[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 25 (Friday, February 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H578-H586]
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                     PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES


  Rules of the Committee on Financial Services for the 113th Congress

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I submit for publication the attached 
copy of the rules of the Committee on Financial Services for the 113th 
Congress:

                                 Rule 1


                           general provisions

       (a) The rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
     on Financial Services (hereinafter in these rules referred to 
     as the

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     ``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far as applicable, 
     except that 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, are privileged 
     motions in the Committee and shall be considered without 
     debate. A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
     considered as read if it has been available to the members of 
     the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
     Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in 
     session on such day).
       (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is 
     subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and 
     to its rules so far as applicable.
       (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of 
     the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the 
     Committee to the extent applicable.

                                 Rule 2


                                MEETINGS

                          Calling of Meetings

       (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet on the first 
     Tuesday of each month when the House is in session.
       (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
     with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee 
     (hereinafter in these rules referred to as the ``Chair''), 
     there is no need for the meeting.
       (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
     Committee may be called by the Chair, in accordance with 
     clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of the rules of the House.
       (4) Special meetings shall be called and convened by the 
     Chair as provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules 
     of the House.

                          Notice for Meetings

       (b)(1) The Chair shall notify each member of the Committee 
     of the agenda of each regular meeting of the Committee at 
     least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 
     legal holidays except when the House is in session on any 
     such day) before the time of the meeting.
       (2) The Chair shall provide to each member of the 
     Committee, at least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, 
     Sundays, and legal holidays except when the House is in 
     session on any such day) before the time of each regular 
     meeting for each measure or matter on the agenda a copy of--
       (A) the measure or materials relating to the matter in 
     question; and
       (B) an explanation of the measure or matter to be 
     considered, which, in the case of an explanation of a bill, 
     resolution, or similar measure, shall include a summary of 
     the major provisions of the legislation, an explanation of 
     the relationship of the measure to present law, and a summary 
     of the need for the legislation.
       (3) At least 24 hours prior to the commencement of a 
     meeting for the markup of legislation, the Chair shall cause 
     the text of such legislation to be made publicly available in 
     electronic form.
       (4) The provisions of this subsection may be waived by a 
     two-thirds vote of the Committee or by the Chair with the 
     concurrence of the ranking minority member.

                                 Rule 3


                     MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES

                               In General

       (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
     called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the 
     Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the 
     Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority 
     member of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
       (2) Meetings and hearings of the committee shall be open to 
     the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of 
     rule XI of the Rules of the House.
       (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to 
     the public shall be open to coverage by television broadcast, 
     radio broadcast, and still photography in accordance with the 
     provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
     (which are incorporated by reference as part of these rules). 
     Operation and use of any Committee operated broadcast system 
     shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance with clause 
     4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable rules of the 
     Committee and the House.
       (4) To the extent feasible, members and witnesses may use 
     the Committee equipment for the purpose of presenting 
     information electronically during a meeting or hearing, 
     provided the information is transmitted to the appropriate 
     Committee staff in an appropriate electronic format at least 
     one business day before the meeting or hearing so as to 
     ensure display capacity and quality. The content of all 
     materials must relate to the pending business of the 
     Committee and conform to the rules of the House. The 
     confidentiality of the material will be maintained by the 
     technical staff until its official presentation to the 
     Committee members. For the purposes of maintaining the 
     official records of the committee, printed copies of all 
     materials presented, to the extent practicable, must 
     accompany the presentations.
       (5) No person, other than a Member of Congress, Committee 
     staff, or an employee of a Member when that Member has an 
     amendment under consideration, may stand in or be seated at 
     the rostrum area of the Committee rooms unless the Chair 
     determines otherwise.

                                 Quorum

       (b)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
     evidence, two members of the Committee shall constitute a 
     quorum.
       (2) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
     constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure 
     or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or 
     hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule XI of the rules of 
     the House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)) 
     or of releasing executive session material pursuant to clause 
     2(k)(7) of rule XI of the rules of the House.
       (3) For the purpose of taking any action other than those 
     specified in paragraph (2) one-third of the members of the 
     Committee shall constitute a quorum.

                                 Voting

       (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or matter 
     pending before the Committee unless the requisite number of 
     members of the Committee is actually present for such 
     purpose,
       (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any 
     question before the Committee upon the request of one-fifth 
     of the members present.
       (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure 
     or matter may be cast by proxy.
       (4) In addition to any other requirement of these rules or 
     the Rules of the House, including clause 2(e)(1)(B) of rule 
     XI, the Chair shall make the record of the votes on any 
     question on which a record vote is demanded publicly 
     available for inspection at the offices of the Committee and 
     in electronic form on the Committee's Web site not later than 
     one business day after such vote is taken. Such record shall 
     include in electronic form the text 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. With respect to any record 
     vote on any motion to report or record vote on any amendment, 
     a record of such votes shall be included in the report of the 
     Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and 
     against and the names of those members of the committee 
     present but not voting.
       (5) Postponed Record Votes.--(A) Subject to subparagraph 
     (B), the Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a 
     record vote is ordered on the question of approving any 
     measure or matter or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may 
     resume proceedings on a postponed request at any time, but no 
     later than the next meeting day.
       (B) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
     (A), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps necessary 
     to notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
     postponed record vote.
       (C) When proceedings resume on a postponed question, not 
     withstanding any intervening order for the previous question, 
     an underlying proposition shall remain subject to further 
     debate or amendment to the same extent as when the question 
     was postponed.

