[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H1756-H1760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES
RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE FOR THE 114th
CONGRESS
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I submit for publication in the Congressional
Record the attached copy of the rules of the Committee on Education and
the Workforce for the U.S. House of Representatives for the 114th
Congress:
RULE 1. REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS
(a) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held on the
second Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m., while the House
is in session. The Committee shall meet for the consideration
of a bill or resolution pending before the Committee or the
transaction of other committee business on regular meeting
days fixed by the Committee if notice is given in accordance
with paragraph (g)(3) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
(b) The Chair may call and convene, as he or she considers
necessary, additional meetings of the Committee for the
consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the
Committee or for the conduct of other Committee business.
(c) If at least three members of the Committee desire that
a special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chair,
those members may file in the offices of the Committee their
written request to the Chair for that special meeting.
Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff
director of the Committee shall notify the Chair of the
filing of the request. If, within three calendar days after
the filing of the request, the Chair does not call the
requested special meeting 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, specifying the date and hour thereof,
and the measure or matter to be considered at that special
meeting. Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the staff
director of the Committee shall notify all members of the
Committee that such 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 satisfy the notice requirements in
clause (g)(3)(A(ii) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives. The Committee shall meet on that date and
hour and only the measure or matter specified in that notice
may be considered at that special meeting.
(d) Legislative meetings of the Committee and its
subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio,
television, and still photography coverage, unless such
meetings are closed pursuant to the requirements of the Rules
of the House of Representatives. No business meeting of the
Committee, other than regularly scheduled meetings, may be
held without each member being given reasonable notice.
(e) The Chair of the Committee or of a subcommittee, as
appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings. In the
absence of the Chair of the Committee or of a subcommittee,
members shall preside as provided in clause 2(d) of Rule XI
of the Rules of the House of Representatives. No person other
than a Member of Congress or Congressional staff may walk in,
stand in, or be seated at the rostrum area during a meeting
or hearing of the Committee or subcommittee unless authorized
by the Chair.
RULE 2. STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES AND JURISDICTION
(a) There shall be four standing subcommittees. In addition
to conducting oversight in the area of their respective
jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of Rule X of the Rules
of the House of Representatives, each subcommittee shall have
the following jurisdiction:
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary
Education.--Education from early learning through the high
school level, including but not limited to elementary and
secondary education, special education, homeless education,
and migrant education; overseas dependent schools; career and
technical education; school safety and alcohol and drug abuse
prevention; school lunch and child nutrition programs;
educational research and improvement including the Institute
of Education Sciences; environmental education; pre-service
and in-service teacher professional development including
Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and
Title II of the Higher Education Act; early care and
education programs including the Head Start Act and the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act; adolescent development
and training programs, including but not limited to those
providing for the care and treatment of certain at-risk
youth, including the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act and the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; and
all matters dealing with child abuse and domestic violence,
including the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and
child adoption.
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.--
Education and training beyond the high school level,
including but not limited to higher education generally,
postsecondary student assistance and employment services, and
the Higher Education Act; Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972; all domestic volunteer programs; all
programs related to the arts and humanities, museum and
library services, and arts and artifacts indemnity;
postsecondary career and technical education, apprenticeship
programs, and job training, including the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act, vocational rehabilitation,
and training programs from immigration funding; science and
technology programs; adult basic education (family literacy);
all welfare reform programs, including work incentive
programs and welfare-to-work requirements; poverty programs,
including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); the Native
American Programs Act; the Institute of Peace; and all
matters dealing with programs and services for the elderly
including nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act.
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and hours of
workers, including but not limited to the Davis-Bacon Act,
the Walsh-Healey Act, the Service Contract Act, and the Fair
Labor Standards Act; workers' compensation including the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor
Workers' Compensation Act, and the Black Lung Benefits Act;
the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act;
the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act; the Employee Polygraph
Protection Act of 1988; trade and immigration issues as they
affect employers and workers; workers' safety and health,
including but not limited to occupational safety and health,
mine safety and health, and migrant and agricultural worker
safety and health; and all matters related to equal
employment opportunity and civil rights in employment.
