[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 47-235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                           RULES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Republican 
Conference, I call up a privileged resolution (H. Res. 5) and ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 5

       Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of 
     the One Hundred Fifth Congress, including applicable 
     provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted 
     rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Fifth 
     Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, with 
     amendments to the standing rules, and with other orders, as 
     follows:

     SECTION 1. CHANGES IN STANDING RULES.

       Amend the standing rules to read as follows:

                 RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                 RULE I

                              The Speaker

     Approval of the Journal

       1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative 
     day precisely at the hour to which the House last adjourned 
     and immediately call the House to order. Having examined and 
     approved the Journal of the last day's proceedings, the 
     Speaker shall announce to the House his approval thereof. The 
     Speaker's approval of the Journal shall be deemed agreed to 
     unless a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner demands a 
     vote thereon. If such a vote is decided in the affirmative, 
     it shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider. If such a 
     vote is decided in the negative, then one motion that the 
     Journal be read shall be privileged, shall be decided without 
     debate, and shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider.

     Preservation of order

       2. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum and, in 
     case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or 
     in the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.

     Control of Capitol facilities

       3. Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker 
     shall have general control of the Hall of the House, the 
     corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to 
     the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated 
     rooms in that part of the Capitol.

     Signature of documents

       4. The Speaker shall sign all acts and joint resolutions 
     passed by the two Houses and all writs, warrants, and 
     subpoenas of, or issued by order of, the House. The Speaker 
     may sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions whether or not 
     the House is in session.

     Questions of order

       5. The Speaker shall decide all questions of order, subject 
     to appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. On 
     such an appeal a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     may not speak more than once without permission of the House.

     Form of a question

       6. The Speaker shall rise to put a question but may state 
     it sitting. The Speaker shall put a question in this form: 
     ``Those in favor (of the question), say `Aye.' ''; and after 
     the affirmative voice is expressed, ``Those opposed, say 
     `No.' ''. After a vote by voice under this clause, the 
     Speaker may use such voting procedures as may be invoked 
     under rule XX.

     Discretion to vote

       7. The Speaker is not required to vote in ordinary 
     legislative proceedings, except when his vote would be 
     decisive or when the House is engaged in voting by ballot.

     Speaker pro tempore

       8. (a) The Speaker may appoint a Member to perform the 
     duties of the Chair. Except as specified in paragraph (b), 
     such an appointment may not extend beyond three legislative 
     days.
       (b)(1) In the case of his illness, the Speaker may appoint 
     a Member to perform the duties of the Chair for a period not 
     exceeding 10 days, subject to the approval of the House. If 
     the Speaker is absent and has omitted to make such an 
     appointment, then the House shall elect a Speaker pro tempore 
     to act during the absence of the Speaker.
       (2) With the approval of the House, the Speaker may appoint 
     a Member to act as Speaker pro tempore only to sign enrolled 
     bills and joint resolutions for a specified period of time.

     Term limit

       9. A person may not serve as Speaker for more than four 
     consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
     service for less than a full session in any Congress).

     Designation of travel

       10. The Speaker may designate a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House to travel on 
     the business of the House within or without the United 
     States, whether the House is meeting, has recessed, or has 
     adjourned. Expenses for such travel may be paid from 
     applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) 
     of rule X on vouchers approved and signed solely by the 
     Speaker.

     Committee appointment

       11. The Speaker shall appoint all select, joint, and 
     conference committees ordered by the House. At any time after 
     an original appointment, the Speaker may remove Members, 
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from, or appoint 
     additional Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
     to, a select or conference committee. In appointing Members, 
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner to conference 
     committees, the Speaker shall appoint no less than a majority 
     who generally supported the House position as determined by 
     the Speaker, shall name those who are primarily responsible 
     for the legislation, and shall, to the fullest extent 
     feasible, include the principal proponents of the major 
     provisions of the bill or resolution passed or adopted by the 
     House.

     Declaration of recess

       12. To suspend the business of the House for a short time 
     when no question is pending before the House, the Speaker may 
     declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair.

     Other responsibilities

       13. The Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader, 
     shall develop through an appropriate entity of the House a 
     system for drug testing in the House. The system may provide 
     for the testing of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House, and otherwise shall be 
     comparable in scope to the system for drug testing in the 
     executive branch pursuant to Executive Order 12564 (Sept. 15, 
     1986). The expenses of the system may be paid from applicable 
     accounts of the House for official expenses.

                                RULE II

                      Other Officers and Officials

     Elections

       1. There shall be elected at the commencement of each 
     Congress, to continue in office until their successors are 
     chosen and qualified, a Clerk, a Sergeant-at-Arms, a Chief 
     Administrative Officer, and a Chaplain. Each of these 
     officers shall take an oath to support the Constitution of 
     the United States, and for the true and faithful exercise of 
     the duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and 
     ability, and to keep the secrets of the House. Each of these 
     officers shall appoint all of the employees of his department 
     provided for by law. The Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Chief 
     Administrative Officer may be removed by the House or by the 
     Speaker.

     Clerk

       2. (a) At the commencement of the first session of each 
     Congress, the Clerk shall call the Members, Delegates, and 
     Resident Commissioner to order and proceed to record their 
     presence by States in alphabetical order, either by call of 
     the roll or by use of the electronic voting system. Pending 
     the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, the Clerk 
     shall preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of 
     order, subject to appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner.
       (b) At the commencement of every regular session of 
     Congress, the Clerk shall make and cause to be printed and 
     delivered to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident 
     Commissioner a list of the reports that any officer or 
     Department is required to make to Congress, citing the law or 
     resolution in which the requirement may be contained and 
     placing under the name of each officer the list of reports he 
     is required to make.
       (c) The Clerk shall--
       (1) note all questions of order, with the decisions 
     thereon, the record of which shall be appended to the Journal 
     of each session;
       (2) enter on the Journal the hour at which the House 
     adjourns;
       (3) complete the printing and distribution of the Journal 
     to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner, 
     together with an accurate and complete index, as soon as 
     possible after the close of a session; and
       (4) send a printed copy of the Journal to the executive of 
     and to each branch of the legislature of every State as may 
     be requested by such State officials.
       (d) The Clerk shall attest and affix the seal of the House 
     to all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the 
     House and certify the passage of all bills and joint 
     resolutions.
       (e) The Clerk shall cause the calendars of the House to be 
     printed and distributed each legislative day.
       (f) The Clerk shall--
       (1) retain in the library at the Office of the Clerk for 
     the use of the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and 
     officers of the House, and not to be withdrawn therefrom, two 
     copies of all the books and printed documents deposited 
     there; and
       (2) deliver or mail to any Member, Delegate, or the 
     Resident Commissioner an extra copy, in binding of good 
     quality, of each document requested by that Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner that has been printed by order of 
     either House of Congress in any Congress in which the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner served.

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       (g) The Clerk shall provide for his temporary absence or 
     disability by designating an official in the Office of the 
     Clerk to sign all papers that may require the official 
     signature of the Clerk and to do all other official acts that 
     the Clerk may be required to do under the rules and practices 
     of the House, except such official acts as are provided for 
     by statute. Official acts done by the designated official 
     shall be under the name of the Clerk. The designation shall 
     be in writing and shall be laid before the House and entered 
     on the Journal.
       (h) The Clerk may receive messages from the President and 
     from the Senate at any time when the House is not in session.
       (i)(1) The Clerk shall supervise the staff and manage the 
     office of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     has died, resigned, or been expelled until a successor is 
     elected. The Clerk shall perform similar duties in the event 
     that a vacancy is declared by the House in any congressional 
     district because of the incapacity of the person representing 
     such district or other reason. Whenever the Clerk is acting 
     as a supervisory authority over such staff, he shall have 
     authority to terminate employees and, with the approval of 
     the Committee on House Administration, may appoint such staff 
     as is required to operate the office until a successor is 
     elected.
       (2) For 60 days following the death of a former Speaker, 
     the Clerk shall maintain on the House payroll, and shall 
     supervise in the same manner, staff appointed under House 
     Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress (as enacted into 
     permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 31b-5).
       (j) In addition to any other reports required by the 
     Speaker or the Committee on House Administration, the Clerk 
     shall report to the Committee on House Administration not 
     later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual 
     period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial 
     and operational status of each function under the 
     jurisdiction of the Clerk. Each report shall include 
     financial statements and a description or explanation of 
     current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
     procedures, and future plans for each function.
       (k) The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate 
     offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits 
     of financial records and administrative operations.

     Sergeant-at-Arms

       3. (a) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall attend the House during 
     its sittings and maintain order under the direction of the 
     Speaker or other presiding officer. The Sergeant-at-Arms 
     shall execute the commands of the House, and all processes 
     issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.
       (b) The symbol of the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall 
     be the mace, which shall be borne by him while enforcing 
     order on the floor.
       (c) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall enforce strictly the rules 
     relating to the privileges of the Hall of the House and be 
     responsible to the House for the official conduct of his 
     employees.
       (d) The Sergeant-at-Arms may not allow a person to enter 
     the room over the Hall of the House during its sittings; and 
     from 15 minutes before the hour of the meeting of the House 
     each day until 10 minutes after adjournment, he shall see 
     that the floor is cleared of all persons except those 
     privileged to remain.
       (e) In addition to any other reports required by the 
     Speaker or the Committee on House Administration, the 
     Sergeant-at-Arms shall report to the Committee on House 
     Administration not later than 45 days following the close of 
     each semiannual period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on 
     the financial and operational status of each function under 
     the jurisdiction of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall 
     include financial statements and a description or explanation 
     of current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
     procedures, and future plans for each function.
       (f) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the 
     appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews 
     and audits of financial records and administrative 
     operations.

     Chief Administrative Officer

       4. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have 
     operational and financial responsibility for functions as 
     assigned by the Committee on House Administration and shall 
     be subject to the policy direction and oversight of the 
     Committee on House Administration.
       (b) In addition to any other reports required by the 
     Committee on House Administration, the Chief Administrative 
     Officer shall report to the Committee on House Administration 
     not later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual 
     period ending on June 30 or December 31 on the financial and 
     operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of 
     the Chief Administrative Officer. Each report shall include 
     financial statements and a description or explanation of 
     current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
     procedures, and future plans for each function.
       (c) The Chief Administrative Officer shall fully cooperate 
     with the appropriate offices and persons in the performance 
     of reviews and audits of financial records and administrative 
     operations.

     Chaplain

       5. The Chaplain shall offer a prayer at the commencement of 
     each day's sitting of the House.

     Office of Inspector General

       6. (a) There is established an Office of Inspector General.
       (b) The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress 
     by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, 
     acting jointly.
       (c) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the 
     Committee on House Administration, the Inspector General 
     shall only--
       (1) conduct periodic audits of the financial and 
     administrative functions of the House and of joint entities;
       (2) inform the officers or other officials who are the 
     subject of an audit of the results of that audit and 
     suggesting appropriate curative actions;
       (3) simultaneously notify the Speaker, the Majority Leader, 
     the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on House Administration in the case 
     of any financial irregularity discovered in the course of 
     carrying out responsibilities under this clause;
       (4) simultaneously submit to the Speaker, the Majority 
     Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on House Administration a 
     report of each audit conducted under this clause; and
       (5) report to the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct information involving possible violations by a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House of any rule of the House or of any law 
     applicable to the performance of official duties or the 
     discharge of official responsibilities that may require 
     referral to the appropriate Federal or State authorities 
     under clause 3(a)(3) of rule XI.

     Office of the Historian

       7. There is established an Office of the Historian of the 
     House of Representatives. The Speaker shall appoint and set 
     the annual rate of pay for employees of the Office of the 
     Historian.

     Office of General Counsel

       8. There is established an Office of General Counsel for 
     the purpose of providing legal assistance and representation 
     to the House. Legal assistance and representation shall be 
     provided without regard to political affiliation. The Office 
     of General Counsel shall function pursuant to the direction 
     of the Speaker, who shall consult with a Bipartisan Legal 
     Advisory Group, which shall include the majority and minority 
     leaderships. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual 
     rate of pay for employees of the Office of General Counsel.

                                RULE III

    The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

     Voting

       1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the 
     House during its sittings, unless excused or necessarily 
     prevented, and shall vote on each question put, unless he has 
     a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the event of such 
     question.
       2. (a) A Member may not authorize any other person to cast 
     his vote or record his presence in the House or the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
       (b) No other person may cast a Member's vote or record a 
     Member's presence in the House or the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union.

     Delegates and the Resident Commissioner

       3. (a) Each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall be 
     elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner as 
     Members of the House and shall possess in such committees the 
     same powers and privileges as the other members of the 
     committee.
       (b) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may be 
     appointed to any select committee and to any conference 
     committee.

                                RULE IV

                         The Hall of the House

     Use and admittance

       1. The Hall of the House shall be used only for the 
     legislative business of the House and for caucus and 
     conference meetings of its Members, except when the House 
     agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be observed therein. 
     The Speaker may not entertain a motion for the suspension of 
     this clause.
       2. (a) Only the following persons shall be admitted to the 
     Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto:
       (1) Members of Congress, Members-elect, and contestants in 
     election cases during the pendency of their cases on the 
     floor.
       (2) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.
       (3) The President and Vice President of the United States 
     and their private secretaries.
       (4) Justices of the Supreme Court.
       (5) Elected officers and minority employees nominated as 
     elected officers of the House.
       (6) The Parliamentarian.
       (7) Staff of committees when business from their committee 
     is under consideration.

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       (8) Not more than one person from the staff of a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner when that Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has an amendment under 
     consideration (subject to clause 5).
       (9) The Architect of the Capitol.
       (10) The Librarian of Congress and the assistant in charge 
     of the Law Library.
       (11) The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
       (12) Heads of departments.
       (13) Foreign ministers.
       (14) Governors of States.
       (15) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners; 
     former Parliamentarians of the House; and former elected 
     officers and minority employees nominated as elected officers 
     of the House (subject to clause 4).
       (16) One attorney to accompany a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner who is the respondent in an 
     investigation undertaken by the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct when a recommendation of that committee is 
     under consideration in the House.
       (17) Such persons as have, by name, received the thanks of 
     Congress.
       (b) The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent 
     request or a motion to suspend this clause.
       3. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all persons not 
     entitled to the privilege of the floor during the session 
     shall be excluded at all times from the Hall of the House and 
     the cloakrooms.
       (b) Until 15 minutes of the hour of the meeting of the 
     House, persons employed in its service, accredited members of 
     the press entitled to admission to the press gallery, and 
     other persons on request of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner by card or in writing, may be admitted to the 
     Hall of the House.
       4. (a) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident 
     Commissioners; former Parliamentarians of the House; and 
     former elected officers and minority employees nominated as 
     elected officers of the House shall be entitled to the 
     privilege of admission to the Hall of the House and rooms 
     leading thereto only if--
       (1) they do not have any direct personal or pecuniary 
     interest in any legislative measure pending before the House 
     or reported by a committee; and
       (2) they are not in the employ of, or do not represent, any 
     party or organization for the purpose of influencing, 
     directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of 
     any legislative measure pending before the House, reported by 
     a committee, or under consideration in any of its committees 
     or subcommittees.
       (b) The Speaker shall promulgate such regulations as may be 
     necessary to implement this rule and to ensure its 
     enforcement.
       5. A person from the staff of a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner may be admitted to the Hall of the 
     House or rooms leading thereto under clause 2 only upon prior 
     notice to the Speaker. Such persons, and persons from the 
     staff of committees admitted under clause 2, may not engage 
     in efforts in the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto 
     to influence Members with regard to the legislation being 
     amended. Such persons shall remain at the desk and are 
     admitted only to advise the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or committee responsible for their admission. A 
     person who violates this clause may be excluded during the 
     session from the Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto 
     by the Speaker.

     Gallery

       6. (a) The Speaker shall set aside a portion of the west 
     gallery for the use of the President, the members of the 
     Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, foreign ministers and 
     suites, and the members of their respective families. The 
     Speaker shall set aside another portion of the same gallery 
     for the accommodation of persons to be admitted on the cards 
     of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner.
       (b) The Speaker shall set aside the southerly half of the 
     east gallery for the use of the families of Members of 
     Congress. The Speaker shall control one bench. On the request 
     of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator, the 
     Speaker shall issue a card of admission to his family, which 
     may include their visitors. No other person shall be admitted 
     to this section.

     Prohibition on campaign contributions

       7. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House, or any other person entitled to 
     admission to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto 
     by this rule, may not knowingly distribute a political 
     campaign contribution in the Hall of the House or rooms 
     leading thereto.

                                 RULE V

                         Broadcasting the House

       1. The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his 
     direction and control for closed-circuit viewing of floor 
     proceedings of the House in the offices of all Members, 
     Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees and in 
     such other places in the Capitol and the House Office 
     Buildings as he considers appropriate. Such system may 
     include other telecommunications functions as the Speaker 
     considers appropriate. Any such telecommunications shall be 
     subject to rules and regulations issued by the Speaker.
       2. (a) The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his 
     direction and control for complete and unedited audio and 
     visual broadcasting and recording of the proceedings of the 
     House. The Speaker shall provide for the distribution of such 
     broadcasts and recordings to news media, for the storage of 
     audio and video recordings of the proceedings, and for the 
     closed-captioning of the proceedings for hearing-impaired 
     persons.
       (b) All television and radio broadcasting stations, 
     networks, services, and systems (including cable systems) 
     that are accredited to the House Radio and Television 
     Correspondents' Galleries, and all radio and television 
     correspondents who are so accredited, shall be provided 
     access to the live coverage of the House.
       (c) Coverage made available under this clause, including 
     any recording thereof--
       (1) may not be used for any political purpose;
       (2) may not be used in any commercial advertisement; and
       (3) may not be broadcast with commercial sponsorship except 
     as part of a bona fide news program or public affairs 
     documentary program.
       3. The Speaker may delegate any of his responsibilities 
     under this rule to such legislative entity as he considers 
     appropriate.

                                RULE VI

              Official Reporters and News Media Galleries

     Official reporters

       1. Subject to the direction and control of the Speaker, the 
     Clerk shall appoint, and may remove for cause, the official 
     reporters of the House, including stenographers of 
     committees, and shall supervise the execution of their 
     duties.

