session shall be excluded at all        Representatives and the cloakrooms all persons not entitled to the
 times from the Hall of the House and the cloakrooms.                          privilege of the floor during the session, except that until fifteen
  (b) Until 15 minutes of the hour of the meeting of the House, persons        minutes of the hour of the meeting of the House persons employed in its
 employed in its service, accredited members of the press entitled to          service, accredited members of the press entitled to admission to the press
 admission to the press gallery, and other persons on request of a Member,     gallery, and other persons on request of Members, by card or in writing may
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner by card or in writing, may be admitted     be admitted.
 to the Hall of the House.

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  4. (a) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners; former          3. Ex-Members of the House of Representatives, former Parliamentarians of
 Parliamentarians of the House; and former elected officers and minority       the House, and former elected officers and former elected minority
 employees nominated as elected officers of the House shall be entitled to     employees of the House, shall be entitled to the privilege of admission to
 the privilege of admission to the Hall of the House and rooms leading         the Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto only if they do not have
 thereto only if--                                                             any direct personal or pecuniary interest in any legislative measure
    (1) they do not have any direct personal or pecuniary interest in any      pending before the House or reported by any committee of the House and only
   legislative measure pending before the House or reported by a committee;    if they are not in the employ of, or do not represent, any party or
   and                                                                         organization for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, the
    (2) they are not in the employ of, or do not represent, any party or       passage, defeat or amendment of any legislative measure pending before the
   organization for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, the    House, reported by any committee of the House or under consideration in any
   passage, defeat, or amendment of any legislative measure pending before     of its committees or subcommittees. The Speaker shall promulgate such
   the House, reported by a committee, or under consideration in any of its    regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this rule
   committees or subcommittees.                                                and to ensure its enforcement.
  (b) The Speaker shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to
 implement this rule and to ensure its enforcement.
  5. A person from the staff of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner    4. Persons from Member's staffs admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms
 may be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto under       leading thereto under clause 1 shall be admitted only upon prior
 clause 2 only upon prior notice to the Speaker. Such persons, and persons     notification to the Speaker. No such person or clerk of a committee so
 from the staff of committees admitted under clause 2, may not engage in       admitted under clause 1 shall engage in efforts in the Hall of the House or
 efforts in the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto to influence        rooms leading thereto to influence Members with regard to the legislation
 Members with regard to the legislation being amended. Such persons shall      being amended. Such persons and clerks shall remain at the desk and are
 remain at the desk and are admitted only to advise the Member, Delegate,      admitted only to advise the Member or committee responsible for their
 Resident Commissioner, or committee responsible for their admission. A        admission. Any such person or clerk who violates this clause may be
 person who violates this clause may be excluded during the session from the   excluded during the session from the Hall of the House and rooms leading
 Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto by the Speaker.                   thereto by the Speaker.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXXIII
 
Gallery                                                                       OF ADMISSION TO THE GALLERIES
  6. (a) The Speaker shall set aside a portion of the west gallery for the      The Speaker shall set aside a portion of the west gallery for the use of
 use of the President, the members of the Cabinet, justices of the Supreme     the President of the United States, the members of his Cabinet, justices of
 Court, foreign ministers and suites, and the members of their respective      the Supreme Court, foreign ministers and suites, and the members of their
 families. The Speaker shall set aside another portion of the same gallery     respective families, and shall also set aside another portion of the same
 for the accommodation of persons to be admitted on the cards of Members,      gallery for the accommodation of persons to be admitted on the card of
 Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner.                                      Members. The southerly half of the east gallery shall be assigned
  (b) The Speaker shall set aside the southerly half of the east gallery for   exclusively for the use of the families of Members of Congress, in which
 the use of the families of Members of Congress. The Speaker shall control     the Speaker shall control one bench, and on request of a Member the Speaker
 one bench. On the request of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or    shall issue a card of admission to his family, which shall include their
 Senator, the Speaker shall issue a card of admission to his family, which     visitors, and no other person shall be admitted to this section.
 may include their visitors. No other person shall be admitted to this
 section.
 

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Prohibition on campaign contributions
  7. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     Derived from clause 5, rule XXXII: 5. No Member, officer, or employee of
 House, or any other person entitled to admission to the Hall of the House     the House of Representatives, or any other person entitled to admission to
 or rooms leading thereto by this rule, may not knowingly distribute a         the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto by this rule, shall
 political campaign contribution in the Hall of the House or rooms leading     knowingly distribute any political campaign contribution in the Hall of the
 thereto.                                                                      House or rooms leading thereto.
 
                                   RULE V.
 
                           BROADCASTING THE HOUSE.
  1. The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his direction and         Derived from clause 9, rule I: 9. (a) He shall devise and implement a         In proposed rule V, current provisions in clause 9 of rule I with respect
 control for closed-circuit viewing of floor proceedings of the House in the   system subject to his direction and control for closed circuit viewing of     to the Speaker's authority to control broadcasting of proceedings of the
 offices of all Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and             floor proceedings of the House of Representatives in the offices of all       House are transferred to become a separate administrative rule.
 committees and in such other places in the Capitol and the House Office       Members and committees and in such other places in the Capitol and the
 Buildings as he considers appropriate. Such system may include other          House Office Buildings as he deems appropriate. Such system may include
 telecommunications functions as the Speaker considers appropriate. Any such   other telecommunications functions as he deems appropriate. Any such
 telecommunications shall be subject to rules and regulations issued by the    telecommunications function shall be subject to rules and regulations
 Speaker.                                                                      issued by the Speaker.
  2. (a) The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his direction and     (b)(1) He shall devise and implement a system subject to his direction and
 control for complete and unedited audio and visual broadcasting and           control for complete and unedited audio and visual broadcasting and
 recording of the proceedings of the House. The Speaker shall provide for      recording of the proceedings of the House of Representatives. He shall
 the distribution of such broadcasts and recordings to news media, for the     provide for the distribution of such broadcasts and recordings thereof to
 storage of audio and video recordings of the proceedings, and for the         news media, the storage of audio and video recordings of the proceedings,
 closed-captioning of the proceedings for hearing-impaired persons.            and the closed captioning of the proceedings for hearing-impaired
                                                                               individuals.
  (b) All television and radio broadcasting stations, networks, services,       (2) All television and radio broadcasting stations, networks, services,
 and systems (including cable systems) that are accredited to the House        and systems (including cable systems) which are accredited to the House
 Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries, and all radio and             radio and television correspondents' galleries, and all radio and
 television correspondents who are so accredited, shall be provided access     television correspondents who are accredited to the radio and television
 to the live coverage of the House.                                            correspondents' galleries shall be provided access to the live coverage of
                                                                               the House of Representatives.
  (c) Coverage made available under this clause, including any recording        (3) No coverage made available under this clause nor any recording thereof
 thereof--                                                                     shall be used for any political purpose.
    (1) may not be used for any political purpose;                              (4) Coverage made available under this clause shall not be broadcast with
    (2) may not be used in any commercial advertisement; and                   commercial sponsorship except as part of bona fide news programs and public
    (3) may not be broadcast with commercial sponsorship except as part of a   affairs documentary programs. No part of such coverage or any recording
   bona fide news program or public affairs documentary program.               thereof shall be used in any commercial advertisement.
  3. The Speaker may delegate any of his responsibilities under this rule to    (c) He may delegate any of his responsibilities under this clause to such
 such legislative entity as he considers appropriate.                          legislative entity as he deems appropriate.
 
                                  RULE VI.                                    Derived from: RULE XXXIV
 
                OFFICIAL REPORTERS AND NEWS MEDIA GALLERIES.

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Official reporters                                                            OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTERS
  1. Subject to the direction and control of the Speaker, the Clerk shall       1. The appointment and removal, for cause, of the official reporters of       In proposed rule VI, current provisions in rule XXXIV regarding official
 appoint, and may remove for cause, the official reporters of the House,       the House, including stenographers of committees, and the manner of the       and other reporters are redesignated as a new administrative rule and are
 including stenographers of committees, and shall supervise the execution of   execution of their duties shall be vested in the Clerk, subject to the        redescribed to refer to news media galleries (rather than ``other
 their duties.                                                                 direction and control of the Speaker.                                         reporters'').
 
 
News media galleries
  2. A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as may be necessary      2. Such portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as may be
 to accommodate representatives of the press wishing to report debates and     necessary to accommodate representatives of the press wishing to report
 proceedings shall be set aside for their use. Reputable reporters and         debates and proceedings shall be set aside for their use, and reputable
 correspondents shall be admitted thereto under such regulations as the        reporters and correspondents shall be admitted thereto under such
 Speaker may prescribe from time to time. The Standing Committee of            regulations as the Speaker may from time to time prescribe; and the
 Correspondents for the Press Gallery and the Executive Committee of           supervision of such gallery, including the designation of its employees,
 Correspondents for the Periodical Press Gallery, shall supervise such         shall be vested in the standing committee of correspondents, subject to the
 galleries, including the designation of its employees, subject to the         direction and control of the Speaker; and the Speaker may assign one seat
 direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may assign one seat on      on the floor to Associated Press reporters and one to United Press
 the floor to Associated Press reporters and one to United Press               International, and regulate the occupation of the same. And the Speaker may
 International reporters, and may regulate their occupation. The Speaker may   admit to the floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one
 admit to the floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one           additional representative of each press association.
 additional representative of each press association.
  3. A portion of the gallery as may be necessary to accommodate reporters      3. Such portion of the gallery of the House of Representatives as may be
 of news to be disseminated by radio, television, and similar means of         necessary to accommodate reporters of news to be disseminated by radio,
 transmission, wishing to report debates and proceedings, shall be set aside   television, and similar means of transmission, wishing to report debates
 for their use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall be admitted       and proceedings, shall be set aside for their use, and reputable reporters
 thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe. The Executive    thus engaged shall be admitted thereto under such regulations as the
 Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries shall         Speaker may from time to time prescribe; and the supervision of such
 supervise such gallery, including the designation of its employees, subject   gallery, including the designation of its employees, shall be vested in the
 to the direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may admit to the     Executive Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries,
 floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one representative of      subject to the direction and control of the Speaker; and the Speaker may
 the National Broadcasting Company, one of the Columbia Broadcasting System,   admit to the floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one
 and one of the American Broadcasting Company.                                 representative of the National Broadcasting Company, one of the Columbia
                                                                               Broadcasting System, one of the Mutual Broadcasting System, and one of the
                                                                               American Broadcasting Company.
 
                                  RULE VII.
 
                            RECORDS OF THE HOUSE.                             Derived from: RULE XXXVI
 
                                                                              PRESERVATION AND AVAILABILITY OF NON-                                         ............................................................................

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Archiving                                                                     CURRENT RECORDS OF THE HOUSE                                                  Rules VII-IX--Institutional Prerogatives
  1. (a) At the end of each Congress, the chairman of each committee shall      1. (a) At the end of each Congress, the chairman of each committee of the     In proposed rule VII, current provisions in rules XXXVI and XXXVII
 transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records of such committee, including     House shall transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records of such committee,   regarding preservation and availability of noncurrent records of the House
 the subcommittees thereof.                                                    including the subcommittees thereof.                                          and withdrawal of papers presented to the House are combined as one
                                                                                                                                                             administrative rule consisting of seven clauses. The two rules are related
                                                                                                                                                             logically.
  (b) At the end of each Congress, each officer of the House elected under      (b) At the end of each Congress, each officer of the House elected
 rule II shall transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records made or acquired   pursuant to rule II shall transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records made
 in the course of the duties of such officer.                                  or acquired in the course of the duties of such officer.
  2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred under clause 1,            2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred pursuant to clause 1 of
 together with any other noncurrent records of the House, to the Archivist     the rule, together with any other noncurrent records of the House, to the
 of the United States for preservation at the National Archives and Records    Archivist of the United States for preservation at the National Archives
 Administration. Records so delivered are the permanent property of the        and Records Administration. Records so delivered are the permanent property
 House and remain subject to this rule and any order of the House.             of the House and remain subject to this rule and the orders of the House.
 
Public availability
  3. (a) The Clerk shall authorize the Archivist to make records delivered      3. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of the clause, clause 4 of this rule, and
 under clause 2 available for public use, subject to paragraph (b), clause     orders of the House, the Clerk shall authorize the Archivist of the United
 4, and any order of the House.                                                States to make available for public use the records delivered to the
                                                                               Archivist under clause 2 of this rule.
  (b)(1) A record shall immediately be made available if it was previously      (b)(1) Any record that the House or a committee of the House (or a
 made available for public use by the House or a committee or a                subcommittee thereof) makes available for public use before such record is
 subcommittee.                                                                 delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of this rule shall be made
                                                                               available immediately.
  (2) An investigative record that contains personal data relating to a         (2) Any investigative record that contains personal data relating to a
 specific living person (the disclosure of which would be an unwarranted       specific living individual (the disclosure of which would be an unwarranted
 invasion of personal privacy), an administrative record relating to           invasion of personal privacy), any administrative record with respect to
 personnel, or a record relating to a hearing that was closed under clause     personnel, and any record with respect to a hearing closed pursuant to
 2(g)(2) of rule XI shall be made available if it has been in existence for    clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI shall be available if such record has been in
 50 years.                                                                     existence for 50 years.
  (3) A record for which a time, schedule, or condition for availability is     (3) Any record for which a time, schedule, or condition for availability
 specified by order of the House shall be made available in accordance with    is specified by order of the House shall be made available in accordance
 that order. Except as otherwise provided by order of the House, a record of   with that order. Except as otherwise provided by order of the House, any
 a committee for which a time, schedule, or condition for availability is      record of a committee for which a time, schedule, or condition for
 specified by order of the committee (entered during the Congress in which     availability is specified by order of the committee (entered during the
 the record is made or acquired by the committee) shall be made available in   Congress in which the record is made or acquired by the committee) shall be
 accordance with the order of the committee.                                   made available in accordance with the order of the committee.
  (4) A record (other than a record referred to in subparagraph (1), (2), or    (4) Any record (other than a record referred to in subparagraph (1), (2),
 (3)) shall be made available if it has been in existence for 30 years.        or (3) of this paragraph) shall be made available if such record has been
                                                                               in existence for 30 years.

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  4. (a) A record may not be made available for public use under clause 3 if    4. (a) A record shall not be made available for public use under clause 3
 the Clerk determines that such availability would be detrimental to the       of this rule if the Clerk determines that such availability would be
 public interest or inconsistent with the rights and privileges of the         detrimental to the public interest or inconsistent with the rights and
 House. The Clerk shall notify in writing the chairman and ranking minority    privileges of the House. The Clerk shall notify in writing the chairman and
 member of the Committee on House Oversight of any such determination.         the ranking minority party member of the Committee on House Oversight of
                                                                               any determination under the preceding sentence.
  (b) A determination of the Clerk under paragraph (a) is subject to later      (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        order of the House and, in the case of a record of a committee, later order
 orders of the committee.                                                      of the committee.
  5. (a) This rule does not supersede rule VIII or clause 9 of rule X and       5. (a) This rule does not supersede rule XLVIII or rule L and does not
 does not authorize the public disclosure of any record if such disclosure     authorize the public disclosure of any record if such disclosure is
 is prohibited by law or executive order of the President.                     prohibited by law or executive order of the President.
  (b) The Committee on House Oversight may prescribe guidelines and             (b) The Committee on House Oversight may prescribe guidelines and
 regulations governing the applicability and implementation of this rule.      regulations governing the applicability and implementation of this rule.
  (c) A committee may withdraw from the National Archives and Records           (c) A committee may withdraw from the National Archives and Records
 Administration any record of the committee delivered to the Archivist under   Administration any record of the committee delivered to the Archivist of
 this rule. Such a withdrawal shall be on a temporary basis and for official   the United States under this rule. Such withdrawal shall be on a temporary
 use of the committee.                                                         basis and for official use of the committee.
 
Definition of record
  6. In this rule the term ``record'' means any official, permanent record      6. As used in the rule the term ``record'' means any official permanent       Proposed clause 2(e)(2)(A), rule XI (existing clause 2(e)(2), rule XI)
 of the House (other than a record of an individual Member, Delegate, or       record of the House, including--                                              requires all committee records be kept separate and distinct from the
 Resident Commissioner), including--                                                                                                                         congressional office records of the member serving as chairman.
 
    (a) with respect to a committee, an official, permanent record of the         (a) with respect to a committee of the House, an official, permanent
   committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight, or other         record of the committee (including any record of a legislative,
   activity of such committee or a subcommittee thereof); and                    oversight, or other activity of such committee or subcommittee thereof);
                                                                                 and
    (b) with respect to an officer of the House elected under rule II, an         (b) with respect to an officer of the House elected pursuant to rule II,
   official, permanent record made or acquired in the course of the duties       an official, permanent record made or acquired in the course of the
   of such officer.                                                              duties of such officer. Such term does not include a record of an
                                                                                 individual Member of the House.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXXVII
 

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Withdrawal of papers                                                          WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS
  7. A memorial or other paper presented to the House may not be withdrawn      No memorial or other paper presented to the House shall be withdrawn from
 from its files without its leave. If withdrawn certified copies thereof       its files without its leave, and if withdrawn therefrom certified copies
 shall be left in the office of the Clerk. When an act passes for the          thereof shall be left in the office of the Clerk; but when an act may pass
 settlement of a claim, the Clerk may transmit to the officer charged with     for the settlement of a claim, the Clerk is authorized to transmit to the
 the settlement thereof the papers on file in his office relating to such      officer in charge with the settlement thereof the papers on file in his
 claim. The Clerk may lend temporarily to an officer or bureau of the          office relating to such claim, or may loan temporarily to an officer or
 executive departments any papers on file in his office relating to any        bureau of the executive departments any papers on file in his office
 matter pending before such officer or bureau, taking proper receipt           relating to any matter pending before such officer or bureau, taking proper
 therefor.                                                                     receipt therefor.
 
                                 RULE VIII.                                   Derived from: RULE L
 
                           RESPONSE TO SUBPOENAS.                             PROCEDURE FOR RESPONSE TO SUBPOENAS.
 
  1. When a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of    1. When any Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives      In proposed rule VIII, current provisions in rule L regarding responses to
 the House is properly served with a subpoena or other judicial order          is properly served with a subpoena or other judicial order directing          judicial subpoenas are transferred to this portion of the rules covering
 directing appearance as a witness relating to the official functions of the   appearance as a witness relating to the official functions of the House or    institutional prerogatives. These responses are to be distinguished from
 House or for the production or disclosure of any document relating to the     for the production or disclosure of any documents relating to the official    those involving congressional subpoenas.
 official functions of the House, such Member, Delegate, Resident              functions of the House, such Member, officer, or employee shall comply,
 Commissioner, officer, or employee shall comply, consistently with the        consistently with the privileges and rights of the House, with said
 privileges and rights of the House, with the subpoena or other judicial       subpoena or other judicial order as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise
 order as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise determined under this rule.   determined pursuant to the provisions of this rule.
  2. Upon receipt of a properly served subpoena or other judicial order         2. Upon receipt of a properly served subpoena or other judicial order
 described in clause 1, a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,    directing appearance as a witness relating to the official functions of the
 or employee of the House shall promptly notify the Speaker of its receipt     House or for the production or disclosure of any documents relating to the
 in writing. Such notification shall promptly be laid before the House by      official functions of the House, such Member, officer, or employee shall
 the Speaker. During a period of recess or adjournment of longer than three    promptly notify, in writing, the Speaker of its receipt and such
 days, notification to the House is not required until the reconvening of      notification shall then be promptly laid before the House by the Speaker,
 the House, when the notification shall promptly be laid before the House by   except that during a period of recess or adjournment of longer than three
 the Speaker.                                                                  days, no such notification to the House shall be required. However, upon
                                                                               the reconvening of the House, such notification shall then be promptly laid
                                                                               before the House by the Speaker.
  3. Once notification has been laid before the House, the Member, Delegate,    3. Once notification has been laid before the House, the Member, officer,     The changes in proposed clauses 3 and 4 are intended to avoid the use of
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall determine      or employee shall determine whether the issuance of the subpoena or other    possessives, as in the current rule.
 whether the issuance of the subpoena or other judicial order described in     judicial order is a proper exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is
 clause 1 is a proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and   material and relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of
 relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of the House.      the House. The Member, officer, or employee shall notify the Speaker prior
 Such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall      to seeking judicial determination of these matters.
 notify the Speaker before seeking judicial determination of these matters.

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  4. Upon determination whether a subpoena or other judicial order described    4. Upon determination whether the subpoena or other judicial order is a
 in clause 1 is a proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material    proper exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is material and relevant, and
 and relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of the         is consistent with the privileges and rights of the House, the Member,
 House, the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of   officer, or employee shall immediately notify, in writing, the Speaker of
 the House shall immediately notify the Speaker of the determination in        such a determination.
 writing.
  5. The Speaker shall inform the House of a determination whether a            5. The Speaker shall inform the House of the determination of whether the
 subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a proper exercise   subpoena or other judicial order is a proper exercise of the court's
 of jurisdiction by the court, is material and relevant, and is consistent     jurisdiction, is material and relevant, and is consistent with the
 with the privileges and rights of the House. In so informing the House, the   privileges and rights of the House, and shall generally describe the
 Speaker shall generally describe the records or information sought. During    records or information sought, except that during any recess or adjournment
 a period of recess or adjournment of longer than three days, such             of the House for longer than three days, no such notification is required.
 notification is not required until the reconvening of the House, when the     However, upon the reconvening of the House, such notification shall then be
 notification shall promptly be laid before the House by the Speaker.          promptly laid before the House by the Speaker.
  6. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) or otherwise ordered by the       6. Upon such notification to the House that said subpoena is a proper
 House, upon notification to the House that a subpoena or other judicial       exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is material and relevant, and is
 order described in clause 1 is a proper exercise of jurisdiction by the       consistent with the privileges and rights of the House, the Member,
 court, is material and relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and    officer, or employee shall comply with such subpoena or other judicial
 rights of the House, the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,    order by supplying certified copies, unless the House adopts a resolution
 or employee of the House shall comply with the subpoena or other judicial     to the contrary; except that under no circumstances shall any minutes or
 order by supplying certified copies.                                          transcripts of executive sessions, or any evidence of witnesses in respect
  (b) Under no circumstances may minutes or transcripts of executive           thereto, be disclosed or copied. Should the House be in recess or
 sessions, or evidence of witnesses in respect thereto, be disclosed or        adjournment for longer than three days, the Speaker may authorize
 copied. During a period of recess or adjournment of longer than three days,   compliance or take such other action as he deems appropriate under the
 the Speaker may authorize compliance or take such other action as he          circumstances during the pendency of such recess or adjournment. And upon
 considers appropriate under the circumstances. Upon the reconvening of the    the reconvening of the House, all matters having transpired under this
 House, all matters that transpired under this clause shall promptly be laid   clause shall be laid promptly before the House by the Speaker.
 before the House by the Speaker.
  7. A copy of this rule shall be transmitted by the Clerk to the court when    7. A copy of this rule shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the House to
 a subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is issued and        any of said courts whenever any such subpoena or other judicial order is
 served on a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee     issued and served on a Member, officer, or employee of the House.
 of the House.
  8. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to deprive, condition, or waive    8. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to deprive, condition or waive
 the constitutional or legal privileges or rights applicable or available at   the constitutional or legal rights applicable or available to any Member,
 any time to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee   officer, or employee of the House, or of the House itself, or the right of
 of the House, or of the House itself, or the right of such Member,            a Member or the House to assert such privilege or right before any court in
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, or of the House        the United States, or the right of the House thereafter to assert such
 itself, to assert such privileges or rights before a court in the United      privilege or immunity before any court in the United States.
 States.
 

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                                  RULE IX.                                    Derived from: RULE IX
 
                           QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE.                            QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE
 
  1. Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting the rights of      1. Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting the rights of      Proposed rule IX on questions of privilege, including privileges of the
 the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its         the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its         House and personal privilege, retains the same number as the existing rule,
 proceedings; and second, those affecting the rights, reputation, and          proceedings; and second, those affecting the rights, reputation, and          in order to preserve many precedent citations to rule IX and consistent
 conduct of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, individually,    conduct of Members, individually, in their representative capacity only.      with the treatment in this portion of the rules of matters involving
 in their representative capacity only.                                                                                                                      institutional prerogatives. Questions of privilege remain distinguished
                                                                                                                                                             from ``privileged questions,'' matters which are merely eligible for
                                                                                                                                                             expedited consideration under the rules (see proposed rule XIII).
 
  2. (a)(1) A resolution reported as a question of the privileges of the        2. (a)(1) A resolution reported as a question of the privileges of the
 House, or offered from the floor by the Majority Leader or the Minority       House, or offered from the floor by the Majority Leader or the Minority
 Leader as a question of the privileges of the House, or offered as            Leader as a question of the privileges of the House, or offered as
 privileged under clause 1, section 7, article I of the Constitution, shall    privileged under clause 1, section 7, article I of the Constitution, shall
 have precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn. A           have precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn. A
 resolution offered from the floor by a Member, Delegate, or Resident          resolution offered from the floor by a Member other than the Majority
 Commissioner other than the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader as a       Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the privileges of the House
 question of the privileges of the House shall have precedence of all other    shall have precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn only
 questions except motions to adjourn only at a time or place, designated by    at a time or place, designated by the Speaker, in the legislative schedule
 the Speaker, in the legislative schedule within two legislative days after    within two legislative days after the day on which the proponent announces
 the day on which the proponent announces to the House his intention to        to the House his intention to offer the resolution and the form of the
 offer the resolution and the form of the resolution.                          resolution.
  (2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered from the floor as    (2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered from the floor as
 a question of the privileges of the House shall be equally divided between    a question of the privileges of the House shall be equally divided between
 (A) the proponent of the resolution, and (B) the Majority Leader, the         (A) the proponent of the resolution, and (B) the Majority Leader or the
 Minority Leader, or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.                 Minority Leader or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.
  (b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence of all other       (b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence of all other
 questions except motions to adjourn.                                          questions except motions to adjourn.
 
                                   RULE X.                                    Derived from: RULE X
 
                         ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES.                          ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF STANDING COMMITTEES

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Committees and their legislative jurisdictions                                The Committees and Their Jurisdiction
  1. There shall be in the House the following standing committees, each of     1. There shall be in the House the following standing committees, each of   Rules X-XI--Committees
 which shall have the jurisdiction and related functions assigned by this      which shall have the jurisdiction and related functions assigned to it by      In proposed rule X, clauses 1 through 3 remain the same with respect to
 clause and clauses 2, 3, and 4. All bills, resolutions, and other matters     this clause and clauses 2, 3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other    statements of legislative jurisdiction of standing committees (clause 1),
 relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing committees       matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing          general oversight responsibilities (clause 2), and special oversight
 listed in this clause shall be referred to those committees, in accordance    committee as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with and subject to   functions (clause 3). In clause 4, under additional functions of
 with clause 2 of rule XII, as follows:                                        clause 5) be referred to such committees, as follows:                         committees, the provisions currently in clause 4(e) regarding the Committee
                                                                                                                                                             on Standards of Official Conduct are transferred to rule XI to become a
                                                                                                                                                             separate clause 3 following committee procedures generally, as they are
                                                                                                                                                             more appropriately ``procedure'' provisions than ``functions'' provisions.
                                                                                                                                                             Rule X retains organizational provisions relating to committee membership
                                                                                                                                                             in clause 5 (currently clause 6). Proposed clause 6 relates to committee
                                                                                                                                                             expense resolutions (currently clause 5 of rule XI) since this matter is
                                                                                                                                                             more appropriately an organizational matter than a committee procedure
                                                                                                                                                             provision. Interim committee funding logically follows as a proposed clause
                                                                                                                                                             7 (currently clause 5(f), rule XI), and then committee travel as proposed
                                                                                                                                                             clause 8 (currently clause 2(n), rule XI). The committee staff provisions
                                                                                                                                                             currently in clause 6 of rule XI are transferred to become a new clause 9
                                                                                                                                                             of rule X, also more appropriately an organizational matter. Provisions
                                                                                                                                                             relating to select and conference committees currently clause 6(f) and (g)
                                                                                                                                                             are transferred to proposed clause 10. The provisions of rule XLVIII
                                                                                                                                                             establishing the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are transferred
                                                                                                                                                             to rule X to become proposed clause 11. In sum, rule X covers all
                                                                                                                                                             organizational matters relating to all committees, except committee
                                                                                                                                                             procedure which remains rule XI. This achieves a logical sequence and
                                                                                                                                                             retains existing citations to committee jurisdictions and committee
                                                                                                                                                             procedural issues found in precedent and practice volumes.
    (a) Committee on Agriculture.                                               (a) Committee on Agriculture.
      (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and      (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and
     animals in forest reserves.                                               animals in forest reserves.
      (2) Agriculture generally.                                                (2) Agriculture generally.
      (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.                                (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
      (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.                        (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
      (5) Agricultural economics and research.                                  (5) Agricultural economics and research.
      (6) Agricultural education extension services.                            (6) Agricultural education extension services.
      (7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices     (7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of
     of agricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution     agricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution outside
     outside of the United States).                                            of the United States).
      (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.                              (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
      (9) Commodity exchanges.                                                  (9) Commodities exchanges.

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      (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.                                (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
      (11) Dairy industry.                                                      (11) Dairy industry.
      (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.                                     (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
      (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.                          (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
      (14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and     (14) Inspection of livestock, and poultry, and meat products, and seafood
     seafood products.                                                         and seafood products.
      (15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created     (15) Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created
     from the public domain.                                                   from the public domain.
      (16) Human nutrition and home economics.                                  (16) Human nutrition and home economics.
      (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.                 (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
      (18) Rural electrification.                                               (18) Rural electrification.
      (19) Rural development.                                                   (19) Rural development.
      (20) Water conservation related to activities of the Department of        (20) Water conservation related to activities of the Department of
     Agriculture.                                                              Agriculture.
    (b) Committee on Appropriations.                                            (b) Committee on Appropriations.
      (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government.       (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government.
      (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.        (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.
      (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.                                     (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
      (4) The amount of new authority to enter into contracts under which       (4) The amount of new authority to enter into contracts under which the
     the United States is obligated to make outlays, the budget authority      United States is obligated to make outlays, the budget authority for which
     for which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts; new           is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts; new authority to incur
     authority to incur indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred under   indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred under chapter 31 of title 31
     chapter 31 of title 31 of the United States Code) for the repayment of    of the United States Code) for the repayment of which the United States is
     which the United States is liable, the budget authority for which is      liable, the budget authority for which is not provided in advance by
     not provided in advance by appropriation Acts; new entitlement            appropriation Acts; new entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9) of
     authority as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of   the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including bills and resolutions
     1974, including bills and joint resolutions (reported by other            (reported by other committees) which provide new entitlement authority as
     committees) that provide new entitlement authority as defined in          defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and are
     section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act and are referred to the      referred to the committee under clause 4(a); authority to forego the
     committee under clause 4(a); authority to forego the collection by the    collection by the United States of proprietary offsetting receipts, the
     United States of proprietary offsetting receipts, the budget authority    budget authority for which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts
     for which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts to offset      to offset such foregone receipts; and authority to make payments by the
     such foregone receipts; and authority to make payments by the United      United States (including loans, grants, and payments from revolving funds)
     States (including loans, grants and payments from revolving funds)        other than those covered by this subparagraph, the budget authority for
     other than those covered by this subparagraph, the budget authority for   which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts.
     which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts.

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                                                                                The committee shall include separate headings for ``Rescissions'' and         In clause 1(b), rule X, the legislative jurisdiction of the Committee on
                                                                               ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances'' in any bill or resolution as reported    Appropriations includes only statements of legislative jurisdiction. The
                                                                               from the committee under its jurisdiction specified in subparagraph (2) or    additional paragraph in the existing rule on headings for rescissions and
                                                                               (3), with all proposed rescissions and proposed transfers listed therein;     transfers of appropriations is transferred to a new clause 3(f)(2), rule
                                                                               and shall include a separate section with respect to such rescissions or      XIII as more logically under committee reporting requirements.
                                                                               transfers in the accompanying committee report. In addition to its
                                                                               jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the
                                                                               committee shall have the fiscal oversight function provided for in clause
                                                                               2(b)(3) and the budget hearing function provided for in clause 4(a).
 
 
    (c) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.                            (c) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
      (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal            (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal monetary
     monetary policy.                                                          policy.
      (2) Bank capital markets activities generally.                            (2) Bank capital markets activities generally.
      (3) Depository institutions securities activities generally, including    (3) Depository institution securities activities generally, including the
     activities of any affiliates (except for functional regulation under      activities of any affiliates, except for functional regulation under
     applicable securities laws not involving safety and soundness).           applicable securities laws not involving safety and soundness.
      (4) Economic stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and        (4) Economic stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and control
     control of the price of commodities, rents, and services.                 of the price of commodities, rents, and services.
      (5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than                    (5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than transportation).
     transportation).
      (6) International finance.                                                (6) International finance.
      (7) International financial and monetary organizations.                   (7) International financial and monetary organizations.
      (8) Money and credit, including currency and this issuance of notes       (8) Money and credit, including currency and the issuance of notes and
     and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the coinage thereof;   redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the coinage thereof;
     valuation and revaluation of the dollar.                                  valuation and revaluation of the dollar.
      (9) Public and private housing.                                           (9) Public and private housing.
      (10) Urban development.                                                   (10) Urban development.

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    (d) Committee on the Budget.                                                (d)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting of the following Members:
                                                                                (A) Members who are members of other standing committees, including five
                                                                               Members who are members of the Committee on Appropriations, and five
                                                                               Members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
                                                                                (B) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and
                                                                                (C) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.
                                                                                No Member other than a representative from the leadership of a party may      In proposed clause 1(d), rule X, only the legislative jurisdiction of the
                                                                               serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than four        Committee on the Budget remains. The existing provision on the composition
                                                                               Congresses in any period of six successive Congresses (disregarding for       of the committee is transferred to proposed clause 5(a)(2) of rule X under
                                                                               this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less     election of standing committees. The duty of the Budget Committee regarding
                                                                               than a full session in any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman or    tax expenditures currently stated in its legislative jurisdiction is
                                                                               ranking minority member having served on the committee for four Congresses    transferred to clause 4 of rule X under additional functions of committees.
                                                                               and having served as chairman or ranking minority member of the committee
                                                                               for not more than one Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the
                                                                               committee as chairman or ranking minority member for one additional
                                                                               Congress.
 
      (1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3(4)      (2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3 of
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other matters required to be    the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other matters required to be
     referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that Act, and        referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that Act, and other
     other measures setting forth appropriate levels of budget totals for      measures setting forth appropriate levels of budget totals for the United
     the United States Government.                                             States Government.
      (2) Budget process generally.                                             (3) Measures relating to the budget process, generally.
      (3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special controls over    (4) Measures relating to the establishment, extension, and enforcement of
     the Federal budget, including the budgetary treatment of off-budget       special controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary treatment
     Federal agencies and measures providing exemption from reduction under    of off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing exemption from
     any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency        reduction under any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.                                              Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
                                                                                (5) The committee shall have the duty-
                                                                                (A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under titles III
                                                                               and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
                                                                                (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant
                                                                               existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies
                                                                               to the House on a recurring basis;
                                                                                (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures; to
                                                                               devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs
                                                                               with direct budget outlays, and to report the results of such studies to
                                                                               the House on a recurring basis; and
                                                                                (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional
                                                                               Budget Office of its functions and duties.

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    (e) Committee on Commerce.                                                  (e) Committee on Commerce.
      (1) Biomedical research and development.                                  (1) Biomedical research and development.
      (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.                             (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
      (3) Health and health facilities (except health care supported by         (3) Health and health facilities, except health care supported by payroll
     payroll deductions).                                                      deductions.
      (4) Interstate energy compacts.                                           (4) Interstate energy compacts.
      (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.                            (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
      (6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and     (6) Measures relating to the exploration, production, storage, supply,        The phrase ``measures relating to'' appearing in the rule X jurisdictional
     regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar         marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all         statements of a number of committees has been deleted in the recodification
     energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy resources.           fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy      as unnecessary. No jurisdictional addition or subtraction is intended by
                                                                               resources.                                                                    the change.
      (7) Conservation of energy resources.                                     (7) Measures relating to the conservation of energy resources.
      (8) Energy information generally.                                         (8) Measures relating to energy information generally.
      (9) The generation and marketing of power (except by federally            (9) Measures relating to (A) the generation and marketing of power (except
     chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities); reliability   by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities),
     and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power; and        (B) the reliability and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all
     siting of generation facilities (except the installation of               power, and (C) the siting of generation facilities; except the installation
     interconnections between Government waterpower projects).                 of interconnections between Government water power projects.
      (10) General management of the Department of Energy and management and    (10) Measures relating to general management of the Department of Energy,
     all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.                and the management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                               Commission.
      (11) National energy policy generally.                                    (11) National energy policy generally.
      (12) Public health and quarantine.                                        (12) Public health and quarantine.
      (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including        (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including
     regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory    regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory
     research.                                                                 research.
      (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.                 (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
      (15) Securities and exchanges.                                            (15) Securities and exchanges.
      (16) Travel and tourism.                                                  (16) Travel and tourism.
The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of  The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of
 nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to     nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to
 regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.          regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy. In
                                                                               addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of
                                                                               this paragraph (and its general oversight functions under clause 2(b)(1)),
                                                                               such committee shall have the special oversight functions provided for in
                                                                               clause (3)(h) with respect to all laws, programs, and Government activities
                                                                               affecting nuclear and other energy, and nonmilitary nuclear energy and
                                                                               research and development including the disposal of nuclear waste.
    (f) Committee on Education and the Workforce.                               (f) Committee on Education and the Workforce.
      (1) Child labor                                                           (1) Child labor.

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      (2) Gallaudet University and Howard University and Hospital.              (2) Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind; Howard University;    References to specific entities in subparagraphs (2) and (9) of proposed
                                                                               Freedmen's Hospital.                                                          clause 1(f), rule X have been modernized in the jurisdictional statement of
                                                                                                                                                             the Committee on Education and the Workforce. No substantive changes to the
                                                                                                                                                             jurisdictional statement is intended.
      (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into            (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate
     interstate commerce.                                                      commerce.
      (4) Food programs for children in schools.                                (4) Food programs for children in schools.
      (5) Labor standards and statistics.                                       (5) Labor standards and statistics.
      (6) Education or labor generally.                                         (6) Measures relating to education or labor generally.
      (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.                          (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
      (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers under     (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers under
     contract.                                                                 contract.
      (9) Workers' compensation.                                                (9) United States Employees' Compensation Commission.
      (10) Vocational rehabilitation.                                           (10) Vocational rehabilitation.
      (11) Wages and hours of labor.                                            (11) Wages and hours of labor.
      (12) Welfare of miners.                                                   (12) Welfare of miners.
      (13) Work incentive programs.                                             (13) Work incentive programs.
                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions      See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight function provided
                                                                               for in clause 3(c) with respect to domestic educational programs and
                                                                               institutions, and programs of student assistance, which are within the
                                                                               jurisdiction of other committees.
 
  (g) Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.                             (g) Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
      (1) Federal civil service, including intergovernmental personnel; and     (1) The Federal Civil Service, including intergovernmental personnel; the
     the status of officers and employees of the United States, including      status of officers and employees of the United States, including their
     their compensation, classification, and retirement.                       compensation, classification, and retirement.
      (2) Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general (other       (2) Measures relating to the municipal affairs of the District of Columbia
     than appropriations).                                                     in general, other than appropriations.
      (3) Federal paperwork reduction.                                          (3) Federal paperwork reduction.
      (4) Government management and accounting measures generally.              (4) Government management and accounting measures, generally.
      (5) Holidays and celebrations.                                            (5) Holidays and celebrations.
      (6) Overall economy, efficiency, and management of government             (6) The overall economy, efficiency and management of government
     operations and activities, including Federal procurement.                 operations and activities, including Federal procurement.
      (7) National archives.                                                    (7) National archives.
      (8) Population and demography generally, including the Census.            (8) Population and demography generally, including the Census.
      (9) Postal service generally, including transportation of the mails.      (9) Postal service generally, including the transportation of the mails.
      (10) Public information and records.                                      (10) Public information and records.
      (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and             (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and
     municipalities generally.                                                 municipalities generally.
      (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government.           (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government.

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                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions      See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its oversight functions under clause 2(b) (1) and
                                                                               (2)), the committee shall have the function of performing the duties and
                                                                               conducting the studies which are provided for in clause 4(c).
  (h) Committee on House Oversight.                                             (h) Committee on House Oversight.
      (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and expenses      (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and expenses
     (except for the Committee on Appropriations); House Information           (except for the Committee on Appropriations), House Information Resources,
     Resources; and allowance and expenses of Members, Delegates, the          and allowances and expenses of Members, House Officers and administrative
     Resident Commissioner, officers, and administrative offices of the        offices of the House.
     House.
      (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in subparagraph       (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in subparagraph (1).
     (1).
      (3) Employment of persons by the House, including staff for Members,      (3) Employment of persons by the House, including clerks for Members and      Under proposed clause 1, rule VI the official reporters of the House are
     Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees; and reporters of    committees, and reporters of debates.                                         subject to the direction and control of the Speaker. The reference to rule
     debates, subject to rule VI.                                                                                                                            VI in subparagraph (3) is added for clarity.
      (4) Except as provided in paragraph (q)(11), the Library of Congress,     (4) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters relating to the Library
     including management thereof; the House Library; statuary and pictures;   of Congress and the House Library; statuary and pictures; acceptance or
     acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic       purchase of works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic Gardens; management
     Garden; and purchase of books and manuscripts.                            of the Library of Congress; purchase of books and manuscripts.
      (5) The Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar          (5) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters relating to the
     institutions (except as provided in paragraph (q)(11)).                   Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions.
      (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).                (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
      (7) Franking Commission.                                                  (7) Franking Commission.
      (8) Printing and correction of the Congressional Record.                  (8) Matters relating to printing and correction of the Congressional
                                                                               Record.
      (9) Accounts of the House generally.                                      (9) Measures relating to accounts of the House generally.
      (10) Assignment of office space for Members, Delegates, the Resident      (10) Measures relating to assignment of office space for Members and
     Commissioner, and committees.                                             committees.
      (11) Disposition of useless executive papers.                             (11) Measures relating to the disposition of useless executive papers.
      (12) Election of the President, Vice President, Members, Senators,        (12) Measures relating to the election of the President, Vice President,
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner; corrupt practices; contested     or Members of Congress; corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials
     elections; credentials and qualifications; and Federal elections          and qualifications; and Federal elections generally.
     generally.
      (13) Services to the House, including the House Restaurant, parking       (13) Measures relating to services to the House, including the House
     facilities, and administration of the House Office Buildings and of the   Restaurant, parking facilities and administration of the House Office
     House wing of the Capitol.                                                Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
      (14) Travel of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.         (14) Measures relating to the travel of Members of the House.

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      (15) Raising, reporting, and use of campaign contributions for            (15) Measures relating to the raising, reporting and use of campaign
     candidates for office of Representative, of Delegate, and of Resident     contributions for candidates for office of Representative in the House of
     Commissioner.                                                             Representatives, of Delegate, and of Resident Commissioner to the United
                                                                               States from Puerto Rico.
      (16) Compensation, retirement, and other benefits of the Members,         (16) Measures relating to the compensation, retirement and other benefits     See comment at beginning of rule X.
     Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of          of the Members, officers, and employees of the Congress.
     Congress.                                                                In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the function of performing the duties
                                                                               which are provided for in clause 4(d).
 
  (i) Committee on International Relations.                                     (i) Committee on International Relations.
      (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally.        (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally.
      (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in      (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in
     foreign countries.                                                        foreign countries.
      (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and         (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and foreign
     foreign nations.                                                          nations.
      (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology     (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and
     and nuclear hardware.                                                     nuclear hardware.
      (5) Foreign loans.                                                        (5) Foreign loans.
      (6) International commodity agreements (other than those involving        (6) International commodity agreements (other than those involving sugar),
     sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in the export of         including all agreements for cooperation in the export of nuclear
     nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.                                  technology and nuclear hardware.
      (7) International conferences and congresses.                             (7) International conferences and congresses.
      (8) International education.                                              (8) International education.
      (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.                          (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
      (10) Diplomatic service.                                                  (10) Measures relating to the diplomatic service.
      (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations       (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to
     and to safeguard American business interests abroad.                      safeguard American business interests abroad.
      (12) International economic policy.                                       (12) Measures relating to international economic policy.
      (13) Neutrality.                                                          (13) Neutrality.
      (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.             (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.
      (15) The American National Red Cross.                                     (15) The American National Red Cross.
      (16) Trading with the enemy.                                              (16) Trading with the enemy.
      (17) United Nations organizations.                                        (17) United Nations Organizations.
                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions      See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight functions provided
                                                                               for in clause 3(d) with respect to customs administration, intelligence
                                                                               activities relating to foreign policy, international financial and monetary
                                                                               organizations, and international fishing agreements.
    (j) Committee on the Judiciary.                                             (j) Committee on the Judiciary.
      (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and criminal.           (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and criminal.
      (2) Administrative practice and procedure.                                (2) Administrative practice and procedure.
      (3) Apportionment of Representatives.                                     (3) Apportionment of Representatives.

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      (4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.                    (4) Bankruptcy, muting, espionage, and counterfeiting.
      (5) Civil liberties.                                                      (5) Civil liberties.
      (6) Constitutional amendments.                                            (6) Constitutional amendments.
      (7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the Territories and    (7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the Territories and
     possessions.                                                              possessions.
      (8) Immigration and naturalization.                                       (8) Immigration and naturalization.
      (9) Interstate compacts generally.                                        (9) Interstate compacts, generally.
      (10) Claims against the United States.                                    (10) Measures relating to claims against the United States.
      (11) Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members, Delegates, and the      (11) Meetings of Congress, attendance of Members and their acceptance of
     Resident Commissioner; and their acceptance of incompatible offices.      incompatible offices.
      (12) National penitentiaries.                                             (12) National penitentiaries.
      (13) Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, and            (13) Patents, the Patent Office, copyrights, and trademarks.                   The reference in subparagraph (13) to the `` Patent Office'' has been
     trademarks.                                                                                                                                             modernized to the ``Patent and Trademark Office''.
      (14) Presidential succession.                                             (14) Presidential succession.
      (15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and     (15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and
     monopolies.                                                               monopolies.
      (16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United States.      (16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United States.
      (17) State and territorial boundary lines.                                (17) State and territorial boundaries.
      (18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security of the         (18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security of the United
     United States.                                                            States.
 
    (k) Committee on National Security.                                         (k) Committee on National Security.
      (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy, and Air Force     (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army, Navy, and Air Force
     reservations and establishments.                                          reservations and establishments.
      (2) Common defense generally.                                             (2) Common defense generally.
      (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil         (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale
     shale reserves.                                                           reserves.
      (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the Departments of     (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the Departments of the
     the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.                                 Army, Navy, and Air Force generally.
      (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures relating to the     (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures relating to the
     maintenance, operation, and administration of interoceanic canals.        maintenance, operation, and administration of interoceanic canals.
      (6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.                 (6) Merchant Marine Academy, and State Maritime Academies.
      (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.                              (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
      (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the      (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence related activities of the
     Department of Defense.                                                    Department of Defense.
      (9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including financial     (9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including financial
     assistance for the construction and operation of vessels, maintenance     assistance for the construction and operation of vessels, the maintenance
     of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial base, cabotage,       of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial base, cabotage, cargo
     cargo preference, and merchant marine officers and seamen as these        preference and merchant marine officers and seamen as these matters relate
     matters relate to the national security.                                  to the national security.
      (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of     (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of
     members of the armed forces.                                              members of the armed forces.

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      (11) Scientific research and development in support of the armed          (11) Scientific research and development in support of the armed services.
     services.
      (12) Selective service.                                                   (12) Selective service.
      (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air        (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
     Force.
      (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.                                        (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
      (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common            (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.
     defense.
                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions    See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight function provided
                                                                               for in clause 3(a) with respect to international arms control and
                                                                               disarmament, and military dependents education.
 
    (l) Committee on Resources.                                                 (l) Committee on Resources.                                                   Previous references to ``Indians'' in the jurisdictional statement of the
                                                                                                                                                             Committee on Resources has been updated. No substantive change to
                                                                                                                                                             jurisdiction is intended.
      (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges,     (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and
     and conservation.                                                         conservation.
      (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the public domain.    (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the public domain.
      (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien        (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien
     ownership of mineral lands.                                               ownership of mineral lands.
      (4) Geological Survey.                                                    (4) Geological Survey.
      (5) International fishing agreements.                                     (5) International fishing agreements.
      (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for           (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation
     irrigation purposes.                                                      purposes.
      (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation    (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation
     projects and easements of public lands for irrigation projects; and       projects, and easements of public lands for irrigation projects, and
     acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation        acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation
     projects.                                                                 projects.
      (8) Native Americans generally, including the care and allotment of       (8) Measures relating to the care and management of Indians, including the
     Native American lands and general and special measures relating to        care and allotment of Indian lands and general and special measures
     claims that are paid out of Native American funds.                        relating to claims which are paid out of Indian funds.
      (9) Insular possessions of the United States generally (except those      (9) Measures relating generally to the insular possessions of the United
     affecting the revenue and appropriations).                                States, except those affecting the revenue and appropriations.
      (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered    (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by
     by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District of            the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District of Columbia, and
     Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.     the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
      (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.                 (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
      (12) Mineral resources of public lands.                                   (12) Mineral resources of the public lands.
      (13) Mining interests generally.                                          (13) Mining interests generally.
      (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.                            (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
      (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for        (15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management), except for
     measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters).        measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
      (16) Oceanography.                                                        (16) Oceanography.

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      (17) Petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the       (17) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation of the
     radium supply in the United States.                                       radium supply in the United States.
      (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the     (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the
     public domain.                                                            public domain.
      (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing      (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing
     thereon.                                                                  thereon.
      (20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native      (20) Relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian
     American tribes.                                                          tribes.
      (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).                       (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).                           See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight functions provided
                                                                               for in clause 3(e) with respect to all programs affecting Indians.
    (m) Committee on Rules.                                                     (m) Committee on Rules.
      (1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to the Code of       (1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules or joint rules relating to
     Official Conduct) and the order of business of the House.                 the Code of Official Conduct), and order of business of the House.
      (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.                          (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress. The Committee on Rules is    Existing clause 1(m)(2), rule X on authority of the Committee on Rules to
                                                                               authorized to sit and act whether or not the House is in session.             sit whether the House is in session or not has been eliminated, since it
                                                                                                                                                             merely duplicates the provision in clause 2(m), rule XI already applicable
                                                                                                                                                             to all standing committees. This authority for the Rules Committee to sit
                                                                                                                                                             predates the standing authority for other committees.
    (n) Committee on Science.                                                   (n) Committee on Science.
      (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, and projects     (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, and projects
     therefor, and all federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy          therefor, and all federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy
     laboratories.                                                             laboratories.
      (2) Astronautical research and development, including resources,          (2) Astronautical research and development, including resources,
     personnel, equipment, and facilities.                                     personnel, equipment, and facilities.
      (3) Civil aviation research and development.                              (3) Civil aviation research and development.
      (4) Environmental research and development.                               (4) Environmental research and development.
      (5) Marine research.                                                      (5) Marine research.
      (6) Commercial application of energy technology.                          (6) Measures relating to the commercial application of energy technology.
      (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, standardization of    (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, standardization of
     weights and measures, and the metric system.                              weights and measures, and the metric system.
      (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.                        (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
      (9) National Space Council.                                               (9) National Space Council.
      (10) National Science Foundation.                                         (10) National Science Foundation.
      (11) National Weather Service.                                            (11) National Weather Service.
      (12) Outer space, including exploration and control thereof.              (12) Outer space, including exploration and control thereof.
      (13) Science scholarships.                                                (13) Science Scholarships.
      (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, and projects    (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, and projects
     therefor.                                                                 therefor.

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                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions      See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight function provided
                                                                               for in clause 3(f) with respect to all nonmilitary research and
                                                                               development.
    (o) Committee on Small Business.                                            (o) Committee on Small Business.
      (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, including             (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, including financial
     financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork reduction.           aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork reduction.
      (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal procurement    (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal procurement and
     and Government contracts.                                                 Government contracts.
                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions      See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                               of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause
                                                                               2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight function provided
                                                                               for in clause 3(g) with respect to the problems of small business.
    (p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.                             (p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
      The Code of Official Conduct.                                             (1) Measures relating to the Code of Official Conduct.
                                                                              In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provision of    The additional functions of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
                                                                               this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)),     now contained in clause 1(p), rule X are transferred to proposed clause
                                                                               the committee shall have the functions with respect to recommendations,       3(b)(7), rule XI since clause 1, rule X is to be confined to statements of
                                                                               studies, investigations, and reports which are provided for in clause 4(e),   legislative jurisdiction only.
                                                                               and the functions designated in titles I and V of the Ethics in Government
                                                                               Act of 1978 and sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States
                                                                               Code.
 
    (q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.                         (q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
      (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses,               (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, lightships,
     lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.                 ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.
      (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural disasters.              (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural disasters.
      (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.                  (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
      (4) Inland waterways.                                                     (4) Inland waterways.
      (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and signals,            (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and signals, lifesaving
     lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such vessels.                equipment, and fire protection on such vessels.
      (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including pilotage.             (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including pilotage.
      (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.                 (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
      (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at sea.    (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at sea.
      (9) The Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office Buildings.       (9) Measures relating to the Capitol Building and the Senate and House
                                                                               Office Buildings.

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      (10) Construction or maintenance of roads and post roads (other than      (10) Measures relating to the construction or maintenance of roads and        The prohibition in the existing Transportation and Infrastructure
     appropriations therefor).                                                 post roads, other than appropriations therefor; but it shall not be in        jurisdictional rule (now clause 1(q)(10)) regarding consideration of
                                                                               order for any bill providing general legislation in relation to roads to      general road bills containing specific road provisions has been transferred
                                                                               contain any provision for any specific road, nor for any bill in relation     to new clause 3, rule XXI since it more logically belongs in a rule
                                                                               to a specific road to embrace a provision in relation to any other specific   precluding consideration of certain provisions in bills rather than in a
                                                                               road.                                                                         jurisdictional rule.
      (11) Construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and care of             (11) Measures relating to the construction or reconstruction, maintenance,  ............................................................................
     buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress,     and care of the buildings and grounds of the Botanic Gardens, the Library
     and the Smithsonian Institution.                                          of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
      (12) Merchant marine (except for national security aspects thereof).      (12) Measures relating to merchant marine, except for national security
                                                                               aspects of merchant marine.
      (13) Purchase of sites and construction of post offices, customhouses,    (13) Measures relating to the purchase of sites and construction of post    ............................................................................
     Federal courthouses, and Government buildings within the District of      offices, customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government buildings within
     Columbia.                                                                 the District of Columbia.
      (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including inland,       (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including inland,         ............................................................................
     coastal, and ocean waters.                                                coastal, and ocean waters.
      (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management, as they relate    (15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management) as they relate to   ............................................................................
     to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.                           oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
      (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the United      (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the United        ............................................................................
     States generally.                                                         States generally.
      (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including bridges and    (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including bridges and      ............................................................................
     dams (other than international bridges and dams).                         dams (other than international bridges and dams).
      (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.                          (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.                            ............................................................................
      (19) Roads and the safety thereof.                                        (19) Roads and the safety thereof.                                          ............................................................................
      (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, water           (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, water             ............................................................................
     transportation, transportation safety (except automobile safety),         transportation, transportation safety (except automobile safety),
     transportation infrastructure, transportation labor, and railroad         transportation infrastructure, transportation labor, and railroad
     retirement and unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto).    retirement and unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto).
      (21) Water power.                                                         (21) Water power.                                                           ............................................................................
 
    (r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.                                         (r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
      (1) Veterans' measures generally.                                         (1) Veterans' measures generally.
      (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war or       (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war or
     conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United States or abroad     conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United States or abroad,
     (except cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior).        except cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
      (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of             (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of veterans.
     veterans.
      (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in      (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the
     the Armed Forces.                                                         Armed Forces.
      (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and            (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and special.
     special.
      (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.                             (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
      (7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.                                  (7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.

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      (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans.         (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans.
    (s) Committee on Ways and Means.                                            (s) Committee on Ways and Means.
      (1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery.       (1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery.
      (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.                                          (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
      (3) Revenue measures generally.                                           (3) Revenue measures generally.
      (4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.                     (4) Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions.
      (5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last sentence of     (5) The bonded debt of the United States (subject to the last sentence of
     clause 4(f).                                                              clause 4(g) of this rule).
      (6) Deposit of public monies.                                             (6) The deposit of public moneys.
      (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.                                     (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
      (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.                         (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
      (9) National social security (except health care and facilities           (9) National social security, except (A) health care and facilities
     programs that are supported from general revenues as opposed to payroll   programs that are supported from general revenues as opposed to payroll
     deductions and except work incentive programs).                           deductions and (B) work incentive programs.
 
General oversight responsibilities                                              General Oversight Responsibilities
  2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general oversight           2. (a) In order to assist the House in--
 responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in order to assist the House
 in--
    (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--                            (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of (A) the application,
      (A) the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of     administration, execution, and effectiveness of the laws enacted by the
     Federal laws; and                                                         Congress, or (B) conditions and circumstances which may indicate the
      (B) conditions and circumstances that may indicate the necessity or      necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional legislation, and
     desirability of enacting new or additional legislation; and
    (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of changes in Federal     (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of such modifications of
   laws, and of such additional legislation as may be necessary or             or changes in those laws, and of such additional legislation, as may be
   appropriate.                                                                necessary or appropriate, the various standing committees shall have
                                                                               oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b).
 