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.--
All matters dealing with relationships between employers and
employees, including but not limited to the National Labor
Relations Act, the Labor-Management Relations Act, and the
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; the Bureau of
Labor Statistics; and employment-related health and
retirement security, including pension, health, and other
employee benefits and the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA).
(b) The majority party members of the Committee may provide
for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be
appropriate.
RULE 3. EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP
The Chair of the Committee and the ranking minority party
member (``Ranking Member'') shall be ex officio members, but
not voting members, of each subcommittee to which such Chair
or Ranking Member has not been assigned.
RULE 4. SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULING
(a) Subcommittee chair shall set meeting or hearing dates
after consultation with the Chair and other subcommittee
chair with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of
Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever
possible. No such meetings or hearings, however, shall be
held outside of Washington, D.C., or during a recess or
adjournment of the House of Representatives without the prior
authorization of the Committee Chair. Where practicable, 14
days' notice will be given of such meeting or hearing.
(b) Available dates for subcommittee meetings during the
session shall be assigned by the Chair to the subcommittees
as nearly as practicable in rotation and in accordance with
their workloads. As far as practicable, the Chair shall not
schedule simultaneous subcommittee markups, a subcommittee
markup during a full Committee markup, or any hearing during
a markup.
RULE 5. SUBCOMMITTEE RULES
The rules of the Committee shall be the rules of its
subcommittees.
RULE 6. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS
To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and
investigative activities of the Committee, the Chair of the
Committee may, at the request of a subcommittee chair, make a
temporary assignment of any member of the Committee to such
subcommittee for the purpose of constituting a quorum and of
enabling such member to participate in any public hearing,
investigation, or study by such subcommittee to be held
outside of Washington, D.C. Any member of the Committee may
attend public hearings of any subcommittee and any member of
the Committee may question witnesses only when
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they have been recognized by the Chair for that purpose.
RULE 7. HEARING PROCEDURE
(a) The Chair, in the case of hearings to be conducted by
the Committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chair, in the
case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, shall
make public announcement of the date, place, and subject
matter of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or
matter at least one week before the commencement of that
hearing unless the Chair of the Committee, with the
concurrence of the Ranking Member, determines that there is
good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date or 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. In the latter
event, the Chair or the subcommittee chair, as the case may
be, shall have such an announcement promptly published in the
Daily Digest and made publicly available in electronic form.
To the extent practicable, the Chair or the subcommittee
chair shall make public announcement of the final list of
witnesses scheduled to testify at least 48 hours before the
commencement of the hearing. The staff director of the
Committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the
Congressional Record as soon as practicable after such public
announcement is made.
(b) Subcommittees are authorized to hold hearings, receive
exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the Committee for
final action, together with such recommendations as may be
agreed upon by the subcommittee.
(c) All opening statements at hearings conducted by the
Committee or any subcommittee will be made part of the
permanent written record. Opening statements by members may
not be presented orally, unless the Chair of the Committee or
any subcommittee determines that one statement from the Chair
or a designee will be presented, in which case the Ranking
Member or a designee may also make a statement. If a witness
scheduled to testify at any hearing of the Committee or any
subcommittee is a constituent of a member of the Committee or
subcommittee, such member shall be entitled to briefly
introduce such witness at the hearing.
(d) To the extent practicable, witnesses who are to appear
before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with the
staff director of the Committee, at least 48 hours in advance
of their appearance, a written statement of their proposed
testimony, together with a brief summary thereof, and shall
limit their oral presentation to a summary thereof. The staff
director of the Committee shall promptly furnish to the staff
director of the minority a copy of such testimony submitted
to the Committee pursuant to this rule. The Chair of the
Committee, or a member designated by the Chair, may
administer oaths to witnesses.