                           Hearing Procedures

       (d)(1)(A) The Chair shall make public announcement of the 
     date, place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at 
     least one week before the commencement of the hearing, unless 
     the Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority 
     member, or the Committee by majority vote with a quorum 
     present for the transaction of business, determines there is 
     good cause to begin the hearing sooner, in which case the 
     Chair shall make the announcement at the earliest possible 
     date.
       (B) Not less than three days before the commencement of a 
     hearing announced under this paragraph, the Chair shall 
     provide to the members of the Committee a concise summary of 
     the subject of the hearing, or, in the case of a hearing on a 
     measure or matter, a copy of the measure or materials 
     relating to the matter in question and a concise explanation 
     of the measure or matter to be considered. At the same time 
     the Chair provides the information required by the preceding 
     sentence, the Chair shall also provide to the members of the 
     Committee a final list consisting of the names of each 
     witness who is to appear before the Committee at that 
     hearing. The witness list may not be modified within 24 hours 
     of a hearing, unless the Chair, with the concurrence of the 
     ranking minority member, determines there is good cause for 
     such modification.
       (2) To the greatest extent practicable--
       (A) each witness who is to appear before the Committee 
     shall file with the Committee two business days in advance of 
     the appearance sufficient copies (including a copy in 
     electronic form), as determined by the Chair, of a written 
     statement of proposed testimony and shall limit the oral 
     presentation to the Committee to brief summary thereof; and
       (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental capacity 
     shall include with the written statement of proposed 
     testimony 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. Such disclosure statements, with 
     appropriate redactions to protect the privacy of the witness, 
     shall be made publicly available in electronic form not later 
     than one day after the witness appears.
       (3) The requirements of paragraph (2)(A) may be modified or 
     waived by the Chair when the Chair determines it to be in the 
     best interest of the Committee.

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       (4) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
     interrogation of witnesses before the Committee until each 
     member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question 
     the witnesses. No member shall be recognized for a second 
     period of five minutes to interrogate witnesses until each 
     member of the Committee present has been recognized once for 
     that purpose.
       (5) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on 
     any measure or matter, the minority party members of the 
     Committee shall be entitled, upon the request of a majority 
     of them before the completion of the hearing, to call 
     witnesses with respect to that measure or matter during at 
     least one day of hearing thereon.
       (6) At any hearing of the Committee for the purpose of 
     receiving testimony (other than testimony described in 
     clauses (i) or (ii) of subsection (f)(2)(A)), the Chair may, 
     after consultation with the ranking minority member, limit 
     the duration of opening statements to 20 minutes to be 
     divided equally between and controlled by the Chair and the 
     ranking minority member or their respective designees. At any 
     hearing of the Committee for the purpose of receiving 
     testimony described in clauses (i) or (ii) of subsection 
     (f)(2)(A), the Chair may, after consultation with the ranking 
     minority member, limit the duration of opening statements to 
     16 minutes to be divided equally between and controlled by 
     the Chair and the ranking minority member or their respective 
     designees. The duration for all opening statements provided 
     in this subsection for any hearing may be extended by 
     agreement between the Chair and ranking minority member 
     provided that any such extended time be equally divided 
     between and controlled by the Chair and ranking minority 
     member or their designees.
       (7) Notwithstanding any member's oral delivery of an 
     opening statement, written opening statements by any member 
     of the Committee submitted to the Chair within 5 legislative 
     days after the adjournment of a hearing shall be made a part 
     of the official hearing record thereof.
       (8) Subsections (6) and (7) shall apply with equal force to 
     hearings held by the subcommittees of the Committee.

                          Subpoenas and Oaths

       (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of 
     the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
     Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any 
     investigation or series of investigations or activities, only 
     when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a 
     majority being present, or pursuant to paragraph (2).
       (2) The Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority 
     member, may authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause 
     during any period for which the House has adjourned for a 
     period in excess of three days when, in the opinion of the 
     Chair, authorization and issuance of the subpoena is 
     necessary to obtain the material or testimony set forth in 
     the subpoena. The Chair shall report to the members of the 
     Committee on the authorization and issuance of a subpoena 
     during the recess period as soon as practicable, but in no 
     event later than one week after service of such subpoena.
       (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by 
     any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by 
     any person designated by the Chair or such member.
       (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by 
     the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the 
     Committee.

                           Special Procedures

       (f)(1)(A) Commemorative Medals and Coins.--It shall not be 
     in order for the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and 
     Technology to hold a hearing on any commemorative medal or 
     commemorative coin legislation unless the legislation is 
     cosponsored by at least two-thirds of the members of the 
     House.
       (B) It shall not be in order for the subcommittee to 
     approve a bill or measure authorizing commemorative coins for 
     consideration by the full Committee which does not conform 
     with the mintage restrictions established by section 5112 of 
     title 31, United States Code.
       (C) In considering legislation authorizing Congressional 
     gold medals, the subcommittee shall apply the following 
     standards--
       (i) the recipient shall be a natural person;
       (ii) the recipient shall have performed an achievement that 
     has an impact on American history and culture that is likely 
     to be recognized as a major achievement in the recipient's 
     field long after the achievement;
       (iii) the recipient shall not have received a medal 
     previously for the same or substantially the same 
     achievement;
       (iv) the recipient shall be living or, if deceased, shall 
     have been deceased for not less than five years and not more 
     than twenty five years;
       (v) the achievements were performed in the recipient's 
     field of endeavor, and represent either a lifetime of 
     continuous superior achievements or a single achievement so 
     significant that the recipient is recognized and acclaimed by 
     others in the same field, as evidenced by the recipient 
     having received the highest honors in the field.
       (2) Testimony of Certain Officials.--
       (A) When the Chair announces a hearing of the Committee for 
     the purpose of receiving--
       (i) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve 
     Board pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act (12 
     U.S.C. 221 et seq.), or
       (ii) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve 
     Board or a member of the President's cabinet at the 
     invitation of the Chair,

     the Chair may, in consultation with the ranking minority 
     member, limit the number and duration of opening statements 
     to be delivered at such hearing. The limitation shall be 
     included in the announcement made pursuant to subsection 
     (d)(1)(A), and shall provide that the opening statements of 
     all members of the Committee shall be made a part of the 
     hearing record.