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  (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs addressing subjects    (b)(1) Each standing committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations    Proposed clause 2(b), rule X is rewritten and reorganized in its entirety
 within the jurisdiction of a committee are being implemented and carried      and the Committee on the Budget) shall review and study, on a continuing      here to emphasize general oversight responsibilities for all standing
 out in accordance with the intent of Congress and whether they should be      basis, the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of       committees. Directions to specific committees in the existing clause have
 continued, curtailed, or eliminated, each standing committee (other than      those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the       been transferred.
 the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall        jurisdiction of that committee and the organization and operation of the
 review and study on a continuing basis--                                      Federal agencies and entities having responsibilities in or for the
    (A) the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of       administration and execution thereof, in order to determine whether such
   laws and programs addressing subjects within its jurisdiction;              laws and the programs thereunder are being implemented and carried out in
    (B) the organization and operation of Federal agencies and entities        accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether such programs should
   having responsibilities for the administration and execution of laws and    be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. In addition, each such committee
   programs addressing subjects within its jurisdiction;                       shall review and study any conditions or circumstances which may indicate
    (C) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate the necessity or     the necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional legislation
   desirability of enacting new or additional legislation addressing           within the jurisdiction of that committee (whether or not any bill or
   subjects within its jurisdiction (whether or not a bill or resolution has   resolution has been introduced with respect thereto), and shall on a
   been introduced with respect thereto); and                                  continuing basis undertake future research and forecasting on matters
    (D) future research and forecasting on subjects within its jurisdiction.   within the jurisdiction of that committee. Each such committee having more
  (2) Each committee to which subparagraph (1) applies having more than 20     than twenty members shall establish an oversight subcommittee, or require
 members shall establish an oversight subcommittee, or require its             its subcommittees, if any, to conduct oversight in the area of their
 subcommittees to conduct oversight in their respective jurisdictions, to      respective jurisdiction, to assist in carrying out its responsibilities
 assist in carrying out its responsibilities under this clause. The            under this subparagraph. The establishment of oversight subcommittees shall
 establishment of an oversight subcommittee does not limit the                 in no way limit the responsibility of the subcommittees with legislative
 responsibility of a subcommittee with legislative jurisdiction in carrying    jurisdiction from carrying out their oversight responsibilities.
 out its oversight responsibilities.
  (c) Each standing committee shall review and study on a continuing basis      (c) Each standing committee of the House shall have the function of           The general oversight responsibilities of the Committees on Appropriations
 the impact or probable impact of tax policies affecting subjects within its   reviewing and studying on a continuing basis the impact or probable impact    and Government Reform and Oversight currently specified in subparagraphs
 jurisdiction as described in clauses 1 and 3.                                 of tax policies affecting subjects within its jurisdiction as described in    (3) and (4) of clause 2(b), rule X, have been transferred to paragraphs (a)
                                                                               clauses 1 and 3.                                                              and (e) respectively in proposed clause 3, rule X. These responsibilities
                                                                                                                                                             are more accurately characterized as special oversight functions of those
                                                                                                                                                             two committees and thus belong in that clause.
  (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a Congress, each    (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a Congress, each  ............................................................................
 standing committee shall, in a meeting that is open to the public and with    standing committee of the House shall, in a meeting that is open to the
 a quorum present, adopt its oversight plan for that Congress. Such plan       public and with a quorum present, adopt its oversight plans for that
 shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Government Reform and   Congress. Such plans shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on
 Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight. In developing its plan     Government Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight. In
 each committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible--                        developing such plans each committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible--
 

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    (A) consult with other committees that have jurisdiction over the same    (A) consult with other committees of the House that have jurisdiction over    ............................................................................
   or related laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction with the     the same or related laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction,
   objective of ensuring maximum coordination and cooperation among            with the objective of ensuring that such laws, programs, or agencies are
   committees when conducting reviews of such laws, programs, or agencies      reviewed in the same Congress and that there is a maximum of coordination
   and include in its plan an explanation of steps that have been or will be   between such committees in the conduct of such reviews; and such plans
   taken to ensure such coordination and cooperation;                          shall include an explanation of what steps have been and will be taken to
                                                                               ensure such coordination and cooperation;
    (B) give priority consideration to including in its plan the review of      (B) give priority consideration to including in its plans the review of
   those laws, programs, or agencies operating under permanent budget          those laws, programs, or agencies operating under permanent budget
   authority or permanent statutory authority; and                             authority or permanent statutory authority; and
    (C) have a view toward ensuring that all significant laws, programs, or     (C) have a view toward ensuring that all significant laws, programs, or
   agencies within its jurisdiction are subject to review every 10 years.      agencies within its jurisdictions are subject to review at least once every
                                                                               ten years.
  (2) It shall not be in order to consider a committee expense resolution       (2) It shall not be in order to consider any committee expense resolution
 (within the meaning of clause 6), or an amendment thereto, proposing to       (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XI), or any amendment thereto, for
 fund the expenses of a committee that has not submitted its oversight plan    any committee that has not submitted its oversight plans as required by
 as required by this paragraph.                                                this paragraph.
  (3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a Congress, after         (3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a Congress, after
 consultation with the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority          consultation with the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority
 Leader, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall report to      Leader, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall report to
 the House the oversight plans submitted by committees together with any       the House the oversight plans submitted by each committee together with any
 recommendations that it, or the House leadership group described above, may   recommendations that it, or the House leadership group referred to above,
 make to ensure the most effective coordination of oversight plans and         may make to ensure the most effective coordination of such plans and
 otherwise to achieve the objectives of this clause.                           otherwise achieve the objectives of this clause.
  (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may appoint special ad       (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may appoint special ad
 hoc oversight committees for the purpose of reviewing specific matters        hoc oversight committees for the purpose of reviewing specific matters
 within the jurisdiction of two or more standing committees.                   within the jurisdiction of two or more standing committees.
 
Special oversight functions
  3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such studies and         Derived from clause 2(b)(3), rule X: (3) The Committee on Appropriations      This function of the Appropriations Committee is more appropriately
 examinations of the organization and operation of executive departments and   shall conduct such studies and examinations of the organization and           described as one of special, rather than general, oversight and is thus
 other executive agencies (including an agency the majority of the stock of    operation of executive departments and other executive agencies (including    transferred here.
 which is owned by the United States) as it considers necessary to assist it   any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of
 in the determination of matters within its jurisdiction.                      the United States) as it may deem necessary to assist it in the
                                                                               determination of matters within its jurisdiction.
                                                                                Derived from clause 3, rule X: Special Oversight Functions
 

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  (b) The Committee on the Budget shall study on a continuing basis the         3. (a) The Committee on National Security shall have the function of
 effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and    reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all laws, programs, and
 report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis.         Government activities dealing with or involving international arms control
  (c) The Committee on Commerce shall review and study on a continuing basis   and disarmament and the education of military dependents in schools.
 laws, programs, and Government activities relating to nuclear and other        (b) The Committee on the Budget shall have the function of--
 energy and nonmilitary nuclear energy research and development including       (1) making continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant
 the disposal of nuclear waste.                                                existing and proposed legislation, and reporting the results of such
  (d) The Committee on Education and the Workforce shall review, study, and    studies to the House on a recurring basis; and
 coordinate on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities     (2) requesting and evaluating continuing studies of tax expenditures,
 relating to domestic educational programs and institutions and programs of    devising methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs
 student assistance within the jurisdiction of other committees.               with direct budget outlays, and reporting the results of such studies to
  (e) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall review and        the House on a recurring basis.
 study on a continuing basis the operation of Government activities at all      (c) The Committee on Education and the Workforce shall have the function
 levels with a view to determining their economy and efficiency.               of reviewing, studying, and coordinating, on a continuing basis, all laws,
  (f) The Committee on International Relations shall review and study on a     programs, and Government activities dealing with or involving domestic
 continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities relating to        educational programs and institutions, and programs of student assistance,
 customs administration, intelligence activities relating to foreign policy,   which are within the jurisdiction of other committees.
 international financial and monetary organizations, and international          (d) The Committee on International Relations shall have the function of       This function of the Government Reform Committee is more appropriately
 fishing agreements.                                                           reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all laws, programs, and        described as one of special, rather than general, oversight and is thus
  (g) The Committee on National Security shall review and study on a           Government activities dealing with or involving customs administration,       transferred here from existing clause 2(b), rule X.
 continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities relating to        intelligence activities relating to foreign policy, international financial
 international arms control and disarmament and the education of military      and monetary organizations, and international fishing agreements.
 dependents in schools.                                                         (e) The Committee on Resources shall have the function of reviewing and
  (h) The Committee on Resources shall review and study on a continuing        studying, on a continuing basis, all laws, programs, and Government
 basis laws, programs, and Government activities relating to Native            activities dealing with Indians.
 Americans.                                                                     (f) The Committee on Science shall have the function of reviewing and
  (i) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a continuing basis      studying, on a continuing basis, all laws, programs, and Government
 the congressional budget process, and the committee shall report its          activities dealing with or involving nonmilitary research and development.
 findings and recommendations to the House from time to time.
 
 

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  (j) The Committee on Science shall review and study on a continuing basis     (g) The Committee on Small Business shall have the function of studying
 laws, programs, and Government activities relating to nonmilitary research    and investigating, on a continuing basis, the problems of all types of
 and development.                                                              small business.
  (k) The Committee on Small Business shall study and investigate on a          (h) The Committee on Commerce shall have the function of reviewing and
 continuing basis the problems of all types of small business.                 studying on a continuing basis, all laws, programs and Government
                                                                               activities relating to nuclear and other energy, and nonmilitary nuclear
                                                                               energy and research and development including the disposal of nuclear
                                                                               waste.
                                                                                (i) The Committee on Rules shall have the function of reviewing and
                                                                               studying, on a continuing basis, the congressional budget process, and the
                                                                               committee shall, from time to time, report its findings and recommendations
                                                                               to the House.
                                                                                Derived from clause 2(b)(2), rule X: (2) The Committee on Government
                                                                               Reform and Oversight shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the
                                                                               operation of Government activities at all levels with a view to determining
                                                                               their economy and efficiency.
 
Additional functions of committees                                            Additional Functions of Committees
  4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 30 days after      4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within thirty days
 the transmittal of the Budget to Congress each year, hold hearings on the     after the transmittal of the Budget to the Congress each year, hold
 dget as a whole with particular reference to--                                hearings on the Budget as a whole with particular reference to--
    (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the President in    (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the President in
   the presentation of the Budget; and                                         the presentation of the Budget; and
    (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used as bases in       (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used as bases in
   arriving at total estimated expenditures and receipts.                      arriving at total estimated expenditures and receipts.
  (B) In holding hearings under subdivision (A), the committee shall receive    (B) In holding hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), the committee shall
 testimony from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of   receive testimony from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the
 Management and Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers,      Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic
 and such other persons as the committee may desire.                           Advisers, and such other persons as the committee may desire.
  (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, shall be held in    (C) Hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), or any part thereof, shall be
 open session, except when the committee, in open session and with a quorum    held in open session, except when the committee, in open session and with a
 present, determines by record vote that the testimony to be taken at that     quorum present, determines by rollcall vote that the testimony to be taken
 hearing on that day may be related to a matter of national security. The      at that hearing on that day may be related to a matter of national
 committee may by the same procedure close one subsequent day of hearing. A    security: Provided, however, That the committee may by the same procedure
 transcript of all such hearings shall be printed and a copy thereof           close one subsequent day of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings
 furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner.            shall be printed and a copy thereof furnished to each Member, Delegate, and
                                                                               the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
  (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, may be held         (D) Hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), or any part thereof, may be held
 before a joint meeting of the committee and the Committee on Appropriations   before joint meetings of the committee and the Committee on Appropriations
 of the Senate in accordance with such procedures as the two committees        of the Senate in accordance with such procedures as the two committees
 jointly may determine.                                                        jointly may determine.

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  (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,    (2) Whenever any bill or resolution which provides new entitlement            In proposed clause 4(a)(2), rule XI, ``may'' is substituted for ``shall''
 when a committee reports a bill or joint resolution that provides new         authority as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of       to conform with the discretionary authority to refer reported bills
 entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment   1974 is reported by a committee of the House and the amount of new budget     containing new entitlement authority to the Appropriations Committee
 of the bill or joint resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the     authority which will be required for the fiscal year involved if such bill    pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act. This is a
 committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority under section        or resolution is enacted as so reported exceeds the appropriate allocation    conforming change that properly should have been made in 1997.
 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint resolution may be referred to the       of new budget authority reported as described in clause 4(h) in connection
 Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report it with               with the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for
 recommendations (which may include an amendment limiting the total amount     such fiscal year, such bill or resolution shall then be referred to the
 of new entitlement authority provided in the bill or joint resolution). If    Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report it, with the
 the Committee on Appropriations fails to report a bill or joint resolution    committee's recommendations and (if the committee deems it desirable) with
 so referred within 15 calendar days (not counting any day on which the        an amendment limiting the total amount of new entitlement authority
 House is not in session), the committee automatically shall be discharged     provided in the bill or resolution, within 15 calendar days (not counting
 from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint     any day on which the House is not in session) beginning with the day
 resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.                       following the day on which it is so referred. If the Committee on
                                                                               Appropriations fails to report the bill or resolution within such 15-day
                                                                               period, the committee shall be automatically discharged from further
                                                                               consideration of the bill or resolution and the bill or resolution shall be
                                                                               placed on the appropriate calendar.
  (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall study on a             (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall study on a
 continuing basis those provisions of law that (on the first day of the        continuing basis those provisions of law which (on the first day of the
 first fiscal year for which the congressional budget process is effective)    first fiscal year for which the congressional budget process is effective)
 provide spending authority or permanent budget authority and shall report     provide spending authority or permanent budget authority, and shall report
 to the House from time to time its recommendations for terminating or         to the House from time to time its recommendations for terminating or
 modifying such provisions.                                                    modifying such provisions.
  (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act     Derived from clause 4(h), rule X: (h) As soon as practicable after a          This duty of the Appropriations Committee to subdivide allocations made to
 of 1974, the Committee on Appropriations (after consulting with the           concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year is agreed to, each    it in a budget resolution is properly grouped with other additional
 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations    standing committee of the House (after consulting with the appropriate        functions of that committee and is thus transferred here from its former
 made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference     committee or committees of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations made   placement later in this clause.
 report on such concurrent resolution, and promptly report the subdivisions    to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report
 to the House as soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on the      on such resolution, and promptly report such subdivisions to the House, in
 budget for a fiscal year is agreed to.                                        the manner provided by section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of l974.
  (b) The Committee on the Budget shall--                                       (b) The Committee on the Budget shall have the duty--
    (1) review on a continuing basis the conduct by the Congressional Budget    (1) to review on a continuing basis the conduct by the Congressional
   Office of its functions and duties;                                         Budget Office of its functions and duties;

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    (2) hold hearings and receive testimony from Members, Senators,             (2) to hold hearings, and receive testimony from Members of Congress and
   Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and such appropriate                  such appropriate representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the
   representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the general public,    general public, and national organizations as it deems desirable, in
   and national organizations as it considers desirable in developing          developing the concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal year;
   concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal year;
    (3) make all reports required of it by the Congressional Budget Act of      (3) to make all reports required of it by the Congressional Budget Act of
   1974;                                                                       1974, including the reporting of reconciliation bills and resolutions when
                                                                               so required;
    (4) study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that exempt         (4) to study on a continuing basis those provisions of law which exempt
   Federal agencies or any of their activities or outlays from inclusion in    Federal agencies or any of their activities or outlays from inclusion in
   the Budget of the United States Government, and report to the House from    the Budget of the United States Government, and to report to the House from
   time to time its recommendations for terminating or modifying such          time to time its recommendations for terminating or modifying such
   provisions;                                                                 provisions; and
    (5) study on a continuing basis proposals designed to improve and           (5) to study on a continuing basis proposals designed to improve and
   facilitate the congressional budget process, and report to the House from   facilitate methods of congressional budget-making, and to report to the
   time to time the results of such studies, together with its                 House from time to time the results of such study together with its
   recommendations; and                                                        recommendations.
    (6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, devise   ............................................................................    Subparagraph (6) derives from the Committee on the Budget jurisdictional
   methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with                                                                                     statement in existing clause 1(d)(5)(C), rule X.
   direct budget outlays, and report the results of such studies to the
   House on a recurring basis.
  (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall--               (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall have the
                                                                               general function of--
    (A) receive and examine reports of the Comptroller General of the United    (A) receiving and examining reports of the Comptroller General of the
   States and submit to the House such recommendations as it considers         United States and of submitting such recommendations to the House as it
   necessary or desirable in connection with the subject matter of the         deems necessary or desirable in connection with the subject matter of such
   reports;                                                                    reports;
    (B) evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative      (B) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative
   and executive branches of the Government; and                               and executive branches of the Government; and
    (C) study intergovernmental relationships between the United States and     (C) studying intergovernmental relationships between the United States and
   the States and municipalities and between the United States and             the States and municipalities, and between the United States and
   international organizations of which the United States is a member.         international organizations of which the United States is a member.
 
  (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the Committee on        (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the Committee on
 Government Reform and Oversight may at any time conduct investigations of     Government Reform and Oversight may at any time conduct investigations of
 any matter without regard to clause 1, 2, 3, or this clause conferring        any matter without regard to the provisions of clause 1, 2, or 3 (or this
 jurisdiction over the matter to another standing committee. The findings      clause) conferring jurisdiction over such matter upon another standing
 and recommendations of the committee in such an investigation shall be made   committee. The committee's findings and recommendations in any such
 available to any other standing committee having jurisdiction over the        investigation shall be made available to the other standing committee or
 matter involved and shall be included in the report of any such other         committees having jurisdiction over the matter involved (and included in
 committee when required by clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII.                       the report of any such other committee when required by clause 2(l)(3) of
                                                                               rule XI).
  (d)(1) The Committee on House Oversight shall--                               (d)(1) The Committee on House Oversight shall have the function of--

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    (A) examine all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions after passage        (A) examining all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions after passage
   by the House and, in cooperation with the Senate, examine all bills and       by the House and, in cooperation with the Senate, examining all bills and
   joint resolutions that have passed both Houses to see that they are           joint resolutions which shall have passed both Houses to see that they
   correctly enrolled and forthwith present those bills and joint                are correctly enrolled, forthwith presenting those which originated in
   resolutions that originated in the House to the President in person after     the House to the President of the United States in person after their
   their signature by the Speaker and the President of the Senate, and           signature by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate and
   report to the House the fact and date of their presentment;                   reporting the fact and date of such presentation to the House;
    (B) provide policy direction for, and oversight of, the Clerk, Sergeant-      (B) providing policy direction for, and oversight of, the Clerk,
   at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and Inspector General;                 Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and Inspector General;
                                                                                 and
    (C) have the function of accepting on behalf of the House a gift, except      (C) accepting a gift, other than as otherwise provided by law, if the
   as otherwise provided by law, if the gift does not involve a duty,            gift does not involve any duty, burden, or condition, or is not made
   burden, or condition, or is not made dependent on some future performance     dependent upon some future performance by the House of Representatives
   by the House; and                                                             and promulgating regulations to carry out this paragraph.
    (D) promulgate regulations to carry out subdivision (C).
  (2) An employing office of the House may enter into a settlement of a         (2) An employing office of the House of Representatives may enter a
 complaint under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 that provides    settlement of a complaint under the Congressional Accountability Act of
 for the payment of funds only after receiving the joint approval of the       1995 that provides for the payment of funds only after receiving the joint
 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Oversight      approval of the chairman and the ranking minority party member of the
 concerning the amount of such payment.                                        Committee on House Oversight concerning the amount of such payment.
  (e)(1) Each standing committee shall, in its consideration of all public      (f)(1) Each standing committee of the House shall, in its consideration of    Current clause 4(e), rule X relating to procedures of the Committee on
 bills and public joint resolutions within its jurisdiction, ensure that       all bills and joint resolutions of a public character within its              Standards of Official Conduct is transferred to proposed clause 3, rule XI
 appropriations for continuing programs and activities of the Federal          jurisdiction, insure that appropriations for continuing programs and          as a committee procedure.
 Government and the government of the District of Columbia will be made        activities of the Federal Government and the District of Columbia
 annually to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the nature,       government will be made annually to the maximum extent feasible and
 requirement, and objective of the programs and activities involved. In this   consistent with the nature, requirements, and objectives of the programs
 subparagraph programs and activities of the Federal Government and the        and activities involved. For the purposes of this paragraph a Government
 government of the District of Columbia includes programs and activities of    agency includes the organizational units of government listed in clause
 any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation,   7(c) of rule XIII.
 or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of the government of the
 District of Columbia.
 
  (2) Each standing committee shall review from time to time each continuing    (2) Each standing committee of the House shall review, from time to time,
 program within its jurisdiction for which appropriations are not made         each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which appropriations
 annually to ascertain whether the program should be modified to provide for   are not made annually in order to ascertain whether such program could be
 annual appropriations.                                                        modified so that appropriations therefor would be made annually.
 

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Budget Act responsibilities
  (f)(1) Each standing committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget    (g) Each standing committee of the House shall, not later than 6 weeks
 not later than six weeks after the President submits his budget--             after the President submits his budget, submit to the Committee on the
    (A) its views and estimates with respect to all matters to be set forth    Budget (1) its views and estimates with respect to all matters to be set
   in the concurrent resolution on the budget for the ensuing fiscal year      forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for the ensuing fiscal
   that are within its jurisdiction or functions; and                          year which are within its jurisdiction or functions, and (2) an estimate of
    (B) an estimate of the total amounts of new budget authority, and budget   the total amounts of new budget authority, and budget outlays resulting
   outlays resulting therefrom, to be provided or authorized in all bills      therefrom, to be provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions within
   and resolutions within its jurisdiction that it intends to be effective     its jurisdiction which it intends to be effective during that fiscal year.
   during that fiscal year.                                                    The views and estimates submitted by the Committee on Ways and Means under
  (2) The views and estimates submitted by the Committee on Ways and Means     the preceding sentence shall include a specific recommendation, made after
 under subparagraph (1) shall include a specific recommendation, made after    holding public hearings, as to the appropriate level of the public debt
 holding public hearings, as to the appropriate level of the public debt       which should be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget
 that should be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget and       referred to in such sentence and serve as the basis for an increase or
 serve as the basis for an increase or decrease in the statutory limit on      decrease in the statutory limit on such debt under the procedures provided
 such debt under the procedures provided by rule XXIII.                        by rule XLIX.
  (g) Each standing committee that is directed in a concurrent resolution on    Derived from clause 4(i), rule X: (i) Each standing committee of the House
 the budget to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills, or              which is directed in a concurrent resolution on the budget to determine and
 resolutions under the reconciliation process shall promptly make its          recommend changes in laws, bills, or resolutions under the reconciliation
 determinations and recommendations and either report a reconciliation bill    process shall promptly make such determination and recommendations, and
 or resolution to the House or submit its recommendations to the Committee     report a reconciliation bill or resolution (or both) to the House or submit
 on the Budget in accordance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.        such recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, in accordance with the
                                                                               Congressional Budget Act of l974.
 
Election and membership of standing committees                                  Derived from clause 6, rule X: Election and Membership of Committees;         Existing clause 5, rule X, on referral of bills and other matters to
                                                                               Chairmen; Vacancies; Select and Conference Committees                         committees, is transferred to proposed clause 2, rule XII.
  5. (a)(1) The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall be elected        6. (a)(1) The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall be elected
 by the House within seven calendar days after the commencement of each          by the House within the seventh calendar day beginning after the
 Congress, from nominations submitted by the respective party caucus or          commencement of each Congress, from nominations submitted by the
 conference. A resolution proposing to change the composition of a standing      respective party caucuses. It shall always be in order to consider
 committee shall be privileged if offered by direction of the party caucus       resolutions recommended by the respective party caucuses to change the
 or conference concerned.                                                        composition of standing committees.
  (2)(A) The Committee on the Budget shall be composed of members as            [Composition of Budget Committee derived from clause 1(d), rule X]: . . .
 follows:                                                                      consisting of the following Members:
    (i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner who are members of       (A) Members who are members of other standing committees, including five
   other standing committees, including five who are members of the              Members who are members of the Committee on Appropriations, and five
   Committee on Appropriations and five who are members of the Committee on      Members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
   Ways and Means;
    (ii) one Member from the elected leadership of the majority party; and        (B) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and
    (iii) one Member from the elected leadership of the minority party.           (C) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.

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  (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the Committee on    No Member other than a representative from the leadership of a party may
 the Budget other than one from the elected leadership of a party may not      serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than four
 serve on the committee during more than four Congresses in a period of six    Congresses in any period of six successive Congresses (disregarding for
 successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for less     this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less
 than a full session in a Congress).                                           than a full session in any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman or
  (C) A member of the Committee on the Budget who served as either the         ranking minority member having served on the committee for four Congresses
 chairman or the ranking minority member of the committee in the immediately   and having served as chairman or ranking minority member of the committee
 previous Congress and who did not serve in that respective capacity in an     for not more than one Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the
 earlier Congress may serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority     committee as chairman or ranking minority member for one additional
 member of the committee during one additional Congress.                       Congress.
  (3)(A) One-half of the members of the Committee on Standards of Official      Derived from clause 6(a)(2), rule X: (2) One-half of the members of the
 Conduct shall be from the majority party and one-half shall be from the       Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be from the majority party
 minority party.                                                               and one-half shall be from the minority party. No Member shall serve as a
  (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the Committee on     member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for more than two
 Standards of Official Conduct may not serve on the committee during more      Congresses in any period of three successive Congresses (disregarding for
 than two Congresses in a period of three successive Congresses                this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less
 (disregarding for this purpose any service for less than a full session in    than a full session in any Congress), except that a Member having served on
 a Congress).                                                                  the committee for two Congresses shall be eligible for election to the
  (C) A member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct who served    committee as chairman or ranking minority member for one additional
 on the committee in the two immediately previous Congresses may serve as      Congress. Not less than two Members from each party shall rotate off the
 either the chairman or the ranking minority member of the committee during    committee at the end of each Congress.
 one additional Congress.
  (D) Not fewer than two members of the Committee on Standards of Official
 Conduct from each party shall rotate off the committee at the end of each
 Congress.
  (4)(A) At the beginning of a Congress, the Speaker or his designee and the      (3)(A) At the beginning of each Congress--
 Minority Leader or his designee each shall name 10 Members, Delegates, or         (i) the Speaker (or his designee) shall designate a list of 10 Members
 the Resident Commissioner from his respective party who are not members of       from the majority party; and
 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to be available to serve on        (ii) the Minority Leader (or his designee) shall designate a list of 10
 investigative subcommittees of that committee during that Congress. The          Members from the minority party; who are not members of the Committee on
 lists of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner so named shall be      Standards of Official Conduct and who may be assigned to serve as a
 announced to the House.                                                          member of an investigative subcommittee of that committee during that
                                                                                  Congress. Members so chosen shall be announced to the House.
  (B) Whenever the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee      (B) Whenever the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee      The naming of the 10 Members from the two parties available to serve on
 on Standards of Official Conduct jointly determine that Members, Delegates,     on Standards of Official Conduct jointly determine that Members             investigative subcommittees is unchangeable, absent unanimous consent,
 or the Resident Commissioner named under subdivision (A) should be assigned     designated under subdivision (A) should be assigned to serve on an          after its announcement at the beginning of a Congress.
 to serve on an investigative subcommittee of that committee, each of them       investigative subcommittee of that committee, they shall each select the
 shall select an equal number of such Members, Delegates, or Resident            same number of Members of his respective party from the list to serve on
 Commissioner from his respective party to serve on that subcommittee.           that subcommittee.

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  (b)(1) Membership on a standing committee during the course of a Congress       (b)(1) Membership on standing committees during the course of a Congress    When a Member ceases to be a member of a party caucus or conference, the
 shall be contingent on continuing membership in the party caucus or             shall be contingent on continuing membership in the party caucus or         Speaker notifies the chairman of each committee on which that Member serves
 conference that nominated the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner        conference that nominated Members for election to such committees. Should   that the Member's election to that committee is automatically vacated; thus
 concerned for election to such committee. Should a Member, Delegate, or         a Member cease to be a member of a particular party caucus or conference,   these are the ``affected'' committees.
 Resident Commissioner cease to be a member of a particular party caucus or      said Member shall automatically cease to be a member of a standing
 conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall               committee to which he was elected on the basis of nomination by that
 automatically cease to be a member of each standing committee to which he       caucus or conference. The chairman of the relevant party caucus or
 was elected on the basis of nomination by that caucus or conference. The        conference shall notify the Speaker whenever a Member ceases to be a
 chairman of the relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the            member of a party caucus or conference and the Speaker shall notify the
 Speaker whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases to be      chairman of each standing committee on which said Member serves, that in
 a member of that caucus or conference. The Speaker shall notify the             accord with this rule, the Member's election to such committee is
 chairman of each affected committee that the election of such Member,           automatically vacated.
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the committee is automatically
 vacated under this subparagraph.
  (2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision (B), a Member, Delegate, or         (2)(A) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may serve
 Resident Commissioner may not serve simultaneously as a member of more than   simultaneously as a member of more than two standing committees or four
 two standing committees or more than four subcommittees of the standing       subcommittees of the standing committees of the House, except that ex
 committees.                                                                   officio service by a chairman and ranking minority member of a committee on
  (B)(i) Ex officio service by a chairman or ranking minority member of a      each of its subcommittees by committee rule shall not be counted against
 committee on each of its subcommittees under a committee rule does not        the limitation on subcommittee service. Service on an investigative
 count against the limitation on subcommittee service.                         subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct pursuant to
  (ii) Service on an investigative subcommittee of the Committee on            paragraph (a)(3) shall not be counted against the limitation on
 Standards of Official Conduct under paragraph (a)(4) does not count against   subcommittee service. Any other exception to these limitations must be
 the limitation on subcommittee service.                                       approved by the House upon the recommendation of the respective party
  (iii) Any other exception to the limitations in subdivision (A) must be      caucus or conference.
 approved by the House on the recommendation of the relevant party caucus or    (B) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term ``subcommittee''
 conference.                                                                   includes any panel (other than a special oversight panel of the Committee
  (C) In this subparagraph the term ``subcommittee'' includes a panel (other   on National Security), task force, special subcommittee, or any subunit of
 than a special oversight panel of the Committee on National Security), task   a standing committee that is established for a cumulative period longer
 force, special subcommittee, or other subunit of a standing committee that    than six months in any Congress.
 is established for a cumulative period longer than six months in a
 Congress.

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  (c)(1) One of the members of each standing committee shall be elected by      (c) One of the members of each standing committee shall be elected by the     The proposed language clarifies the overlap during the absence of the
 the House, on the nomination of the majority party caucus or conference, as   House, from nominations submitted by the majority party caucus, at the        chairman between paragraph (c) (the member next in rank shall act as
 chairman thereof. In the temporary absence of the chairman, the member next   commencement of each Congress, as chairman thereof. No Member may serve as    chairman) and clause 2(d), rule XI (the vice chairman shall preside). The
 in rank (and so on, as often as the case shall happen) shall act as           the chairman of the same standing committee, or as the chairman of the same   vice chairman is not necessarily the member next in rank.
 chairman. Rank shall be determined by the order members are named in          subcommittee thereof, for more than three consecutive Congresses, beginning
 resolutions electing them to the committee. In the case of a permanent        with the One Hundred Fourth Congress (disregarding for this purpose any
 vacancy in the elected chairmanship of a committee, the House shall elect     service for less than a full session in any Congress). In the temporary
 another chairman.                                                             absence of the chairman, the member next in rank in the order named in the
  (2) A member of a standing committee may not serve as chairman of the same   election of the committee, and so on, as often as the case shall happen,
 standing committee, or of the same subcommittee of a standing committee,      shall act as chairman; and in case of a permanent vacancy in the
 during more than three consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this          chairmanship of any such committee the House shall elect another chairman.
 purpose any service for less than a full session in a Congress).
  (d)(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2), a committee may have not      (d) No committee of the House shall have more than five subcommittees
 more than five subcommittees.                                                 (except the Committee on Appropriations, which shall have no more than 13;
  (2) The Committee on Appropriations may not have more than 13                the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, which shall have no more
 subcommittees. The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight may have      than seven; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which
 not more than seven subcommittees. The Committee on Transportation and        shall have no more than six).
 Infrastructure may have not more than six subcommittees.
  (e) The House shall fill a vacancy on a standing committee by election on     (e) All vacancies in standing committees shall be filled by election by
 the nomination of the respective party caucus or conference.                  the House from nominations, submitted by the respective party caucus or
                                                                               conference.
 
Expense resolutions                                                           Derived from clause 5, rule XI: Committee Expenses
  6. (a) Whenever a committee, commission, or other entity (other than the      5. (a) Whenever any committee, commission, or other entity (except the        Existing clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI states the general rule that measures
 Committee on Appropriations) is granted authorization for the payment of      Committee on Appropriations) is to be granted authorization for the payment   may not be considered until the third calendar day on which the committee
 its expenses (including staff salaries) for a Congress, such authorization    of its expenses (including all staff salaries) for a Congress, such           report is available. A primary committee expense resolution is an exception
 initially shall be procured by one primary expense resolution reported by     authorization initially shall be procured by one primary expense resolution   to this general rule of report availability, as it is subject to the
 the Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution may include    reported by the Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution    separate one day rule stated here. In this case, a committee report must be
 a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees. An amount from       may include a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees. An       available on the calendar day prior to consideration. A supplemental
 such a reserve fund may be allocated to a committee only by the approval of   amount from such a reserve fund may be allocated to a committee only by the   expense resolution is subject to a similar availability requirement (see
 the Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution reported to    approval of the Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution    proposed clause 6(b), rule X).
 the House may not be considered in the House unless a printed report          reported to the House shall not be considered in the House unless a printed
 thereon was available on the previous calendar day. For the information of    report on that resolution has been available to the Members of the House
 the House, such report shall--                                                for at least one calendar day prior to the consideration of that resolution
                                                                               in the House. Such report shall, for the information of the House--
    (1) state the total amount of the funds to be provided to the committee,      (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      commission or other entity under the primary expense resolution for all
   anticipated activities and programs of the committee, commission, or          anticipated activities and programs of the committee, commission or other
   other entity; and                                                             entity; and

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    (2) to the extent practicable, contain such general statements regarding      (2) to the extent practicable, contain such general statements regarding
   the estimated foreseeable expenditures for the respective anticipated         the estimated foreseeable expenditures for the respective anticipated
   activities and programs of the committee, commission, or other entity as      activities and programs of the committee, commission or other entity as
   may be appropriate to provide the House with basic estimates of the           may be appropriate to provide the House with basic estimates with respect
   expenditures contemplated by the primary expense resolution.                  to the expenditure generally of the funds to be provided to the
                                                                                 committee, commission or other entity under the primary expense
                                                                                 resolution.
  (b) After the date of adoption by the House of a primary expense                (b) After the date of adoption by the House of any such primary expense
 resolution for a committee, commission, or other entity for a Congress,         resolution for any such committee, commission, or other entity for any
 authorization for the payment of additional expenses (including staff           Congress, authorization for the payment of additional expenses (including
 salaries) in that Congress may be procured by one or more supplemental          staff salaries) in that Congress may be procured by one or more
 expense resolutions reported by the Committee on House Oversight, as            supplemental expense resolutions reported by the Committee on House
 necessary. A supplemental expense resolution reported to the House may not      Oversight, as necessary. Any such supplemental expense resolution
 be considered in the House unless a printed report thereon was available on     reported to the House shall not be considered in the House unless a
 the previous calendar day. For the information of the House, such report        printed report on that resolution has been available to the Members of
 shall--                                                                         the House for at least one calendar day prior to the consideration of
                                                                                 that resolution in the House. Such report shall, for the information of
                                                                                 the House--
    (1) state the total amount of additional funds to be provided to the          (1) state the total amount of additional funds to be provided to the
   committee, commission, or other entity under the supplemental expense         committee, commission or other entity under the supplemental expense
   resolution and the purposes for which those additional funds are              resolution and the purpose or purposes for which those additional funds
   available; and                                                                are to be used by the committee, commission or other entity; and
    (2) state the reasons for the failure to procure the additional funds         (2) state the reason or reasons for the failure to procure the
   for the committee, commission, or other entity by means of the primary        additional funds for the committee, commission or other entity by means
   expense resolution.                                                           of the primary expense resolution.
  (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to--                   (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to--
    (1) a resolution providing for the payment from committee salary and          (1) any resolution providing for the payment from committee salary and
   expense accounts of the House of sums necessary to pay compensation for       expense accounts of the House of sums necessary to pay compensation for
   staff services performed for, or to pay other expenses of, a committee,       staff services performed for, or to pay other expenses of, any committee,
   commission, or other entity at any time after the beginning of an odd-        commission or other entity at any time from and after the beginning of
   numbered year and before the date of adoption by the House of the primary     any odd-numbered year and before the date of adoption by the House of the
   expense resolution described in paragraph (a) for that year; or               primary expense resolution providing funds to pay the expenses of that
                                                                                 committee, commission or other entity for that Congress; or

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    (2) a resolution providing each of the standing committees in a Congress      (2) any resolution providing in any Congress, for all of the standing
   additional office equipment, airmail and special-delivery postage stamps,     committees of the House, additional office equipment, airmail and special
   supplies, staff personnel, or any other specific item for the operation       delivery postage stamps, supplies, staff personnel, or any other specific
   of the standing committees, and containing an authorization for the           item for the operation of the standing committees, and containing an
   payment from committee salary and expense accounts of the House of the        authorization for the payment from committee salary and expense accounts
   expenses of any of the foregoing items provided by that resolution,           of the House of the expenses of any of the foregoing items provided by
   subject to and until enactment of the provisions of the resolution as         that resolution, subject to and until enactment of the provisions of the
   permanent law.                                                                resolution as permanent law.
  (d) From the funds made available for the appointment of committee staff      (d) From the funds made available for the appointment of committee staff
 by a primary or additional expense resolution, the chairman of each           pursuant to any primary or additional expense resolution, the chairman of
 committee shall ensure that sufficient staff is made available to each        each committee shall ensure that sufficient staff is made available to each
 subcommittee to carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the         subcommittee to carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the
 committee and that the minority party is treated fairly in the appointment    committee, and that the minority party is fairly treated in the appointment
 of such staff.                                                                of such staff.
  (e) Funds authorized for a committee under this clause and clauses 7 and 8
 are for expenses incurred in the activities of the committee.
 
Interim funding
  7. (a) For the period beginning at noon on January 3 and ending at            Derived from clause 5(f)(1), rule XI: (f)(1) For continuance of necessary
 midnight on March 31 in each odd-numbered year, such sums as may be           investigations and studies by--
 necessary shall be paid out of the committee salary and expense accounts of
 the House for continuance of necessary investigations and studies by--
    (1) each standing and select committee established by these rules; and      (A) each standing committee and select committee established by these
                                                                               rules; and (B) except as provided in subparagraph (2), each select
                                                                               committee established by resolution;
                                                                              there shall be paid out of committee salary and expense accounts of the
                                                                               House such amounts as may be necessary for the period beginning at noon on
                                                                               January 3 and ending at midnight on March 31 in each odd-numbered year.
    (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     (2) In the case of the first session of a Congress, amounts shall be made
 available under this paragraph for a select committee established by          available under this paragraph for a select committee established by
 resolution in the preceding Congress only if--                                resolution in the preceding Congress only if--
    (1) a resolution proposing to reestablish such select committee is          (A) a reestablishing resolution for such select committee is introduced in
   introduced in the present Congress; and                                     the present Congress; and (B) no resolution of the preceding Congress
    (2) the House has not adopted a resolution of the preceding Congress       provided for termination of funding of investigations and studies by such
   providing for termination of funding for investigations and studies by      select committee at or before the end of the preceding Congress.
   such select committee.

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  (c) Each committee described in paragraph (a) shall be entitled for each      (3) Each committee receiving amounts under this paragraph shall be
 month during the period specified in paragraph (a) to 9 percent (or such      entitled, for each month in the period specified in subparagraph (1), to 9
 lesser percentage as may be determined by the Committee on House Oversight)   per centum (or such lesser per centum as may be determined by the Committee
 of the total annualized amount made available under expense resolutions for   on House Oversight) of the total annualized amount made available under
 such committee in the preceding session of Congress.                          expense resolutions for such committee in the preceding session of
                                                                               Congress.
  (d) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers authorized by     (4) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers authorized by
 the committee involved, signed by the chairman of the committee, except as    the committee involved, signed by the chairman of such committee, except as
 provided in paragraph (e), and approved by the Committee on House             provided in subparagraph (5), and approved by the Committee on House
 Oversight.                                                                    Oversight.
  (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule of the House, or other         (5) 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    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,        the election by the House of the committee involved in that Congress,
 payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by--           payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by--
    (1) the member of the committee who served as chairman of the committee       (A) the chairman of such committee as constituted at the close of the
   at the expiration of the preceding Congress; or                               preceding Congress; or
    (2) if the chairman is not a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner       (B) if such chairman is not a Member in the present Congress, the
   in the present Congress, then the ranking member of the committee as it       ranking majority party member of such committee as constituted at the
   was constituted at the expiration of the preceding Congress who is a          close of the preceding Congress who is a Member in the present Congress.
   Member of the majority party in the present Congress.
  (f)(1) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under this paragraph    (6)(A) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under this paragraph
 shall expire upon adoption by the House of a primary expense resolution for   shall expire upon agreement by the House to a primary expense resolution
 the committee.                                                                for such committee.
  (2) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended in          (B) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended in
 accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Oversight.   accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Oversight.
  (3) This clause shall be effective only insofar as it is not inconsistent     (C) The provisions of this paragraph shall be effective only insofar as
 with a resolution reported by the Committee on House Oversight and adopted    not inconsistent with any resolution, reported by the Committee on House
 by the House after the adoption of these rules.                               Oversight and adopted after the date of adoption of these rules.

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Travel                                                                        Derived from clause 2(n), rule XI: Use of committee funds for travel
  8. (a) Local currencies owned by the United States shall be made available    (n)(1) Funds authorized for a committee under clause 5 are for expenses
 to the committee and its employees engaged in carrying out their official     incurred in the committee's activities; however, local currencies owned by
 duties outside the United States or its territories or possessions.           the United States shall be made available to the committee and its
 Appropriated funds, including those authorized under this clause and          employees engaged in carrying out their official duties outside the United
 clauses 6 and 8, may not be expended for the purpose of defraying expenses    States, its territories or possessions. No appropriated funds, including
 of members of a committee or its employees in a country where local           those authorized under clause 5 shall be expended for the purpose of
 currencies are available for this purpose.                                    defraying expenses of members of the committee or its employees in any
  (b) The following conditions shall apply with respect to travel outside      country where local currencies are available for this purpose; and the
 the United States or its territories or possessions:                          following conditions shall apply with respect to travel outside the United
    (1) A member or employee of a committee may not receive or expend local    States or its territories or possessions:
   currencies for subsistence in a country for a day at a rate in excess of     (A) No member or employee of the committee shall receive or expend local
   the maximum per diem set forth in applicable Federal law.                     currencies for subsistence in any country for any day at a rate in excess
    (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his expenses for a day      of the maximum per diem set forth in applicable Federal law, or if the
   at the lesser of--                                                            Member or employee is reimbursed for any expenses for such day, then the
     (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or                    lesser of the per diem or the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other than
     (B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other than for transportation)       for transportation) incurred by the Member or employee during that day.
    he incurred during that day.
 
    (3) Each member or employee of a committee shall make to the chairman of    (B) Each member or employee of the committee shall make to the chairman of
   the committee an itemized report showing the dates each country was           the committee an itemized report showing the dates each country was
   visited, the amount of per diem furnished, the cost of transportation         visited, the amount of per diem furnished, the cost of transportation
   furnished, and funds expended for any other official purpose and shall        furnished, any funds expended for any other official purpose and shall
   summarize in these categories the total foreign currencies or                 summarize in these categories the total foreign currencies and/or
   appropriated funds expended. Each report shall be filed with the chairman     appropriated funds expended. All such individual reports shall be filed
   of the committee not later than 60 days following the completion of           no later than sixty days following the completion of travel with the
   travel for use in complying with reporting requirements in applicable         chairman of the committee for use in complying with with reporting
   Federal law and shall be open for public inspection.                          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       (2) In carrying out the committee's activities outside of the United
 States in a country where local currencies are unavailable, a member or       States in any country where local currencies are unavailable, a member or
 employee of a committee may not receive reimbursement for expenses (other     employee of the committee may not receive reimbursement for expenses (other
 than for transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in       than for transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in
 applicable Federal law.                                                       applicable Federal law, or if the member or employee is reimbursed for any
                                                                               expenses for such day, then the lesser of the per diem or the actual
                                                                               unreimbursed expenses (other than for transportation) incurred, by the
                                                                               member or employee during any day.
  (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his expenses for a day,
 at the lesser of--
    (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or

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    (B) the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than for transportation) he
   incurred during that day.
  (3) A member or employee of a committee may not receive reimbursement for     (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   the cost of any transportation in connection with travel outside of the
 States unless the member or employee actually paid for the transportation.    United States unless the member or employee has actually paid for the
                                                                               transportation.
  (d) The restrictions respecting travel outside the United States set forth    (4) The restrictions respecting travel outside of the United States set       ``Lame duck'' travel prohibitions currently contained in clause 2(n)(5),
 in paragraph (c) also shall apply to travel outside the United States by a    forth in subparagraphs (2) and (3) shall also apply to travel outside of      rule X and clause 8, rule I are consolidated in proposed rule XXV.
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House    the United States by Members, officers, and employees of the House
 authorized under any standing rule.                                           authorized under clause 8 of rule I, clause 1(b) of this rule, or any other
                                                                               provision of these Rules of the House of Representatives.
 
Committee staffs                                                              Derived from clause 6, rule XI: Committee Staffs
  9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), each standing        6. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), each standing
 committee may appoint, by majority vote, not more than 30 professional        committee may appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than
 staff members to be compensated from the funds provided for the appointment   thirty professional staff members from the funds provided for the
 of committee staff by primary and additional expense resolutions. Each        appointment of committee staff pursuant to primary and additional expense
 professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph shall be          resolutions. Each professional staff member appointed under this
 assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of the committee,    subparagraph shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority
 as the committee considers advisable.                                         party member of such committee, as the committee considers advisable.
  (2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a majority of the       (2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a majority of the
 minority party members of a standing committee (except the Committee on       minority party members of a standing committee (except the Committee on
 Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on           Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on
 Intelligence) so request, not more than ten persons (or one-third of the      Intelligence) so request, not more than ten persons (or one-third of the
 total professional committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever     total professional committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever
 is less) may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party members,     is less) may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party members,
 for appointment by the committee as professional staff members from among     for appointment by the committee as professional staff members from among
 the number authorized by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph. The committee    the number authorized by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph. The committee
 shall appoint any persons so selected whose character and qualifications      shall appoint any persons so selected whose character and qualifications
 are acceptable to a majority of the committee. If the committee determines    are acceptable to a majority of the committee. If the committee determines
 that the character and qualifications of any person so selected are           that the character and qualifications of any person so selected are
 unacceptable to the committee, a majority of the minority party members may   unacceptable to the committee, a majority of the minority party members may
 select other persons for appointment by the committee to the professional     select other persons for appointment by the committee to the professional
 staff until such appointment is made. Each professional staff member          staff until such appointment is made. Each professional staff member
 appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to such committee         appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to such committee
 business as the minority party members of the committee consider advisable.   business as the minority party members of the committee consider advisable.
 
  (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing committee--            (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing committee--
    (A) may not engage in any work other than committee business during           (A) may not engage in any work other than committee business during
   congressional working hours; and                                              congressional working hours; and
    (B) may not be assigned a duty other than one pertaining to committee         (B) may not be assigned any duties other than those pertaining to
   business.                                                                     committee business.

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  (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to staff designated by a committee as     (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to any staff designated by a committee
 ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff who are not paid exclusively by the         as ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff who are not paid exclusively by the
 committee, provided that the chairman certifies that the compensation paid    committee, provided that the chairman certifies that the compensation paid
 by the committee for any such staff is commensurate with the work performed   by the committee for any such employee is commensurate with the work
 for the committee in accordance with clause 8 of rule XXIV.                   performed for the committee, in accordance with the provisions of clause 8
                                                                               of rule XLIII.
  (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by a committee shall     (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by any committee
 be subject to the review of, and to any terms, conditions, or limitations     shall be subject to the review of, and to any terms, conditions, or
 established by, the Committee on House Oversight in connection with the       limitations established by, the Committee on House Oversight in connection
 reporting of any primary or additional expense resolution.                    with the reporting of any primary or additional expense resolution.
  (4) This paragraph does not apply to the Committee on Appropriations.         (4) The foregoing provisions of this clause do not apply to the Committee
                                                                               on Appropriations.
  (c) Each employee on the professional or investigative staff of a standing    (c) Each employee on the professional and investigative staff of each
 committee shall be entitled to pay at a single gross per annum rate, to be    standing committee shall be entitled to pay at a single gross per annum
 fixed by the chairman and that does not exceed the maximum rate of pay as     rate, to be fixed by the chairman, which does not exceed the maximum rate
 in effect from time to time under applicable provisions of law.               of pay, as in effect from time to time, under applicable provisions of law.
  (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the Committee on             (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the Committee on
 Appropriations may appoint by majority vote such staff as it determines to    Appropriations may appoint such staff, in addition to the clerk thereof and
 be necessary (in addition to the clerk of the committee and assistants for    assistants for the minority, as it determines by majority vote to be
 the minority). The staff appointed under this paragraph, other than           necessary, such personnel, other than minority assistants, to possess such
 minority assistants, shall possess such qualifications as the committee may   qualifications as the committee may prescribe.
 prescribe.
  (e) A committee may not appoint to its staff an expert or other personnel     (e) No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts or other personnel
 detailed or assigned from a department or agency of the Government except     detailed or assigned from any department or agency of the Government,
 with the written permission of the Committee on House Oversight.              except with the written permission of the Committee on House Oversight.
  (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority professional staff         (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         member under paragraph (a) is made when no vacancy exists to which that
 appointment, the committee nevertheless may appoint under paragraph (a) a     appointment may be made, the committee nevertheless shall appoint, under
 person selected by the minority and acceptable to the committee. A person     paragraph (a), the person selected by the minority and acceptable to the
 so appointed shall serve as an additional member of the professional staff    committee. The person so appointed shall serve as an additional member of
 of the committee until such a vacancy occurs (other than a vacancy in the     the professional staff of the committee, and shall be paid from the
 position of head of the professional staff, by whatever title designated),    applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X,
 at which time that person is considered as appointed to that vacancy. Such    until such a vacancy (other than a vacancy in the position of head of the
 a person shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the House described    professional staff, by whatever title designated) occurs, at which time
 in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X. If such a vacancy occurs on the professional     that person shall be deemed to have been appointed to that vacancy. If such
 staff when seven or more persons have been so appointed who are eligible to   vacancy occurs on the professional staff when seven or more persons have
 fill that vacancy, a majority of the minority party members shall designate   been so appointed who are eligible to fill that vacancy, a majority of the
 which of those persons shall fill the vacancy.                                minority party members shall designate which of those persons shall fill
                                                                               that vacancy.
 

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  (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by minority party       (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by minority party
 members under paragraph (a), and each staff member appointed to assist        members under paragraph (a) of this clause, and each staff member appointed
 minority members of a committee pursuant to an expense resolution described   to assist minority party members of a committee pursuant to an expense
 in paragraph (a) of clause 6, shall be accorded equitable treatment with      resolution described in paragraph (a) of clause 5, shall be accorded
 respect to the fixing of the rate of pay, the assignment of work              equitable treatment with respect to the fixing of his or her rate of pay,
 facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.                       the assignment to him or her of work facilities, and the accessibility to
                                                                               him or her of committee records.
  (h) Paragraph (a) may not be construed to authorize the appointment of       (h) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to authorize the appointment of
 additional professional staff members of a committee pursuant to a request    additional professional staff members of a committee pursuant to a request
 under paragraph (a) by the minority party members of that committee if 10     under such paragraph by the minority party members of that committee if ten
 or more professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1) who are   or more professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1) who are
 satisfactory to a majority of the minority party members are otherwise        satisfactory to a majority of the minority party members, are otherwise
 assigned to assist the minority party members.                                assigned to assist the minority party members.
  (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may employ nonpartisan      (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may employ nonpartisan
 staff, in lieu of or in addition to committee staff designated exclusively    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   for the majority or minority party, upon an affirmative vote of a majority
 the members of the majority party and of a majority of the members of the     of the members of the majority party and a majority of the members of the
 minority party.                                                               minority party.
 
Select and joint committees                                                     Derived from clause 6(g), rule X:
  10. (a) Membership on a select or joint committee appointed by the Speaker    (g) Membership on select and joint committees during the course of a
 under clause 11 of rule I during the course of a Congress shall be            Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in the party caucus
 contingent on continuing membership in the party caucus or conference of      or conference the Member was a member of at the time of his appointment to
 which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner concerned was a member   a select or joint committee. Should a Member cease to be a member of that
 at the time of appointment. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident            caucus or conference, said Member shall automatically cease to be a member
 Commissioner cease to be a member of that caucus or conference, that          of any select or joint committee to which he is assigned. The chairman of
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall automatically cease to be    the relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker whenever a
 a member of any select or joint committee to which he is assigned. The        Member ceases to be a member of a party caucus or conference and the
 chairman of the relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the          Speaker shall notify the chairman of each select or joint committee on
 Speaker whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases to be    which said Member serves, that in accord with this rule, the Member's
 a member of a party caucus or conference. The Speaker shall notify the        appointment to such committee is automatically vacated.
 chairman of each affected select or joint committee that the appointment of
 such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the select or joint
 committee is automatically vacated under this paragraph.
  (b) Each select or joint committee, other than a committee of conference,     Derived from clause 2(a), rule XI: . . . Each select or joint committee       Exception for conference committees (which are select committees) is added
 shall comply with clause 2(a) of rule XI unless specifically exempted by      shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph unless specifically        for clarification.
 law.                                                                          prohibited by law.
 
                                                                                Derived from rule XLVIII: RULE XLVIII
 

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Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence                                      Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  11. (a)(1) There is established a Permanent Select Committee on               1. (a) There is hereby established a permanent select committee to be         While the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is the only active
 Intelligence (hereafter in this clause referred to as the ``select            known as the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (hereinafter in       select committee established in the standing rules, other select committees
 committee''). The select committee shall be composed of not more than 16      this rule referred to as the ``select committee''). The select committee      (Aging, for example) have been so constituted in the past. Any future
 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, of whom not more than       shall be composed of not more than sixteen Members, of whom not more than     select committee carried in the standing rules could also be added to rule
 nine may be from the same party. The select committee shall include at        nine may be from the same party. The select committee shall include at        X.
 least one Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from each of the     least one Member from:
 following committees:
    (A) the Committee on Appropriations;                                          (1) the Committee on Appropriations;
    (B) the Committee on National Security;                                       (2) the Committee on National Security;
    (C) the Committee on International Relations; and                             (3) the Committee on International Relations; and
    (D) the Committee on the Judiciary.                                           (4) the Committee on the Judiciary.
  (2) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall be ex officio members of the    (b)(1) The Speaker of the House and the Minority Leader of the House shall
 select committee but shall have no vote in the select committee and may not   be ex officio members of the select committee, but shall have no vote in
 be counted for purposes of determining a quorum thereof.                      the select committee and shall not be counted for purposes of determining a
                                                                               quorum.
  (3) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a member of his        (2) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a member of their
 leadership staff to assist him in his capacity as ex officio member, with     leadership staff to assist them in their capacity as ex officio members,
 the same access to committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials     with the same access to committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and
 as employees of the select committee and subject to the same security         materials as if employees of the select committee, and subject to the same
 clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees of the select         security clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees of the
 committee under this clause.                                                  select committee under this rule.
  (4)(A) Except as permitted by subdivision (B), a Member, Delegate, or         (c) No Member of the House other than the Speaker or the Minority Leader
 Resident Commissioner, other than the Speaker or the Minority Leader, may     may serve on the select committee during more than four Congresses in any
 not serve as a member of the select committee during more than four           period of six successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any
 Congresses in a period of six successive Congresses (disregarding for this    service for less than a full session in any Congress), except the incumbent
 purpose any service for less than a full session in a Congress).              chairman or the ranking minority member having served on the select
                                                                               committee for four Congresses and having served as chairman or ranking
                                                                               minority member for not more than one Congress shall be eligible for
                                                                               reappointment to the select committee as chairman or ranking minority
                                                                               member for one additional Congress.
  (B) A member of the select committee who served as either the chairman or
 the ranking minority member of the select committee in the immediately
 previous Congress and who did not serve in that respective capacity in an
 earlier Congress may serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority
 member of the select committee during one additional Congress.
  (b)(1) There shall be referred to the select committee proposed               2. (a) There shall be referred to the select committee all proposed
 legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to    legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to
 the following:                                                                the following:

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    (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of Central                  (1) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of Central
   Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence Program as defined in     Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence Program as defined in
   section 3(6) of the National Security Act of 1947.                            section 3(6) of the National Security Act of 1947.
    (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all other             (2) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all other
   departments and agencies of the Government, including the tactical            departments and agencies of the Government, including (but not limited
   intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Department of         to) the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
   Defense.                                                                      Department of Defense.
    (C) The organization or reorganization of a department or agency of the       (3) The organization or reorganization of any department or agency of
   Government to the extent that the organization or reorganization relates      the Government to the extent that the organization or reorganization
   to a function or activity involving intelligence or intelligence-related      relates to a function or activity involving intelligence or intelligence-
   activities.                                                                   related activities.
    (D) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and indirect, for the      (4) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and indirect, for the
   following:                                                                    following:
      (i) The Central Intelligence Agency, Director of Central Intelligence,      (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, Director of Central Intelligence,
     and the National Foreign Intelligence Program as defined in section         and the National Foreign Intelligence Program as defined in section 3(6)
     3(6) of the National Security Act of 1947.                                  of the National Security Act of 1947.
      (ii) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all other          (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all other
     departments and agencies of the Government, including the tactical          departments and agencies of the Government, including (but not limited
     intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Department of       to) the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
     Defense.                                                                    Department of Defense.
      (iii) A department, agency, subdivision, or program that is a               (C) Any department, agency, or subdivision, or program that is a
     successor to an agency or program named or referred to in (i) or (ii).      successor to any agency or program named or referred to in subdivision
                                                                                 (A) or (B).
  (2) Proposed legislation initially reported by the select committee (other    (b) Any proposed legislation initially reported by the select committee,
 than provisions solely involving matters specified in subparagraph (1)(A)     except any legislation involving matters specified in subparagraph (1) or
 or subparagraph (1)(D)(i)) containing any matter otherwise within the         (4)(A) of paragraph (a), containing any matter otherwise within the
 jurisdiction of a standing committee shall be referred by the Speaker to      jurisdiction of any standing committee shall, at the request of the
 that standing committee. Proposed legislation initially reported by another   chairman of such standing committee, be referred to such standing committee
 committee that contains matter within the jurisdiction of the select          by the Speaker for its consideration of such matter and be reported to the
 committee shall be referred by the Speaker to the select committee if         House by such standing committee within the time prescribed by the Speaker
 requested by the chairman of the select committee.                            in the referral; and any proposed legislation initially reported by any
                                                                               committee, other than the select committee, which contains any matter
                                                                               within the jurisdiction of the select committee shall, at the request of
                                                                               the chairman of the select committee, be referred by the Speaker to the
                                                                               select committee for its consideration of such matter and be reported to
                                                                               the House within the time prescribed by the Speaker in the referral.
  (3) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise     (c) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise
 restricting the authority of any other committee to study and review an       restricting the authority of any other committee to study and review any
 intelligence or intelligence-related activity to the extent that such         intelligence or intelligence-related activity to the extent that such
 activity directly affects a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of       activity directly affects a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of
 that committee.                                                               such committee.