(e) When any hearing is conducted by the Committee or any
subcommittee upon any measure or matter, the minority party
members on the Committee shall be entitled, upon request to
the Chair by a majority of those minority party members
before the completion of such 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.
The minority party may waive this right by calling at least
one witness during a Committee hearing or subcommittee
hearing.
(f) In the conduct of hearings of subcommittees sitting
jointly, the rules otherwise applicable to all subcommittees
shall likewise apply to joint subcommittee hearings for
purposes of such shared consideration.
RULE 8. QUESTIONING OF HEARING WITNESSES
(a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), and (d), a Committee
member may question hearing witnesses only when the member
has been recognized by the Chair for that purpose, and only
for a five-minute period until all members present have had
an opportunity to question a witness. The questioning of
witnesses in both Committee and subcommittee hearings shall
be initiated by the Chair, followed by the Ranking Member and
all other members alternating between the majority and
minority party. The Chair shall exercise discretion in
determining the order in which members will be recognized. In
recognizing members to question witnesses in this fashion,
the Chair shall take into consideration the ratio of the
majority to minority party members present and shall
establish the order of recognition for questioning in such a
manner as not to place the members of the majority party in a
disadvantageous position.
(b) The Chair may permit a specified number of members to
question a witness for longer than five minutes. The time for
extended questioning of a witness under this clause shall be
equal for the majority party and the minority party and may
not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
(c) The Chair may permit Committee staff for the majority
and the minority party members to question a witness for
equal specified periods. The time for extended questioning of
a witness under this clause shall be equal for the majority
party and the minority party and may not exceed one hour in
the aggregate.
(d) In an investigative hearing or in an executive session,
the Chair's authority to extend questioning under subsection
(b) and (c) of this rule shall be equal for the majority and
the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the
aggregate, and shall only be conducted by counsel for the
majority and the minority party when authorized under
subsection (c) of this rule.
RULE 9. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY
The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to
the Chair of the full Committee, as provided for under clause
2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives. The Chair shall notify the Ranking Member
prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To the
extent practicable, the Chair shall consult with the Ranking
Member at least 24 hours in advance of a subpoena being
issued under such authority, excluding Saturdays, Sundays,
and federal holidays. As soon as practicable after issuing
any subpoena under such authority, the Chair shall notify in
writing all members of the Committee of the issuance of the
subpoena.
RULE 10. DEPOSITION PROCEDURE
(a) In accordance with the Committee receiving
authorization by the House of Representatives for the taking
of depositions in furtherance of a Committee investigation,
the Chair, upon consultation with the Ranking Member, may
order the taking of depositions pursuant to notice or
subpoena as contemplated by this rule.
(b) The Chair or majority staff shall consult with the
Ranking Member or minority staff no less than three business
days before any notice or subpoena for a deposition is
issued. After such consultation, all members shall receive
written notice that a notice or subpoena for a deposition
will be issued.
(c) A notice or subpoena issued under this rule shall
specify the date, time, and place of the deposition and the
method or methods by which the deposition will be recorded.
Prior to testifying, a deponent shall be provided with a copy
of the Committee's rules, the House Resolution authorizing
the taking of the deposition, and Rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives.
(d)(1) A deposition shall be conducted by one or more
members or Committee counsel as designated by the Chair or
Ranking Member.
(2) A deposition shall be taken under oath or affirmation
administered by a member or a person otherwise authorized to
administer oaths and affirmations.
(3) A deposition shall be, unless waived by the deponent,
attended by a member of the Committee.
(e) A deponent may be accompanied at a deposition by
counsel to advise the deponent of the deponent's rights. Only
members and Committee counsel, however, may examine the
deponent. No one may be present at a deposition other than
members, Committee staff designated by the Chair or Ranking
Member, such individuals as may be required to administer the
oath or affirmation and transcribe or record the proceedings,
the deponent, and the deponent's counsel (including personal
counsel and counsel for the entity employing the deponent if
the scope of the deposition is expected to cover actions
taken as part of the deponent's employment). Observers or
counsel for other persons or entities may not attend.
