[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S502-S503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE SUBCOMMITEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND BORDER MANAGEMENT RULES 
                              OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each

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committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and 
to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 
1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 22, 2023, a majority 
of the members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs' Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management 
adopted subcommittee rules of procedure.
  Consistent with Standing Rule XXVI, today I am submitting for 
printing in the Congressional Record a copy of the rules of procedure 
of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

   118th Congress Rules of Procedure for the Senate Subcommittee on 
    Government Operations and Border Management of the Committee on 
         Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs as Adopted

                          (February 22, 2023)

       (1) SUBCOMMITTEE RULES. The Subcommittee shall be governed, 
     where applicable, by the rules of the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs and the Standing Rules of 
     the Senate.
       (2) QUORUMS. For public or executive sessions, one Member 
     of the Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the 
     administering of oaths and the taking of testimony in any 
     given case or subject matter. One-third of the Members of the 
     Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
     business other than the administering of oaths and the taking 
     of testimony, provided that one Member of the minority is 
     present. Proxies shall not be considered for the 
     establishment of a quorum.
       (3) TAKING TESTIMONY. In any hearings conducted by the 
     Subcommittee, the Chair or the Chair's designee may swear in 
     each witness prior to their testimony.
       (4) SUBCOMMITTEE SUBPEONAS. Subpoenas for witnesses, as 
     well as documents and records, may be authorized and issued 
     by the Chair, or any other Member of the Subcommittee 
     designated by him or her, with the approval of the Ranking 
     Minority Member of the Subcommittee, provided that the Chair 
     may subpoena attendance or production without the approval of 
     the Ranking Minority Member where the Chair or a staff 
     officer designated by him or her has not received 
     notification from the Ranking Minority Member or a staff 
     officer designated by him or her of disapproval of the 
     subpoena within two calendar days excluding Saturdays and 
     Sundays, of being notified of the subpoena. If the subpoena 
     is disapproved by the Ranking Minority Member as provided 
     herein, the subpoena may be authorized by a vote of the 
     Members of the Subcommittee.
       A written notice of intent to issue a subpoena shall be 
     provided to the Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, or 
     staff officers designated by them, by the Subcommittee Chair, 
     or a staff officer designated by him or her, immediately upon 
     such authorization, and no subpoena shall be issued for at 
     least two calendar days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, 
     from delivery to appropriate offices, unless the Chair and 
     Ranking Minority Member of the full Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs waive the two-calendar day 
     waiting period or unless the Subcommittee Chair certifies in 
     writing to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
     full Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
     that, in his or her opinion, it is necessary to issue the 
     subpoena immediately.

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