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  (4) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as amending, limiting, or       (d) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as amending, limiting, or
 otherwise changing the authority of a standing committee to obtain full and   otherwise changing the authority of any standing committee of the House to
 prompt access to the product of the intelligence and intelligence-related     obtain full and prompt access to the product of the intelligence and
 activities of a department or agency of the Government relevant to a matter   intelligence-related activities of any department or agency of the
 otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.                          Government relevant to a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such
                                                                               committee.
  (c)(1) For purposes of accountability to the House, the select committee      3. (a) The select committee, for purposes of accountability to the House,
 shall make regular and periodic reports to the House on the nature and        shall make regular and periodic reports to the House on the nature and
 extent of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the         extent of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
 various departments and agencies of the United States. The select committee   various departments and agencies of the United States. Such committee shall
 shall promptly call to the attention of the House, or to any other            promptly call to the attention of the House or to any other appropriate
 appropriate committee, a matter requiring the attention of the House or       committee of the House any matters requiring the attention of the House or
 another committee. In making such report, the select committee shall          such other committee or committees. In making such reports, the select
 proceed in a manner consistent with paragraph (g) to protect national         committee shall proceed in a manner consistent with clause 7 to protect
 security.                                                                     national security.
  (2) The select committee shall obtain annual reports from the Director of     (b) The select committee shall obtain an annual report from the Director
 the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of   of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
 State, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such          of State, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such
 reports shall review the intelligence and intelligence-related activities     reports shall review the intelligence and intelligence-related activities
 of the agency or department concerned and the intelligence and intelligence-  of the agency or department concerned and the intelligence and intelligence-
 related activities of foreign countries directed at the United States or      related activities of foreign countries directed at the United States or
 its interests. An unclassified version of each report may be made available   its interest. An unclassified version of each report may be made available
 to the public at the discretion of the select committee. Nothing herein       to the public at the discretion of the select committee. Nothing herein
 shall be construed as requiring the public disclosure in such reports of      shall be construed as requiring the public disclosure in such reports of
 the names of persons engaged in intelligence or intelligence-related          the names of individuals engaged in intelligence or intelligence-related
 activities for the United States or the divulging of intelligence methods     activities for the United States or the divulging of intelligence methods
 employed or the sources of information on which the reports are based or      employed or the sources of information on which such reports are based or
 the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for intelligence and        the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for intelligence and
 intelligence-related activities.                                              intelligence-related activities.
  (3) Within six weeks after the President submits a budget under section       (c) Within 6 weeks after the President submits a budget under section
 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the select committee shall submit    1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the select committee shall submit
 to the Committee on the Budget the views and estimates described in section   to the Committee on the Budget the views and estimates described in section
 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the   301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the
 jurisdiction of the select committee.                                         jurisdiction of the select committee.

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  (d)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), clauses 6(a), (b), and (c)    4. To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this rule, the
 and 8(a), (b), and (c) of this rule, and clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI       provisions of clauses 1, 2, 3, and 5 (a), (b), (c), and 6 (a), (b), (c) of
 shall apply to the select committee to the extent not inconsistent with       rule XI shall apply to the select committee, except that, notwithstanding
 this clause.                                                                  the requirements of the first sentence of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, a
  (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of the first sentence of clause         majority of those present, there being in attendance the requisite number
 2(g)(2) of rule XI, in the presence of the number of members required under   required under the rules of the select committee to be present for the
 the rules of the select committee for the purpose of taking testimony or      purpose of taking testimony or receiving evidence, may vote to close a
 receiving evidence, the select committee may vote to close a hearing          hearing whenever a majority of those present determines that such testimony
 whenever a majority of those present determines that the testimony or         or evidence would endanger the national security.
 evidence would endanger the national security.
  (e) An employee of the select committee, or a person engaged by contract      5. No employee of the select committee or any person engaged by contract
 or otherwise to perform services for or at the request of the select          or otherwise to perform services for or at the request of such committee
 committee, may not be given access to any classified information by the       shall be given access to any classified information by such committee
 select committee unless such employee or person has--                         unless such employee or person has--
    (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by the Rules of the        (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by the rules of the House
   House, including the jurisdiction of the Committee on Standards of          (including the jurisdiction of the Committee on Standards of Official
   Official Conduct and of the select committee concerning the security of     Conduct and of the select committee as to the security of such information
   classified information during and after the period of his employment or     during and after the period of his employment or contractual agreement with
   contractual agreement with the select committee; and                        such committee); and
    (2) received an appropriate security clearance, as determined by the        (2) received an appropriate security clearance as determined by such
   select committee in consultation with the Director of Central               committee, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence. The
   Intelligence, that is commensurate with the sensitivity of the classified   type of security clearance to be required in the case of any such employee
   information to which such employee or person will be given access by the    or person shall, within the determination of such committee in consultation
   select committee.                                                           with the Director of Central Intelligence, be commensurate with the
                                                                               sensitivity of the classified information to which such employee or person
                                                                               will be given access by such committee.
  (f) The select committee shall formulate and carry out such rules and         6. The select committee shall formulate and carry out such rules and
 procedures as it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure, without the   procedures as it deems necessary to prevent the disclosure, without the
 consent of each person concerned, of information in the possession of the     consent of the person or persons concerned, of information in the
 select committee that unduly infringes on the privacy or that violates the    possession of such committee which unduly infringes upon the privacy or
 constitutional rights of such person. Nothing herein shall be construed to    which violates the constitutional rights of such person or persons. Nothing
 prevent the select committee from publicly disclosing classified              herein shall be construed to prevent such committee from publicly
 information in a case in which it determines that national interest in the    disclosing any such information in any case in which such committee
 disclosure of classified information clearly outweighs any infringement on    determines that national interest in the disclosure of such information
 the privacy of a person.                                                      clearly outweighs any infringement on the privacy of any person or persons.
 

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  (g)(1) The select committee may disclose publicly any information in its      7. (a) The select committee may, subject to the provisions of this clause,
 possession after a determination by the select committee that the public      disclose publicly any information in the possession of such committee after
 interest would be served by such disclosure. With respect to the disclosure   a determination by such committee that the public interest would be served
 of information for which this paragraph requires action by the select         by such disclosure. Whenever committee action is required to disclose any
 committee--                                                                   information under this clause, the committee shall meet to vote on the
    (A) the select committee shall meet to vote on the matter within five      matter within five days after any member of the committee requests such a
   days after a member of the select committee requests a vote; and            vote. No member of the select committee shall disclose any information, the
    (B) a member of the select committee may not make such a disclosure        disclosure of which requires a committee vote, prior to a vote by the
   before a vote by the select committee on the matter, or after a vote by     committee on the question of the disclosure of such information or after
   the select committee on the matter except in accordance with this           such vote except in accordance with this clause.
   paragraph.
  (2)(A) In a case in which the select committee votes to disclose publicly     (b)(1) In any case in which the select committee votes to disclose
 any information that has been classified under established security           publicly any information that has been classified under established
 procedures, that has been submitted to it by the executive branch, and that   security procedures, which has been submitted to it by the executive
 the executive branch requests be kept secret, the select committee shall      branch, and which the executive branch requests be kept secret, the select
 notify the President of such vote.                                            committee shall notify the President of such vote.
  (B) The select committee may disclose publicly such information after the     (2) The select committee may disclose publicly such information after the
 expiration of a five-day period following the day on which notice of the      expiration of a five-day period following the day on which notice of such
 vote to disclose is transmitted to the President unless, before the           vote is transmitted to the President unless, prior to the expiration of
 expiration of the five-day period, the President, personally in writing,      such five-day period, the President, personally in writing, notifies the
 notifies the select committee that he objects to the disclosure of such       select committee that he objects to the disclosure of such information,
 information, provides his reasons therefor, and certifies that the threat     provides his reasons therefor, and certifies that the threat to the
 to the national interest of the United States posed by the disclosure is of   national interest of the United States posed by such disclosure is of such
 such gravity that it outweighs any public interest in the disclosure.         gravity that it outweighs any public interest in the disclosure.
  (C) If the President, personally in writing, notifies the select committee    (3) If the President, personally, in writing, notifies the select
 of his objections to the disclosure of information as provided in             committee of his objections to the disclosure of such information as
 subdivision (B), the select committee may, by majority vote, refer the        provided in subparagraph (2), such committee may, by majority vote, refer
 question of the disclosure of such information, with a recommendation         the question of this disclosure of such information with a recommendation
 thereon, to the House. The select committee may not publicly disclose such    thereon to the House for consideration. The select committee shall not
 information without leave of the House.                                       publicly disclose such information without leave of the House.
  (D) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the question of              (4) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the question of
 disclosure of any information to the House under subdivision (C), the         disclosure of any information to the House under subparagraph (3), the
 chairman shall, not later than the first day on which the House is in         chairman shall, not later than the first day on which the House is in
 session following the day on which the vote occurs, report the matter to      session following the day on which the vote occurs, report the matter to
 the House for its consideration.                                              the House for its consideration.

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  (E) If the chairman of the select committee does not offer in the House a     (5) If within four calendar days on which the House is in session, after
 motion to consider in closed session a matter reported under subdivision      such recommendation is reported, no motion has been made by the chairman of
 (D) within four calendar days on which the House is in session after the      the select committee to consider, in closed session, the matter reported
 recommendation described in subdivision (C) is reported, then such a motion   under subparagraph (4), then such a motion shall be deemed privileged and
 shall be privileged when offered by a Member, Delegate, or Resident           may be made by any Member. The motion under this subparagraph shall not be
 Commissioner. In either case such a motion shall be decided without debate    subject to debate or amendment. When made, it shall be decided without
 or intervening motion except one that the House adjourn.                      intervening motion except one motion to adjourn.
  (F) Upon adoption by the House of a motion to resolve into closed session     (6) If the House adopts a motion to resolve into closed session, the
 as described in subdivision (E), the Speaker may declare a recess subject     Speaker shall then be authorized to declare a recess subject to the call of
 to the call of the Chair. At the expiration of the recess, the pending        the Chair. At the expiration of such recess, the pending question, in
 question, in closed session, shall be, ``Shall the House approve the          closed session, shall be, ``Shall the House approve the recommendation of
 recommendation of the select committee?''.                                    the select committee?''.
  (G) Debate on the question described in subdivision (F) shall be limited      (7) After not more than two hours of debate on the motion, such debate to     The phrase ``or their designees'' in existing subparagraph (7) is
 to two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking       be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority        unnecessary since the House has always permitted a chairman and ranking
 minority member of the select committee. After such debate the previous       member of the select committee, or their designees, the previous question     minority member controlling debate time under circumstances like that of
 question shall be considered as ordered on the question of approving the      shall be considered as ordered and the House, without intervening motion      proposed subdivision (G) to designate another committee member to control
 recommendation without intervening motion except one motion that the House    except one motion to adjourn, shall immediately vote on the question, in      that time in their stead. Most special order of business resolutions from
 adjourn. The House shall vote on the question in open session but without     open session, but without divulging the information with respect to which     the Rules Committee regarding general debate in the Committee of the Whole
 divulging the information with respect to which the vote is taken. If the     the vote is being taken. If the recommendation of the select committee is     are stated in a similar fashion, and unanimous consent is not required to
 recommendation of the select committee is not approved, then the question     not agreed to, the question shall be deemed recommitted to the select         designate another committee member to control time.
 is considered as recommitted to the select committee for further              committee for further recommendation.
 recommendation.
  (3)(A) Information in the possession of the select committee relating to      (c)(1) No information in the possession of the select committee relating
 the lawful intelligence or intelligence-related activities of a department    to the lawful intelligence or intelligence-related activities of any
 or agency of the United States that has been classified under established     department or agency of the United States which has been classified under
 security procedures, and that the select committee has determined should      established security procedures and which the select committee, pursuant to
 not be disclosed under subparagraph (1) or (2), may not be made available     paragraphs (a) or (b) of this clause, has determined should not be
 to any person by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       disclosed shall be made available to any person by a Member, officer, or
 employee of the House except as provided in subdivision (B).                  employee of the House except as provided in subparagraphs (2) and (3).
  (B) The select committee shall, under such regulations as it may              (2) The select committee shall, under such regulations as the committee
 prescribe, make information described in subdivision (A) available to a       shall prescribe, make any information described in subparagraph (1)
 committee or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, and permit a       available to any other committee or any other Member of the House, and
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to attend a hearing of the         permit any other Member of the House to attend any hearing of the select
 select committee that is closed to the public. Whenever the select            committee that is closed to the public. Whenever the select committee makes
 committee makes such information available, it shall keep a written record    such information available (other than to the Speaker), the committee shall
 showing, in the case of particular information, which committee or which      keep a written record showing, in the case of any particular information,
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner received the information. A        which committee or which Members of the House received such information. No
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who, and a committee that,         Member of the House who, and no committee which, receives any information
 receives information under this subdivision may not disclose the              under this subparagraph, shall disclose such information except in a closed
 information except in a closed session of the House.                          session of the House.
 

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  (4) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall investigate any       (d) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall investigate any
 unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or intelligence-related information   unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or intelligence-related information
 by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     by a Member, officer, or employee of the House in violation of paragraph
 House in violation of subparagraph (3) and report to the House concerning     (c) and report to the House concerning any allegation which it finds to be
 any allegation that it finds to be substantiated.                             substantiated.
  (5) Upon the request of a person who is subject to an investigation           (e) Upon the request of any person who is subject to any such
 described in subparagraph (4), the Committee on Standards of Official         investigation, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall release
 Conduct shall release to such person at the conclusion of its investigation   to such individual at the conclusion of its investigation a summary of its
 a summary of its investigation, together with its findings. If, at the        investigation, together with its findings. If, at the conclusion of its
 conclusion of its investigation, the Committee on Standards of Official       investigation, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct determines
 Conduct determines that there has been a significant breach of                that there has been a significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized
 confidentiality or unauthorized disclosure by a Member, Delegate, Resident    disclosure by a Member, officer, or employee of the House, it shall report
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, it shall report its          its findings to the House and recommend appropriate action such as censure,
 findings to the House and recommend appropriate action. Recommendations may   removal from committee membership, or expulsion from the House, in the case
 include censure, removal from committee membership, or expulsion from the     of a Member, or removal from office or employment or punishment for
 House, in the case of a Member, or removal from office or employment or       contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
 punishment for contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
  (h) The select committee may permit a personal representative of the          8. The select committee is authorized to permit any personal
 President, designated by the President to serve as a liaison to the select    representative of the President, designated by the President to serve as a
 committee, to attend any closed meeting of the select committee.              liaison to the select committee, to attend any closed meeting of the such
                                                                               committee.
  (i) Subject to the Rules of the House, funds may not be appropriated for a    9. Subject to the rules of the House, no funds shall be appropriated for
 fiscal year, with the exception of a bill or joint resolution continuing      any fiscal year, with the exception of a continuing bill or resolution
 appropriations, or an amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon,      continuing appropriations, or an amendment thereto, or conference report
 to, or for use of, a department or agency of the United States to carry out   thereon, to, or for use of, any department or agency of the United States
 any of the following activities, unless the funds shall previously have       to carry out any of the following activities, unless such funds shall
 been authorized by a bill or joint resolution passed by the House during      previously have been authorized by a bill or joint resolution passed by the
 the same or preceding fiscal year to carry out such activity for such         House during the same or preceding fiscal year to carry out such activity
 fiscal year:                                                                  for such fiscal year:
    (1) The activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Director        (a) The activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Director
   of Central Intelligence.                                                      of Central Intelligence.
    (2) The activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency.                        (b) The activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
    (3) The activities of the National Security Agency.                           (c) The activities of the National Security Agency.
    (4) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of other             (d) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of other
   agencies and subdivisions of the Department of Defense.                       agencies and subdivisions of the Department of Defense.
    (5) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the               (e) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
   Department of State.                                                          Department of State.
    (6) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Federal       (f) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Federal
   Bureau of Investigation, including all activities of the Intelligence         Bureau of Investigation, including all activities of the Intelligence
   Division.                                                                     Division.

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  (j)(1) In this clause the term ``intelligence and intelligence-related        10. (a) As used in this rule, the term ``intelligence and intelligence-
 activities'' includes--                                                       related activities'' includes--
    (A) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or use of          (1) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or use of
   information that relates to a foreign country, or a government, political   information which relates to any foreign country, or any government,
   group, party, military force, movement, or other association in a foreign   political group, party, military force, movement, or other association in a
   country, and that relates to the defense, foreign policy, national          foreign country, and which relates to the defense, foreign policy, national
   security, or related policies of the United States and other activity in    security, or related policies of the United States, and other activity in
   support of the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or use of   support of such activities; (2) activities taken to counter similar
   such information;                                                           activities directed against the United States; (3) covert or clandestine
    (B) activities taken to counter similar activities directed against the    activities affecting the relations of the United States with any foreign
   United States;                                                              government, political group, party, military force, movement, or other
    (C) covert or clandestine activities affecting the relations of the        association; (4) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or
   United States with a foreign government, political group, party, military   use of information about activities of persons within the United States,
   force, movement, or other association;                                      its territories and possessions, or nationals of the United States abroad
    (D) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or use of         whose political and related activities pose, or may be considered by any
   information about activities of persons within the United States, its       department, agency, bureau, office, division, instrumentality, or employee
   territories and possessions, or nationals of the United States abroad       of the United States to pose, a threat to the internal security of the
   whose political and related activities pose, or may be considered by a      United States, and covert or clandestine activities directed against such
   department, agency, bureau, office, division, instrumentality, or           persons.
   employee of the United States to pose, a threat to the internal security
   of the United States; and
    (E) covert or clandestine activities directed against persons described
   in subdivision (D).
 
  (2) In this clause the term ``department or agency'' includes any             (b) As used in this rule, the term ``department or agency'' includes any
 organization, committee, council, establishment, or office within the         organization, committee, council, establishment, or office within the
 Federal Government.                                                           Federal Government.
  (3) For purposes of this clause, reference to a department, agency,           (c) For purposes of this rule, reference to any department, agency,
 bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to any successor             bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to any successor
 department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to the extent that a successor     department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to the extent that such
 engages in intelligence or intelligence-related activities now conducted by   successor engages in intelligence or intelligence-related activities now
 the department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in this clause.    conducted by the department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in
                                                                               this rule.
  (k) Clause 12(a) of rule XXII does not apply to meetings of a conference      11. Clause 6(a) of rule XXVIII does not apply to meetings of a committee
 committee respecting legislation (or any part thereof) reported by the        of conference respecting legislation (or any part thereof) reported by the
 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.                                   Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
 
                                  RULE XI.                                      RULE XI
 
              PROCEDURES OF COMMITTEES AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.                 RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COMMITTEES
 

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In general                                                                      In General
  1. (a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), the Rules of the House    1. (a)(1) The Rules of the House are the rules of its committees and          Proposed rule XI remains dedicated to issues of committee procedure and
 are the rules of its committees and subcommittees so far as applicable.       subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from day   retains all current provisions of clauses 1 and 2, through the point of
                                                                               to day, and a motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill   ordering a measure reported from full committee and the filing of views.
                                                                               or resolution, if printed copies are available, are nondebatable motions of   Reporting requirements applicable to all committees have been transferred
                                                                               high privilege in committees and subcommittees.                               to rule XIII. Current clause 4 on privileged reports has been transferred
                                                                                                                                                             to rule XIII to become a new clause 5, and provisions relating to
                                                                                                                                                             consideration of reports from the Committee on Rules (clauses 4(b), (c) and
                                                                                                                                                             (e) of rule XI have become clause 6 of rule XIII. Rule XI includes
                                                                                                                                                             procedural matters relating to the Committee on Standards of Official
                                                                                                                                                             Conduct as a new clause 3, transferred from clause 4 of rule X. The
                                                                                                                                                             provisions on broadcasting of committee proceedings are renumbered as
                                                                                                                                                             clause 4 (from current clause 3) with a modernized heading. The current
                                                                                                                                                             rule XXXV on pay of witnesses is transferred to a new clause 5 of rule XI,
                                                                                                                                                             since this is more appropriate as a committee procedural issue. The current
                                                                                                                                                             rule XXVI on unfinished business of the session is transferred to a new
                                                                                                                                                             clause 6 of rule XI since bearing some relevance to committee business (but
                                                                                                                                                             also making explicit reference to House business) and to provide for a new
                                                                                                                                                             rule XXV on use of official accounts.
  (B) A motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with the
 first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed copies are
 available, each shall be privileged in committees and subcommittees and
 shall be decided without debate.
  (2) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is subject to the        (2) Each subcommittee of a committee is a part of that committee, and is
 authority and direction of that committee and to its rules, so far as         subject to the authority and direction of that committee and to its rules
 applicable.                                                                   so far as applicable.

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  (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such investigations and         (b)(1) Each committee is authorized at any time to conduct such               The recodification does not alter the existing relationship between a
 studies as it considers necessary or appropriate in the exercise of its       investigations and studies as it may consider necessary or appropriate in     committee and its subcommittees. Under clause 1(a)(2), rule XI, the Rules
 responsibilities under rule X. Subject to the adoption of expense             the exercise of its responsibilities under rule X, and (subject to the        of the House, including rule XI, remain generally applicable to
 resolutions as required by clause 6 of rule X, each committee may incur       adoption of expense resolutions as required by clause 5) to incur expenses    subcommittees (except where considered inapplicable under current
 expenses, including travel expenses, in connection with such investigations   (including travel expenses) in connection therewith.                          interpretations). Also, each subcommittee of a committee is a part of that
 and studies.                                                                                                                                                committee and subject to its authority, direction and rules (proposed
                                                                                                                                                             clause 1(a)(2), rule XI). On the other hand, certain authorities remain
                                                                                                                                                             specifically granted to committees and subcommittees, such as authorizing
                                                                                                                                                             and issuing subpoenas (proposed, rule XI). Current interpretations as to
                                                                                                                                                             the applicability to subcommittees clause 2(m) are not to be changed or
                                                                                                                                                             modified merely by the lack of inclusion of ``subcommittee'' in each
                                                                                                                                                             clause. These interpretations of the applicability of House rules to
                                                                                                                                                             subcommittee proceedings include: paragraph (c) provides that subcommittee
                                                                                                                                                             chairs or three members of a subcommittee can call special meetings;
                                                                                                                                                             paragraph (e) includes subcommittee files; paragraph (g)(3) is applicable
                                                                                                                                                             to the announcement of hearing dates of subcommittees; paragraph (g)(4)
                                                                                                                                                             applies the requirement for written statements of proposed testimony to
                                                                                                                                                             subcommittees; paragraph (h)(3) allows subcommittees to have a one-third
                                                                                                                                                             member working quorum if permitted by full committee rules; paragraph (i)
                                                                                                                                                             prevents subcommittees from meeting during joint sessions and meetings;
                                                                                                                                                             paragraph (j) applies the interrogation of witnesses rule to subcommittees;
                                                                                                                                                             and paragraph (k) applies investigative hearing procedures to
                                                                                                                                                             subcommittees.
  (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be considered as       (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     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        hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the
 House is in session on such a day).                                           House is in session on such a day).
  (3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly by more than      (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      one committee may be filed jointly, provided that each of the committees
 complies independently with all requirements for approval and filing of the   complies independently with all requirements for approval and filing of the
 report.                                                                       report.
  (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular session of a            (4) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a Congress sine
 Congress, an investigative or oversight report may be filed with the Clerk    die, an investigative or oversight report may be filed with the Clerk at
 at any time, provided that a member who gives timely notice of intention to   any time, provided that if a member gives timely notice of intention to
 file supplemental, minority, or additional views shall be entitled to not     file supplemental, minority, or additional views, that member shall be
 less than seven calendar days in which to submit such views for inclusion     entitled to not less than seven calendar days in which to submit such views
 in the report.                                                                for inclusion with the report.
  (c) Each committee may have printed and bound such testimony and other        (c) Each committee is authorized to have printed and bound testimony and
 data as may be presented at hearings held by the committee or its             other data presented at hearings held by the committee. All costs of
 subcommittees. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts in          stenographic services and transcripts in connection with any meeting or
 connection with a meeting or hearing of a committee shall be paid from the    hearing of a committee shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the
 applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X.       House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X.

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  (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later than January 2      (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later than January 2
 of each odd-numbered year a report on the activities of that committee        of each odd-numbered year, a report on the activities of that committee
 under this rule and rule X during the Congress ending at noon on January 3    under this rule and rule X during the Congress ending on January 3 of such
 of such year.                                                                 year.
  (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing the               (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing the
 legislative and oversight activities of that committee during that            legislative and oversight activities of that committee during that
 Congress.                                                                     Congress.
  (3) The oversight section of such report shall include a summary of the       (3) The oversight section of such report shall include a summary of the
 oversight plans submitted by the committee under clause 2(d) of rule X, a     oversight plans submitted by the committee pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule
 summary of the actions taken and recommendations made with respect to each    X, a summary of the actions taken and recommendations made with respect to
 such plan, a summary of any additional oversight activities undertaken by     each such plan, and a summary of any additional oversight activities
 that committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken thereon.        undertaken by that committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken
                                                                               thereon.
  (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular session of a            (4) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a Congress sine
 Congress, the chairman of a committee may file an activities report under     die, the chairman of a committee may file a report pursuant to subparagraph
 subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time and without approval of the       (1) with the Clerk at any time and without approval of the committee,
 committee, provided that--                                                    provided that a copy of the report has been available to each member of the
      (A) a copy of the report has been available to each member of the        committee for at least seven calendar days and includes any supplemental,
   committee for at least seven calendar days; and                             minority, or additional views submitted by a member of the committee.
    (B) the report includes any supplemental, minority, or additional views
   submitted by a member of the committee.
 
                                                                                Committee Rules
Adoption of written rules                                                       Adoption of written rules
  2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt written rules governing its     2. (a) Each standing committee of the House shall adopt written rules
 procedure. Such rules--                                                       governing its procedure. Such rules--
    (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that is open to the public unless the       (1) shall be adopted in a meeting which is open to the public unless the
   committee, in open session and with a quorum present, determines by           committee, in open session and with a quorum present, determined by
   record vote that all or part of the meeting on that day shall be closed       rollcall vote that all or part of the meeting on that day is to be closed
   to the public;                                                                to the public;
    (B) may not be inconsistent with the Rules of the House or with those         (2) shall be not inconsistent with the Rules of the House or with those
   provisions of law having the force and effect of Rules of the House; and      provisions of law having the force and effect of Rules of the House; and
    (C) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding provisions of        (3) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding provisions of
   this clause to the extent applicable.                                         this clause to the extent applicable.
  (2) Each committee shall submit its rules for publication in the              Each committee's rules specifying its regular meeting days, and any other     The requirement of existing clause 2(a), rule XI that each select or joint
 Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the committee is elected    rules of a committee which are in addition to the provisions of this          committee shall comply with its provisions unless specifically prohibited
 in each odd-numbered year.                                                    clause, shall be published in the Congressional Record not later than         by law is deleted here since proposed clause 10(b), rule X will require
                                                                               thirty days after the committee is elected in each odd-numbered year. Each    each select or joint committee to comply with the provisions of clause
                                                                               select or joint committee shall comply with the provisions of this            2(a), rule XI (this paragraph). Often a resolution creating a select
                                                                               paragraph unless specifically prohibited by law.                              committee will specify that specified portions of the rules will apply in
                                                                                                                                                             order to further clarify the point.
 

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Regular meeting days                                                          Regular meeting days
  (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular meeting days for the      (b) Each standing committee of the House shall adopt regular meeting days,
 conduct of its business, which shall be not less frequent than monthly.       which shall be not less frequent than monthly, for the conduct of its
 Each such committee shall meet for the consideration of a bill or             business. Each such committee shall meet, for the consideration of any bill
 resolution pending before the committee or the transaction of other           or resolution pending before the committee or for the transaction of other
 committee business on all regular meeting days fixed by the committee         committee business, on all regular meeting days fixed by the committee,
 unless otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the committee.           unless otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the committee.
 
Additional and special meetings                                               Additional and special meetings
  (c)(1) The chairman of each standing committee may call and convene, as he    (c)(1) The Chairman of each standing committee may call and convene, as he
 considers necessary, additional and special meetings of the committee for     or she considers necessary, additional meetings of the committee for the
 the consideration of a bill or resolution pending before the committee or     consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the committee or for
 for the conduct of other committee business, subject to such rules as the     the conduct of other committee business. The committee shall meet for such
 committee may adopt. The committee shall meet for such purpose under that     purpose pursuant to that call of the chairman.
 call of the chairman.
  (2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file in the offices     (2) If at least three members of any standing committee desire that a
 of the committee a written request that the chairman call a special meeting   special meeting of the committee be called by the chairman, those members
 of the committee. Such request shall specify the measure or matter to be      may file in the offices of the committee their written request to the
 considered. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the      chairman for that special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure
 committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the request. If the      or matter to be considered. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the
 chairman does not call the requested special meeting within three calendar    clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the
 days after the filing of the request (to be held within seven calendar days   request. If, within three calendar days after the filing of the request,
 after the filing of the request) a majority of the members of the committee   the chairman does not call the requested special meeting, to be held within
 may file in the offices of the committee their written notice that a          seven calendar days after the filing of the request, a majority of the
 special meeting of the committee will be held. The written notice shall       members of the committee may file in the offices of the committee their
 specify the date and hour of the special meeting and the measure or matter    written notice that a special meeting of the committee will be held,
 to be considered. The committee shall meet on that date and hour.             specifying the date and hour of, and the measure or matter to be considered
 Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall   at, that special meeting. The committee shall meet on that date and hour.
 notify all members of the committee that such special meeting will be held    Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall
 and inform them of its date and hour and the measure or matter to be          notify all members of the committee that such special meeting will be held
 considered. Only the measure or matter specified in that notice may be        and inform them of its date and hour and the measure or matter to be
 considered at that special meeting.                                           considered; and only the measure or matter specified in that notice may be
                                                                               considered at that special meeting. Vice chairman or ranking majority
                                                                               member to preside in absence of chairman.
 

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Temporary absence of chairman
  (d) A member of the majority party on each standing committee or              (d) A member of the majority party on any standing committee or
 subcommittee thereof shall be designated by the chairman of the full          subcommittee thereof designated by the chairman of the full committee shall
 committee as the vice chairman of the committee or subcommittee, as the       be vice chairman of the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, and
 case may be, and shall preside during the absence of the chairman from any    shall preside at any meeting during the temporary absence of the chairman.
 meeting. If the chairman and vice chairman of a committee or subcommittee     If the chairman and vice chairman of the committee or subcommittee are not
 are not present at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, the          present at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, the ranking member
 ranking majority member who is present shall preside at that meeting.         of the majority party who is present shall preside at that meeting.
 
Committee records                                                             Committee records
  (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record of all committee        (e)(1) Each committee shall keep a complete record of all committee action
 action which shall include--                                                  which shall include--
    (i) in the case of a meeting or hearing transcript, a substantially           (A) in the case of any meeting or hearing transcript, a substantially
   verbatim account of remarks actually made during the proceedings, subject     verbatim account of remarks actually made during the proceedings, subject
   only to technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized      only to technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized
   by the person making the remarks involved; and                                by the person making the remarks involved; and
 
    (ii) a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is          (B) a record of the votes on any question on which a rollcall vote is       Paragraph (k)(7) of this clause precludes release of evidence or testimony
   demanded.                                                                     demanded.                                                                   taken in executive session of a committee without its approval. This
                                                                                                                                                             prohibition has been interpreted to apply also to votes taken in an
                                                                                                                                                             executive session. These would not be released without the appropriate
                                                                                                                                                             approval and so would not automatically be made public. The ``subject to
                                                                                                                                                             paragraph (k)(7)'' language is added to subdivision (B) for clarity.
                                                                                                                                                             Otherwise, the release of record votes taken in executive session could
                                                                                                                                                             compromise and reveal the nature of the questions voted upon.
  (B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (B)(ii) and subject to paragraph     The result of each such rollcall vote shall be made available by the
 (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 the offices
 committee for inspection by the public at reasonable times in its offices.    of the committee. Information so available for public inspection shall
 Information so available for public inspection shall include a description    include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or other proposition
 of the amendment, motion, order, or other proposition, the name of each       and the name of each Member voting for and each Member voting against such
 member voting for and each member voting against such amendment, motion,      amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and the names of those Members
 order, or proposition, and the names of those members of the committee        present but not voting, except that in the case of rollcall votes in the
 present but not voting.                                                       Committee on Standards of Official Conduct taken in executive session, the
  (ii) The result of any record vote taken in executive session in the         result of any such vote shall not be made available for inspection by the
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not be made available for      public without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
 inspection by the public without an affirmative vote of a majority of the     committee.
 members of the committee.

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  (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee hearings,         (2) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept
 records, data, charts, and files shall be kept separate and distinct from     separate and distinct from the congressional office records of the Member
 the congressional office records of the member serving as its chairman.       serving as chairman of the committee; and such records shall be the
 Such records shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate,   property of the House and all Members of the House shall have access
 and the Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.                      thereto, except that in the case of records in the Committee on Standards
  (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than members of      of Official Conduct respecting the conduct of any Member, officer, or
 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, may not have access to the    employee of the House, no Member of the House (other than a member of such
 records of that committee respecting the conduct of a Member, Delegate,       committee) shall have access thereto without the specific, prior approval
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House without the          of the committee.
 specific prior permission of that committee.
  (3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for availability      (3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for availability
 of records of the committee delivered to the Archivist of the United States   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     under rule XXXVI. Such standards shall specify procedures for orders of the
 committee under clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule VII, including a       committee under clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule XXXVI, including a
 requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period longer than the     requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period longer than the
 period otherwise applicable under that rule shall be approved by vote of      period otherwise applicable under that rule shall be approved by vote of
 the committee.                                                                the committee.
  (4) Each committee shall make its publications available in electronic        (4) Each committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible, make its
 form to the maximum extent feasible.                                          publications available in electronic form.
 
Prohibition against proxy voting                                              Prohibition against proxy voting
  (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee with respect to any     (f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee with respect to
 measure or matter may not be cast by proxy.                                   any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.
 
Open meetings and hearings                                                    Open meetings and hearings
  (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, including the markup     (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, including the markup     The term ``executive session'' is substituted for ``closed to the public''
 of legislation, by a standing committee or subcommittee thereof (other than   of legislation, of each standing committee or subcommittee thereof (except    to achieve consistency with clause 2(k)(7) of this rule.
 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittee) shall     the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) shall be open to the
 be open to the public, including to radio, television, and still              public, including to radio, television, and still photography coverage
 photography coverage, except when the committee or subcommittee, in open      except when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a
 session and with a majority present, determines by record vote that all or    majority present, determines by rollcall vote that all or part of the
 part of the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be in executive        remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public because
 session because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger         disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national security,
 national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement information,    would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to
 would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or otherwise        defame, degrade or incriminate any person, or otherwise would violate any
 would violate a law or rule of the House. Persons, other than members of      law or rule of the House: Provided, however, That no person other than
 the committee and such noncommittee Members, Delegates, Resident              members of the committee and such congressional staff and such departmental
 Commissioner, congressional staff, or departmental representatives as the     representatives as they may authorize shall be present at any business or
 committee may authorize, may not be present at a business or markup session   markup session which has been closed to the public. This paragraph does not
 that is held in executive session. This subparagraph does not apply to open   apply to open committee hearings which are provided for by clause 4(a)(1)
 committee hearings, which are governed by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X or by      of rule X or by subparagraph (2) of this paragraph.
 subparagraph (2).
 
 
 

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  (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or subcommittee (other than      (2) Each hearing conducted by each committee or subcommittee thereof
 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) shall    (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) shall be open to
 be open to the public, including to radio, television, and still              the public, including to radio, television, and still photography coverage,
 photography coverage, except when the committee or subcommittee, in open      except when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a
 session and with a majority present, determines by record vote that all or    majority present, determines by rollcall vote that all or part of the
 part of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed to the      remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed to the public because
 public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other matters to be      disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other matters to be considered would
 considered would endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law   endanger the national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement
 enforcement information, or would violate a law or rule of the House.         information, or would violate any law or rule of the House of
  (B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (A), in the presence     Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of the preceding
 of the number of members required under the rules of the committee for the    sentence, a majority of those present, there being in attendance the
 purpose of taking testimony, a majority of those present may--                requisite number required under the rules of the committee to be present
                                                                               for the purpose of taking testimony,
    (i) agree to close the hearing for the sole purpose of discussing           (A) may vote to close the hearing for the sole purpose of discussing          A committee may agree to close a hearing either by a vote or by unanimous
   whether testimony or evidence to be received would endanger national        whether testimony or evidence to be received would endanger the national      consent. Otherwise, committee hearings are held in the sunshine.
   security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or        security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or
   would violate clause 2(k)(5); or                                            violate clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI; or
    (ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause 2(k)(5).              (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in clause 2(k)(5) of rule
                                                                               XI.
  (C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be excluded from   No Member may be excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of
 nonparticipatory attendance at a hearing of a committee or subcommittee       any committee or subcommittee, with the exception of the Committee on
 (other than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or its             Standards of Official Conduct, unless the House of Representatives shall by
 subcommittees) unless the House by majority vote authorizes a particular      majority vote authorize a particular committee or subcommittee, for
 committee or subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of hearings    purposes of a particular series of hearings on a particular article of
 on a particular article of legislation or on a particular subject of          legislation or on a particular subject of investigation, to close its
 investigation, to close its hearings to Members, Delegates, and the           hearings to Members by the same procedures designated in this subparagraph
 Resident Commissioner by the same procedures specified in this subparagraph   for closing hearings to the public: Provided, however, That the committee
 for closing hearings to the public.                                           or subcommittee may by the same procedure vote to close one subsequent day
  (D) The committee or subcommittee may vote by the same procedure described   of hearing except that the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on
 in this subparagraph to close one subsequent day of hearing, except that      National Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and
 the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on National Security, and      the subcommittees therein may, by the same procedure, vote to close up to
 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the subcommittees         five additional consecutive days of hearings.
 thereof, may vote by the same procedure to close up to five additional,
 consecutive days of hearings.

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  (3) The chairman of each committee (other than the Committee on Rules)        (3) The chairman of each committee of the House (except the Committee on
 shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of a    Rules) shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject
 committee hearing at least one week before the commencement of the hearing.   matter of any committee hearing at least one week before the commencement
 If the chairman of the committee, with the concurrence of the ranking         of the hearing. If the chairman of the committee, with the concurrence of
 minority member, determines that there is good cause to begin a hearing       the ranking minority member, determines there is good cause to begin the
 sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority vote in the presence    hearing sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority vote, a
 of the number of members required under the rules of the committee for the    quorum being present for the transaction of business, the chairman shall
 transaction of business, the chairman shall make the announcement at the      make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any announcement made
 earliest possible date. An announcement made under this subparagraph shall    under this subparagraph shall be promptly published in the Daily Digest and
 be published promptly in the Daily Digest and made available in electronic    promptly entered into the committee scheduling service of House Information
 form.                                                                         Resources.
  (4) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent practicable, require         (4) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent practicable, require
 witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance written statements of     witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance written statements of
 proposed testimony and to limit their initial presentations to the            proposed testimony and to limit their initial oral presentations to the
 committee to brief summaries thereof. In the case of a witness appearing in   committee to brief summaries thereof. In the case of a witness appearing in
 a nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall   a nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall
 include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and source (by      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   agency and program) of any Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract
 (or subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either    (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   of the two previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity represented
 by the witness.                                                               by the witness.
  (5)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of order does not       (5) No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure reported by
 lie with respect to a measure reported by a committee on the ground that      any committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were not
 hearings on such measure were not conducted in accordance with this clause.   conducted in accordance with the provisions of this clause; except that a
  (B) A point of order on the ground described in subdivision (A) may be       point of order on that ground may be made by any member of the committee
 made by a member of the committee that reported the measure if such point     which reported the measure if, in the committee, such point of order was
 of order was timely made and improperly disposed of in the committee.         (A) timely made and (B) improperly overruled or not properly considered.
  (6) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the Committee on             (6) The preceding provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the
 Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.                                committee hearings which are provided for by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.
 
Quorum requirements
  (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a committee         Derived from clause 2(l)(2)(A), rule XI: (2)(A) No measure or                 The requirement of existing clause 2(l)(2)(A), rule XI that a majority
 unless a majority of the committee is actually present.                       recommendation shall be reported from any committee unless a majority of      constitute a quorum to order a measure reported is transferred to proposed
                                                                               the committee was actually present.                                           clause 2(h)(1) to consolidate all committee quorum requirements in one
                                                                                                                                                             clause.
  (2) Each committee may fix the number of its members to constitute a          Derived from clause 2(h), rule XI: Quorum for taking testimony and certain
 quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence, which may not be less     other action.
 than two.
                                                                                (h)(1) Each committee may fix the number of its members to constitute a
                                                                               quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence which shall be not less
                                                                               than two.

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  (3) Each committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations, the           (2) Each committee (except the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
 Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on Ways and Means) may fix the     on the Budget, and the Committee on Ways and Means) may fix the number of
 number of its members to constitute a quorum for taking any action other      its members to constitute a quorum for taking any action other than the
 than the reporting of a measure or recommendation, which may not be less      reporting of a measure or recommendation which shall be not less than one-
 than one-third of the members.                                                third of the members.
 
Limitation on committee sittings                                              Limitation on committees' sittings
  (i) A committee may not sit during a joint session of the House and Senate    (i) No committee of the House may sit during a joint session of the House
 or during a recess when a joint meeting of the House and Senate is in         and Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of the House and Senate
 progress.                                                                     is in progress.
 
Calling and questioning of witnesses                                          Calling and interrogation of witnesses
  (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a measure or         (j)(1) Whenever any hearing is conducted by any committee upon any measure
 matter, the minority members of the committee shall be entitled, upon         or matter, the minority party members on the committee shall be entitled,
 request to the chairman by a majority of them before the completion of the    upon request to the chairman by a majority of them before the completion of
 hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect   the hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify with
 to that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.         respect to that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing
                                                                               thereon.
  (2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), each committee shall apply the    (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       five-minute rule in the interrogation of witnesses in any hearing until
 such time as each member of the committee who so desires has had an           such time as each member of the committee who so desires has had an
 opportunity to question each witness.                                         opportunity to question each witness.
  (B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting an equal number of      (B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting an equal number of
 its majority and minority members each to question a witness for a            its majority and minority party members each to question a witness for a
 specified period not longer than 30 minutes.                                  specified period not longer than 30 minutes.
  (C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting committee staff for     (C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting committee staff for
 its majority and minority members to question a witness for equal specified   its majority and minority party members to question a witness for equal
 periods.                                                                      specified periods.
 
Investigative hearing procedures                                              Investigative hearing procedures
  (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall announce in an          (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall announce in an
 opening statement the subject of the investigation.                           opening statement the subject of the investigation.
  (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall be made            (2) A copy of the committee rules and this clause shall be made available
 available to each witness.                                                    to each witness.
  (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied by their own       (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied by their own
 counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their constitutional      counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their constitutional
 rights.                                                                       rights.
  (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, and of             (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, and of
 professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure and exclusion from     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        the hearings; and the committee may cite the offender to the House for
 contempt.                                                                     contempt.
  (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony at an              (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony at an
 investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any         investigatory hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any
 person--                                                                      person,

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    (A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), such testimony or evidence shall        (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in executive session,
   be presented in executive session if, in the presence of the number of        notwithstanding the provisions of clause 2(g)(2) of this rule, if by a
   members required under the rules of the committee for the purpose of          majority of those present, there being in attendance the requisite number
   taking testimony, the committee determines by vote of a majority of those     required under the rules of the committee to be present for the purpose
   present that such evidence or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or       of taking testimony, the committee determines that such evidence or
   incriminate any person; and                                                   testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person; and
    (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony in open             (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony in open
   session only if the committee, a majority being present, determines that      session only if the committee, a majority being present, determines that
   such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or               such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or
   incriminate any person.                                                       incriminate any person.
In either case the committee shall afford such person an opportunity          In either case the committee shall afford such person an opportunity
 voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive and dispose of requests       voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive and dispose of requests
 from such person to subpoena additional witnesses.                            from such person to subpoena additional witnesses.
  (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman shall receive and    (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman shall receive and
 the committee shall dispose of requests to subpoena additional witnesses.     the committee shall dispose of requests to subpoena additional witnesses.
  (7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive session, and proceedings         (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive session may be released or    The requirement of existing clause 2(k)(7), rule XI that the ``consent''
 conducted in executive session, may be released or used in public sessions    used in public sessions without the consent of the committee.                 of the committee is necessary to release executive session evidence or
 only when authorized by the committee, a majority being present.                                                                                            testimony is clarified in proposed clause 2(g)(7) to require committee
                                                                                                                                                             authorization, a majority being present, before release. This reflects
                                                                                                                                                             legislative history when the rule was adopted in 1955 and consistent
                                                                                                                                                             interpretations since that date that the committee or subcommittee must
                                                                                                                                                             actually meet to approve the release, not separate polling of members.
  (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may submit brief and        (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may submit brief and
 pertinent sworn statements in writing for inclusion in the record. The        pertinent sworn statements in writing for inclusion in the record. The
 committee is the sole judge of the pertinence of testimony and evidence       committee is the sole judge of the pertinency of testimony and evidence
 adduced at its hearing.                                                       adduced at its hearing.
  (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony given at a        (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   public session or, if given at an executive session, when authorized by the
 committee.                                                                    committee.
 
Supplemental, minority, or additional views                                   Derived from clause 2(l)(5), rule XI:
 
  (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a committee          (5) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by any committee,    Committee procedures for reporting bills and resolutions in existing
 (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the committee gives notice    other than the Committee on Rules, any member of the committee gives notice   clause 2(l), rule XI have been transferred to proposed clause 2(b), rule
 of intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views for          of intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views, that        XIII where all committee reporting requirements will be included except
 inclusion in the report to the House thereon, that member shall be entitled   member shall be entitled to not less than two additional calendar days        those provisions for requesting two days for filing supplemental, minority
 to not less than two additional calendar days after the day of such notice    after the day of such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal          or additional views at the time the measure is ordered reported to the
 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when the House is    holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) in which to       House. That two-day provision is retained in proposed clause 2(l), rule XI
 in session on such a day) to file such views, in writing and signed by that   file such views, in writing and signed by that member, with the clerk of      and is cross referenced in clause 2, rule XIII. The phrase ``for inclusion
 member, with the clerk of the committee.                                      the committee. All such views so filed by one or more members of the          in the report to the House thereon'' clarifies that the right to
                                                                               committee shall be included within, and shall be a part of, the report        supplemental, minority, or additional views attaches to matters filed as
                                                                               filed by the committee with respect to that measure or matter . . .           committee reports to the House, in contrast to matters transmitted
                                                                               [Remainder of clause 2(l)(5), rule XI transferred to new rule XIII]           elsewhere, such as views submitted to another committee.
 

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                                                                              Derived from clause 2(m), rule XI:
 
Power to sit and act; subpoena power                                          Power to sit and act; subpoena power
  (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and duties        (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        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     clause 5 of rule X), any committee, or any subcommittee thereof, is
 to subparagraph (2)(A))--                                                     authorized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A) of this paragraph)--
    (A) to sit and act at such times and places within the United States,         (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       whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, and to
   hold such hearings as it considers necessary; and                             hold such hearings, and
    (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony        (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony
   of such witnesses and the production of such books, records,                  of such witnesses and the production of such books, records,
   correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as it considers              correspondence, memorandums, papers, and documents
   necessary.
  (2) The chairman of the committee, or a member designated by the chairman,  as it deems necessary. The chairman of the committee, or any member
 may administer oaths to witnesses.                                            designated by such chairman, may administer oaths to any witness.
  (3)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (A)(ii), a subpoena may be        (2)(A) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or
 authorized and issued by a committee or subcommittee under subparagraph       subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of any investigation
 (1)(B) in the conduct of an investigation or series of investigations or      or series of investigations or activities, only when authorized by a
 activities only when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a           majority of the members voting, a majority being present, except in the
 majority being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under      case of a subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, a
 subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman of the committee under   subpoena may be authorized and issued only when authorized by an
 such rules and under such limitations as the committee may prescribe.         affirmative vote of a majority of its members. The power to authorize and
 Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the chairman of the committee or by   issue subpoenas under subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman
 a member designated by the committee.                                         of the committee pursuant to such rules and under such limitations as the
                                                                               committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the
                                                                               chairman of the committee or by any member designated by the committee.
  (ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of
 Official Conduct, a subpoena may be authorized and issued only by an
 affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
  (B) Compliance with a subpoena issued by a committee or subcommittee under    (B) Compliance with any subpoena issued by a committee or subcommittee
 subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the     under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only as authorized or directed by
 House.                                                                        the House.
 

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Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
  3. (a) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has the following       Derived from clause 4(e), rule X: (e)(1) The Committee on Standards of        The additional functions of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
 functions:                                                                    Official Conduct is authorized: (A) to recommend to the House from time to    currently in clause 4(e), rule X are transferred to proposed clause 3, rule
    (1) The committee may recommend to the House from time to time such        time such administrative actions as it may deem appropriate to establish or   XI as a committee procedure.
   administrative actions as it may consider appropriate to establish or       enforce standards of official conduct for Members, officers, and employees
   enforce standards of official conduct for Members, Delegates, the           of the House, and any letter of reproval or other administrative action of
   Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House. A letter of    the committee pursuant to an investigation under subdivision (B) shall only
   reproval or other administrative action of the committee pursuant to an     be issued or implemented as a part of a report required by such
   investigation under subparagraph (2) shall only be issued or implemented    subdivision; (B) to investigate, subject to subparagraph (2) of this
   as a part of a report required by such subparagraph.                        paragraph, any alleged violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of the
    (2) The committee may investigate, subject to paragraph (b), an alleged    House, of the Code of Official Conduct or of any law, rule, regulation, or
   violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or         other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member,
   employee of the House of the Code of Official Conduct or of a law, rule,    officer, or employee in the performance of his duties or the discharge of
   regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of       his responsibilities, and after notice and hearing (unless the right to a
   such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee in the   hearing is waived by the Member, officer, or employee), shall report to the
   performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities. After   House its findings of fact and recommendations, if any, upon the final
   notice and hearing (unless the right to a hearing is waived by the          disposition of any such investigation, and such action as the committee may
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer or employee), the          deem appropriate in the circumstances; (C) to report to the appropriate
   committee shall report to the House its findings of fact and                Federal or State authorities, either with the approval of the House or by
   recommendations, if any, for the final disposition of any such              an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the committee, any
   investigation and such action as the committee may consider appropriate     substantial evidence of a violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of
   in the circumstances.                                                       the House, of any law applicable to the performance of his duties or the
    (3) The committee may report to the appropriate Federal or State           discharge of his responsibilities, which may have been disclosed in a
   authorities, either with the approval of the House or by an affirmative     committee investigation; (D) to give consideration to the request of any
   vote of two-thirds of the members of the committee, any substantial         Member, officer, or employee of the House for an advisory opinion with
   evidence of a violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,       respect to the general propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such
   officer, or employee of the House, of a law applicable to the performance   Member, officer, or employee and, with appropriate deletions to assure the
   of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities that may have been   privacy of the individual concerned, to publish such opinion for the
   disclosed in a committee investigation.                                     guidance of other Members, officers, and employees of the House; and (E) to
    (4) The committee may consider the request of a Member, Delegate,          give consideration to the request of any Member, officer, or employee of
   Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House for an advisory    the House for a written waiver in exceptional circumstances with respect to
   opinion with respect to the general propriety of any current or proposed    clause 4 of rule XLIII.
   conduct of such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
   employee. With appropriate deletions to ensure the privacy of the person
   concerned, the committee may publish such opinion for the guidance of
   other Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and
   employees of the House.
    (5) The committee may consider the request of a Member, Delegate,
   Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House for a written
   waiver in exceptional circumstances with respect to clause 4 of rule
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  (b)(1)(A) Unless approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of its         (2)(A)(i) No resolution, report, recommendation, or advisory opinion
 members, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not report a      relating to the official conduct of a Member, officer, or employee of the
 resolution, report, recommendation, or advisory opinion relating to the       House shall be made by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and,
 official conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer or     except as provided by subdivision (ii), no investigation of such conduct
 employee of the House, or, except as provided in subparagraph (2),            shall be undertaken by such committee, unless approved by the affirmative
 undertake an investigation of such conduct.                                   vote of a majority of the members of the committee.
  (B)(i) Upon the receipt of information offered as a complaint that is in      (ii)(I) Upon the receipt of information offered as a complaint that is in
 compliance with this rule and the rules of the committee, the chairman and    compliance with this rule and the committee rules, the chairman and ranking
 ranking minority member jointly may appoint members to serve as an            minority member may jointly appoint members to serve as an investigative
 investigative subcommittee.                                                   subcommittee.
  (ii) The chairman and ranking minority member of the committee jointly may    (II) The chairman and ranking minority member of the committee may jointly
 gather additional information concerning alleged conduct that is the basis    gather additional information concerning alleged conduct which is the basis
 of a complaint or of information offered as a complaint until they have       of a complaint or of information offered as a complaint until they have
 established an investigative subcommittee or either of them has placed on     established an investigative subcommittee or the chairman or ranking
 the agenda of the committee the issue of whether to establish an              minority member has placed on the committee agenda the issue of whether to
 investigative subcommittee.                                                   establish an investigative subcommittee.
  (2) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by the committee on     (B) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by the committee on
 its own initiative, the committee may undertake an investigation relating     its own initiative, the committee may undertake an investigation relating
 to the official conduct of an individual Member, Delegate, Resident           to the official conduct of an individual Member, officer, or employee of
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House only--                        the House of Representatives only--
    (A) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in writing and      (i) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in writing and
   under oath, from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner and           under oath, made by a Member of the House and transmitted to the committee
   transmitted to the committee by such Member, Delegate, or Resident          by such Member, or
   Commissioner; or
    (B) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in writing and      (ii) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in writing and
   under oath, from a person not a Member, Delegate, or Resident               under oath, from an individual not a Member of the House provided that a
   Commissioner provided that a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner     Member of the House certifies in writing to the committee that he or she
   certifies in writing to the committee that he believes the information is   believes the information is submitted in good faith and warrants the review
   submitted in good faith and warrants the review and consideration of the    and consideration of the committee.
   committee.
If a complaint is not disposed of within the applicable periods set forth in  If a complaint is not disposed of within the applicable time periods set
 the rules of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the chairman     forth in the rules of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, then
 and ranking minority member shall establish jointly an investigative          the chairman and ranking minority member shall jointly establish an
 subcommittee and forward the complaint, or any portion thereof, to that       investigative subcommittee and forward the complaint, or any portion
 subcommittee for its consideration. However, if at any time during those      thereof, to that subcommittee for its consideration. However, if, at any
 periods either the chairman or ranking minority member places on the agenda   time during those periods, either the chairman or ranking minority member
 the issue of whether to establish an investigative subcommittee, then an      places on the agenda the issue of whether to establish an investigative
 investigative subcommittee may be established only by an affirmative vote     subcommittee, then an investigative subcommittee may be established only by
 of a majority of the members of the committee.                                an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee.

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  (3) The committee may not undertake an investigation of an alleged            (C) No investigation shall be undertaken by the committee of any alleged
 violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard of conduct that was not     violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard of conduct not in effect
 in effect at the time of the alleged violation. The committee may not         at the time of the alleged violation; nor shall any investigation be
 undertake an investigation of such an alleged violation that occurred         undertaken by the committee of any alleged violation which occurred before
 before the third previous Congress unless the committee determines that the   the third previous Congress unless the committee determines that the
 alleged violation is directly related to an alleged violation that occurred   alleged violation is directly related to any alleged violation which
 in a more recent Congress.                                                    occurred in a more recent Congress.
  (4) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to participate as a         (D) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to participate, as a
 member of the committee in a committee proceeding relating to the member's    member of the committee, in any committee proceeding relating to his or her
 official conduct. Whenever a member of the committee is ineligible to act     official conduct. In any case in which a member of the committee is
 as a member of the committee under the preceding sentence, the Speaker        ineligible to act as a member of the committee under the preceding
 shall designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from the same    sentence, the Speaker of the House shall designate a Member of the House
 political party as the ineligible member to act in any proceeding of the      from the same political party as the ineligible member of the committee to
 committee relating to that conduct.                                           act as a member of the committee in any committee proceeding relating to
                                                                               the official conduct of such ineligible member.
  (5) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from participating in    (E) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from participating in
 an investigation of the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident               any investigation of the conduct of a Member, officer, or employee of the
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House upon the submission in        House upon the submission in writing and under oath of an affidavit of
 writing and under oath of an affidavit of disqualification stating that the   disqualification stating that he cannot render an impartial and unbiased
 member cannot render an impartial and unbiased decision in the case in        decision in the case in which he seeks to disqualify himself. If the
 which the member seeks to be disqualified. If the committee approves and      committee approves and accepts such affidavit of disqualification, the
 accepts such affidavit of disqualification, the chairman shall so notify      chairman shall so notify the Speaker and request the Speaker to designate a
 the Speaker and request the Speaker to designate a Member, Delegate, or       Member of the House from the same political party as the disqualifying
 Resident Commissioner from the same political party as the disqualifying      member of the committee to act as a member of the committee in any
 member to act in any proceeding of the committee relating to that case.       committee proceeding relating to such investigation.
  (6) Information or testimony received, or the contents of a complaint or      (F) No information or testimony received, or the contents of a complaint
 the fact of its filing, may not be publicly disclosed by any committee or     or the fact of its filing, shall be publicly disclosed by any committee or
 staff member unless specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of     staff member unless specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of
 the full committee.                                                           the full committee.
  (7) The committee shall have the functions designated in titles I and V of    Derived from clause 1(p), rule X: . . . the committee shall have the          These functions of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct were
 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, in sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of     functions with respect to recommendations, studies, investigations, and       formerly contained in that committee's jurisdictional statement in rule X.
 title 5, United States Code, and in clause 11(g)(4) of rule X.                reports which are provided for in clause 4(e), and the functions designated   A cross reference to the functions of the Committee to investigate
                                                                               in titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and sections        unauthorized disclosures of intelligence information in proposed clause
                                                                               7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code.                          11(g), rule X, is added for clarity.
  (c)(1) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI, each meeting of the         Derived from clause 4(e), rule X: (3)(A) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(1) of
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or a subcommittee thereof shall    rule XI, each meeting of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or
 occur in executive session unless the committee or subcommittee, by an        any subcommittee thereof shall occur in executive session, unless the
 affirmative vote of a majority of its members, opens the meeting to the       committee or subcommittee by an affirmative vote of a majority of its
 public.                                                                       members opens the meeting to the public.

