    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S1425]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

     U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BORDER MANAGEMENT, FEDERAL WORKFORCE, AND
                     REGULATORY AFFAIRS RULES OF PROCEDURE

      Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each
    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 27, 2025, a majority
    of the members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
    Affairs' Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce, and
    Regulatory Affairs adopted subcommittee rules of procedure.
      Consistent with Standing Rule XXVI, today I ask unanimous consent
    that a copy of the Rules of Procedure of the Subcommittee on Border
    Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs be printed in the
    Record.
      There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
    the Record, as follows:

    119th Congress--Rules of Procedure of the Senate Subcommittee on Border
    Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee
            on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs As Adopted

                              (February 27, 2025)

           (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 SUBPOENAS. 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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