[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 60 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H3393-H3394]
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PUBLICATION OF THE RULES OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE 
                   AND GLOBAL WARMING, 110TH CONGRESS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MARKEY. Madam Speaker, the Select Committee on Energy 
Independence and Global Warming met on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 and 
approved by voice vote and without amendment the following rules to 
govern the activities of the Select Committee during the 110th 
Congress.

   Rules for The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global 
                        Warming, 110th Congress

       Rule 1. General Provisions. The Rules 0f the House are the 
     rules of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and 
     Global Warming (hereinafter ``Committee'') so far as they are 
     applicable.
       Rule 2. Time and Place of Meetings.
       (a) Regular Meeting Days. The Committee shall meet on the 
     first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m., for the consideration 
     of any pending business, if the House is in session on that 
     day. If the House is not in session on that day and the 
     Committee has not met during such month, the Committee shall 
     meet at the earliest practicable opportunity when the House 
     is again in session. The Chairman may, at his discretion, 
     cancel, delay, or defer any meeting required under this 
     section, after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.
       (b) Additional Meetings. The Chairman may call and convene, 
     as he considers necessary, additional meetings of the 
     Committee for the consideration of Committee business. The 
     Committee shall meet for such purposes pursuant to that call 
     of the Chairman.
       (c) Vice Chairman; Presiding Member. The Chairman shall 
     designate a member of the majority party to serve as Vice 
     Chairman of the Committee. The Vice Chairman shall preside at 
     any meeting or hearing during the temporary absence of the 
     Chairman. If the Chairman and Vice Chairman are not present 
     at any meeting or hearing, the most senior present member of 
     the majority party shall preside at the meeting or hearing.
       (d) Open Meetings and Hearings. Each meeting and hearing of 
     the Committee for the transaction of business shall be open 
     to the public, including to radio, television and still 
     photography coverage, consistent with the provisions of Rule 
     XI of the Rules of the House.
       Rule 3. Agenda. The agenda for each Committee meeting other 
     than a hearing, setting out The date, time, place, and all 
     items of business to be considered, shall be provided to each 
     member of the Committee at least 24 hours in advance of such 
     meeting.
       Rule 4. Procedure.
       (a) Hearings. The date, time, place, and subject matter of 
     any hearing of the Committee shall be announced at least one 
     week in advance of the commencement of such hearing, unless 
     the Chairman, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority 
     Member, determines in accordance with clause 2(g)(3) of Rule 
     XI of the Rules of the House, that there is good cause to 
     begin the hearing sooner. In such cases, the Chairman shall 
     make the announcement at the earliest possible date.
       (b) Meetings. The date, time, place, and subject matter of 
     any meeting (other than a hearing) scheduled on a Tuesday, 
     Wednesday, or Thursday when the House is scheduled to be in 
     session shall be announced at least 24 hours (exclusive of 
     Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, except when the House 
     is in session on such days) in advance of the commencement of 
     such meeting.
       (c) Motions. Pursuant to clause 1(a)(2) of rule XI of the 
     Rules of the House, privileged motions to recess from day to 
     day, or recess subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 
     hours), shall be decided without debate.
       (d)(1) Requirements for Testimony. Each witness who is to 
     appear before the Committee shall file with the clerk of the 
     Committee, at least two working days in advance of his or her 
     appearance, sufficient copies, as determined by the Chairman, 
     of a written statement of his or her proposed testimony to 
     provide to members and staff of the Committee, the news 
     media, and the general public. Each witness shall, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, also provide a copy of such 
     written testimony in an electronic format prescribed by the 
     Chairman. Each witness shall limit his or her oral 
     presentation to a brief summary of the testimony. The 
     Chairman, or the presiding member, may waive the requirements 
     of this paragraph or any part thereof.
       (2) Additional Requirements for Testimony. To the greatest 
     extent practicable, the written testimony of each witness 
     appearing in a non-governmental capacity shall include a 
     curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and source 
     (by agency and program) of any federal grant (or subgrant 
     thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) received during 
     the current fiscal year or either of the two preceding fiscal 
     years by the witness or by an entity represented by the 
     witness.
       (A) Questioning Witnesses. The right to question witnesses 
     before the Committee shall alternate between majority and 
     minority members. Each member shall be limited to 5 minutes 
     in the interrogation of witnesses until such time as each 
     member who so desires has had an opportunity to question 
     witnesses. No member shall be recognized for a second period 
     of 5 minutes to interrogate a witness until each member of 
     the Committee present has been recognized once for that 
     purpose. While the Committee is operating under the 5-minute 
     rule for the interrogation of witnesses, the Chairman shall 
     recognize, in order of appearance, members who were not 
     present when the meeting was called to order after all 
     members who were present when the meeting was called to order 
     have been recognized in the order of seniority on the 
     Committee.
       (B) Questions for the Record. Subject to the Rules of the 
     House, each member may submit to the Chairman additional 
     questions for the record, to be answered by the witnesses who 
     have appeared. Each member shall provide a copy of the 
     questions in an electronic format to the clerk of the 
     Committee no later than ten business days following a 
     hearing. The Chairman shall transmit all questions received 
     from members of the Committee to the appropriate witness and 
     include the transmittal letter and the responses from the 
     witnesses in the hearing record.
       (C) Opening Statements. (1) All written opening statements 
     at hearings conducted by the Committee shall be made part of 
     the permanent hearing record.
       (2) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member (or their 
     respective designees) are entitled to deliver a 5 minute 
     opening statement prior to the recognition of the first 
     witness for testimony. Opening statements by other members of 
     the Committee are subject to the discretion of the 
     Chairman.
       Rule 5. Waiver of Agenda, Notice, and Opening Statement 
     Requirements. Requirements of rules 3, 4(a)(1), 4(a)(2), and 
     4(d) may be waived for good cause by the Chairman, with the 
     concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member.
       Rule 6. Quorum. Testimony may be taken and evidence 
     received at any hearing at which there are present not fewer 
     than two members of the Committee. A majority of the members 
     of the Committee shall constitute a quorum when otherwise 
     required by the Rules of the House. For the purposes of 
     taking any action other than those specified in the preceding 
     sentences, one third of the members of the Committee shall 
     constitute a quorum.
       Rule 7. Journal. The proceedings of the Committee shall be 
     recorded in a journal which shall, among other things, show 
     those present at each meeting and hearing, and shall include 
     a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote 
     is demanded, a description of the motion, order, or other 
     proposition voted, and the name of each member voting for and 
     each member voting against such motion, order, or 
     proposition, and the names of those members voting present. A 
     copy of the journal shall be furnished to the Ranking 
     Minority Member and made available to the public in a timely 
     fashion.
       Rule 8. Committee Professional and Clerical Staff.
       (a) Committee staff members are subject to the provisions 
     of clause 9 of Rule X, as well as any written personnel 
     policies the Committee may from time to time adopt. The 
     Chairman shall determine the remuneration of legislative and 
     administrative employees of the Committee.
       (b) The Chairman shall appoint, and may remove, the 
     legislative and administrative employees of the Committee not 
     assigned to the minority.
       (c) Minority Professional Staff. Professional staff members 
     appointed pursuant to clause 9 of Rule X of the House of 
     Representatives, who are assigned to the Ranking Minority 
     Member, and not to the Chairman, shall be assigned to such 
     Committee business as the Ranking Minority Member considers 
     advisable.
       (d) Additional Staff Appointments. In addition to the 
     professional staff appointed pursuant to clause 9 of Rule X 
     of the House of Representatives, the Chairman shall be 
     entitled to make such appointments to the clerical staff of 
     the Committee as may be provided within the budget approved 
     for such purposes by the Committee. Such appointees