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  (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, each hearing of an             (B) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, hearings of an adjudicatory
 adjudicatory subcommittee or sanction hearing of the Committee on Standards   subcommittee or sanction hearings held by the Committee on Standards of
 of Official Conduct shall be held in open session unless the committee or     Official Conduct shall be held in open session unless the subcommittee or
 subcommittee, in open session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its     committee, in open session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its
 members, closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that day to    members, closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that day to
 the public.                                                                   the public.
  (d) Before a member, officer, or employee of the Committee on Standards of    (4) Before any member, officer, or employee of the Committee on Standards
 Official Conduct, including members of a subcommittee of the committee        of Official Conduct, including members of any subcommittee of the committee
 selected under clause 5(a)(4) of rule X and shared staff, may have access     selected pursuant to clause 6(a)(3) and shared staff, may have access to
 to information that is confidential under the rules of the committee, the     information that is confidential under the rules of the committee, the
 following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:                            following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
    ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose, to any            `I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose, to any person
   person or entity outside the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,      or entity outside the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, any
   any information received in the course of my service with the committee,      information received in the course of my service with the committee,
   except as authorized by the committee or in accordance with its rules.''      except as authorized by the committee or in accordance with its rules.'
Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk as part of the     Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk of the House as
 records of the House. This paragraph establishes a standard of conduct        part of the records of the House. This subparagraph establishes a standard
 within the meaning of paragraph (a)(2). Breaches of confidentiality shall     of conduct within the meaning of subparagraph (1)(B). Breaches of
 be investigated by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and         confidentiality shall be investigated by the Committee on Standards of
 appropriate action shall be taken.                                            Official Conduct and appropriate action shall be taken.
  (e)(1) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint is deemed        (5)(A) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint is deemed
 frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the          frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the committee may take such       Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the committee may take such
 action as it, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members,            action as it, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, deems
 considers appropriate in the circumstances.                                   appropriate in the circumstances.
  (2) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress may not be        (B) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress may not be
 deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.           deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
 
                                                                              Derived from clause 3, rule XI:
 
Audio and visual coverage of committee proceedings                            Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings
  4. (a) The purpose of this clause is to provide a means, in conformity       3. (a) It is the purpose of this clause to provide a means, in conformity     Proposed clause 4 adopts the phrase ``audio and visual means'' to include
 with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, and decorum, by which        with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, and decorum, by which        not only television broadcast, radio broadcast and still photography
 committee hearings or committee meetings that are open to the public may be   committee hearings, or committee meetings, which are open to the public may   covered by the existing clause 3, rule XI, but also to continue its
 covered by audio and visual means--                                           be covered, by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still               application to new technologies, such as transmittal on the internet.
                                                                               photography, or by any of such methods of coverage--

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    (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of the general         (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of the general
   public, on the basis of accurate and impartial news coverage, regarding       public, on the basis of accurate and impartial news coverage, regarding
   the operations, procedures, and practices of the House as a legislative       the operations, procedures, and practices of the House as a legislative
   and representative body, and regarding the measures, public issues, and       and representative body and regarding the measures, public issues, and
   other matters before the House and its committees, the consideration          other matters before the House and its committees, the consideration
   thereof, and the action taken thereon; and                                    thereof, and the action taken thereon; and
    (2) for the development of the perspective and understanding of the          (2) for the development of the perspective and understanding of the
   general public with respect to the role and function of the House under       general public with respect to the role and function of the House under
   the Constitution as an institution of the Federal Government.                 the Constitution of the United States as an organ of the Federal
                                                                                 Government.
  (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio and television   (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio and television
 tapes and television film of any coverage under this clause may not be        tapes and television film of any coverage under this clause shall not be
 used, or made available for use, as partisan political campaign material to   used, or made available for use, as partisan political campaign material to
 promote or oppose the candidacy of any person for elective public office.     promote or oppose the candidacy of any person for elective public office.
  (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the general conduct of    (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the general conduct of
 each meeting (whether of a hearing or otherwise) covered under authority of   each meeting (whether of a hearing or otherwise) covered, under authority
 this clause by audio or visual means, and the personal behavior of the        of this clause, by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still
 committee members and staff, other Government officials and personnel,        photography, or by any of such methods of coverage, and the personal
 witnesses, television, radio, and press media personnel, and the general      behavior of the committee members and staff, other Government officials and
 public at the hearing or other meeting, shall be in strict conformity with    personnel, witnesses, television, radio, and press media personnel, and the
 and observance of the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy,   general public at the hearing or other meeting shall be in strict
 and decorum traditionally observed by the House in its operations, and may    conformity with and observance of the acceptable standards of dignity,
 not be such as to--                                                           propriety, courtesy, and decorum traditionally observed by the House in its
                                                                               operations and shall not be such as to--
    (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or other meeting or      (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or other meeting or
   the activities of committee members in connection with that hearing or        the activities of committee members in connection with that hearing or
   meeting or in connection with the general work of the committee or of the     meeting or in connection with the general work of the committee or of the
   House; or                                                                     House; or
    (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, or a Member,      (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, or any
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or bring the House, the committee, or      Member or bring the House, the committee, or any Member into disrepute.
   a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into disrepute.
  (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by audio and visual       (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by television
 means shall be permitted and conducted only in strict conformity with the     broadcast, radio broadcast, or still photography shall be permitted and
 purposes, provisions, and requirements of this clause.                        conducted only in strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and
                                                                               requirements of this clause.

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  (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by a committee or subcommittee    (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by any committee or
 is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by audio   subcommittee of the House is open to the public, those proceedings shall be
 and visual means. A committee or subcommittee chairman may not limit the      open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography. A committee
 number of television or still cameras to fewer than two representatives       or subcommittee chairman may not limit the number of television or still
 from each medium (except for legitimate space or safety considerations, in    cameras to fewer than two representatives from each medium (except for
 which case pool coverage shall be authorized).                                legitimate space or safety considerations, in which case pool coverage
                                                                               shall be authorized).
  (f) Each committee shall adopt written rules to govern its implementation     (f) Each committee of the House shall adopt written rules to govern its
 of this clause. Such rules shall contain provisions to the following          implementation of this clause. Such rules shall include provisions to the
 effect:                                                                       following effect:
    (1) If audio or visual coverage of the hearing or meeting is to be            (1) If the television or radio coverage of the hearing or meeting is to
   presented to the public as live coverage, that coverage shall be              be presented to the public as live coverage, that coverage shall be
   conducted and presented without commercial sponsorship.                       conducted and presented without commercial sponsorship.
    (2) The allocation among the television media of the positions or the         (2) The allocation among the television media of the positions of the
   number of television cameras permitted by a committee or subcommittee         number of television cameras permitted by a committee or subcommittee
   chairman in a hearing or meeting room shall be in accordance with fair        chairman in a hearing or meeting room shall be in accordance with fair
   and equitable procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio      and equitable procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio
   and Television Correspondents' Galleries.                                     and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to obstruct in any way       (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to obstruct in any way
   the space between a witness giving evidence or testimony and any member       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         of the committee or the visibility of that witness and that member to
   each other.                                                                   each other.
    (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions but may not be      (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions but shall not
   placed in positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the           be placed in positions which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the
   hearing or meeting by the other media.                                        hearing or meeting by the other media.
    (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and radio media        (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and radio media
   may not be installed in, or removed from, the hearing or meeting room         shall not be installed in, or removed from, the hearing or meeting room
   while the committee is in session.                                            while the committee is in session.
    (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), floodlights, spotlights,        (6) Floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns shall not be
   strobelights, and flashguns may not be used in providing any method of        used in providing any method of coverage of the hearing or meeting,
   coverage of the hearing or meeting.                                           except that the television media may install additional lighting in the
    (B) The television media may install additional lighting in a hearing or     hearing or meeting room, without cost to the Government, in order to
   meeting room, without cost to the Government, in order to raise the           raise the ambient lighting level in the hearing or meeting room to the
   ambient lighting level in a hearing or meeting room to the lowest level       lowest level necessary to provide adequate television coverage of the
   necessary to provide adequate television coverage of a hearing or meeting     hearing or meeting at the then current state of the art of television
   at the current state of the art of television coverage.                       coverage.

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    (7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers permitted by       (7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers permitted by
   a committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting room,            a committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting room,
   preference shall be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos       preference shall be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos
   and United Press International Newspictures. If requests are made by more     and United Press International Newspictures. If requests are made by more
   of the media than will be permitted by a committee or subcommittee            of the media than will be permitted by a committee or subcommittee
   chairman for coverage of a hearing or meeting by still photography, that      chairman for coverage of the hearing or meeting by still photography,
   coverage shall be permitted on the basis of a fair and equitable pool         that coverage shall be made on the basis of a fair and equitable pool
   arrangement devised by the Standing Committee of Press Photographers.         arrangement devised by the Standing Committee of Press Photographers.
    (8) Photographers may not position themselves between the witness table       (8) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any time during the
   and the members of the committee at any time during the course of a           course of the hearing or meeting, between the witness table and the
   hearing or meeting.                                                           members of the committee.
    (9) Photographers may not place themselves in positions that obstruct         (9) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions which obstruct
   unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media.                 unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media.
    (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media           (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media
   shall be currently accredited to the Radio and Television Correspondents'     shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and Television
   Galleries.                                                                    Correspondents' Galleries.
    (11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall be               (11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall be then
   currently accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery.                     currently accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery.
    (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media and       (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media and
   by still photography shall conduct themselves and their coverage              by still photography shall conduct themselves and their coverage
   activities in an orderly and unobtrusive manner.                              activities in an orderly and unobtrusive manner.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXXV
 
Pay of witnesses                                                              PAY OF WITNESSES
  5. Witnesses appearing before the House or any of its committees shall be     The rule for paying witnesses to appear before the House or any of its        The current rule XXXV on pay of witnesses is transferred to rule XI since
 paid the same per diem rate as established, authorized, and regulated by      committees shall be as follows: For each day a witness shall attend, the      it is more appropriate as a committee procedural issue.
 the Committee on House Oversight for Members, Delegates, the Resident         same per diem rate as established, authorized, and regulated by the
 Commissioner, and employees of the House, plus actual expenses of travel to   Committee on House Oversight for Members and employees of the House, and
 or from the place of examination. Such per diem may not be paid when a        actual expenses of travel in coming to or going from the place of
 witness has been summoned at the place of examination.                        examination; but no per diem shall be paid when a witness has been summoned
                                                                               at the place of examination.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXVI
 
Unfinished business of the session                                            UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE SESSION
  6. All business of the House at the end of one session shall be resumed at    All business before committees of the House at the end of one session         The proposed unfinished business of the session rule, currently rule XXVI,
 the commencement of the next session of the same Congress in the same         shall be resumed at the commencement of the next session of the same          refers to all House business and would therefore also include committee
 manner as if no adjournment had taken place.                                  Congress in the same manner as if no adjournment had taken place.             business making it relevant to the new rule XI.
 
                                  RULE XII.                                   Derived from: Rule XXXIX
 
                RECEIPT AND REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS.                 MESSAGES
 

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Messages                                                                                                                                                    Rules XII-XXIII: Consideration of Legislation
  1. Messages received from the Senate, or from the President, shall be         Messages received from the Senate and the President of the United States,     In proposed rule XII, various provisions relating to receipt, introduction
 entered on the Journal and published in the Congressional Record of the       giving notice of bills passed or approved, shall be entered in the Journal    and referral of messages, bills, resolution, petitions, memorials and
 proceedings of that day.                                                      and published in the Record of that day's proceedings.                        executive communications are transferred and consolidated, including the
                                                                                                                                                             ban on introduction of commemorative measures now in rule XXII. Proposed
                                                                                                                                                             clause 1 is clarified to reflect that the entirety of messages from the
                                                                                                                                                             President and the Senate are entered on the Journal and not merely notice
                                                                                                                                                             of bills passed. Current rule XII relating to the Resident Commissioner and
                                                                                                                                                             Delegates is transferred to clause 3 of rule III.
 
Referral                                                                      Derived from clause 5, rule X: Referral of Bills, Resolutions, and Other
                                                                               Matters to Committees
  2. (a) The Speaker shall refer each bill, resolution, or other matter that    5. (a) Each bill, resolution, or other matter which relates to a subject
 relates to a subject listed under a standing committee named in clause 1 of   listed under any standing committee named in clause 1 shall be referred by
 rule X in accordance with the provisions of this clause.                      the Speaker in accordance with the provisions of this clause.
  (b) The Speaker shall refer matters under paragraph (a) in such manner as     (b) Every referral of any matter under paragraph (a) shall be made in such
 to ensure to the maximum extent feasible that each committee that has         manner as to assure to the maximum extent feasible that each committee
 jurisdiction under clause 1 of rule X over the subject matter of a            which has jurisdiction under clause 1 over the subject matter of any
 provision thereof may consider such provision and report to the House         provision thereof will have responsibility for considering such provision
 thereon. Precedents, rulings, or procedures in effect before the Ninety-      and reporting to the House with respect thereto. Any precedents, rulings,
 Fourth Congress shall be applied to referrals under this clause only to the   and procedures in effect prior to the Ninety-Fourth Congress shall be
 extent that they will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of      applied with respect to referrals under this clause only to the extent that
 this clause.                                                                  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    (c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to any matter, the    Since the advent in 1974 of referrals to multiple committees, it has been
 a matter, the Speaker--                                                       Speaker shall designate a committee of primary jurisdiction; but also may     the case that a committee receiving an initial referral of a bill that has
    (1) shall designate a committee of primary jurisdiction;                   refer the matter to one or more additional committees, for consideration in   also been referred to other committees only receives those portions of the
    (2) may refer the matter to one or more additional committees for          sequence (subject to appropriate time limitations), either on its initial     bill that fall within its jurisdiction. Indeed, now the printed version of
   consideration in sequence, either initially or after the matter has been    referral or after the matter has been reported by the committee of primary    a multiple-referred bill states that the referral is ``in each case for
   reported by the committee of primary jurisdiction;                          jurisdiction; or may refer portions of the matter to one or more additional   consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
    (3) may refer portions of the matter reflecting different subjects and     committees (reflecting different subjects and jurisdictions) for the          committee concerned.'' The recodification does not alter this situation.
   jurisdictions to one or more additional committees;                         consideration only of designated portions; or may refer the matter to a       Also retained is the Speaker's broad authority under the precedents to
    (4) may refer the matter to a special, ad hoc committee appointed by the   special ad hoc committee appointed by the Speaker with the approval of the    impose time limitations on committees, including a limitation on the
   Speaker with the approval of the House, and including members of the        House (with members from the committees having jurisdiction) for the          duration of the initial referral.
   committees of jurisdiction, for the specific purpose of considering that    specific purpose of considering that matter and reporting to the House
   matter and reporting to the House thereon;                                  thereon; or may make such other provisions as may be considered
    (5) may subject a referral to appropriate time limitations; and            appropriate.
    (6) may make such other provision as may be considered appropriate.

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  (d) A bill for the payment or adjudication of a private claim against the     Derived from clause 4, rule XXI: 4. No bill for the payment or
 Government may not be referred to a committee other than the Committee on     adjudication of any private claim against the Government shall be referred,
 International Relations or the Committee on the Judiciary, except by          except by unanimous consent, to any other than the following committees,
 unanimous consent.                                                            namely: To the Committee on International Relations or to the Committee on
                                                                               the Judiciary.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXII
 
Petitions, memorials, and private bills                                       OF PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, BILLS, AND RESOLUTIONS
 
  3. If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has a petition,            1. Members having petitions or memorials or bills of a private nature to
 memorial, or private bill to present, he shall endorse his name, deliver it   present may deliver them to the Clerk, endorsing their names and the
 to the Clerk, and may specify the reference or disposition to be made         reference or disposition to be made thereof; and said petitions and
 thereof. Such petition, memorial, or private bill (except when judged by      memorials and bills of a private nature, except such as, in the judgment of
 the Speaker to be obscene or insulting) shall be entered on the Journal       the Speaker, are of an obscene or insulting character, shall be entered on
 with the name of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner presenting    the Journal, with the names of the Members presenting them, and the Clerk
 it and shall be printed in the Congressional Record.                          shall furnish a transcript of such entry to the official reporters of
                                                                               debates for publication in the Record.
  4. A private bill or private resolution (including an omnibus claim or        2. (a) No private bill or resolution (including so-called omnibus claims
 pension bill), or amendment thereto, may not be received or considered in     or pension bills), and no amendment to any bill or resolution, authorizing
 the House if it authorizes or directs--                                       or directing (1) the payment of money for property damages, for personal
    (a) the payment of money for property damages, for personal injuries or    injuries or death for which suit may be instituted under the Tort Claims
   death for which suit may be instituted under the Tort Claims Procedure      Procedure as provided in title 28, United States Code, or for a pension
   provided in title 28, United States Code, or for a pension (other than to   (other than to carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation); (2) the
   carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation);                        construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; or (3) the correction
    (b) the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; or             of a military or naval record, shall be received or considered in the
    (c) the correction of a military or naval record.                          House.
 
Prohibition on commemorations
  5. (a) A bill or resolution, or an amendment thereto, may not be              (b)(1) No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution,
 introduced or considered in the House if it establishes or expresses a        establishing or expressing any commemoration may be introduced or
 commemoration.                                                                considered in the House.
  (b) In this clause the term ``commemoration'' means a remembrance,            (2) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``commemoration'' means any
 celebration, or recognition for any purpose through the designation of a      remembrance, celebration, or recognition for any purpose through the
 specified period of time.                                                     designation of a specified period of time.
 
Excluded matters
  6. A petition, memorial, bill, or resolution excluded under this rule         3. Any petition or memorial or bill or resolution excluded under this rule
 shall be returned to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from      shall be returned to the Member from whom it was received; and petitions
 whom it was received. A petition or private bill that has been                and private bills which have been inappropriately referred may, by the
 inappropriately referred may, by direction of the committee having            direction of the committee having possession of the same, be properly
 possession of it, be properly referred in the manner originally presented.    referred in the manner originally presented; and an erroneous reference of
 An erroneous reference of a petition or private bill under this clause does   a petition or private bill under this clause shall not confer jurisdiction
 not confer jurisdiction on a committee to consider or report it.              upon the committee to consider or report the same.
 

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Sponsorship
  7. (a) All other bills, memorials, petitions, and resolutions, endorsed       4. (a) All other bills, memorials, and resolutions may, in like manner, be    A motion to correct the erroneous reference of a bill is privileged if
 with the names of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner            delivered, endorsed with the names of Members introducing them, to the        offered by the direction of the committee receiving or claiming the bill,
 introducing them, may be delivered to the Speaker to be referred. The         Speaker, to be by him referred, and the titles and references thereof and     and is not debatable under the precedents. Due to changes in the order of
 titles and references of all bills, memorials, petitions, resolutions, and    of all bills, resolutions, and documents referred under the rules shall be    business rule (proposed rule XIV), it is now in order immediately after the
 other documents referred under this rule shall be entered on the Journal      entered on the Journal and printed in the Record of the next day, and         Pledge of Allegiance rather than after the Journal.
 and printed in the Congressional Record. An erroneous reference may be        correction in case of error of reference may be made by the House, without
 corrected by the House in accordance with rule X on any day immediately       debate, in accordance with rule X, on any day immediately after the reading
 after the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by unanimous consent or motion.    of the Journal, by unanimous consent, or on motion of a committee claiming
 Such a motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of a committee to   jurisdiction, or on the report of the committee to which the bill has been
 which the bill has been erroneously referred or by direction of a committee   erroneously referred. Two or more Members may introduce jointly any bill,
 claiming jurisdiction and shall be decided without debate.                    or resolution to which this paragraph applies.
 
  (b)(1) The primary sponsor of a public bill or public resolution may name     (b)(1) The name of any Member shall be added as a sponsor of any bill or      The current co-sponsorship rule in clause 4(b), rule XXII, could be
 cosponsors. The name of a cosponsor added after the initial printing of a     resolution to which paragraph (a) applies, and shall appear as a sponsor in   interpreted to permit only the Member erroneously added as a co-sponsor to
 bill or resolution shall appear in the next printing of the bill or           the next printing of that bill or resolution: Provided, That a request        seek unanimous consent to remove his name. The proposed rule would allow
 resolution on the written request of the primary sponsor. Such a request      signed by such Member is submitted by the first sponsor to the Speaker (in    either that Member or the first sponsor to request unanimous consent,
 may be submitted to the Speaker at any time until the last committee          the same manner as provided in paragraph (a)) no later than the day on        reflecting current practice. The cut-off for adding or deleting co-sponsors
 authorized to consider and report the bill or resolution reports it to the    which the last committee authorized to consider and report such bill or       is clarified (when a bill is discharged from committee and is under
 House or is discharged from its consideration.                                resolution reports it to the House.                                           consideration in the House or in the Committee of the Whole). For example,
                                                                                                                                                             co-sponsors could be added to an unreported bill considered under
                                                                                                                                                             suspension of the rules until the time the motion is agreed to.
  (2) The name of a cosponsor of a bill or resolution may be deleted by         (2) The name of any Member listed as a sponsor of any such bill or
 unanimous consent. The Speaker may entertain such a request only by the       resolution may be deleted by unanimous consent, but only at the request of
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner whose name is to be deleted or     such Member, and such deletion shall be indicated in the next printing of
 by the primary sponsor of the bill or resolution, and only until the last     the bill or resolution (together with the date on which such name was
 committee authorized to consider and report the bill or resolution reports    deleted). Such consent may be granted no later than the day on which the
 it to the House or is discharged from its consideration. The Speaker may      last committee authorized to consider and report such bill or resolution
 not entertain a request to delete the name of the primary sponsor of a bill   reports it to the House: Provided, however, That the Speaker shall not
 or resolution. A deletion shall be indicated by date in the next printing     entertain a request to delete the name of the first sponsor of any bill or
 of the bill or resolution.                                                    resolution.
  (3) The addition or deletion of the name of a cosponsor of a bill or          (3) The addition of the name of any Member, or the deletion of any name by
 resolution shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the Congressional   unanimous consent, of a sponsor of any such bill or resolution shall be
 Record of that day.                                                           entered on the Journal and printed in the Record of that day.
  (4) A bill or resolution shall be reprinted on the written request of the     (4) Any such bill or resolution shall be reprinted (A) if the Member whose
 primary sponsor. Such a request may be submitted to the Speaker only when     name is listed as the first sponsor submits to the Speaker a written
 20 or more cosponsors have been added since the last printing of the bill     request that it be reprinted, and (B) if twenty or more Members have been
 or resolution.                                                                added as sponsors of that bill or resolution since it was last printed.

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  (5) When a bill or resolution is introduced ``by request,'' those words       Derived from clause 6, rule XXII: 6. When a bill, resolution, or memorial
 shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the Congressional Record.      is introduced ``by request'', these words shall be entered upon the Journal
                                                                               and printed in the Record.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XL
 
Executive communications                                                      EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
  8. Estimates of appropriations and all other communications from the          Estimates of appropriations and all other communications from the
 executive departments intended for the consideration of any committees of     executive departments, intended for the consideration of any committees of
 the House shall be addressed to the Speaker for referral as provided in       the House, shall be addressed to the Speaker, and by him referred as
 clause 2 of rule XIV.                                                         provided by clause 2 of rule XXIV.
 
                                  RULE XIII.                                  Derived from: RULE XIII
 
                       CALENDARS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.                       CALENDARS AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
 
Calendars
  1. (a) All business reported by committees shall be referred to one of the    1. There shall be three calendars to which all business reported from         In proposed clause 1, rule XIII, the definition of Union Calendar bills
 following three calendars:                                                    committees shall be referred, viz:                                            has been modified to conform with existing provisions in clause 3, rule
    (1) A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the      First. A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the    XXIII and clause 1, rule XIII, defining propositions which must be
   Union, to which shall be referred public bills and public resolutions       Union, to which shall be referred bills raising revenue, general              considered in Committee of the Whole. Note also cross references to rule
   raising revenue, involving a tax or charge on the people, directly or       appropriation bills, and bills of a public character directly or indirectly   XXV for the Corrections Calendar and the Calendar of Motions to Discharge
   indirectly making appropriations of money or property or requiring such     appropriating money or property.                                              Committees since both are more properly order of business on certain days
   appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of appropriations        Second. A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all bills of a public   issues than just calendar ones.
   already made, releasing any liability to the United States for money or     character not raising revenue nor directly or indirectly appropriating
   property, or referring a claim to the Court of Claims.                      money or property.
    (2) A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all public bills and       Third. A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House, to which shall be
   public resolutions not requiring referral to the Calendar of the            referred all bills of a private character.
   Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
    (3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 of rule XV, to which
   shall be referred all private bills and private resolutions.
 
                                                                                                                                                              Clause 2, ``Filing and printing of reports''--including matter transferred
                                                                                                                                                             from rule XI regarding the responsibility of the chairman and the committee
                                                                                                                                                             to file a report and the provisions of current clause 2(l)(5) of rule XI
                                                                                                                                                             regarding accompanying views and automatic filing with the Clerk within two
                                                                                                                                                             days.

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                                                                                                                                                              Clause 3, ``Content of reports''--including matter transferred from clause
                                                                                                                                                             2(l) of rule XI regarding printing as a single volume, rollcall votes in
                                                                                                                                                             committee, oversight and CBO estimates, constitutional authority
                                                                                                                                                             statements, and committee cost estimates (from current clause 7). Because
                                                                                                                                                             violations of reporting requirements prevent consideration of the measure,
                                                                                                                                                             subject to technical correction by filing a supplemental report under
                                                                                                                                                             clause 3(a)(2), there is no need to state that sanction selectively (as in
                                                                                                                                                             current clause 7 on committee cost estimates), ``Ramseyer'' requirements to
                                                                                                                                                             show changes in existing law, changes in application of existing law in
                                                                                                                                                             general appropriation bills (transferred from clause 3 of rule XXI),
                                                                                                                                                             rescission and transfer headings in general appropriation bills and
                                                                                                                                                             separate sections in reports (transferred from clause 1 of rule X), changes
                                                                                                                                                             in standing rules ``Ramseyered'' when reported by the Rules Committee
                                                                                                                                                             (transferred from clause 4(d) of rule XI), and ``dynamic estimates'' of tax
                                                                                                                                                             legislation (transferred from clause 5(e) of current rule XIII).
                                                                                                                                                              Clause 4, ``Availability of reports''--transferred from current clause
                                                                                                                                                             2(l)(6) of rule XI and from rule XXI, on appropriations reports and
                                                                                                                                                             hearings.
                                                                                                                                                              Clause 5, ``Privileged Reports, Generally''--transferred from clause 4(a)
                                                                                                                                                             of rule XI.
                                                                                                                                                              Clause 6, ``Privileged Reports by the Committee on Rules''--transferred
                                                                                                                                                             from clause 4(b) of rule XI and expanded to include current clause 2(.l)(7)
                                                                                                                                                             of rule XI regarding a privileged motion to consider a bill made in order
                                                                                                                                                             after seven days of House adoption of a special order.
                                                                                                                                                              Clause 7 transferring provisions on resolutions of inquiry from clause 5
                                                                                                                                                             of rule XXII.
  (b) There is established a Corrections Calendar as provided in clause 6 of
 rule XV.
  (c) 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              2. All reports of committees, except as provided in clause 4(a) of rule       As indicated in proposed paragraph (c), all timely submitted supplemental,
 committees (other than those filed from the floor as privileged) shall be     XI, together with the views of the minority, shall be delivered to the        minority, or additional views are part of, and must be included in, the
 delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar      Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar under the direction   committee report. It is therefore unnecessary to include the reference to
 under the direction of the Speaker in accordance with clause 1. The title     of the Speaker, in accordance with the foregoing clause, and the titles or    minority views in paragraph (a).
 or subject of each report shall be entered on the Journal and printed in      subject thereof shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the Record:
 the Congressional Record.                                                     Provided, That bills reported adversely shall be laid on the table, unless
  (2) A bill or resolution reported adversely shall be laid on the table       the committee reporting a bill, at the time, or any Member within three
 unless a committee to which the bill or resolution was referred requests at   days thereafter, shall request its reference to the calendar, when it shall
 the time of the report its referral to an appropriate calendar under clause   be referred, as provided in clause 1 of this rule.
 1 or unless, within three days thereafter, a Member, Delegate, or Resident
 Commissioner makes such a request.

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                                                                                Derived from clause 2(l)(1)(A), rule XI: Committee procedures for
                                                                               reporting bills and resolutions
  (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each committee to report or    (l)(1)(A) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each committee to report    Proposed clause 2(b)(1) and (2), rule XIII transferred from existing
 cause to be reported promptly to the House a measure or matter approved by    or cause to be reported promptly to the House any measure approved by the     clause 2(l)(1)(A) and (B), rule XI.
 the committee and to take or cause to be taken steps necessary to bring the   committee and to take or cause to be taken necessary steps to bring a
 measure or matter to a vote.                                                  matter to a vote.
  (2) In any event, the report of a committee on a measure that has been        (B) In any event, the report of any committee on a measure which has been
 approved by the committee shall be filed within seven calendar days           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     (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    which there has been filed with the clerk of the committee a written
 of the members of the committee, has been filed with the clerk of the         request, signed by a majority of the members of the committee, for the
 committee. The clerk of the committee shall immediately notify the chairman   reporting of that measure. Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk
 of the filing of such a request. This subparagraph does not apply to a        of the committee shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the
 report of the Committee on Rules with respect to a rule, joint rule, or       committee notice of the filing of that request. This subdivision does not
 order of business of the House, or to the reporting of a resolution of        apply to a report of the Committee on Rules with respect to the rules,
 inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.                     joint rules, 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        Derived from clause 2(l)(5), rule XI: All such views so filed by one or       The procedure for obtaining the two days to file additional, minority or
 2(l) of rule XI by one or more members of a committee shall be included in,   more members of the committee shall be included within, and shall be a part   supplemental views has been transferred to new clause 2(l), rule XI as a
 and shall be a part of, the report filed by the committee with respect to a   of, the report filed by the committee with respect to that measure or         committee procedure. A cross reference is included in proposed clause 2(c),
 measure or matter. When time guaranteed by clause 2(l) of rule XI has         matter. When time guaranteed by this subparagraph has expired (or, if         rule XIII under filing and printing of committee reports. The provisions of
 expired (or, if sooner, when all separate views have been received), the      sooner, when all separate views have been received), the committee may        existing clause 2(l)(5) on printing of committee reports in a single volume
 committee may arrange to file its report with the Clerk not later than one    arrange to file its report with the Clerk not later than one hour after the   and filing of supplemental reports have been transferred to proposed clause
 hour after the expiration of such time. This clause and provisions of         expiration of such time . . . This subparagraph does not preclude--           3(a), rule XIII.
 clause 2(l) of rule XI do not preclude the immediate filing or printing of     (i) the immediate filing or printing of a committee report unless timely
 a committee report in the absence of a timely request for the opportunity     request for the opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or additional
 to file supplemental, minority, or additional views as provided in clause     views has been made as provided by this subparagraph; . . .
 2(l) of rule XI.
 
Content of reports
  3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the report of a             Derived from clause 2(l)(5), rule XI: The report of the committee upon        The proposed clause 3 consolidates in one clause the prescribed contents
 committee on a measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume that--   that measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume which--            for committee reports now contained in rules X, XI, XIII and XXI.
      (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional views that      (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional views which
   have been submitted by the time of the filing of the report; and              have been submitted by the time of the filing of the report, and
      (B) shall bear on its cover a recital that any such supplemental,           (B) shall bear upon its cover a recital that any such supplemental,
   minority, or additional views (and any material submitted under paragraph     minority, or additional views (and any material submitted under
   (c)(3) or (4)) are included as part of the report.                            subdivisions (C) and (D) of subparagraph (3)) are included as part of the
                                                                                 report.
  (2) A committee may file a supplemental report for the correction of a        This subparagraph does not preclude--                                         A committee may file a supplemental report to correct a technical error
 technical error in its previous report on a measure or matter.                 (ii) the filing by any such committee of any supplemental report upon any    only in a previous report filed by that committee on that matter.
                                                                               measure or matter which may be required for the correction of any technical
                                                                               error in a previous report made by that committee upon that measure or
                                                                               matter.

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  (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report a measure or       Derived from clause 2(l)(2)(B), rule XI: (B) With respect to each rollcall
 matter of a public nature, and on any amendment offered to the measure or     vote on a motion to report any measure or matter of a public character, and
 matter, the total number of votes cast for and against, and the names of      on any amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total number of
 members voting for and against, shall be included in the committee report.    votes cast for and against, and the names of those members voting for and
 The preceding sentence does not apply to votes taken in executive session     against, shall be included in the committee report on the measure or
 by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.                            matter. The preceding sentence shall not apply to votes taken in executive
                                                                               session by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
  (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been approved by the      Derived from clause 2(l)(3), rule XI: (3) The report of any committee on a    Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act no longer requires a
 committee shall include, separately set out and clearly identified, the       measure which has been approved by the committee shall include (A) the        committee report statement concerning new entitlement authority.
 following:                                                                    oversight findings and recommendations required pursuant to clause 2(b)(1)
    (1) Oversight findings and recommendations under clause 2(b)(1) of rule    of rule X separately set out and clearly identified; (B) the statement
   X.                                                                          required by section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
    (2) The statement required by section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget   separately set out and clearly identified, if the measure provides new
   Act of 1974, except that an estimate of new budget authority shall          budget authority (other than continuing appropriations), new entitlement
   include, when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding      authority as defined in section 3(9) of such Act, new credit authority, or
   level for the relevant programs to the appropriate levels under current     an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures, except that the
   law.                                                                        estimates with respect to new budget authority shall include, when
    (3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the             practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding level for the
   Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget   relevant program (or programs) to the appropriate levels under current law;
   Act of 1974 if timely submitted to the committee before the filing of the   (C) the estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the
   report.                                                                     Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of such Act, separately set
    (4) A summary of oversight findings and recommendations by the Committee   out and clearly identified, whenever the Director (if timely submitted
   on Government Reform and Oversight under clause 4(c)(2) of rule X if such   prior to the filing of the report) has submitted such estimate and
   findings and recommendations have been submitted to the reporting           comparison to the committee; and (D) a summary of the oversight findings
   committee in time to allow it to consider such findings and                 and recommendations made by the Committee on Government Reform and
   recommendations during its deliberations on the measure.                    Oversight under clause 4(c)(2) of rule X separately set out and clearly
                                                                               identified whenever such findings and recommendations have been submitted
                                                                               to the legislative committee in a timely fashion to allow an opportunity to
                                                                               consider such findings and recommendations during the committee's
                                                                               deliberations on the measure.
  (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution    Derived from clause 2(l)(4), rule XI: (4) Each report of a committee on a
 shall contain the following:                                                  bill or joint resolution of a public character shall include a statement
    (1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the      citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in the Constitution to
   Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint resolution.     enact the law proposed by the bill or joint resolution.
                                                                                Derived from clause 7, rule XIII: 7. (a) The report accompanying each bill
                                                                               or joint resolution of a public character reported by any committee shall
                                                                               contain--

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    (2)(A) An estimate by the committee of the costs that would be incurred     (1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which would be
   in carrying out the bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which    incurred in carrying out such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year
   it is reported and in each of the five fiscal years following that fiscal   in which it is reported, and in each of the five fiscal years following
   year (or for the authorized duration of any program authorized by the       such fiscal year (or for the authorized duration of any program authorized
   bill or joint resolution if less than five years);                          by such bill or joint resolution, if less than five years);
    (B) A comparison of the estimate of costs described in subdivision (A)      (2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in subparagraph (1) of
   made by the committee with any estimate of such costs made by a             this paragraph made by such committee with any estimate of such costs made
   Government agency and submitted to such committee; and                      by any Government agency and submitted to such committee; and
    (C) When practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding level     (3) when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding level       Proposed clause 3(d)(2), rule XIII on committee cost estimates is the same
   for the relevant programs with the appropriate levels under current law.    for the relevant program (or programs) with the appropriate levels under      as existing clause 7(a), rule XIII, but deletes clause 7(b) of the existing
                                                                               current law.                                                                  rule which prohibits consideration of a reported bill or joint resolution
                                                                                Omitted: (b) It shall not be in order to consider any such bill or joint     unless the committee cost estimate is in the report, since all reporting
                                                                               resolution in the House if the report of the committee which reported that    requirements if not complied with render the bill subject to a point of
                                                                               bill or joint resolution does not comply with paragraph (a) of this clause.   order against its consideration. To include such a prohibition only in this
                                                                                                                                                             instance and not where other reporting requirements are not met is to give
                                                                                                                                                             the impression that such other failures do not give rise to a point of
                                                                                                                                                             order against consideration. This merely conforms to existing precedents
                                                                                                                                                             that points of order may be raised against consideration of a bill where
                                                                                                                                                             the report fails to comply with any of the reporting requirements now
                                                                                                                                                             consolidated in rule XIII, subject to filing of supplemental reports to
                                                                                                                                                             correct technical errors in clause 3(a)(2) of this rule.
    (3)(A) In subparagraph (2) the term ``Government agency'' includes any      (c) For the purposes of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of this clause,
   department, agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation,     a Government agency includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly
   or instrumentality of the Federal Government or the government of the       owned Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government
   District of Columbia.                                                       or the government of the District of Columbia.
    (B) Subparagraph (2) does not apply to the Committee on Appropriations,     (d) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to the Committee
   the Committee on House Oversight, the Committee on Rules, or the            on Appropriations, the Committee on House Oversight, the Committee on
   Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and does not apply when a       Rules, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and do not apply
   cost estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the                where a cost estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the
   Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget   Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget
   Act of 1974 has been included in the report under paragraph (c)(3).         Act of 1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the report and
                                                                               included in the report pursuant to clause 2(l)(3)(C) of rule XI.
  (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint resolution proposing      Derived from clause 3, rule XIII: 3. Whenever a committee reports a bill
 to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof, it shall include in its         or a joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part thereof it
 report or in an accompanying document--                                       shall include in its report or in an accompanying document--
    (A) the text of a statute or part thereof that is proposed to be            (1) The text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be
   repealed; and                                                               repealed; and

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    (B) a comparative print of any part of the bill or joint resolution         (2) A comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution
   proposing to amend the statute and of the statute or part thereof           making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof proposed to be
   proposed to be amended, showing by appropriate typographical devices the    amended, showing by stricken-through type and italic, parallel columns, or
   omissions and insertions proposed.                                          other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions
  (2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution proposing to repeal    proposed to be made: Provided, however, That if a committee reports such a
 or amend a statute or part thereof with a recommendation that the bill or     bill or joint resolution with amendments or an amendment in the nature of a
 joint resolution be amended, the comparative print required by subparagraph   substitute for the entire bill, such report shall include a comparative
 (1) shall reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by the      print showing any changes in existing law proposed by the amendments or
 bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.                           substitute instead of as in the bill as introduced.
  (f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a general               Derived from clause 3, rule XXI: 3. A report from the Committee on            Proposed clause 3(f)(1), rule XIII regarding changes in existing law
 appropriation bill shall include--                                            Appropriations accompanying any general appropriation bill making an          contained in general appropriation bills is transferred from existing
    (A) a concise statement describing the effect of any provision of the      appropriation for any purpose shall contain a concise statement describing    clause 3, rule XXI, to consolidate reporting requirements for the
   accompanying bill that directly or indirectly changes the application of    fully the effect of any provision of the accompanying bill which directly     Appropriations Committee. Proposed clause 3(f)(2) is transferred from
   existing law; and                                                           or indirectly changes the application of existing law, and shall contain a    existing clause 1(b), rule X as part of that consolidation.
    (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill for expenditures    list of all appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure not
   not previously authorized by law (except classified intelligence or         previously authorized by law (except for classified intelligence or
   national security programs, projects, or activities).                       national security programs, projects, or activities).
  (2) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a bill or joint          Derived from clause 1(b), rule X: The committee shall include separate
 resolution including matter specified in clause 1(b)(2) or (3) of rule X,     headings for ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances'' in
 it shall include--                                                            any bill or resolution as reported from the committee under its
    (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate headings for                 jurisdiction specified in subparagraph (2) or (3), with all proposed
   ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances''; and               rescissions and proposed transfers listed therein; and shall include a
    (B) in the report of the committee, a separate section listing such        separate section with respect to such rescissions or transfers in the
   rescissions and transfers.                                                  accompanying committee report.
  (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution proposing to         Derived from clause 4(d), rule XI: (d) Whenever the Committee on Rules        The existing clause 4(d), rule XI, the ``Ramseyer'' requirement showing
 repeal or amend a standing rule of the House, it shall include in its         reports a resolution repealing or amending any of the Rules of the House of   changes in standing rules when reported by Rules Committee is transferred
 report or in an accompanying document--                                       Representatives or part thereof it shall include in its report or in an       to proposed clause 3(g), rule XIII as part of the consolidation of
                                                                               accompanying document--                                                       committee reporting requirements.
    (1) the text of any rule or part thereof that is proposed to be             (1) the text of any part of the Rules of the House of Representatives
   repealed; and                                                               which is proposed to be repealed; and
    (2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution proposing to amend    (2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution making such an
   the rule and of the rule or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing    amendment and any part of the Rules of the House of Representatives to be
   by appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions           amended, showing by an appropriate typographical device the omissions and
   proposed.                                                                   insertions proposed to be made.

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  (h)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution        Derived from clause 2(l) of rule XI: (8) The report of the Committee on       Proposed clause 3(h), rule XIII was added to the rules by the Internal
 reported by the Committee on Ways and Means that proposes to amend the        Ways and Means on any bill or joint resolution containing any provision       Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-206),
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--                                        amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall include a Tax Complexity     to be effective after January 1, 1999.
    (A) the report includes a tax complexity analysis prepared by the Joint    Analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation in accordance with
   Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in accordance with section 4022(b)   section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform
   of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or    Act of 1998 unless the Committee on Ways and Means causes to have such
    (B) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes such a tax      Analysis printed in the Congressional Record prior to the consideration of
   complexity analysis to be printed in the Congressional Record before        the bill or joint resolution.
   consideration of the bill or joint resolution.
  (2) A report from the Committee on Ways and Means on a bill or joint          Derived from clause 7(e), rule XIII: (e)(1) A report from the Committee on
 resolution designated by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the     Ways and Means on a bill or joint resolution designated by the Majority
 Minority Leader, as major tax legislation may include a dynamic estimate of   Leader (after consultation with the Minority Leader) as major tax
 the changes in Federal revenues expected to result from enactment of the      legislation may include a dynamic estimate of the changes in Federal
 legislation. The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall render    revenues expected to result from enactment of the legislation. The Joint
 a dynamic estimate of such legislation only in response to a timely request   Committee on Taxation shall render a dynamic estimate of such legislation
 from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, after consultation      only in response to a timely request from the chairman of the Committee on
 with the ranking minority member. A dynamic estimate under this paragraph     Ways and Means (after consultation with the ranking minority member of the
 may be used only for informational purposes.                                  committee). A dynamic estimate pursuant to this paragraph may be used only
                                                                               for informational purposes.
  (3) In this paragraph the term ``dynamic estimate'' means a projection        (2) In this paragraph, ``dynamic estimate'' means a projection based in       A dynamic revenue estimate of a Ways and Means reported bill or joint
 based in any part on assumptions concerning probable effects of               any part on assumptions concerning probable effects of macroeconomic          resolution, now authorized in rule XIII, is transferred as a matter
 macroeconomic feedback. A dynamic estimate shall include a statement          feedback. A dynamic estimate shall include a statement identifying all such   included in a committee report.
 identifying all such assumptions.                                             assumptions.
 

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Availability of reports
  4. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not be in         Derived from clause 2(l)(6), rule XI: (6) A measure or matter reported by     The proposed clause 4, rule XIII on availability of committee reports is
 order to consider in the House a measure or matter reported by a committee    any committee (except the Committee on Rules in the case of a resolution      transferred from existing clause 2(l)(6), rule XI with some simplification
 until the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal          making in order the consideration of a bill, resolution, or other order of    to eliminate duplicative statements of three-day requirements. The
 holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on which each     business), shall not be considered in the House until the third calendar      Appropriations Committee three-day rule currently contained in clause 7,
 report of a committee on that measure or matter has been available to         day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House    rule XXI is redundant and the availability requirements for that
 Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.                            is in session on such a day) on which the report of that committee upon       Committee's reports are merged into the general three-day rule in this
                                                                               that measure or matter has been available to the Members of the House . . .   clause, with the added requirement that printed hearings on general
                                                                                                                                                             appropriation bills also be available for three days. The exception from
                                                                                                                                                             the three-day requirement for funding resolutions reported from House
                                                                                                                                                             Oversight reflects the separate one-day availability rule there. The
                                                                                                                                                             exception for privileged resolutions reported from other committees is
                                                                                                                                                             refined to refer only to reported resolutions raising questions of the
                                                                                                                                                             privileges of the House, e.g., contempt resolutions, impeachment
                                                                                                                                                             resolutions and matters incidental thereto, and disciplinary resolutions
                                                                                                                                                             reported by the Standards Committee which are not presently covered by the
                                                                                                                                                             three-day rule. This proposed rule reflects present interpretation that
                                                                                                                                                             privileged resolutions of inquiry, for example, are covered by the three-
                                                                                                                                                             day rule, and that only questions of privilege which might need to be
                                                                                                                                                             immediately considered are exempt from the three-day rule.
 
                                                                                                                                                              The portion of existing clause 2(l)(6), rule XI permitting same day
                                                                                                                                                             consideration of resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules that only
                                                                                                                                                             waive availability requirements for committee reports is transferred to
                                                                                                                                                             proposed clause 6(a). The portion of existing clause 2(l)(6) requiring
                                                                                                                                                             reasonable efforts by reporting committees to have printed hearings
                                                                                                                                                             available prior to consideration of the reported measure is transferred to
                                                                                                                                                             proposed clause 4(b).
  (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to--                                      Derived from clause 2(l)(6), rule XI: . . . This subparagraph shall not       The exception from the general three-day availability rule for resolutions
    (A) a resolution providing a rule, joint rule, or order of business        apply to--                                                                    reported from the Committee on Rules is derived from existing clause 4(b),
   reported by the Committee on Rules considered under clause 6;                                                                                             rule XI (proposed clause 6, rule XIII). The exception for resolutions
    (B) a resolution providing amounts from the applicable accounts                                                                                          providing amounts from applicable accounts reported from the Committee on
   described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X reported by the Committee on House                                                                                  House Oversight is derived from clause 5, rule XI (proposed clause 6, rule
   Oversight considered under clause 6 of rule X;                                                                                                            X).
    (C) a resolution presenting a question of the privileges of the House
   reported by any committee;
    (D) a measure for the declaration of war, or the declaration of a           (A) any measure for the declaration of war, or the declaration of a
   national emergency, by Congress; and                                        national emergency, by the Congress; or

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    (E) a measure providing for the disapproval of a decision,                  (B) any decision, determination, or action by a Government agency which
   determination, or action by a Government agency that would become, or       would become or continue to be, effective unless disapproved or otherwise
   continue to be, effective unless disapproved or otherwise invalidated by    invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress. For the purposes of the
   one or both Houses of Congress. In this subdivision the term ``Government   preceding sentence, a Government agency includes any department, agency,
   agency'' includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned       establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or instrumentality of
   Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or     the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia.
   of the government of the District of Columbia.
  (b) A committee that reports a measure or matter shall make every             Derived from clause 2(l)(6), rule XI: . . . If hearings have been held on
 reasonable effort to have its hearings thereon (if any) printed and           any such measure or matter so reported, the committee reporting the measure
 available for distribution to Members, Delegates, and the Resident            or matter shall make every reasonable effort to have such hearings printed
 Commissioner before the consideration of the measure or matter in the         and available for distribution to the Members of the House prior to the
 House.                                                                        consideration of such measure or matter in the House.
  (c) A general appropriation bill reported by the Committee on                 Derived from clause 7, rule XXI: 7. No general appropriation bill shall be    The portion of existing clause 7, rule XXI requiring three-day
 Appropriations may not be considered in the House until the third calendar    considered in the House until printed committee hearings and a committee      availability for committee reports on general appropriation bills is
 day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when the House   report thereon have been available for the Members of the House for at        subsumed by the general three-day availability rule in proposed clause
 is in session on such a day) on which printed hearings of the Committee on    least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays    4(a)(1). The portion of that existing rule requiring three-day availability
 Appropriations thereon have been available to Members, Delegates, and the     except when the House is in session on such a day).                           for printed committee hearings on general appropriation bills remains as
 Resident Commissioner.                                                                                                                                      proposed clause 4(c).
 
                                                                              Derived from clause 4, rule XI:
 
Privileged reports, generally                                                 Privileged Reports and Amendments
  5. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report at any time on     4. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report at any time on
 the following matters, respectively:                                          the matters herein stated, namely: The Committee on Appropriations-on
    (1) The Committee on Appropriations, on general appropriation bills and    general appropriation bills and on joint resolutions continuing
   on joint resolutions continuing appropriations for a fiscal year after      appropriations for a fiscal year if reported after September 15 preceding
   September 15 in the preceding fiscal year.                                  the beginning of such fiscal year; the Committee on the Budget--on the
    (2) The Committee on the Budget, on the matters required to be reported    matters required to be reported by such committee under Titles III and IV
   by such committee under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act   of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; the Committee on House Oversight--
   of 1974.                                                                    on enrolled bills, contested elections, and all matters referred to it of
    (3) The Committee on House Oversight, on enrolled bills, on contested      printing for the use of the House or the two Houses, and on all matters of
   elections, on matters referred to it concerning printing for the use of     expenditure of the applicable accounts of the House described in clause
   the House or the two Houses, on expenditure of the applicable accounts of   1(h)(1) of rule X, and on all matters relating to preservation and
   the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X, and on matters relating    availability of noncurrent records of the House under rule XXXVI; the
   to preservation and availability of noncurrent records of the House under   Committee on Rules--on rules, joint rules, and the order of business; and
   rule VII.                                                                   the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct--on resolutions recommending
    (4) The Committee on Rules, on rules, joint rules, and the order of        action by the House of Representatives with respect to an individual
   business.                                                                   Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives as a result of
    (5) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, on resolutions         any investigation by the committee relating to the official conduct of such
   recommending action by the House with respect to a Member, Delegate,        Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives.
   Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House as a result of
   an investigation by the committee relating to the official conduct of
   such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.

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  (b) A report filed from the floor as privileged under paragraph (a) may be  ............................................................................    Proposed paragraph (b) embodies current practice that privileged reports
 called up as a privileged question by direction of the reporting committee,                                                                                 may be called up as privileged questions subject to the relevant
 subject to any requirement concerning its availability to Members,                                                                                          availability rule.
 Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner under clause 4 or concerning the
 timing of its consideration under clause 6.
 
Privileged reports by the Committee on Rules
  6. (a) A report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the       Derived from clause 4(b), rule XI: (b) It shall always be in order to call    The authority of the Rules Committee to call up on the same day reported
 order of business may not be called up for consideration on the same day it   up for consideration a report from the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint    amendment reported in disagreement, currently in clause 2(a) and (b), rule
 is presented to the House except--                                            rule, or the order of business (except it shall not be called up for          XXVIII, is carried here as it relates to privileged reports of that
    (1) when so determined by a vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a    consideration on the same day it is presented to the House, unless so         committee. This recodification transfers these availability requirements to
   quorum being present;                                                       determined by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Members voting, but   clause 8 of rule XXII.
    (2) in the case of a resolution proposing only to waive a requirement of   this provision shall not apply during the last three days of the session),     Proposed paragraph (c)(1) utilizes the convention that the Rules Committee
   clause 4 or of clause 8 of rule XXII concerning the availability of         and, pending the consideration thereof, the Speaker may entertain one         may not report a rule setting aside Calendar Wednesday business by a vote
   reports; or                                                                 motion that the House adjourn; but after the result is announced the          of less than two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present.
    (3) during the last three days of a session of Congress.                   Speaker shall not entertain any other dilatory motion until the report
  (b) Pending the consideration of a report by the Committee on Rules on a     shall have been fully disposed of. The Committee on Rules shall not report
 rule, joint rule, or the order of business, the Speaker may entertain one     any rule or order which provides that business under clause 7 of rule XXIV
 motion that the House adjourn. After the result of such a motion is           shall be set aside by a vote of less than two-thirds of the Members
 announced, the Speaker may not entertain any other dilatory motion until      present; nor shall it report any rule or order which would prevent the
 the report shall have been disposed of.                                       motion to recommit from being made as provided in clause 4 of rule XVI,
  (c) The Committee on Rules may not report--                                  including a motion to recommit with instructions to report back an
    (1) a rule or order proposing that business under clause 7 of rule XV be   amendment otherwise in order (if offered by the Minority Leader or a
   set aside by a vote of less than two-thirds of the Members voting, a        designee), except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution for which the
   quorum being present;                                                       text of a House-passed measure has been substituted.
    (2) a rule or order that would prevent the motion to recommit a bill or
   joint resolution from being made as provided in clause 2(b) of rule XIX,
   including a motion to recommit with instructions to report back an
   amendment otherwise in order, if offered by the Minority Leader or a
   designee, except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution for which
   the text of a House-passed measure has been substituted.

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  (d) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House reports concerning      Derived from clause 4(c), rule XI: (c) The Committee on Rules shall
 rules, joint rules, and the order of business, within three legislative       present to the House reports concerning rules, joint rules, and order of
 days of the time when they are ordered. If such a report is not considered    business, within three legislative days of the time when the bill or
 immediately, it shall be referred to the calendar. If such a report on the    resolution involved is ordered reported by the committee. If any such rule
 calendar is not called up by the member of the committee who filed the        or order is not considered immediately, it shall be referred to the
 report within seven legislative days, any member of the committee may call    calendar and, if not called up by the Member making the report within seven
 it up as a privileged question on the day after the calendar day on which     legislative days thereafter, any member of the Committee on Rules may call
 the member announces to the House his intention to do so. The Speaker shall   it up as a question of privilege (but only on the day after the calendar
 recognize a member of the committee who rises for that purpose.               day on which such Member announces to the House his intention to do so) and
                                                                               the Speaker shall recognize any member of the Committee on Rules seeking
                                                                               recognition for that purpose.
  (e) An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a resolution proposing   If the Committee on Rules makes an adverse report on any resolution pending
 a special order of business for the consideration of a public bill or         before the committee, providing for an order of business for the
 public joint resolution may be called up as a privileged question by a        consideration by the House of any public bill or joint resolution, on days
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner on a day when it is in order to    when it shall be in order to call up motions to discharge committees it
 consider a motion to discharge committees under clause 2 of rule XV.          shall be in order for any Member of the House to call up for consideration
                                                                               by the House such adverse report, and it shall be in order to move the
                                                                               adoption by the House of such resolution adversely reported notwithstanding
                                                                               the adverse report of the Committee on Rules, and the Speaker shall
                                                                               recognize the Member seeking recognition for that purpose as a question of
                                                                               the highest privilege.
  (f) If the House has adopted a resolution making in order a motion to         Derived from clause 2(l)(7), rule XI: If, within seven calendar days after    Proposed paragraph (f) is infrequently utilized since most special orders
 consider a bill or resolution, and such a motion has not been offered         a measure has, by resolution, been made in order for consideration by the     permitting consideration in Committee of the Whole give the Speaker
 within seven calendar days thereafter, such a motion shall be privileged if   House, no motion has been offered that the House consider that measure, any   designation authority rather than requiring a motion. Thus this paragraph
 offered by direction of all reporting committees having initial               member of the committee which reported that measure may be recognized in      is similar to existing mechanisms like morning hour (proposed clauses 4 and
 jurisdiction of the bill or resolution.                                       the discretion of the Speaker to offer a motion that the House shall          5, rule XIV) in that it is not currently utilized in modern practice but is
                                                                               consider that measure, if that committee has duly authorized that member to   not totally obsolete since it may still apply to measures to be considered
                                                                               offer that motion.                                                            in the House. The Speaker has the discretion to recognize for such a motion
                                                                                                                                                             if properly authorized by all reporting committees of initial referral,
                                                                                                                                                             similar to proposed clause 1, rule XXII on motions to go to conference.
  (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution providing for the    Derived from clause 4(e), rule XI: (e) Whenever the Committee on Rules
 consideration of a measure, it shall (to the maximum extent possible)         reports a resolution providing for the consideration of any measure, it
 specify in the resolution the object of any waiver of a point of order        shall, to the maximum extent possible, specify in the resolution the object
 against the measure or against its consideration.                             of any waiver of a point of order against the measure or against its
                                                                               consideration.
 

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Resolutions of inquiry
  7. A report on a resolution of inquiry addressed to the head of an            Derived from clause 5, rule XXII: 5. All resolutions of inquiry addressed     Existing clause 5, rule XXII regarding resolutions of inquiry, is
 executive department may be filed from the floor as privileged. If such a     to the heads of executive departments shall be reported to the House within   transferred to proposed clause 7, rule XIII since it is more logical in the
 resolution is not reported to the House within 14 legislative days after      fourteen legislative days after presentation.                                 rule on privileged reports than under the rule on introduction and
 its introduction, a motion to discharge a committee from its consideration                                                                                  referral. The clause thus codifies its privileged status. The clause also
 shall be privileged.                                                                                                                                        retains the anomaly where one of two committees has reported, even
                                                                                                                                                             adversely, only the reporting committee can call up the resolution,
                                                                                                                                                             although the motion to discharge the other committee is privileged.
 
                                  RULE XIV.
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXIV
                       ORDER AND PRIORITY OF BUSINESS.                        ORDER OF BUSINESS
 
  1. The daily order of business (unless varied by the application of other     1. The daily order of business shall be as follows:                           Proposed rule XIV begins the chronological series of rules governing
 rules and except for the disposition of matters of higher precedence) shall                                                                                 business in the full House. Rule XIV constitutes a transfer of those
 be as follows:                                                                                                                                              portions of current rule XXIV relating to general order of business
                                                                                                                                                             priorities and disposition of matters on the Speaker's table, and rule XV
                                                                                                                                                             becomes the rule providing for business in order only on certain days. As
                                                                                                                                                             the preface to the revised clause 1 suggests, the daily order of business
                                                                                                                                                             can be and often is varied by the application of other rules and by the
                                                                                                                                                             disposition of privileged motions disposing of matters of higher
                                                                                                                                                             precedence. While the ``morning hour'' rule (clause 4) is currently not
                                                                                                                                                             utilized in modern practice (other than morning hour debates) since the
                                                                                                                                                             order of business is normally determined by special orders or privileged
                                                                                                                                                             motions, nevertheless it remains available for the relatively few House
                                                                                                                                                             Calendar bills in the event that the House cannot, through the Rules
                                                                                                                                                             Committee or otherwise, determine its order of business. In clause 2,
                                                                                                                                                             relating to disposition of business from the Speaker's table, paragraph (c)
                                                                                                                                                             is modified to cross reference to provisions in clauses 1, 2 and 4 of rule
                                                                                                                                                             XXII which will govern motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the
                                                                                                                                                             Speaker's table and conference procedures. Paragraph (d) permits the motion
                                                                                                                                                             to dispose of Senate passed bills similar to House Calendar bills only when
                                                                                                                                                             authorized by all reporting committees of original referral (reflecting
                                                                                                                                                             modern multiple referral practices).
                                                                                                                                                              Clause 1 contains cross references to other clauses and reflects various
                                                                                                                                                             precedents which establish the relative priorities among the business
                                                                                                                                                             mentioned therein.
  First. Prayer by the Chaplain.                                                First. Prayer by the Chaplain.
  Second. Reading and approval of the Journal, unless postponed under clause    Second. Reading and approval of the Journal, unless postponed pursuant to
 9(a) of Rule XX.                                                              the provisions of clause 5(b)(1) of the rule 1.
  Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.                                  Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
  Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.                              Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.
  Fifth. Disposal of business on the Speaker's table as provided in clause      Fifth. Disposal of business on the Speaker's table.
 2.