(f)(1) Unless the majority, minority, and deponent agree
otherwise, questions in a deposition shall be propounded in
rounds, alternating between the majority and minority. A
single round shall not exceed 60 minutes per side, unless the
members or counsel conducting the deposition agree to a
different length of questioning. In each round, a member or
Committee counsel designated by the Chair shall ask questions
first, and the member or Committee counsel designated by the
Ranking Member shall ask questions second.
(2) Any objection made during a deposition must be stated
concisely and in a non-argumentative and non-suggestive
manner. Deponent may refuse to answer a question only to
preserve a privilege. When the deponent has objected and
refused to answer a question to preserve a privilege, the
Chair may rule on any such objection after the deposition has
adjourned. If the Chair overrules any such objection and
thereby orders a deponent to answer any question to which a
privilege objection was lodged, such ruling shall be filed
with the clerk of the Committee and shall be provided to
members and the deponent no less than three days before the
ruling is enforced at a reconvened deposition. If a member of
the Committee appeals in writing the ruling of the Chair, the
appeal shall be preserved for Committee consideration. A
deponent who refuses to answer a question after being
directed to answer by the Chair in writing may be subject to
sanction, except that no sanctions may be imposed if the
ruling of the Chair is reversed on appeal. In all cases, when
deposition testimony for which an objection has been made is
offered for admission in evidence before the Committee, all
properly lodged objections then made shall be timely and
shall be considered by the Committee prior to admission in
evidence before the Committee.
(g) Deposition testimony shall be transcribed by
stenographic means and may also be video recorded. The clerk
of the Committee shall receive the transcript and any video
recording and promptly forward such to minority staff at the
same time the clerk distributes such to other majority staff.
(h) The individual administering the oath shall certify on
the transcript that the deponent was duly sworn. The
transcriber shall certify that the transcript is a true,
verbatim record of the testimony, and the transcript and any
exhibits shall be filed, as shall any video recording, with
the clerk of the
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Committee. In no case shall any video recording be considered
the official transcript of a deposition or otherwise
supersede the certified written transcript.
(i) After receiving the transcript, majority staff shall
make available the transcript for review by the deponent or
deponent's counsel. No later than ten business days
thereafter, the deponent may submit suggested changes to the
Chair. Committee majority staff may direct the clerk of the
Committee to note any typographical errors, including any
requested by the deponent or minority staff, via an errata
sheet appended to the transcript. Any proposed substantive
changes, modifications, clarifications, or amendments to the
deposition testimony must be submitted by the deponent as an
affidavit that includes the deponent's reasons therefore. Any
substantive changes, modifications, clarifications, or
amendments shall be included as an appendix to the
transcript, a copy of which shall be promptly forwarded to
minority staff.
(j) The Chair and Ranking Member shall consult regarding
the release of deposition transcript or electronic
recordings. If either objects in writing to a proposed
release of a deposition transcript or electronic recording or
a portion thereof, the matter shall be promptly referred to
the Committee for resolution.
RULE 11. QUORUMS
One-third of the members of the Committee or subcommittee
shall constitute a quorum for taking any action other than
amending Committee rules, closing a meeting from the public,
reporting a measure or recommendation, or in the case of the
Committee or a subcommittee authorizing a subpoena. For the
enumerated actions, a majority of the Committee or
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any two members shall
constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and
receiving evidence.
RULE 12. REFERRAL OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS
(a) The Chair shall consult with subcommittee chair
regarding referral to the appropriate subcommittees of such
bills, resolutions, and other matters that have been referred
to the Committee. Once copies of a bill, resolution, or other
matter are available to the Committee, the Chair shall,
within three weeks of such availability, provide notice of
referral, if any, to the appropriate subcommittee.