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     shall be assigned to such business of the Committee as the 
     Chairman considers advisable.
       Rule 9. Supervision, Duties of Staff.
       (a) Committee staff members are subject to the provisions 
     of clause 9(b) of Rule X.
       (b) Supervision of Majority Staff. The professional and 
     clerical staff of the Committee not assigned to the minority 
     shall be under the supervision and direction of the Chairman, 
     who shall establish and assign the duties and 
     responsibilities of such staff members and delegate such 
     authority as he determines appropriate.
       (c) Supervision of Minority Staff. The professional and 
     clerical staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
     supervision and direction of the Ranking Minority Member, who 
     shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities of 
     such staff members and delegate such authority as he 
     determines appropriate.
       Rule 10. Committee Expenditures. Copies of each monthly 
     report (prepared by the Chairman of the Committee on House 
     Administration and showing expenditures made during the 
     reporting period and cumulative for the year by the 
     Committee), anticipated expenditures for the projected 
     Committee program, and detailed information on travel, shall 
     be available to each member.
       Rule 11. Broadcasting of Committee Hearings. Any meeting or 
     hearing that is open to the public may be covered in whole or 
     in part by radio or television or still photography, subject 
     to the requirements of clause 4 of Rule XI of the Rules of 
     the House. The coverage of any hearing or other proceeding of 
     the Committee by television, radio, or still photography 
     shall be under the direct supervision of the Chairman and may 
     be terminated in accordance with the Rules of the House.
       Rule 12. Subpoenas. The Committee may authorize and issue a 
     subpoena under clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the House.
       Rule 13. Travel of Members and Staff.
       (a) Approval of Travel. Consistent with the primary expense 
     resolution and such additional expense resolutions as may 
     have been approved, travel to be reimbursed from funds set 
     aside for the Committee for any member or any staff member 
     shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
     Chairman. Travel may be authorized by the Chairman for any 
     member and any staff member in connection with the attendance 
     of hearings conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee 
     thereof and meetings, conferences, and investigations which 
     involve activities or subject matter under the general 
     jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such authorization is 
     given there shall be submitted to the Chairman, in writing, 
     the following: (1) the purpose of the travel; (2) the dates 
     during which the travel is to be made and the date or dates 
     of the event for which the travel is being made; (3) the 
     location of the event for which the travel is to be made; and 
     (4) the names of members and staff seeking authorization.
       (b) Approval of Travel by Minority Members and Staff. In 
     the case of travel by minority party members and minority 
     party professional staff for the purpose set out in paragraph 
     (a), the prior approval, not only of the Chairman but also of 
     the Ranking Minority Member, shall be required. Such prior 
     authorization shall be given by the Chairman only upon the 
     representation by the Ranking Minority Member, in writing, 
     setting forth those items enumerated in (1), (2), (3), and 
     (4) of paragraph (a).

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