                                 Rule 4


              PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING MEASURES OR MATTERS

       (a) No measure or matter shall be reported from the 
     Committee unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
     present.
       (b) The Chair of the Committee shall report or cause to be 
     reported promptly to the House any measure approved by the 
     Committee and take necessary steps to bring a matter to a 
     vote.
       (c) The report of the Committee on a measure which 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 there has been filed with the 
     clerk of the Committee a written request, signed by a 
     majority of the members of the Committee, for the reporting 
     of that measure pursuant to the provisions of clause 2(b)(2) 
     of rule XIII of the Rules of the House.
       (d) All reports printed by the Committee pursuant to a 
     legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
     majority vote of the Committee shall contain the following 
     disclaimer on the cover of such report: ``This report has not 
     been officially adopted by the Committee on Financial 
     Services and may not necessarily reflect the views of its 
     Members.''
       (e) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
     of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chair 
     considers it appropriate.

                                 Rule 5


                             SUBCOMMITTEES

          Establishment and Responsibilities of Subcommittees

       (a)(1) There shall be five subcommittees of the Committee 
     as follows:
       (A) Subcommittee on capital markets and government 
     sponsored enterprises.--The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
     on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises 
     includes--
       (i) securities, exchanges, and finance;
       (ii) capital markets activities, including business capital 
     formation and venture capital;
       (iii) activities involving futures, forwards, options, and 
     other types of derivative instruments;
       (iv) the Securities and Exchange Commission;
       (v) secondary market organizations for home mortgages, 
     including the Federal National Mortgage Association, the 
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal 
     Agricultural Mortgage Corporation;
       (vi) the Federal Housing Finance Agency; and
       (vii) the Federal Home Loan Banks.
       (B) Subcommittee on financial institutions and consumer 
     credit.--The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Financial 
     Institutions and Consumer Credit includes--
       (i) all agencies, including the Office of the Comptroller 
     of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
     Federal Reserve System, and the National Credit Union 
     Administration, which directly or indirectly exercise 
     supervisory or regulatory authority in connection with, or 
     provide deposit insurance for, financial institutions, and 
     the establishment of interest rate ceilings on deposits;
       (ii) all matters related to the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection;
       (iii) the chartering, branching, merger, acquisition, 
     consolidation, or conversion of financial institutions;
       (iv) consumer credit, including the provision of consumer 
     credit by insurance companies, and further including those 
     matters in the Consumer Credit Protection Act dealing with 
     truth in lending, extortionate credit transactions, 
     restrictions on garnishments, fair credit reporting and the 
     use of credit information by credit bureaus and credit 
     providers, equal credit opportunity, debt collection 
     practices, and electronic funds transfers, including consumer 
     transactions using mobile devices;
       (v) creditor remedies and debtor defenses, Federal aspects 
     of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, credit and debit cards, 
     and the preemption of State usury laws;
       (vi) consumer access to financial services, including the 
     Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Community Reinvestment 
     Act;
       (vii) the terms and rules of disclosure of financial 
     services, including the advertisement, promotion and pricing 
     of financial services, and availability of government check 
     cashing services;
       (viii) deposit insurance; and
       (ix) consumer access to savings accounts and checking 
     accounts in financial institutions, including lifeline 
     banking and other consumer accounts.
       (C) Subcommittee on housing and insurance.--The 
     jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
     includes--
       (i) insurance generally; terrorism risk insurance; private 
     mortgage insurance; government sponsored insurance programs, 
     including those offering protection against crime,

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     fire, flood (and related land use controls), earthquake and 
     other natural hazards; the Federal Insurance Office;
       (ii) housing (except programs administered by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs), including mortgage and loan 
     insurance pursuant to the National Housing Act; rural 
     housing; housing and homeless assistance programs; all 
     activities of the Government National Mortgage Association; 
     housing construction and design and safety standards; 
     housing-related energy conservation; housing research and 
     demonstration programs; financial and technical assistance 
     for nonprofit housing sponsors; housing counseling and 
     technical assistance; regulation of the housing industry 
     (including landlord/tenant relations); and real estate 
     lending including regulation of settlement procedures;
       (iii) community development and community and neighborhood 
     planning, training and research; national urban growth 
     policies; urban/rural research and technologies; and 
     regulation of interstate land sales; and,
       (iv) the qualifications for and designation of Empowerment 
     Zones and Enterprise Communities (other than matters relating 
     to tax benefits).
       (D) Subcommittee on monetary policy and trade.--The 
     jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade 
     includes--
       (i) financial aid to all sectors and elements within the 
     economy;
       (ii) economic growth and stabilization;
       (iii) defense production matters as contained in the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended;
       (iv) domestic monetary policy, and agencies which directly 
     or indirectly affect domestic monetary policy, including the 
     effect of such policy and other financial actions on interest 
     rates, the allocation of credit, and the structure and 
     functioning of domestic financial institutions;
       (v) coins, coinage, currency, and medals, including 
     commemorative coins and medals, proof and mint sets and other 
     special coins, the Coinage Act of 1965, gold and silver, 
     including the coinage thereof (but not the par value of 
     gold), gold medals, counterfeiting, currency denominations 
     and design, the distribution of coins, and the operations of 
     the Bureau of the Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and 
     Printing;
       (vi) development of new or alternative forms of currency;
       (vii) multilateral development lending institutions, 
     including activities of the National Advisory Council on 
     International Monetary and Financial Policies as related 
     thereto, and monetary and financial developments as they 
     relate to the activities and objectives of such institutions;
       (viii) international trade, including but not limited to 
     the activities of the Export-Import Bank;
       (ix) the International Monetary Fund, its permanent and 
     temporary agencies, and all matters related thereto; and
       (x) international investment policies, both as they relate 
     to United States investments for trade purposes by citizens 
     of the United States and investments made by all foreign 
     entities in the United States.
       (E) Subcommittee on oversight and investigations.--The 
     jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
     Investigations includes--
       (i) the oversight of all agencies, departments, programs, 
     and matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, 
     including the development of recommendations with regard to 
     the necessity or desirability of enacting, changing, or 
     repealing any legislation within the jurisdiction of the 
     Committee, and for conducting investigations within such 
     jurisdiction; and
       (ii) research and analysis regarding matters within the 
     jurisdiction of the Committee, including the impact or 
     probable impact of tax policies affecting matters within the 
     jurisdiction of the Committee.
       (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
     responsibility for such other measures or matters as the 
     Chair refers to it.
       (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and 
     study, on a continuing basis, the application, 
     administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, 
     or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within its 
     general responsibility.