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  Sixth. Unfinished business as provided in clause 3.                           Sixth. Unfinished business.
  Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills called up by         Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills called up by
 committees as provided in clause 4.                                           committees.
  Eighth. Motions that the House resolve into the Committee of the Whole        Eighth. Motions to go into Committee of the Whole House on the state of
 House on the state of the Union subject to clause 5.                          the Union.
  Ninth. Orders of the day.                                                     Ninth. Orders of the day.
  2. Business on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as follows:           2. Business on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as follows:
    (a) Messages from the President shall be referred to the appropriate
   committees without debate.
    (b) Communications addressed to the House, including reports and            Messages from the President shall be referred to the appropriate              Motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the Speaker's table, currently
   communications from heads of departments and bills, resolutions, and        committees without debate. Reports and communications from heads of           made in order under clause 2, are being transferred to rule XXII, Senate
   messages from the Senate, may be referred to the appropriate committees     departments, and other communications addressed to the House, and bills,      amendments, and are now being cross referenced in paragraph (c).
   in the same manner and with the same right of correction as public bills    resolutions, and messages from the Senate may be referred to the
   and public resolutions presented by Members, Delegates, or the Resident     appropriate committees in the same manner and with the same right of
   Commissioner.                                                               correction as public bills presented by Members; but House bills with
      (c) Motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the Speaker's table may   Senate amendments which do not require consideration in a Committee of the
     be entertained as provided in clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XXII.           Whole may be at once disposed of as the House may determine, as may also
      (d) Senate bills and resolutions substantially the same as House         Senate bills substantially the same as House bills already favorably
     measures already favorably reported and not required to be considered     reported by a committee of the House, and not required to be considered in
     in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union may be      Committee of the Whole, be disposed of in the same manner on motion
     disposed of by motion. Such a motion shall be privileged if offered by    directed to be made by such committee.
     direction of all reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of
     the House measure.
 
  3. Consideration of unfinished business in which the House may have been      3. The consideration of the unfinished business in which the House may be
 engaged at an adjournment, except business in the morning hour and            engaged at an adjournment, except business in the morning hour, shall be
 proceedings postponed under clause 9 of rule XX, shall be resumed as soon     resumed as soon as the business on the Speaker's table is finished, and at
 as the business on the Speaker's table is finished, and at the same time      the same time each day thereafter until disposed of, and the consideration
 each day thereafter until disposed of. The consideration of all other         of all other unfinished business shall be resumed whenever the class of
 unfinished business shall be resumed whenever the class of business to        business to which it belongs shall be in order under the rules.
 which it belongs shall be in order under the rules.
  4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the Speaker shall      4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the Speaker shall      Clauses 4 and 5 on Morning Hour and motion to go into Committee of the
 call each standing committee in regular order and then select committees.     call each standing committee in regular order, and then select committees,    Whole after one hour of morning hour business are not currently utilized in
 Each committee when named may call up for consideration a bill or             and each committee when named may call up for consideration any bill          modern practice but are not totally obsolete.
 resolution reported by it on a previous day and on the House Calendar. If     reported by it on a previous day and on the House Calendar, and if the
 the Speaker does not complete the call of the committees before the House     Speaker shall not complete the call of the committees before the House
 passes to other business, the next call shall resume at the point it left     passes to other business, he shall resume the next call where he left off,
 off, giving preference to the last bill or resolution under consideration.    giving preference to the last bill under consideration: Provided, That
 A committee that has occupied the call for two days may not call up another   whenever any committee shall have occupied the morning hour on two days, it
 bill or resolution until the other committees have been called in their       shall not be in order to call up any other bill until the other committees
 turn.                                                                         have been called in their turn.

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  5. After consideration of bills or resolutions under clause 4 for one         5. After one hour shall have been devoted to the consideration of bills
 hour, it shall be in order, pending consideration thereof, to entertain a     called up by committees, it shall be in order, pending consideration or
 motion that the House resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the    discussion thereof, to entertain a motion to go into Committee of the Whole
 state of the Union or, when authorized by a committee, that the House         House on the state of the Union, or, when authorized by a committee, to go
 resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to    into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to consider
 consider a particular bill. Such a motion shall be subject to only one        a particular bill, to which motion one amendment only, designating another
 amendment designating another bill. If such a motion is decided in the        bill, may be made; and if either motion be determined in the negative, it
 negative, another such motion may not be considered until the matter that     shall not be in order to make either motion again until the disposal of the
 was pending when such motion was offered is disposed of.                      matter under consideration or discussion.
                                                                                Derived from: RULE XXV                                                      Existing rule XXV on priority of business is more appropriate as a clause in
                                                                                                                                                             a rule on the order of business than as a separate rule, thus transferred
                                                                                                                                                             here as a new clause 6, rule XIV.
 
                                                                              PRIORITY OF BUSINESS
  6. All questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided by     All questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided by a
 a majority without debate.                                                    majority without debate.
 
                                  RULE XV.
 
                     BUSINESS IN ORDER ON SPECIAL DAYS.                       Derived from: RULE XXVII
 
Suspensions, Mondays and Tuesdays                                             CHANGE OR SUSPENSION OF RULES
  1. (a) A rule may not be suspended except by a vote of two-thirds of the      1. No rule shall be suspended except by a vote of two-thirds of the           Proposed rule XV combines all current rules relating to business in order
 Members voting, a quorum being present. The Speaker may not entertain a       Members voting, a quorum being present; nor shall the Speaker entertain a     on special days in chronological order as follows: (clause 1) suspension of
 motion that the House suspend the rules except on Mondays and Tuesdays and    motion to suspend the rules except on Mondays and Tuesdays, and during the    the rules every Monday and Tuesday (currently in rule XXVII); (clause.2)
 during the last six days of a session of Congress.                            last six days of a session.                                                   motions on second and fourth Mondays to discharge committee and to call up
                                                                                                                                                             adverse reports from Committee on Rules (currently in rule XXVII) (clause
                                                                                                                                                             3); (clause 4) consideration on second and fourth Mondays of District of
                                                                                                                                                             Columbia business reported from Committee on Government Reform and
                                                                                                                                                             Oversight (currently in rule XXIV); (clause 5) call of the Private Calendar
                                                                                                                                                             on the first and third Tuesdays (currently in rule XXIV); (clause 6) call
                                                                                                                                                             of the Corrections Calendar on the second and fourth Tuesdays (currently in
                                                                                                                                                             rule XIII); (clause 7) Calendar Wednesday (currently in rule XXIV).
 
  (b) Pending a motion that the House suspend the rules, the Speaker may        2. When a motion to suspend the rules has been submitted to the House, it     Paragraph (b) is derived from existing clause 8, rule XVI.
 entertain one motion that the House adjourn. After the result of such a       shall be in order, before the final vote is taken thereon, to debate the
 motion is announced, the Speaker may not entertain any other motion until     proposition to be voted upon for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be
 the vote is taken on the suspension.                                          given to debate in favor of, and one-half to debate in opposition to, such
                                                                               proposition; . . . [Remainder transferred to rule XIII]
  (c) A motion that the House suspend the rules is debatable for 40 minutes,    Derived from clause 8, rule XVI: 8. Pending a motion to suspend the rules,
 one-half in favor of the motion and one-half in opposition thereto.           the Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn; but after the
                                                                               result thereon is announced he shall not entertain any other motion until
                                                                               the vote is taken on suspension.

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Discharge motions, second and fourth Mondays
  2. (a) Motions to discharge committees shall be in order on the second and    Derived from clause 3, rule XXVII: 3. A Member may present to the Clerk a     ``Legislative'' days has been added consistent with precedents
 fourth Mondays of a month.                                                    motion in writing to discharge a committee from the consideration of a        interpreting the thirty and seven day requirements to be legislative day
  (b)(1) A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in writing to discharge--  public bill or resolution which has been referred to it thirty days prior     and not calendar day requirements.
                                                                               thereto (but only one motion may be presented for each bill or resolution).    A committee is discharged from consideration of a measure only when it
    (A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or public resolution   Under this rule it shall also be in order for a Member to file a motion to    files its report or otherwise brings up it on the floor. Other types of
   that has been referred to it for 30 legislative days; or                    discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of any            committee activity, such as hearings, do not prevent the application of
    (B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution that has     resolution providing a special rule for the consideration of a public bill    this rule.
   been referred to it for seven legislative days and that proposes a          or resolution reported by a standing committee, or a special rule for the
   special order of business for the consideration of a public bill or         consideration of a public bill or resolution which has remained in a
   public resolution that has been reported by a standing committee or has     standing committee thirty or more days without action: Provided, That a
   been referred to a standing committee for 30 legislative days.              Member may not file a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from
  (2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or resolution. A Member      consideration of a resolution providing for the consideration of more than
 may not file a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from                one public bill or resolution, or admitting or effecting a nongermane
 consideration of a resolution providing for the consideration of more than    amendment to a public bill or resolution: Provided further, That said
 one public bill or public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane   resolution from which it is moved to discharge the Committee on Rules has
 amendment to a public bill or public resolution.                              been referred to that committee at least seven days prior to the filing of
  (c) A motion presented under paragraph (b) shall be placed in the custody    the motion to discharge. The motion shall be placed in the custody of the
 of the Clerk, who shall arrange a convenient place for the signatures of      Clerk, who shall arrange some convenient place for the signature of
 Members. A signature may be withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time      Members. A signature may be withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time
 before a motion is entered on the Journal. The Clerk shall make signatures    before the motion is entered on the Journal. Once a motion to discharge has
 a matter of public record, causing the names of the Members who have signed   been filed, the Clerk shall make the signatures a matter of public record.
 a discharge motion during a week to be published in a portion of the          The Clerk shall cause the names of the Members who have signed a discharge
 Congressional Record designated for that purpose on the last legislative      motion during any week to be published in a portion of the Congressional
 day of the week and making cumulative lists of such names available each      Record designated for that purpose on the last legislative day of that
 day for public inspection in an appropriate office of the House. The Clerk    week. The Clerk shall make available each day for public inspection in an
 shall devise a means for making such lists available to offices of the        appropriate office of the House cumulative lists of such names. The Clerk
 House and to the public in electronic form. When a majority of the total      shall devise a means by which to make such lists available to offices of
 membership of the House shall have signed the motion, it shall be entered     the House and to the public in electronic form. When a majority of the
 on the Journal, printed with the signatures thereto in the Record, and        total membership of the House shall have signed the motion, it shall be
 referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees.                  entered on the Journal, printed with the signatures thereto in the
                                                                               Congressional Record, and referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge
                                                                               Committees.

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  (d)(1) On the second and fourth Mondays of a month (except during the last    On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, except during the last six
 six days of a session of Congress), immediately after the Pledge of           days of any session of Congress, immediately after the approval of the
 Allegiance to the Flag, a motion to discharge that has been on the calendar   Journal, any Member who has signed a motion to discharge which has been on
 for at least seven legislative days shall be privileged if called up by a     the calendar at least seven days prior thereto, and seeks recognition,
 Member whose signature appears thereon. When such a motion is called up,      shall be recognized for the purpose of calling up the motion, and the House
 the House shall proceed to its consideration under this paragraph without     shall proceed to its consideration in the manner herein provided without
 intervening motion except one motion to adjourn. Privileged motions to        intervening motion except one motion to adjourn. Recognition for the
 discharge shall have precedence in the order of their entry on the Journal.   motions shall be in the order in which they have been entered on the
                                                                               Journal.

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  (2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or resolution to        When any motion under this rule shall be called up, the bill or resolution
 which it relates shall be read by title only. The motion is debatable for     shall be read by title only. After twenty minutes' debate, one-half in
 20 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and one-half in opposition        favor of the proposition and one-half in opposition thereto, the House
 thereto.                                                                      shall proceed to vote on the motion to discharge. If the motion prevails to
  (e)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on Rules from         discharge the Committee on Rules from any resolution pending before the
 consideration of a resolution, the House shall immediately consider the       committee, the House shall immediately consider such resolution, the
 resolution, pending which the Speaker may entertain one motion that the       Speaker not entertaining any dilatory motion except one motion to adjourn,
 House adjourn. After the result of such a motion to adjourn is announced,     and, if such resolution is adopted, the House shall immediately proceed to
 the Speaker may not entertain any other dilatory motion until the             its execution. If the motion prevails to discharge one of the standing
 resolution has been disposed of. If the resolution is adopted, the House      committees of the House from any public bill or resolution pending before
 shall immediately proceed to its execution.                                   the committee, it shall then be in order for any Member who signed the
  (2) If a motion prevails to discharge a standing committee from              motion to move that the House proceed to the immediate consideration of
 consideration of a public bill or public resolution, a motion that the        such bill or resolution (such motion not being debatable), and such motion
 House proceed to the immediate consideration of such bill or resolution       is hereby made of high privilege; and if it shall be decided in the
 shall be privileged if offered by a Member whose signature appeared on the    affirmative, the bill shall be immediately considered under the general
 motion to discharge. The motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion    rules of the House, and if unfinished before adjournment of the day on
 to proceed is adopted, the bill or resolution shall be considered             which it is called up it shall remain the unfinished business until it is
 immediately under the general rules of the House. If unfinished before        fully disposed of. Should the House by vote decide against the immediate
 adjournment of the day on which it is called up, the bill or resolution       consideration of such bill or resolution, it shall be referred to its
 shall remain the unfinished business until it is disposed of. If the motion   proper calendar and be entitled to the same rights and privileges that it
 to proceed is rejected, the bill or resolution shall be referred to the       would have had had the committee to which it was referred duly reported
 appropriate calendar, where it shall have the same status as if the           same to the House for its consideration: Provided, That when any perfected
 committee from which it was discharged had duly reported it to the House.     motion to discharge a committee from the consideration of any public bill
  (f)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this clause has once      or resolution has once been acted upon by the House it shall not be in
 been acted on by the House, it shall not be in order to entertain during      order to entertain during the same session of Congress any other motion for
 the same session of Congress--                                                the discharge from that committee of said measure, or from any other
    (A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of that bill or   committee of any other bill or resolution substantially the same, relating
   resolution or of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in          in substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, or from the
   substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is substantially      Committee on Rules of a resolution providing a special order of business
   the same; or                                                                for the consideration of any other such bill or resolution, in order that
    (B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration of a   such action by the House on a motion to discharge shall be res adjudicata
   resolution providing a special order of business for the consideration of   for the remainder of that session: Provided further, That if before any one
   that bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution that, by         motion to discharge a committee has been acted upon by the House there are
   relating in substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is        on the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees other motions to
   substantially the same.                                                     discharge committees from the consideration of bills or resolutions
  (2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to Discharge            substantially the same, relating in substance to or dealing with the same
 Committees that is rendered out of order under subparagraph (1) shall be      subject matter, after the House shall have acted on one motion to
 stricken from that calendar.                                                  discharge, the remaining said motions shall be stricken from the Calendar
                                                                               of Motions to Discharge Committees and not acted on during the remainder of
                                                                               that session of Congress.
 

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Adverse report by the Committee on Rules, second and fourth Mondays
  3. An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a resolution proposing a    Derived from clause 4(c), rule XI: If the Committee on Rules makes an         Proposed clause 3 is derived from existing clause 4(c), rule XI and is
 special order of business for the consideration of a public bill or public    adverse report on any resolution pending before the committee, providing      additional business in order on the second and fourth Mondays.
 joint resolution may be called up under clause 6(e) of rule XIII as a         for an order of business for the consideration by the House of any public
 privileged question by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner on a      bill or joint resolution, on days when it shall be in order to call up
 day when it is in order to consider a motion to discharge committees under    motions to discharge committees it shall be in order for any Member of the
 clause 2.                                                                     House to call up for consideration by the House such adverse report, and it
                                                                               shall be in order to move the adoption by the House of such resolution
                                                                               adversely reported notwithstanding the adverse report of the Committee on
                                                                               Rules, and the Speaker shall recognize the Member seeking recognition for
                                                                               that purpose as a question of the highest privilege.
 
District of Columbia business, second and fourth Mondays
  4. The second and fourth Mondays of a month shall be set apart for the        Derived from clause 8, rule XXIV: 8. The second and fourth Mondays in each
 consideration of such District of Columbia business as may be called up by    month, after the disposition of motions to discharge committees and after
 the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight after the disposition of     the disposal of such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference
 motions to discharge committees and after the disposal of such business on    only, shall, when claimed by the Committee on Government Reform and
 the Speaker's table as requires reference only.                               Oversight, be set apart for the consideration of such business relating to
                                                                               the District of Columbia as may be presented by said committee.
 
Private Calendar, first and third Tuesdays
  5. (a) On the first Tuesday of a month, the Speaker shall direct the Clerk    Derived from clause 6, rule XXIV: 6. On the first Tuesday of each month       The Private Calendar rule is transferred from rule XXIV to proposed clause
 to call the bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar after disposal of   after disposal of such business on the Speaker's table as requires            5, rule XV as an order of business matter on special days. In clause 5(a),
 such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference only. If two or    reference only, the Speaker shall direct the Clerk to call the bills and      the words ``before completion of the call of the Private Calendar'' were
 more Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner object to the           resolutions on the Private Calendar. Should objection be made by two or       added to clarify existing practice that the Private Calendar is to be given
 consideration of a bill or resolution so called, it shall be recommitted to   more Members to the consideration of any bill or resolution so called, it     priority over other business on the first and third Tuesdays, but that
 the committee that reported it. No other business shall be in order before    shall be recommitted to the committee which reported the bill or              other business can be conducted after the call of the Private Calendar or
 completion of the call of the Private Calendar on this day unless two-        resolution, and no reservation of objection shall be entertained by the       if the call of the calendar is dispensed with by two-thirds vote. In clause
 thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion       Speaker. Such bills and resolutions, if considered, shall be considered in    5(b) language has been added to clarify that the call on a third Tuesday
 that the House dispense with the call.                                        the House as in the Committee of the Whole. No other business shall be in     can also be dispensed with by a two-thirds vote. The ten minutes debate on
                                                                               order on this day unless the House, by two-thirds vote on motion to           a motion to dispense with the call is transferred to clause 5(c).
                                                                               dispense therewith, shall otherwise determine. On such motion debate shall
                                                                               be limited to five minutes for and five minutes against said motion.

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  (b)(1) On the third Tuesday of a month, after the disposal of such            On the third Tuesday of each month after the disposal of such business on
 business on the Speaker's table as requires reference only, the Speaker may   the Speaker's table as requires reference only, the Speaker may direct the
 direct the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar.   Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar, preference
 Preference shall be given to omnibus bills containing the texts of bills or   to be given to omnibus bills containing bills or resolutions which have
 resolutions that have previously been objected to on a call of the Private    previously been objected to on a call of the Private Calendar. All bills
 Calendar. If two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner     and resolutions on the Private Calendar so called, if considered, shall be
 object to the consideration of a bill or resolution so called (other than     considered in the House as in the Committee of the Whole. Should objection
 an omnibus bill), it shall be recommitted to the committee that reported      be made by two or more Members to the consideration of any bill or
 it. Two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present, may adopt a     resolution other than an omnibus bill, it shall be recommitted to the
 motion that the House dispense with the call on this day.                     committee which reported the bill or resolution and no reservation of
                                                                               objection shall be entertained by the Speaker.
  (2) Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph. No amendment      Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph, and no amendment
 shall be in order except to strike or to reduce amounts of money or to        shall be in order except to strike out or to reduce amounts of money stated
 provide limitations. An item or matter stricken from an omnibus bill may      or to provide limitations. Any item or matter stricken from an omnibus bill
 not thereafter during the same session of Congress be included in an          shall not thereafter during the same session of Congress be included in any
 omnibus bill. Upon passage such an omnibus bill shall be resolved into the    omnibus bill.
 several bills and resolutions of which it is composed. The several bills       Upon passage of any such omnibus bill, said bill shall be resolved into
 and resolutions, with any amendments adopted by the House, shall be           the several bills and resolutions of which it is composed, and such
 engrossed, when necessary, and otherwise considered as passed severally by    original bills and resolutions, with any amendments adopted by the House,
 the House as distinct bills and resolutions.                                  shall be engrossed, where necessary, and proceedings thereon had as if said
  (c) The Speaker may not entertain a reservation of the right to object to    bills and resolutions had been passed in the House severally.
 the consideration of a bill or resolution under this clause. A bill or         In the consideration of any omnibus bill the proceedings as set forth
 resolution considered under this clause shall be considered in the House as   above shall have the same force and effect as if each Senate and House bill
 in the Committee of the Whole. A motion to dispense with the call of the      or resolution therein contained or referred to were considered by the House
 Private Calendar under this clause shall be privileged. Debate on such a      as a separate and distinct bill or resolution.
 motion shall be limited to five minutes in support and five minutes in
 opposition.
 
Corrections Calendar, second and fourth Tuesdays                              Derived from clause 4, rule XIII:
  6. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed on either the      4. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed on either the      Existing clause 4, rule XIII providing for a call of the Corrections
 Union or House Calendar, the Speaker, after consultation with the Minority    Union or House Calendar, the Speaker may, after consultation with the         Calendar on the second and fourth Tuesdays is transferred to the new rule
 Leader, may direct the Clerk also to place the bill on the ``Corrections      Minority Leader, file with the Clerk a notice requesting that such bill       XV since it relates to business in order on special days.
 Calendar.'' At any time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of a month, the     also be placed upon a special calendar to be known as the ``Corrections
 Speaker may direct the Clerk to call a bill that has been on the              Calendar.'' At any time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month,
 Corrections Calendar for three legislative days.                              the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call any bill that has been on the
                                                                               Corrections Calendar for three legislative days.

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  (b) A bill called from the Corrections Calendar shall be considered in the    (b) A bill so called shall be considered in the House, shall be debatable
 House, is debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the        for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
 chairman and ranking minority member of the primary committee of              minority member of the primary committee of jurisdiction reporting the
 jurisdiction, and shall not be subject to amendment except those              bill, and shall not be subject to amendment except those amendments
 recommended by the primary committee of jurisdiction or offered by the        recommended by the primary committee of jurisdiction or those offered by
 chairman of the primary committee or a designee. The previous question        the chairman of the primary committee or a designee. The previous question
 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any amendments thereto to      shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any amendment thereto to
 final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with   final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with
 or without instructions.                                                      or without instructions.
  (c) The approval of three-fifths of the Members voting, a quorum being        (c) A three-fifths vote of the Members voting shall be required to pass
 present, shall be required to pass a bill called from the Corrections         any bill called from the Corrections Calendar but the rejection of any such
 Calendar. The rejection of a bill so called, or the sustaining of a point     bill, or the sustaining of any point of order against it or its
 of order against it or against its consideration, does not cause its          consideration, shall not cause it to be removed from the Calendar to which
 removal from the Calendar to which it was originally referred.                it was originally referred.
 
Calendar Call of Committees, Wednesdays                                       Derived from clause 7, rule XXIV:
  7. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in order before       7. On Wednesday of each week no business shall be in order except as          Proposed clause 7, rule XV, the Calendar Wednesday rule, has been
 completion of the call of the committees (except as provided by clause 4 of   provided by clause 4 of this rule unless the House by a two-thirds vote on    clarified to indicate that the House resolves into the Committee of the
 rule XIV) unless two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present,    motion to dispense therewith shall otherwise determine. On such a motion      Whole to consider Union calendar bills called up on Calendar Wednesday
 agree to a motion that the House dispense with the call. Such a motion        there may be debate not to exceed five minutes for and against. On a call     without motion unless a Member raises the question of consideration
 shall be privileged. Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five         of committees under this rule bills may be called up from either the House    (proposed clause 3 of rule XVI). No other business in order prior to
 minutes in support and five minutes in opposition.                            or the Union Calendar, excepting bills which are privileged under the         completion of call of the committees on Calendar Wednesday reflects the
  (b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union Calendar, except   rules; but bills called up from the Union Calendar shall be considered in     current interpretation that other business can be conducted on Wednesdays
 bills or resolutions that are privileged under the Rules of the House, may    the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. This rule shall   after the committee have been called without a two-thirds vote being
 be called under this clause. A bill or resolution called up from the Union    not apply during the last 2 weeks of the session. It shall not be in order    required. Cross references have also been revised and the super-majority
 Calendar shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the       for the Speaker to entertain a motion for a recess on any Wednesday except    voting requirements have been added for consistency.
 state of the Union without motion, subject to clause 3 of rule XVI. General   during the last 2 weeks of the session: Provided, That not more that 2
 debate on a measure considered under this clause shall be confined to the     hours of general debate shall be permitted on any measure called up on
 measure and may not exceed two hours equally divided between a proponent      Calendar Wednesday, and all debate must be confined to the subject matter
 and an opponent.                                                              of the bill, the time to be equally divided between those for and against
  (c) When a committee has occupied the call under this clause on one          the bill: Provided further, That whenever any committee shall have occupied
 Wednesday, it shall not be in order on a succeeding Wednesday to consider     one Wednesday it shall not be in order, unless the House by a two-thirds
 unfinished business previously called up by that committee until the other    vote shall otherwise determine, to consider any unfinished business
 committees have been called in their turn unless--                            previously called up by such committee, unless the previous question had
  (1) the previous question has been ordered on such unfinished business; or   been ordered thereon, upon any succeeding Wednesday until the other
  (2) the House adopts a motion to dispense with the call under paragraph      committees have been called in their turn under this rule: Provided, That
   (a).                                                                        when, during any one session of a Congress, all of the committees of the
  (d) If any committee has not been called under this clause during a          House are not called under the Calendar Wednesday rule, at the next session
 session of a Congress, then at the next session of that Congress the call     of that Congress, the call shall commence where it left off at the end of
 shall resume where it left off at the end of the preceding session.           the preceding session.

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  (e) This rule does not apply during the last two weeks of a session of
 Congress.
  (f) The Speaker may not entertain a motion for a recess on a Wednesday
 except during the last two weeks of a session of Congress.
 
                                  RULE XVI.                                   Derived from rule XVI: RULE XVI
 
                           MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS.                            ON MOTIONS, THEIR PRECEDENCE, ETC.
 
Motions
  1. Every motion entertained by the Speaker shall be reduced to writing on     1. Every motion made to the House and entertained by the Speaker shall be     Proposed rule XVI is a consolidation of various current rules relating to
 the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner and, unless it     reduced to writing on the demand of any Member, and shall be entered on the   procedural motions and questions in the House, and has been structured
 is withdrawn the same day, shall be entered on the Journal with the name of   Journal with the name of the Member making it, unless it is withdrawn the     where possible to maintain current numberings of often cited rules such as
 the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering it. A dilatory        same day.                                                                     the precedence of motions (clause 4) and germaneness (clause 7). Beginning
 motion may not be entertained by the Speaker.                                  Derived from clause 10, rule XVI: 10. No dilatory motion shall be            with rule XVI through rule XXII, the recodification presents procedures in
                                                                               entertained by the Speaker.                                                   the House and in Committee of the Whole in a sequence generally reflecting
                                                                                                                                                             the various stages of consideration, debate, amendment, recommittal, voting
                                                                                                                                                             and House-Senate relations. In rule XVI, clauses 1 and 2 on motions and
                                                                                                                                                             clause 3 on the question of consideration remain the same, except that
                                                                                                                                                             existing clause 10 on dilatoriness of motions becomes the last sentence of
                                                                                                                                                             clause 1. In clause 4, provisions concerning the motion to recommit have
                                                                                                                                                             been transferred to rule XIX, consolidating all rules on the motion to
                                                                                                                                                             recommit and its relation to the motion for the previous question under
                                                                                                                                                             rule XIX, while retaining the ordinary motion to refer under clause 4 in
                                                                                                                                                             the general precedence of motions. The current clause 5 on journalizing the
                                                                                                                                                             time of adjournment has been moved to clause 2(c) rule II under duties of
                                                                                                                                                             the Clerk. Current clause 6 on division of the question has been moved
                                                                                                                                                             ahead to clause 5, combining the portion of existing clause 7 that deals
                                                                                                                                                             with nondivisibility of the motion to strike and insert. The proposed
                                                                                                                                                             clause 6 on amendments has been transferred from current rule XIX as all
                                                                                                                                                             treatment of amendments in the House belongs in one rule. The germaneness
                                                                                                                                                             rule remains as clause 7 since it is essential to maintain that citation
                                                                                                                                                             throughout the Precedents. Proposed clause 8 on readings of bills has been
                                                                                                                                                             transferred from current clause 1 of rule XXI since more logically related
                                                                                                                                                             to the sequence of motions generally and includes the question of
                                                                                                                                                             engrossment and third reading by title. In this clause, clarifications have
                                                                                                                                                             been made to reflect current practice of first reading in full in the
                                                                                                                                                             House, and second reading for amendment only in Committee of the Whole,
                                                                                                                                                             with a cross reference to the proposed clause 5 of rule XVII governing
                                                                                                                                                             consideration in Committee of the Whole.
 

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Withdrawal
  2. When a motion is entertained, the Speaker shall state it or cause it to    Derived from clause 2, rule XVI: 2. When a motion has been made, the
 be read aloud by the Clerk before it is debated. The motion then shall be     Speaker shall state it or (if it be in writing) cause it to be read aloud
 in the possession of the House but may be withdrawn at any time before a      by the Clerk before being debated, and it shall then be in possession of
 decision or amendment thereon.                                                the House, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
 
Question of consideration
  3. When a motion or proposition is entertained, the question, ``Will the      3. When any motion or proposition is made, the question, Will the House
 House now consider it?'' may not be put unless demanded by a Member,          now consider it? shall not be put unless demanded by a Member.
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
 
Precedence of motions
  4. (a) When a question is under debate, only the following motions may be     4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to        The Speaker may not entertain a motion for a recess during the call of
 entertained (which shall have precedence in the following order):             adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question (which motions        committees on Calendar Wednesday (proposed clause 7(f) of rule XV).
    (1) To adjourn.                                                            shall be decided without debate), to postpone to a day certain, to refer,
    (2) To lay on the table.                                                   or to amend, or postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have
    (3) For the previous question.                                             precedence in the foregoing order; and no motion to postpone to a day
    (4) To postpone to a day certain.                                          certain, to refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall be
    (5) To refer.                                                              again allowed on the same day at the same stage of the question . . .
    (6) To amend.                                                              [Portion transferred to rule XIX] . . . It shall be in order at any time
    (7) To postpone indefinitely.                                              during a day for the Speaker, in his discretion, to entertain motions that
  (b) A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, or for the previous question   (1) the Speaker be authorized to declare a recess; and (2) when the House
 shall be decided without debate. A motion to postpone to a day certain, to    adjourns it stand adjourned to a day and time certain. Either motion shall
 refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, may not be allowed again   be of equal privilege with the motion to adjourn provided for in this
 on the same day at the same stage of the question.                            clause and shall be determined without debate.
  (c)(1) It shall be in order at any time for the Speaker, in his
 discretion, to entertain a motion--
    (A) that the Speaker be authorized to declare a recess; or
    (B) that when the House adjourns it stand adjourned to a day and time
   certain.
  (2) Either motion shall be of equal privilege with the motion to adjourn    ............................................................................    The requirement of existing clause 5, rule XVI that the Journal note the
 and shall be decided without debate.                                                                                                                        hour of adjournment is transferred to proposed clause 2(c), rule II.
 
Divisibility
  5. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a question shall be divided on    Derived from clause 6, rule XVI: 6. On the demand of any Member, before
 the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner before the         the question is put, a question shall be divided if it includes
 question is put if it includes propositions so distinct in substance that,    propositions so distinct in substance that one being taken away a
 one being taken away, a substantive proposition remains.                      substantive proposition shall remain: Provided, That any motion or
  (b)(1) A motion or resolution to elect members to a standing committee of    resolution to elect the members or any portion of the members of the
 the House, or to a joint standing committee, is not divisible.                standing committees of the House and the joint standing committees shall
  (2) A resolution or order reported by the Committee on rules providing a     not be divisible, nor shall any resolution or order reported by the
 special order of business is not divisible.                                   Committee on Rules, providing a special order of business be divisible.

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  (c) A motion to strike and insert is not divisible, but rejection of a        Derived from clause 7, rule XVI: 7. A motion to strike out and insert is      Existing clause 7, rule XVI says ``a motion to strike out being lost shall
 motion to strike does not preclude another motion to amend.                   indivisible, but a motion to strike out being lost shall neither preclude     neither preclude amendment nor motion to strike out and insert". This is
                                                                               amendment nor motion to strike out and insert; . . .  [remainder in clause    duplicative since a motion to strike out and insert is an amendment.
                                                                               7, rule XVI]
 
                                                                              Derived from rule XIX: RULE XIX
 
Amendments                                                                    OF AMENDMENTS
  6. When an amendable proposition is under consideration, a motion to amend    When a motion or proposition is under consideration a motion to amend and
 and a motion to amend that amendment shall be in order, and it also shall     a motion to amend that amendment shall be in order, and it shall also be in
 be in order to offer a further amendment by way of substitute for the         order to offer a further amendment by way of substitute, to which one
 original motion to amend, to which one amendment may be offered but which     amendment may be offered, but which shall not be voted on until the
 may not be voted on until the original amendment is perfected. An amendment   original matter is perfected, but either may be withdrawn before amendment
 may be withdrawn in the House at any time before a decision or amendment      or decision is had thereon. Amendments to the title of a bill or resolution
 thereon. An amendment to the title of a bill or resolution shall not be in    shall not be in order until after its passage, and shall be decided without
 order until after its passage or adoption and shall be decided without        debate.
 debate.
 
Germaneness                                                                     Derived from clause 7, rule XVI: . . . and no motion or proposition on a
  7. No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under           subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under
 consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.                     color of amendment.
 
                                                                              Derived from clause 1, rule XXI: RULE XXI
 
Readings                                                                      ON BILLS
  8. Bills and joint resolutions are subject to readings as follows:            1. Bills and joint resolutions on their passage shall be read the first       The proposed clause 8 on readings has been clarified to reflect current
    (a) A first reading is in full when the bill or joint resolution is        time by title and the second time in full, when, if the previous question     practice in the House and in the Committee of the Whole for the actual
   first considered.                                                           is ordered, the Speaker shall state, the question to be: Shall the bill be    readings of bill and joint resolutions. There might be only two readings of
    (b) A second reading occurs only when the bill or joint resolution is      engrossed and read a third time? and, if decided in the affirmative, it       bills considered in the House-the first reading at the time consideration
   read for amendment in a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the    shall be read the third time by title, and the question shall then be put     begins (in full unless dispensed with), and the final reading by title just
   Union under clause 5 of rule XVIII.                                         upon its passage.                                                             prior to final passage upon engrossment. There are normally three readings
    (c) A third reading precedes passage when the Speaker states the                                                                                         of bills considered in the Committee of the Whole. The first is upon
   question: ``Shall the bill [or joint resolution] be engrossed [when                                                                                       initial consideration in the Committee, the second upon reading for
   applicable] and read a third time?'' If that question is decided in the                                                                                   amendment after the completion of general debate, and the third by title
   affirmative, then the bill or joint resolution shall be read the final                                                                                    after engrossment pending final passage in the House. Special rules from
   time by title and then the question shall be put on its passage.                                                                                          the Rules Committee often waive the first reading in full in Committee of
                                                                                                                                                             the Whole and often vary the way the bill is read a second time for
                                                                                                                                                             amendment. The clause then restates the general House rules absent a
                                                                                                                                                             special variation from the Rules Committee or by unanimous consent.
 
                                  RULE XVII                                   Derived from: RULE XIV
 
                             DECORUM AND DEBATE.                              OF DECORUM AND DEBATE
 

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Decorum
  1. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who desires to speak      1. When any Member desires to speak or deliver any matter to the House, he    Proposed rule XVII becomes a consolidation of various rules governing
 or deliver a matter to the House shall rise and respectfully address          shall rise and respectfully address himself to ``Mr. Speaker", and, on        decorum and debate, including the provisions currently in rule XIV, the use
 himself to ``Mr. Speaker'' and, on being recognized, may address the House    being recognized, may address the House from any place on the floor or from   of exhibits currently in rule XXX and secret sessions currently in rule
 from any place on the floor. When invited by the Chair, a Member, Delegate,   the Clerk's desk, and shall confine himself to the question under debate,     XXIX. The Chair under his power of recognition should have the ability to
 or Resident Commissioner may speak from the Clerk's desk.                     avoiding personality. Debate may include references to actions taken by the   control when members may speak from the Clerk's desk and thus the phrase
  (b)(1) Remarks in debate shall be confined to the question under debate,     Senate or by committees thereof which are a matter of public record,          ``when invited by the Chair'' is added in clause 1(a). Existing clause 6 of
 avoiding personality.                                                         references to the pendency or sponsorship in the Senate of bills,             Rule XIV on the right to speak a second time is moved into clause 3 as
  (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), debate may not include         resolutions, and amendments, factual descriptions relating to Senate action   paragraph (b), since relevant to the manager's or mover's right to close.
 characterizations of Senate action or inaction, references to individual      or inaction concerning a measure then under debate in the House, and
 Members of the Senate, or quotations from Senate proceedings.                 quotations from Senate proceedings on a measure then under debate in the
  (B) Debate may include references to actions taken by the Senate or by       House and which are relevant to the making of legislative history
 committees thereof that are a matter of public record; references to the      establishing the meaning of that measure, but may not include
 pendency or sponsorship in the Senate of bills, resolutions, and              characterizations of Senate action or inaction, other references to
 amendments; factual descriptions relating to Senate action or inaction        individual Members of the Senate, or other quotations from Senate
 concerning a measure then under debate in the House; and quotations from      proceedings.
 Senate proceedings on a measure then under debate in the House that are
 relevant to the making of legislative history establishing the meaning of
 that measure.
 
Recognition
  2. When two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner rise     2. When two or more Members rise at once, the Speaker shall name the          Clause 2 is clarified to apply to general debate in the House and in the
 at once, the Speaker shall name the Member, Delegate, or Resident             Member who is first to speak; and no Member shall occupy more than one hour   Committee of the Whole and eliminates the ambiguity concerning standing
 Commissioner who is first to speak. A Member, Delegate, or Resident           in debate on any question in the House or in committee, except as further     committees where only the five-minute rule applies.
 Commissioner may not occupy more than one hour in debate on a question in     provided in this rule.
 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          3. The Member reporting the measure under consideration from a committee      The ``leave of the House'' referred to in clause 3(b) should be read
 measure may open and close debate thereon. When general debate extends        may open and close, where general debate has been had thereon; and if it      broadly to include unanimous consent requests and special orders from the
 beyond one day, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be      shall extend beyond one day, he shall be entitled to one hour to close,       Rules Committee. This clause is clarified to enhance the normal ability of
 entitled to one hour to close without regard to the time used in opening.     notwithstanding he may have used an hour in opening.                          the committee manager to close debate. The right of the manager (majority
  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a Member, Delegate, or Resident      Derived from clause 6, rule XIV: 6. No Member shall speak more than once     or minority) of the measure representing the committee position to close
 Commissioner may not speak more than once to the same question without        to the same question without leave of the House, unless he be the mover,      controlled debate on an amendment is clarified also.
 leave of the House.                                                           proposer, or introducer of the matter pending, in which case he shall be
  (c) A manager of a measure who opposes an amendment thereto is entitled to   permitted to speak in reply, but not until every Member choosing to speak
 close controlled debate thereon.                                              shall have spoken.
 

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Call to order
  4. (a) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, in speaking or        Derived from clause 4, rule XIV: 4. If any Member, in speaking or
 otherwise, transgresses the Rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or a       otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may, call to order the offending   Member may, call him to order; in which case he shall immediately sit down,
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, who shall immediately sit down    unless permitted, on motion of another Member, to explain, and the House
 unless permitted on motion of another Member, Delegate, or the Resident       shall, if appealed to, decide on the case without debate; if the decision
 Commissioner to explain. If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is   is in favor of the Member called to order, he shall be at liberty to
 called to order, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the    proceed, but not otherwise; and, if the case requires it, he shall be
 call to order shall indicate the words excepted to, which shall be taken      liable to censure or such punishment as the House may deem proper.
 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,      5. If a Member is called to order for words spoken in debate, the Member
 if appealed to, shall decide the question without debate. If the decision     calling him to order shall indicate the words excepted to, and they shall
 is in favor of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner called to       be taken down in writing at the Clerk's desk and read aloud to the House;
 order, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be at liberty     but he shall not be held to answer, nor be subject to the censure of the
 to proceed, but not otherwise. If the case requires it, an offending          House therefor, if further debate or other business has intervened.
 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          7. While the Speaker is putting a question or addressing the House no
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not walk out of or across      Member shall walk out of or across the hall, nor, when a Member is
 the Hall. When a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is speaking, a    speaking, pass between him and the Chair; and during the session of the
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not pass between the person    House no Member shall wear his hat, or remain by the Clerk's desk during
 speaking and the Chair. During the session of the House, a Member,            the call of the roll or the counting of ballots or smoke upon the floor of
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not wear a hat or remain by the        the House; and the Sergeant-at-Arms is charged with the strict enforcement
 Clerk's desk during the call of the roll or the counting of ballots. A        of this clause. Neither shall any person be allowed to smoke or to use any
 person may not smoke or use any personal, electronic office equipment,        personal, electronic office equipment (including cellular phones and
 including cellular phones and computers, on the floor of the House. The       computers) upon the floor of the House at any time.
 Sergeant-at-Arms is charged with the strict enforcement of this clause.
 
                                                                              Derived from rule XXX: RULE XXX
 
Exhibits                                                                      USE OF EXHIBITS
  6. When the use of an exhibit in debate is objected to by a Member,           When the use of any exhibit in debate is objected to by any Member, it
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, its use shall be decided without debate   shall be determined without debate by a vote of the House.
 by a vote of the House.
 

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Galleries
  7. During a session of the House, it shall not be in order for a Member,      8. It shall not be in order for any Member to introduce to or to bring to     Proposed clauses 7 and 8 are transferred from existing clauses 8 and 9 of
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to introduce to or to bring to the         the attention of the House during its sessions any occupant in the            rule XIV.
 attention of the House an occupant in the galleries of the House. The         galleries of the House; nor may the Speaker entertain a request for the
 Speaker may not entertain a request for the suspension of this rule by        suspension of this rule by unanimous consent or otherwise.
 unanimous consent or otherwise.
 
Congressional Record
  8. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially verbatim account     9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially verbatim account
 of remarks made during the proceedings of the House, subject only to          of remarks made during the proceedings of the House, subject only to
 technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the       technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the remarks.                Member making the remarks involved.
  (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by permission or order of     (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by permission or order of
 the House.                                                                    the House.
  (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within the meaning of       (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within the meaning of
 clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.                                                    clause 4(e)(1)(B) of rule X.
 
                                                                              Derived from rule XXIX: RULE XXIX
 
Secret sessions                                                               SECRET SESSION
  9. When confidential communications are received from the President, or       Whenever confidential communications are received from the President of
 when the Speaker or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner informs      the United States, or whenever the Speaker or any Member shall inform the
 the House that he has communications that he believes ought to be kept        House that he has communications which he believes ought to be kept secret
 secret for the present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except      for the present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except the
 the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers of the House      Members and officers thereof, and so continue during the reading of such
 for the reading of such communications, and debates and proceedings           communications, the debates and proceedings thereon, unless otherwise
 thereon, unless otherwise ordered by the House.                               ordered by the House.
 
                                 RULE XVIII.                                  Derived from: RULE XXIII
 
         THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION.          OF COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
 
Resolving into the Committee of the Whole
  1. Whenever the House resolves into the Committee of the Whole House on       1. (a) In all cases, in forming a Committee of the Whole House, the           Proposed rule XVIII is basically transferred from current rule XXIII,
 the state of the Union, the Speaker shall leave the chair after appointing    Speaker shall leave his chair after appointing a Member as Chairman to        since Committee of the Whole procedures come chronologically prior to
 a Chairman to preside. In case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the    preside, who shall, in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the       motions for the previous question, recommittal, final passage and
 galleries or lobby, the Chairman may cause the same to be cleared.            galleries or lobby, have power to cause the same to be cleared.               reconsideration which become rule XIX. The rule is reorganized to clarify
                                                                                                                                                             the first reading of bills in full (clause 5(a). Obsolete provisions such
                                                                                                                                                             as consideration of revenue bills and rivers and harbors bills, no longer
                                                                                                                                                             privileged, are stricken (existing clause 4). This rule maintains
                                                                                                                                                             provisions relating to voting and quorum procedures unique to Committee of
                                                                                                                                                             the Whole.

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  2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and in clause 7 of rule XV, the                                                                                  Proposed clause 2(a) codifies the form of proceeding on a motion to
 House resolves into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the                                                                                    resolve into the Committee of the Whole except where a special order from
 Union by motion. When such a motion is entertained, the Speaker shall put                                                                                   the Rules Committee authorizes the Speaker to declare the House resolved
 the question without debate: ``Shall the House resolve itself into the                                                                                      into Committee of the Whole or under Calendar Wednesday business where the
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of                                                                                 House resolves into Committee of the Whole to consider Union Calendar bills
 this matter?'', naming it.                                                                                                                                  without motion.
  (b) After the House has adopted a resolution reported by the Committee on     (b) After the House has adopted a special order of business resolution
 Rules providing a special order of business for the consideration of a        reported by the Committee on Rules providing for the consideration of a
 measure in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the    measure in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the
 Speaker may at any time, when no question is pending before the House,        Speaker may at any time within his discretion, when no question is pending
 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the            before the House, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
 consideration of that measure without intervening motion, unless the          Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of that measure
 special order of business provides otherwise.                                 without intervening motion, unless the resolution in question provides
                                                                               otherwise.
 
Measures requiring initial consideration in the Committee of the Whole
  3. All bills, resolutions, or Senate amendments (as provided in clause 3      Derived from clause 3, rule XXIII: 3. All motions or propositions             Proposed clause 3 cross references clause 3 of rule XXII regarding Senate
 of rule XXII) involving a tax or charge on the people, raising revenue,       involving a tax or charge upon the people, all proceedings touching           amendments requiring consideration in Committee of the Whole. This also
 directly or indirectly making appropriations of money or property or          appropriations of money, or bills making appropriations of money or           conforms to definition of Union Calendar bills in proposed clause 1, rule
 requiring such appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of         property, or requiring such appropriation to be made, or authorizing          XIII defining propositions which must be considered in Committee of the
 appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the United States     payments out of appropriations already made, or releasing any liability to    Whole. Ordinarily a bill requiring consideration in Committee will be so
 for money or property, or referring a claim to the Court of Claims, shall     the United States for money or property, or referring any claim to the        considered under the terms of a special order of business from the Rules
 be first considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the   Court of Claims, shall be first considered in a Committee of the Whole, and   Committee. Alternatively, the need for Committee of the Whole may be
 Union. A bill, resolution, or Senate amendment that fails to comply with      a point of order under this rule shall be good at any time before the         altered by consideration in the House by unanimous consent or by suspension
 this clause is subject to a point of order against its consideration.         consideration of a bill has commenced.                                        of the rules.
 
Order of business
  4. (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) business on the calendar of the            4. In Committees of the Whole House business on their calendars may be        The last portion of the existing clause 4, rule XXIII giving priority to
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union may be taken up in     taken up in regular order, or in such order as the committee may determine,   motions to go into Committee of the Whole on revenue, general appropriation
 regular order, or in such order as the Committee may determine, unless the    unless the bill to be considered was determined by the House at the time of   bills and rivers and harbors bills is deleted since revenue bills and
 measure to be considered was determined by the House at the time of           going into committee, but bills for raising revenue, general appropriation    rivers and harbors bills are no longer privileged to be reported at any
 resolving into the Committee of the Whole.                                    bills, and bills for the improvement of rivers and harbors shall have         time, that privilege having been removed by the Committee Reform Amendments
  (b) Motions to resolve into the Committee of the Whole for consideration     precedence.                                                                   of 1974. General appropriation bills are given privilege under proposed
 of bills and joint resolutions making general appropriations have                                                                                           clause 5, rule XIII. Hence the motion to resolve into the Committee of the
 precedence under this clause.                                                                                                                               Whole for the purpose of considering general appropriation bills provided
                                                                                                                                                             in existing clause 9, rule XVI is unnecessary.
 

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Reading for amendment
  5. (a) Before general debate commences on a measure in the Committee of       5. (a) When general debate is closed by order of the House, any Member        Proposed clause 5 is clarified to describe first and second readings of
 the Whole House on the state of the Union, it shall be read in full. When     shall be allowed five minutes to explain any amendment he may offer, after    bills in the Committee of the Whole. Proposed clause 8, rule XVI also
 general debate is concluded or closed by order of the House, the measure      which the Member who shall first obtain the floor shall be allowed to speak   reflects current practice on readings in the House.
 under consideration shall be read for amendment. A Member, Delegate, or       five minutes in opposition to it, and there shall be no further debate
 Resident Commissioner who offers an amendment shall be allowed five minutes   thereon, but the same privilege of debate shall be allowed in favor of and
 to explain it, after which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner     against any amendment that may be offered to an amendment; and neither an
 who shall first obtain the floor shall be allowed five minutes to speak in    amendment nor an amendment to an amendment shall be withdrawn by the mover
 opposition to it. There shall be no further debate thereon, but the same      thereof unless by the unanimous consent of the committee. Upon the offering
 privilege of debate shall be allowed in favor of and against any amendment    of any amendment by a Member, when the House is meeting in the Committee of
 that may be offered to an amendment. An amendment, or an amendment to an      the Whole, the Clerk shall promptly transmit to the majority committee
 amendment, may be withdrawn by its proponent only by the unanimous consent    table five copies of the amendment and five copies to the minority
 of the Committee of the Whole.                                                committee table. Further, the Clerk shall deliver at least one copy of the
  (b) When a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offers an amendment    amendment to the majority cloak room and at least one copy to the minority
 in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the Clerk      cloak room.
 shall promptly transmit five copies of the amendment to the majority
 committee table and five copies to the minority committee table. The Clerk
 also shall deliver at least one copy of the amendment to the majority
 cloakroom and at least one copy to the minority cloakroom.
 

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Quorum and voting
  6. (a) A quorum of a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the         Derived from clause 2, rule XXIII: 2. (a) A quorum of a Committee of the      Proposed clause 6 clarifies that if the Chairman of the Committee of the
 Union is 100 Members. The first time that a Committee of the Whole finds      Whole shall consist of one hundred Members. The first time that a Committee   Whole utilizes a notice quorum call the first time in the Committee of the
 itself without a quorum during a day, the Chairman shall invoke the           of the Whole finds itself without a quorum during any day, the Chairman       Whole and a quorum appears, such quorum call counts and a subsequent point
 procedure for a quorum call set forth in clause 2 of rule XX, unless he       shall invoke the procedure for the call of the roll under clause 5 of rule    of order cannot be made unless the Chair is putting the question to a vote.
 elects to invoke an alternate procedure set forth in clause 3 or clause       XV, unless, in his discretion, he orders a call of the Committee to be        If a quorum is established on a recorded vote, that also counts as the
 4(a) of rule XX. If a quorum appears, the Committee of the Whole shall        taken by the procedure set forth in clause 1 or clause 2(b) of rule XV:       first establishment of a quorum.
 continue its business. If a quorum does not appear, the Committee of the      Provided, That the Chairman may in his discretion refuse to entertain a
 Whole shall rise, and the Chairman shall report the names of absentees to     point of order that a quorum is not present during general debate only. If
 the House.                                                                    on such call, a quorum shall appear, the Committee shall continue its
  (b)(1) The Chairman may refuse to entertain a point of order that a quorum   business; but if a quorum does not appear, the Committee shall rise and the
 is not present during general debate.                                         Chairman shall report the names of the absentees to the House. After the
  (2) After a quorum has once been established on a day, the Chairman may      roll has been once called to establish a quorum during such day, the
 entertain a point of order that a quorum is not present only when the         Chairman may not entertain a point of order that a quorum is not present
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union is operating under     unless the Committee is operating under the five-minute rule and the
 the five-minute rule and the Chairman has put the pending proposition to a    Chairman has put the pending motion or proposition to a vote; and if the
 vote.                                                                         Chairman sustains a point of order that a quorum is not present after
  (3) Upon sustaining a point of order that a quorum is not present, the       putting the question on such a motion or proposition, he may announce that
 Chairman may announce that, following a regular quorum call under paragraph   following a regular quorum call conducted pursuant to the previous
 (a), the minimum time for electronic voting on the pending question shall     provisions of this clause, he will reduce to not less than five minutes the
 be five minutes.                                                              period of time within which a recorded vote on the pending question may be
  (c) When ordering a quorum call in the Committee of the Whole House on the   taken if such a vote is ordered. If, at any time during the conduct of any
 state of the Union, the Chairman may announce an intention to declare that    quorum call in a Committee of the Whole, the Chairman determines that a
 a quorum is constituted at any time during the quorum call when he            quorum is present, he may, in his discretion and subject to his prior
 determines that a quorum has appeared. If the Chairman interrupts the         announcement, declare that a quorum is constituted. Proceedings under the
 quorum call by declaring that a quorum is constituted, proceedings under      call shall then be considered as vacated, and the Committee shall not rise
 the quorum call shall be considered as vacated, and the Committee of the      but shall continue its sitting and resume its business.
 Whole shall continue its sitting and resume its business.
  (d) A quorum is not required in the Committee of the Whole House on the
 state of the Union for adoption of a motion that the Committee rise.
 
  (e) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the        (b) In the Committee of the Whole, the Chair shall order a recorded vote
 Chairman shall order a recorded vote on a request supported by at least 25    on request supported by at least twenty-five Members.
 Members.
  (f) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the        (c) In the Committee of the Whole, the Chairman may, in his discretion,
 Chairman may reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting    reduce to not less than five minutes the period of time within which a
 without any intervening business or debate on any or all pending amendments   rollcall vote by electronic device may be taken without any intervening
 after a recorded vote has been taken on the first pending amendment.          business or debate on any or all pending amendments after the vote has been
                                                                               taken on the first pending amendment.

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Dispensing with the reading of an amendment
  7. It shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole House on the state      Derived from clause 5(b), rule XXIII: (b) It shall be in order to move in     The ``responsible staff member'' provisions in the existing rule have
 of the Union to move that the Committee of the Whole dispense with the        the Committee of the Whole to dispense with the reading of an amendment if    never been used and are deleted as unworkable.
 reading of an amendment that has been printed in the bill or resolution as    the amendment has been printed in the bill as reported from a committee, or
 reported by a committee, or an amendment that a Member, Delegate, or          if any Member shall have caused the amendment to be printed in the
 Resident Commissioner has caused to be printed in the Congressional Record.   Congressional Record, and to be submitted to the Clerk, or to any
 Such a motion shall be decided without debate.                                responsible staff member designated by the Chairman, of the reporting
                                                                               committee or committees, at least one day prior to floor consideration, and
                                                                               said motion shall be decided without debate.
Closing debate
  8. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) at any time after the Committee of the        Derived from clause 6, rule XXIII: 6. The committee may, by the vote of a     The term ``portion'' in proposed clause 8 means the pending section,
 Whole House on the state of the Union has begun five-minute debate on         majority of the members present, at any time after the five minutes' debate   title, or other subdivision of the measure, as the case may be. The five
 amendments to any portion of a bill or resolution, it shall be in order to    has begun upon proposed amendments to any section or paragraph of a bill,     minutes for debate on a printed amendment would be unavailable for a
 move that the Committee of the Whole close all debate on that portion of      close all debate upon such section or paragraph or, at its election, upon     dilatory amendment because the Chair would not recognize a member for the
 the bill or resolution or on the pending amendments only. Such a motion       the pending amendments only (which motion shall be decided without debate);   offering of such an amendment under the general prohibition against
 shall be decided without debate. The adoption of such a motion does not       but this shall not preclude further amendment, to be decided without          entertaining dilatory motions in proposed clause 1, rule XVI. Therefore,
 preclude further amendment, to be decided without debate.                     debate. However, if debate is closed on any section or paragraph under this   the rule need not address debatability of dilatory amendments.
  (b) If the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union closes     clause before there has been debate on any amendment which any Member shall
 debate on any portion of a bill or resolution before there has been debate    have caused to be printed in the Congressional Record at least one day
 on an amendment that a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has         prior to floor consideration of such amendment, the Member who caused such
 caused to be printed in the Congressional Record at least one day before      amendment to be printed in the Record shall be given five minutes in which
 its consideration, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who         to explain such amendment, after which the first person to obtain the floor
 caused the amendment to be printed in the Record shall be allowed five        shall be given five minutes in opposition to it, and there shall be no
 minutes to explain it, after which the Member, Delegate, or Resident          further debate thereon; but such time for debate shall not be allowed when
 Commissioner who shall first obtain the floor shall be allowed five minutes   the offering of such amendment is dilatory. Material placed in the Record
 to speak in opposition to it. There shall be no further debate thereon.       pursuant to this provision shall indicate the full text of the proposed
  (c) Material submitted for printing in the Congressional Record under this   amendment, the name of the proponent Member, the number of the bill to
 rule shall indicate the full text of the proposed amendment, the name of      which it will be offered and the point in the bill or amendment thereto
 the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner proposing it, the number of    where the amendment is intended to be offered, and shall appear in a
 the bill or resolution to which it will be offered, and the point in the      portion of the Record designated for that purpose. All amendments to a
 bill or resolution or amendment thereto where the amendment is intended to    specified measure submitted for printing in that portion of the Record
 be offered. The amendment shall appear in a portion of the Record             shall be given numerical designations in the order printed.
 designated for that purpose. Amendments to a specified measure submitted
 for printing in that portion of the Record shall be numbered in the order
 printed.
 

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Striking the enacting clause
  9. A motion that the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the         Derived from clause 7, rule XXIII: 7. A motion to strike out the enacting     Proposed clause 9 states the exact wording of the preferential motion that
 Union rise and report a bill or resolution to the House with the              words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and, if           ``the Committee rise and report the bill to the House with recommendation
 recommendation that the enacting or resolving clause be stricken shall have   carried, shall be considered equivalent to its rejection. Whenever a bill     that the enacting clause or resolving clause be stricken out'' replaces the
 precedence of a motion to amend, and, if carried in the House, shall          is reported from a Committee of the Whole with an adverse recommendation      current description of the ``motion to strike out the enacting clause",
 constitute a rejection of the bill or resolution. Whenever a bill or          and such recommendation is disagreed to by the House, the bill shall stand    since the motion is only relevant in Committee of the Whole, has been
 resolution is reported from the Committee of the Whole with such adverse      recommitted to the said committee without further action by the House, but    construed to be applicable to resolutions and should be stated in its
 recommendation and the recommendation is rejected by the House, the bill or   before the question of concurrence is submitted it is in order to entertain   precise form.
 resolution shall stand recommitted to the Committee of the Whole without      a motion to refer the bill to any committee, with or without instructions,
 further action by the House. Before the question of concurrence is            and when the same is again reported to the House it shall be referred to
 submitted, it shall be in order to move that the House refer the bill or      the Committee of the Whole without debate.
 resolution to a committee, with or without instructions. If a bill or
 resolution is so referred, then when it is again reported to the House it
 shall be referred to the Committee of the Whole without debate.
 