(b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be made until
three days have elapsed after written notification of such
proposed referral to all subcommittee chair, at which time
such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more
subcommittee chair shall have given written notice to the
Chair of the full Committee and to the chair of each
subcommittee that he or she intends to question such proposed
referral at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
Committee, or at a special meeting of the Committee called
for that purpose, at which time referral shall be made by the
majority members of the Committee. All bills shall be
referred under this rule to the subcommittee of proper
jurisdiction without regard to whether the author is or is
not a member of the subcommittee. Upon a majority vote of the
Committee, a bill, resolution, or other matter referred to a
subcommittee in accordance with this rule may be recalled at
any time for the Committee's direct consideration or for
reference to another subcommittee.
(c) The Chair shall announce the date, place, and subject
matter of a Committee meeting, which may not commence earlier
than the third day on which members have notice thereof; but
this requirement may be waived if the Chair of the Committee,
with the concurrence of the Ranking Member, determines that
there is good cause or 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 such business.
(d) When a bill or resolution is being considered by the
Committee or a subcommittee, members shall provide the clerk
in a timely manner a sufficient number of written copies of
any amendment offered, so as to enable each member present to
receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. A point of
order may be made against any amendment not reduced to
writing. A copy of each such amendment shall be maintained in
the public records of the Committee or subcommittee, as the
case may be.
(e) In determining the order in which amendments to a
matter pending before the Committee or a subcommittee will be
considered, the Chair may give priority to:
(1) The Chair's mark, and
(2) Amendments, otherwise in order, that have been filed
with the Committee at least 24 hours prior to the Committee
or subcommittee business meeting on said measure or matter.
RULE 13. VOTES
(a) With respect to each roll call vote on a motion to
report any bill, resolution, or matter of a public character,
and on any amendment offered thereto, the total number of
votes cast for and against, and the names of those members
voting for and against, shall be included in the Committee
report on the measure or matter.
(b) In accordance with clause 2(h) of Rule XI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives, the Chair of the Committee
or a subcommittee is authorized to postpone further
proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the question of
approving a measure or matter or on adopting an amendment.
Such Chair may resume proceedings on a postponed request at
any time after reasonable notice. 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.
RULE 14. RECORDS AND ROLLCALLS
(a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the
Committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the
votes on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The
result of each such roll call vote shall be made available by
the Committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at
reasonable times in the offices of the Committee or
subcommittee and shall be made available on the Committee's
website within 48 hours of such record vote. Information so
available for public inspection and on the Committee's
website 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 present
but not voting. The text of an amendment offered to a measure
or matter considered in Committee shall be made publicly
available in electronic form not later than 24 hours after
its final disposition in Committee. A record vote may be
demanded by one-fifth of the members present or, in the
apparent absence of a quorum, by any one member.
(b) In accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, any official permanent record of the
Committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight,
or other activity of the Committee or any subcommittee) shall
be made available for public use if such record has been in
existence for 30 years, except that--
(1) any record that the Committee (or a subcommittee) makes
available for public use before such record is delivered to
the Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives shall be made available immediately,
including any record described in subsection (a) of this
Rule;
(2) any investigative record that contains personal data
relating to a specific living individual (the disclosure of
which would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy),
any administrative record with respect to personnel, and any
record with respect to a hearing closed pursuant to clause
2(g)(2) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives shall be available if such record has been in
existence for 50 years; or
(3) except as otherwise provided by order of the House of
Representatives, any record of the Committee for which a
time, schedule, or condition for availability is specified by
order of the Committee (entered during the Congress in which
the record is made or acquired by the Committee) shall be
made available in accordance with the order of the Committee.
(c) The official permanent records of the Committee include
noncurrent records of the Committee (including subcommittees)
delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the
Archivist of the United States for preservation at the
National Archives and Records Administration, which are the
property of and remain subject to the rules and orders of the
House of Representatives.