     News media galleries

       2. A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as may 
     be necessary to accommodate representatives of the press 
     wishing to report debates and proceedings shall be set aside 
     for their use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall 
     be admitted thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may 
     prescribe from time to time. The Standing Committee of 
     Correspondents for the Press Gallery, and the Executive 
     Committee of Correspondents for the Periodical Press Gallery, 
     shall supervise such galleries, including the designation of 
     its employees, subject to the direction and control of the 
     Speaker. The Speaker may assign one seat on the floor to 
     Associated Press reporters and one to United Press 
     International reporters, and may regulate their occupation. 
     The Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations as 
     he may prescribe, one additional representative of each press 
     association.
       3. A portion of the gallery as may be necessary to 
     accommodate reporters of news to be disseminated by radio, 
     television, and similar means of transmission, wishing to 
     report debates and proceedings, shall be set aside for their 
     use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall be admitted 
     thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe. 
     The Executive Committee of the Radio and Television 
     Correspondents' Galleries shall supervise such gallery, 
     including the designation of its employees, subject to the 
     direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may admit 
     to the floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one 
     representative of the National Broadcasting Company, one of 
     the Columbia Broadcasting System, and one of the American 
     Broadcasting Company.

                                RULE VII

                          Records of the House

     Archiving

       1. (a) At the end of each Congress, the chairman of each 
     committee shall transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records 
     of such committee, including the subcommittees thereof.
       (b) At the end of each Congress, each officer of the House 
     elected under rule II shall transfer to the Clerk any 
     noncurrent records made or acquired in the course of the 
     duties of such officer.
       2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred under 
     clause 1, together with any other noncurrent records of the 
     House, to the Archivist of the United States for preservation 
     at the National Archives and Records Administration. Records 
     so delivered are the permanent property of the House and 
     remain subject to this rule and any order of the House.

     Public availability

       3. (a) The Clerk shall authorize the Archivist to make 
     records delivered under clause 2 available for public use, 
     subject to paragraph (b), clause 4, and any order of the 
     House.
       (b)(1) A record shall immediately be made available if it 
     was previously made available for public use by the House or 
     a committee or a subcommittee.
       (2) An investigative record that contains personal data 
     relating to a specific living person (the disclosure of which 
     would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), an 
     administrative record relating to personnel, or a record 
     relating to a hearing that was closed under clause 2(g)(2) of 
     rule XI

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     shall be made available if it has been in existence for 50 
     years.
       (3) A record for which a time, schedule, or condition for 
     availability is specified by order of the House shall be made 
     available in accordance with that order. Except as otherwise 
     provided by order of the House, a record of a committee for 
     which a time, schedule, or condition for availability is 
     specified by order of the committee (entered during the 
     Congress in which the record is made or acquired by the 
     committee) shall be made available in accordance with the 
     order of the committee.
       (4) A record (other than a record referred to in 
     subparagraph (1), (2), or (3)) shall be made available if it 
     has been in existence for 30 years.
       4. (a) A record may not be made available for public use 
     under clause 3 if the Clerk determines that such availability 
     would be detrimental to the public interest or inconsistent 
     with the rights and privileges of the House. The Clerk shall 
     notify in writing the chairman and ranking minority member of 
     the Committee on House Administration of any such 
     determination.
       (b) A determination of the Clerk under paragraph (a) is 
     subject to later orders of the House and, in the case of a 
     record of a committee, later orders of the committee.
       5. (a) This rule does not supersede rule VIII or clause 9 
     of rule X and does not authorize the public disclosure of any 
     record if such disclosure is prohibited by law or executive 
     order of the President.
       (b) The Committee on House Administration may prescribe 
     guidelines and regulations governing the applicability and 
     implementation of this rule.
       (c) A committee may withdraw from the National Archives and 
     Records Administration any record of the committee delivered 
     to the Archivist under this rule. Such a withdrawal shall be 
     on a temporary basis and for official use of the committee.

     Definition of record

       6. In this rule the term ``record'' means any official, 
     permanent record of the House (other than a record of an 
     individual Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner), 
     including--
       (a) with respect to a committee, an official, permanent 
     record of the committee (including any record of a 
     legislative, oversight, or other activity of such committee 
     or a subcommittee thereof); and
       (b) with respect to an officer of the House elected under 
     rule II, an official, permanent record made or acquired in 
     the course of the duties of such officer.

     Withdrawal of papers

       7. A memorial or other paper presented to the House may not 
     be withdrawn from its files without its leave. If withdrawn 
     certified copies thereof shall be left in the office of the 
     Clerk. When an act passes for the settlement of a claim, the 
     Clerk may transmit to the officer charged with the settlement 
     thereof the papers on file in his office relating to such 
     claim. The Clerk may lend temporarily to an officer or bureau 
     of the executive departments any papers on file in his office 
     relating to any matter pending before such officer or bureau, 
     taking proper receipt therefor.

                               RULE VIII

                         Response to Subpoenas

       1. When a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House is properly served with a subpoena 
     or other judicial order directing appearance as a witness 
     relating to the official functions of the House or for the 
     production or disclosure of any document relating to the 
     official functions of the House, such Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall comply, 
     consistently with the privileges and rights of the House, 
     with the subpoena or other judicial order as hereinafter 
     provided, unless otherwise determined under this rule.
       2. Upon receipt of a properly served subpoena or other 
     judicial order described in clause 1, a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
     shall promptly notify the Speaker of its receipt in writing. 
     Such notification shall promptly be laid before the House by 
     the Speaker. During a period of recess or adjournment of 
     longer than three days, notification to the House is not 
     required until the reconvening of the House, when the 
     notification shall promptly be laid before the House by the 
     Speaker.
       3. Once notification has been laid before the House, the 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House shall determine whether the issuance of the 
     subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a 
     proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and 
     relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of 
     the House. Such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee shall notify the Speaker before seeking 
     judicial determination of these matters.
       4. Upon determination whether a subpoena or other judicial 
     order described in clause 1 is a proper exercise of 
     jurisdiction by the court, is material and relevant, and is 
     consistent with the privileges and rights of the House, the 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House shall immediately notify the Speaker of the 
     determination in writing.
       5. The Speaker shall inform the House of a determination 
     whether a subpoena or other judicial order described in 
     clause 1 is a proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, 
     is material and relevant, and is consistent with the 
     privileges and rights of the House. In so informing the 
     House, the Speaker shall generally describe the records or 
     information sought. During a period of recess or adjournment 
     of longer than three days, such notification is not required 
     until the reconvening of the House, when the notification 
     shall promptly be laid before the House by the Speaker.
       6. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) or otherwise 
     ordered by the House, upon notification to the House that a 
     subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a 
     proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and 
     relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of 
     the House, the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House shall comply with the 
     subpoena or other judicial order by supplying certified 
     copies.
       (b) Under no circumstances may minutes or transcripts of 
     executive sessions, or evidence of witnesses in respect 
     thereto, be disclosed or copied. During a period of recess or 
     adjournment of longer than three days, the Speaker may 
     authorize compliance or take such other action as he 
     considers appropriate under the circumstances. Upon the 
     reconvening of the House, all matters that transpired under 
     this clause shall promptly be laid before the House by the 
     Speaker.
       7. A copy of this rule shall be transmitted by the Clerk to 
     the court when a subpoena or other judicial order described 
     in clause 1 is issued and served on a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.
       8. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to deprive, 
     condition, or waive the constitutional or legal privileges or 
     rights applicable or available at any time to a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House, or of the House itself, or the right of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, or of 
     the House itself, to assert such privileges or rights before 
     a court in the United States.

                                RULE IX

                         Questions of Privilege

       1. Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting 
     the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, 
     and the integrity of its proceedings; and second, those 
     affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of Members, 
     Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, individually, in 
     their representative capacity only.
       2. (a)(1) A resolution reported as a question of the 
     privileges of the House, or offered from the floor by the 
     Majority Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the 
     privileges of the House, or offered as privileged under 
     clause 1, section 7, article I of the Constitution, shall 
     have precedence of all other questions except motions to 
     adjourn. A resolution offered from the floor by a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner other than the Majority 
     Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the privileges 
     of the House shall have precedence of all other questions 
     except motions to adjourn only at a time or place, designated 
     by the Speaker, in the legislative schedule within two 
     legislative days after the day on which the proponent 
     announces to the House his intention to offer the resolution 
     and the form of the resolution. Oral announcement of the form 
     of the resolution may be dispensed with by unanimous consent.
       (2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered 
     from the floor as a question of the privileges of the House 
     shall be equally divided between (A) the proponent of the 
     resolution, and (B) the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, 
     or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.
       (b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence 
     of all other questions except motions to adjourn.

                                 RULE X

                       Organization of Committees

     Committees and their legislative jurisdictions

       1. There shall be in the House the following standing 
     committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and 
     related functions assigned by this clause and clauses 2, 3, 
     and 4. All bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to 
     subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing committees 
     listed in this clause shall be referred to those committees, 
     in accordance with clause 2 of rule XII, as follows:
       (a) Committee on Agriculture.
       (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of 
     birds and animals in forest reserves.
       (2) Agriculture generally.
       (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
       (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
       (5) Agricultural economics and research.
       (6) Agricultural education extension services.
       (7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization 
     of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not 
     including distribution outside of the United States).
       (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
       (9) Commodity exchanges.

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       (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
       (11) Dairy industry.
       (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
       (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
       (14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and 
     seafood and seafood products.
       (15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than 
     those created from the public domain.
       (16) Human nutrition and home economics.
       (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
       (18) Rural electrification.
       (19) Rural development.
       (20) Water conservation related to activities of the 
     Department of Agriculture.
       (b) Committee on Appropriations.
       (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the 
     Government.
       (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in 
     appropriation Acts.
       (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
       (4) Bills and joint resolutions reported by other 
     committees that provide new entitlement authority as defined 
     in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 
     referred to the committee under clause 4(a)(2).
       (c) Committee on Armed Services.
       (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy, and 
     Air Force reservations and establishments.
       (2) Common defense generally.
       (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum 
     and oil shale reserves.
       (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the 
     Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.
       (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures 
     relating to the maintenance, operation, and administration of 
     interoceanic canals.
       (6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.
       (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
       (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the Department of Defense.
       (9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including 
     financial assistance for the construction and operation of 
     vessels, maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair 
     industrial base, cabotage, cargo preference, and merchant 
     marine officers and seamen as these matters relate to the 
     national security.
       (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and 
     privileges of members of the armed forces.
       (11) Scientific research and development in support of the 
     armed services.
       (12) Selective service.
       (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
     and Air Force.
       (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
       (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the 
     common defense.
       (d) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and 
     Federal monetary policy.
       (2) Bank capital markets activities generally.
       (3) Depository institutions securities activities 
     generally, including activities of any affiliates (except for 
     functional regulation under applicable securities laws not 
     involving safety and soundness).
       (4) Economic stabilization, defense production, 
     renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, 
     rents, and services.
       (5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than 
     transportation).
       (6) International finance.
       (7) International financial and monetary organizations.
       (8) Money and credit, including currency and this issuance 
     of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including 
     the coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar.
       (9) Public and private housing.
       (10) Urban development.
       (e) Committee on the Budget.
       (1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in 
     section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other 
     matters required to be referred to the committee under titles 
     III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth 
     appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States 
     Government.
       (2) Budget process generally.
       (3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special 
     controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary 
     treatment of off-budget Federal agencies and measures 
     providing exemption from reduction under any order issued 
     under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       (f) Committee on Commerce.
       (1) Biomedical research and development.
       (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
       (3) Health and health facilities (except health care 
     supported by payroll deductions).
       (4) Interstate energy compacts.
       (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
       (6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, 
     pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all 
     fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or 
     renewable energy resources.
       (7) Conservation of energy resources.
       (8) Energy information generally.
       (9) The generation and marketing of power (except by 
     federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing 
     authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and 
     ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation 
     facilities (except the installation of interconnections 
     between Government waterpower projects).
       (10) General management of the Department of Energy and 
     management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission.
       (11) National energy policy generally.
       (12) Public health and quarantine.
       (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, 
     including regulation of research and development reactors and 
     nuclear regulatory research.
       (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
       (15) Securities and exchanges.
       (16) Travel and tourism.
     The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect 
     to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear 
     energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear 
     facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.
       (g) Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       (1) Child labor.
       (2) Gallaudet University and Howard University and 
     Hospital.
       (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts 
     into interstate commerce.
       (4) Food programs for children in schools.
       (5) Labor standards and statistics.
       (6) Education or labor generally.
       (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
       (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign 
     laborers under contract.
       (9) Workers' compensation.
       (10) Vocational rehabilitation.
       (11) Wages and hours of labor.
       (12) Welfare of miners.
       (13) Work incentive programs.
       (h) Committee on Government Reform.
       (1) Federal civil service, including intergovernmental 
     personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the 
     United States, including their compensation, classification, 
     and retirement.
       (2) Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in 
     general (other than appropriations).
       (3) Federal paperwork reduction.
       (4) Government management and accounting measures 
     generally.
       (5) Holidays and celebrations.
       (6) Overall economy, efficiency, and management of 
     government operations and activities, including Federal 
     procurement.
       (7) National archives.
       (8) Population and demography generally, including the 
     Census.
       (9) Postal service generally, including transportation of 
     the mails.
       (10) Public information and records.
       (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States 
     and municipalities generally.
       (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the 
     Government.
       (i) Committee on House Administration.
       (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and 
     expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations); House 
     Information Resources; and allowance and expenses of Members, 
     Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
     administrative offices of the House.
       (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in 
     subparagraph (1).
       (3) Employment of persons by the House, including staff for 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and 
     committees; and reporters of debates, subject to rule VI.
       (4) Except as provided in paragraph (q)(11), the Library of 
     Congress, including management thereof; the House Library; 
     statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of works of art 
     for the Capitol; the Botanic Garden; and purchase of books 
     and manuscripts.
       (5) The Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of 
     similar institutions (except as provided in paragraph 
     (q)(11)).
       (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
       (7) Franking Commission.
       (8) Printing and correction of the Congressional Record.
       (9) Accounts of the House generally.
       (10) Assignment of office space for Members, Delegates, the 
     Resident Commissioner, and committees.
       (11) Disposition of useless executive papers.
       (12) Election of the President, Vice President, Members, 
     Senators, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner; corrupt 
     practices; contested elections; credentials and 
     qualifications; and Federal elections generally.
       (13) Services to the House, including the House Restaurant, 
     parking facilities, and administration of the House Office 
     Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
       (14) Travel of Members, Delegates, and the Resident 
     Commissioner.
       (15) Raising, reporting, and use of campaign contributions 
     for candidates for office of Representative, of Delegate, and 
     of Resident Commissioner.
       (16) Compensation, retirement, and other benefits of the 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
     employees of Congress.

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       (j) Committee on International Relations.
       (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations 
     generally.
       (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and 
     legations in foreign countries.
       (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United 
     States and foreign nations.
       (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear 
     technology and nuclear hardware.
       (5) Foreign loans.
       (6) International commodity agreements (other than those 
     involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in 
     the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
       (7) International conferences and congresses.
       (8) International education.
       (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
       (10) Diplomatic service.
       (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign 
     nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
       (12) International economic policy.
       (13) Neutrality.
       (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and 
     expatriation.
       (15) The American National Red Cross.
       (16) Trading with the enemy.
       (17) United Nations organizations.
       (k) Committee on the Judiciary.
       (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and 
     criminal.
       (2) Administrative practice and procedure.
       (3) Apportionment of Representatives.
       (4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
       (5) Civil liberties.
       (6) Constitutional amendments.
       (7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the 
     Territories and possessions.
       (8) Immigration and naturalization.
       (9) Interstate compacts generally.
       (10) Claims against the United States.
       (11) Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner; and their 
     acceptance of incompatible offices.
       (12) National penitentiaries.
       (13) Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, 
     and trademarks.
       (14) Presidential succession.
       (15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful 
     restraints and monopolies.
       (16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the 
     United States.
       (17) State and territorial boundary lines.
       (18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security 
     of the United States.
       (l) Committee on Resources.
       (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, 
     restoration, refuges, and conservation.
       (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the 
     public domain.
       (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, 
     including alien ownership of mineral lands.
       (4) Geological Survey.
       (5) International fishing agreements.
       (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters 
     for irrigation purposes.
       (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for 
     reclamation projects and easements of public lands for 
     irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when 
     necessary to complete irrigation projects.
       (8) Native Americans generally, including the care and 
     allotment of Native American lands and general and special 
     measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native 
     American funds.
       (9) Insular possessions of the United States generally 
     (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
       (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within 
     the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to 
     the memory of individuals.
       (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
       (12) Mineral resources of public lands.
       (13) Mining interests generally.
       (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
       (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management 
     (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of 
     navigable waters).
       (16) Oceanography.
       (17) Petroleum conservation on public lands and 
     conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
       (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of 
     interest on the public domain.
       (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, 
     and grazing thereon.
       (20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans 
     and Native American tribes.
       (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).
       (m) Committee on Rules.
       (1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to the 
     Code of Official Conduct) and the order of business of the 
     House.
       (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
       (n) Committee on Science.
       (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, 
     and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated 
     nonmilitary energy laboratories.
       (2) Astronautical research and development, including 
     resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
       (3) Civil aviation research and development.
       (4) Environmental research and development.
       (5) Marine research.
       (6) Commercial application of energy technology.
       (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
     standardization of weights and measures, and the metric 
     system.
       (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (9) National Space Council.
       (10) National Science Foundation.
       (11) National Weather Service.
       (12) Outer space, including exploration and control 
     thereof.
       (13) Science scholarships.
       (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, 
     and projects therefor.
       (o) Committee on Small Business.
       (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, 
     including financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and 
     paperwork reduction.
       (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal 
     procurement and Government contracts.
       (p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       The Code of Official Conduct.
       (q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, 
     lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.
       (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural 
     disasters.
       (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
       (4) Inland waterways.
       (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and 
     signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such 
     vessels.
       (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including 
     pilotage.
       (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
       (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent 
     collisions at sea.
       (9) The Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office 
     Buildings.
       (10) Construction or maintenance of roads and post roads 
     (other than appropriations therefor).
       (11) Construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and care 
     of buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the Library 
     of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
       (12) Merchant marine (except for national security aspects 
     thereof).
       (13) Purchase of sites and construction of post offices, 
     customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government buildings 
     within the District of Columbia.
       (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including 
     inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
       (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management, as 
     they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
       (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of 
     the United States generally.
       (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including 
     bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams).
       (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.
       (19) Roads and the safety thereof.
       (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, 
     water transportation, transportation safety (except 
     automobile safety), transportation infrastructure, 
     transportation labor, and railroad retirement and 
     unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto).
       (21) Water power.
       (r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       (1) Veterans' measures generally.
       (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of 
     any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the 
     United States or abroad (except cemeteries administered by 
     the Secretary of the Interior).
       (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education 
     of veterans.
       (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of 
     service in the Armed Forces.
       (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general 
     and special.
       (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
       (7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
       (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of 
     veterans.
       (s) Committee on Ways and Means.
       (1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and 
     delivery.
       (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
       (3) Revenue measures generally.
       (4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.
       (5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last 
     sentence of clause 4(f).
       (6) Deposit of public monies.
       (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
       (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
       (9) National social security (except health care and 
     facilities programs that are supported from general revenues 
     as opposed to payroll deductions and except work incentive 
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     General oversight responsibilities