           Referral of Measures and Matters to Subcommittees

       (b)(1) The Chair shall regularly refer to one or more 
     subcommittees such measures and matters as the Chair deems 
     appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities. In 
     making such a referral, the Chair may designate a 
     subcommittee of primary jurisdiction and subcommittees of 
     additional or sequential jurisdiction.
       (2) All other measures or matters shall be subject to 
     consideration by the full Committee.
       (3) In referring any measure or matter to a subcommittee, 
     the Chair may specify a date by which the subcommittee shall 
     report thereon to the Committee.
       (4) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee 
     from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a 
     subcommittee of the Committee.

                      Composition of Subcommittees

       (c)(1) Members shall be elected to each subcommittee and to 
     the positions of chair and ranking minority member thereof, 
     in accordance with the rules of the respective party 
     caucuses. The Chair of the Committee shall designate a member 
     of the majority party on each subcommittee as its vice chair. 
     The Chair may designate one member of the Committee who 
     previously has served as the chairman of the Committee as the 
     Chairman Emeritus.
       (2) The Chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
     shall be ex officio members with voting privileges of each 
     subcommittee of which they are not assigned as members and 
     may be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum in such 
     subcommittees. The Chairman Emeritus shall be an ex officio 
     member without voting privileges of each subcommittee to 
     which he or she is not assigned and shall not count for 
     purposes of establishing a quorum in such subcommittees.
       (3) The subcommittees shall be comprised as follows:
       (A) The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government 
     Sponsored Enterprises shall be comprised of 33 members, 18 
     elected by the majority caucus and 15 elected by the minority 
     caucus.
       (B) The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
     Credit shall be comprised of 31 members, 17 elected by the 
     majority caucus and 14 elected by the minority caucus.
       (C) The Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance shall be 
     comprised of 20 members, 11 elected by the majority caucus 
     and 9 elected by the minority caucus.
       (D) The Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade shall be 
     comprised of 20 members, 11 elected by the majority caucus 
     and 9 elected by the minority caucus.
       (E) The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations shall 
     be comprised of 20 members, 11 elected by the majority caucus 
     and 9 elected by the minority caucus.

                   Subcommittee Meetings and Hearings

       (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
     meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
     and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
     referred to it, consistent with subsection (a).
       (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
     hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the 
     Committee.
       (3) The chair of each subcommittee shall set hearing and 
     meeting dates only with the approval of the Chair with a view 
     toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and 
     avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and 
     subcommittee meetings or hearings.

                          Effect of a Vacancy

       (e) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall 
     not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the 
     functions of the subcommittee as long as the required quorum 
     is present.

                                Records

       (f) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the 
     full Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in 
     the subcommittee and such other records with respect to the 
     subcommittee as the Chair deems necessary for the Committee 
     to comply with all rules and regulations of the House.

                                 Rule 6


                                 STAFF

                               In General

       (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     professional and other staff of the Committee shall be 
     appointed, and may be removed by the Chair, and shall work 
     under the general supervision and direction of the Chair.
       (2) All professional and other staff provided to the 
     minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, 
     and may be removed, by the ranking minority member of the 
     Committee, and shall work under the general supervision and 
     direction of such member.
       (3) It is intended that the skills and experience of all 
     members of the Committee staff be available to all members of 
     the Committee.

                           Subcommittee Staff

       (b) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, 
     the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of 
     rule X of the Rules of the House, ensure that sufficient 
     staff is made available so that each subcommittee can carry 
     out its responsibilities under the rules of the Committee and 
     that the minority party is treated fairly in the appointment 
     of such staff.

                         Compensation of Staff

       (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Chair shall 
     fix the compensation of all professional and other staff of 
     the Committee.
       (2) The ranking minority member shall fix the compensation 
     of all professional and other staff provided to the minority 
     party members of the Committee.

                                 Rule 7


                           BUDGET AND TRAVEL

                                 Budget

       (a)(1) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the 
     Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing 
     amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other 
     expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.
       (2) From the amount provided to the Committee in the 
     primary expense resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives, the Chair, after consultation with the 
     ranking minority member, shall designate an amount to be 
     under the direction of the ranking minority member for the 
     compensation of the

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     minority staff, travel expenses of minority members and 
     staff, and minority office expenses. All expenses of minority 
     members and staff shall be paid for out of the amount so set 
     aside.