(d)(1) Any order of the Committee with respect to any
matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be
adopted only if the notice requirements of Committee Rule
12(c) have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the
members of the Committee is present at the time of the vote,
and a majority of those present and voting approve the
adoption of the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, together with any
accompanying report.
(2) This subsection applies to any order of the Committee
which--
(A) provides for the non-availability of any record subject
to subsection (b) of this rule for a period longer than the
period otherwise applicable; or
(B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order under
clause 4(b) of Rule VII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, regarding a determination of the Clerk of
the House of Representatives with respect to authorizing the
Archivist of the United States to make available for public
use the records delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of
Rule VII of the Rules of the House of Representatives; or
(C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for
availability pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this Rule.
RULE 15. REPORTS
(a) Reports of the Committee. All Committee reports on
bills or resolutions shall comply with the provisions of
clause 2 of Rule XI and clauses 2, 3, and 4 of Rule XIII of
the Rules of the House of Representatives.
(1) No such report shall be filed until copies of the
proposed report have been available to all members at least
36 hours prior to such filing in the House of
Representatives. No material change shall be made in the
report distributed to members unless agreed to by the Ranking
Member; but any member or members of the Committee may file,
as part of the printed report, individual, minority, or
dissenting views, without regard to the preceding provisions
of this rule.
(2) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the
end of the period provided under clause 4 of Rule XIII of the
Rules of
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the House of Representatives after the Committee approves a
measure or matter if a member, at the time of such approval,
gives notice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or
additional views for inclusion as part of the printed report.
(3) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant
to a Committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall
be available to members no later than 48 hours prior to
consideration of any such report by the Committee or
subcommittee, as the case may be.
(b) Disclaimers.
(1) A report on activities of the Committee required under
clause 1 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives shall include the following disclaimer in the
document transmitting the report to the Clerk of the House of
Representatives:
This report has not been officially adopted by the
Committee on Education and the Workforce or any subcommittee
thereof and therefore may not necessarily reflect the views
of its members.
Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was
circulated to all members of the Committee at least seven
days prior to its submission to the House of Representatives
and provision is made for the filing by any member, as part
of the printed report, of individual, minority, or
dissenting views.
(2) All Committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant
to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a
majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee, as
appropriate, shall contain the following disclaimer on the
cover of such report:
This report has not been officially adopted by the
Committee on Education and the Workforce (or pertinent
subcommittee thereof) and therefore may not necessarily
reflect the views of its members.
The minority party members of the Committee or subcommittee
shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and
holidays, to file, as part of the printed report,
supplemental, minority, or additional views.
(c) Reports of Subcommittees. Whenever a subcommittee has
ordered a bill, resolution, or other matter to be reported to
the Committee, the chair of the subcommittee reporting the
bill, resolution, or matter to the Committee, or any member
authorized by the subcommittee to do so, may report such
bill, resolution, or matter to the Committee. It shall be the
duty of the chair of the subcommittee to report or cause to
be reported promptly such bill, resolution, or matter, and to
take or cause to be taken the necessary steps to bring such
bill, resolution, or matter to a vote.
(1) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in
subsection (c)(2) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a
measure which has been approved by the subcommittee 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 staff director of the Committee a written
request, signed by a majority of the members of the
subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the
filing of any such request, the staff director of the
Committee shall transmit immediately to the chair of the
subcommittee a notice of the filing of that request.
(2) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported
by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the
agenda of the Committee as of the time they are reported. No
bill or resolution or other matter reported by a subcommittee
shall be considered by the full Committee unless it has been
delivered or electronically sent to all members and notice of
its prior transmission has been in the hands of all members
at least 48 hours prior to such consideration. A member of
the Committee shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper
copy of such bill, resolution, or other matter reported. When
a bill is reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be
accompanied by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the
Chair of the Committee so requires (in response to a request
from the Ranking Member of the Committee or for other
reasons), a comparison showing proposed changes in existing
law.