       2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general 
     oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in 
     order to assist the House in--
       (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
       (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
     effectiveness of Federal laws; and
       (B) conditions and circumstances that may indicate the 
     necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
     legislation; and
       (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
     changes in Federal laws, and of such additional legislation 
     as may be necessary or appropriate.
       (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs 
     addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a committee 
     are being implemented and carried out in accordance with the 
     intent of Congress and whether they should be continued, 
     curtailed, or eliminated, each standing committee (other than 
     the Committee on Appropriations) shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis--
       (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
     effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects within 
     its jurisdiction;
       (B) the organization and operation of Federal agencies and 
     entities having responsibilities for the administration and 
     execution of laws and programs addressing subjects within its 
     jurisdiction;
       (C) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate the 
     necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
     legislation addressing subjects within its jurisdiction 
     (whether or not a bill or resolution has been introduced with 
     respect thereto); and
       (D) future research and forecasting on subjects within its 
     jurisdiction.
       (2) Each committee to which subparagraph (1) applies having 
     more than 20 members shall establish an oversight 
     subcommittee, or require its subcommittees to conduct 
     oversight in their respective jurisdictions, to assist in 
     carrying out its responsibilities under this clause. The 
     establishment of an oversight subcommittee does not limit the 
     responsibility of a subcommittee with legislative 
     jurisdiction in carrying out its oversight responsibilities.
       (c) Each standing committee shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis the impact or probable impact of tax 
     policies affecting subjects within its jurisdiction as 
     described in clauses 1 and 3.
       (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
     Congress, each standing committee shall, in a meeting that is 
     open to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its 
     oversight plan for that Congress. Such plan shall be 
     submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and to the Committee on House Administration. In 
     developing its plan each committee shall, to the maximum 
     extent feasible--
       (A) consult with other committees that have jurisdiction 
     over the same or related laws, programs, or agencies within 
     its jurisdiction with the objective of ensuring maximum 
     coordination and cooperation among committees when conducting 
     reviews of such laws, programs, or agencies and include in 
     its plan an explanation of steps that have been or will be 
     taken to ensure such coordination and cooperation;
       (B) give priority consideration to including in its plan 
     the review of those laws, programs, or agencies operating 
     under permanent budget authority or permanent statutory 
     authority; and
       (C) have a view toward ensuring that all significant laws, 
     programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction are subject to 
     review every 10 years.
       (2) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a 
     Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority 
     Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Government 
     Reform shall report to the House the oversight plans 
     submitted by committees together with any recommendations 
     that it, or the House leadership group described above, may 
     make to ensure the most effective coordination of oversight 
     plans and otherwise to achieve the objectives of this clause.
       (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may 
     appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose 
     of reviewing specific matters within the jurisdiction of two 
     or more standing committees.

     Special oversight functions

       3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such 
     studies and examinations of the organization and operation of 
     executive departments and other executive agencies (including 
     an agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
     United States) as it considers necessary to assist it in the 
     determination of matters within its jurisdiction.
       (b) The Committee on the Budget shall study on a continuing 
     basis the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and 
     proposed legislation and report the results of such studies 
     to the House on a recurring basis.
       (c) The Committee on Commerce shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
     relating to nuclear and other energy and nonmilitary nuclear 
     energy research and development including the disposal of 
     nuclear waste.
       (d) The Committee on Education and the Workforce shall 
     review, study, and coordinate on a continuing basis laws, 
     programs, and Government activities relating to domestic 
     educational programs and institutions and programs of student 
     assistance within the jurisdiction of other committees.
       (e) The Committee on Government Reform shall review and 
     study on a continuing basis the operation of Government 
     activities at all levels with a view to determining their 
     economy and efficiency.
       (f) The Committee on International Relations shall review 
     and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and 
     Government activities relating to customs administration, 
     intelligence activities relating to foreign policy, 
     international financial and monetary organizations, and 
     international fishing agreements.
       (g) The Committee on Armed Services shall review and study 
     on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government 
     activities relating to international arms control and 
     disarmament and the education of military dependents in 
     schools.
       (h) The Committee on Resources shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
     relating to Native Americans.
       (i) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis the congressional budget process, and the 
     committee shall report its findings and recommendations to 
     the House from time to time.
       (j) The Committee on Science shall review and study on a 
     continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
     relating to nonmilitary research and development.
       (k) The Committee on Small Business shall study and 
     investigate on a continuing basis the problems of all types 
     of small business.

     Additional functions of committees

       4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 
     30 days after the transmittal of the Budget to Congress each 
     year, hold hearings on the Budget as a whole with particular 
     reference to--
       (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the 
     President in the presentation of the Budget; and
       (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used 
     as bases in arriving at total estimated expenditures and 
     receipts.
       (B) In holding hearings under subdivision (A), the 
     committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and 
     such other persons as the committee may desire.
       (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
     shall be held in open session, except when the committee, in 
     open session and with a quorum present, determines by record 
     vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that 
     day may be related to a matter of national security. The 
     committee may by the same procedure close one subsequent day 
     of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings shall be 
     printed and a copy thereof furnished to each Member, 
     Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner.
       (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
     may be held before a joint meeting of the committee and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with 
     such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.
       (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, when a committee reports a bill or joint 
     resolution that provides new entitlement authority as defined 
     in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the bill or 
     joint resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the 
     committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority 
     under section 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint 
     resolution may be referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
     with instructions to report it with recommendations (which 
     may include an amendment limiting the total amount of new 
     entitlement authority provided in the bill or joint 
     resolution). If the Committee on Appropriations fails to 
     report a bill or joint resolution so referred within 15 
     calendar days (not counting any day on which the House is not 
     in session), the committee automatically shall be discharged 
     from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the 
     bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 
     calendar.
       (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall 
     study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that (on 
     the first day of the first fiscal year for which the 
     congressional budget process is effective) provide spending 
     authority or permanent budget authority and shall report to 
     the House from time to time its recommendations for 
     terminating or modifying such provisions.
       (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on 
     Appropriations (after consulting with the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations 
     made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
     the conference report on such concurrent resolution, and 
     promptly report the subdivisions to the House as soon as 
     practicable after a concurrent resolution on the budget for a 
     fiscal year is agreed to.
       (b) The Committee on the Budget shall--
       (1) review on a continuing basis the conduct by the 
     Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties;
       (2) hold hearings and receive testimony from Members, 
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     Resident Commissioner, and such appropriate representatives 
     of Federal departments and agencies, the general public, and 
     national organizations as it considers desirable in 
     developing concurrent resolutions on the budget for each 
     fiscal year;
       (3) make all reports required of it by the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974;
       (4) study on a continuing basis those provisions of law 
     that exempt Federal agencies or any of their activities or 
     outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United States 
     Government, and report to the House from time to time its 
     recommendations for terminating or modifying such provisions;
       (5) study on a continuing basis proposals designed to 
     improve and facilitate the congressional budget process, and 
     report to the House from time to time the results of such 
     studies, together with its recommendations; and
       (6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax 
     expenditures, devise methods of coordinating tax 
     expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget 
     outlays, and report the results of such studies to the House 
     on a recurring basis.
       (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform shall--
       (A) receive and examine reports of the Comptroller General 
     of the United States and submit to the House such 
     recommendations as it considers necessary or desirable in 
     connection with the subject matter of the reports;
       (B) evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the 
     legislative and executive branches of the Government; and
       (C) study intergovernmental relationships between the 
     United States and the States and municipalities and between 
     the United States and international organizations of which 
     the United States is a member.
       (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the 
     Committee on Government Reform may at any time conduct 
     investigations of any matter without regard to clause 1, 2, 
     3, or this clause conferring jurisdiction over the matter to 
     another standing committee. The findings and recommendations 
     of the committee in such an investigation shall be made 
     available to any other standing committee having jurisdiction 
     over the matter involved and shall be included in the report 
     of any such other committee when required by clause 3(c)(4) 
     of rule XIII.
       (d)(1) The Committee on House Administration shall--
       (A) examine all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions 
     after passage by the House and, in cooperation with the 
     Senate, examine all bills and joint resolutions that have 
     passed both Houses to see that they are correctly enrolled 
     and forthwith present those bills and joint resolutions that 
     originated in the House to the President in person after 
     their signature by the Speaker and the President of the 
     Senate, and report to the House the fact and date of their 
     presentment;
       (B) provide policy direction for, and oversight of, the 
     Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and 
     Inspector General;
       (C) have the function of accepting on behalf of the House a 
     gift, except as otherwise provided by law, if the gift does 
     not involve a duty, burden, or condition, or is not made 
     dependent on some future performance by the House; and
       (D) promulgate regulations to carry out subdivision (C).
       (2) An employing office of the House may enter into a 
     settlement of a complaint under the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 that provides for the payment of 
     funds only after receiving the joint approval of the chairman 
     and ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
     Administration concerning the amount of such payment.
       (e)(1) Each standing committee shall, in its consideration 
     of all public bills and public joint resolutions within its 
     jurisdiction, ensure that appropriations for continuing 
     programs and activities of the Federal Government and the 
     government of the District of Columbia will be made annually 
     to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the 
     nature, requirement, and objective of the programs and 
     activities involved. In this subparagraph programs and 
     activities of the Federal Government and the government of 
     the District of Columbia includes programs and activities of 
     any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned 
     Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal 
     Government or of the government of the District of Columbia.
       (2) Each standing committee shall review from time to time 
     each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which 
     appropriations are not made annually to ascertain whether the 
     program should be modified to provide for annual 
     appropriations.

     Budget Act responsibilities

       (f)(1) Each standing committee shall submit to the 
     Committee on the Budget not later than six weeks after the 
     President submits his budget, or at such time as the 
     Committee on the Budget may request--
       (A) its views and estimates with respect to all matters to 
     be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     the ensuing fiscal year that are within its jurisdiction or 
     functions; and
       (B) an estimate of the total amounts of new budget 
     authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to be 
     provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions within 
     its jurisdiction that it intends to be effective during that 
     fiscal year.
       (2) The views and estimates submitted by the Committee on 
     Ways and Means under subparagraph (1) shall include a 
     specific recommendation, made after holding public hearings, 
     as to the appropriate level of the public debt that should be 
     set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget and 
     serve as the basis for an increase or decrease in the 
     statutory limit on such debt under the procedures provided by 
     rule XXIII.

     Election and membership of standing committees

       5. (a)(1) The standing committees specified in clause 1 
     shall be elected by the House within seven calendar days 
     after the commencement of each Congress, from nominations 
     submitted by the respective party caucus or conference. A 
     resolution proposing to change the composition of a standing 
     committee shall be privileged if offered by direction of the 
     party caucus or conference concerned.
       (2)(A) The Committee on the Budget shall be composed of 
     members as follows:
       (i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner who 
     are members of other standing committees, including five who 
     are members of the Committee on Appropriations and five who 
     are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
       (ii) one Member from the elected leadership of the majority 
     party; and
       (iii) one Member from the elected leadership of the 
     minority party.
       (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the 
     Committee on the Budget other than one from the elected 
     leadership of a party may not serve on the committee during 
     more than four Congresses in a period of six successive 
     Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for 
     less than a full session in a Congress).
       (C) A member of the Committee on the Budget who served as 
     either the chairman or the ranking minority member of the 
     committee in the immediately previous Congress and who did 
     not serve in that respective capacity in an earlier Congress 
     may serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority 
     member of the committee during one additional Congress.
       (3)(A) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
     be composed of 10 members, five from the majority party and 
     five from the minority party.
       (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not serve on 
     the committee during more than three Congresses in a period 
     of five successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose 
     any service for less than a full session in a Congress).
       (C) A member of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct may serve on the committee during a fourth Congress 
     in a period of five successive Congresses only as either the 
     chairman or the ranking minority member of the committee.
       (4)(A) At the beginning of a Congress, the Speaker or his 
     designee and the Minority Leader or his designee each shall 
     name 10 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from 
     his respective party who are not members of the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct to be available to serve on 
     investigative subcommittees of that committee during that 
     Congress. The lists of Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner so named shall be announced to the House.
       (B) Whenever the chairman and the ranking minority member 
     of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct jointly 
     determine that Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner named under subdivision (A) should be assigned 
     to serve on an investigative subcommittee of that committee, 
     each of them shall select an equal number of such Members, 
     Delegates, or Resident Commissioner from his respective party 
     to serve on that subcommittee.
       (b)(1) Membership on a standing committee during the course 
     of a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in 
     the party caucus or conference that nominated the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner concerned for election to 
     such committee. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner cease to be a member of a particular party 
     caucus or conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner shall automatically cease to be a member of each 
     standing committee to which he was elected on the basis of 
     nomination by that caucus or conference. The chairman of the 
     relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker 
     whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases 
     to be a member of that caucus or conference. The Speaker 
     shall notify the chairman of each affected committee that the 
     election of such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     to the committee is automatically vacated under this 
     subparagraph.
       (2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision (B), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not serve 
     simultaneously as a member of more than two standing 
     committees or more than four subcommittees of the standing 
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       (B)(i) Ex officio service by a chairman or ranking minority 
     member of a committee on each of its subcommittees under a 
     committee rule does not count against the limitation on 
     subcommittee service.
       (ii) Service on an investigative subcommittee of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct under paragraph 
     (a)(4) does not count against the limitation on subcommittee 
     service.
       (iii) Any other exception to the limitations in subdivision 
     (A) must be approved by the House on the recommendation of 
     the relevant party caucus or conference.
       (C) In this subparagraph the term ``subcommittee'' includes 
     a panel (other than a special oversight panel of the 
     Committee on Armed Services), task force, special 
     subcommittee, or other subunit of a standing committee that 
     is established for a cumulative period longer than six months 
     in a Congress.
       (c)(1) One of the members of each standing committee shall 
     be elected by the House, on the nomination of the majority 
     party caucus or conference, as chairman thereof. In the 
     temporary absence of the chairman, the member next in rank 
     (and so on, as often as the case shall happen) shall act as 
     chairman. Rank shall be determined by the order members are 
     named in resolutions electing them to the committee. In the 
     case of a permanent vacancy in the elected chairmanship of a 
     committee, the House shall elect another chairman.
       (2) A member of a standing committee may not serve as 
     chairman of the same standing committee, or of the same 
     subcommittee of a standing committee, during more than three 
     consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
     service for less than a full session in a Congress).
       (d)(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2), a committee 
     may have not more than five subcommittees.
       (2) A committee that maintains a subcommittee on oversight 
     may have not more than six subcommittees. The Committee on 
     Appropriations may have not more than 13 subcommittees. The 
     Committee on Government Reform may have not more than seven 
     subcommittees.
       (e) The House shall fill a vacancy on a standing committee 
     by election on the nomination of the respective party caucus 
     or conference.

     Expense resolutions

       6. (a) Whenever a committee, commission, or other entity 
     (other than the Committee on Appropriations) is granted 
     authorization for the payment of its expenses (including 
     staff salaries) for a Congress, such authorization initially 
     shall be procured by one primary expense resolution reported 
     by the Committee on House Administration. A primary expense 
     resolution may include a reserve fund for unanticipated 
     expenses of committees. An amount from such a reserve fund 
     may be allocated to a committee only by the approval of the 
     Committee on House Administration. A primary expense 
     resolution reported to the House may not be considered in the 
     House unless a printed report thereon was available on the 
     previous calendar day. For the information of the House, such 
     report shall--
       (1) state the total amount of the funds to be provided to 
     the committee, commission, or other entity under the primary 
     expense resolution for all anticipated activities and 
     programs of the committee, commission, or other entity; and
       (2) to the extent practicable, contain such general 
     statements regarding the estimated foreseeable expenditures 
     for the respective anticipated activities and programs of the 
     committee, commission, or other entity as may be appropriate 
     to provide the House with basic estimates of the expenditures 
     contemplated by the primary expense resolution.
       (b) After the date of adoption by the House of a primary 
     expense resolution for a committee, commission, or other 
     entity for a Congress, authorization for the payment of 
     additional expenses (including staff salaries) in that 
     Congress may be procured by one or more supplemental expense 
     resolutions reported by the Committee on House 
     Administration, as necessary. A supplemental expense 
     resolution reported to the House may not be considered in the 
     House unless a printed report thereon was available on the 
     previous calendar day. For the information of the House, such 
     report shall--
       (1) state the total amount of additional funds to be 
     provided to the committee, commission, or other entity under 
     the supplemental expense resolution and the purposes for 
     which those additional funds are available; and
       (2) state the reasons for the failure to procure the 
     additional funds for the committee, commission, or other 
     entity by means of the primary expense resolution.
       (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply 
     to--
       (1) a resolution providing for the payment from committee 
     salary and expense accounts of the House of sums necessary to 
     pay compensation for staff services performed for, or to pay 
     other expenses of, a committee, commission, or other entity 
     at any time after the beginning of an odd-numbered year and 
     before the date of adoption by the House of the primary 
     expense resolution described in paragraph (a) for that year; 
     or
       (2) a resolution providing each of the standing committees 
     in a Congress additional office equipment, airmail and 
     special-delivery postage stamps, supplies, staff personnel, 
     or any other specific item for the operation of the standing 
     committees, and containing an authorization for the payment 
     from committee salary and expense accounts of the House of 
     the expenses of any of the foregoing items provided by that 
     resolution, subject to and until enactment of the provisions 
     of the resolution as permanent law.
       (d) From the funds made available for the appointment of 
     committee staff by a primary or additional expense 
     resolution, the chairman of each committee shall ensure that 
     sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to 
     carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
     committee and that the minority party is treated fairly in 
     the appointment of such staff.
       (e) Funds authorized for a committee under this clause and 
     clauses 7 and 8 are for expenses incurred in the activities 
     of the committee.