Concurrent resolution on the budget
  10. (a) At the conclusion of general debate in the Committee of the Whole     8. At the conclusion of general debate in a Committee of the Whole on any
 House on the state of the Union on a concurrent resolution on the budget      concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 305(a) of the
 under section 305(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the             Congressional Budget Act of l974, the concurrent resolution shall be
 concurrent resolution shall be considered as read for amendment.              considered as having been read for amendment. It shall not be in order in
  (b) It shall not be in order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole   the House or in a Committee of the Whole to consider an amendment to a
 House on the state of the Union to consider an amendment to a concurrent      concurrent resolution on the budget, or any amendment to an amendment
 resolution on the budget, or an amendment thereto, unless the concurrent      thereto, unless the concurrent resolution as amended by such amendment or
 resolution, as amended by such amendment or amendments--                      amendments: (a) would be mathematically consistent (except to the extent
    (1) would be mathematically consistent except as limited by paragraph      that the amendment involved is limited by the third sentence of this
   (c); and                                                                    clause); and (b) would contain all the matter set forth in paragraphs (1)
    (2) would contain all the matter set forth in paragraphs (1) through (5)   through (5) of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. It
   of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.                  shall not be in order in the House or in a Committee of the Whole to
  (c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not be in order     consider an amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget, or any
 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the       amendment to an amendment thereto, which changes the amount of the
 Union to consider an amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget, or   appropriate level of the public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution
 an amendment thereto, that proposes to change the amount of the appropriate   as reported; except that the amendments to achieve mathematical consistency
 level of the public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as           which are permitted under section 305(a)(6) of the Congressional Budget Act
 reported.                                                                     of 1974 may include an amendment, offered by or at the direction of the
  (2) Amendments to achieve mathematical consistency under section 305(a)(5)   Committee on the Budget, to adjust the amount of such level to reflect any
 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, if offered by direction of the       changes made in the other figures contained in the resolution.
 Committee on the Budget, may propose to adjust the amount of the
 appropriate level of the public debt set forth in the concurrent
 resolution, as reported, to reflect changes made in other figures contained
 in the concurrent resolution.
 

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Unfunded mandates
  11. (a) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, an     Derived from clause 5(c), rule XXIII: (c)(1) In the Committee of the
 amendment proposing only to strike an unfunded mandate from the portion of    Whole, an amendment proposing only to strike an unfunded mandate from the
 the bill then open to amendment, if otherwise in order, may be precluded      portion of the bill then open to amendment, if otherwise in order, may be
 from consideration only by specific terms of a special order of the House.    precluded from consideration only by specific terms of a special order of
                                                                               the House.
  (b) In this clause the term ``unfunded mandate'' means a Federal              (2) In this paragraph, ``unfunded mandate'' means a Federal
 intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of which exceed the threshold      intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of which exceed the threshold
 otherwise specified for a reported bill or joint resolution in section        otherwise specified for a reported bill or joint resolution in section
 424(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.                            424(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
 
Applicability of Rules of the House
  12. The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee of the Whole        Derived from clause 9, rule XXIII: 9. The rules of proceeding in the House
 House on the state of the Union so far as applicable.                         shall be observed in Committees of the Whole House so far as they may be
                                                                               applicable.
 
                                  RULE XIX.
 
                   MOTIONS FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT STAGE.                     Derived from: RULE XVII
 
Previous question                                                             PREVIOUS QUESTION
  1. (a) There shall be a motion for the previous question, which, being        1. There shall be a motion for the previous question, which, being ordered    In proposed rule XIX, all provisions governing the motion for the previous
 ordered, shall have the effect of cutting off all debate and bringing the     by a majority of Members voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the       question and the motion to recommit and for the motion to reconsider are
 House to a direct vote on the immediate question or questions on which it     effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct vote upon the    transferred from current clause 4, rule XVI, from clause 1, rule XVII, and
 has been ordered. Whenever the previous question has been ordered on an       immediate question or questions on which it has been asked and ordered. The   from rule XVIII respectively into one rule which generally governs House
 otherwise debatable question on which there has been no debate, it shall be   previous question may be asked and ordered upon a single motion, a series     practice at final passage stage after Committee of the Whole consideration.
 in order to debate that question for 40 minutes, equally divided and          of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or amendments, or may   Also, the provision requiring 40 minutes of debate where the previous
 controlled by a proponent of the question and an opponent. The previous       be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the       question is ordered without debate is transferred from current clause 2 of
 question may be moved and ordered on a single question, on a series of        bill to its passage or rejection.                                             rule XXVII to clause 1 of this rule. The provision currently in clause 2 of
 questions allowable under the rules, or on an amendment or amendments, or      Derived from clause 2, rule XXVII: . . . and the same right of debate        rule XVII prohibiting calls of the House following the ordering of the
 may embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the bill or      shall be allowed whenever the previous question has been ordered on any       previous question unless the Speaker actually counts the absence of a
 resolution to its passage, adoption, or rejection.                            proposition on which there has been no debate.                                quorum has been moved to clause 7(c) of rule XX as more appropriately a
                                                                                                                                                             quorum matter. In clause 3, the motion to reconsider may only be made by a
                                                                                                                                                             Member voting ``on the prevailing side'' rather than ``in the majority''
                                                                                                                                                             since a tie vote or one-third plus one on a constitutional amendment,
                                                                                                                                                             though not in the majority would be on the prevailing side.
  (b) Incidental questions of order arising during the pendency of a motion     Derived from clause 3, rule XVII: 3. All incidental questions of order
 for the previous question shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise,   arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such
 without debate.                                                               motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
 

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Recommit
  2. (a) After the previous question has been ordered on passage or adoption    Derived from clause 1, rule XVII: It shall be in order, pending the motion    The ``one'' motion to recommit specified in existing clause 4, rule XVI
 of a measure, or pending a motion to that end, it shall be in order to move   for, or after the previous question shall have been ordered on its passage,   has been interpreted to mean that a proper motion to recommit remains
 that the House recommit (or commit, as the case may be) the measure, with     for the Speaker to entertain and submit a motion to commit, with or without   available if prior motions are ruled out of order. The proposed rule
 or without instructions, to a standing or select committee. For such a        instructions, to a standing or select committee.                              eliminates ``one'' and the ambiguity. The source for the proper motion to
 motion to recommit, the Speaker shall give preference in recognition to a      Derived from clause 4, rule XVI: After the previous question shall have      recommit is based on existing rule XVII.
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is opposed to the measure.     been ordered on the passage of a bill or joint resolution one motion to
  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if a motion that the House          recommit shall be in order, and the Speaker shall give preference in
 recommit a bill or joint resolution on which the previous question has been   recognition for such purpose to a Member who is opposed to the bill or
 ordered to passage includes instructions, it shall be debatable for 10        joint resolution. However, with respect to any motion to recommit with
 minutes equally divided between the proponent and an opponent.                instructions after the previous question shall have been ordered, it always
  (c) On demand of the floor manager for the majority, it shall be in order    shall be in order to debate such motion for ten minutes before the vote is
 to debate the motion for one hour equally divided and controlled by the       taken on that motion, except that on demand of the floor manager for the
 proponent and an opponent.                                                    majority it shall be in order to debate such motion for one hour. One half
                                                                               of any debate on such motions shall be given to debate by the mover of the
                                                                               motion and one half to debate in opposition to the motion.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XVIII
 
Reconsideration                                                               RECONSIDERATION
  3. When a motion has been carried or lost, it shall be in order on the        1. When a motion has been made and carried or lost, it shall be in order      Entering the motion to reconsider and consideration of the motion are
 same or succeeding day for a Member on the prevailing side of the question    for any member of the majority, on the same or succeeding day, to move for    separate propositions. One Member may enter the motion and another Member
 to enter a motion for the reconsideration thereof. The entry of such a        the reconsideration thereof, and such motion shall take precedence of all     may call up the motion. The motion must be made or entered within the two-
 motion shall take precedence over all other questions except the              other questions except the consideration of a conference report or a motion   day period allowed by the rule, but once entered remains pending
 consideration of a conference report or a motion to adjourn, and may not be   to adjourn, and shall not be withdrawn after the said succeeding day          indefinitely.
 withdrawn after such succeeding day without the consent of the House. Once    without the consent of the House, and thereafter any Member may call it up
 entered, a motion may be called up for consideration by any Member. During    for consideration: Provided, That such motion, if made during the last six
 the last six days of a session of Congress, such a motion shall be disposed   days of a session, shall be disposed of when made.
 of when entered.
  4. A bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a committee, or      2. No bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a committee, or     The last portion of existing clause 2, rule XVIII regarding the printing
 reported therefrom for printing and recommitment, may not be brought back     reported therefrom for printing and recommitment, shall be brought back       of reported bills has been eliminated since proposed clause 2, rule XIII
 to the House on a motion to reconsider.                                       into the House on a motion to reconsider; and all bills, petitions,           already requires the printing of committee reports.
                                                                               memorials, or resolutions reported from a committee shall be accompanied by
                                                                               reports in writing, which shall be printed.
 
                                  RULE XX.
 
                          VOTING AND QUORUM CALLS.

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  1. (a) The House shall divide after the Speaker has put a question to a       Derived from clause 5(a), rule I: . . . if he doubts, or a division is        In proposed rule XX, all quorum and voting procedures have been
 vote by voice as provided in clause 6 of rule I if the Speaker is in doubt    called for, the House shall divide; those in the affirmative of the           consolidated from existing rule I and rule XV except those unique to the
 or division is demanded. Those in favor of the question shall first rise      question shall first rise from their seats, and then those in the negative.   Committee of the Whole. Existing provisions in clause 5 of rule I
 from their seats to be counted, and then those opposed.                       If any Member requests a recorded vote and that request is supported by at    concerning the Speaker's duties as to procedures for division and recorded
  (b) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner requests a recorded      least one-fifth of a quorum, such vote shall be taken by electronic device,   votes are moved to clause 1. ``Rollcall votes'' are now described generally
 vote, and that request is supported by at least one-fifth of a quorum, the    unless the Speaker in his discretion orders clerks to tell the names of       as ``record votes'', and are defined in clauses 2, 3 and 4 to include the
 vote shall be taken by electronic device unless the Speaker invokes another   those voting on each side of the question, and such names shall be recorded   normal electronic vote, and also votes by backup procedures of rollcall or
 procedure for recording votes provided in this rule. A recorded vote taken    by electronic device or by clerks, as the case may be, and shall be entered   by recorded tellers. Authority to postpone votes and to order five minute
 in the House under this paragraph shall be considered a vote by the yeas      in the Journal, together with the names of those not voting. A recorded       votes is also transferred to new clauses 9 and 10. In clause 7 (currently
 and nays.                                                                     vote taken pursuant to this paragraph shall be considered a vote by the       clause 6(e) of rule XV), the Speaker is foreclosed from entertaining a
  (c) In case of a tie vote, a question shall be lost.                         yeas and nays. Members shall have not less than fifteen minutes to be         point of order unless a proposition has been put to a vote. This being the
                                                                               counted from the ordering of the recorded vote or the ordering of clerks to   case, those provisions currently in clause 6 (a), (c), and (d) of rule XV
                                                                               tell the vote.                                                                which foreclose points of no quorum at certain designated times during the
                                                                                                                                                             legislative process (e.g., before the prayer, during oath of office,
                                                                                                                                                             reception of messages) are already obsolete and are therefore stricken,
                                                                                                                                                             since overtaken by the more general prohibition in clause 6(e).
 
  2. (a) Unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the Clerk shall conduct a        Derived from clause 5(a), rule XV: 5. (a) Unless, in his discretion, the
 record vote or quorum call by electronic device. In such a case the Clerk     Speaker orders the calling of the names of Members in the manner provided
 shall enter on the Journal and publish in the Congressional Record, in        for under the preceding provisions of this rule, upon any roll call or
 alphabetical order in each category, the names of Members recorded as         quorum call the names of such Members voting or present shall be recorded
 voting in the affirmative, the names of Members recorded as voting in the     by electronic device. In any such case, the Clerk shall enter in the
 negative, and the names of Members answering present as if they had been      Journal and publish in the Congressional Record, in alphabetical order in
 called in the manner provided in clause 3. Except as otherwise permitted      each category, a list of names of those Members recorded as voting in the
 under clause 9 or 10 of this rule or under clause 6 of rule XVIII, the        affirmative, of those Members recorded as voting in the negative, and of
 minimum time for a record vote or quorum call by electronic device shall be   those Members answering present, as the case may be, as if their names had
 15 minutes.                                                                   been called in the manner provided for under such preceding provisions.
                                                                               Members shall have not less than fifteen minutes from the ordering of the
                                                                               roll call or quorum call to have their vote or presence recorded.

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  (b) When the electronic voting system is inoperable or is not used, the                                                                                     Proposed clause 2(b) consolidates alternative back-up quorum or voting
 Speaker or Chairman may direct the Clerk to conduct a record vote or quorum                                                                                 procedures (either by rollcall authorized by existing clause 1, rule XV or
 call as provided in clause 3 or 4.                                                                                                                          clerk-tellers authorized by existing clause 2(b), rule XV) to make clear
                                                                                                                                                             that the Speaker has discretion as to which backup procedure to utilize.
  3. The Speaker may direct the Clerk to conduct a record vote or quorum        Derived from clause 1, rule XV: 1. Subject to clause 5 of this rule, upon
 call by call of the roll. In such a case the Clerk shall call the names of    every roll call the names of the Members shall be called alphabetically by
 Members, alphabetically by surname. When two or more have the same surname,   surname, except when two or more have the same surname, in which case the
 the name of the State (and, if necessary to distinguish among Members from    name of the State shall be added; and if there be two such Members from the
 the same State, the given names of the Members) shall be added. After the     same State, the whole name shall be called, and after the roll has been
 roll has been called once, the Clerk shall call the names of those not        once called, the Clerk shall call in their alphabetical order the names of
 recorded, alphabetically by surname. Members appearing after the second       those not voting. Members appearing after the second call, but before the
 call, but before the result is announced, may vote or announce a pair.        result is announced, may vote or announce a pair.
  4. (a) The Speaker may direct a record vote or quorum call to be conducted    Derived from clause 2(b), rule XV: (b) Subject to clause 5 of this rule,
 by tellers. In such a case the tellers named by the Speaker shall record      when a call of the House in the absence of a quorum is ordered, the Speaker
 the names of the Members voting on each side of the question or record        shall name one or more clerks to tell the Members who are present. The
 their presence, as the case may be, which the Clerk shall enter on the        names of those present shall be recorded by such clerks, and shall be
 Journal and publish in the Congressional Record. Absentees shall be noted,    entered in the Journal and the absentees noted, but the doors shall not be
 but the doors may not be closed except when ordered by the Speaker. The       closed except when so ordered by the Speaker. Members shall have not less
 minimum time for a record vote or quorum call by tellers shall be 15          than fifteen minutes from the ordering of a call of the House to have their
 minutes.                                                                      presence recorded.
  (b) On the demand of a Member, or at the suggestion of the Speaker, the       Derived from clause 3, rule XV: 3. On the demand of any Member, or at the
 names of Members sufficient to make a quorum in the Hall of the House who     suggestion of the Speaker, the names of Members sufficient to make a quorum
 do not vote shall be noted by the Clerk, entered on the Journal, reported     in the Hall of the House who do not vote shall be noted by the Clerk and
 to the Speaker with the names of the Members voting, and be counted and       recorded in the Journal, and reported to the Speaker with the names of the
 announced in determining the presence of a quorum to do business.             Members voting, and be counted and announced in determining the presence of
                                                                               a quorum to do business.
  5. (a) In the absence of a quorum, a majority comprising at least 15          Derived from clause 2(a), rule XV: 2. (a) In the absence of a quorum,
 Members, which may include the Speaker, may compel the attendance of absent   fifteen Members, including the Speaker, if there is one, shall be
 Members.                                                                      authorized to compel the attendance of absent Members; and those for whom
  (b) Subject to clause 7(b) a majority of those present may order the         no sufficient excuse is made may, by order of a majority of those present,
 Sergeant-at-Arms to send officers appointed by him to arrest those Members    subject to clause 6(e)(2) of this rule be sent for and arrested, wherever
 for whom no sufficient excuse is made and shall secure and retain their       they may be found, by officers to be appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms for
 attendance. The House shall determine on what condition they shall be         that purpose, and their attendance secured and retained; and the House
 discharged. Unless the House otherwise directs, the Members who voluntarily   shall determine upon what condition they shall be discharged. Members who
 appear shall be admitted immediately to the Hall of the House and shall       voluntarily appear shall, unless the House otherwise direct, be immediately
 report their names to the Clerk to be entered on the Journal as present.      admitted to the Hall of the House, and they shall report their names to the
                                                                               Clerk to be entered upon the Journal as present.
 

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  6. (a) When a quorum fails to vote on a question, a quorum is not present,    Derived from clause 4, rule XV: 4. Subject to clause 5 of this rule,
 and objection is made for that cause (unless the House shall adjourn)--       whenever a quorum fails to vote on any question, and a quorum is not
    (1) there shall be a call of the House;                                    present and objection is made for that cause, unless the House shall
    (2) the Sergeant-at-Arms shall proceed forthwith to bring in absent        adjourn there shall be a call of the House, and the Sergeant-at-Arms shall
   Members; and                                                                forthwith proceed to bring in absent Members, and the yeas and nays on the
    (3) the yeas and nays on the pending question shall at the same time be    pending question shall at the same time be considered as ordered. The Clerk
   considered as ordered.                                                      shall call the roll, and each Member as he answers to his name may vote on
  (b) The Clerk shall record Members by the yeas and nays on the pending       the pending question, and, after the roll call is completed, each Member
 question, using such procedure as the Speaker may invoke under clause 2, 3,   arrested shall be brought by the Sergeant-at-Arms before the House,
 or 4. Each Member arrested under this clause shall be brought by the          whereupon he shall be noted as present, discharged from arrest and given an
 Sergeant-at-Arms before the House, whereupon he shall be noted as present,    opportunity to vote and his vote shall be recorded. If those voting on the
 discharged from arrest, and given an opportunity to vote; and his vote        question and those who are present and decline to vote shall together make
 shall be recorded. If those voting on the question and those who are          a majority of the House, the Speaker shall declare that a quorum is
 present and decline to vote together make a majority of the House, the        constituted, and the pending question shall be decided as the majority of
 Speaker shall declare that a quorum is constituted, and the pending           those voting shall appear. And thereupon further proceedings under the call
 question shall be decided as the requisite majority of those voting shall     shall be considered as dispensed with. At any time after the roll call has
 have determined. Thereupon further proceedings under the call shall be        been completed, the Speaker may entertain a motion to adjourn, if seconded
 considered as dispensed with.                                                 by a majority of those present, to be ascertained by actual count by the
  (c) At any time after Members have had the requisite opportunity to          Speaker; and if the House adjourns, all proceedings under this section
 respond by the yeas and nays, but before a result has been announced, the     shall be vacated.
 Speaker may entertain a motion that the House adjourn if seconded by a
 majority of those present, to be ascertained by actual count by the
 Speaker. If the House adjourns on such a motion, all proceedings under this
 clause shall be considered as vacated.
  7. (a) The Speaker may not entertain a point of order that a quorum is not    Derived from clause 6, rule XV: 6. (a) It shall not be in order to make or    The provisions of existing clause 6(a), (c), and (d), rule XV are made
 present unless a question has been put to a vote.                             entertain a point of order that a quorum is not present:                      unnecessary since the proposed clause 7, rule XV (from existing clause
  (b) Subject to paragraph (c) the Speaker may recognize a Member, Delegate,    (1) before or during the offering of prayer;                                 6(e)) controls all these situations and they need not be spelled out
 or Resident Commissioner to move a call of the House at any time. When a       (2) during the administration of the oath of office to the Speaker or        separately. Since the Speaker cannot entertain points of no quorum unless
 quorum is established pursuant to a call of the House, further proceedings    Speaker pro tempore or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner;          he is putting the question to a vote in the House, other prohibitions as to
 under the call shall be considered as dispensed with unless the Speaker        (3) during the reception of any message from the President of the United     specific times at which point of no quorum cannot be entertained are
 recognizes for a motion to compel attendance of Members under clause 5(b).    States or the United States Senate; and                                       confusing and unnecessary. The statement in existing clause 6(b), rule XV
  (c) A call of the House shall not be in order after the previous question     (4) during the offering, consideration, and disposition of any motion        that a quorum is not required to agree to a motion that the Committee of
 is ordered unless the Speaker determines by actual count that a quorum is     incidental to a call of the House.                                            the Whole rise is transferred to proposed clause 6(d), rule XVIII which
 not present.                                                                   (b) A quorum shall not be required in Committee of the Whole for agreement   governs proceedings in Committee of the Whole.
                                                                               to a motion that the Committee rise.
                                                                                (c) After the presence of a quorum is once ascertained on any day on which
                                                                               the House is meeting, a point of order of no quorum may not be made or
                                                                               entertained--
                                                                                (1) during the reading of the Journal;
                                                                                (2) during the period after a Committee of the Whole has risen after
                                                                               completing its consideration of a bill or resolution and before the
                                                                               Chairman of the Committee has reported the bill or resolution back to the
                                                                               House; and
 

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                                                                                (3) during any period of a legislative day when the Speaker is recognizing
                                                                               Members (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner) to address the
                                                                               House under special orders, with no measure or matter then under
                                                                               consideration for disposition by the House.
                                                                                (d) When the presence of a quorum is ascertained, a further point of order
                                                                               that a quorum is not present may not thereafter be made or entertained
                                                                               until additional business intervenes. For purposes of this paragraph, the
                                                                               term ``business'' does not include any matter, proceeding, or period
                                                                               referred to in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this clause for which a quorum
                                                                               is not required or a point of order of no quorum may not be made or
                                                                               entertained.
                                                                                (e)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), it shall not be in order to
                                                                               make or entertain a point of order that a quorum is not present unless the
                                                                               Speaker has put the pending motion or proposition to a vote.
                                                                                (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), it shall always be in order for a
                                                                               Member to move a call of the House when recognized for that purpose by the
                                                                               Speaker, and when a quorum has been established pursuant to a call of the
                                                                               House, further proceedings under the call shall be considered as dispensed
                                                                               with unless the Speaker, in his discretion, recognizes for a motion under
                                                                               clause (2)(a) of this rule or for a motion to dispense with further
                                                                               proceedings under the call.
                                                                                Derived from clause 2, rule XVII: 2. A call of the House shall not be in
                                                                               order after the previous question is ordered, unless it shall appear upon
                                                                               an actual count by the Speaker that a quorum is not present.
 
Pairs
  8. Pairs shall be announced by the Clerk from a list signed by the Members    Derived from clause 2, rule VIII: 2. Pairs shall be announced by the Clerk    Proposed clause 8, rule XV, announcement of pairs by the Clerk, is moved
 entering them immediately before the Chair announces the result of a vote     immediately before the announcement by the Chair of the result of the vote,   from clause 2, rule VIII, duties of Members. The last sentence providing
 by the House or Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The   by the House or Committee of the Whole from a written list furnished him,     that pairs shall be announced only once during a legislative day has been
 Clerk shall publish the list in the Congressional Record as a part of the     and signed by the Member making the statement to the Clerk, which list        deleted as unnecessary since pairs are not announced at all in modern
 proceedings immediately following the names of those not voting.              shall be published in the Record as a part of the proceedings, immediately    practice.
                                                                               following the names of those not voting. However, pairs shall be announced
                                                                               but once during the same legislative day.
Postponement of proceedings
  9. (a)(1) When a recorded vote is ordered, or the yeas and nays are           Derived from clause 5, rule I: (b)(1) On any legislative day whenever a       Proposed clause 9, rule XV is moved from clause 5, rule I since the
 ordered, or a vote is objected to under clause 6 on any of the questions      recorded vote is ordered or the yeas and nays are ordered, or a vote is       Speaker's authority to postpone certain votes logically belongs in the
 specified in subparagraph (2), the Speaker may postpone further proceedings   objected to under clause 4 of rule XV on any of the following questions,      voting rule.
 on that question to a designated place in the legislative schedule on that    the Speaker may, in his discretion, postpone further proceedings on each
 legislative day (in the case of the question of agreeing to the Speaker's     such question to a designated time or place in the legislative schedule on
 approval of the Journal) or within two legislative days (in the case of any   that legislative day in the case of the question of agreeing to the
 other question).                                                              Speaker's approval of the Journal, or within two legislative days, in the
                                                                               case of the other questions listed herein:

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  (2) The questions described in the subparagraph (1) are as follows:
    (A) The question of passing a bill or joint resolution.                     (A) the question of adopting a resolution;
    (B) The question of adopting a resolution or concurrent resolution.         (B) the question of passing a bill;
    (C) The question of agreeing to a motion to instruct managers on the        (C) the question of agreeing to a motion to instruct conferees as provided
   part of the House under clause 7(c) of rule XXII (except that proceedings   in clause 1(c) of rule XXVIII: Provided, however, That proceedings shall
   may not resume on such a question if the managers have filed a report in    not resume on said question if the conferees have filed a report in the
   the House).                                                                 House;
    (D) The question of agreeing to a conference report.                        (D) the question of agreeing to a conference report;
    (E) The question of agreeing to a motion to recommit a bill considered      (E) the question of agreeing to a motion to recommit a bill considered
   under clause 6 of rule XV.                                                  pursuant to clause 4 of rule XIII;
    (F) The question of ordering the previous question on a question            (F) the question of ordering the previous question on a question described
   described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).                        in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E);
    (G) The question of agreeing to an amendment to a bill considered under     (G) the question of agreeing to an amendment to a bill considered pursuant
   clause 6 of rule XV.                                                        to clause 4 of rule XIII; and
    (H) The question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the rules.              (H) the question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the rules.
  (b) At the time designated by the Speaker for further proceedings on          (2) At the time designated by the Speaker for further consideration of
 questions postponed under paragraph (a), the Speaker shall resume             proceedings postponed under subparagraph (1), the Speaker shall put each
 proceedings on each postponed question in the order in which it was           question on which further proceedings were postponed, in the order in which
 considered.                                                                   that question was considered.
  (c) After a record vote on a question on which proceedings were postponed     (3) At any time after the vote has been taken on the first question on
 under this clause, the Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time    which the Speaker has postponed further proceedings under this paragraph,
 for a record vote on any other such question on which proceedings resume      the Speaker may, in his discretion, reduce to not less than five minutes
 without intervening business.                                                 the period of time within which a rollcall vote by electronic device on the
                                                                               question may be taken without any intervening business on any or all of the
                                                                               additional questions on which the Speaker has postponed further proceedings
                                                                               under this paragraph.
  (d) If the House adjourns on a legislative day designated for further         (4) If the House adjourns before all of the questions on which further
 proceedings on questions postponed under this clause without disposing of     proceedings were postponed under this paragraph have been put and
 such questions, then on the next legislative day the unfinished business is   determined, then, on the next following legislative day the unfinished
 the disposition of such questions in the order in which they were             business shall be the disposition of all such questions, previously
 considered.                                                                   undisposed of, in the order in which the questions were considered.
Five-minute votes
  10. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic    Derived from clause 5, rule XV: (b) The Speaker may, in his discretion,
 voting--                                                                      reduce to not less than five minutes the time within which a rollcall vote
                                                                               by electronic device may be taken--
    (a) after a record vote on a motion for the previous question, on any       (1) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on a motion for the previous
   underlying question that follows without intervening business;              question, on any underlying question that follows without intervening
                                                                               business;

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    (b) after a record vote on an amendment reported from the Committee of      (2) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on an amendment reported from
   the Whole House on the state of the Union, on any subsequent amendment to   the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, on any
   that bill or resolution reported from the Committee of the Whole;           subsequent amendment to that bill or resolution reported from the Committee
                                                                               of the Whole; or
    (c) after a record vote on a motion to recommit a bill, resolution, or      (3) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on a motion to recommit a bill,
   conference report, on the question of passage or adoption, as the case      resolution, or conference report thereon, on the question of passage or
   may be, of such bill, resolution, or conference report, if the question     adoption, as the case may be, of such bill, resolution, or conference
   of passage or adoption follows without intervening business the vote on     report thereon, if the question of passage or adoption follows without
   the motion to recommit; or                                                  intervening business the vote on the motion to recommit; or
    (d) as provided in clause 6(b)(3) of rule XVIII, clause 6(f) of rule                                                                                      Proposed clause 10(d) catalogs the other instances of five-minute
   XVIII, or clause 9 of this rule.                                                                                                                          electronic voting so that the clause references all six authorities.
 
Automatic yeas and nays
  11. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when the Speaker puts    Derived from clause 7, rule XV: 7. The yeas and nays shall be considered
 the question on passage of a bill or joint resolution, or on adoption of a    as ordered when the Speaker puts the question on final passage or adoption
 conference report, making general appropriations, or increasing Federal       of any bill, joint resolution, or conference report making general
 income tax rates (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI), or on final    appropriations or increasing Federal income tax rates, or on final adoption
 adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget or conference report        of any concurrent resolution on the budget or conference report thereon.
 thereon.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXXVIII
 
Ballot votes                                                                  BALLOT
  12. In a case of ballot for election, a majority of the votes shall be        In all cases of ballot a majority of the votes given shall be necessary to
 necessary to an election. When there is not such a majority on the first      an election, and where there shall not be such a majority on the first
 ballot, the process shall be repeated until a majority is obtained. In all    ballot the ballots shall be repeated until a majority be obtained; and in
 balloting blanks shall be rejected, may not be counted in the enumeration     all balloting blanks shall be rejected and not taken into the count in
 of votes, and may not be reported by the tellers.                             enumeration of votes or reported by the tellers.
 
                                  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        Derived from clause 8, rule XXI: 8. At the time any appropriation bill is      Clauses 1 and 2 of proposed rule XXI apply to ``general'' appropriation
 order against provisions therein shall be considered as reserved.             reported, all points of order shall be considered as reserved.                bills or amendments thereto. Examples of general appropriation bills
                                                                                                                                                             include the 13 regular appropriation bills and most supplemental
                                                                                                                                                             appropriation bills. Bills or joint resolutions continuing appropriations
                                                                                                                                                             are not general bills and thus these clauses do not apply.
 

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General appropriation bills and amendments
  2. (a)(1) An appropriation may not be reported in a general appropriation     Derived from clause 2(a), rule XXI: 2. (a) No appropriation shall be          Rule XXI, currently headed ``Bills", is a disjointed composite of
 bill, and may not be in order as an amendment thereto, for an expenditure     reported in a general appropriation bill, or shall be in order as an          unrelated rules relating to readings of bills, consideration of certain
 not previously authorized by law, except to continue appropriations for       amendment thereto, for any expenditure not previously authorized by law,      types of bills, and permissibility of provisions therein and amendments
 public works and objects that are already in progress.                        except to continue appropriations for public works and objects which are      thereto. The new heading of rule XXI, ``Restrictions on Certain Bills''
                                                                               already in progress.                                                          still reflects its diverse nature in order to capture all remaining
                                                                                                                                                             provisions prior to dealing with House-Senate relations in rule XXII. The
                                                                                                                                                             rule is restructured to maintain citations to existing clauses (especially
                                                                                                                                                             clause 2) carried in the Precedents to the greatest extent possible. Since
                                                                                                                                                             readings of bills currently in clause 1 has been transferred to rule XVI,
                                                                                                                                                             existing clause 8 of rule XXI on reservation of points of order on general
                                                                                                                                                             appropriation bills has become clause 1 to fill that void. A new clause 3
                                                                                                                                                             has been added on ``Roads'' embodying the prohibition on inclusion of
                                                                                                                                                             specific provisions in bills, currently contained in the Transportation
                                                                                                                                                             Committee's jurisdictional statement in rule X. The other prohibition in
                                                                                                                                                             rule X against one specific road offered to a bill containing another
                                                                                                                                                             specific road, is removed as obsolete, since the Transportation and
                                                                                                                                                             Infrastructure Committee doesn't report specific road bills in modern
                                                                                                                                                             practice. (The germaneness rule also suggests that a point of order would
                                                                                                                                                             lie against an amendment on a specific road offered to a bill containing
                                                                                                                                                             only another specific road.) Current clause 5(a) on appropriations in
                                                                                                                                                             legislative bills has reverted to clause 4--the citation until 1975--in
                                                                                                                                                             order to have a separate clause 5 on tax and tariff bills.
 
  (2) A reappropriation of unexpended balances of appropriations may not be     Derived from clause 6, rule XXI: 6. No general appropriation bill or
 reported in a general appropriation bill, and may not be in order as an       amendment thereto shall be received or considered if it contains a
 amendment thereto, except to continue appropriations for public works and     provision reappropriating unexpended balances of appropriations; except
 objects that are already in progress. This subparagraph does not apply to     that this provision shall not apply to appropriations in continuation of
 transfers of unexpended balances within the department or agency for which    appropriations for public works on which work has commenced, and shall not
 they were originally appropriated that are reported by the Committee on       apply to transfers of unexpended balances within the department or agency
 Appropriations.                                                               for which they were originally appropriated, reported by the Committee on
                                                                               Appropriations.

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  (b) A provision changing existing law may not be reported in a general        Derived from clause 2, rule XXI: (b) No provision changing existing law
 appropriation bill, including a provision making the availability of funds    shall be reported in a general appropriation bill, including a provision
 contingent on the receipt or possession of information not required by        making the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or possession of
 existing law for the period of the appropriation, except germane provisions   information not required by existing law for the period of the
 that retrench expenditures by the reduction of amounts of money covered by    appropriation, except germane provisions that retrench expenditures by the
 the bill (which may include those recommended to the Committee on             reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill, which may include those
 Appropriations by direction of a legislative committee having jurisdiction    recommended to the Committee on Appropriations by direction of a
 over the subject matter) and except rescissions of appropriations contained   legislative committee having jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof,
 in appropriation Acts.                                                        and except rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.
  (c) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be in order if     (c) No amendment to a general appropriation bill shall be in order if
 changing existing law, including an amendment making the availability of      changing existing law, including an amendment making the availability of
 funds contingent on the receipt or possession of information not required     funds contingent on the receipt or possession of information not required
 by existing law for the period of the appropriation. Except as provided in    by existing law for the period of the appropriation. Except as provided in
 paragraph (d), an amendment proposing a limitation not specifically           paragraph (d), no amendment shall be in order during consideration of a
 contained or authorized in existing law for the period of the limitation      general appropriation bill proposing a limitation not specifically
 shall not be in order during consideration of a general appropriation bill.   contained or authorized in existing law for the period of the limitation.
  (d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for amendment, a         (d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for amendment,           Proposed clause 2(d), rule XXI indicates that if the motion to rise is not
 motion that the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rise   motions that the Committee of the Whole rise and report the bill to the       offered in Committee of the Whole following reading for amendment in its
 and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been        House with such amendments as may have been adopted shall, if offered by      entirety, then a proper limitation amendment may be offered. The present
 adopted shall, if offered by the Majority Leader or a designee, have          the Majority Leader or a designee, have precedence over motions to further    form of the rule only permits limitation amendments if the motion to rise
 precedence over motions to amend the bill. If such a motion to rise and       amend the bill. If any such motion is rejected, amendments proposing          is ``rejected''.
 report is rejected or not offered, amendments proposing limitations not       limitations not specifically contained or authorized in existing law for
 specifically contained or authorized in existing law for the period of the    the period of the limitation or proposing germane amendments which retrench
 limitation or proposing germane amendments that retrench expenditures by      expenditures by reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill may be
 reductions of amounts of money covered by the bill may be considered.         considered; but after the vote on any such amendment, the privileged motion
                                                                               made in order under this paragraph may be renewed.
  (e) A provision other than an appropriation designated an emergency under     (e) No provision shall be reported in any appropriation bill or joint
 section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency      resolution containing an emergency designation for purposes of section
 Deficit Control Act, a rescission of budget authority, or a reduction in      251(b)(2)(D) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
 direct spending or an amount for a designated emergency may not be reported   Control Act, or shall be in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision
 in an appropriation bill or joint resolution containing an emergency          or amendment is not designated as an emergency, unless the provision or
 designation under section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of such Act and may     amendment rescinds budget authority or reduces direct spending, or reduces
 not be in order as an amendment thereto.                                      an amount for a designated emergency.

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  (f) During the reading of an appropriation bill for amendment in the          (f) During the reading of any appropriation bill for amendment in the
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, it shall be in        Committee of the Whole, it shall be in order to consider en bloc amendments
 order to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer               proposing only to transfer appropriations among objects in the bill without
 appropriations among objects in the bill without increasing the levels of     increasing the levels of budget authority or outlays in the bill. When
 budget authority or outlays in the bill. When considered en bloc under this   considered en bloc pursuant to this paragraph, such amendments may amend
 paragraph, such amendments may amend portions of the bill not yet read for    portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (following the disposition
 amendment (following disposition of any points of order against such          of any points of order against such portions) and shall not be subject to a
 portions) and is not subject to a demand for division of the question in      demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
 the House or in the Committee of the Whole.                                   Whole.
 
Roads
  3. A bill providing general legislation in relation to roads may not          Derived from clause 1(q), rule X: . . . but it shall not be in order for      Proposed clause 3, rule XXI is currently contained in clause 1(q)(10),
 contain a provision for a specific road.                                      any bill providing general legislation in relation to roads to contain any    rule X, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's jurisdictional
                                                                               provision for any specific road, nor for any bill in relation to a specific   statement. It logically belongs in a rule prohibiting consideration of
                                                                               road to embrace a provision in relation to any other specific road.           certain bills. This recodification draft also eliminates the present
                                                                                                                                                             restriction in Transportation's jurisdictional rule against any bill in
                                                                                                                                                             relation to a specific road embracing a provision in relation to any other
                                                                                                                                                             specific road.
Appropriations on legislative bills
  4. A bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation may not be            Derived from clause 5, rule XXI: (a) No bill or joint resolution carrying     The prohibition against appropriating on a legislative bill, currently in
 reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report appropriations,     appropriations shall be reported by any committee not having jurisdiction     clause 5(a), rule XXI, reverts to clause 4, where it existed prior to 1975,
 and an amendment proposing an appropriation shall not be in order during      to report appropriations, nor shall an amendment proposing an appropriation   in this draft.
 the consideration of a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not   be in order during the consideration of a bill or joint resolution reported
 having that jurisdiction. A point of order against an appropriation in such   by a committee not having that jurisdiction. A question of order on an
 a bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at any time      appropriation in any such bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto may
 during pendency of that measure for amendment.                                be raised at any time.
 
 
Tax and tariff measures and amendments
  5. (a) A bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure may not    (b) No bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure shall be
 be reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff    reported by any committee not having jurisdiction to report tax and tariff
 measures, and an amendment in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying    measures, nor shall an amendment in the House or proposed by the Senate
 a tax or tariff measure shall not be in order during the consideration of a   carrying a tax or tariff measure be in order during the consideration of a
 bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not having that              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      jurisdiction. A question of order on a tax or tariff measure in any such
 bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at any time        bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at any time.
 during pendency of that measure for amendment.
 

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Passage of tax rate increases
  (b) A bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a    (c) No bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying
 Federal income tax rate increase may not be considered as passed or agreed    a Federal income tax rate increase shall be considered as passed or agreed
 to unless so determined by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the        to unless so determined by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the
 Members voting, a quorum being present. In this paragraph the term            Members voting. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ``Federal
 ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection (a),   income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c),
 (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the      (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate of     Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate of tax and
 tax and thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any such section.      thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any such section.
 
Consideration of retroactive tax rate increases
  (c) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution,            (d) It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution,
 amendment, or conference report carrying a retroactive Federal income tax     amendment, or conference report carrying a retroactive Federal income tax
 rate increase. In this paragraph--                                            rate increase. For purposes of the preceding sentence--
    (1) the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to    (1) the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to
   subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b)     subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or
   or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new          55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage
   percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax         as a rate of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any
   imposed by any such section; and                                            such section; and
    (2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive if it applies to a    (2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive if it applies to a
   period beginning before the enactment of the provision.                     period beginning prior to the enactment of the provision.
 
Transportation obligation limitations
  6. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution,             Derived from clause 9, rule XXI: 9. It shall not be in order to consider
 amendment, or conference report that would cause obligation limitations to    any bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report
 be below the level for any fiscal year set forth in section 8103 of the       thereon, that would cause obligation limitations to be below the level for
 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the          any fiscal year set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act
 highway category or the mass transit category, as applicable.                 for the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the highway category or the mass
                                                                               transit category, as applicable.
 
                                 RULE XXII.
 
                         HOUSE AND SENATE RELATIONS.
 

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Senate amendments
  1. A motion to disagree to Senate amendments to a House bill or resolution    Derived from clause 1, rule XX: . . . That a motion to disagree with the      Proposed rule XXII consolidates all provisions currently in rule XX and
 and to request or agree to a conference with the Senate, or a motion to       amendments of the Senate to a House bill or resolution and request or agree   rule XXVIII relating to Senate amendments, conference reports, and
 insist on House amendments to a Senate bill or resolution and to request or   to a conference with the Senate, or a motion to insist on the House           amendments reported from conference in disagreement. Clause 1 is clarified
 agree to a conference with the Senate, shall be privileged in the             amendments to a Senate bill or resolution and request or agree to a           to indicate that the motion to go to conference must be authorized by all
 discretion of the Speaker if offered by direction of the primary committee    conference with the Senate, shall always be in order if the Speaker, in his   reporting committees of initial referral. Clauses 2 and 4 clarify the
 and of all reporting committees that had initial referral of the bill or      discretion, recognizes for that purpose and if the motion is made by          distinction between privilege in the House of motions to dispose of Senate
 resolution.                                                                   direction of the committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the   amendment before and after the stage of disagreement has been reached.
                                                                               bill or resolution.                                                           Clause 3 has been clarified to make clear that the rules on scope of
                                                                                                                                                             conference apply to all amendments in disagreement committed to conference,
                                                                                                                                                             not merely to amendments in the nature of a substitute. Existing clauses 4
                                                                                                                                                             and 5 of rule XXVIII contain three separate but similar provisions
                                                                                                                                                             concerning nongermane Senate provisions in bills or amendments committed to
                                                                                                                                                             conference and either resolved in conference or reported back in
                                                                                                                                                             disagreement for disposition by separate vote. Rather than repeat virtually
                                                                                                                                                             the same procedures with respect to points of order and motions to reject
                                                                                                                                                             the nongermane matter specified in the point of order, the consolidated
                                                                                                                                                             clause 10 combines all those provisions in one procedure applicable to any
                                                                                                                                                             of the three situations.
  2. A motion to dispose of House bills with Senate amendments not requiring    Derived from clause 2, rule XXIV: . . . but House bills with Senate
 consideration in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union   amendments which do not require consideration in a Committee of the Whole
 shall be privileged.                                                          may be at once disposed of as the House may determine . . .
  3. Except as permitted by clause 1, before the stage of disagreement, a       Derived from clause 1, rule XX: Any amendment of the Senate to any House
 Senate amendment to a House bill or resolution shall be subject to the        bill shall be subject to the point of order that it shall first be
 point of order that it must first be considered in the Committee of the       considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union,
 Whole House on the state of the Union if, originating in the House, it        if, originating in the House, it would be subject to that point: Provided,
 would be subject to such a point under clause 3 of rule XVIII.                however, That . . .
  4. When the stage of disagreement has been reached on a bill or resolution                                                                                  Proposed clause 4 is added since practice has always dictated handling
 with House or Senate amendments, a motion to dispose of any amendment shall                                                                                 amendments in disagreement as privileged.
 be privileged.

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  5. (a) Managers on the part of the House may not agree to a Senate            Derived from clause 2, rule XX: 2. No amendment of the Senate to a general    The last portion of the language in clause 5 has been added to codify
 amendment described in paragraph (b) unless specific authority to agree to    appropriation bill which would be in violation of the provisions of clause    existing practice.
 the amendment first is given by the House by a separate vote with respect     2 of rule XXI, if said amendment had originated in the House, nor any
 thereto. If specific authority is not granted, the Senate amendment shall     amendment of the Senate providing for an appropriation upon any bill other
 be reported in disagreement by the conference committee back to the two       than a general appropriation bill, shall be agreed to by the managers on
 Houses for disposition by separate motion.                                    the part of the House unless specific authority to agree to such amendment
  (b) The managers on the part of the House may not agree to a Senate          shall be first given by the House by a separate vote on every such
 amendment described in paragraph (a) that--                                   amendment.
    (1) would violate clause 2 (a)(1) or (c) of rule XXI if originating in
   the House; or
    (2) proposes an appropriation on a bill other than a general
   appropriation bill.
  6. A Senate amendment carrying a tax or tariff measure in violation of                                                                                      Currently clause 5(b), rule XXI precludes agreeing to Senate amendments
 clause 5(a) of rule XXI may not be agreed to.                                                                                                               carrying tax or tariff measures.
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XXVIII
 
Conference reports; amendments reported in disagreement                       CONFERENCE REPORTS
  7. (a) The presentation of a conference report shall be in order at any       1. (a) The presentation of reports of committees of conference shall
 time except during a reading of the Journal or the conduct of a record        always be in order, except when the Journal is being read, while the roll
 vote, a vote by division, or a quorum call.                                   is being called, or the House is dividing on any proposition.
  (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) the time allotted for debate on a          (b) The time allotted for debate on any motion to instruct House conferees
 motion to instruct managers on the part of the House shall be equally         shall be equally divided between the majority and minority parties, except
 divided between the majority and minority parties.                            that if the proponent of the motion and the Member from the other party are
  (2) If the proponent of a motion to instruct managers on the part of the     both supporters of the motion, one-third of such debate time shall be
 House and the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the other party   allotted to a Member who is opposed to said motion.
 identified under subparagraph (1) both support the motion, one-third of the
 time for debate thereon shall be allotted to a Member, Delegate, or
 Resident Commissioner who opposes the motion on demand of that Member,
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
  (c)(1) A motion to instruct managers on the part of the House, or a motion    (c) After House conferees on any bill or resolution in conference between     A committee of conference only exists after both Houses have appointed
 to discharge all managers on the part of the House and to appoint new         the House and Senate shall have been appointed for twenty calendar days and   their conferees.
 conferees, shall be privileged--                                              shall have failed to make a report, it is hereby declared to be a motion of
    (A) after a conference committee has been appointed for 20 calendar days   the highest privilege to move to discharge said House conferees and to
   without making a report; and                                                appoint new conferees, or to instruct said House conferees (but in either
    (B) on the first legislative day after the calendar day on which the       case only at a time or place designated by the Speaker in the legislative
   Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering the motion announces    schedule of the day after the calendar day on which the Member offering the
   to the House his intention to do so and the form of the motion.             motion announces to the House his intention to do so and the form of the
  (2) The Speaker may designate a time in the legislative schedule on that     motion); and, further, during the last six days of any session of Congress,
 legislative day for consideration of a motion described in subparagraph       it shall be a privileged motion to move to discharge, appoint, or instruct,
 (1).                                                                          House conferees after House conferees shall have been appointed thirty-six
  (3) During the last six days of a session of Congress, the period of time    hours without having made a report.
 specified in subparagraph (1)(A) shall be 36 hours.

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  (d) Each conference report to the House shall be printed as a report of       (d) Each report made by a committee of conference to the House shall be
 the House. Each such report shall be accompanied by a joint explanatory       printed as a report of the House. As so printed, such report shall be
 statement prepared jointly by the managers on the part of the House and the   accompanied by an explanatory statement prepared jointly by the conferees
 managers on the part of the Senate. The joint explanatory statement shall     on the part of the House and the conferees on the part of the Senate. Such
 be sufficiently detailed and explicit to inform the House of the effects of   statement shall be sufficiently detailed and explicit to inform the House
 the report on the matters committed to conference.                            as to the effect which the amendments or propositions contained in such
                                                                               report will have upon the measure to which those amendments or propositions
                                                                               relate.
  8. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not be in         2. (a) It shall not be in order to consider the report of a committee of      The authority of the Rules Committee to call up on the same day reported a
 order to consider a conference report until--                                 conference until the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or     resolution only waiving availability requirements for a conference report
    (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal         legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) after       or amendment reported in disagreement, currently in existing clause 2(a)
   holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on which the    such report and the accompanying statement shall have been filed in the       and (b), rule XXVIII, is retained in clause 8(e) of this rule and in clause
   conference report and the accompanying joint explanatory statement have     House, and such consideration then shall be in order only if such report      6(a)(2), rule XIII since it relates to privileged reports of that
   been available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in      and accompanying statement shall have been printed in the daily edition of    committee. The division of debate time for a conference report or amendment
   the Congressional Record; and                                               the Congressional Record for the day on which such report and statement       reported in disagreement is transferred to clause 8(d) of this rule.
    (B) copies of the conference report and the accompanying joint             shall have been filed; but the preceding provisions of this sentence do not
   explanatory statement have been available to Members, Delegates, and the    apply during the last six days of the session. Nor shall it be in order to
   Resident Commissioner for at least two hours.                               consider any conference report unless copies of the report and accompanying
  (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six days of a         statement have been available to Members for at least two hours before the
 session of Congress.                                                          beginning of such consideration: Provided, however, That it shall always be
                                                                               in order to call up for consideration, notwithstanding the provisions of
                                                                               clause 4(b) of rule XI, a report from the Committee on Rules only making in
                                                                               order the consideration of a conference report notwithstanding this
                                                                               restriction. The time allotted for debate in the consideration of any such
                                                                               report shall be equally divided between the majority party and the minority
                                                                               party, except that if the floor manager for the majority and the floor
                                                                               manager for the minority are both supporters of the conference report, one
                                                                               third of such debate time shall be allotted to a Member who is opposed to
                                                                               said conference report.
 

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  (b)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not be in order      (b)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any amendment (including an
 to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate amendment reported in             amendment in the nature of a substitute) proposed by the Senate to any
 disagreement by a conference committee until--                                measure reported in disagreement between the two Houses by a report of a
    (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal         committee of conference that the committee has been unable to agree, until
   holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on which the    the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays
   report in disagreement and any accompanying statement have been available   except when the House is in session on such a day) after such report and
   to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the Congressional   accompanying statement shall have been filed in the House, and such
   Record; and                                                                 consideration then shall be in order only if such report and accompanying
    (B) copies of the report in disagreement and any accompanying statement,   statement shall have been printed in the daily edition of the Congressional
   together with the text of the Senate amendment, have been available to      Record for the day on which such report and statement shall have been
   Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for at least two hours.   filed; but the preceding provisions of this sentence do not apply during
  (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six days of a         the last six days of the session. Nor shall it be in order to consider any
 session of Congress.                                                          such amendment unless copies of the report and accompanying statement,
                                                                               together with the text of such amendment, have been available to Members
                                                                               for at least two hours before the beginning of such consideration:
                                                                               Provided, however, That it shall always be in order to call up for
                                                                               consideration, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 4(b) of rule XI, a
                                                                               report from the Committee on Rules only making in order the consideration
                                                                               of such an amendment notwithstanding this restriction. The time allotted
                                                                               for debate on any such amendment shall be equally divided between the
                                                                               majority party and the minority party, except that if the floor manager for
                                                                               the majority and the floor manager for the minority are both supporters of
                                                                               the original motion offered by the floor manager for the majority to
                                                                               dispose of the amendment, one third of such debate time shall be allotted
                                                                               to a Member who is opposed to said motion.
  (3) During consideration of a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by    (2) During consideration of such an amendment to a general appropriation
 a conference committee on a general appropriation bill, a motion to insist    bill, if the original motion offered by the floor manager proposes to
 on disagreement to the Senate amendment shall be preferential to any other    change existing law, then pending such original motion and before debate
 motion to dispose of that amendment if the original motion offered by the     thereon one motion to insist on disagreement to the amendment proposed by
 floor manager proposes to change existing law and the motion to insist is     the Senate shall be preferential to any other motion to dispose of that
 offered before debate on the original motion by the chairman of the           amendment if offered by the chairman of a committee having jurisdiction of
 committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the amendment or a     the subject matter of the amendment or by a designee. Such a preferential
 designee. Such a preferential motion shall be separately debatable for one    motion shall be separately debatable for one hour equally divided between
 hour equally divided between its proponent and the proponent of the           its proponent and the proponent of the original motion. The previous
 original motion. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on      question shall be considered as ordered on such a preferential motion to
 the preferential motion to its adoption without intervening motion.           its adoption without intervening motion.
  (c) A conference report or a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by     (c) Any conference report and Senate amendment in disagreement which has
 a conference committee that has been available as provided in paragraph (a)   been available as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause shall
 or (b) shall be considered as read when called up.                            be considered as having been read when called up for consideration.

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  (d)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the time allotted for debate on a                                                                                       Paragraphs (d) and (e) are derived from existing clause 2(a) and (b), rule
 conference report or on a motion to dispose of a Senate amendment reported                                                                                  XXVIII.
 in disagreement by a conference committee shall be equally divided between
 the majority and minority parties.
  (2) If the floor manager for the majority and the floor manager for the
 minority both support the conference report or motion, one-third of the
 time for debate thereon shall be allotted to a Member, Delegate, or
 Resident Commissioner who opposes the conference report or motion on demand
 of that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
  (e) Under clause 6(a)(2) of rule XIII, a resolution proposing only to
 waive a requirement of this clause concerning the availability of reports
 to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner may be considered by
 the House on the same day it is reported by the Committee on Rules.
  9. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment has been committed to a            3. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment in the nature of a substitute      Clause 5 of this proposed rule also limits conferees' authority to agree
 conference committee, the managers on the part of the House may propose a     has been committed to a conference committee it shall be in order for the     to Senate amendments containing legislation or unauthorized appropriations
 substitute that is a germane modification of the matter in disagreement.      Managers on the part of the House to propose a substitute which is a          in general appropriation bills or appropriations in legislative bills.
 The introduction of any language presenting specific additional matter not    germane modification of the matter in disagreement, but the introduction of
 committed to the conference committee by either House does not constitute a   any language in that substitute presenting a specific additional topic,
 germane modification of the matter in disagreement. Moreover, a conference    question, issue, or proposition not committed to the conference committee
 report may not include matter not committed to the conference committee by    by either House shall not constitute a germane modification of the matter
 either House and may not include a modification of specific matter            in disagreement. Moreover, their report shall not include matter not
 committed to the conference committee by either or both Houses if that        committed to the conference committee by either House, nor shall their
 modification is beyond the scope of that specific matter as committed to      report include a modification of any specific topic, question, issue, or
 the conference committee.                                                     proposition committed to the conference committee by either or both Houses
                                                                               if that modification is beyond the scope of that specific topic, question,
                                                                               issue, or proposition as so committed to the conference committee.

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  10. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may raise a point     4. (a) With respect to any report of a committee of conference called up      Existing clauses 4 and 5 of rule XXVIII contain three separate but similar
 of order against nongermane matter, as specified in subparagraph (2),         before the House containing any matter which would be in violation of the     provisions concerning nongermane Senate provisions in bills or amendments
 before the commencement of debate on--                                        provisions of clause 7 of rule XVI if such matter had been offered as an      committed to conference and either resolved in conference or reported back
    (A) a conference report;                                                   amendment in the House, and which--                                           in disagreement for disposition by separate vote. Rather than repeat
    (B) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to a Senate        (1) is contained in any Senate amendment to that measure (including a        virtually the same procedures with respect to points of order and motions
   amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee and concur     Senate amendment in the nature of substitute for the text of that measure     to reject the nongermane matter specified in the point of order, the new
   therein, with or without amendment; or                                      as passed by the House) accepted by the House conferees or agreed to by the   clause 10 represents an effort to consolidate all those provisions in one
    (C) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to a Senate       conference committee with modification; or                                    procedure applicable to any of the three situations. This new clause makes
   amendment on which the stage of disagreement has been reached and concur     (2) is contained in any substitute agreed to by the conference committee;    no substantive change in the way points of order are made and motions to
   therein, with or without amendment.                                        it shall be in order, at any time after the reading of the report has been     reject considered whether nongermane matter is contained in a conference
                                                                               completed or dispensed with and before the reading of the statement, or       report, in a motion to recede and concur in a Senate amendment, or in a
                                                                               immediately upon consideration of a conference report if clause 2(c) of       motion to recede and concur with an amendment In the event that a motion to
                                                                               this rule applies, to make a point of order that such nongermane matter, as   reject in any of those situations prevails, the new clause restates the
                                                                               described above, which shall be specified in the point of order, is           pending question or the available alternative motion as currently stated.
                                                                               contained in the report. For the purposes of this clause, matter which--      The test is whether the matter would have been ruled nongermane if offered
                                                                                (A) is contained in any substitute agreed to by the conference committee;    to the House-passed measure.
                                                                                (B) is not proposed by the House to be included in the measure concerned
                                                                               as passed by the House; and
                                                                                (C) would be in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI if such matter had been
                                                                               offered in the House as an amendment to the provisions of that measure as
                                                                               so proposed in the form passed by the House; shall be considered in
                                                                               violation of such clause 7.
  (2) A point of order against nongermane matter is one asserting that a
 proposition described in subparagraph (1) contains specified matter that
 would violate clause 7 of rule XVI if it were offered in the House as an
 amendment to the underlying measure in the form it was passed by the House.
  (b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained, a motion that       (b) If such point of order is sustained, it then shall be in order for the
 the House reject the nongermane matter identified by the point of order       Chair to entertain a motion, which is of high privilege, that the House
 shall be privileged. Such a motion is debatable for 40 minutes, one-half in   reject the nongermane matter covered by the point of order. It shall be in
 favor of the motion and one-half in opposition thereto.                       order to debate such motion for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be
                                                                               given to debate in favor of, and one-half in opposition to, the motion.
  (c) After disposition of a point of order under paragraph (a) or a motion     (c) Notwithstanding the final disposition of any point of order made under
 to reject under paragraph (b), any further points of order under paragraph    paragraph (a), or of any motion to reject made pursuant to a point of order
 (a) not covered by a previous point of order, and any consequent motions to   under paragraph (b), of this clause, it shall be in order to make further
 reject under paragraph (b), shall be likewise disposed of.                    points of order on the ground stated in such paragraph (a), and motions to
                                                                               reject pursuant thereto under such paragraph (b), with respect to other
                                                                               nongermane matter in the report of the committee of conference not covered
                                                                               by any previous point of order which has been sustained.

