[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H3756-H3757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES

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    AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND 
                   TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on June 18, 2013, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology adopted the attached amendment to its 
Committee Rules:

       Rule VI (b) of the Rules of the Committee on Science, 
     Space, and Technology is amended to read as follows:
       (b) Subcommittees and Jurisdiction. There shall be five 
     standing Subcommittees of the Committee on Science, Sp-ace; 
     and Technology, with jurisdictions as follows:
       The Subcommittee on Energy hall have jurisdiction over the 
     following subject matters:

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     all matters relating to energy research, development, and 
     demonstration projects therefor; commercial application of 
     energy technology; Department of Energy research, 
     development, and demonstration programs; Department of Energy 
     laboratories; Department of Energy science activities; energy 
     supply activities; nuclear, solar, and renewable energy, and 
     other advanced energy technologies; uranium supply and 
     enrichment, and Department of Energy waste management; fossil 
     energy research and development; clean coal technology; 
     energy conservation research and development, including 
     building performance, alternate fuels, distributed power 
     systems, and industrial process improvements; pipeline 
     research, development, and demonstration projects; energy 
     standards; other appropriate matters as referred by the 
     Chairman; and relevant oversight.
       The Subcommittee on Environment shall have jurisdiction 
     over the following subject matters: all matters relating to 
     environmental research; Environmental Protection Agency 
     research and development; environmental standards; climate 
     change research and development; the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, including all activities related 
     to weather, weather services, climate, the atmosphere, marine 
     fisheries, and oceanic research; risk assessment activities; 
     scientific issues related to environmental policy, including 
     climate change; remote sensing data related to climate change 
     at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); 
     earth science activities conducted by the NASA; other 
     appropriate matters as referred by the Chairman; and relevant 
     oversight.
       The Subcommittee on Research and Technology shall have 
     jurisdiction over the following subject matters: all matters 
     relating to science policy and science education; the Office 
     of Science and Technology Policy; all scientific research, 
     and scientific and engineering resources (including human 
     resources); all matters relating to science, technology, 
     engineering and mathematics education; intergovernmental 
     mechanisms for research, development, and demonstration and 
     cross-cutting programs; international scientific cooperation; 
     National Science Foundation, university research policy, 
     including infrastructure and overhead; university research 
     partnerships, including those with industry; science 
     scholarships; computing, communications, networking, and 
     information technology; research and development relating to 
     health, biomedical, and nutritional programs; research, 
     development, and demonstration relating to nanoscience, 
     nanoengineering, and nanotechnology; agricultural, 
     geological, biological and life sciences research; materials 
     research, development, demonstration, and policy; all matters 
     relating to competitiveness, technology, standards, and 
     innovation; standardization of weights and measures, 
     including technical standards, standardization, and 
     conformity assessment; measurement, including the metric 
     system of measurement; the Technology Administration of the 
     Department of Commerce; the National Institute of Standards 
     and Technology; the National Technical Information Service; 
     competitiveness, including small business competitiveness; 
     tax, antitrust, regulatory and other legal and governmental 
     policies related to technological development and 
     commercialization; technology transfer, including civilian 
     use of defense technologies; patent and intellectual property 
     policy; international technology trade; research, 
     development, and demonstration activities of the Department 
     of Transportation; surface and water transportation research, 
     development, and demonstration programs; earthquake programs 
     and fire research programs, including those related to 
     wildfire proliferation research and prevention; biotechnology 
     policy; research, development, demonstration, and standards-
     related activities of the Department of Homeland Security; 
     Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer; 
     voting technologies and standards; other appropriate matters 
     as referred by the Chairman; and relevant oversight.
       The Subcommittee on Space shall have jurisdiction over the 
     following subject matters: all matters relating to 
     astronautical and aeronautical research and development; 
     national space policy, including access to space; sub-orbital 
     access and applications; National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration and its contractor and government-operated 
     labs; space commercialization, including commercial space 
     activities relating to the Department of Transportation and 
     the Department of Commerce; exploration and use of outer 
     space; international space cooperation; the National Space 
     Council; space applications, space communications and related 
     matters; Earth remote sensing policy; civil aviation 
     research, development, and demonstration; research, 
     development, and demonstration programs of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration; space law; her appropriate matters 
     as referred by the Chairman; and relevant oversight.
       The Subcommittee on Oversight shall have general and 
     special investigative authority on all matters within the 
     jurisdiction of the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.

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