                                 Travel

       (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and 
     any staff member of the Committee in connection with 
     activities or subject matters under the general jurisdiction 
     of the Committee. Before such authorization is granted, there 
     shall be submitted to the Chair in writing the following:
       (A) The purpose of the travel.
       (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
       (C) The names of the States or countries to be visited and 
     the length of time to be spent in each.
       (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee for 
     whom the authorization is sought.
       (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written 
     report to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under 
     this subsection, including a description of their itinerary, 
     expenses, and activities, and of pertinent information gained 
     as a result of such travel.
       (3) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
     authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
     applicable laws, resolutions, and regulations of the House 
     and of the Committee on House Administration.

                                 Rule 8


                        COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION

                                Records

       (a)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular 
     meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may 
     be printed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a 
     majority of the members of the Committee requests such 
     printing. Any such transcripts shall be 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. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
     require that all such transcripts be subject to correction 
     and publication.
       (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the 
     Committee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain 
     all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI of the 
     Rules of the House and shall be available in electronic form 
     and for public inspection at reasonable times in the offices 
     of the Committee.
       (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
     files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
     congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the 
     property of the House, and all Members of the House shall 
     have access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI 
     of the Rules of the House.
       (4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
     and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
     use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives. The Chair shall notify the ranking minority 
     member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
     4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, 
     and the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
     determination on written request of any member of the 
     Committee.

                 Committee Publications on the Internet

       (b) The Chair shall maintain an official Committee website 
     for the purpose of carrying out the official responsibilities 
     of the Committee, including communicating information about 
     the Committee's activities. The ranking minority member may 
     maintain an official website. To the maximum extent feasible, 
     the Committee shall make its publications available in 
     electronic form on the official Committee website maintained 
     by the Chair.

      Audio and Video Coverage of Committee Hearings and Meetings

       (c)(1) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
     provide audio and video coverage of each hearing or meeting 
     for the transaction of business in a manner that allows the 
     public to easily listen to and view the proceedings; and,
       (2) maintain the recordings of such coverage in a manner 
     that is easily accessible to the public.

                               APPENDIX 1


 Applicable Provisions of Clauses 1, 2, and 4 of Rule XI and Clauses 2 
and 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 
                             113th Congress

                            January 3, 2013

       Rule XI: Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business


             Clauses 1 and 2: Rules for Standing Committees

       In general
       1. (a)(1)(A) The Rules of the House are the rules of its 
     committees and subcommittees so far as applicable.
       (B) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is 
     subject to the authority and direction of that committee and 
     to its rules, so far as applicable.
       (2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee--
       (i) a motion to recess from day to day, or to recess 
     subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 hours), shall be 
     privileged; and
       (ii) a motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) 
     of a bill or resolution shall be privileged if printed copies 
     are available.
       (B) A motion accorded privilege under this subparagraph 
     shall be decided without debate.
       (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such 
     investigations and studies as it considers necessary or 
     appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under 
     rule X. Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
     required by clause 6 of rule X, each committee may incur 
     expenses, including travel expenses, in connection with such 
     investigations and studies.
       (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(k)(1) 
     of rule X.
       (d)(1) Not later than January 2 of each year, a committee 
     shall submit to the House a report on the activities of that 
     committee.
       (2) Such report shall include--
       (A) separate sections summarizing the legislative and 
     oversight activities of that committee under this rule and 
     rule X during the applicable period;
       (B) in the case of the first such report in each Congress, 
     a summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee 
     under clause 2(d) of rule X;
       (C) a summary of the actions taken and recommendations made 
     with respect to the oversight plans specified in subdivision 
     (B);
       (D) a summary of any additional oversight activities 
     undertaken by that committee and any recommendations made or 
     actions taken thereon; and
       (E) a delineation of any hearings held pursuant to clauses 
     2(n), (o), or (p) of this rule.
       (3) After an adjournment sine die of a regular session of a 
     Congress, or after December 15, whichever occurs first, the 
     chair of a committee may file the report described in 
     subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time and without 
     approval of the committee, provided that--
       (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 make its rules publicly available 
     in electronic form and submit such rules for publication in 
     the Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the 
     chair of the committee is elected in each odd-numbered year.
       (3) A committee may adopt a rule providing that the chair 
     be directed to offer a motion under clause 1 of rule XXII 
     whenever the chair considers it appropriate.
       Regular meeting days
       (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular meeting 
     days for the conduct of its business, which shall be not less 
     frequent than monthly. Each such committee shall meet for the 
     consideration of a bill or resolution pending before the 
     committee or the transaction of other committee business on 
     all regular meeting days fixed by the committee if notice is 
     given pursuant to paragraph (g)(3).
       Additional and special meetings
       (c)(1) The chair of each standing committee may call and 
     convene, as the chair considers necessary, additional and 
     special meetings of the committee for the consideration of a 
     bill or resolution pending before the committee or for the 
     conduct of other committee business, subject to such rules as 
     the committee may adopt. The committee shall meet for such 
     purpose under that call of the chair.
       (2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file 
     in the offices of the committee a written request that the 
     chair call a special meeting of the committee. Such request 
     shall specify the measure or matter to be considered. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the 
     committee shall notify the chair of the filing of the 
     request. If the chair does not call the requested

