[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H554]
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   PROVIDING FOR A CERTAIN TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON CERTAIN SELECT 
          COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Rules be discharged from further consideration of H. Res. 78, and 
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Collins). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Louisiana?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                               H. Res. 78

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF CERTAIN SELECT 
                   COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES.

       (a) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.--Clause 
     11(a)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives is amended by striking ``not more than 22 
     Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, of whom not 
     more than 13 may be from the same party'' and inserting ``not 
     more than 25 Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner, of whom not more than 14 may be from the same 
     party''.
       (b) Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between 
     the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.--Section 
     1(a)(2)(A) of House Resolution 11, as agreed to January 10, 
     2023, is amended by striking ``composed of not more than 16 
     Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by 
     the Speaker, not more than 7 of whom shall be appointed after 
     consultation with the minority leader'' and inserting 
     ``composed of not more than 24 Members, Delegates, or the 
     Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, not more than 
     11 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the 
     minority leader''.
       (c) Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal 
     Government.--Section 1(a)(2)(A) of House Resolution 12, as 
     agreed to January 10, 2023, is amended by striking ``together 
     with not more than 13 other Members, Delegates, or the 
     Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not 
     more than 5 shall be appointed in consultation with the 
     minority leader'' and inserting ``together with not more than 
     12 other Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
     appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 9 shall be 
     appointed in consultation with the minority leader''.
       (d) Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.--
     Section 4(a)(1)(B)(i) of House Resolution 5, as agreed to 
     January 9, 2023, is amended by striking ``not more than 12 
     Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by 
     the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 shall be appointed in 
     consultation with the Minority Leader'' and inserting ``not 
     more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
     appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 7 shall be 
     appointed in consultation with the Minority Leader''.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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