     Interim funding

       7. (a) For the period beginning at noon on January 3 and 
     ending at midnight on March 31 in each odd-numbered year, 
     such sums as may be necessary shall be paid out of the 
     committee salary and expense accounts of the House for 
     continuance of necessary investigations and studies by--
       (1) each standing and select committee established by these 
     rules; and
       (2) except as specified in paragraph (b), each select 
     committee established by resolution.
       (b) In the case of the first session of a Congress, amounts 
     shall be made available under this paragraph for a select 
     committee established by resolution in the preceding Congress 
     only if--
       (1) a resolution proposing to reestablish such select 
     committee is introduced in the present Congress; and
       (2) the House has not adopted a resolution of the preceding 
     Congress providing for termination of funding for 
     investigations and studies by such select committee.
       (c) Each committee described in paragraph (a) shall be 
     entitled for each month during the period specified in 
     paragraph (a) to 9 percent (or such lesser percentage as may 
     be determined by the Committee on House Administration) of 
     the total annualized amount made available under expense 
     resolutions for such committee in the preceding session of 
     Congress.
       (d) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers 
     authorized by the committee involved, signed by the chairman 
     of the committee, except as provided in paragraph (e), and 
     approved by the Committee on House Administration.
       (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule of the 
     House, or other authority, from noon on January 3 of the 
     first session of a Congress until the election by the House 
     of the committee concerned in that Congress, payments under 
     this paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by--
       (1) the member of the committee who served as chairman of 
     the committee at the expiration of the preceding Congress; or
       (2) if the chairman is not a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner in the present Congress, then the ranking member 
     of the committee as it was constituted at the expiration of 
     the preceding Congress who is a member of the majority party 
     in the present Congress.
       (f)(1) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under 
     this paragraph shall expire upon adoption by the House of a 
     primary expense resolution for the committee.
       (2) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be 
     expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
     Committee on House Administration.
       (3) This clause shall be effective only insofar as it is 
     not inconsistent with a resolution reported by the Committee 
     on House Administration and adopted by the House after the 
     adoption of these rules.

     Travel

       8. (a) Local currencies owned by the United States shall be 
     made available to the committee and its employees engaged in 
     carrying out their official duties outside the United States 
     or its territories or possessions. Appropriated funds, 
     including those authorized under this clause and clauses 6 
     and 8, may not be expended for the purpose of defraying 
     expenses of members of a committee or its employees in a 
     country where local currencies are available for this 
     purpose.
       (b) The following conditions shall apply with respect to 
     travel outside the United States or its territories or 
     possessions:
       (1) A member or employee of a committee may not receive or 
     expend local currencies for subsistence in a country for a 
     day at a rate in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in 
     applicable Federal law.
       (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his 
     expenses for a day at the lesser of--
       (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or
       (B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other than for 
     transportation) he incurred during that day.
       (3) Each member or employee of a committee shall make to 
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     committee an itemized report showing the dates each country 
     was visited, the amount of per diem furnished, the cost of 
     transportation furnished, and funds expended for any other 
     official purpose and shall summarize in these categories the 
     total foreign currencies or appropriated funds expended. Each 
     report shall be filed with the chairman of the committee not 
     later than 60 days following the completion of travel for use 
     in complying with reporting requirements in applicable 
     Federal law and shall be open for public inspection.
       (c)(1) In carrying out the activities of a committee 
     outside the United States in a country where local currencies 
     are unavailable, a member or employee of a committee may not 
     receive reimbursement for expenses (other than for 
     transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth 
     in applicable Federal law.
       (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his 
     expenses for a day, at the lesser of--
       (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or
       (B) the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than for 
     transportation) he incurred during that day.
       (3) A member or employee of a committee may not receive 
     reimbursement for the cost of any transportation in 
     connection with travel outside the United States unless the 
     member or employee actually paid for the transportation.
       (d) The restrictions respecting travel outside the United 
     States set forth in paragraph (c) also shall apply to travel 
     outside the United States by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House authorized 
     under any standing rule.

     Committee staffs

       9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), 
     each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote, not 
     more than 30 professional staff members to be compensated 
     from the funds provided for the appointment of committee 
     staff by primary and additional expense resolutions. Each 
     professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph 
     shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority 
     member of the committee, as the committee considers 
     advisable.
       (2) Subject to paragraph (f) whenever a majority of the 
     minority party members of a standing committee (other than 
     the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) so request, not 
     more than 10 persons (or one-third of the total professional 
     committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever is 
     fewer) may be selected, by majority vote of the minority 
     party members, for appointment by the committee as 
     professional staff members under subparagraph (1). The 
     committee shall appoint persons so selected whose character 
     and qualifications are acceptable to a majority of the 
     committee. If the committee determines that the character and 
     qualifications of a person so selected are unacceptable, a 
     majority of the minority party members may select another 
     person for appointment by the committee to the professional 
     staff until such appointment is made. Each professional staff 
     member appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to 
     such committee business as the minority party members of the 
     committee consider advisable.
       (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing 
     committee--
       (A) may not engage in any work other than committee 
     business during congressional working hours; and
       (B) may not be assigned a duty other than one pertaining to 
     committee business.
       (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to staff designated by 
     a committee as ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff who are not 
     paid exclusively by the committee, provided that the chairman 
     certifies that the compensation paid by the committee for any 
     such staff is commensurate with the work performed for the 
     committee in accordance with clause 8 of rule XXIV.
       (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by a 
     committee shall be subject to the review of, and to any 
     terms, conditions, or limitations established by, the 
     Committee on House Administration in connection with the 
     reporting of any primary or additional expense resolution.
       (4) This paragraph does not apply to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       (c) Each employee on the professional or investigative 
     staff of a standing committee shall be entitled to pay at a 
     single gross per annum rate, to be fixed by the chairman and 
     that does not exceed the maximum rate of pay as in effect 
     from time to time under applicable provisions of law.
       (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the 
     Committee on Appropriations may appoint by majority vote such 
     staff as it determines to be necessary (in addition to the 
     clerk of the committee and assistants for the minority). The 
     staff appointed under this paragraph, other than minority 
     assistants, shall possess such qualifications as the 
     committee may prescribe.
       (e) A committee may not appoint to its staff an expert or 
     other personnel detailed or assigned from a department or 
     agency of the Government except with the written permission 
     of the Committee on House Administration.
       (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority 
     professional staff member under paragraph (a) is made when no 
     vacancy exists for such an appointment, the committee 
     nevertheless may appoint under paragraph (a) a person 
     selected by the minority and acceptable to the committee. A 
     person so appointed shall serve as an additional member of 
     the professional staff of the committee until such a vacancy 
     occurs (other than a vacancy in the position of head of the 
     professional staff, by whatever title designated), at which 
     time that person is considered as appointed to that vacancy. 
     Such a person shall be paid from the applicable accounts of 
     the House described in clause 1(i)(1) of rule X. If such a 
     vacancy occurs on the professional staff when seven or more 
     persons have been so appointed who are eligible to fill that 
     vacancy, a majority of the minority party members shall 
     designate which of those persons shall fill the vacancy.
       (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by 
     minority party members under paragraph (a), and each staff 
     member appointed to assist minority members of a committee 
     pursuant to an expense resolution described in paragraph (a) 
     of clause 6, shall be accorded equitable treatment with 
     respect to the fixing of the rate of pay, the assignment of 
     work facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.
       (h) Paragraph (a) may not be construed to authorize the 
     appointment of additional professional staff members of a 
     committee pursuant to a request under paragraph (a) by the 
     minority party members of that committee if 10 or more 
     professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1) 
     who are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party 
     members are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party 
     members.
       (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may 
     employ nonpartisan staff, in lieu of or in addition to 
     committee staff designated exclusively for the majority or 
     minority party, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
     members of the majority party and of a majority of the 
     members of the minority party.

     Select and joint committees

       10. (a) Membership on a select or joint committee appointed 
     by the Speaker under clause 11 of rule I during the course of 
     a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in 
     the party caucus or conference of which the Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner concerned was a member at the time 
     of appointment. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner cease to be a member of that caucus or 
     conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     shall automatically cease to be a member of any select or 
     joint committee to which he is assigned. The chairman of the 
     relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker 
     whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases 
     to be a member of a party caucus or conference. The Speaker 
     shall notify the chairman of each affected select or joint 
     committee that the appointment of such Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner to the select or joint committee is 
     automatically vacated under this paragraph.
       (b) Each select or joint committee, other than a conference 
     committee, shall comply with clause 2(a) of rule XI unless 
     specifically exempted by law.

     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

       11. (a)(1) There is established a Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence (hereafter in this clause referred 
     to as the ``select committee''). The select committee shall 
     be composed of not more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the 
     Resident Commissioner, of whom not more than nine may be from 
     the same party. The select committee shall include at least 
     one Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from each 
     of the following committees:
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations;
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services;
       (C) the Committee on International Relations; and
       (D) the Committee on the Judiciary.
       (2) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall be ex officio 
     members of the select committee but shall have no vote in the 
     select committee and may not be counted for purposes of 
     determining a quorum thereof.
       (3) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a 
     member of his leadership staff to assist him in his capacity 
     as ex officio member, with the same access to committee 
     meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as employees of 
     the select committee and subject to the same security 
     clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees of 
     the select committee under this clause.
       (4)(A) Except as permitted by subdivision (B), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than the Speaker or 
     the Minority Leader, may not serve as a member of the select 
     committee during more than four Congresses in a period of six 
     successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
     service for less than a full session in a Congress).
       (B) A member of the select committee who served as either 
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     minority member of the select committee in the immediately 
     previous Congress and who did not serve in that respective 
     capacity in an earlier Congress may serve as either the 
     chairman or the ranking minority member of the select 
     committee during one additional Congress.
       (b)(1) There shall be referred to the select committee 
     proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
     other matters relating to the following:
       (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of 
     Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence 
     Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947.
       (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all 
     other departments and agencies of the Government, including 
     the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
     of the Department of Defense.
       (C) The organization or reorganization of a department or 
     agency of the Government to the extent that the organization 
     or reorganization relates to a function or activity involving 
     intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
       (D) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and 
     indirect, for the following:
       (i) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of 
     Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence 
     Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947.
       (ii) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     all other departments and agencies of the Government, 
     including the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the Department of Defense.
       (iii) A department, agency, subdivision, or program that is 
     a successor to an agency or program named or referred to in 
     (i) or (ii).
       (2) Proposed legislation initially reported by the select 
     committee (other than provisions solely involving matters 
     specified in subparagraph (1)(A) or subparagraph (1)(D)(i)) 
     containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of a 
     standing committee shall be referred by the Speaker to that 
     standing committee. Proposed legislation initially reported 
     by another committee that contains matter within the 
     jurisdiction of the select committee shall be referred by the 
     Speaker to the select committee if requested by the chairman 
     of the select committee.
       (3) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as 
     prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any 
     other committee to study and review an intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activity to the extent that such 
     activity directly affects a matter otherwise within the 
     jurisdiction of that committee.
       (4) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as amending, 
     limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of a standing 
     committee to obtain full and prompt access to the product of 
     the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of a 
     department or agency of the Government relevant to a matter 
     otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.
       (c)(1) For purposes of accountability to the House, the 
     select committee shall make regular and periodic reports to 
     the House on the nature and extent of the intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities of the various departments 
     and agencies of the United States. The select committee shall 
     promptly call to the attention of the House, or to any other 
     appropriate committee, a matter requiring the attention of 
     the House or another committee. In making such report, the 
     select committee shall proceed in a manner consistent with 
     paragraph (g) to protect national security.
       (2) The select committee shall obtain annual reports from 
     the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the 
     Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such reports 
     shall review the intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the agency or department concerned and the 
     intelligence and intelligence-related activities of foreign 
     countries directed at the United States or its interests. An 
     unclassified version of each report may be made available to 
     the public at the discretion of the select committee. Nothing 
     herein shall be construed as requiring the public disclosure 
     in such reports of the names of persons engaged in 
     intelligence or intelligence-related activities for the 
     United States or the divulging of intelligence methods 
     employed or the sources of information on which the reports 
     are based or the amount of funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities.
       (3) Within six weeks after the President submits a budget 
     under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or at 
     such time as the Committee on the Budget may request, the 
     select committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget 
     the views and estimates described in section 301(d) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the 
     jurisdiction of the select committee.
       (d)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), clauses 
     6(a), (b), and (c) and 8(a), (b), and (c) of this rule, and 
     clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI shall apply to the select 
     committee to the extent not inconsistent with this clause.
       (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of the first sentence 
     of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, in the presence of the number 
     of members required under the rules of the select committee 
     for the purpose of taking testimony or receiving evidence, 
     the select committee may vote to close a hearing whenever a 
     majority of those present determines that the testimony or 
     evidence would endanger the national security.
       (e) An employee of the select committee, or a person 
     engaged by contract or otherwise to perform services for or 
     at the request of the select committee, may not be given 
     access to any classified information by the select committee 
     unless such employee or person has--
       (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by the 
     Rules of the House, including the jurisdiction of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and of the select 
     committee concerning the security of classified information 
     during and after the period of his employment or contractual 
     agreement with the select committee; and
       (2) received an appropriate security clearance, as 
     determined by the select committee in consultation with the 
     Director of Central Intelligence, that is commensurate with 
     the sensitivity of the classified information to which such 
     employee or person will be given access by the select 
     committee.
       (f) The select committee shall formulate and carry out such 
     rules and procedures as it considers necessary to prevent the 
     disclosure, without the consent of each person concerned, of 
     information in the possession of the select committee that 
     unduly infringes on the privacy or that violates the 
     constitutional rights of such person. Nothing herein shall be 
     construed to prevent the select committee from publicly 
     disclosing classified information in a case in which it 
     determines that national interest in the disclosure of 
     classified information clearly outweighs any infringement on 
     the privacy of a person.
       (g)(1) The select committee may disclose publicly any 
     information in its possession after a determination by the 
     select committee that the public interest would be served by 
     such disclosure. With respect to the disclosure of 
     information for which this paragraph requires action by the 
     select committee--
       (A) the select committee shall meet to vote on the matter 
     within five days after a member of the select committee 
     requests a vote; and
       (B) a member of the select committee may not make such a 
     disclosure before a vote by the select committee on the 
     matter, or after a vote by the select committee on the matter 
     except in accordance with this paragraph.
       (2)(A) In a case in which the select committee votes to 
     disclose publicly any information that has been classified 
     under established security procedures, that has been 
     submitted to it by the executive branch, and that the 
     executive branch requests be kept secret, the select 
     committee shall notify the President of such vote.
       (B) The select committee may disclose publicly such 
     information after the expiration of a five-day period 
     following the day on which notice of the vote to disclose is 
     transmitted to the President unless, before the expiration of 
     the five-day period, the President, personally in writing, 
     notifies the select committee that he objects to the 
     disclosure of such information, provides his reasons 
     therefor, and certifies that the threat to the national 
     interest of the United States posed by the disclosure is of 
     such gravity that it outweighs any public interest in the 
     disclosure.
       (C) If the President, personally in writing, notifies the 
     select committee of his objections to the disclosure of 
     information as provided in subdivision (B), the select 
     committee may, by majority vote, refer the question of the 
     disclosure of such information, with a recommendation 
     thereon, to the House. The select committee may not publicly 
     disclose such information without leave of the House.
       (D) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the 
     question of disclosure of any information to the House under 
     subdivision (C), the chairman shall, not later than the first 
     day on which the House is in session following the day on 
     which the vote occurs, report the matter to the House for its 
     consideration.
       (E) If the chairman of the select committee does not offer 
     in the House a motion to consider in closed session a matter 
     reported under subdivision (D) within four calendar days on 
     which the House is in session after the recommendation 
     described in subdivision (C) is reported, then such a motion 
     shall be privileged when offered by a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner. In either case such a motion shall be 
     decided without debate or intervening motion except one that 
     the House adjourn.
       (F) Upon adoption by the House of a motion to resolve into 
     closed session as described in subdivision (E), the Speaker 
     may declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair. At the 
     expiration of the recess, the pending question, in closed 
     session, shall be, ``Shall the House approve the 
     recommendation of the select committee?''.
       (G) Debate on the question described in subdivision (F) 
     shall be limited to two hours

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     equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
     minority member of the select committee. After such debate 
     the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     question of approving the recommendation without intervening 
     motion except one motion that the House adjourn. The House 
     shall vote on the question in open session but without 
     divulging the information with respect to which the vote is 
     taken. If the recommendation of the select committee is not 
     approved, then the question is considered as recommitted to 
     the select committee for further recommendation.
       (3)(A) Information in the possession of the select 
     committee relating to the lawful intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activities of a department or agency of 
     the United States that has been classified under established 
     security procedures, and that the select committee has 
     determined should not be disclosed under subparagraph (1) or 
     (2), may not be made available to any person by a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House except as provided in subdivision (B).
       (B) The select committee shall, under such regulations as 
     it may prescribe, make information described in subdivision 
     (A) available to a committee or a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner, and permit a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner to attend a hearing of the select 
     committee that is closed to the public. Whenever the select 
     committee makes such information available, it shall keep a 
     written record showing, in the case of particular 
     information, which committee or which Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner received the information. A Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who, and a committee that, 
     receives information under this subdivision may not disclose 
     the information except in a closed session of the House.
       (4) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
     investigate any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or 
     intelligence-related information by a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House in 
     violation of subparagraph (3) and report to the House 
     concerning any allegation that it finds to be substantiated.
       (5) Upon the request of a person who is subject to an 
     investigation described in subparagraph (4), the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct shall release to such person at 
     the conclusion of its investigation a summary of its 
     investigation, together with its findings. If, at the 
     conclusion of its investigation, the Committee on Standards 
     of Official Conduct determines that there has been a 
     significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized 
     disclosure by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House, it shall report its 
     findings to the House and recommend appropriate action. 
     Recommendations may include censure, removal from committee 
     membership, or expulsion from the House, in the case of a 
     Member, or removal from office or employment or punishment 
     for contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
       (h) The select committee may permit a personal 
     representative of the President, designated by the President 
     to serve as a liaison to the select committee, to attend any 
     closed meeting of the select committee.
       (i) Subject to the Rules of the House, funds may not be 
     appropriated for a fiscal year, with the exception of a bill 
     or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or an 
     amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon, to, or for 
     use of, a department or agency of the United States to carry 
     out any of the following activities, unless the funds shall 
     previously have been authorized by a bill or joint resolution 
     passed by the House during the same or preceding fiscal year 
     to carry out such activity for such fiscal year:
       (1) The activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and 
     the Director of Central Intelligence.
       (2) The activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
       (3) The activities of the National Security Agency.
       (4) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     other agencies and subdivisions of the Department of Defense.
       (5) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     the Department of State.
       (6) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including all activities 
     of the Intelligence Division.
       (j)(1) In this clause the term ``intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities'' includes--
       (A) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
     use of information that relates to a foreign country, or a 
     government, political group, party, military force, movement, 
     or other association in a foreign country, and that relates 
     to the defense, foreign policy, national security, or related 
     policies of the United States and other activity in support 
     of the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
     use of such information;
       (B) activities taken to counter similar activities directed 
     against the United States;
       (C) covert or clandestine activities affecting the 
     relations of the United States with a foreign government, 
     political group, party, military force, movement, or other 
     association;
       (D) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
     use of information about activities of persons within the 
     United States, its territories and possessions, or nationals 
     of the United States abroad whose political and related 
     activities pose, or may be considered by a department, 
     agency, bureau, office, division, instrumentality, or 
     employee of the United States to pose, a threat to the 
     internal security of the United States; and
       (E) covert or clandestine activities directed against 
     persons described in subdivision (D).
       (2) In this clause the term ``department or agency'' 
     includes any organization, committee, council, establishment, 
     or office within the Federal Government.
       (3) For purposes of this clause, reference to a department, 
     agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to 
     any successor department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to 
     the extent that a successor engages in intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activities now conducted by the 
     department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in 
     this clause.
       (k) Clause 12(a) of rule XXII does not apply to meetings of 
     a conference committee respecting legislation (or any part 
     thereof) reported by the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence.