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     special meeting within three calendar days after the filing 
     of the request (to be held within seven calendar days after 
     the filing of the request) a majority of the members of the 
     committee may file in the offices of the committee their 
     written notice that a special meeting of the committee will 
     be held. The written notice shall specify the date and hour 
     of the special meeting and the measure or matter to be 
     considered. The committee shall meet on that date and hour. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the 
     committee shall notify all members of the committee that such 
     special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and 
     hour and the measure or matter to be considered. Such notice 
     shall also be made publicly available in electronic form and 
     shall be deemed to satisfy paragraph (g)(3)(A)(ii). Only the 
     measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered 
     at that special meeting.
       Temporary absence of chair
       (d) A member of the majority party on each standing 
     committee or subcommittee thereof shall be designated by the 
     chair of the full committee as the vice chair of the 
     committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall 
     preside during the absence of the chair from any meeting. If 
     the chair and vice chair of a committee or subcommittee are 
     not present at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, 
     the ranking majority member who is present shall preside at 
     that meeting.
       Committee records
       (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record of 
     all committee action which shall include--
       (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 taken.
       (B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (B)(ii) and 
     subject to paragraph (k)(7), the result of each such record 
     vote shall be made available by the committee for inspection 
     by the public at reasonable times in its offices and also 
     made publicly available in electronic form within 48 hours of 
     such record vote. Information so available shall include a 
     description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
     proposition, the name of each member voting for and each 
     member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
     proposition, and the names of those members of the committee 
     present but not voting.
       (ii) The result of any record vote taken in executive 
     session in the Committee on Ethics may not be made available 
     for inspection by the public without an affirmative vote of a 
     majority of the members of the committee.
       (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee 
     records (including hearings, data, charts, and files) shall 
     be kept separate and distinct from the congressional office 
     records of the member serving as its chair. Such records 
     shall be the property of the House, and each Member, 
     Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner shall have access 
     thereto.
       (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other 
     than members of the Committee on Ethics, may not have access 
     to the records of that committee respecting the conduct of a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House without the specific prior permission of that 
     committee.
       (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.
       (5) To the maximum extent practicable, each committee 
     shall--
       (A) provide audio and video coverage of each hearing or 
     meeting for the transaction of business in a manner that 
     allows the public to easily listen to and view the 
     proceedings; and
       (B) maintain the recordings of such coverage in a manner 
     that is easily accessible to the public.
       (6) Not later than 24 hours after the adoption of any 
     amendment to a measure or matter considered by a committee, 
     the chair of such committee shall cause the text of each such 
     amendment to be made publicly available in electronic form.
       Prohibition against proxy voting
       (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee with 
     respect to any measure or matter may not be cast by proxy.
       Open meetings and hearings
       (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
     including the markup of legislation, by a standing committee 
     or subcommittee thereof (other than the Committee on Ethics 
     or its subcommittees) shall be open to the public, including 
     to radio, television, and still photography coverage, except 
     when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with 
     a majority present, determines by record vote that all or 
     part of the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be in 
     executive session because disclosure of matters to be 
     considered would endanger national security, would compromise 
     sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to defame, 
     degrade, or incriminate any person, or otherwise would 
     violate a law or rule of the House. Persons, other than 
     members of the committee and such noncommittee Members, 
     Delegates, Resident Commissioner, congressional staff, or 
     departmental representatives as the committee may authorize, 
     may not be present at a business or markup session that is 
     held in executive session. This subparagraph does not apply 
     to open committee hearings, which are governed by clause 
     4(a)(1) of rule X or by subparagraph (2).
       (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or 
     subcommittee (other than the Committee on Ethics or its 
     subcommittees) shall be open to the public, including to 
     radio, television, and still photography coverage, except 
     when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with 
     a majority present, determines by record vote that all or 
     part of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be 
     closed to the public because disclosure of testimony, 
     evidence, or other matters to be considered would endanger 
     national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
     information, or would violate a law or rule of the House.
       (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 Ethics 
     or its subcommittees) unless the House by majority vote 
     authorizes a particular committee or subcommittee, for 
     purposes of a particular series of hearings on a particular 
     article of legislation or on a particular subject of 
     investigation, to close its hearings to Members, Delegates, 
     and the Resident Commissioner by the same procedures 
     specified in this subparagraph for closing hearings to the 
     public.
       (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)(A) The chair of a committee shall announce the date, 
     place, and subject matter of--
       (i) a committee hearing, which may not commence earlier 
     than one week after such notice; or
       (ii) a committee meeting, which may not commence earlier 
     than the third day on which members have notice thereof.
       (B) A hearing or meeting may begin sooner than specified in 
     subdivision (A) in either of the following circumstances (in 
     which case the chair shall make the announcement specified in 
     subdivision (A) at the earliest possible time):
       (i) the chair of the committee, with the concurrence of the 
     ranking minority member, determines that there is good cause; 
     or
       (ii) the committee so determines by majority vote in the 
     presence of the number of members required under the rules of 
     the committee for the transaction of business.
       (C) An announcement made under this subparagraph shall be 
     published promptly in the Daily Digest and made publicly 
     available in electronic form.
       (D) This subparagraph and subparagraph (4) shall not apply 
     to the Committee on Rules.
       (4) At least 24 hours prior to the commencement of a 
     meeting for the markup of legislation, or at the time of an 
     announcement under subparagraph (3)(B) made within 24 hours 
     before such meeting, the chair of the committee shall cause 
     the text of such legislation to be made publicly available in 
     electronic form.
       (5) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, require witnesses who appear before it to submit 
     in advance written statements of proposed testimony and to 
     limit their initial presentations to the committee to brief 
     summaries thereof. In the case of a witness appearing in a 
     nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of proposed 
     testimony shall include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure 
     of the amount and source (by agency and program) of each 
     Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
     subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year 
     or either of the two previous fiscal years by the witness or 
     by an entity represented by the witness. Such statements, 
     with appropriate redactions to protect the privacy of the 
     witness, shall be made publicly available in electronic 
     form not later than one day after the witness appears.
       (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of 
     order does not lie with respect to a measure reported by a 
     committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were 
     not conducted in accordance with this clause.