RULE 16. APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES, NOTICE OF CONFERENCE MEETINGS, AND
CONFERENCE MOTION
(a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes
necessary to appoint conferees, the Chair shall recommend to
the Speaker as conferees the names of those members of the
subcommittee which handled the legislation in the order of
their seniority upon such subcommittee and such other
Committee members as the Chair may designate with the
approval of the majority party members. Recommendations of
the Chair to the Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority
party members to minority party members no less favorable to
the majority party than the ratio of majority members to
minority party members on the full Committee. In making
assignments of minority party members as conferees, the Chair
shall consult with the Ranking Member of the Committee.
(b) After the appointment of conferees pursuant to clause
11 of Rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives for
matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, the Chair
shall notify all members appointed to the conference of
meetings at least 48 hours before the commencement of the
meeting. If such notice is not possible, then notice shall be
given as soon as possible.
(c) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1
of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives
whenever the Chair considers it appropriate.
RULE 17. MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER SUSPENSION
A member of the Committee may not seek to suspend the Rules
of the House of Representatives on any bill, resolution, or
other matter which has been modified after such measure is
ordered reported, unless notice of such action has been given
to the Chair and Ranking Member of the full Committee.
RULE 18. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS
(a) Television, Radio and Still Photography.--
(1) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the
Committee or any subcommittee is open to the public, those
proceedings shall be open to coverage by television, radio,
and still photography subject to the requirements of clause 4
of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and
except when the hearing or meeting is closed pursuant to the
Rules of the House of Representatives and of the Committee.
The coverage of any hearing or meeting of the Committee or
any subcommittee thereof by television, radio, or still
photography shall be under the direct supervision of the
Chair of the Committee, the subcommittee chair, or other
member of the Committee presiding at such hearing or meeting
and may be terminated by such member in accordance with the
Rules of the House of Representatives.
(2) Personnel providing coverage by the television and
radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio
and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
(3) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall
be then accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery.
(b) Audio and Video Coverage of Committee Hearings and
Meetings.--To the maximum extent practicable, 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 shall maintain the recordings of such
coverage in a manner that is easily accessible to the public.
Such coverage shall be fair and nonpartisan in accordance
with clause 4(b) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and other applicable rules of the House of
Representatives and of the Committee. Personnel providing
such coverage shall be employees of the House of
Representatives or currently accredited to the Radio and
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
RULE 19. COMMITTEE STAFF
(a) The employees of the Committee shall be appointed by
the Chair in consultation with subcommittee chair and other
majority party members of the Committee within the budget
approved for such purposes by the Committee.
(b) The staff appointed by the minority shall have their
remuneration determined in such manner as the minority party
members of the Committee shall determine within the budget
approved for such purposes by the Committee.
RULE 20. SUPERVISION AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE STAFF
The staff of the Committee shall be under the general
supervision and direction of the Chair, who shall establish
and assign the duties and responsibilities of such staff
members and delegate authority as he or she determines
appropriate. The staff appointed by the minority shall be
under the general supervision and direction of the minority
party members of the Committee, who may delegate such
authority as they determine appropriate. All Committee staff
shall be assigned to Committee business and no other duties
may be assigned to them.
RULE 21. AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAVEL
(a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of Committee
members and staff. Travel to be paid from funds set aside for
the full Committee for any member or any staff member shall
be paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chair.
Travel may be authorized by the Chair for any member and any
staff member in connection with the attendance of hearings
conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee thereof and
meetings, conferences, and investigations that involve
activities or subject matter under the general jurisdiction
of the Committee. The Chair shall review travel requests to
assure the validity to Committee business. Before such
authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the Chair
in writing the following:
(1) The purpose of the travel;
(2) The dates during which the travel is to be made and the
date or dates of the event for which the travel is being
made;
(3) The location of the event for which the travel is to be
made; and
(4) The names of members and staff seeking authorization.