                                RULE XI

            Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business

     In general

       1. (a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), the 
     Rules of the House are the rules of its committees and 
     subcommittees so far as applicable.
       (B) A motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to 
     dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or 
     resolution, if printed copies are available, each shall be 
     privileged in committees and subcommittees and shall be 
     decided without debate.
       (2) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is 
     subject to the authority and direction of that committee and 
     to its rules, so far as applicable.
       (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such 
     investigations and studies as it considers necessary or 
     appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under 
     rule X. Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
     required by clause 6 of rule X, each committee may incur 
     expenses, including travel expenses, in connection with such 
     investigations and studies.
       (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
     considered as read in committee if it has been available to 
     the members for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
     Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in 
     session on such a day).
       (3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly 
     by more than one committee may be filed jointly, provided 
     that each of the committees complies independently with all 
     requirements for approval and filing of the report.
       (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular 
     session of a Congress, an investigative or oversight report 
     may be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that a 
     member who gives timely notice of intention to file 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views shall be entitled 
     to not less than seven calendar days in which to submit such 
     views for inclusion in the report.
       (c) Each committee may have printed and bound such 
     testimony and other data as may be presented at hearings held 
     by the committee or its subcommittees. All costs of 
     stenographic services and transcripts in connection with a 
     meeting or hearing of a committee shall be paid from the 
     applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) 
     of rule X.
       (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later 
     than January 2 of each odd-numbered year a report on the 
     activities of that committee under this rule and rule X 
     during the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year.
       (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing 
     the legislative and oversight activities of that committee 
     during that Congress.
       (3) The oversight section of such report shall include a 
     summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee 
     under clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions taken 
     and recommendations made with respect to each such plan, a 
     summary of any additional oversight activities undertaken by 
     that committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken 
     thereon.
       (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular 
     session of a Congress, the chairman of a committee may file 
     an activities report under subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at 
     any time and without approval of the committee, provided 
     that--
       (A) a copy of the report has been available to each member 
     of the committee for at least seven calendar days; and
       (B) the report includes any supplemental, minority, or 
     additional views submitted by a member of the committee.

     Adoption of written rules

       2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt written rules 
     governing its procedure. Such rules--
       (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that is open to the 
     public unless the committee, in

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     open session and with a quorum present, determines by record 
     vote that all or part of the meeting on that day shall be 
     closed to the public;
       (B) may not be inconsistent with the Rules of the House or 
     with those provisions of law having the force and effect of 
     Rules of the House; and
       (C) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding 
     provisions of this clause to the extent applicable.
       (2) Each committee shall submit its rules for publication 
     in the Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the 
     committee is elected in each odd-numbered year.

     Regular meeting days

       (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular meeting 
     days for the conduct of its business, which shall be not less 
     frequent than monthly. Each such committee shall meet for the 
     consideration of a bill or resolution pending before the 
     committee or the transaction of other committee business on 
     all regular meeting days fixed by the committee unless 
     otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the committee.

     Additional and special meetings

       (c)(1) The chairman of each standing committee may call and 
     convene, as he considers necessary, additional and special 
     meetings of the committee for the consideration of a bill or 
     resolution pending before the committee or for the conduct of 
     other committee business, subject to such rules as the 
     committee may adopt. The committee shall meet for such 
     purpose under that call of the chairman.
       (2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file 
     in the offices of the committee a written request that the 
     chairman call a special meeting of the committee. Such 
     request shall specify the measure or matter to be considered. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the 
     committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the 
     request. If the chairman does not call the requested special 
     meeting within three calendar days after the filing of the 
     request (to be held within seven calendar days after the 
     filing of the request) a majority of the members of the 
     committee may file in the offices of the committee their 
     written notice that a special meeting of the committee will 
     be held. The written notice shall specify the date and hour 
     of the special meeting and the measure or matter to be 
     considered. The committee shall meet on that date and hour. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the 
     committee shall notify all members of the committee that such 
     special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and 
     hour and the measure or matter to be considered. Only the 
     measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered 
     at that special meeting.

     Temporary absence of chairman

       (d) A member of the majority party on each standing 
     committee or subcommittee thereof shall be designated by the 
     chairman of the full committee as the vice chairman of the 
     committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall 
     preside during the absence of the chairman from any meeting. 
     If the chairman and vice chairman of a committee or 
     subcommittee are not present at any meeting of the committee 
     or subcommittee, the ranking majority member who is present 
     shall preside at that meeting.

     Committee records

       (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record of 
     all committee action which shall include--
       (i) in the case of a meeting or hearing transcript, a 
     substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made 
     during the proceedings, subject only to technical, 
     grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the 
     person making the remarks involved; and
       (ii) a record of the votes on any question on which a 
     record vote is demanded.
       (B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (B)(ii) and 
     subject to paragraph (k)(7), the result of each such record 
     vote shall be made available by the committee for inspection 
     by the public at reasonable times in its offices. Information 
     so available for public inspection shall include a 
     description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
     proposition, the name of each member voting for and each 
     member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
     proposition, and the names of those members of the committee 
     present but not voting.
       (ii) The result of any record vote taken in executive 
     session in the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may 
     not be made available for inspection by the public without an 
     affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the 
     committee.
       (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee 
     hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept 
     separate and distinct from the congressional office records 
     of the member serving as its chairman. Such records shall be 
     the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, and the 
     Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.
       (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other 
     than members of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct, may not have access to the records of that committee 
     respecting the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House without the 
     specific prior permission of that committee.
       (3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for 
     availability of records of the committee delivered to the 
     Archivist of the United States under rule VII. Such standards 
     shall specify procedures for orders of the committee under 
     clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule VII, including a 
     requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period 
     longer than the period otherwise applicable under that rule 
     shall be approved by vote of the committee.
       (4) Each committee shall make its publications available in 
     electronic form to the maximum extent feasible.

     Prohibition against proxy voting

       (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee with 
     respect to any measure or matter may not be cast by proxy.

     Open meetings and hearings

       (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
     including the markup of legislation, by a standing committee 
     or subcommittee thereof (other than the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittee) shall be 
     open to the public, including to radio, television, and still 
     photography coverage, except when the committee or 
     subcommittee, in open session and with a majority present, 
     determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder 
     of the meeting on that day shall be in executive session 
     because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger 
     national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
     information, would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
     any person, or otherwise would violate a law or rule of the 
     House. Persons, other than members of the committee and such 
     noncommittee Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, 
     congressional staff, or departmental representatives as the 
     committee may authorize, may not be present at a business or 
     markup session that is held in executive session. This 
     subparagraph does not apply to open committee hearings, which 
     are governed by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X or by subparagraph 
     (2).
       (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or 
     subcommittee (other than the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct or its subcommittees) shall be open to the 
     public, including to radio, television, and still photography 
     coverage, except when the committee or subcommittee, in open 
     session and with a majority present, determines by record 
     vote that all or part of the remainder of that hearing on 
     that day shall be closed to the public because disclosure of 
     testimony, evidence, or other matters to be considered would 
     endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
     enforcement information, or would violate a law or rule of 
     the House.
       (B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (A), in 
     the presence of the number of members required under the 
     rules of the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, a 
     majority of those present may--
       (i) agree to close the hearing for the sole purpose of 
     discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received would 
     endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
     enforcement information, or would violate clause 2(k)(5); or
       (ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause 
     2(k)(5).
       (C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be 
     excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at a hearing of a 
     committee or subcommittee (other than the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) unless 
     the House by majority vote authorizes a particular committee 
     or subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of 
     hearings on a particular article of legislation or on a 
     particular subject of investigation, to close its hearings to 
     Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same 
     procedures specified in this subparagraph for closing 
     hearings to the public.
       (D) The committee or subcommittee may vote by the same 
     procedure described in this subparagraph to close one 
     subsequent day of hearing, except that the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     subcommittees thereof, may vote by the same procedure to 
     close up to five additional, consecutive days of hearings.
       (3) The chairman of each committee (other than the 
     Committee on Rules) shall make public announcement of the 
     date, place, and subject matter of a committee hearing at 
     least one week before the commencement of the hearing. If the 
     chairman of the committee, with the concurrence of the 
     ranking minority member, determines that there is good cause 
     to begin a hearing sooner, or if the committee so determines 
     by majority vote in the presence of the number of members 
     required under the rules of the committee for the transaction 
     of business, the chairman shall make the announcement at the 
     earliest possible date. An announcement made under this 
     subparagraph shall be published promptly in the Daily Digest 
     and made available in electronic form.
       (4) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, require witnesses who appear before it to submit 
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     statements of proposed testimony and to limit their initial 
     presentations to the committee to brief summaries thereof. In 
     the case of a witness appearing in a nongovernmental 
     capacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall 
     include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and 
     source (by agency and program) of each Federal grant (or 
     subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) 
     received during the current fiscal year or either of the two 
     previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity 
     represented by the witness.
       (5)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of 
     order does not lie with respect to a measure reported by a 
     committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were 
     not conducted in accordance with this clause.
       (B) A point of order on the ground described in subdivision 
     (A) may be made by a member of the committee that reported 
     the measure if such point of order was timely made and 
     improperly disposed of in the committee.
       (6) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the 
     Committee on Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.

     Quorum requirements

       (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a 
     committee unless a majority of the committee is actually 
     present.
       (2) Each committee may fix the number of its members to 
     constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving 
     evidence, which may not be less than two.
       (3) Each committee (other than the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means) may fix the number of its 
     members to constitute a quorum for taking any action other 
     than the reporting of a measure or recommendation, which may 
     not be less than one-third of the members.

     Limitation on committee sittings

       (i) A committee may not sit during a joint session of the 
     House and Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of 
     the House and Senate is in progress.

     Calling and questioning of witnesses

       (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a 
     measure or matter, the minority members of the committee 
     shall be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a majority 
     of them before the completion of the hearing, to call 
     witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to 
     that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing 
     thereon.
       (2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), each committee 
     shall apply the five-minute rule during the questioning of 
     witnesses in a hearing until such time as each member of the 
     committee who so desires has had an opportunity to question 
     each witness.
       (B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting a 
     specified number of its members to question a witness for 
     longer than five minutes. The time for extended questioning 
     of a witness under this subdivision shall be equal for the 
     majority party and the minority party and may not exceed one 
     hour in the aggregate.
       (C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting 
     committee staff for its majority and minority party members 
     to question a witness for equal specified periods. The time 
     for extended questioning of a witness under this subdivision 
     shall be equal for the majority party and the minority party 
     and may not exceed one hour in the aggregate.

     Investigative hearing procedures

       (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall 
     announce in an opening statement the subject of the 
     investigation.
       (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall 
     be made available to each witness.
       (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied 
     by their own counsel for the purpose of advising them 
     concerning their constitutional rights.
       (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, 
     and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure 
     and exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite 
     the offender to the House for contempt.
       (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony 
     at an investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
     incriminate any person--
       (A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), such testimony or 
     evidence shall be presented in executive session if, in the 
     presence of the number of members required under the rules of 
     the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, the 
     committee determines by vote of a majority of those present 
     that such evidence or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, 
     or incriminate any person; and
       (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony 
     in open session only if the committee, a majority being 
     present, determines that such evidence or testimony will not 
     tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.

     In either case the committee shall afford such person an 
     opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive 
     and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena 
     additional witnesses.
       (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman 
     shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to 
     subpoena additional witnesses.
       (7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive session, and 
     proceedings conducted in executive session, may be released 
     or used in public sessions only when authorized by the 
     committee, a majority being present.
       (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may 
     submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for 
     inclusion in the record. The committee is the sole judge of 
     the pertinence of testimony and evidence adduced at its 
     hearing.
       (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony 
     given at a public session or, if given at an executive 
     session, when authorized by the committee.

     Supplemental, minority, or additional views

       (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a 
     committee (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the 
     committee gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
     minority, or additional views for inclusion in the report to 
     the House thereon, that member shall be entitled to not less 
     than two additional calendar days after the day of such 
     notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays 
     except when the House is in session on such a day) to file 
     such views, in writing and signed by that member, with the 
     clerk of the committee.

     Power to sit and act; subpoena power

       (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
     and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters 
     referred to it under clause 2 of rule XII), a committee or 
     subcommittee is authorized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A))--
       (A) to sit and act at such times and places within the 
     United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, 
     or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as it considers 
     necessary; and
       (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance 
     and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such 
     books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 
     documents as it considers necessary.
       (2) The chairman of the committee, or a member designated 
     by the chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.
       (3)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (A)(ii), a 
     subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or 
     subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of an 
     investigation or series of investigations or activities only 
     when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a majority 
     being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas 
     under subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman of 
     the committee under such rules and under such limitations as 
     the committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be 
     signed by the chairman of the committee or by a member 
     designated by the committee.
       (ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct, a subpoena may be authorized 
     and issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of its 
     members.
       (B) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
     other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee or 
     subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.
       (C) Compliance with a subpoena issued by a committee or 
     subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only 
     as authorized or directed by the House.

     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

       3. (a) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has 
     the following functions:
       (1) The committee may recommend to the House from time to 
     time such administrative actions as it may consider 
     appropriate to establish or enforce standards of official 
     conduct for Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, 
     officers, and employees of the House. A letter of reproval or 
     other administrative action of the committee pursuant to an 
     investigation under subparagraph (2) shall only be issued or 
     implemented as a part of a report required by such 
     subparagraph.
       (2) The committee may investigate, subject to paragraph 
     (b), an alleged violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of the Code 
     of Official Conduct or of a law, rule, regulation, or other 
     standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee in the 
     performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
     responsibilities. After notice and hearing (unless the right 
     to a hearing is waived by the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer or employee), the committee shall 
     report to the House its findings of fact and recommendations, 
     if any, for the final disposition of any such investigation 
     and such action as the committee may consider appropriate in 
     the circumstances.
       (3) The committee may report to the appropriate Federal or 
     State authorities, either with the approval of the House or 
     by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the 
     committee, any substantial evidence of a violation by a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House, of a law applicable to the performance of his 
     duties or the discharge of his responsibilities that may have 
     been disclosed in a committee investigation.
       (4) The committee may consider the request of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
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     for an advisory opinion with respect to the general propriety 
     of any current or proposed conduct of such Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee. With appropriate 
     deletions to ensure the privacy of the person concerned, the 
     committee may publish such opinion for the guidance of other 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
     employees of the House.
       (5) The committee may consider the request of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House for a written waiver in exceptional circumstances with 
     respect to clause 4 of rule XXIV.
       (b)(1)(A) Unless approved by an affirmative vote of a 
     majority of its members, the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct may not report a resolution, report, 
     recommendation, or advisory opinion relating to the official 
     conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer 
     or employee of the House, or, except as provided in 
     subparagraph (2), undertake an investigation of such conduct.
       (B)(i) Upon the receipt of information offered as a 
     complaint that is in compliance with this rule and the rules 
     of the committee, the chairman and ranking minority member 
     jointly may appoint members to serve as an investigative 
     subcommittee.
       (ii) The chairman and ranking minority member of the 
     committee jointly may gather additional information 
     concerning alleged conduct that is the basis of a complaint 
     or of information offered as a complaint until they have 
     established an investigative subcommittee or either of them 
     has placed on the agenda of the committee the issue of 
     whether to establish an investigative subcommittee.
       (2) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by 
     the committee on its own initiative, the committee may 
     undertake an investigation relating to the official conduct 
     of an individual Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House only--
       (A) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in 
     writing and under oath, from a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner and transmitted to the committee by such Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; or
       (B) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in 
     writing and under oath, from a person not a Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner provided that a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner certifies in writing to the committee 
     that he believes the information is submitted in good faith 
     and warrants the review and consideration of the committee.