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       (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.
       (7) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the 
     Committee on Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.
       Quorum requirements
       (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a 
     committee unless a majority of the committee is actually 
     present.
       (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 one for which the presence of a majority of the 
     committee is otherwise required, which may not be less than 
     one-third of the members.
       (4)(A) Each committee may adopt a rule authorizing the 
     chair of a committee or subcommittee--
       (i) to postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
     ordered on the question of approving a measure or matter or 
     on adopting an amendment; and
       (ii) to resume proceedings on a postponed question at any 
     time after reasonable notice.
       (B) A rule adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall 
     provide that when proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
     notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
     question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
     further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
     question was postponed.
       Limitation on committee sittings
       (i) A committee may not sit during a joint session of the 
     House and Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of 
     the House and Senate is in progress.
       Calling and questioning of witnesses
       (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a 
     measure or matter, the minority members of the committee 
     shall be entitled, upon request to the chair by a majority of 
     them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses 
     selected by the minority to testify with respect to that 
     measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.
       (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.
       Hearing procedures
       (k)(1) The chair at a hearing shall announce in an opening 
     statement the subject of the hearing.
       (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall 
     be made available to each witness on request.
       (3) Witnesses at hearings may be accompanied by their own 
     counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their 
     constitutional rights.
       (4) The chair may punish breaches of order and decorum, and 
     of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure and 
     exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite the 
     offender to the House for contempt.
       (5) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee 
     that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to 
     defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted 
     by a witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness 
     would give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
     incriminate the witness--
       (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 chair 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 the testimony 
     of such witness given at a public session or, if given at an 
     executive session, when authorized by the committee.
       Supplemental, minority, or additional views
       (1) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a 
     committee (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the 
     committee gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
     minority, or additional views for inclusion in the report to 
     the House thereon, all members shall be entitled to not less 
     than two additional calendar days after the day of such 
     notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays 
     except when the House is in session on such a day) to file 
     such written and signed views with the clerk of the 
     committee.
       Power to sit and act; subpoena power
       (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
     and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters 
     referred to it under clause 2 of rule XII), a committee or 
     subcommittee is authorized (subject to subparagraph (3)(A))--
       (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 chair of the committee, or a member designated by 
     the chair, 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 chair of 
     the committee under such rules and under such limitations as 
     the committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be 
     signed by the chair of the committee or by a member 
     designated by the committee.
       (ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on 
     Ethics, a subpoena may be authorized and issued only by an 
     affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
       (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.
       (n)(1) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 
     shall hold at least one hearing during each 120-day period 
     following the establishment of the committee on the topic of 
     waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs 
     which that committee may authorize.
       (2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) shall include a 
     focus on the most egregious instances of waste, fraud, abuse, 
     or mismanagement as documented by any report the committee 
     has received from a Federal Office of the Inspector General 
     or the Comptroller General of the United States.
       (o) Each committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold 
     at least one hearing in any session in which the committee 
     has received disclaimers of agency financial statements from 
     auditors of any Federal agency that the committee may 
     authorize to hear testimony on such disclaimers from 
     representatives of any such agency.
       (p) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 
     shall hold at least one hearing on issues raised by reports 
     issued by the Comptroller General of the United States 
     indicating that Federal programs or operations that the 
     committee may authorize are at high risk for waste, fraud, 
     and mismanagement, known as the high-risk list'' or the high-
     risk series.''


      Clause 4: 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 
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     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 chair 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 chair 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) If requests are made by more of the media than will be 
     permitted by a committee or subcommittee chair 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.

               Rule XIII: Calendars and Committee Reports


                Clause 2: Filing and Printing of Reports

       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) 
     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 (other than 
     those filed as privileged) shall be laid on the table unless 
     a committee to which the bill or resolution was referred 
     requests at the time of the report its referral to an 
     appropriate calendar under clause 1 or unless, within three 
     days thereafter, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     makes such a request.
       (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chair of each committee 
     to report or cause to be reported promptly to the House a 
     measure or matter approved by the committee and to take or 
     cause to be taken steps necessary to bring the measure or 
     matter to a vote.
       (2) In any event, the report of a committee on a measure 
     that has been approved by the committee shall be filed within 
     seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is 
     not in session) after the day on which a written request for 
     the filing of the report, signed by a majority of the members 
     of the committee, has been filed with the clerk of the 
     committee. The clerk of the committee shall immediately 
     notify the chair of the filing of such a request. This 
     subparagraph does not apply to a report of the Committee on 
     Rules with respect to a rule, joint rule, or order of 
     business of the House, or to the reporting of a resolution of 
     inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.
       (c) All supplemental, minority, or additional views filed 
     under clause 2(1) 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(1) 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(1) 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(1) of rule XI.


