[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E294-E295]
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MOVING OUR DEMOCRACY AND CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS TOWARDS MODERNIZATION 
                               RESOLUTION

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                               speech of

                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 10, 2020

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following 
exchange of letters on H. Res. 756:

         Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of 
           Representatives,
                                    Washington, DC, March 3, 2020.
     Hon. Zoe Lofgren,
     Chairperson, Committee on House Administration, House of 
         Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairperson Lofgren: I write concerning H. Res. 756, 
     the Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards 
     Modernization Resolution. There are certain provisions in 
     this legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       In order to expedite floor consideration of H. Res. 756, 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure agrees to 
     forgo action on the bill. However, this is conditional on our 
     mutual understanding that forgoing consideration of the bill 
     would not prejudice the Committee with respect to the 
     appointment of conferees or to any future jurisdictional 
     claim over the subject matters contained in the bill or 
     similar legislation that fall within the Committee's Rule X 
     jurisdiction. I also request that you urge the Speaker to 
     name members of this Committee to any conference committee 
     which is named to consider such provisions.
       Please place a copy of this letter and your response 
     acknowledging our jurisdictional interest into the committee 
     report on H. Res. 756 and into the Congressional Record 
     during consideration of the measure on the House floor.
           Sincerely,
                                                 Peter A. DeFazio,
     Chair.
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                                         House of Representatives,


                            Committee on House Administration,

                                    Washington, DC, March 4, 2020.
     Hon. Peter A. Defazio,
     Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
         House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Defazio: Thank you for your letter regarding 
     H. Res. 756, the Moving Our Democracy and Congressional 
     Operations Towards Modernization Resolution. This House 
     resolution was referred primarily to the Committee on House 
     Administration with additional referrals to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       I recognize that this resolution contains provisions that 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure. I appreciate your 
     Committee's willingness to be discharged from further 
     consideration of H. Res. 756 and that this discharge is not a 
     waiver of future jurisdictional claims by the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure over this subject matter 
     and will not prejudice your Committee with respect to the 
     appointment of conferees if this were to be necessary.
       I would be pleased to include your letter and this response 
     in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of H. 
     Res. 756.
     Sincerely,
                                                      Zoe Lofgren,
     Chairperson.
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                                         House of Representatives,


                                   Committee on the Judiciary,

                                    Washington, DC, March 5, 2020.
     Hon. Zoe Lofgren,
     Chair, Committee on House Administration,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chair Lofgren: This is to advise you that the 
     Committee on the Judiciary has now had an opportunity to 
     review the provisions in H. Res. 756, the ``Moving Our 
     Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards Modernization 
     Resolution,'' that fall within our Rule X jurisdiction. I 
     appreciate your consulting with us on those provisions. The 
     Judiciary Committee has no objection to your including them 
     in the resolution for consideration on the House floor, and 
     to expedite that consideration is willing to forgo action on 
     H. Res. 756, with the understanding that we do not thereby 
     waive any future jurisdictional claim over those provisions 
     or their subject matters.
       In the event a House-Senate conference on this or similar 
     legislation is convened, the Judiciary Committee reserves the 
     right to request an appropriate number of conferees to 
     address any concerns with these or similar provisions that 
     may arise in conference.
       Please place this letter into the Congressional Record 
     during consideration of the

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     measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative 
     spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and 
     others between our committees.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Jerrold Nadler,
     Chairman.
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                                         House of Representatives,


                            Committee on House Administration,

                                    Washington, DC, March 5, 2020.
     Hon. Jerrold Nadler,
     Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Nadler: Thank you for your letter regarding 
     H. Res. 756, the Moving Our Democracy and Congressional 
     Operations Towards Modernization Resolution. This House 
     resolution was referred primarily to the Committee on House 
     Administration with additional referrals to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       I recognize that this resolution contains provisions that 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the 
     Judiciary. I appreciate your Committee's willingness to be 
     discharged from further consideration of H. Res. 756 and that 
     this discharge is not a waiver of future jurisdictional 
     claims by the Committee on the Judiciary over this subject 
     matter and will not prejudice your Committee with respect to 
     the appointment of conferees if this were to be necessary.
       I would be pleased to include your letter and this response 
     in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of H. 
     Res. 756.
           Sincerely,
                                                      Zoe Lofgren,
     Chairperson.

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