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  (d)(1) If a motion to reject under paragraph (b) is adopted, then after       (d) If any such motion to reject has been adopted, after final disposition
 disposition of all points of order under paragraph (a) and any consequent     of all points of order and motions to reject under the preceding provisions
 motions to reject under paragraph (b), the conference report or motion, as    of this clause, the conference report shall be considered as rejected and
 the case may be, shall be considered as rejected and the matter remaining     the question then pending before the House shall be--
 in disagreement shall be disposed of under subparagraph (2) or (3), as the     (1) whether to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment
 case may be.                                                                  which shall consist of that portion of the conference report not rejected;
  (2) After the House has adopted one or more motions to reject nongermane     or
 matter contained in a conference report under the preceding provisions of      (2) if the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this clause applies, whether
 this clause--                                                                 to insist further on the House amendment.
    (A) if the conference report accompanied a House measure amended by the   If all such motions to reject are defeated, then, after the allocation of
   Senate, the pending question shall be whether the House shall recede and    time for debate on the conference report as provided in clause 2(a) of this
   concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting of so much of   rule, it shall be in order to move the previous question on the adoption of
   the conference report as was not rejected; and                              the conference report.
    (B) if the conference report accompanied a Senate measure amended by the    5. (a)(1) With respect to any amendment (including an amendment in the
   House, the pending question shall be whether the House shall insist         nature of a substitute) which--
   further on the House amendment.                                              (A) is proposed by the Senate to any measure and thereafter--
  (3) After the House has adopted one or more motions to reject nongermane      (i) is reported in disagreement between the two Houses by a committee of
 matter contained in a motion that the House recede and concur in a Senate     conference; or
 amendment, with or without amendment, the following motions shall be           (ii) is before the House, the stage of disagreement having been reached;
 privileged and shall have precedence in the order stated:                     and
    (A) A motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment        (B) contains any matter which would be in violation of the provisions of
   with an amendment in writing then available on the floor.                   clause 7 of rule XVI if such matter had been offered as an amendment in the
    (B) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to the Senate       House;
   amendment and request a further conference with the Senate.                it shall be in order, immediately after a motion is offered that the House
    (C) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to the Senate       recede from its disagreement to such amendment proposed by the Senate and
   amendment.                                                                  concur therein and before debate is commenced on such motion, to make a
  (e) If, on a division of the question on a motion described in paragraph     point of order that such nongermane matter, as described above, which shall
 (a)(1)(B) or (C), the House agrees to recede, then a Member, Delegate, or     be specified in the point of order, is contained in such amendment proposed
 Resident Commissioner may raise a point of order against nongermane matter,   by the Senate.
 as specified in paragraph (a)(2), before the commencement of debate on         (2) If such point of order is sustained, it then shall be in order for the
 concurring in the Senate amendment, with or without amendment. A point of     Chair to entertain a motion, which is of high privilege, that the House
 order under this paragraph shall be disposed of according to the preceding    reject the nongermane matter covered by the point of order. It shall be in
 provisions of this clause in the same manner as a point of order under        order to debate such motion for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be
 paragraph (a).                                                                given to debate in favor of, and one-half in opposition to, the motion.
 

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                                                                                (3) Notwithstanding the final disposition of any point of order made under
                                                                               subparagraph (1), or of any motion to reject made pursuant to a point of
                                                                               order under subparagraph (2), of this paragraph, it shall be in order to
                                                                               make further points of order on the ground stated in such subparagraph (1),
                                                                               and motions to reject pursuant thereto under such subparagraph (2), with
                                                                               respect to other nongermane matter in the amendment proposed by the Senate
                                                                               not covered by any previous point of order which has been sustained.
                                                                                (4) If any such motion to reject has been adopted, after final disposition
                                                                               of all points of order and motions to reject under the preceding provisions
                                                                               of this clause, the motion to recede and concur shall be considered as
                                                                               rejected, and further motions--
                                                                                (A) to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment, where
                                                                               appropriate (but the offering of which is not in order unless copies of the
                                                                               language of the Senate amendment, as proposed to be amended by such motion,
                                                                               are then available on the floor when such motion is offered and is under
                                                                               consideration);
                                                                                (B) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment and request a
                                                                               further conference with the Senate; and
                                                                                (C) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment; shall remain of
                                                                               high privilege for consideration by the House. If all such motions to
                                                                               reject are defeated, then, after the allocation of time for debate on the
                                                                               motion to recede and concur as provided in clause 2(b) of this rule, it
                                                                               shall be in order to move the previous question on such motion.
                                                                                (b)(1) With respect to any such amendment proposed by the Senate as
                                                                               described in paragraph (a) of this clause, it shall not be in order to
                                                                               offer any motion that the House recede from its disagreement to such Senate
                                                                               amendment and concur therein with an amendment, unless copies of the
                                                                               language of the Senate amendment, as proposed to be amended by such motion,
                                                                               are then available on the floor when such motion is offered and is under
                                                                               consideration.
                                                                                (2) Immediately after any such motion is offered and is in order and
                                                                               before debate is commenced on such motion, it shall be in order to make a
                                                                               point of order that nongermane matter, as described in subparagraph (1) of
                                                                               paragraph (a) of this clause, which shall be specified in the point of
                                                                               order, is contained in the language of the Senate amendment, as proposed to
                                                                               be amended by such motion, copies of which are then available on the floor.

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                                                                                (3) If such point of order is sustained, it then shall be in order for the
                                                                               Chair to entertain a motion, which is of high privilege, that the House
                                                                               reject the nongermane matter covered by the point of order. It shall be in
                                                                               order to debate such motion for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be
                                                                               given to debate in favor of, and one-half in opposition to, the motion.
                                                                                (4) Notwithstanding the final disposition of any point of order under
                                                                               subparagraph (2), or of any motion to reject made pursuant to a point of
                                                                               order under subparagraph (3), of this paragraph, it shall be in order to
                                                                               make further points of order on the ground stated in subparagraph (1) of
                                                                               paragraph (a) of this clause, and motions to reject pursuant thereto under
                                                                               subparagraph (3) of this paragraph, with respect to other nongermane matter
                                                                               in the language of the Senate amendment, as proposed to be amended by the
                                                                               motion described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, not covered by any
                                                                               previous point of order which has been sustained.
                                                                                (5) If any such motion to reject has been adopted, after final disposition
                                                                               of all points of order and motions to reject under the preceding provisions
                                                                               of this paragraph, the motion to recede and concur in the Senate amendment
                                                                               with an amendment shall be considered as rejected, and further motions--
                                                                                  (A) to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment,
                                                                                 where appropriate (but the offering of which is not in order unless
                                                                                 copies of the language of the Senate amendment, as proposed to be amended
                                                                                 by such motion, are then available on the floor when such motion is
                                                                                 offered and is under consideration);
                                                                                  (B) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment and request a
                                                                                 further conference with the Senate; and
                                                                                  (C) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment;
                                                                              shall remain of high privilege for consideration by the House. If all such
                                                                               motions to reject are defeated, then, after the allocation of time for
                                                                               debate on the motion to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an
                                                                               amendment as provided in clause 2(b) of this rule, it shall be in order to
                                                                               move the previous question on such motion.

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                                                                                (c) If, on a division of a motion that the House recede and concur, with
                                                                               or without amendment, from its disagreement to any such Senate amendment as
                                                                               described in paragraph (a)(1) of this clause, the House agrees to recede,
                                                                               then, before debate is commenced on concurring in such Senate amendment, or
                                                                               on concurring therein with an amendment it shall be in order to make and
                                                                               dispose of points of order and motions to reject with respect to such
                                                                               Senate amendment in accordance with applicable provisions of this clause
                                                                               and to effect final determination of these matters in accordance with such
                                                                               provisions.
                                                                              From clause 7 of rule XXVIII:
  11. It shall not be in order to consider a conference report to accompany   7. It shall not be in order to consider the report of a committee of
 a bill or joint resolution that proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code   conference which contains any provision amending the Internal Revenue Code
 of 1986 unless--                                                              of 1986 unless--
    (a) the joint explanatory statement of the managers includes a tax          (a) the accompanying joint explanatory statement contains a Tax Complexity    Proposed clause 11, rule XXII was added to the rules by the Internal
   complexity analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue     Analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation in accordance with       Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-206),
   Taxation in accordance with section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue         section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform      to be effective after January 1, 1999.
   Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or                            Act of 1998; or
    (b) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes such a tax       (b) such Analysis is printed in the Congressional Record prior to the
   complexity analysis to be printed in the Congressional Record before        consideration of the report.
   consideration of the conference report.
 
  12. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a meeting of each conference          Derived from clause 6, rule XXVIII: 6. (a) Each conference committee          Once authorized by the House to close a conference committee hearing, the
 committee shall be open to the public.                                        meeting between the House and Senate shall be open to the public except       conferees may choose to close only a portion.
  (2) In open session of the House, a motion that managers on the part of      when the House, in open session, has determined by a rollcall vote of a
 the House be permitted to close to the public a meeting or meetings of        majority of those Members voting that all or part of the meeting shall be
 their conference committee shall be privileged, shall be decided without      closed to the public.
 debate, and shall be decided by a record vote.                                 (b)(1) After the reading of the report and before the reading of the joint
  (b) A point of order that a conference committee failed to comply with       statement, or immediately upon consideration of a conference report if
 paragraph (a) may be raised immediately after the conference report is read   clause 2(c) of this rule applies, a point of order may be made that the
 or considered as read. If such a point of order is sustained, the             committee of conference making the report to the House has failed to comply
 conference report shall be considered as rejected, the House shall be         with paragraph (a) of this clause.
 considered to have insisted on its amendments or on disagreement to the        (2) If such point of order is sustained, the conference report shall be
 Senate amendments, as the case may be, and to have requested a further        considered as rejected, the House shall be considered to have insisted upon
 conference with the Senate, and the Speaker may appoint new conferees         its amendment(s) or upon disagreement to the amendment(s) of the Senate, as
 without intervening motion.                                                   the case may be, and to have requested a further conference with the
                                                                               Senate, and the Speaker shall be authorized to appoint new conferees
                                                                               without intervening motion.
 
                                 RULE XXIII.                                  Derived from: RULE XLIX
 
                       STATUTORY LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT.                        ESTABLISHMENT OF STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT

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  1. Upon adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget         1. Upon the adoption by the Congress (under section 301 or 304 of the         Existing rule XLIX becomes rule XXIII relating to the establishment of
 under section 301 or 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that sets    Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of any concurrent resolution on the         statutory limit on the public debt and carries without substantive change
 forth, as the appropriate level of the public debt for the period to which    budget setting forth as the appropriate level of the public debt for the      the procedures for automatic engrossment of a joint resolution adjusting
 the concurrent resolution relates, an amount that is different from the       period to which such concurrent resolution relates an amount which is         the public debt limit upon final adoption of a concurrent resolution on the
 amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that otherwise would be in   different from the amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that      budget. The phrase ``finally agreed to in the House'' in proposed clause 1
 effect for that period, the Clerk shall prepare an engrossment of a joint     would otherwise be in effect for such period, the enrolling clerk of the      means the vote by which the House adopts the conference report, or if there
 resolution increasing or decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory        House of Representatives shall prepare an engrossment of a joint              is no conference report, on the concurrent resolution itself. The last
 limit on the public debt in the form prescribed in clause 2. Upon             resolution, in the form prescribed in clause 2, increasing or decreasing      sentence of existing clause 1 is deleted as unnecessary as the transmittal
 engrossment of the joint resolution, the vote by which the concurrent         the statutory limit on the public debt. The vote by which the conference      of the engrossment and enrollment of this joint resolution are handled just
 resolution on the budget was finally agreed to in the House shall also be     report on the concurrent resolution on the budget was agreed to in the        like any other legislative measure.
 considered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution in the House, and     House (or by which the concurrent resolution itself was adopted in the
 the joint resolution shall be considered as passed by the House and duly      House, if there is no conference report) shall be deemed to have been a
 certified and examined. The engrossed copy shall be signed by the Clerk and   vote in favor of such joint resolution upon final passage in the House of
 transmitted to the Senate for further legislative action.                     Representatives. Upon the engrossment of such joint resolution it shall be
                                                                               deemed to have passed the House of Representatives and been duly certified
                                                                               and examined; the engrossed copy shall be signed by the Clerk and
                                                                               transmitted to the Senate for further legislative action; and (upon final
                                                                               passage by both Houses) the joint resolution shall be signed by the
                                                                               presiding officers of both Houses and presented to the President for his
                                                                               signature (and otherwise treated for all purposes) in the manner provided
                                                                               for bills and joint resolutions generally.
 
  2. The matter after the resolving clause in a joint resolution described      2. The matter after the resolving clause in any joint resolution described
 in clause 1 shall be as follows: ``That subsection (b) of section 3101 of     in clause 1 shall be as follows: ``That subsection (b) of section 3101 of
 title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar           title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar
 limitation contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof         limitation contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof
 `$___'.'', with the blank being filled with a dollar limitation equal to      `$___'.'', with the blank being filled in with a limitation equal to the
 the appropriate level of the public debt set forth pursuant to section        appropriate level of the public debt as set forth, pursuant to section
 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the relevant             301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, in the concurrent
 concurrent resolution described in clause 1. If an adopted concurrent         resolution on the budget (whether such resolution was adopted under section
 resolution under clause 1 sets forth different appropriate levels of the      301, 304, or 310 of such Act). Only one joint resolution shall be prepared
 public debt for separate periods, only one engrossed joint resolution shall   under clause 1 upon the adoption of any concurrent resolution on the
 be prepared under clause 1; and the blank referred to in the preceding        budget; and, if the concurrent resolution set forth a different appropriate
 sentence shall be filled with the limitation that is to apply for each        level of the public debt (pursuant to such section 301(a)(5)) for each of
 period.                                                                       two separate periods, the blank referred to in the preceding sentence shall
                                                                               be filled in with both the limitation which is to apply for the later of
                                                                               the two periods (specifying the date on which that limitation is to take
                                                                               effect) and the limitation which is to apply for the earlier of such
                                                                               periods.

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  3. (a) The report of the Committee on the Budget on a concurrent              3. The report of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
 resolution described in clause 1 and the joint explanatory statement of the   Representatives accompanying any concurrent resolution on the budget under
 managers on a conference report to accompany such a concurrent resolution     section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as well as the
 each shall contain a clear statement of the effect the eventual enactment     joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any
 of a joint resolution engrossed under this rule would have on the statutory   concurrent resolution on the budget, shall contain a clear statement of the
 limit on the public debt.                                                     effect under this rule that the adoption by both the House and the Senate
  (b) It shall not be in order for the House to consider a concurrent          of such concurrent resolution in the form in which it is being reported
 resolution described in clause 1, or a conference report thereon, unless      (and the adoption of the joint resolution thereupon prepared and enrolled
 the report of the Committee on the Budget or the joint explanatory            under clause 1) would have upon the statutory limit on the public debt. It
 statement of the managers complies with paragraph (a).                        shall not be in order in the House of Representatives at any time to
                                                                               consider or adopt any concurrent resolution on the budget (or agree to any
                                                                               conference report thereon) if at that time the report accompanying such
                                                                               concurrent resolution (or the joint statement accompanying such conference
                                                                               report) does not comply with the requirements of this clause.
  4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or otherwise           4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or otherwise
 affecting--                                                                   affecting the power of the House of Representatives or the Senate to
    (a) the power of the House or the Senate to consider and pass bills or     consider and pass a bill which (without regard to the procedures under
   joint resolutions, without regard to the procedures under clause 1, that    clause 1) changes the statutory limit on the public debt most recently
   would change the statutory limit on the public debt; or                     established under this rule or otherwise; and the rights of Members and
    (b) the rights of Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, or        committees of the House with respect to the introduction, consideration,
   committees with respect to the introduction, consideration, and reporting   and reporting of any such bill shall be determined as though this rule had
   of such bills or joint resolutions.                                         not been adopted.
  5. In this rule the term ``statutory limit on the public debt'' means the     5. As used in this rule, the term ``statutory limit on the public debt''
 maximum face amount of obligations issued under authority of chapter 31 of    means the maximum face amount of obligations issued under authority of
 title 31, United States Code, and obligations guaranteed as to principal      chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code and obligations guaranteed as to
 and interest by the United States (except such guaranteed obligations as      principal and interest by the United States (except such guaranteed
 may be held by the Secretary of the Treasury), as determined under section    obligations as may be held by the Secretary of the Treasury), determined
 3101(b) of such title after the application of section 3101(a) of such        under section 3101(b) of title 31 after the application of section 3101(a)
 title, that may be outstanding at any one time.                               of title 31 which may be outstanding at any one time.
 
                                 RULE XXIV.                                   Derived from: RULE XLIII
 
                          CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.                           CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT
 
  There is hereby established by and for the House the following code of        There is hereby established by and for the House of Representatives the     Rules XXIV-XXVII--Conduct of Members, Officers and Employees
 conduct, to be known as the ``Code of Official Conduct'':                     following code of conduct, to be known as the ``Code of Official Conduct'':
 

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  1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     1. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall
 House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect       conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on
 creditably on the House.                                                      the House of Representatives.
  2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     2. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall
 House shall adhere to the spirit and the letter of the Rules of the House     adhere to the spirit and the letter of the Rules of the House of
 and to the rules of duly constituted committees thereof.                      Representatives and to the rules of duly constituted committees thereof.
  3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     3. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall
 House may not receive compensation and may not permit compensation to         receive no compensation nor shall he permit any compensation to accrue to
 accrue to his beneficial interest from any source, the receipt of which       his beneficial interest from any source, the receipt of which would occur
 would occur by virtue of influence improperly exerted from his position in    by virtue of influence improperly exerted from his position in the
 Congress.                                                                     Congress.
  4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     4. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall
 House may not accept gifts except as provided by clause 5 of rule XXVI.       not accept gifts except as provided by the provisions of rule LI (Gift
                                                                               Rule).
  5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     5. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall
 House may not accept an honorarium for a speech, a writing for publication,   accept no honorarium for a speech, writing for publication, or other
 or other similar activity.                                                    similar activity.
  6. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner--                             6. A Member of the House of Representatives shall keep his campaign funds
    (a) shall keep his campaign funds separate from his personal funds;        separate from his personal funds. A Member shall convert no campaign funds
    (b) may not convert campaign funds to personal use in excess of an         to personal use in excess of reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable
   amount representing reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable campaign    campaign expenditures and shall expend no funds from his campaign account
   expenditures; and                                                           not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.
    (c) may not expend funds from his campaign account that are not
   attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.
  7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall treat as campaign       7. A Member of the House of Representatives shall treat as campaign
 contributions all proceeds from testimonial dinners or other fund-raising     contributions all proceeds from testimonial dinners or other fund raising
 events.                                                                       events.
  8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer of the House     8. A Member or officer of the House of Representatives shall retain no one
 may not retain an employee who does not perform duties in the offices of      under his payroll authority who does not perform official duties
 the employing authority commensurate with the compensation he receives.       commensurate with the compensation received in the offices of the employing
  (b) In the case of a committee employee who works under the direct           authority. In the case of committee employees who work under the direct
 supervision of a member of the committee other than a chairman, the           supervision of a Member other than a chairman, the chairman may require
 chairman may require that such member affirm in writing that the employee     that such Member affirm in writing that the employees have complied with
 has complied with clause 8(a) (subject to clause 7 of rule X) as evidence     the preceding sentence (subject to clause 6 of rule XI) as evidence of the
 of compliance by the chairman with this clause and with clause 7 of rule X.   chairman's compliance with this clause and with clause 6 of rule XI.

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  9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     9. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall
 House may not discharge and may not refuse to hire an individual, or          not discharge or refuse to hire any individual, or otherwise discriminate
 otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation,    against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or
 terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of the race, color,   privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color,
 religion, sex (including marital or parental status), disability, age, or     religion, sex (including marital or parental status), handicap, age, or
 national origin of such individual, but may take into consideration the       national origin, but may take into consideration the domicile or political
 domicile or political affiliation of such individual.                         affiliation of such individual.
  10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has been convicted by    10. A Member of the House of Representatives who has been convicted by a
 a court of record for the commission of a crime for which a sentence of two   court of record for the commission of a crime for which a sentence of two
 or more years' imprisonment may be imposed should refrain from                or more years' imprisonment may be imposed should refrain from
 participation in the business of each committee of which he is a member,      participation in the business of each committee of which he is a member and
 and a Member should refrain from voting on any question at a meeting of the   should refrain from voting on any question at a meeting of the House, or of
 House or of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union,       the Committee of the Whole House, unless or until judicial or executive
 unless or until judicial or executive proceedings result in reinstatement     proceedings result in reinstatement of the presumption of his innocence or
 of the presumption of his innocence or until he is reelected to the House     until he is reelected to the House after the date of such conviction.
 after the date of such conviction.
  11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not authorize or         11. A Member of the House of Representatives shall not authorize or
 otherwise allow an individual, group, or organization not under the           otherwise allow a non-House individual, group, or organization to use the
 direction and control of the House to use the words ``Congress of the         words ``Congress of the United States'', ``House of Representatives'', or
 United States,'' ``House of Representatives,'' or ``Official Business,'' or   ``Official Business'', or any combination of words thereof, on any
 any combination of words thereof, on any letterhead or envelope.              letterhead or envelope.
  12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of the House who     12. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), any employee of the House of
 is required to file a report under rule XXVII may not participate             Representatives who is required to file a report pursuant to rule XLIV
 personally and substantially as an employee of the House in a contact with    shall refrain from participating personally and substantially as an
 an agency of the executive or judicial branches of Government with respect    employee of the House of Representatives in any contact with any agency of
 to nonlegislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person in which the   the executive or judicial branch of Government with respect to
 employee has a significant financial interest.                                nonlegislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person in which the
                                                                               employee has a significant financial interest.
  (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee first advises his             (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply if an employee first advises his
 employing authority of a significant financial interest described in          employing authority of his significant financial interest and obtains from
 paragraph (a) and obtains from his employing authority a written waiver       his employing authority a written waiver stating that the participation of
 stating that the participation of the employee in the activity described in   the employee is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with
 paragraph (a) is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with    the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

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  13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    13. Before any Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 of the House may have access to classified information, the following oath    Representatives may have access to classified information, the following
 (or affirmation) shall be executed:                                           oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
   ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose any classified    ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose any classified
   information received in the course of my service with the House of            information received in the course of my service with the House of
   Representatives, except as authorized by the House of Representatives or      Representatives, except as authorized by the House of Representatives or
   in accordance with its Rules.''                                               in accordance with its Rules.''
Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be retained by the Clerk   Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk of the House as
 as part of the records of the House.                                          part of the records of the House.
  14. In this Code of Official Conduct, the term ``officer or employee of       As used in this Code of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives--
 the House'' means an individual whose compensation is disbursed by the        (a) the terms ``Member'' and ``Member of the House of Representatives''
 Chief Administrative Officer.                                                 include the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and each Delegate to the
                                                                               House; and (b) the term ``officer or employee of the House of
                                                                               Representatives'' means any individual whose compensation is disbursed by
                                                                               the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
 
                                  RULE XXV.
 
                    LIMITATIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL FUNDS.                     Derived from: RULE XLV
 
Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts                        PROHIBITION OF UNOFFICIAL OFFICE ACCOUNTS
  1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not maintain, or have     1. No Member may maintain or have maintained for his use an unofficial        Proposed rule XXV transfers existing rules XLV and XLVI relating to
 maintained for his use, an unofficial office account. Funds may not be paid   office account.                                                               limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts, limitations on the
 into an unofficial office account.                                             2. After the date of adoption of this rule, no funds may be paid into any    use of the frank, and existing clause 2(n)(5) and 5(e) of rule XI and
                                                                               unofficial office account.                                                    clause 8 of rule I on prohibitions on use of funds by Members not elected
                                                                                                                                                             to a succeeding Congress, into one rule on limitations of use of official
                                                                                                                                                             funds.
  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an amount from the    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an amount from the
 Official Expenses Allowance of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner   Official Expenses Allowance of a Member is paid into the House Recording
 is paid into the House Recording Studio revolving fund for                    Studio revolving fund for telecommunications satellite services, the Member
 telecommunications satellite services, the Member, Delegate, or Resident      may accept reimbursement from non-political entities in that amount for
 Commissioner may accept reimbursement from nonpolitical entities in that      transmission to the Clerk of the House of Representatives for credit to the
 amount for transmission to the Clerk for credit to the Official Expenses      Official Expenses Allowance.
 Allowance.
  3. In this rule the term ``unofficial office account'' means an account or    4. For purposes of this rule--
 repository in which funds are received for the purpose of defraying            (a) the term ``unofficial office account'' means an account or repository
 otherwise unreimbursed expenses allowable under section 162(a) of the         into which funds are received for the purpose of defraying otherwise
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as ordinary and necessary in the operation of   unreimbursed expenses allowable under section 162(a) of the Internal
 a congressional office, and includes a newsletter fund referred to in         Revenue Code of 1954 as ordinary and necessary in the operation of a
 section 527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.                          congressional office, and includes any newsletter fund referred to in
                                                                               section 527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and
                                                                                (b) the term ``Member'' means any Member of, Delegate to, or Resident
                                                                               Commissioner in, the House of Representatives.
 

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                                                                              Derived from: RULE XLVI
Limitations on use of the frank                                               LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF THE FRANK
  4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall mail franked mail       1. Any franked mail which is mailed by a Member under section 3210(d) of
 under section 3210(d) of title 39, United States Code at the most             title 39, United States Code, shall be mailed at the equivalent rate of
 economical rate of postage practicable.                                       postage which assures that such mail will be sent by the most economical
                                                                               means practicable.
  5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Delegate, or Resident              2. A Member shall, before making any mass mailing, submit a sample or
 Commissioner shall submit a sample or description of the mail matter          description of the mail matter involved to the House Commission on
 involved to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards for an    Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to whether such
 advisory opinion as to whether the proposed mailing is in compliance with     proposed mailing is in compliance with applicable provisions of law, rule,
 applicable provisions of law, rule, or regulation.                            or regulation.
  6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a Member, Delegate, or       3. Any mass mailing which otherwise is frankable by a Member under the
 Resident Commissioner under the provisions of section 3210(e) of title 39,    provisions of section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, shall not be
 United States Code, is not frankable unless the cost of preparing and         frankable unless the cost of preparing and printing such mass mailing is
 printing it is defrayed exclusively from funds made available in an           defrayed exclusively from funds made available in any appropriations Act.
 appropriation Act.
  7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not send a mass           4. A Member may not send any mass mailing outside the congressional
 mailing outside the congressional district from which he was elected.         district from which the Member was elected.
                                                                                5. In the case of any Representative in the House of Representatives,         Existing clause 5 of rule XLVI is unnecessary given the breadth of
                                                                               other than a Representative at Large, who is a candidate for any statewide    existing clause 4 (proposed clause 7, rule XXV). The recodification
                                                                               public office, any mass mailing shall not be frankable under section 3210     therefore deletes the clause.
                                                                               of title 39, United States Code, when the same is delivered to any address
                                                                               which is not located in the area constituting the congressional district
                                                                               from which any such individual was elected.
  8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, a mass        6. In the case of any Member, any mass mailing shall not be frankable
 mailing is not frankable under section 3210 of title 39, United States        under section 3210 of title 39, United States Code, when the same is
 Code, when it is postmarked less than 60 days before the date of a primary    postmarked less than sixty days immediately before the date of any primary
 or general election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which he is a    or general election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which such
 candidate for public office. If the mail matter is of a type that is not      Member is a candidate for public office. If mail matter is of a type which
 customarily postmarked, the date on which it would have been postmarked, if   is not customarily postmarked, the date on which such matter would have
 it were of a type customarily postmarked, applies.                            been postmarked if it were of a type customarily postmarked shall apply.
 

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  9. In this rule the term ``mass mailing'' means, with respect to a session    7. For purposes of this rule-(a) the term ``mass mailing'' means, with
 of Congress, a mailing of newsletters or other pieces of mail with            respect to a session in Congress, any mailing of newsletters or other
 substantially identical content (whether such pieces of mail are deposited    pieces of mail with substantially identical content (whether such mail is
 singly or in bulk, or at the same time or different times), totaling more     deposited singly or in bulk, or at the same time or different times),
 than 500 pieces of mail in that session, except that such term does not       totaling more than 500 pieces in that session, except that such term does
 include a mailing--                                                           not include any mailing--
    (a) of matter in direct response to a communication from a person to        (1) of matter in direct response to a communication from a person to whom
   whom the matter is mailed;                                                  the matter is mailed;
    (b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to other Members,     (2) from a Member to other Members of Congress, or to Federal, State, or
   Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, or Senators, or to Federal, State,    local government officials; or
   or local government officials; or                                            (3) of a news release to the communications media.
    (c) of a news release to the communications media.                          (b) The term ``Member'' means any Member of the House of Representatives,
                                                                               a Delegate to the House of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner in
                                                                               the House of Representatives.
                                                                                (c) The term ``Members of Congress'' means Senators and Representatives
                                                                               in, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners to, the Congress.
 
Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to succeeding Congress
  10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule    Derived from clause 8, rule I: However, expenses may not be paid from the      This proposed clause combines prohibitions on funds for travel currently
 X, including funds from committee expense resolutions, and funds in any       applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X for    in clause 8, rule I, clause 2(n)(5), rule XI and clause 5(e), rule XI.
 local currencies owned by the United States may not be made available for     travel of a Member after the date of the general election of Members in
 travel by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator after the     which the Member has not been elected to the succeeding Congress, or in the
 date of a general election in which he was not elected to the succeeding      case of a Member who is not a candidate in such general election, the
 Congress or, in the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner      earlier of the date of such general election or the adjournment sine die of
 who is not a candidate in a general election, after the earlier of the date   the last regular session of the Congress.
 of such general election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular
 session of the Congress.

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                                                                                Derived from clause 2(n)(5), rule XI: (5) No local currencies owned by the
                                                                               United States may be made available under this paragraph for the use
                                                                               outside of the United States for defraying the expenses of a member of any
                                                                               committee after--
                                                                                (A) the date of the general election of Members in which the Member has
                                                                               not been elected to the succeeding Congress; or
                                                                                (B) in the case of a Member who is not a candidate in such general
                                                                               election, the earlier of the date of such general election or the
                                                                               adjournment sine die of the last regular session of the Congress.
                                                                                Derived from clause 5(e), rule XI: (e) No primary expense resolution or
                                                                               additional expense resolution of a committee may provide for the payment or
                                                                               reimbursement of expenses incurred by any member of the committee for
                                                                               travel by the member after the date of the general election of Members in
                                                                               which the Member is not elected to the succeeding Congress, or in the case
                                                                               of a Member who is not a candidate in such general election, the earlier of
                                                                               the date of such general election or the adjournment sine die of the last
                                                                               regular session of the Congress.
 
                                 RULE XXVI.                                   Derived from: RULE XLVII
 
        LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.         LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNED INCOME
 
Outside earned income; honoraria
  1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Member, Delegate, Resident      1. (a)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), in calendar year 1991 or    Proposed rule XXVI combines existing rule XLVII on limitations on outside
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not--                     thereafter, a Member or an officer or employee of the House may not--         earned income, and rule LI on acceptance of gifts, and also includes
                                                                                                                                                             existing rule XLI regarding officers and employees of the House who are
                                                                                                                                                             agents for claims against the government as new clause 11. These provisions
                                                                                                                                                             commonly address existing rules relating to potential conflicts of
                                                                                                                                                             interest.
    (1) have outside earned income attributable to a calendar year that         (A) have outside earned income attributable to such calendar year which       Obsolete provisions in the existing rule, such as its application to years
   exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the      exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the        after 1991 in the provisions limiting outside employment and income, have
   Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as    Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as of   been deleted.
   of January 1 of that calendar year; or                                      January 1 of such calendar year; or
    (2) receive any honorarium.                                                 (B) receive any honorarium.
  (b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Member, Delegate, Resident     (2) In the case of any individual who becomes a Member or an officer or
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, such individual may not      employee of the House during calendar year 1991 or thereafter, such
 have outside earned income attributable to the portion of a calendar year     individual may not have outside earned income attributable to the portion
 that occurs after such individual becomes a Member, Delegate, Resident        of that calendar year which occurs after such individual becomes a Member,
 Commissioner, officer, or employee that exceeds 15 percent of the annual      officer or employee which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic
 rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313   pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5,
 of title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of that calendar year         United States Code, as of January 1 of such calendar year multiplied by a
 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the    fraction the numerator of which is the number of days such individual is a
 individual is a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or          Member, officer, or employee during such calendar year and the denominator
 employee during that calendar year and the denominator of which is 365.       of which is 365.

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  (c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made to a charitable           (3) In calendar year 1991 or thereafter, any payment in lieu of an
 organization on behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,          honorarium which is made to a charitable organization on behalf of a
 officer, or employee of the House may not be received by that Member,         Member, officer or employee of the House may not be received by such
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee. Such a payment may     individual. No such payment shall exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable
 not exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from which the      organization from which such individual or a parent, sibling, spouse,
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee or a parent,    child, or dependent relative of such individual derives any financial
 sibling, spouse, child, or dependent relative of the Member, Delegate,        benefit.
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, derives a financial benefit.
                                                                                (b)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), in calendar year 1990, a       Existing clause 1(b), rule XLVII applied only in calendar year 1990 and
                                                                               Member may not have outside earned income (including honoraria received in    has therefore been deleted as obsolete.
                                                                               such calendar year) attributable to such calendar year which exceeds 30
                                                                               percent of the annual pay as a Member to which the Member was entitled in
                                                                               1989.
                                                                                (2) In the case of any individual who becomes a Member during calendar
                                                                               year 1990, such individual may not have outside earned income (including
                                                                               honoraria) attributable to the portion of that calendar year which occurs
                                                                               after such individual becomes a Member which exceeds 30 percent of $89,500
                                                                               multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days such
                                                                               individual is a Member during such calendar year and the denominator of
                                                                               which is 365.
  2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     2. On or after January 1, 1991, a Member or an officer or employee of the
 House may not--                                                               House shall not--
    (a) receive compensation for affiliating with or being employed by a        (1) receive compensation for affiliating with or being employed by a firm,
   firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity that           partnership, association, corporation, or other entity which provides
   provides professional services involving a fiduciary relationship;          professional services involving a fiduciary relationship;
    (b) permit his name to be used by such a firm, partnership, association,    (2) permit that Member's, officer's, or employee's name to be used by any
   corporation, or other entity;                                               such firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity;
    (c) receive compensation for practicing a profession that involves a        (3) receive compensation for practicing a profession which involves a
   fiduciary relationship;                                                     fiduciary relationship;
    (d) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the board of an       (4) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the board of any
   association, corporation, or other entity; or                               association, corporation, or other entity; or
    (e) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior notification       (5) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior notification and
   and approval of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.             approval of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
 

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Copyright royalties
  3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of     3. A Member, officer, or employee of the House may not--
 the House may not receive an advance payment on copyright royalties. This      (1) receive any advance payment on copyright royalties, but this paragraph
 paragraph does not prohibit a literary agent, researcher, or other            does not prohibit any literary agent, researcher, or other individual
 individual (other than an individual employed by the House or a relative of   (other than an individual employed by the House or a relative of that
 a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee) working on   Member, officer, or employee) working on behalf of that Member, officer, or
 behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee     employee with respect to a publication from receiving an advance payment of
 with respect to a publication from receiving an advance payment of a          a copyright royalty directly from a publisher and solely for the benefit of
 copyright royalty directly from a publisher and solely for the benefit of     that literary agent, researcher, or other individual; or
 that literary agent, researcher, or other individual.
  (b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the    (2) receive any copyright royalties pursuant to a contract entered into on
 House may not receive copyright royalties under a contract entered into on    or after January 1, 1996, unless that contract is first approved by the
 or after January 1, 1996, unless that contract is first approved by the       Committee on Standards of Official Conduct as complying with the
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct as complying with the              requirement of clause 4(e)(5) (that royalties are received from an
 requirement of clause 4(d)(1)(E) (that royalties are received from an         established publisher pursuant to usual and customary contractual terms).
 established publisher under usual and customary contractual terms).
 
Definitions
  4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subparagraph (2), the term      4. For the purposes of this rule--(a) The term ``Member'' means any Member    In the existing definition of the term ``officer or employee of the
 ``officer or employee of the House'' means an individual (other than a        of the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of                   House'', the grade of GS-16 in the General Schedule of the civil service no
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the     Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner in the House of                 longer exists. Therefore the reference is updated to a rate of 120 percent
 Chief Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal to or greater       Representatives.                                                              of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 to maintain that standard.
 than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General     (b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the term ``officer or employee
 Schedule, and who is so employed for more than 90 days in a calendar year;    of the House'' means any individual (other than a Member) whose pay is
 and                                                                           disbursed by the Clerk and who is paid at a rate equal to or greater than
  (2) when used with respect to an honorarium, the term ``officer or           the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-16 of the General
 employee of the House'' means an individual (other than a Member, Delegate,   Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, and so employed
 or Resident Commissioner) whose salary is disbursed by the Chief              for more than 90 days in a calendar year.
 Administrative Officer.                                                        (2) When used with respect to honoraria, the term ``officer or employee of
                                                                               the House'' means any individual (other than a Member) whose salary is
                                                                               disbursed by the Clerk.
  (b) In this rule the term ``honorarium'' means a payment of money or a        (c) The term ``honorarium'' means a payment of money or any thing of value
 thing of value for an appearance, speech, or article, by a Member,            for an appearance, speech, or article, by a Member or an officer or
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House,           employee of the House, excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses
 excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by that Member,   incurred by such individual (and one relative) to the extent that such
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee (and one relative) to   expenses are paid or reimbursed by any other person, and the amount
 the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any other person.     otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such expenses to
 The amount otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such    the extent that such expenses are not paid or reimbursed.
 expenses to the extent that such expenses are not so paid or reimbursed.

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  (c) In this rule the term ``travel expenses'' means, with respect to a        (d) The term ``travel expenses'' means, with respect to a Member or an
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer or, employee of the House,   officer or employee of the House, or a relative of any such individual, the
 or a relative of such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or    cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals while away from
 employee, the cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals       his or her residence or principal place of employment.
 while away from his residence or principal place of employment.
  (d)(1) In this rule the term ``outside earned income'' means, with respect     (e) The term ``outside earned income'' means, with respect to a Member,
 to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     officer or employee, wages, salaries, fees, and other amounts received or
 House, wages, salaries, fees, and other amounts received or to be received    to be received as compensation for personal services actually rendered but
 as compensation for personal services actually rendered, but does not         does not include--
 include--
    (A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or    (1) the salary of such individual as a Member, officer or employee;
   employee;
    (B) any compensation derived by a Member, Delegate, Resident                (2) any compensation derived by such individual for personal services         The phrase ``whichever occurs later'' in subparagraph (2) is deleted as
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House for personal services       actually rendered prior to the effective date of this rule or becoming such   unnecessary.
   actually rendered before the adoption of this rule or before he became a    a Member, officer or employee, whichever occurs later;
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee;
    (C) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member, Delegate, Resident       (3) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member, officer or employee, to
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House to a tax-qualified          a tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan and received
   pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan and received by him from       by such individual from such a plan;
   such a plan;
    (D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,      (4) in the case of a Member, officer or employee engaged in a trade or
   or employee of the House engaged in a trade or business in which he or      business in which the individual or his family holds a controlling interest
   his family holds a controlling interest and in which both personal          and in which both personal services and capital are income-producing
   services and capital are income-producing factors, any amount received by   factors, any amount received by such individual so long as the personal
   the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, so       services actually rendered by the individual in the trade or business do
   long as the personal services actually rendered by him in the trade or      not generate a significant amount of income; and
   business do not generate a significant amount of income; or
    (E) copyright royalties received from established publishers under usual    (5) copyright royalties received from established publishers pursuant to
   and customary contractual terms; and                                        usual and customary contractual terms.
  (2) outside earned income shall be determined without regard to community     Outside earned income shall be determined without regard to any community
 property law.                                                                 property law.
  (e) In this rule the term ``charitable organization'' means an                (f) The term ``charitable organization'' means an organization described
 organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of      in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
 1986.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE LI
 
Gifts                                                                         GIFT RULE
  5. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee     1. (a) No Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives
 of the House may not knowingly accept a gift except as provided in this       shall knowingly accept a gift except as provided in this rule.
 clause.

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  (2)(A) In this clause the term ``gift'' means a gratuity, favor, discount,    (b)(1) For the purpose of this rule, the term ``gift'' means any gratuity,
 entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other item having           favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other
 monetary value. The term includes gifts of services, training,                item having monetary value. The term includes gifts of services, training,
 transportation, lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase     transportation, lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase
 of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the expense has       of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the expense has
 been incurred.                                                                been incurred.
  (B)(i) A gift to a family member of a Member, Delegate, Resident              (2)(A) A gift to a family member of a Member, officer, or employee, or a
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, or a gift to any other       gift to any other individual based on that individual's relationship with
 individual based on that individual's relationship with the Member,           the Member, officer, or employee, shall be considered a gift to the Member,
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, shall be considered    officer, or employee if it is given with the knowledge and acquiescence of
 a gift to the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee   the Member, officer, or employee and the Member, officer, or employee has
 if it is given with the knowledge and acquiescence of the Member, Delegate,   reason to believe the gift was given because of the official position of
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee and the Member, Delegate,         the Member, officer, or employee.
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee has reason to believe the gift
 was given because of his official position.
  (ii) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time and place to both    (B) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time and place to both
 a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the        a Member, officer, or employee and the spouse or dependent thereof, only
 House and the spouse or dependent thereof, only the food or refreshment       the food or refreshment provided to the Member, officer, or employee shall
 provided to the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or          be treated as a gift for purposes of this rule.
 employee shall be treated as a gift for purposes of this clause.
  (3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not apply to the following:       (c) The restrictions in paragraph (a) shall not apply to the following:
    (A) Anything for which the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,         (1) Anything for which the Member, officer, or employee pays the market
   officer, or employee of the House pays the market value, or does not use    value, or does not use and promptly returns to the donor.
   and promptly returns to the donor.
    (B) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the Federal Election    (2) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the Federal Election
   Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) that is lawfully made under     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) that is lawfully made under
   that Act, a lawful contribution for election to a State or local            that Act, a lawful contribution for election to a State or local government
   government office, or attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a      office, or attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a political
   political organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal          organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of
   Revenue Code of 1986.                                                       1986.
    (C) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16) of title I of    (3) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16) of title I of
   the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. App. 109(16)).               the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521).
    (D)(i) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a personal        (4)(A) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a personal
   friendship unless the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,     friendship unless the Member, officer, or employee has reason to believe
   or employee of the House has reason to believe that, under the              that, under the circumstances, the gift was provided because of the
   circumstances, the gift was provided because of his official position and   official position of the Member, officer, or employee and not because of
   not because of the personal friendship.                                     the personal friendship.
    (ii) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis of personal     (B) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis of personal
   friendship, the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        friendship, the Member, officer, or employee shall consider the
   employee of the House shall consider the circumstances under which the      circumstances under which the gift was offered, such as:
   gift was offered, such as:

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      (I) The history of his relationship with the individual giving the        (i) The history of the relationship between the individual giving the gift
     gift, including any previous exchange of gifts between them.              and the recipient of the gift, including any previous exchange of gifts
                                                                               between such individuals.
      (II) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who gave the gift     (ii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the Member, officer, or employee
     personally paid for the gift or sought a tax deduction or business        the individual who gave the gift personally paid for the gift or sought a
     reimbursement for the gift.                                               tax deduction or business reimbursement for the gift.
      (III) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who gave the gift    (iii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the Member, officer, or employee
     also gave the same or similar gifts to other Members, Delegates, the      the individual who gave the gift also at the same time gave the same or
     Resident Commissioners, officers, or employees of the House.              similar gifts to other Members, officers, or employees.
    (E) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3), a contribution or other         (5) Except as provided in clause 3(c), a contribution or other payment to
   payment to a legal expense fund established for the benefit of a Member,    a legal expense fund established for the benefit of a Member, officer, or
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House that     employee that is otherwise lawfully made in accordance with the
   is otherwise lawfully made in accordance with the restrictions and          restrictions and disclosure requirements of the Committee on Standards of
   disclosure requirements of the Committee on Standards of Official           Official Conduct.
   Conduct.
    (F) A gift from another Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,            (6) Any gift from another Member, officer, or employee of the Senate or
   officer, or employee of the House or Senate.                                the House of Representatives.
    (G) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other benefits--       (7) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other benefits--
      (i) resulting from the outside business or employment activities of       (A) resulting from the outside business or employment activities (or other
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of      outside activities that are not connected to the duties of the Member,
     the House (or other outside activities that are not connected to his      officer, or employee as an officeholder) of the Member, officer, or
     duties as an officeholder), or of his spouse, if such benefits have not   employee, or the spouse of the Member, officer, or employee, if such
     been offered or enhanced because of his official position and are         benefits have not been offered or enhanced because of the official position
     customarily provided to others in similar circumstances;                  of the Member, officer, or employee and are customarily provided to others
                                                                               in similar circumstances;
      (ii) customarily provided by a prospective employer in connection with    (B) customarily provided by a prospective employer in connection with bona
     bona fide employment discussions; or                                      fide employment discussions; or
      (iii) provided by a political organization described in section 527(e)    (C) provided by a political organization described in section 527(e) of
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in connection with a fundraising     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in connection with a fundraising or
     or campaign event sponsored by such organization.                         campaign event sponsored by such an organization.
    (H) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued participation in    (8) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued participation in
   an employee welfare and benefits plan maintained by a former employer.      an employee welfare and benefits plan maintained by a former employer.
    (I) Informational materials that are sent to the office of the Member,      (9) Informational materials that are sent to the office of the Member,
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House in the   officer, or employee in the form of books, articles, periodicals, other
   form of books, articles, periodicals, other written materials,              written materials, audiotapes, videotapes, or other forms of communication.
   audiotapes, videotapes, or other forms of communication.

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    (J) Awards or prizes that are given to competitors in contests or events    (10) Awards or prizes which are given to competitors in contests or events
   open to the public, including random drawings.                              open to the public, including random drawings.
    (K) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food, refreshments, and        (11) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food, refreshments, and
   entertainment) and other bona fide, nonmonetary awards presented in         entertainment) and other bona fide, nonmonetary awards presented in
   recognition of public service (and associated food, refreshments, and       recognition of public service (and associated food, refreshments, and
   entertainment provided in the presentation of such degrees and awards).     entertainment provided in the presentation of such degrees and awards).
    (L) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to all attendees    (12) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to all attendees
   as an integral part of the training) if such training is in the interest    as an integral part of the training) provided to a Member, officer, or
   of the House.                                                               employee, if such training is in the interest of the House of
                                                                               Representatives.
    (M) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.                   (13) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.
    (N) An item, the receipt of which is authorized by the Foreign Gifts and    (14) Any item, the receipt of which is authorized by the Foreign Gifts and
   Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, or any   Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, or any
   other statute.                                                              other statute.
    (O) Anything that is paid for by the Federal Government, by a State or      (15) Anything which is paid for by the Federal Government, by a State or
   local government, or secured by the Government under a Government           local government, or secured by the Government under a Government contract.
   contract.
    (P) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section 109(14) of the    (16) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section 109(14) of the
   Ethics in Government Act) of an individual other than a registered          Ethics in Government Act) of an individual other than a registered lobbyist
   lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal.                                   or agent of a foreign principal.
    (Q) Free attendance at a widely attended event permitted under              (17) Free attendance at a widely attended event permitted pursuant to
   subparagraph (4).                                                           paragraph (d).
    (R) Opportunities and benefits that are-                                    (18) Opportunities and benefits which are-
      (i) available to the public or to a class consisting of all Federal       (A) available to the public or to a class consisting of all Federal
     employees, whether or not restricted on the basis of geographic           employees, whether or not restricted on the basis of geographic
     consideration;                                                            consideration;
      (ii) offered to members of a group or class in which membership is        (B) offered to members of a group or class in which membership is
     unrelated to congressional employment;                                    unrelated to congressional employment;
      (iii) offered to members of an organization, such as an employees'        (C) offered to members of an organization, such as an employees'
     association or congressional credit union, in which membership is         association or congressional credit union, in which membership is related
     related to congressional employment and similar opportunities are         to congressional employment and similar opportunities are available to
     available to large segments of the public through organizations of        large segments of the public through organizations of similar size;
     similar size;
      (iv) offered to a group or class that is not defined in a manner that     (D) offered to any group or class that is not defined in a manner that
     specifically discriminates among Government employees on the basis of     specifically discriminates among Government employees on the basis of
     branch of Government or type of responsibility, or on a basis that        branch of Government or type of responsibility, or on a basis that favors
     favors those of higher rank or rate of pay;                               those of higher rank or rate of pay;
      (v) in the form of loans from banks and other financial institutions      (E) in the form of loans from banks and other financial institutions on
     on terms generally available to the public; or                            terms generally available to the public; or

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      (vi) in the form of reduced membership or other fees for participation    (F) in the form of reduced membership or other fees for participation in
     in organization activities offered to all Government employees by         organization activities offered to all Government employees by professional
     professional organizations if the only restrictions on membership         organizations if the only restrictions on membership relate to professional
     relate to professional qualifications.                                    qualifications.
    (S) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially commemorative     (19) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially commemorative
   in nature and that is intended for presentation.                            in nature and which is intended for presentation.
    (T) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is granted by the      (20) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is granted by the
   Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.                                 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
    (U) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other than as a part    (21) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other than as a part
   of a meal.                                                                  of a meal.
    (V) Donations of products from the district or State that the Member,       (22) Donations of products from the State that the Member represents that
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner represents that are intended primarily   are intended primarily for promotional purposes, such as display or free
   for promotional purposes, such as display or free distribution, and are     distribution, and are of minimal value to any individual recipient.
   of minimal value to any single recipient.
    (W) An item of nominal value such as a greeting card, baseball cap, or a    (23) An item of nominal value such as a greeting card, baseball cap, or a
   T-shirt.                                                                    T-shirt.
  (4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of     (d)(1) A Member, officer, or employee may accept an offer of free
 the House may accept an offer of free attendance at a widely attended         attendance at a widely attended convention, conference, symposium, forum,
 convention, conference, symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner,           panel discussion, dinner, viewing, reception, or similar event, provided by
 viewing, reception, or similar event, provided by the sponsor of the event,   the sponsor of the event, if--
 if--
    (i) the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of    (A) the Member, officer, or employee participates in the event as a
   the House participates in the event as a speaker or a panel participant,    speaker or a panel participant, by presenting information related to
   by presenting information related to Congress or matters before Congress,   Congress or matters before Congress, or by performing a ceremonial function
   or by performing a ceremonial function appropriate to his official          appropriate to the Member's, officer's, or employee's official position; or
   position; or
    (ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to the performance of the       (B) attendance at the event is appropriate to the performance of the
   official duties or representative function of the Member, Delegate,         official duties or representative function of the Member, officer, or
   Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.                   employee.
  (B) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the    (2) A Member, officer, or employee who attends an event described in
 House who attends an event described in subdivision (A) may accept a          subparagraph (1) may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free
 sponsor's unsolicited offer of free attendance at the event for an            attendance at the event for an accompanying individual.
 accompanying individual.
  (C) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the    (3) A Member, officer, or employee, or the spouse or dependent thereof,
 House, or the spouse or dependent thereof, may accept a sponsor's             may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free attendance at a charity
 unsolicited offer of free attendance at a charity event, except that          event, except that reimbursement for transportation and lodging may not be
 reimbursement for transportation and lodging may not be accepted in           accepted in connection with the event.
 connection with the event.

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  (D) In this paragraph the term ``free attendance'' may include waiver of      (4) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``free attendance'' may
 all or part of a conference or other fee, the provision of local              include waiver of all or part of a conference or other fee, the provision
 transportation, or the provision of food, refreshments, entertainment, and    of local transportation, or the provision of food, refreshments,
 instructional materials furnished to all attendees as an integral part of     entertainment, and instructional materials furnished to all attendees as an
 the event. The term does not include entertainment collateral to the event,   integral part of the event. The term does not include entertainment
 nor does it include food or refreshments taken other than in a group          collateral to the event, nor does it include food or refreshments taken
 setting with all or substantially all other attendees.                        other than in a group setting with all or substantially all other
                                                                               attendees.
  (5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the    (e) No Member, officer, or employee may accept a gift the value of which
 House may not accept a gift the value of which exceeds $250 on the basis of   exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal friendship exception in paragraph
 the personal friendship exception in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the           (c)(4) unless the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct issues a
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct issues a written determination     written determination that such exception applies. No determination under
 that such exception applies. A determination under this subparagraph is not   this paragraph is required for gifts given on the basis of the family
 required for gifts given on the basis of the family relationship exception    relationship exception.
 in subparagraph (3)(C).
  (6) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item because it is        (f) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item because it is
 perishable, the item may, at the discretion of the recipient, be given to     perishable, the item may, at the discretion of the recipient, be given to
 an appropriate charity or destroyed.                                          an appropriate charity or destroyed.
  (b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) to a Member,            2. (a)(1) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) to a Member,
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from a     officer, or employee from a private source other than a registered lobbyist
 private source other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign         or agent of a foreign principal for necessary transportation, lodging and
 principal for necessary transportation, lodging, and related expenses for     related expenses for travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding
 travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or similar        trip or similar event in connection with the duties of the Member, officer,
 event in connection with his duties as an officeholder shall be considered    or employee as an officeholder shall be deemed to be a reimbursement to the
 as a reimbursement to the House and not a gift prohibited by this clause,     House of Representatives and not a gift prohibited by this rule, if the
 if the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee--        Member, officer, or employee--
    (i) in the case of an employee, receives advance authorization, from the      (A) in the case of an employee, receives advance authorization, from the
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer under whose direct        Member or officer under whose direct supervision the employee works, to
   supervision the employee works, to accept reimbursement; and                  accept reimbursement, and
    (ii) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed and the            (B) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed and the
   authorization to the Clerk within 30 days after the travel is completed.      authorization to the Clerk of the House of Representatives within 30 days
                                                                                 after the travel is completed.
  (B) For purposes of subdivision (A), events, the activities of which are      (2) For purposes of paragraph (a)(1), events, the activities of which are
 substantially recreational in nature, are not considered to be in             substantially recreational in nature, shall not be considered to be in
 connection with the duties of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,      connection with the duties of a Member, officer, or employee as an
 officer, or employee of the House as an officeholder.                         officeholder.
  (2) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement shall be signed by     (b) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement shall be signed by
 the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer of the House under    the Member or officer under whose direct supervision the employee works and
 whose direct supervision the employee works and shall include--               shall include--
    (A) the name of the employee;                                                 (1) the name of the employee;
    (B) the name of the person who will make the reimbursement;                   (2) the name of the person who will make the reimbursement;

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    (C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and                           (3) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and
    (D) a determination that the travel is in connection with the duties of       (4) a determination that the travel is in connection with the duties of
   the employee as an officeholder and would not create the appearance that      the employee as an officeholder and would not create the appearance that
   the employee is using public office for private gain.                         the employee is using public office for private gain.
  (3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph (1)(A) of expenses reimbursed     (c) Each disclosure made under paragraph (a)(1) of expenses reimbursed or
 or to be reimbursed shall be signed by the Member, Delegate, Resident         to be reimbursed shall be signed by the Member or officer (in the case of
 Commissioner, or officer (in the case of travel by that Member, Delegate,     travel by that Member or officer) or by the Member or officer under whose
 Resident Commissioner, or officer) or by the Member, Delegate, Resident       direct supervision the employee works (in the case of travel by an
 Commissioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the employee works    employee) and shall include--
 (in the case of travel by an employee) and shall include--
    (A) a good faith estimate of total transportation expenses reimbursed or    (1) a good faith estimate of total transportation expenses reimbursed or
   to be reimbursed;                                                           to be reimbursed;
    (B) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses reimbursed or to be     (2) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses reimbursed or to be
   reimbursed;                                                                 reimbursed;
    (C) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses reimbursed or to be        (3) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses reimbursed or to be
   reimbursed;                                                                 reimbursed;
    (D) a good faith estimate of the total of other expenses reimbursed or      (4) a good faith estimate of the total of other expenses reimbursed or to
   to be reimbursed;                                                           be reimbursed;
    (E) a determination that all such expenses are necessary transportation,    (5) a determination that all such expenses are necessary transportation,
   lodging, and related expenses as defined in subparagraph (4); and           lodging, and related expenses as defined in paragraph (d); and
    (F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member, Delegate, Resident          (6) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member or officer, a determination
   Commissioner, or officer, a determination that the travel was in            that the travel was in connection with the duties of the Member or officer
   connection with his duties as an officeholder and would not create the      as an officeholder and would not create the appearance that the Member or
   appearance that the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer     officer is using public office for private gain.
   is using public office for private gain.
  (4) In this paragraph the term ``necessary transportation, lodging, and       (d) For purposes of this clause, the term ``necessary transportation,
 related expenses''--                                                          lodging and related expenses''--
    (A) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary for travel for a        (1) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary for travel for a
   period not exceeding four days within the United States or seven days       period not exceeding 4 days within the United States or 7 days exclusive of
   exclusive of travel time outside of the United States unless approved in    travel time outside of the United States unless approved in advance by the
   advance by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct;                  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct;
    (B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for transportation, lodging,      (2) is limited to reasonable expenditures for transportation, lodging,
   conference fees and materials, and food and refreshments, including         conference fees and materials, and food and refreshments, including
   reimbursement for necessary transportation, whether or not such             reimbursement for necessary transportation, whether or not such
   transportation occurs within the periods described in subdivision (A);      transportation occurs within the periods described in subparagraph (1);
    (C) does not include expenditures for recreational activities, nor does      (3) does not include expenditures for recreational activities, nor does
   it include entertainment other than that provided to all attendees as an    it include entertainment other than that provided to all attendees as an
   integral part of the event, except for activities or entertainment          integral part of the event, except for activities or entertainment
   otherwise permissible under this clause; and                                otherwise permissible under this rule; and

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    (D) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf of either the spouse     (4) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf of either the spouse or
   or a child of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or      a child of the Member, officer, or employee.
   employee.
  (5) The Clerk shall make available to the public all advance                  (e) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make available to the
 authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement filed under subparagraph      public all advance authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement filed
 (1) as soon as possible after they are received.                              pursuant to paragraph (a) as soon as possible after they are received.
  (c) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the following:             3. A gift prohibited by clause 1(a) includes the following:
    (1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign      (a) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign
   principal to an entity that is maintained or controlled by a Member,        principal to an entity that is maintained or controlled by a Member,
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.         officer, or employee.
    (2) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) of the          (b) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) of the
   Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered lobbyist or an agent    Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of
   of a foreign principal on the basis of a designation, recommendation, or    a foreign principal on the basis of a designation, recommendation, or other
   other specification of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,           specification of a Member, officer, or employee (not including a mass
   officer, or employee of the House (not including a mass mailing or other    mailing or other solicitation directed to a broad category of persons or
   solicitation directed to a broad category of persons or entities), other    entities), other than a charitable contribution permitted by clause 4.
   than a charitable contribution permitted by paragraph (d).
    (3) A contribution or other payment by a registered lobbyist or an agent    (c) A contribution or other payment by a registered lobbyist or an agent
   of a foreign principal to a legal expense fund established for the          of a foreign principal to a legal expense fund established for the benefit
   benefit of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or           of a Member, officer, or employee.
   employee of the House.
    (4) A financial contribution or expenditure made by a registered            (d) A financial contribution or expenditure made by a registered lobbyist
   lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal relating to a conference,       or an agent of a foreign principal relating to a conference, retreat, or
   retreat, or similar event, sponsored by or affiliated with an official      similar event, sponsored by or affiliated with an official congressional
   congressional organization, for or on behalf of Members, Delegates, the     organization, for or on behalf of Members, officers, or employees.
   Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of the House.
  (d)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) of the         4. (a) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) of the
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of   Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of
 a foreign principal in lieu of an honorarium to a Member, Delegate,           a foreign principal in lieu of an honorarium to a Member, officer, or
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House are not considered   employee shall not be considered a gift under this rule if it is reported
 a gift under this clause if it is reported as provided in subparagraph (2).   as provided in paragraph (b).
  (2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee who       (b) A Member, officer, or employee who designates or recommends a
 designates or recommends a contribution to a charitable organization in       contribution to a charitable organization in lieu of honoraria described in
 lieu of an honorarium described in subparagraph (1) shall report within 30    paragraph (a) shall report within 30 days after such designation or
 days after such designation or recommendation to the Clerk--                  recommendation to the Clerk of the House of Representatives--
    (A) the name and address of the registered lobbyist who is making the       (1) the name and address of the registered lobbyist who is making the
   contribution in lieu of an honorarium;                                      contribution in lieu of honoraria;
    (B) the date and amount of the contribution; and                            (2) the date and amount of the contribution; and
    (C) the name and address of the charitable organization designated or       (3) the name and address of the charitable organization designated or
   recommended by the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.              recommended by the Member.

