    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Pages S1425-S1426]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

    U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
                         AND CENSUS 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 Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and
    Census 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 Disaster
    Management, District of Columbia, and Census 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 for the Senate Subcommittee on
    Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census 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 full Committee on
         Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the Standing
         Rules of the Senate.
           2. Quorums.
           A. Transaction of routine business. One-third of the
         membership of the Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for
         the transaction of routine business, provided

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         that one Member of the Minority is present. For the purpose
         of this paragraph, the term ``routine business'' includes the
         convening of a meeting and the consideration of any business
         of the Subcommittee other than reporting to the full
         Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs any
         measures, matters, or recommendations.
           B. Taking testimony. One Member of the Subcommittee shall
         constitute a quorum for taking sworn or unsworn testimony.
           C. Proxies prohibited in establishment of quorum. Proxies
         shall not be considered for the establishment of a quorum.
           3. Subcommittee subpoenas. The Chair of the Subcommittee,
         with the approval of the Ranking Minority Member of the
         Subcommittee, is authorized to subpoena the attendance of
         witnesses or the production of memoranda, documents, records,
         or any other materials at a hearing, 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 the Chair has not received notification
         from the Ranking Minority Member or a staff officer
         designated by the Chair of disapproval of the subpoena within
         2 calendar days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays and legal
         holidays in which the Senate is not in session, of being
         notified of the subpoena. If a subpoena is disapproved by the
         Ranking Minority Member as provided herein, the subpoena may
         be authorized by vote of the Members of the Subcommittee.
           Immediately upon authorization of the issuance of a
         subpoena under these rules, a written notice of intent to
         issue the subpoena shall be provided to the Chair and Ranking
         Minority Member of the full Committee on Homeland Security
         and Government Affairs, or staff officers designated by the
         Chair and Ranking Minority Member for the full Committee, by
         the Subcommittee Chair or a staff officer designated by the
         Chair, and no subpoena shall be issued for at least 2
         calendar days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, from delivery
         to the appropriate offices, unless the Chair and Ranking
         Minority Member of the full Committee on Homeland Security
         and Government Affairs waive the 2-calendar day waiting
         period or unless the Subcommittee Chair certifies in writing
         to the Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the full
         Committee that, in the opinion of the Chair, it is necessary
         to issue a subpoena immediately.
           When the Subcommittee or its Chair authorizes subpoenas,
         subpoenas may be issued upon the signature of the Chair or
         any other Member of the Subcommittee designated by the Chair.

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