     If a complaint is not disposed of within the applicable 
     periods set forth in the rules of the Committee on Standards 
     of Official Conduct, the chairman and ranking minority member 
     shall establish jointly an investigative subcommittee and 
     forward the complaint, or any portion thereof, to that 
     subcommittee for its consideration. However, if at any time 
     during those periods either the chairman or ranking minority 
     member places on the agenda the issue of whether to establish 
     an investigative subcommittee, then an investigative 
     subcommittee may be established only by an affirmative vote 
     of a majority of the members of the committee.
       (3) The committee may not undertake an investigation of an 
     alleged violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard of 
     conduct that was not in effect at the time of the alleged 
     violation. The committee may not undertake an investigation 
     of such an alleged violation that occurred before the third 
     previous Congress unless the committee determines that the 
     alleged violation is directly related to an alleged violation 
     that occurred in a more recent Congress.
       (4) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to 
     participate as a member of the committee in a committee 
     proceeding relating to the member's official conduct. 
     Whenever a member of the committee is ineligible to act as a 
     member of the committee under the preceding sentence, the 
     Speaker shall designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner from the same political party as the ineligible 
     member to act in any proceeding of the committee relating to 
     that conduct.
       (5) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from 
     participating in an investigation of the conduct of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House upon the submission in writing and under oath of an 
     affidavit of disqualification stating that the member cannot 
     render an impartial and unbiased decision in the case in 
     which the member seeks to be disqualified. If the committee 
     approves and accepts such affidavit of disqualification, the 
     chairman shall so notify the Speaker and request the Speaker 
     to designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     from the same political party as the disqualifying member to 
     act in any proceeding of the committee relating to that case.
       (6) Information or testimony received, or the contents of a 
     complaint or the fact of its filing, may not be publicly 
     disclosed by any committee or staff member unless 
     specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of the 
     full committee.
       (7) The committee shall have the functions designated in 
     titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, in 
     sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code, 
     and in clause 11(g)(4) of rule X.
       (c)(1) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI, each 
     meeting of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or 
     a subcommittee thereof shall occur in executive session 
     unless the committee or subcommittee, by an affirmative vote 
     of a majority of its members, opens the meeting to the 
     public.
       (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, each hearing 
     of an adjudicatory subcommittee or sanction hearing of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be held in 
     open session unless the committee or subcommittee, in open 
     session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, 
     closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that 
     day to the public.
       (d) Before a member, officer, or employee of the Committee 
     on Standards of Official Conduct, including members of a 
     subcommittee of the committee selected under clause 5(a)(4) 
     of rule X and shared staff, may have access to information 
     that is confidential under the rules of the committee, the 
     following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
       ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose, 
     to any person or entity outside the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct, any information received in the course of 
     my service with the committee, except as authorized by the 
     committee or in accordance with its rules.''

     Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk as 
     part of the records of the House. This paragraph establishes 
     a standard of conduct within the meaning of paragraph (a)(2). 
     Breaches of confidentiality shall be investigated by the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and appropriate 
     action shall be taken.
       (e)(1) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint 
     is deemed frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of 
     the members of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct, the committee may take such action as it, by an 
     affirmative vote of a majority of its members, considers 
     appropriate in the circumstances.
       (2) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress 
     may not be deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct.

     Audio and visual coverage of committee proceedings

       4. (a) The purpose of this clause is to provide a means, in 
     conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, 
     and decorum, by which committee hearings or committee 
     meetings that are open to the public may be covered by audio 
     and visual means--
       (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of 
     the general public, on the basis of accurate and impartial 
     news coverage, regarding the operations, procedures, and 
     practices of the House as a legislative and representative 
     body, and regarding the measures, public issues, and other 
     matters before the House and its committees, the 
     consideration thereof, and the action taken thereon; and
       (2) for the development of the perspective and 
     understanding of the general public with respect to the role 
     and function of the House under the Constitution as an 
     institution of the Federal Government.
       (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio 
     and television tapes and television film of any coverage 
     under this clause may not be used, or made available for use, 
     as partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose 
     the candidacy of any person for elective public office.
       (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the 
     general conduct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or 
     otherwise) covered under authority of this clause by audio or 
     visual means, and the personal behavior of the committee 
     members and staff, other Government officials and personnel, 
     witnesses, television, radio, and press media personnel, and 
     the general public at the hearing or other meeting, shall be 
     in strict conformity with and observance of the acceptable 
     standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and decorum 
     traditionally observed by the House in its operations, and 
     may not be such as to--
       (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or 
     other meeting or the activities of committee members in 
     connection with that hearing or meeting or in connection with 
     the general work of the committee or of the House; or
       (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, 
     or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or bring the 
     House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner into disrepute.
       (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by 
     audio and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only 
     in strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and 
     requirements of this clause.
       (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by a committee 
     or subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings 
     shall be open to coverage by audio and visual means. A 
     committee or subcommittee chairman may not limit the number 
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     still cameras to fewer than two representatives from each 
     medium (except for legitimate space or safety considerations, 
     in which case pool coverage shall be authorized).
       (f) Each committee shall adopt written rules to govern its 
     implementation of this clause. Such rules shall contain 
     provisions to the following effect:
       (1) If audio or visual coverage of the hearing or meeting 
     is to be presented to the public as live coverage, that 
     coverage shall be conducted and presented without commercial 
     sponsorship.
       (2) The allocation among the television media of the 
     positions or the number of television cameras permitted by a 
     committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting 
     room shall be in accordance with fair and equitable 
     procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio 
     and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
       (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
     obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving 
     evidence or testimony and any member of the committee or the 
     visibility of that witness and that member to each other.
       (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions 
     but may not be placed in positions that obstruct 
     unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the 
     other media.
       (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and 
     radio media may not be installed in, or removed from, the 
     hearing or meeting room while the committee is in session.
       (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), floodlights, 
     spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns may not be used in 
     providing any method of coverage of the hearing or meeting.
       (B) The television media may install additional lighting in 
     a hearing or meeting room, without cost to the Government, in 
     order to raise the ambient lighting level in a hearing or 
     meeting room to the lowest level necessary to provide 
     adequate television coverage of a hearing or meeting at the 
     current state of the art of television coverage.
       (7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers 
     permitted by a committee or subcommittee chairman in a 
     hearing or meeting room, preference shall be given to 
     photographers from Associated Press Photos and United Press 
     International Newspictures. If requests are made by more of 
     the media than will be permitted by a committee or 
     subcommittee chairman for coverage of a hearing or meeting by 
     still photography, that coverage shall be permitted on the 
     basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by the 
     Standing Committee of Press Photographers.
       (8) Photographers may not position themselves between the 
     witness table and the members of the committee at any time 
     during the course of a hearing or meeting.
       (9) Photographers may not place themselves in positions 
     that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by 
     the other media.
       (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
     radio media shall be currently accredited to the Radio and 
     Television Correspondents' Galleries.
       (11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography 
     shall be currently accredited to the Press Photographers' 
     Gallery.
       (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
     radio media and by still photography shall conduct themselves 
     and their coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive 
     manner.

     Pay of witnesses

       5. Witnesses appearing before the House or any of its 
     committees shall be paid the same per diem rate as 
     established, authorized, and regulated by the Committee on 
     House Administration for Members, Delegates, the Resident 
     Commissioner, and employees of the House, plus actual 
     expenses of travel to or from the place of examination. Such 
     per diem may not be paid when a witness has been summoned at 
     the place of examination.

     Unfinished business of the session

       6. All business of the House at the end of one session 
     shall be resumed at the commencement of the next session of 
     the same Congress in the same manner as if no adjournment had 
     taken place.

                                RULE XII

              Receipt and Referral of Measures and Matters

     Messages

       1. Messages received from the Senate, or from the 
     President, shall be entered on the Journal and published in 
     the Congressional Record of the proceedings of that day.

     Referral

       2. (a) The Speaker shall refer each bill, resolution, or 
     other matter that relates to a subject listed under a 
     standing committee named in clause 1 of rule X in accordance 
     with the provisions of this clause.
       (b) The Speaker shall refer matters under paragraph (a) in 
     such manner as to ensure to the maximum extent feasible that 
     each committee that has jurisdiction under clause 1 of rule X 
     over the subject matter of a provision thereof may consider 
     such provision and report to the House thereon. Precedents, 
     rulings, or procedures in effect before the Ninety-Fourth 
     Congress shall be applied to referrals under this clause only 
     to the extent that they will contribute to the achievement of 
     the objectives of this clause.
       (c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to 
     the referral of a matter, the Speaker--
       (1) shall designate a committee of primary jurisdiction;
       (2) may refer the matter to one or more additional 
     committees for consideration in sequence, either initially or 
     after the matter has been reported by the committee of 
     primary jurisdiction;
       (3) may refer portions of the matter reflecting different 
     subjects and jurisdictions to one or more additional 
     committees;
       (4) may refer the matter to a special, ad hoc committee 
     appointed by the Speaker with the approval of the House, and 
     including members of the committees of jurisdiction, for the 
     specific purpose of considering that matter and reporting to 
     the House thereon;
       (5) may subject a referral to appropriate time limitations; 
     and
       (6) may make such other provision as may be considered 
     appropriate.
       (d) A bill for the payment or adjudication of a private 
     claim against the Government may not be referred to a 
     committee other than the Committee on International Relations 
     or the Committee on the Judiciary, except by unanimous 
     consent.

     Petitions, memorials, and private bills

       3. If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has a 
     petition, memorial, or private bill to present, he shall 
     endorse his name, deliver it to the Clerk, and may specify 
     the reference or disposition to be made thereof. Such 
     petition, memorial, or private bill (except when judged by 
     the Speaker to be obscene or insulting) shall be entered on 
     the Journal with the name of the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner presenting it and shall be printed in 
     the Congressional Record.
       4. A private bill or private resolution (including an 
     omnibus claim or pension bill), or amendment thereto, may not 
     be received or considered in the House if it authorizes or 
     directs--
       (a) the payment of money for property damages, for personal 
     injuries or death for which suit may be instituted under the 
     Tort Claims Procedure provided in title 28, United States 
     Code, or for a pension (other than to carry out a provision 
     of law or treaty stipulation);
       (b) the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; 
     or
       (c) the correction of a military or naval record.

     Prohibition on commemorations

       5. (a) A bill or resolution, or an amendment thereto, may 
     not be introduced or considered in the House if it 
     establishes or expresses a commemoration.
       (b) In this clause the term ``commemoration'' means a 
     remembrance, celebration, or recognition for any purpose 
     through the designation of a specified period of time.

     Excluded matters

       6. A petition, memorial, bill, or resolution excluded under 
     this rule shall be returned to the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner from whom it was received. A petition 
     or private bill that has been inappropriately referred may, 
     by direction of the committee having possession of it, be 
     properly referred in the manner originally presented. An 
     erroneous reference of a petition or private bill under this 
     clause does not confer jurisdiction on a committee to 
     consider or report it.

     Sponsorship

       7. (a) All other bills, memorials, petitions, and 
     resolutions, endorsed with the names of Members, Delegates, 
     or the Resident Commissioner introducing them, may be 
     delivered to the Speaker to be referred. The titles and 
     references of all bills, memorials, petitions, resolutions, 
     and other documents referred under this rule shall be entered 
     on the Journal and printed in the Congressional Record. An 
     erroneous reference may be corrected by the House in 
     accordance with rule X on any day immediately after the 
     Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by unanimous consent or 
     motion. Such a motion shall be privileged if offered by 
     direction of a committee to which the bill has been 
     erroneously referred or by direction of a committee claiming 
     jurisdiction and shall be decided without debate.
       (b)(1) The primary sponsor of a public bill or public 
     resolution may name cosponsors. The name of a cosponsor added 
     after the initial printing of a bill or resolution shall 
     appear in the next printing of the bill or resolution on the 
     written request of the primary sponsor. Such a request may be 
     submitted to the Speaker at any time until the last committee 
     authorized to consider and report the bill or resolution 
     reports it to the House or is discharged from its 
     consideration.
       (2) The name of a cosponsor of a bill or resolution may be 
     deleted by unanimous consent. The Speaker may entertain such 
     a request only by the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner whose name is to be deleted or by the primary 
     sponsor of the bill or resolution, and only until the last 
     committee authorized to consider and report the bill or 
     resolution reports it to the House or is discharged from its 
     consideration. The Speaker may not entertain a request to 
     delete the name of the primary sponsor of a

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     bill or resolution. A deletion shall be indicated by date in 
     the next printing of the bill or resolution.
       (3) The addition or deletion of the name of a cosponsor of 
     a bill or resolution shall be entered on the Journal and 
     printed in the Congressional Record of that day.
       (4) A bill or resolution shall be reprinted on the written 
     request of the primary sponsor. Such a request may be 
     submitted to the Speaker only when 20 or more cosponsors have 
     been added since the last printing of the bill or resolution.
       (5) When a bill or resolution is introduced ``by request,'' 
     those words shall be entered on the Journal and printed in 
     the Congressional Record.

     Executive communications

       8. Estimates of appropriations and all other communications 
     from the executive departments intended for the consideration 
     of any committees of the House shall be addressed to the 
     Speaker for referral as provided in clause 2 of rule XIV.

                               RULE XIII

                    Calendars and Committee Reports

     Calendars

       1. (a) All business reported by committees shall be 
     referred to one of the following three calendars:
       (1) A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union, to which shall be referred public bills 
     and public resolutions raising revenue, involving a tax or 
     charge on the people, directly or indirectly making 
     appropriations of money or property or requiring such 
     appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of 
     appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the 
     United States for money or property, or referring a claim to 
     the Court of Claims.
       (2) A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all public 
     bills and public resolutions not requiring referral to the 
     Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union.
       (3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 of rule XV, 
     to which shall be referred all private bills and private 
     resolutions.
       (b) There is established a Corrections Calendar as provided 
     in clause 6 of rule XV.
       (c) There is established a Calendar of Motions to Discharge 
     Committees as provided in clause 2 of rule XV.

     Filing and printing of reports

       2. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), all 
     reports of committees (other than those filed from the floor 
     as privileged) shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing 
     and reference to the proper calendar under the direction of 
     the Speaker in accordance with clause 1. The title or subject 
     of each report shall be entered on the Journal and printed in 
     the Congressional Record.
       (2) A bill or resolution reported adversely shall be laid 
     on the table unless a committee to which the bill or 
     resolution was referred requests at the time of the report 
     its referral to an appropriate calendar under clause 1 or 
     unless, within three days thereafter, a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner makes such a request.
       (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each 
     committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the 
     House a measure or matter approved by the committee and to 
     take or cause to be taken steps necessary to bring the 
     measure or matter to a vote.
       (2) In any event, the report of a committee on a measure 
     that has been approved by the committee shall be filed within 
     seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is 
     not in session) after the day on which a written request for 
     the filing of the report, signed by a majority of the members 
     of the committee, has been filed with the clerk of the 
     committee. The clerk of the committee shall immediately 
     notify the chairman of the filing of such a request. This 
     subparagraph does not apply to a report of the Committee on 
     Rules with respect to a rule, joint rule, or order of 
     business of the House, or to the reporting of a resolution of 
     inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.
       (c) All supplemental, minority, or additional views filed 
     under clause 2(l) of rule XI by one or more members of a 
     committee shall be included in, and shall be a part of, the 
     report filed by the committee with respect to a measure or 
     matter. When time guaranteed by clause 2(l) of rule XI has 
     expired (or, if sooner, when all separate views have been 
     received), the committee may arrange to file its report with 
     the Clerk not later than one hour after the expiration of 
     such time. This clause and provisions of clause 2(l) of rule 
     XI do not preclude the immediate filing or printing of a 
     committee report in the absence of a timely request for the 
     opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or additional 
     views as provided in clause 2(l) of rule XI.

     Content of reports

       3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
     report of a committee on a measure or matter shall be printed 
     in a single volume that--
       (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional 
     views that have been submitted by the time of the filing of 
     the report; and
       (B) shall bear on its cover a recital that any such 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any material 
     submitted under paragraph (c)(3) or (4)) are included as part 
     of the report.
       (2) A committee may file a supplemental report for the 
     correction of a technical error in its previous report on a 
     measure or matter.
       (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
     a measure or matter of a public nature, and on any amendment 
     offered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes 
     cast for and against, and the names of members voting for and 
     against, shall be included in the committee report. The 
     preceding sentence does not apply to votes taken in executive 
     session by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been 
     approved by the committee shall include, separately set out 
     and clearly identified, the following:
       (1) Oversight findings and recommendations under clause 
     2(b)(1) of rule X.
       (2) The statement required by section 308(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, except that an estimate of 
     new budget authority shall include, when practicable, a 
     comparison of the total estimated funding level for the 
     relevant programs to the appropriate levels under current 
     law.
       (3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of 
     the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if timely submitted to the 
     committee before the filing of the report.
       (4) A summary of oversight findings and recommendations by 
     the Committee on Government Reform under clause 4(c)(2) of 
     rule X if such findings and recommendations have been 
     submitted to the reporting committee in time to allow it to 
     consider such findings and recommendations during its 
     deliberations on the measure.
       (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public 
     joint resolution shall contain the following:
       (1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to 
     Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the 
     bill or joint resolution.
       (2)(A) An estimate by the committee of the costs that would 
     be incurred in carrying out the bill or joint resolution in 
     the fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the 
     five fiscal years following that fiscal year (or for the 
     authorized duration of any program authorized by the bill or 
     joint resolution if less than five years);
       (B) A comparison of the estimate of costs described in 
     subdivision (A) made by the committee with any estimate of 
     such costs made by a Government agency and submitted to such 
     committee; and
       (C) When practicable, a comparison of the total estimated 
     funding level for the relevant programs with the appropriate 
     levels under current law.
       (3)(A) In subparagraph (2) the term ``Government agency'' 
     includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned 
     Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal 
     Government or the government of the District of Columbia.
       (B) Subparagraph (2) does not apply to the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on House Administration, the 
     Committee on Rules, or the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct, and does not apply when a cost estimate and 
     comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 has been included in the report under paragraph 
     (c)(3).
       (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint 
     resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part 
     thereof, it shall include in its report or in an accompanying 
     document--
       (A) the text of a statute or part thereof that is proposed 
     to be repealed; and
       (B) a comparative print of any part of the bill or joint 
     resolution proposing to amend the statute and of the statute 
     or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 
     appropriate typographical devices the omissions and 
     insertions proposed.
       (2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution 
     proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof with a 
     recommendation that the bill or joint resolution be amended, 
     the comparative print required by subparagraph (1) shall 
     reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by 
     the bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.
       (f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a 
     general appropriation bill shall include--
       (A) a concise statement describing the effect of any 
     provision of the accompanying bill that directly or 
     indirectly changes the application of existing law; and
       (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill for 
     expenditures not previously authorized by law (except 
     classified intelligence or national security programs, 
     projects, or activities).
       (2) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a bill 
     or joint resolution including matter specified in clause 
     1(b)(2) or (3) of rule X, it shall include--
       (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate headings for 
     ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances''; and

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       (B) in the report of the committee, a separate section 
     listing such rescissions and transfers.
       (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution 
     proposing to repeal or amend a standing rule of the House, it 
     shall include in its report or in an accompanying document--
       (1) the text of any rule or part thereof that is proposed 
     to be repealed; and
       (2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution 
     proposing to amend the rule and of the rule or part thereof 
     proposed to be amended, showing by appropriate typographical 
     devices the omissions and insertions proposed.
       (h)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
     resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means that 
     proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--
       (A) the report includes a tax complexity analysis prepared 
     by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in 
     accordance with section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue 
     Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or
       (B) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes 
     such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the 
     Congressional Record before consideration of the bill or 
     joint resolution.
       (2) A report from the Committee on Ways and Means on a bill 
     or joint resolution designated by the Majority Leader, after 
     consultation with the Minority Leader, as major tax 
     legislation may include a dynamic estimate of the changes in 
     Federal revenues expected to result from enactment of the 
     legislation. The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation 
     shall render a dynamic estimate of such legislation only in 
     response to a timely request from the chairman of the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, after consultation with the 
     ranking minority member. A dynamic estimate under this 
     paragraph may be used only for informational purposes.
       (3) In this paragraph the term ``dynamic estimate'' means a 
     projection based in any part on assumptions concerning 
     probable effects of macroeconomic feedback. A dynamic 
     estimate shall include a statement identifying all such 
     assumptions.