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The Clerk shall make public information received under this subparagraph as     The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make public information
 soon as possible after it is received.                                        received pursuant to this paragraph as soon as possible after it is
                                                                               received.
  (e) In this clause--                                                          5. For purposes of this rule--
    (1) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a lobbyist registered under      (a) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a lobbyist registered under the
   the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act or any successor statute; and        Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act or any successor statute; and
 
    (2) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' means an agent of a           (b) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' means an agent of a foreign
   foreign principal registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.     principal registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
  (f) All the provisions of this clause shall be interpreted and enforced       6. All the provisions of this rule shall be interpreted and enforced
 solely by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The Committee on    solely by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The Committee on
 Standards of Official Conduct is authorized to issue guidance on any matter   Standards of Official Conduct is authorized to issue guidance on any matter
 contained in this clause.                                                     contained in this rule.
 
                                                                              Derived from: RULE XLI
 
Claims against the Government                                                 QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
  6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the House, or continue in    No person shall be an officer or employee of the House, or continue in its
 its employment, if he acts as an agent for the prosecution of a claim         employment, who shall be an agent for the prosecution of any claim against
 against the Government or if he is interested in such claim, except as an     the Government or be interested in such claim otherwise than as an original
 original claimant or in the proper discharge of official duties.              claimant or than in the proper discharge of official duties.
 
                                 RULE XXVII.                                  Derived from: RULE XLIV
 
                            FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.                             FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
  1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed with the Clerk under      1. A copy of each report filed with the Clerk under title I of the Ethics     Proposed rule XXVII consists of existing rule XLIV relating to financial
 title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 within the seven-day period   in Government Act of 1978 shall be sent by the Clerk within the seven-day     disclosure, and incorporates by reference title I of the Ethics in
 beginning on the date on which the report is filed to the Committee on        period beginning the date on which the report is filed to the Committee on    Government Act of 1978.
 Standards of Official Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall      Standards of Official Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall
 compile all such reports sent to him by Members within the period beginning   compile all such reports sent to him by Members within the period beginning
 on January 1 and ending on June 15 of each year and have them printed as a    on January 1 and ending on June 15 of each year and have them printed as a
 House document, which shall be made available to the public.                  House document, which document shall be made available to the public.
  2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I of the Ethics     2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I of the Ethics
 in Government Act of 1978 shall be considered Rules of the House as they      in Government Act of 1978 shall be deemed to be a rule of the House as it
 pertain to Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and       pertains to Members, officers, and employees of the House of
 employees of the House.                                                       Representatives.
 
                                RULE XXVIII.                                  Derived from: RULE XLII
 
                             GENERAL PROVISIONS.                              GENERAL PROVISIONS
 

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  1. The provisions of law that constituted the Rules of the House at the       The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Jefferson's Manual and       Proposed rule XXVIII transfers existing rule XLII ``General Provisions''
 end of the previous Congress shall govern the House in all cases to which     the provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended,     to include the incorporation by reference of existing laws, including the
 they are applicable, and the rules of parliamentary practice comprised by     shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in      Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 currently constituting the Rules of
 Jefferson's Manual shall govern the House in all cases to which they are      which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the     the House, and to Jefferson's Manual. New clause 2 is a rule of
 applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the Rules and orders   House and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.             construction concerning gender. A general provisions rule should be the
 of the House.                                                                                                                                               last rule.
  2. In these rules words importing the masculine gender include the
 feminine as well.
 

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. MOAKLEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks, and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, before we begin, I really want to take this 
opportunity to congratulate my dear friend for many years and the new 
chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), in his new 
position and wish him a reign filled with fairness and fair process and 
a record number of open rules.
  My good friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), has set a 
very good tone for his chairmanship. He ran the recodification task 
force. And as my Democratic colleagues, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Frost) and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), will attest, 
he was bipartisan, he was fair, and he always acted as a gentleman. The 
task force came up with a way to make the House rules clear and more 
orderly.
  I also want to thank the Parliamentarian, Charlie Johnson, and his 
colleagues, Tom Duncan and John Sullivan, Muftiah McCartin and Tom 
Wickham, for their very outstanding work on recodification. Mr. 
Speaker, I do not think enough people realize the depth of knowledge 
and expertise advising the Chair requires, but these people do the 
Congress an excellent service and deserve our appreciation.
  Mr. Speaker, aside from a good recodification, today's rules package 
contains a handful of rules changes to which we in the minority object. 
Specifically, this rules package gives the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget a blank check to write the budget resolution for fiscal year 
1999.
  Why do we need to do this, Mr. Speaker? Well, because my Republican 
colleagues failed to pass a budget last year. For the first time, for 
the very first time since the Budget Act was created, my Republican 
colleagues just could not get their act together. We all know they 
spent so much time on expensive partisan investigation that they failed 
to complete one of the most serious and one of the most basic 
responsibilities of the House, the adoption of the budget resolution.
  It is one more way for my Republican colleagues to circumvent the 
committee process, to avoid hearing from the public, and to write 
legislation that makes a few powerful people very happy but ignores the 
rest.
  Mr. Speaker, this is becoming a very worrisome pattern. Just because 
my Republican colleagues hold the slim majority in Congress does not 
mean that they can bypass the legislative process. Passing laws, 
enacting budgets is very serious business and should be treated as 
such. But even worse than that, even worse than what is in the rules is 
what is not in it.
  Although the Democratic party won five more seats last November, this 
rule package does nothing to change the ratio of Democrats to 
Republicans on committees to better reflect the ratio of the House. By 
failing to do so, Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues are really 
denying millions upon millions of Americans their right to fair 
representation on congressional committees.
  Although the Democrats make up 49 percent of the Congress, Mr. 
Speaker, they do not occupy 49 percent of the committee slots.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a chart here from the Congressional Research 
Service which shows that three of the most unfair Congresses during the 
last 45 years in terms of committee ratios were all Republican 
Congresses.
  Let me repeat, Mr. Speaker, over the last 40 years, the three most 
unfair Congresses, according to committee ratios, were all Republican, 
and the Republicans only controlled three Congresses in the last 40 
years.
  I include for the Record the chart that shows that.

                                                                      HOUSE COMMITTEES, PARTY RATIOS--86TH-106TH CONGRESSES
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                                                                              Distribution of seats                                         Distribution of com. seats              Percent Com.
                                                              ----------------------------------------------------    Total    ----------------------------------------------------     maj.
                    Congress                         House              Number                  Percentage          committee            Number                  Percentage          compared to
                                                              ----------------------------------------------------    seats    ----------------------------------------------------    percent
                                                                   Dem          Rep          Dem          Rep                       Dem          Rep          Dem          Rep       House maj.
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106*............................................          435          211          223        48.51        51.26          819          367          450        44.81        54.95         3.68
105*............................................          435          207          227        47.59        52.18          804          356          446        44.28        55.47         3.29
104*............................................          435          204          230        46.90        52.87          786          348          435        44.27        55.34         2.47
103.............................................          435          258          176        59.31        40.46          876          531          343        60.62        39.16         1.31
102.............................................          435          267          167        61.38        38.39          855          528          325        61.75        38.01         0.38
101.............................................          435          260          175        59.77        40.23          819          500          319        61.05        38.95         1.28
100.............................................          435          258          177        59.31        40.69          809          493          316        60.94        39.06         1.63
99..............................................          435          253          182        58.16        41.84          788          473          315        60.03        39.97         1.86
98..............................................          435          268          167        61.61        38.39          768          489          279        63.67        36.33         2.06
97..............................................          435          243          192        55.86        44.14          750          436          314        58.13        41.87         2.27
96..............................................          435          277          158        63.68        36.32          752          483          269        64.23        35.77         0.55
95..............................................          435          292          143        67.13        32.87          779          527          252        67.65        32.35         0.52
94..............................................          435          290          145        66.67        33.33          771          519          252        67.32        32.68         0.65
93..............................................          435          243          192        55.86        44.14          688          393          295        57.12        42.88         1.26
92..............................................          435          255          180        58.62        41.38          659          392          267        59.48        40.52         0.86
91..............................................          435          243          192        55.86        44.14          636          362          274        56.92        43.08         1.06
90..............................................          435          248          187        57.01        42.99          613          353          260        57.59        42.41         0.57
89..............................................          435          295          140        67.82        32.18          602          407          195        67.61        32.39        (0.21)
88..............................................          435          258          177        59.31        40.69          594          354          240        59.60        40.40         0.29
87..............................................          437          262          175        59.95        40.05          584          350          234        59.93        40.07        (0.02)
 86.............................................          436          283          153        64.91        35.09          575          365          210        63.48        36.52        (1.43)
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Source for data for the 86th-95th Congresses is U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on Committees, ``Final Report of the Select Committees on Committees U.S. House of Representatives''
  (Washington; GPO, 1980), pp. 449-507. For the 96th and 97th Congresses, sources are Congressional Directory, and Congressional Record. For the 98th-105th Congresses, sources are
  Congressional Yellow Book, and Vital Statistics on Congress, 1997-1998. Data for 106th Congress are current estimates based on projected committee assignments. For the 106th Congress, data
  do not reflect post-election resignations. In the 86th and 87th Congresses, the House membership was increased to accommodate the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union. Ratios do not
  include Resident Commissioners, or Delegates. Independents are calculated in the data for totals. Percentages in parentheses are negative, all others are positive. Percentages were
  calculated by computer, and reflect rounding. Asterisks indicate Congresses when Republicans were the majority, all other Congresses represent data when Democrats were the majority.

  For the last 5 years, Republicans have awarded themselves more 
committee seats than fairness would dictate.
  In this Congress, they control 54.9 percent of the committee seats, 
but yet only have 51 percent of the Congress. In other words, Mr. 
Speaker, the Republican leadership, and I want the Speaker to 
understand this because he just said how fair he is going to be, the 
Republican leadership has taken 30 committee seats away from Democratic 
Members.
  Now, I think the best way to treat this new Congress in a very civil 
manner and a very fair manner is to distribute the seats according to 
the number of Congressmen that are elected. By stacking congressional 
committees with Republican Members, my Republican colleagues have 
ensured that they have the votes to derail the proposals of the 
American people, the ones that they are clamoring for and then some.
  The Republican leadership is telling the millions of Americans who 
elected Democratic representatives to forget about protecting Social 
Security, forget about enacting managed care programs and shoring up 
our schools.
  With this rules package, Mr. Speaker, the congressional committees 
are stacked at the outset, and it is going to be very difficult to 
enact anything that the Republican leadership does not want, despite 
the overwhelming results of last November's election.
  One such issue is protecting the surplus of the Social Security trust 
fund. The Senate has already a point of order against spending budget 
surpluses. I think the House should follow suit. Until we can ensure 
that Social Security will be protected well into the next millennium, 
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spending the surplus on anything but Social Security checks.
  For that reason, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the 
motion to recommit because if the motion to recommit passes, it will 
allow us to make the committee ratios closer to the ratio in the House 
and it will allow us to prevent Members from using the Social Security 
trust fund surplus to fund anything until Social Security itself is 
secure.
  Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose the previous 
question so that we can offer an amendment to allow the citizens from 
Washington, D.C., the voice of their delegate, a voice in the Congress, 
to give disabled access to the House floor and also to prevent House 
Members from intimidating interest groups.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss), vice chairman of the committee, my 
very good friend from Sanibel.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish all of my colleagues a 
happy new year.
  As we begin the 106th Congress today we all share in the commitment 
to move forward with the agenda of the American people, as we have 
heard in the statements already made this morning by leadership, 
including providing more efficient and responsive government, something 
we all want, tax reform, education reform, preservation of Social 
Security and protecting our national security, all those big challenges 
that we have as a body to take on.
  Before we can proceed on these matters, however, we must put in place 
the rules under which we will operate. This rules package is fairly 
thin, actually. It does not need to be big. It is not particularly 
controversial and I do not think it should be at all.
  The message here is that the rules we have, put in place by the 
reforms that began in 1995 when we took over as a majority, are working 
pretty well. I am proud to have been part of the effort in 1995 and the 
refinements we made in 1997, all of which assured us that only modest 
adjustment would be needed now in 1999, and that is what we are here 
about today, some modest adjustments.
  I want to particularly applaud the chairman of the Committee on 
Rules, my friend and colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Dreier), the ranking member, my colleague and friend, the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley), as well as all the Parliamentarians 
and staff, all of whom worked for literally years on the recodification 
of our rules reflected in today's package.
  This effort, which leads to fewer, easier-to-read rules for this 
House, without making substantive changes in those rules, was indeed a 
monumental task. As anyone who has tried to follow the arcane specifics 
of House rules and parliamentary proceedings knows, this streamlining 
and housekeeping is truly a public service. I congratulate them for the 
work done.
  All in all, I urge Members to support the basic package, which 
provides some commonsense updates and revisions to the rules of this 
House.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak a little longer about one 
provision of this package, that which extends the life of the Cox 
Select Committee on China, for the limited specific purpose of 
facilitating declassification of its report.
  I was privileged to serve on this committee, which worked in a quiet, 
deliberative, efficient and bipartisan manner under the leadership of 
the chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), and the ranking 
member, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks), to conclude our 
serious and complicated business. The request the Select Committee 
makes of this House for an additional 3 months, without any additional 
funds, is very reasonable. A declassified version of the report will 
helpfully advance public understanding of our complicated relationship 
with China on the subject of transfer of technology and its effect on 
our national security, something that we are all charged with the 
responsibility for.
  Having said that, I urge my colleagues to consider this package as 
favorable.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GOSS. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.
  (Mr. DICKS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Goss) on his statement.
  Mr. Speaker, we have some problems with the rules, but we definitely 
support the extension of the Cox Select Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, although I will be opposing the resolution establishing 
the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress, I 
want to note for my colleagues my support for the provision which will 
extend for three months the life of the Select Committee on U.S. 
National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
Republic of China (PRC).
  The Select Committee in late December unanimously approved a lengthy 
classified report of its investigation of issues related to the 
transfer of United States technology to the PRC. As the Ranking 
Democrat of the Select Committee, I joined with Chairman Chris Cox in 
sending a copy of the report to the President with a request that it be 
expeditiously declassified.
  I want to underscore that the Select Committee's investigation is 
over. The extension provision makes clear that for the next three 
months, the Select Committee will be engaged solely in activities 
associated with the declassification and public release of the report. 
This will require a very small staff and no funds beyond some portion 
of those originally provided to the Select Committee, but neither 
obligated nor expended during the 105th Congress.
  I believe the House needs to have the Select Committee in place to 
facilitate the declassification process. I support the Select 
Committee's extension to serve that limited purpose.

                              {time}  1445

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Nadler).
  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, last year, along with the former Committee 
on Rules chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon), I 
introduced House Resolution 529, the Plain English In Law Rule.
  When we introduced the resolution, there was a broad consensus that 
the idea was sound; and I was assured by the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Solomon) that the House Republican leadership was in agreement 
with the proposal and that it would be incorporated into the rules 
package in the 106th Congress. I do not know why this was not done. I 
am not aware of any opposition whatsoever to this proposal, and I offer 
it as an amendment now.
  Mr. Speaker, we all know that most of our amendments and bills are 
practically incomprehensible consisting, as they do, of a series of 
provisions adding a word or phrase in the middle of line 3 or line 5 on 
page 8 of the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, my amendment would require that any bill or amendment 
clearly show the changes that would be made in the law by the bill or 
amendment. This should be accomplished by requiring the paragraph to be 
amended to be set forth in the bill or amendment with the old language 
proposed to be omitted in brackets and the new language proposed to be 
added in italics.
  So a Member will be able, at a glance, to read the law as it is and 
as it is proposed to be, easily understanding the effect of the 
proposed bill or amendment. Most State legislatures draft their bills 
this way.
  My amendment would cost no money and would allow Members and the 
public to be better informed about our proposal, about our proposed 
legislation. Again, I know of no opposition. I have been pushing this 
now for 4 years. I urge its adoption as an amendment today. If it is 
not adopted as an amendment, I urge the Republican leadership to 
consider it subsequently in this session.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) the very, very distinguished chairman 
of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
  (Mr. HANSEN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks, and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my friend, the gentleman from 
California, for yielding to me.

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  The rules package for the 106th Congress includes two amendments 
proposed by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: one 
concerning the ethics rules and standards applicable to consultants 
retained by the House, and one that eases the honoraria ban for certain 
low-level House employees.
  I am submitting for inclusion in the record a pair of brief memoranda 
prepared by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that 
summarizes these amendments. These memoranda cite to rule numbers in 
use prior to the recodification of the rules.
  I also wish to state that the amendment concerning consultants is 
intended solely to subject consultants to applicable provisions of the 
House Code of Conduct. It is not intended to confer on any consultant 
the status of employee generally, nor does it subject consultants to 
any other provision of House rules or public law applicable to Members, 
officers, or employees of the House by virtue of such status.
  In particular, consultants remain distinct from and are not to be 
considered employees with respect to the Internal Revenue Code, Federal 
appropriations law, the Congressional Accountability Act, and any of 
the statutory provisions relating to retirement or other benefits 
available to employees of the House.
  Mr. Speaker, the documents I referred to above are as follows:

                Amendment of the Honorarium Prohibition

       Rules Change.--Amend the honorarium provisions of House 
     Rules 43 and 47 to permit certain lower-level House employees 
     to receive honoraria (i.e., compensation for an article, 
     speech or appearance) for activities unrelated to official 
     duties. These amendments will bring the rules into conformity 
     with the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. 
     National Treasury Employee's Union (``NTEU''), \1\ which 
     struck down the honorarium ban found in Sec. 501(b) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act as applied to lower-level Executive 
     Branch employees.
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       Discussion.--Under both statutory provisions and House 
     rules amendments enacted in the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1989, all Members, officers and employees are prohibited from 
     receiving any honoraria.
       NTEU was a class-action lawsuit that challenged the 
     constitutionality of the honoraria ban as applied to 
     executive branch employees. The Supreme Court held that the 
     statutory honoraria prohibition was an impermissible 
     infringement on the free speech of lower-level executive 
     branch employees. Following the NTEU decision, the Justice 
     Department, absent clear guidance from Congress to the 
     contrary, has been unwilling to enforce the statutory 
     prohibition against any federal employee, including those 
     employees not covered by the NTEU decision.
       The Supreme Court's ruling in NTEU suggested it would be 
     constitutionally permissible for Congress to draft a statute 
     (1) to prohibit Members of Congress, senior-level 
     congressional employees, and senior-level executive branch 
     officials and employees from receiving any honoraria, and (2) 
     to prohibit lower-level federal employees from receiving an 
     honorarium where an impermissible nexus exists between either 
     the employees' congressional status or official duties and 
     the subject matter of the activities, the reason the 
     honorarium is paid, or the identity of the party paying the 
     honorarium.
       The officers and employees who would be allowed to receive 
     honoraria under the terms of the amendment are those paid at 
     a rate less than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay 
     for GS-15. In calendar year 1998, the rate was $87,030, and 
     in 1999 this rate will be slightly higher.

                Lobbying by House Committee Consultants

       Rules Change.--Amend House Rule 43, the Code of Official 
     Conduct, to make it key provisions applicable to consultants, 
     including the requirement that they conduct themselves in a 
     manner that reflects creditably on the House (clause 1), the 
     conflict-of-interest provision (clause 3), and the gift rule 
     (clause 4).
       Discussion.--Controversy was generated in the 105th 
     Congress by the practice of House committees retaining 
     individuals under contracts that allow them to lobby the 
     House on behalf of their other clients. Attorneys and other 
     individuals are retained under a statutory provision that 
     authorizes House and Senate committees to retain consultants 
     for the purpose of providing certain services on a short-term 
     basis.\1\ Pursuant to implementing regulations issued by the 
     House Oversight Committee, any House committee consultant is 
     to act as an independent contractor and not as a committee 
     employee.
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     \1\ 2 U.S.C. Sec. 72a(i).
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       However, both the Senate and the Executive Branch have 
     taken the position that even though an individual is not 
     formally designated as a government employee, the individual 
     will be subject to the major ethics rules that apply to 
     employees if he or she is (1) performing a governmental 
     function and (2) working under the supervision of a Federal 
     officer or employee. Indeed, it appears to be anomalous that 
     a consultant who is, for example, leading a House committee 
     investigation is subject to no ethics rules whatsoever, but 
     both the Members who sit on the employing committee, as well 
     as the committee employees who are working on the 
     investigation, are subject to the full range of the rules.
       The standard form consultant contract issued by the House 
     Oversight Committee includes a provision that bars lobbying, 
     but that prohibition can be waived. At times the Standards 
     Committee has been asked to endorse a consultant contract 
     that another committee is proposing to enter into, but 
     Standards Committee policy has been to decline to do so 
     unless the contract prohibits lobbying.
       The amendment to House Rule 43 would subject consultants to 
     the basic ethics rules--including rules under which lobbying 
     of the House during the term of the contract would be 
     prohibited--and would likewise subject them to Standards 
     Committee jurisdiction. The amendment would not subject 
     consultants to the entire range of the ethics rules. The 
     Committee is aware that such an approach would be unduly 
     burdensome for individuals who are to serve the House for a 
     limited period of time only, and would unnecessarily diminish 
     the pool of talent available to the House for short-term 
     projects. The Committee would implement this amendment 
     consistent with this concept.

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Matsui).
  Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I 
would like to just refer a little bit to what the ranking member of the 
Committee on Rules talked about.
  We talked about bipartisanship this morning, and I think the new 
Speaker really raised his hands, and he obviously reached out. One of 
the problems, however, is in the rule that the Republicans have just 
offered; and that is, it would basically allow the Chair of the Budget 
Committee to be the Committee on Rules and pretty much do anything he 
wants. He does not have to have any finding of facts. He can basically 
direct the Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations and also 
the Committee on Ways and Means on the whole reconciliation process. 
This is not the way to start off in a bipartisan fashion.
  Secondly, we have in our bill, the Democrats, what we would hope that 
the Republicans would put in their bill, a provision that Speaker-elect 
Livingston 3 weeks ago talked about, he wanted to make it actually H.R. 
2; and that would have been to take the Social Security surplus, the 
Social Security account off budget.
  As we all know, there is a lot of talk about using spending programs, 
perhaps the defense increase that the President and Republicans are 
talking about, tax cuts the Republicans are talking about, to use from 
the Social Security surplus.
  What our provision will basically do is preserve that surplus unless 
and until the Social Security trustees basically say that there is a 
budget surplus that exceeds the social security surplus. Right now, we 
are going to have $1.5 trillion worth of surpluses over the next 10 
years. Nine percent of that is in the area of Social Security.
  If in fact we use that for tax cuts or for spending programs, we are 
going to really default to our senior citizens who will be retiring in 
large numbers during the baby boom populations in the year 2009 and 
beyond. We cannot afford to let that happen.
  This is a simple way basically to make sure that we preserve the 
Social Security surplus for future generations of Americans and not use 
it and squander it as we may do in this Congress if we are not careful.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand).
  Mr. WEYGAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of our motion to 
move the previous question because of an unfairness that we have within 
our rules system right now, Mr. Speaker.
  Presently we are silent in our rules regarding handicapped access to 
the floor, allowing handicapped individuals to have aides and services 
that they may need to be on this floor, whether it be a staffer or a 
Member.
  We have proposed an amendment that would allow for handicapped 
persons to bring such aides and services onto the floor unless the 
Speaker so decides that such would be a very difficult thing to occur. 
The difficulty would be expense for the operations of the House.
  Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago in the Senate, a staffer who had an 
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was necessary for the Member to have on the floor was denied access to 
the floor simply because she needed a seeing-eye dog. The rules in the 
Senate were silent. But they immediately changed it to allow for 
handicapped individuals to have those aides and services to be brought 
on the floor.
  While our Parliamentarian and the clerks have indicated that would 
not be a problem here, our rule is also silent on that particular 
issue.
  I ask the House to adopt a rule that will provide for a prospective, 
a proactive means of making sure that handicapped individuals be 
allowed onto the floor with the kinds of aides and services they need.
  The Speaker just a little while ago talked about bipartisanship and 
fairness. Is it not fair that the same rules that we impose upon other 
government agencies and other individuals be so imposed upon us here on 
this floor? If this is a hallowed place, should not it be hallowed for 
all people who enter this chamber, and should not we allow all those 
people that need handicapped accessibility and services and aides be 
allowed on this floor?
  Certainly right now, Mr. Speaker, the rules do not provide so. I ask 
for the majority's support to allow for those individuals to be here on 
the floor.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).
  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I welcome the bipartisanship that is 
apparent in some of these rules. A rules package worthy of this House, 
however, would return the vote in the Committee of the Whole to the 
taxpaying District's residents.
  Some rules inevitably reflect partisan desires in either caucus. But 
surely there is no partisan answer to the question: Should taxpaying 
American citizens have voting representation in the Committee of the 
Whole in this body. The House said yes in 1993. The Court of Appeals 
and the U.S. District Court said yes when it was challenged.
  The people I represent have met every obligation of citizenship. They 
have fought and died in every war. They sent more people to fight in 
Desert Storm than 47 States. Yet, it is our taxpaying status that might 
most move this tax-conscious body. We are third, per capita, in Federal 
income taxes sent to the Federal Treasury; $1.7 billion sent last year.
  Do I have to remind this body that our forefathers went to war over 
taxation without representation? Make peace with the District of 
Columbia on the vote that was taken away in 1993.
  We have a tough new mayor who has helped bring the city out of 
insolvency. We have a brand-new oversight-conscious city council. The 
city is running surpluses. Yet every law my city enacts comes here 
before it becomes law. Every cent we raise in the District must be 
appropriated by this body, although this body gives us no Federal 
payment.
  Should I have to stand here voteless and watch others vote on local 
revenue raised in my city and local laws passed by my council? I ask 
for the vote as a minimal recognition of the citizens who live in our 
Nation's capital. Do not leave the people who live here to watch you 
vote while having none of their own.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Edwards).
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, there has been much said recently about the 
rule of law and bipartisanship. The proposed amendment of the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) to Rule XXIV, clause 14 of the Rules 
of this House would enhance both.
  With his amendment, we can cast a bipartisan vote that would protect 
the integrity of the lawmaking process. With this amendment, we can 
strengthen the rule of law by improving the rules by which we pass our 
laws. Specifically, this amendment says that our power as Members 
should be used to pass public laws, to punish private citizens for 
their political party affiliation.
  Mr. Speaker, for a half a century, our Nation and its veterans stood 
up against a form of government that said one's job depended upon one's 
political party affiliation. It was wrong then, and it is wrong today.
  This is a common-sense amendment that the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) has proposed. In the spirit of the comity 
of this day, I would urge Republicans and Democrats to support that 
amendment. Let our words and deeds be bipartisan.
  In conclusion, let me let the amendment speak for itself. It says 
that a Member, Delegate or Resident Commissioner may not in his 
official capacity intervene, including threatening to deny access, to 
prevent the hiring of, or to encourage the dismissal of an individual 
by any lobbying organization, trade association, or law firm based upon 
the political party affiliation of such individual.
  A Member who is a member of the leadership may not attempt to 
intimidate any interest group by threatening to base its decisions 
about scheduling legislation for consideration by the House based upon 
the pattern of political contributions by such interest group.
  I urge Members on a bipartisan basis to vote against the previous 
question. Let us add this common-sense, fair amendment to the rules of 
the people's House.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy).
  Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, I am one of those Members who hopes that 
1999 will be a year in which both parties and the President come 
together to enact legislation to preserve and strengthen Social 
Security for the 21st century.
  I was delighted with the emphasis Speaker Hastert made on Social 
Security in his remarks. The rule we are proposing ought to serve as 
the bipartisan point of departure for important debate on Social 
Security. We ought to agree today, the first day of this Congress, that 
all of the revenue generated by Social Security will be dedicated to 
Social Security, that all budget surpluses will be saved until the 
long-term solvency of Social Security is secure.
  Unlike the Senate, there is no House rule at present against 
consideration of a bill that uses the surplus generated by Social 
Security. Our rule proposed in this motion would provide for the first 
time real enforcement of Social Security's off-budget status.
  The rule also maintains fiscal discipline and keeps our country on 
the course to a budget that is balanced and does not rely on Social 
Security to conceal deficits in the rest of the budget. According to 
the Congressional Budget Office, 98 percent of the unified budget 
surplus over the next 10 years is Social Security money.
  Let us adopt this rule. If we do not, the temporary surpluses from 
Social Security may be dissipated, spent, devastating our ability to 
preserve the long-term solvency of Social Security. Let us agree, we 
are going to fix Social Security; and starting today, we are going to 
commit that Social Security dollars will only be used for Social 
Security benefits.

                              {time}  1500

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time my Chairman has 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) has 11 minutes remaining; the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Dreier) has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
South Carolina (Mr. Spratt).
  (Mr. SPRATT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Democratic rules 
which will be offered on the motion to recommit and against the 
Republican rules for many reasons, but 2 in particular which affect the 
budget.
  First, let me give everyone in this House a reason to vote for the 
motion to recommit if we are for saving Social Security. Our rules will 
make it out of order in this House to consider any bill or any 
amendment that would make any use of the budget surplus that stems from 
the surplus in the Social Security Trust Fund for anything other than 
Social Security. We even go a step further. We say that no budget 
surplus of any kind can be used for anything until Social Security is 
in actuarial bonds for 75 years. So if we

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truly want to take Social Security off budget and protect it, save it 
first, then we should vote for the motion to recommit.
  Mr. Speaker, I also have to say with concern that the rules proposed 
by the majority will amend rule XXVIII and give the Chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget the unilateral power to set budget totals and 
committee spending allocations for fiscal years 1999 through 2003. This 
is a sweeping grant of authority, and I can only infer, because no one 
has explained it to me or consulted me about it, that the reason we are 
taking this extraordinary step is that last year, for the first time in 
24 years, this House, this Congress failed to pass a concurrent budget 
resolution. This rule change would allow the House in effect to pretend 
that we passed that resolution even though we really did not.
  This raises an important question, this phantom resolution. What are 
the spending and revenue levels going to be? Are they the levels that 
were in the House-passed resolution which the Senate, the other body 
would not agree to? Are they the caps in the balanced budget agreement 
of 1997? Are we abandoning the BBA? Are we going to require the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Transportation and the 
Committee on Commerce to cut $56 billion?
  This is not necessary, it is not wise, and it is not unprecedented. 
Every member has 2 good reasons to vote for the motion to recommit.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Dingell), the dean of the House.
  (Mr. DINGELL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Democratic motion 
to recommit, which will occur shortly, and to object to the unfair 
ratios that the Republican majority has established for standing 
committees. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule. We held an election just 
2 months ago, and the American people voted in nearly equal numbers for 
Democrats and Republicans. On the House floor, 51 percent of the 
Members are Republicans. But in the Committee on Commerce, they will 
control 54.7 percent of the seats. The difference is the largest that 
has ever occurred in our committee in the past 50 years.
  This is a very simple attempt to rig the results of the election 
against the people who they voted. And it is also an attempt to deny 
the American people who voted for a Democratic Congressman the same 
rights as those who voted for a Republican Congressman. It totally 
denigrates the concept of one man, one vote.
  This is not just simply a matter of numbers. It is a matter of 
fairness and equality and democracy. It is unfair to Members who serve 
here.
  But there is a greater unfairness, and that unfairness is that 
Members of this body who are Democrats achieve less weight to their 
vote than do Members who happen to be Republicans. What is important 
here is that this action denies the people the right to have issues of 
importance to them debated here in the House of Representatives in a 
fair and proper fashion, with proper weight being given to the vote of 
each voting American citizen.
  Let me give an example. In the past Congress, with bipartisan 
support, the Congress nearly passed the Patients' Bill of Rights to 
allow patients and their doctors to make medical decisions rather than 
bureaucrats in HMOs. I am convinced that with the result of the recent 
elections, we could be successful in passing that legislation this 
year. However, by stacking the Committee on Commerce with a greater 
number of Republicans than the numbers would actually be justified in 
the House, the bill is probably going to get buried in the committee 
and we are going to then be compelled to address the problem under the 
mechanism of a discharge petition in order to have the people's will, 
which was clearly expressed, carried out.
  The answer to the problems that we confront is simple. Establish 
committees that reflect the House as a whole. Force committees to work 
out their partisan differences before bringing them to the floor. Let 
the will of the American people, freely and clearly expressed in the 
last election, be felt and be heard here.
  Mr. Speaker, at this point I will insert an analysis and a table 
showing the majority and minority ratios of the Committee on Commerce 
over the past years. The analysis shows that the ratios established by 
the Republican majority of the Congress for the Committee on Commerce 
are the most disproportionate and unfair of any of the past Congresses.
  Does this sound like democracy? No. Does it sound like 
bipartisanship? No. Does it sound like comity and fair treatment? 
Clearly not. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule, and I urge a vote on the 
motion to recommit.
                                         House of Representatives,


                                        Committee on Commerce,

                                Washington, DC, December 16, 1998.


                               MEMORANDUM

     To: Democratic Members and Member-Designates, Committee on 
         Commerce.
     From: The Honorable John D. Dingell.
     Subject: Commerce Committee Ratios.
       Over Democratic objections, the Republican Leadership has 
     chosen committee ratios for the 106th Congress that 
     significantly overstate the narrow Republican margin given by 
     the voters last month. As for the Commerce Committee, the 
     Republicans have decided that there will be 29 Republicans 
     and 24 Democrats. The ratio for the 106th Congress is, 
     unfortunately, the most unfair ratio established for the 
     Commerce minority in the past 50 years. It should hardly be a 
     surprise that the ratio established for the current congress 
     has been the second most unfair.
       As the accompanying chart shows, the ratio in the 105th 
     Congress for our committee reflects the largest differential 
     between Committee majority percentage and House majority 
     percentage in 50 years (2.95%). The ratio established for the 
     106th Congress sets an even greater differential of 3.45%. 
     Simply put, the Republicans are padding their meager 
     advantage in the House.
       Other than the current Congress, ratios have always been 
     set in a manner that if a majority seat were transferred to 
     the minority, it would result in a majority percentage that 
     would be less than the majority percentage in the House. Put 
     in a more positive way, until the Republicans took control in 
     1994, the test was this: Assuming a given Committee size, 
     ratios have always been set that give the majority just 
     enough seats to give them a majority Committee percentage 
     that is greater than their percentage in the House.\1\
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     majority Committee advantage was actually worse than the 
     House advantage, but current Caucus rules would prohibit such 
     a result.
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       What does this mean for the 106th Congress? Our current 
     ratio is 28-23. The Republican leadership now wants a 29-24 
     ratio. Given a committee size of 53, under historical 
     practice we should be entitled to at least a 28-25 ratio, 
     which would still give the Republicans a larger percentage 
     than they hold in the House. If this unfair Committee ratio 
     is not changed, the unfairness will be replicated in the 
     Subcommittee ratios as well. This will mean many fewer 
     Subcommittee slots for Democratic Members than we deserve.
       Committee ratios were the first test of the new Republican 
     House Leadership's claims of bipartisanship. Mr. Livingston 
     and the rest have failed that test. This Republican 
     unfairness greatly reduces the likelihood of a constructive 
     and productive relationship in the forthcoming Congress.

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                                                                 House               Commerce                             Analysis
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                                                                                                                         Percentage
                        Congress                                         Maj.               Maj.  ------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Dem    Rep     pct.   Dem  Rep    pct.                                           If
                                                                                                    House   Commerce    Dif.    House    switch    Dif.
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81.....................................................    263    171    60.46   17   11    60.71    60.46     60.71     0.25    60.46    57.14    -3.32
82.....................................................    234    199    53.79   17   13    56.67    53.79     56.67     2.87    53.79    53.33    -0.46
83.....................................................    213    221    50.80   14   16    53.33    50.80     53.33     2.53    50.80    50.00    -0.80
84.....................................................    232    203    53.33   17   14    54.84    53.33     54.84     1.51    53.33    51.61    -1.72
85.....................................................    234    201    53.79   18   15    54.55    53.79     54.55     0.75    53.79    51.52    -2.28
86.....................................................    283    153    65.06   21   12    63.64    65.06     63.64    -1.42    65.06    60.61    -4.45
87.....................................................    262    175    60.23   20   13    60.61    60.23     60.61     0.38    60.23    57.58    -2.65
88.....................................................    258    176    59.31   20   13    60.61    59.31     60.61     1.30    59.31    57.58    -1.73
89.....................................................    295    140    67.82   22   11    66.67    67.82     66.67    -1.15    67.82    63.64    -4.18
90.....................................................    248    187    57.01   18   14    56.25    57.01     56.25    -0.76    57.01    53.13    -3.89
91.....................................................    243    192    55.86   21   16    56.76    55.86     56.76     0.89    55.86    54.05    -1.81
92.....................................................    255    180    58.62   25   18    58.14    58.62     58.14    -0.48    58.62    55.81    -2.81
93.....................................................    242    192    55.63   25   19    56.82    55.63     56.82     1.19    55.63    54.55    -1.09
94.....................................................    291    144    66.90   30   14    68.18    66.90     68.18     1.29    66.90    65.91    -0.99
95.....................................................    292    143    67.13   30   14    68.18    67.13     68.18     1.06    67.13    65.91    -1.22
96.....................................................    277    158    63.68   27   15    64.29    63.68     64.29     0.61    63.68    61.90    -1.77
97.....................................................    242    192    55.63   24   18    57.14    55.63     57.14     1.51    55.63    54.76    -0.87
98.....................................................    269    166    61.84   26   15    63.41    61.84     63.41     1.58    61.84    60.98    -0.86
99.....................................................    253    182    58.16   25   17    59.52    58.16     59.52     1.36    58.16    57.14    -1.02
100....................................................    258    177    59.31   25   17    59.52    59.31     59.52     0.21    59.31    57.14    -2.17
101....................................................    260    175    59.77   26   17    60.47    59.77     60.47     0.70    59.77    58.14    -1.63
102....................................................    267    167    61.38   27   16    62.79    61.38     62.79     1.41    61.38    60.47    -0.91
103....................................................    258    176    59.31   27   17    61.36    59.31     61.36     2.05    59.31    59.09    -0.22
104....................................................    204    230    52.87   23   27    54.00    52.87     54.00     1.13    52.87    52.00    -0.87
105....................................................    207    226    51.95   23   28    54.90    51.95     54.90     2.95    51.95    52.94     0.99
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   24   29    54.72    51.26     54.72     3.45    51.26    52.83     1.57
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   25   29    53.70    51.26     53.70     2.44    51.26    51.85     0.59
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   26   29    52.73    51.26     52.73     1.46    51.26    50.91    -0.36
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   27   29    51.79    51.26     51.79     0.52    51.26    50.00    -1.26
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   25   28    52.83    51.26     52.83     1.57    51.26    50.94    -0.32
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The Bottom Line: The 105th Congress had the highest differential ever between majority ratio on committee and in the House (2.95%). The 105th Congress
  was also the first Congress in 50 years in which a committee seat could have been switched from Majority to Minority, and the Committee would still
  have a higher majority ratio than in House in general (.99%). If Republicans have 29 seats in the 106th Congress, Democrats could have 27 seats, and
  the ratio would still be above the House ratio. If the Committee were set at 53 Members, then a 28-25 ratio would still be above the House ratio.
Notes: Ratios for all Congresses do not include other parties. Committee ratios for 106th Congress assumes various scenarios. ``If switch'' means what
  the Committee ratio would have been if a Majority seat had been switched to the Minority.
The differential column shows that in every Congress (except the 105th and 106th) the resultant Committee majority percentage would have been less than
  the House majority percentage.

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Doggett).
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, on this first day of this new Congress, we 
must recommit ourselves to saving Social Security first. By adopting 
our Democratic rule, the House can stand both for Social Security and 
against fiscal insecurity.
  A few months ago, our Republican colleagues on this very floor 
attempted to fund election-year tax breaks out of the surplus generated 
by the Social Security Trust Fund. Their ill-advised proposal, which 
was ultimately not approved, would have used payroll taxes paid for by 
all Americans to fund tax breaks for a few Americans. That was wrong, 
and in 1999, by the adoption of this rule, we can prevent the 
compounding of that wrong.
  Those of us who have struggled to achieve a balanced Federal budget 
know that our job is not complete. For this year, we would have no 
balance in the Federal budget were it not for the surplus generated by 
the payroll taxes in Social Security. Indeed, this year, we would have 
a $51 billion deficit without those Social Security revenues.
  Our proposed Democratic rule would say that if one wants tax cuts, 
and I, for one, would like to see some tax cuts, pay for that lost 
revenue by closing tax loopholes and ending preferential treatment for 
the few special interests. But do not finance even more preferential 
tax treatment for the few by taking from the payroll taxes that are 
paid by the many, and which workers see go out of their paycheck every 
time they get a paycheck. And certainly, do not pay for tax breaks this 
year, or new spending, for that matter, by irresponsibly adding to the 
national debt.
  To our Republican friends we say, do not make Social Security more 
insecure, and do not undermine the progress that we have been making on 
Federal deficit control that is so very important to our country's 
unprecedented economic vitality.
  This Congress has convened under a cloud of uncertainty, created by 
the insistence that we proceed with a prolonged impeachment trial, no 
matter what the cost to the country. Let us at least in this first 
policy vote of 1999 in the House say that we will save Social Security 
first by adopting a Democratic pay-as-you-go rule that we are advancing 
today.


                      Swearing in of Member-Elect

  The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) kindly 
come to the well of the House and take the oath of office at this time.
  Mr. BARCIA appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of 
office, as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Stenholm).
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the optimism that has 
been flowing from this body all today, and in doing that, recognize 
that there are parts of the Republican rules package that I support and 
I think everyone does, but there are 2 glaring omissions. One is in the 
area of committee ratios, something that we on the blue dogs and our 
caucus in general suggested that it would be a good way to start this 
Congress by saying that all committees should have the ratios as made 
up in the House.
  Unfortunately, many of the committee chairmen, Mr. Speaker, did not 
see fit to do that. I think that is a mistake for us, because I think 
it would produce the bipartisan legislation a lot better if we have 
balanced committees. The Democratic package provides for that.
  But the area I am particularly concerned about and hopeful that we 
can have bipartisan cooperation on is Social Security reform. I have 
worked extremely hard with the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe), the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford), the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Smith) and other Members on this side of the aisle, along 
with Members on my side of the aisle, to bring us to a point where we 
can seriously discuss Social Security.
  The Democratic rules package contains an important provision that 
will reaffirm and strengthen our commitment to make Social Security 
secure for future generations. The Democratic rules package strengthens 
our budget rules to clarify that there is no surplus to be spent for 
any purpose until we balance the budget without counting Social 
Security, and prevents us from any budget surplus being used to do 
anything else. This will bring a greater honesty to the budget process 
and will ensure that fixing Social Security reform is our highest 
priority.

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  We should not talk about spending budget surpluses so long as we are 
counting the Social Security Trust Fund surplus. Under current 
projections, there is no surplus available to use for any purpose 
unless we are willing to use the Social Security Trust Fund. The 
conservative thing to do with the budget surplus is to be conservative. 
Do not spend it. It is extremely important that we follow the path of 
fiscal responsibility.
  I encourage all Members who are committed to maintaining fiscal 
discipline and maintaining the integrity of the Social Security Trust 
Fund to vote for the Democratic rules package to maintain this fiscal 
discipline.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am awaiting the arrival of the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Bonior). I do not know if he is going to make it, 
but if he does, I will yield in the midst of my speech.
  (Mr. MOAKLEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks, and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I will have a motion to recommit. The motion requires fair committee 
ratios and establishes a point of order to protect Social Security. I 
ask Members to vote for that motion to recommit.
  I also urge Members to vote ``no'' on the previous question, because 
if the previous question is defeated, I will offer an amendment and the 
amendment will provide for a vote in the Committee of the Whole for the 
delegate from the District of Columbia.
  It will also provide access to the House floor for individuals 
needing supporting aids or services.
  It will also prohibit House Members from improperly influencing 
hiring decisions of interest groups and prohibiting House leaders from 
basing decisions about scheduling legislation on patterns of political 
contributions from the interest groups that advocate any kind of 
legislation.
  Also, Mr. Speaker, it would require all bills and all resolutions to 
be written in plain English.
  Mr. Speaker, at this time I will insert for the Record the text of 
the amendment.

     Amendment to H. Res. 5 Offered by Mr. Moakley of Massachusetts

       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 3 of 
     rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(c) In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Delegate to the House from the District of 
     Columbia shall possess the same powers and privileges as 
     Members of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 6 of 
     rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(g) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been 
     decided by a margin within which the vote cast by the 
     Delegate from the District of Columbia has been decisive, the 
     Committee of the Whole shall automatically rise and the 
     Speaker shall put that question de novo without intervening 
     debate or other business. Upon the announcement of the vote 
     on that question, the Committee of the Whole shall resume 
     without intervention.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule IV of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clauses 6 
     and 7 as clauses 7 and 8, respectively, and after clause 5, 
     insert the following new clause:
       ``6. An individual with a disability who is entitled to the 
     privilege of the floor may bring any necessary supporting 
     aids and services (including service dogs, wheelchairs, and 
     interpreters) onto the floor unless the Sergeant-at-Arms 
     determines that the use of such supporting aids and services 
     would place a significant difficulty or expense on the 
     operations of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXIV of 
     the Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clause 
     14 as clause 15, and after clause 13, add the following new 
     clause:
       ``14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may 
     not, in his official capacity, intervene (including 
     threatening to deny access) to prevent the hiring of or to 
     encourage the dismissal of an individual by any lobbying 
     organization, trade association, or law firm based on the 
     political party affiliation of such individual.
       ``(b) A Member who is a member of the leadership may not 
     attempt to intimidate an interest group by threatening to 
     base his decisions about scheduling legislation for 
     consideration by the House based on the pattern of political 
     contributions by such interest group.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, at the end add the 
     following new clauses:
       ``7. A section or other provision of a bill or joint 
     resolution which amends a law shall be in the form of a 
     comparative print of the law proposed to be amended showing 
     by black brackets and italics the omissions and the 
     insertions proposed to be made in the law.
       ``8. An amendment to a section or other provision of a bill 
     or joint resolution which is to be offered when a 
     subcommittee or committee considers such bill or joint 
     resolution or when such bill or joint resolution is to be 
     considered in the House sitting as the Committee of the Whole 
     House shall be in the form of a comparative print of the 
     section or other provision proposed to be amended showing by 
     black brackets and italics the omissions and the insertions 
     proposed to be made in the section or other provision.''.

  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I am going to take the next few minutes to respond to some of the 
criticisms of this package, but I do want to begin, as I had in my 
opening remarks, in underscoring that we are in the midst of what is a 
truly historic and extraordinarily positive development for this House.
  As Speaker Hastert said in his speech that he delivered in the well, 
he wants to rebuild the faith in this institution. There is no doubt 
about the fact that that is necessary, and it is very, very important. 
And while it may be seen by many as simply an inside baseball issue, 
trying to make the process of law-making more understandable for the 
average American is an important thing. Quite frankly, trying to make 
the process of law-making more understandable for the average member of 
the United States Congress is an important thing, and I believe that 
with this bipartisan package which we have been working for 2 years on, 
with the parliamentarians, with the Democratic staff, our very able 
Republican staff, we, I am happy to say, have been able to cut nearly 
in half, from 51 to 28, the number of rules that will govern this 
institution.
  So it seems to me that, having done that, we are making tremendous 
strides.
  Mr. Speaker, it appears that my friend, the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Bonior), is here and might like to make a statement.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley), who has yielded back the balance of his 
time, be able to reclaim time so we can get words of wisdom from my 
very good friend here.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Bonior).
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Moakley) for his leadership.
  I also thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) for his 
courtesies and kindnesses this afternoon in allowing me to add my 
comments to this debate on the rules package.
  Mr. Speaker, we have heard on the floor already this afternoon a lot 
of talk about a new spirit of cooperation; about working together, 
Republicans and Democrats alike. I think this is very encouraging. I 
think this should be nurtured, and I think we should strive in the 
direction of the comments that were made by both the Democratic leader 
and by the new Speaker this afternoon.
  But I think we can begin that process right now, in a few minutes, on 
voting on the rules package. The rules are the rules which will govern 
how we act and how we will relate to each other for the next 2 years, 
what we will be voting on in the next few minutes.
  What we are looking for in order to come the halfway that the 
gentleman from Illinois (Speaker Hastert) mentioned in his speech is 
some sign from the majority that indeed they respect our numbers, they 
respect the fact that we represent 49 percent of this House.
  Those numbers need to be reflected in the committee ratios in which 
we serve. If they are not, if they are not, then literally millions of 
Americans will be disenfranchised from representation on the committees 
that make a difference in their lives.
  I just wanted to add, Mr. Speaker, my comments and thoughts on 
committee ratios. The Democratic package I think is much more balanced, 
much fairer this way. I think it is going to have to be through 
reaching out of this

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kind, something that may not be that well understood in the general 
public, but is certainly understood within this institution. That kind 
of reaching out is just so important and critical in terms of 
developing this relationship that will hopefully produce a productive 
Congress.
  I hope the majority will recognize the fact that we do not have our 
fair ratios on committees, and we need them. I hope Members will 
support our motion to recommit, which will put that in balance.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, in talking about this spirit of bipartisanship that I 
had mentioned earlier, we have in fact worked in a bipartisan way on 
this issue of completely recodifying the rules, going from 51 down to 
28 rules. 1880 is the last time that any kind of project like this was 
undertaken, so I think it has been necessary, and it is very, very 
appropriate.
  We have taken a lot of the outdated and obsolete provisions and made 
them history, and I think now have a package which does not 
substantively change the rules of the House themselves, but does in 
fact create a more understandable, workable process. I am very, very 
encouraged by that, and I am encouraged that the minority has chosen to 
join us in support of it.
  Mr. Speaker, there were a number of provisions that have been raised 
during the past little while, during the debate. I would like to take a 
few minutes, for the Record, to respond to those items, and then we 
will look forward to an exciting vote on the previous question, a 
motion to commit, and then what I hope will be finally passage of this 
measure.
  First, in relation to the question of granting Delegates the right to 
vote with respect to the Committee of the Whole, in 1993 a Federal 
judge found a House rule change to allow Delegate voting in the 
Committee of the Whole could be unconstitutional, so that clearly was 
addressed at that time.
  I want to say, on the issue of social security, I understand the 
desire of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to preserve 
social security, and we are very concerned about the preservation of 
social security, as was stated by the gentleman from Illinois (Speaker 
Hastert) in his opening speech here today.
  But we not only want to preserve social security, we want to 
strengthen it, because preservation of the status quo in fact creates a 
very, very serious problem for those who are looking towards 
retirement. We desperately need to find alternatives for those who want 
to have confidence that their retirement is going to be there. Our goal 
is not only to preserve but to strengthen it, and I think we have a 
very, very good chance to do that.
  With respect to the issues that were raised by two individuals who 
had contacted me, I include for the Record letters that I sent to the 
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand) and the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Nadler).
  The letters referred to are as follows:

                                         House of Representatives,


                                           Committee on Rules,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 1999.
     Hon. Jerrold Nadler,
     Rayburn House Office Building,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Jerry: It was good to talk to you today about your 
     ``Plain English in Law Rule'' proposal. I recall your 
     thoughtfully prepared testimony on H. Res. 529 that you 
     submitted to the House Rules Committee on September 17.
       As you know, clause 3(e) of rule XIII (the Ramseyer rule) 
     provides that whenever a committee reports a bill, a 
     comparative print of the amendment and the statute must be 
     included in its accompanying report or document, if the bill 
     or joint resolution repeals or amends any statute or part of 
     a statute. During consideration of the opening day rules 
     package for the 106th Congress, H. Res. 529 was discussed at 
     great length. However, there is significant concern that the 
     proposal would be difficult to institute in practice, and 
     that it would be cost prohibitive and would tremendously 
     expand the workload of House Legislative Counsel.
       If you would like to discuss this matter in greater detail, 
     please feel free to contact me or Vince Randazzo at 5-9191. 
     As always, I welcome your continued input on ways to improve 
     House procedure.
           Sincerely,
     David Dreier.
                                  ____

                                         House of Representatives,


                                           Committee on Rules,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 1999.
     Hon. Bob Weygand,
     Cannon House Office Building, House of Representatives, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Bob: Thank you for contacting me regarding your 
     proposed amendment to the rules of the House to permit 
     disabled individuals who have access to the House floor to 
     bring supporting services.
       I am aware of your sincere interest in this issue, your 
     testimony before the Rules Committee last September and your 
     correspondence with former Chairman Jerry Solomon.
       I support the objective of your proposal, and have been 
     informed that the Office of the Parliamentarian, the 
     Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Rules Committee staff have all 
     concluded that the existing language of clause 2 of rule IV, 
     relating to the Hall of the House, already permits floor 
     access to those needing support services. While the Senate 
     may have needed an affirmative change in its precedents to 
     achieve this objective, the rules of the House are already 
     flexible enough to allow for such access.
       If you would like to discuss this matter in greater detail, 
     please feel free to contact me or Eric Pelletier at 5-9191. 
     As always, I welcome your continued input on ways to improve 
     House procedure.
           Sincerely,
                                                     David Dreier.

  The gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand) very appropriately 
raises a question or concern about those Members or others who are here 
on the Floor who might need assistance because they would need a seeing 
eye dog, or have some other problem that would lead to them needing 
assistance.
  It is very, very clear in the rules that under the broad guidelines 
that the Speaker has that that authority is there. So we know from 
meetings that have been held with the Clerk and with others who would 
have jurisdiction, and within the Speaker's office, that that is 
clearly addressed and taken care of. If anyone needs any kind of 
assistance here on the Floor, they certainly will be able to utilize 
that.
  With reference to the issue that the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Nadler) raised and discussions that were held in testifying before the 
Committee on Rules, and in conversations that he had with my 
predecessor, Mr. Solomon, we very much want to have the ability for 
Members to see changes in laws side by side, the so-called Ramseyer 
provision which allows that.
  No issue is voted on the House Floor without that provision already 
being put into place. It is there, and so any Member who is prepared to 
vote on an issue today has the opportunity to see what the current law 
is and what the changes are.
  The concern that we have with the provision that has come forward 
from the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) is that every single bill 
that has been introduced, and I myself have introduced five bills 
today, very, very important measures on campaign finance reform; 
dealing with the reduction of the capital gains tax; dealing with 
health care, so that the average American will have a chance to get 
into the Federal Employee Health Benefits program; so people are able 
to use flexible acts, we have lots of legislation that has been put out 
there.
  I do not know exactly how far the measures that I have are going to 
go, but if we look at the tremendous cost burden that would be created 
from putting together that Ramseyer or side-by-side provision in the 
bill, with italics, it would virtually double the length or in many 
cases more than double the length of bills that are there, so the cost 
to the taxpayer would be tremendous.
  But I totally agree with the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) 
that we should not have measures here on the Floor addressed and voted 
on unless we are able to see what kinds of changes are made in current 
law. I think we have addressed a number of these items.
  On the issue of the budget concerns, let me just repeat, as I did in 
my opening remarks, because Congress failed to adopt a concurrent 
budget resolution for fiscal year 1999, the Congressional Budget Act is 
unenforceable, absent the establishment of budget allocations for 
committees in the House, so this does not have the force of law. This 
is simply an internal provision.
  Then I want to address the issue that my friend, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) brought up, the committee ratio question. 
It is a very, very important one and very justifiable, to raise 
questions about it.
  But I would say to my friend that if we look at the past nearly 
quarter of a

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century, over the past quarter of a century Republicans have controlled 
this institution for 4 years. That is 4 out of nearly a quarter of a 
century. We have never in that quarter of a century period seen the 
committee ratios reflect the overall makeup of the House of 
Representatives, especially on those exclusive committees that we have.
  So I think we are following a pattern that is right on target, which 
has been used overwhelmingly by my friends on the other side of the 
aisle, which has been in place here. We are proceeding in a fair and 
balanced way.
  I want to do the best job that I possibly can as chairman of the 
Committee on Rules. I want the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Moakley) for many years to have the opportunity to serve as ranking 
member of the Committee on Rules. I think we can work well together in 
a very fair and balanced way. I do believe that this recodification 
plan is the first in a very, very important pattern that I hope will 
continue in the future.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following amendment, which 
was referred to earlier.
  The amendment referred to is as follows:

Amendment to H. Res. 5 To Be Offered by Mr. Moakley of Massachusetts if 
                   the Previous Question Is Defeated

       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 3 of 
     rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(c) In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Delegate to the House from the District of 
     Columbia shall possess the same powers and privileges as 
     Members of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 6 of 
     rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(g) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been 
     decided by a margin within which the vote cast by the 
     Delegate from the District of Columbia has been decisive, the 
     Committee of the Whole shall automatically rise and the 
     Speaker shall put that question de novo without intervening 
     debate or other business. Upon the announcement of the vote 
     on that question, the Committee of the Whole shall resume 
     without intervention.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule IV of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clauses 6 
     and 7 as clauses 7 and 8, respectively, and after clause 5, 
     insert the following new clause:
       ``6. An individual with a disability who is entitled to the 
     privilege of the floor may bring any necessary supporting 
     aids and services (including service dogs, wheelchairs, and 
     interpreters) onto the floor unless the Sergeant-at-Arms 
     determines that the use of such supporting aids and services 
     would place a significant difficulty or expense on the 
     operations of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXIV of 
     the Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clause 
     14 as clause 15, and after clause 13, add the following new 
     clause:
       ``14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may 
     not, in his official capacity, intervene (including 
     threatening to deny access) to prevent the hiring of or to 
     encourage the dismissal of an individual by any lobbying 
     organization, trade association, or law firm based on the 
     political party affiliation of such individual.
       ``(b) A Member who is a member of the leadership may not 
     attempt to intimidate an interest group by threatening to 
     base his decisions about scheduling legislation for 
     consideration by the House based on the pattern of political 
     contributions by such interest group.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, at the end add the 
     following new clauses:
       ``7. A section or other provision of a bill or joint 
     resolution which amends a law shall be in the form of a 
     comparative print of the law proposed to be amended showing 
     by black brackets and italics the omissions and the 
     insertions proposed to be made in the law.
       ``8. An amendment to a section or other provision of a bill 
     or joint resolution which is to be offered when a 
     subcommittee or committee considers such bill or joint 
     resolution or when such bill or joint resolution is to be 
     considered in the House sitting as the Committee of the Whole 
     House shall be in the form of a comparative print of the 
     section or other provision proposed to be amended showing by 
     black brackets and italics the omissions and the insertions 
     proposed to be made in the section or other provision.''.

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I 
move the previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the yeas appeared to have it.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216, 
nays 207, not voting 4, as follows:

                              [Roll No. 3]

                               YEAS--216

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Upton
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--207

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt

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     Stabenow
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Burr
     Jenkins
     Manzullo
     Pitts

                              {time}  1547


                      Announcement By The Speaker

  The SPEAKER (during the vote). The Chair announces that any Member-
elect who failed to take the oath of office may present himself or 
herself in the well of the House prior to completion of the vote on the 
previous question on the resolution now pending or any other rollcall 
vote.

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