(b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of
members and staff of the Committee for the purpose of
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject
matter under the legislative assignment of the Committee or
pertinent subcommittees, prior authorization must be obtained
from the Chair, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from the
subcommittee chair and the Chair. Before such authorization
is given, there shall be submitted to the Chair, in writing,
a request for
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such authorization. Each request, which shall be filed in a
manner that allows for a reasonable period of time for review
before such travel is scheduled to begin, shall include the
following:
(A) The purpose of travel;
(B) The dates during which the travel will occur;
(C) The names of the countries to be visited and the length
of time to be spent in each;
(D) an agenda of anticipated activities for each country
for which travel is authorized together with a description of
the purpose to be served and the areas of Committee
jurisdiction involved; and
(E) The names of members and staff for whom authorization
is sought.
(2) Requests for travel outside the United States may be
initiated by the Chair or the chair of a subcommittee (except
that individuals may submit a request to the Chair for the
purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and shall be
limited to members and permanent employees of the Committee.
(3) The Chair shall not approve a request involving travel
outside the United States while the House is in session
(except in the case of attendance at meetings and conferences
or where circumstances warrant an exception).
(4) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study,
meeting, or conference for which travel outside the United
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, each
subcommittee (or members and staff attending meetings or
conferences) shall submit a written report to the Chair
covering the activities of the subcommittee and containing
the results of these activities and other pertinent
observations or information gained as a result of such
travel.
(c) Members and staff of the Committee performing
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House of
Representatives and of the Committee on House Administration
pertaining to such travel, including rules, procedures, and
limitations prescribed by the Committee on House
Administration with respect to domestic and foreign expense
allowances.
(d) Prior to the Chair's authorization for any travel, the
Ranking Member shall be given a copy of the written request
therefor.
RULE 22. BUDGET AND EXPENSES
(a) The Chair, in consultation with the majority party
members of the Committee, shall prepare a preliminary budget.
Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff
personnel, for necessary travel, investigation, and other
expenses of the Committee; and, after consultation with the
minority party membership, the Chair shall include amounts
budgeted to the minority party members for staff personnel to
be under the direction and supervision of the minority party,
travel expenses of minority party members and staff, and
minority party office expenses. All travel expenses of
minority party members and staff shall be paid for out of the
amounts so set aside and budgeted. The Chair shall take
whatever action is necessary to have the budget as finally
approved by the Committee duly authorized by the House of
Representatives. After such budget shall have been adopted,
no change shall be made in such budget unless approved by the
Committee. The Chair or the chair of any standing
subcommittee may initiate necessary travel requests as
provided in Committee Rule 21 within the limits of their
portion of the consolidated budget as approved by the House,
and the Chair may execute necessary vouchers therefor.
(b) Subject to the Rules of the House of Representatives
and procedures prescribed by the Committee on House
Administration, and with the prior authorization of the Chair
of the Committee in each case, there may be expended in any
one session of Congress for necessary travel expenses of
witnesses attending hearings in Washington, D.C.:
(1) Out of funds budgeted and set aside for each
subcommittee, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of witnesses
attending hearings of each such subcommittee;
(2) Out of funds budgeted for the full Committee majority,
not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of witnesses attending full
Committee hearings; and
(3) Out of funds set aside to the minority party members,
(A) Not to exceed, for each of the subcommittees, $5,000 for
expenses of witnesses attending subcommittee hearings, and
(B) Not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of witnesses attending
full Committee hearings.
(c) A full and detailed monthly report accounting for all
expenditures of Committee funds shall be maintained in the
Committee office, where it shall be available to each member
of the Committee. Such report shall show the amount and
purpose of each expenditure, and the budget to which such
expenditure is attributed.
RULE 23. CHANGES IN COMMITTEE RULES
The Committee shall not consider a proposed change in these
rules unless the text of such change has been delivered or
electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of the
proposed change.
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