     Availability of reports

       4. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order to consider in the House a measure or matter 
     reported by a committee until the third calendar day 
     (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when 
     the House is in session on such a day) on which each report 
     of a committee on that measure or matter has been available 
     to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.
       (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to--
       (A) a resolution providing a rule, joint rule, or order of 
     business reported by the Committee on Rules considered under 
     clause 6;
       (B) a resolution providing amounts from the applicable 
     accounts described in clause 1(i)(1) of rule X reported by 
     the Committee on House Administration considered under clause 
     6 of rule X;
       (C) a resolution presenting a question of the privileges of 
     the House reported by any committee;
       (D) a measure for the declaration of war, or the 
     declaration of a national emergency, by Congress; and
       (E) a measure providing for the disapproval of a decision, 
     determination, or action by a Government agency that would 
     become, or continue to be, effective unless disapproved or 
     otherwise invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress. In 
     this subdivision the term ``Government agency'' includes any 
     department, agency, establishment, wholly owned Government 
     corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or 
     of the government of the District of Columbia.
       (b) A committee that reports a measure or matter shall make 
     every reasonable effort to have its hearings thereon (if any) 
     printed and available for distribution to Members, Delegates, 
     and the Resident Commissioner before the consideration of the 
     measure or matter in the House.
       (c) A general appropriation bill reported by the Committee 
     on Appropriations may not be considered in the House until 
     the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 
     legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a 
     day) on which printed hearings of the Committee on 
     Appropriations thereon have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.

     Privileged reports, generally

       5. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report 
     at any time on the following matters, respectively:
       (1) The Committee on Appropriations, on general 
     appropriation bills and on joint resolutions continuing 
     appropriations for a fiscal year after September 15 in the 
     preceding fiscal year.
       (2) The Committee on the Budget, on the matters required to 
     be reported by such committee under titles III and IV of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (3) The Committee on House Administration, on enrolled 
     bills, on contested elections, on matters referred to it 
     concerning printing for the use of the House or the two 
     Houses, on expenditure of the applicable accounts of the 
     House described in clause 1(i)(1) of rule X, and on matters 
     relating to preservation and availability of noncurrent 
     records of the House under rule VII.
       (4) The Committee on Rules, on rules, joint rules, and the 
     order of business.
       (5) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, on 
     resolutions recommending action by the House with respect to 
     a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House as a result of an investigation by the 
     committee relating to the official conduct of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
       (b) A report filed from the floor as privileged under 
     paragraph (a) may be called up as a privileged question by 
     direction of the reporting committee, subject to any 
     requirement concerning its availability to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner under clause 4 or 
     concerning the timing of its consideration under clause 6.

     Privileged reports by the Committee on Rules

       6. (a) A report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint 
     rule, or the order of business may not be called up for 
     consideration on the same day it is presented to the House 
     except--
       (1) when so determined by a vote of two-thirds of the 
     Members voting, a quorum being present;
       (2) in the case of a resolution proposing only to waive a 
     requirement of clause 4 or of clause 8 of rule XXII 
     concerning the availability of reports; or
       (3) during the last three days of a session of Congress.
       (b) Pending the consideration of a report by the Committee 
     on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business, the 
     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. 
     After the result of such a motion is announced, the Speaker 
     may not entertain any other dilatory motion until the report 
     shall have been disposed of.
       (c) The Committee on Rules may not report--
       (1) a rule or order proposing that business under clause 7 
     of rule XV be set aside by a vote of less than two-thirds of 
     the Members voting, a quorum being present;
       (2) a rule or order that would prevent the motion to 
     recommit a bill or joint resolution from being made as 
     provided in clause 2(b) of rule XIX, including a motion to 
     recommit with instructions to report back an amendment 
     otherwise in order, if offered by the Minority Leader or a 
     designee, except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution 
     for which the text of a House-passed measure has been 
     substituted.
       (d) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House 
     reports concerning rules, joint rules, and the order of 
     business, within three legislative days of the time when they 
     are ordered. If such a report is not considered immediately, 
     it shall be referred to the calendar. If such a report on the 
     calendar is not called up by the member of the committee who 
     filed the report within seven legislative days, any member of 
     the committee may call it up as a privileged question on the 
     day after the calendar day on which the member announces to 
     the House his intention to do so. The Speaker shall recognize 
     a member of the committee who rises for that purpose.
       (e) An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a 
     resolution proposing a special order of business for the 
     consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may 
     be called up as a privileged question by a Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner on a day when it is in order to 
     consider a motion to discharge committees under clause 2 of 
     rule XV.
       (f) If the House has adopted a resolution making in order a 
     motion to consider a bill or resolution, and such a motion 
     has not been offered within seven calendar days thereafter, 
     such a motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of 
     all reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of the 
     bill or resolution.
       (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution 
     providing for the consideration of a measure, it shall (to 
     the maximum extent possible) specify in the resolution the 
     object of any waiver of a point of order against the measure 
     or against its consideration.

     Resolutions of inquiry

       7. A report on a resolution of inquiry addressed to the 
     head of an executive department may be filed from the floor 
     as privileged. If such a resolution is not reported to the 
     House within 14 legislative days after its introduction, a 
     motion to discharge a committee from its consideration shall 
     be privileged.

                                RULE XIV

                     Order and Priority of Business

       1. The daily order of business (unless varied by the 
     application of other rules and except for the disposition of 
     matters of higher precedence) shall be as follows:
       First. Prayer by the Chaplain.
       Second. Reading and approval of the Journal, unless 
     postponed under clause 9(a) of rule XX.
       Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
       Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.

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       Fifth. Disposal of business on the Speaker's table as 
     provided in clause 2.
       Sixth. Unfinished business as provided in 
     clause 3.
       Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills 
     called up by committees as provided in clause 4.
       Eighth. Motions that the House resolve into the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the state of the Union subject to 
     clause 5.
       Ninth. Orders of the day.
       2. Business on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as 
     follows:
       (a) Messages from the President shall be referred to the 
     appropriate committees without debate.
       (b) Communications addressed to the House, including 
     reports and communications from heads of departments and 
     bills, resolutions, and messages from the Senate, may be 
     referred to the appropriate committees in the same manner and 
     with the same right of correction as public bills and public 
     resolutions presented by Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner.
       (c) Motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the 
     Speaker's table may be entertained as provided in clauses 1, 
     2, and 4 of rule XXII.
       (d) Senate bills and resolutions substantially the same as 
     House measures already favorably reported and not required to 
     be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union may be disposed of by motion. Such a 
     motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of all 
     reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of the House 
     measure.
       3. Consideration of unfinished business in which the House 
     may have been engaged at an adjournment, except business in 
     the morning hour and proceedings postponed under clause 9 of 
     rule XX, shall be resumed as soon as the business on the 
     Speaker's table is finished, and at the same time each day 
     thereafter until disposed of. The consideration of all other 
     unfinished business shall be resumed whenever the class of 
     business to which it belongs shall be in order under the 
     rules.
       4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the 
     Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order 
     and then select committees. Each committee when named may 
     call up for consideration a bill or resolution reported by it 
     on a previous day and on the House Calendar. If the Speaker 
     does not complete the call of the committees before the House 
     passes to other business, the next call shall resume at the 
     point it left off, giving preference to the last bill or 
     resolution under consideration. A committee that has occupied 
     the call for two days may not call up another bill or 
     resolution until the other committees have been called in 
     their turn.
       5. After consideration of bills or resolutions under clause 
     4 for one hour, it shall be in order, pending consideration 
     thereof, to entertain a motion that the House resolve into 
     the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 
     or, when authorized by a committee, that the House resolve 
     into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union to consider a particular bill. Such a motion shall be 
     subject to only one amendment designating another bill. If 
     such a motion is decided in the negative, another such motion 
     may not be considered until the matter that was pending when 
     such motion was offered is disposed of.
       6. All questions relating to the priority of business shall 
     be decided by a majority without debate.

                                RULE XV

                   Business in Order on Special Days

     Suspensions, Mondays and Tuesdays
       1. (a) A rule may not be suspended except by a vote of two-
     thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. The 
     Speaker may not entertain a motion that the House suspend the 
     rules except on Mondays and Tuesdays and during the last six 
     days of a session of Congress.
       (b) Pending a motion that the House suspend the rules, the 
     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. 
     After the result of such a motion is announced, the Speaker 
     may not entertain any other motion until the vote is taken on 
     the suspension.
       (c) A motion that the House suspend the rules is debatable 
     for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and one-half 
     in opposition thereto.
     Discharge motions, second and fourth Mondays
       2. (a) Motions to discharge committees shall be in order on 
     the second and fourth Mondays of a month.
       (b)(1) A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in 
     writing to discharge--
       (A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or 
     public resolution that has been referred to it for 30 
     legislative days; or
       (B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a 
     resolution that has been referred to it for seven legislative 
     days and that proposes a special order of business for the 
     consideration of a public bill or public resolution that has 
     been reported by a standing committee or has been referred to 
     a standing committee for 30 legislative days.
       (2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or 
     resolution. A Member may not file a motion to discharge the 
     Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution 
     providing for the consideration of more than one public bill 
     or public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane 
     amendment to a public bill or public resolution.
       (c) A motion presented under paragraph (b) shall be placed 
     in the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange a convenient 
     place for the signatures of Members. A signature may be 
     withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time before a motion 
     is entered on the Journal. The Clerk shall make signatures a 
     matter of public record, causing the names of the Members who 
     have signed a discharge motion during a week to be published 
     in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
     purpose on the last legislative day of the week and making 
     cumulative lists of such names available each day for public 
     inspection in an appropriate office of the House. The Clerk 
     shall devise a means for making such lists available to 
     offices of the House and to the public in electronic form. 
     When a majority of the total membership of the House shall 
     have signed the motion, it shall be entered on the Journal, 
     printed with the signatures thereto in the Record, and 
     referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees.
       (d)(1) On the second and fourth Mondays of a month (except 
     during the last six days of a session of Congress), 
     immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, a 
     motion to discharge that has been on the calendar for at 
     least seven legislative days shall be privileged if called up 
     by a Member whose signature appears thereon. When such a 
     motion is called up, the House shall proceed to its 
     consideration under this paragraph without intervening motion 
     except one motion to adjourn. Privileged motions to discharge 
     shall have precedence in the order of their entry on the 
     Journal.
       (2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or 
     resolution to which it relates shall be read by title only. 
     The motion is debatable for 20 minutes, one-half in favor of 
     the motion and one-half in opposition thereto.
       (e)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on 
     Rules from consideration of a resolution, the House shall 
     immediately consider the resolution, pending which the 
     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. 
     After the result of such a motion to adjourn is announced, 
     the Speaker may not entertain any other dilatory motion until 
     the resolution has been disposed of. If the resolution is 
     adopted, the House shall immediately proceed to its 
     execution.
       (2) If a motion prevails to discharge a standing committee 
     from consideration of a public bill or public resolution, a 
     motion that the House proceed to the immediate consideration 
     of such bill or resolution shall be privileged if offered by 
     a Member whose signature appeared on the motion to discharge. 
     The motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion to 
     proceed is adopted, the bill or resolution shall be 
     considered immediately under the general rules of the House. 
     If unfinished before adjournment of the day on which it is 
     called up, the bill or resolution shall remain the unfinished 
     business until it is disposed of. If the motion to proceed is 
     rejected, the bill or resolution shall be referred to the 
     appropriate calendar, where it shall have the same status as 
     if the committee from which it was discharged had duly 
     reported it to the House.
       (f)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this 
     clause has once been acted on by the House, it shall not be 
     in order to entertain during the same session of Congress--
       (A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of 
     that bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution 
     that, by relating in substance to or dealing with the same 
     subject matter, is substantially the same; or
       (B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from 
     consideration of a resolution providing a special order of 
     business for the consideration of that bill or resolution or 
     of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in 
     substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is 
     substantially the same.
       (2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to 
     Discharge Committees that is rendered out of order under 
     subparagraph (1) shall be stricken from that calendar.
     Adverse report by the Committee on Rules, second and fourth 
         Mondays
       3. An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a 
     resolution proposing a special order of business for the 
     consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may 
     be called up under clause 6(e) of rule XIII as a privileged 
     question by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner on a 
     day when it is in order to consider a motion to discharge 
     committees under clause 2.
     District of Columbia business, second and fourth Mondays
       4. The second and fourth Mondays of a month shall be set 
     apart for the consideration of such District of Columbia 
     business as may be called up by the Committee on Government 
     Reform after the disposition of motions to discharge 
     committees and after the disposal of such business on the 
     Speaker's table as requires reference only.
     Private Calendar, first and third Tuesdays
       5. (a) On the first Tuesday of a month, the Speaker shall 
     direct the Clerk to call the

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     bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar after disposal 
     of such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference 
     only. If two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner object to the consideration of a bill or 
     resolution so called, it shall be recommitted to the 
     committee that reported it. No other business shall be in 
     order before completion of the call of the Private Calendar 
     on this day unless two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum 
     being present, agree to a motion that the House dispense with 
     the call.
       (b)(1) On the third Tuesday of a month, after the disposal 
     of such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference 
     only, the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call the bills and 
     resolutions on the Private Calendar. Preference shall be 
     given to omnibus bills containing the texts of bills or 
     resolutions that have previously been objected to on a call 
     of the Private Calendar. If two or more Members, Delegates, 
     or the Resident Commissioner object to the consideration of a 
     bill or resolution so called (other than an omnibus bill), it 
     shall be recommitted to the committee that reported it. Two-
     thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present, may 
     adopt a motion that the House dispense with the call on this 
     day.
       (2) Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph. 
     No amendment shall be in order except to strike or to reduce 
     amounts of money or to provide limitations. An item or matter 
     stricken from an omnibus bill may not thereafter during the 
     same session of Congress be included in an omnibus bill. Upon 
     passage such an omnibus bill shall be resolved into the 
     several bills and resolutions of which it is composed. The 
     several bills and resolutions, with any amendments adopted by 
     the House, shall be engrossed, when necessary, and otherwise 
     considered as passed severally by the House as distinct bills 
     and resolutions.
       (c) The Speaker may not entertain a reservation of the 
     right to object to the consideration of a bill or resolution 
     under this clause. A bill or resolution considered under this 
     clause shall be considered in the House as in the Committee 
     of the Whole. A motion to dispense with the call of the 
     Private Calendar under this clause shall be privileged. 
     Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five minutes in 
     support and five minutes in opposition.
     Corrections Calendar, second and fourth Tuesdays
       6. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed 
     on either the Union or House Calendar, the Speaker, after 
     consultation with the Minority Leader, may direct the Clerk 
     also to place the bill on the ``Corrections Calendar.'' At 
     any time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of a month, the 
     Speaker may direct the Clerk to call a bill that has been on 
     the Corrections Calendar for three legislative days.
       (b) A bill called from the Corrections Calendar shall be 
     considered in the House, is debatable for one hour equally 
     divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
     member of the primary committee of jurisdiction, and shall 
     not be subject to amendment except those recommended by the 
     primary committee of jurisdiction or offered by the chairman 
     of the primary committee or a designee. The previous question 
     shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any amendments 
     thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
     one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
       (c) The approval of three-fifths of the Members voting, a 
     quorum being present, shall be required to pass a bill called 
     from the Corrections Calendar. The rejection of a bill so 
     called, or the sustaining of a point of order against it or 
     against its consideration, does not cause its removal from 
     the Calendar to which it was originally referred.
     Calendar Call of Committees, Wednesdays
       7. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in 
     order before completion of the call of the committees (except 
     as provided by clause 4 of rule XIV) unless two-thirds of the 
     Members voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion 
     that the House dispense with the call. Such a motion shall be 
     privileged. Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five 
     minutes in support and five minutes in opposition.
       (b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union 
     Calendar, except bills or resolutions that are privileged 
     under the Rules of the House, may be called under this 
     clause. A bill or resolution called up from the Union 
     Calendar shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union without motion, subject to 
     clause 3 of rule XVI. General debate on a measure considered 
     under this clause shall be confined to the measure and may 
     not exceed two hours equally divided between a proponent and 
     an opponent.
       (c) When a committee has occupied the call under this 
     clause on one Wednesday, it shall not be in order on a 
     succeeding Wednesday to consider unfinished business 
     previously called up by that committee until the other 
     committees have been called in their turn unless--
       (1) the previous question has been ordered on such 
     unfinished business; or
       (2) the House adopts a motion to dispense with the call 
     under paragraph (a).
       (d) If any committee has not been called under this clause 
     during a session of a Congress, then at the next session of 
     that Congress the call shall resume where it left off at the 
     end of the preceding session.
       (e) This rule does not apply during the last two weeks of a 
     session of Congress.
       (f) The Speaker may not entertain a motion for a recess on 
     a Wednesday except during the last two weeks of a session of 
     Congress.