                      Clause 3: 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)) 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. A supplemental report only correcting 
     errors in the depiction of record votes under paragraph (b) 
     may be filed under this subparagraph and shall not be subject 
     to the requirement in clause 4 or clause 6 concerning the 
     availability of reports.
       (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
     a measure or matter of a public nature, and on any amendment 
     offered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes 
     cast for and against, and the names of members voting for and 
     against, shall be included in the committee report. The 
     preceding sentence does not apply to votes taken in executive 
     session by the Committee on Ethics.
       (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been 
     approved by the committee shall include, separately set out 
     and clearly identified, the following:
       (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 statement of general performance goals and 
     objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, 
     for which the measure authorizes funding.
       (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public 
     joint resolution shall contain the following:
       (1)(A) An estimate by the committee of the costs that would 
     be incurred in carrying out the bill or joint resolution in 
     the fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the 
     five fiscal years following that fiscal year (or for the 
     authorized duration of any program authorized by the bill or 
     joint resolution if less than five years);
       (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.
       (2)(A) In subparagraph (1) the term ``Government agency'' 
     includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned 
     Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal 
     Government or the government of the District of Columbia.

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       (B) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on House Administration, the 
     Committee on Rules, or the Committee on Ethics, and does not 
     apply when a cost estimate and comparison prepared by the 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been included in 
     the report under paragraph (c)(3).
       (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint 
     resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part 
     thereof, it shall include in its report or in an accompanying 
     document--
       (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 currently authorized by law for the period 
     concerned (excepting classified intelligence or national 
     security programs, projects, or activities), along with a 
     statement of the last year for which such expenditures were 
     authorized, the level of expenditures authorized for that 
     year, the actual level of expenditures for that year, and the 
     level of appropriations in the bill for such expenditures.
       (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 chair of the Committee on Ways and Means causes 
     such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the 
     Congressional Record before consideration of the bill or 
     joint resolution.
       (2)(A) 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--
       (i) the report includes a macroeconomic impact analysis;
       (ii) the report includes a statement from the Joint 
     Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation explaining why a 
     macroeconomic impact analysis is not calculable; or
       (iii) the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means causes a 
     macroeconomic impact analysis to be printed in the 
     Congressional Record before consideration of the bill or 
     joint resolution.
       (B) In subdivision (A), the term ``macroeconomic impact 
     analysis'' means--
       (i) an estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on Internal 
     Revenue Taxation of the changes in economic output, 
     employment, capital stock, and tax revenues expected to 
     result from enactment of the proposal; and
       (ii) a statement from the Joint Committee on Internal 
     Revenue Taxation identifying the critical assumptions and the 
     source of data underlying that estimate.

                               APPENDIX 2


                Chair's Policy Regarding Postponed Votes

                            January 23, 2013

       Rule 3(c)(5) of the Rules of the Committee on Financial 
     Services for the 113th Congress (adopted pursuant to clause 
     2(h)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives for the 113th Congress) authorizes the 
     Chairman to postpone ordered record votes on the question of 
     approving any measure or matter or adopting an amendment 
     under certain circumstances. The Committee rule further 
     provides that the Chairman may resume proceedings on a 
     postponed vote at any time, but not later than the next 
     meeting day.
       The following policy was first announced by the Chair at 
     the Committee's organizational meeting on February 5, 2003 
     and circulated to the Members of the Committee in a 
     memorandum dated February 11, 2003. The policy has been 
     continued since that time and is reprinted here for easy 
     reference.
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                               In General

       Members are advised that this policy applies equally to 
     meetings of the full Committee and subcommittees, and will be 
     printed in the Committee's rules pamphlet. The Chair has 
     consulted with the ranking minority member in the formulation 
     of this policy and will continue to consult with him 
     regarding its application.
       As announced at the Committee's organizational meeting, the 
     purpose of this rule is to improve the efficiency of the 
     Committee's meetings, and will not be used to advantage or 
     disadvantage any member seeking to offer an amendment. In 
     order to ensure that the Chair can effectively administer the 
     rule and provide for orderly markups, it is essential that 
     Members inform the Chair of their intention to offer a 
     particular amendment as soon as possible. The Chair cannot 
     protect Members if he does not know of their amendment. 
     Members are further advised that the Chair intends for this 
     rule to be used sparingly, in cases where the Committee faces 
     a long markup on a series of bills or amendments. It does not 
     substitute for the active attendance and participation of 
     Members in Committee meetings.

                             In Particular

       1. In the application of the rule, the Chair will consult 
     regularly with the ranking minority member regarding the 
     postponement of votes, including the decision on whether to 
     postpone a particular vote and on when proceedings will 
     resume.
       2. A record vote on an amendment will not be postponed if 
     doing so would prejudice a member with regard to the offering 
     of another amendment.
       3. The Chair will make every reasonable effort to group the 
     consideration of amendments and the resumption of proceedings 
     on postponed votes so as to permit the offering of all known 
     amendments.
       4. No more than 6 record votes will be postponed before the 
     resumption of proceedings on the series, except with the 
     specific agreement of the ranking minority member.
       5. When proceedings resume on postponed record votes, the 
     first vote in any series (or in the case of a single 
     postponed vote, that vote), will remain open for 15 minutes, 
     or until all members of the Committee or subcommittee are 
     recorded. Subsequent votes in a series will not be held open.
       6. The Chair will make every reasonable effort to notify 
     members regarding the resumption of proceedings on postponed 
     record votes, both prior to and at the time that proceedings 
     resume on any postponed record vote, which includes 
     notification through electronic means.
       7. Members are strongly encouraged to attend all committee 
     meetings. However, if members cannot attend the Committee 
     meeting, they are advised to monitor the proceedings through 
     the Committee broadcasts on the House cable system or the 
     Committee's webcast, and to have staff present at the 
     meeting.
       The Chair believes that this policy will result in the fair 
     application of the rule, the protection of Members' rights to 
     offer amendments, and an improvement in the efficiency of 
     Committee meetings.

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