                                RULE XVI

                         Motions and Amendments

     Motions
       1. Every motion entertained by the Speaker shall be reduced 
     to writing on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner and, unless it is withdrawn the same day, shall 
     be entered on the Journal with the name of the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering it. A dilatory 
     motion may not be entertained by the Speaker.
     Withdrawal
       2. When a motion is entertained, the Speaker shall state it 
     or cause it to be read aloud by the Clerk before it is 
     debated. The motion then shall be in the possession of the 
     House but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or 
     amendment thereon.
     Question of consideration
       3. When a motion or proposition is entertained, the 
     question, ``Will the House now consider it?'' may not be put 
     unless demanded by a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner.
     Precedence of motions
       4. (a) When a question is under debate, only the following 
     motions may be entertained (which shall have precedence in 
     the following order):
       (1) To adjourn.
       (2) To lay on the table.
       (3) For the previous question.
       (4) To postpone to a day certain.
       (5) To refer.
       (6) To amend.
       (7) To postpone indefinitely.
       (b) A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, or for the 
     previous question shall be decided without debate. A motion 
     to postpone to a day certain, to refer, or to postpone 
     indefinitely, being decided, may not be allowed again on the 
     same day at the same stage of the question.
       (c)(1) It shall be in order at any time for the Speaker, in 
     his discretion, to entertain a motion--
       (A) that the Speaker be authorized to declare a recess; or
       (B) that when the House adjourns it stand adjourned to a 
     day and time certain.
       (2) Either motion shall be of equal privilege with the 
     motion to adjourn and shall be decided without debate.
     Divisibility
       5. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a question 
     shall be divided on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner before the question is put if it 
     includes propositions so distinct in substance that, one 
     being taken away, a substantive proposition remains.
       (b)(1) A motion or resolution to elect members to a 
     standing committee of the House, or to a joint standing 
     committee, is not divisible.
       (2) A resolution or order reported by the Committee on 
     Rules providing a special order of business is not divisible.
       (c) A motion to strike and insert is not divisible, but 
     rejection of a motion to strike does not preclude another 
     motion to amend.
     Amendments
       6. When an amendable proposition is under consideration, a 
     motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall be 
     in order, and it also shall be in order to offer a further 
     amendment by way of substitute for the original motion to 
     amend, to which one amendment may be offered but which may 
     not be voted on until the original amendment is perfected. An 
     amendment may be withdrawn in the House at any time before a 
     decision or amendment thereon. An amendment to the title of a 
     bill or resolution shall not be in order until after its 
     passage or adoption and shall be decided without debate.
     Germaneness
       7. No motion or proposition on a subject different from 
     that under consideration shall be admitted under color of 
     amendment.
     Readings
       8. Bills and joint resolutions are subject to readings as 
     follows:
       (a) A first reading is in full when the bill or joint 
     resolution is first considered.
       (b) A second reading occurs only when the bill or joint 
     resolution is read for amendment in a Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union under clause 5 of rule XVIII.
       (c) A third reading precedes passage when the Speaker 
     states the question: ``Shall the bill [or joint resolution] 
     be engrossed [when applicable] and read a third time?'' If 
     that question is decided in the affirmative, then the bill or 
     joint resolution shall be read the final time by title and 
     then the question shall be put on its passage.

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                               RULE XVII

                           Decorum and Debate

     Decorum
       1. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     desires to speak or deliver a matter to the House shall rise 
     and respectfully address himself to ``Mr. Speaker'' and, on 
     being recognized, may address the House from any place on the 
     floor. When invited by the Chair, a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner may speak from the Clerk's desk.
       (b)(1) Remarks in debate shall be confined to the question 
     under debate, avoiding personality.
       (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), debate may 
     not include characterizations of Senate action or inaction, 
     references to individual Members of the Senate, or quotations 
     from Senate proceedings.
       (B) Debate may include references to actions taken by the 
     Senate or by committees thereof that are a matter of public 
     record; references to the pendency or sponsorship in the 
     Senate of bills, resolutions, and amendments; factual 
     descriptions relating to Senate action or inaction concerning 
     a measure then under debate in the House; and quotations from 
     Senate proceedings on a measure then under debate in the 
     House that are relevant to the making of legislative history 
     establishing the meaning of that measure.
     Recognition
       2. When two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
     Commissioner rise at once, the Speaker shall name the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is first to speak. A 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not occupy 
     more than one hour in debate on a question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 
     except as otherwise provided in this rule.
     Managing Debate
       3. (a) The Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     calls up a measure may open and close debate thereon. When 
     general debate extends beyond one day, that Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner shall be entitled to one hour to 
     close without regard to the time used in opening.
       (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not speak more than 
     once to the same question without leave of the House.
       (c) A manager of a measure who opposes an amendment thereto 
     is entitled to close controlled debate thereon.
     Call to order
       4. (a) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, in 
     speaking or otherwise, transgresses the Rules of the House, 
     the Speaker shall, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner may, call to order the offending Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, who shall immediately sit 
     down unless permitted on motion of another Member, Delegate, 
     or the Resident Commissioner to explain. If a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is called to order, the 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the call to 
     order shall indicate the words excepted to, which shall be 
     taken down in writing at the Clerk's desk and read aloud to 
     the House.
       (b) The Speaker shall decide the validity of a call to 
     order. The House, if appealed to, shall decide the question 
     without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner called to order, the 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be at 
     liberty to proceed, but not otherwise. If the case requires 
     it, an offending Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     shall be liable to censure or such other punishment as the 
     House may consider proper. A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissionermay not be held to answer a call to order, and 
     may not be subject to the censure of the House therefor, if 
     further debate or other business has intervened.
     Comportment
       5. When the Speaker is putting a question or addressing the 
     House, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     walk out of or across the Hall. When a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner is speaking, a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner may not pass between the person 
     speaking and the Chair. During the session of the House, a 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not wear a hat 
     or remain by the Clerk's desk during the call of the roll or 
     the counting of ballots. A person may not smoke or use any 
     personal, electronic office equipment, including cellular 
     phones and computers, on the floor of the House. The 
     Sergeant-at-Arms is chaged with the strict enforcement of 
     this clause.
     Exhibits
       6. When the use of an exhibit in debate is objected to by a 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, its use shall be 
     decided without debate by a vote of the House.
     Galleries
       7. During a session of the House, it shall not be in order 
     for a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to introduce 
     to or to bring to the attention of the House an occupant in 
     the galleries of the House. The Speaker may not entertain a 
     request for the suspension of this rule by unanimous consent 
     or otherwise.
     Congressional Record
       8. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially 
     verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of 
     the House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
     typographical corrections authorized by the Member, Delegate, 
     or Resident Commissioner making the remarks.
       (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by 
     permission or order of the House.
       (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within 
     the meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.
     Secret sessions
       9. When confidential communications are received from the 
     President, or when the Speaker or a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner informs the House that he has 
     communications that he believes ought to be kept secret for 
     the present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except 
     the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers 
     of the House for the reading of such communications, and 
     debates and proceedings thereon, unless otherwise ordered by 
     the House.

                               RULE XVIII

       The Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

     Resolving into the Committee of the Whole
       1. Whenever the House resolves into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker shall 
     leave the chair after appointing a Chairman to preside. In 
     case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or 
     lobby, the Chairman may cause the same to be cleared.
       2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and in clause 7 
     of rule XV, the House resolves into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union by motion. When such a 
     motion is entertained, the Speaker shall put the question 
     without debate: ``Shall the House resolve itself into the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for 
     consideration of this matter?'', naming it.
       (b) After the House has adopted a resolution reported by 
     the Committee on Rules providing a special order of business 
     for the consideration of a measure in the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker may at any 
     time, when no question is pending before the House, declare 
     the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the 
     consideration of that measure without intervening motion, 
     unless the special order of business provides otherwise.
     Measures requiring initial consideration in the Committee of 
         the Whole
       3. All bills, resolutions, or Senate amendments (as 
     provided in clause 3 of rule XXII) involving a tax or charge 
     on the people, raising revenue, directly or indirectly making 
     appropriations of money or property or requiring such 
     appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of 
     appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the 
     United States for money or property, or referring a claim to 
     the Court of Claims, shall be first considered in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A 
     bill, resolution, or Senate amendment that fails to comply 
     with this clause is subject to a point of order against its 
     consideration.
     Order of business
       4. (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) business on the calendar 
     of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 
     may be taken up in regular order, or in such order as the 
     Committee may determine, unless the measure to be considered 
     was determined by the House at the time of resolving into the 
     Committee of the Whole.
       (b) Motions to resolve into the Committee of the Whole for 
     consideration of bills and joint resolutions making general 
     appropriations have precedence under this clause.
     Reading for amendment
       5. (a) Before general debate commences on a measure in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, it 
     shall be read in full. When general debate is concluded or 
     closed by order of the House, the measure under consideration 
     shall be read for amendment. A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner who offers an amendment shall be allowed five 
     minutes to explain it, after which the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner who shall first obtain the floor shall 
     be allowed five minutes to speak in opposition to it. There 
     shall be no further debate thereon, but the same privilege of 
     debate shall be allowed in favor of and against any amendment 
     that may be offered to an amendment. An amendment, or an 
     amendment to an amendment, may be withdrawn by its proponent 
     only by the unanimous consent of the Committee of the Whole.
       (b) When a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     offers an amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on 
     the State of the Union, the Clerk shall promptly transmit 
     five copies of the amendment to the majority committee table 
     and five copies to the minority committee table. The Clerk 
     also shall deliver at least one copy of the amendment to the 
     majority cloakroom and at least one copy to the minority 
     cloakroom.

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     Quorum and voting
       6. (a) A quorum of a Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union is 100 Members. The first time that a 
     Committee of the Whole finds itself without a quorum during a 
     day, the Chairman shall invoke the procedure for a quorum 
     call set forth in clause 2 of rule XX, unless he elects to 
     invoke an alternate procedure set forth in clause 3 or clause 
     4(a) of rule XX. If a quorum appears, the Committee of the 
     Whole shall continue its business. If a quorum does not 
     appear, the Committee of the Whole shall rise, and the 
     Chairman shall report the names of absentees to the House.
       (b)(1) The Chairman may refuse to entertain a point of 
     order that a quorum is not present during general debate.
       (2) After a quorum has once been established on a day, the 
     Chairman may entertain a point of order that a quorum is not 
     present only when the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union is operating under the five-minute rule 
     and the Chairman has put the pending proposition to a vote.
       (3) Upon sustaining a point of order that a quorum is not 
     present, the Chairman may announce that, following a regular 
     quorum call under paragraph (a), the minimum time for 
     electronic voting on the pending question shall be five 
     minutes.
       (c) When ordering a quorum call in the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union, the Chairman may 
     announce an intention to declare that a quorum is constituted 
     at any time during the quorum call when he determines that a 
     quorum has appeared. If the Chairman interrupts the quorum 
     call by declaring that a quorum is constituted, proceedings 
     under the quorum call shall be considered as vacated, and the 
     Committee of the Whole shall continue its sitting and resume 
     its business.
       (d) A quorum is not required in the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union for adoption of a motion that 
     the Committee rise.
       (e) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Chairman shall order a recorded vote on a request 
     supported by at least 25 Members.
       (f) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Chairman may reduce to five minutes the minimum 
     time for electronic voting without any intervening business 
     or debate on any or all pending amendments after a record 
     vote has been taken on the first pending amendment.
     Dispensing with the reading of an amendment
       7. It shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole House 
     on the state of the Union to move that the Committee of the 
     Whole dispense with the reading of an amendment that has been 
     printed in the bill or resolution as reported by a committee, 
     or an amendment that a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner has caused to be printed in the Congressional 
     Record. Such a motion shall be decided without debate.
     Closing debate
       8. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) at any time after the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union has 
     begun five-minute debate on amendments to any portion of a 
     bill or resolution, it shall be in order to move that the 
     Committee of the Whole close all debate on that portion of 
     the bill or resolution or on the pending amendments only. 
     Such a motion shall be decided without debate. The adoption 
     of such a motion does not preclude further amendment, to be 
     decided without debate.
       (b) If the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union closes debate on any portion of a bill or resolution 
     before there has been debate on an amendment that a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has caused to be printed 
     in the Congressional Record at least one day before its 
     consideration, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     who caused the amendment to be printed in the Record shall be 
     allowed five minutes to explain it, after which the Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who shall first obtain the 
     floor shall be allowed five minutes to speak in opposition to 
     it. There shall be no further debate thereon.
       (c) Material submitted for printing in the Congressional 
     Record under this rule shall indicate the full text of the 
     proposed amendment, the name of the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner proposing it, the number of the bill or 
     resolution to which it will be offered, and the point in the 
     bill or resolution or amendment thereto where the amendment 
     is intended to be offered. The amendment shall appear in a 
     portion of the Record designated for that purpose. Amendments 
     to a specified measure submitted for printing in that portion 
     of the Record shall be numbered in the order printed.
     Striking the enacting clause
       9. A motion that the Committee of the Whole House on the 
     state of the Union rise and report a bill or resolution to 
     the House with the recommendation that the enacting or 
     resolving clause be stricken shall have precedence of a 
     motion to amend, and, if carried in the House, shall 
     constitute a rejection of the bill or resolution. Whenever a 
     bill or resolution is reported from the Committee of the 
     Whole with such adverse recommendation and the recommendation 
     is rejected by the House, the bill or resolution shall stand 
     recommitted to the Committee of the Whole without further 
     action by the House. Before the question of concurrence is 
     submitted, it shall be in order to move that the House refer 
     the bill or resolution to a committee, with or without 
     instructions. If a bill or resolution is so referred, then 
     when it is again reported to the House it shall be referred 
     to the Committee of the Whole without debate.
     Concurrent resolution on the budget
       10. (a) At the conclusion of general debate in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget under section 305(a) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the concurrent 
     resolution shall be considered as read for amendment.
       (b) It shall not be in order in the House or in the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to 
     consider an amendment to a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget, or an amendment thereto, unless the concurrent 
     resolution, as amended by such amendment or amendments--
       (1) would be mathematically consistent except as limited by 
     paragraph (c); and
       (2) would contain all the matter set forth in paragraphs 
     (1) through (5) of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974.
       (c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the state of the Union to consider an amendment to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amendment thereto, 
     that proposes to change the amount of the appropriate level 
     of the public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as 
     reported.
       (2) Amendments to achieve mathematical consistency under 
     section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, if 
     offered by direction of the Committee on the Budget, may 
     propose to adjust the amount of the appropriate level of the 
     public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as 
     reported, to reflect changes made in other figures contained 
     in the concurrent resolution.
     Unfunded mandates
       11. (a) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union, an amendment proposing only to strike an unfunded 
     mandate from the portion of the bill then open to amendment, 
     if otherwise in order, may be precluded from consideration 
     only by specific terms of a special order of the House.
       (b) In this clause the term ``unfunded mandate'' means a 
     Federal intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of which 
     exceed the threshold otherwise specified for a reported bill 
     or joint resolution in section 424(a)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
     Applicability of Rules of the House
       12. The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the state of the Union so far as 
     applicable.

                                RULE XIX

                 Motions Following the Amendment Stage

     Previous question
       1. (a) There shall be a motion for the previous question, 
     which, being ordered, shall have the effect of cutting off 
     all debate and bringing the House to a direct vote on the 
     immediate question or questions on which it has been ordered. 
     Whenever the previous question has been ordered on an 
     otherwise debatable question on which there has been no 
     debate, it shall be in order to debate that question for 40 
     minutes, equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the 
     question and an opponent. The previous question may be moved 
     and ordered on a single question, on a series of questions 
     allowable under the rules, or on an amendment or amendments, 
     or may embrace all authorized motions or amendments and 
     include the bill or resolution to its passage, adoption, or 
     rejection.
       (b) Incidental questions of order arising during the 
     pendency of a motion for the previous question shall be 
     decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
     Recommit
       2. (a) After the previous question has been ordered on 
     passage or adoption of a measure, or pending a motion to that 
     end, it shall be in order to move that the House recommit (or 
     commit, as the case may be) the measure, with or without 
     instructions, to a standing or select committee. For such a 
     motion to recommit, the Speaker shall give preference in 
     recognition to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     who is opposed to the measure.
       (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if a motion that 
     the House recommit a bill or joint resolution on which the 
     previous question has been ordered to passage includes 
     instructions, it shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally 
     divided between the proponent and an opponent.
       (c) On demand of the floor manager for the majority, it 
     shall be in order to debate the motion for one hour equally 
     divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.
     Reconsideration
       3. When a motion has been carried or lost, it shall be in 
     order on the same or succeeding day for a Member on the 
     prevailing side of the question to enter a motion for the 
     reconsideration thereof. The entry of such a motion shall 
     take precedence over all other questions except the 
     consideration of a conference report or a motion to adjourn, 
     and

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     may not be withdrawn after such succeeding day without the 
     consent of the House. Once entered, a motion may be called up 
     for consideration by any Member. During the last six days of 
     a session of Congress, such a motion shall be disposed of 
     when entered.
       4. A bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a 
     committee, or reported therefrom for printing and 
     recommitment, may not be brought back to the House on a 
     motion to reconsider.

                                RULE XX

                        Voting and Quorum Calls

       1. (a) The House shall divide after the Speaker has put a 
     question to a vote by voice as provided in clause 6 of rule I 
     if the Speaker is in doubt or division is demanded. Those in 
     favor of the question shall first rise from their seats to be 
     counted, and then those opposed.
       (b) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
     requests a recorded vote, and that request is supported by at 
     least one-fifth of a quorum, the vote shall be taken by 
     electronic device unless the Speaker invokes another 
     procedure for recording votes provided in this rule. A 
     recorded vote taken in the House under this paragraph shall 
     be considered a vote by the yeas and nays.
       (c) In case of a tie vote, a question shall be lost.
       2. (a) Unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the Clerk 
     shall conduct a record vote or quorum call by electronic 
     device. In such a case the Clerk shall enter on the Journal 
     and publish in the Congressional Record, in alphabetical 
     order in each category, the names of Members recorded as 
     voting in the affirmative, the names of Members recorded as 
     voting in the negative, and the names of Members answering 
     present as if they had been called in the manner provided in 
     clause 3. Except as otherwise permitted under clause 9 or 10 
     of this rule or under clause 6 of rule XVIII, the minimum 
     time for a record vote or quorum call by electronic device 
     shall be 15 minutes.
       (b) When the electronic voting system is inoperable or is 
     not used, the Speaker or Chairman may direct the Clerk to 
     conduct a record vote or quorum call as provided in clause 3 
     or 4.
       3. The Speaker may direct the Clerk to conduct a record 
     vote or quorum call by call of the roll. In such a case the 
     Clerk shall call the names of Members, alphabetically by 
     surname. When two or more have the same surname, the name of 
     the State (and, if necessary to distinguish among Members 
     from the same State, the given names of the Members) shall be 
     added. After the roll has been called once, the Clerk shall 
     call the names of those not recorded, alphabetically by 
     surname. Members appearing after the second call, but before 
     the result is announced, may vote or announce a pair.
       4. (a) The Speaker may direct a record vote or quorum call 
     to be conducted by tellers. In such a case the tellers named 
     by the Speaker shall record the names of the Members voting 
     on each side of the question or record their presence, as the 
     case may be, which the Clerk shall enter on the Journal and 
     publish in the Congressional Record. Absentees shall be 
     noted, but the doors may not be closed except when ordered by 
     the Speaker. The minimum time for a record vote or quorum 
     call by tellers shall be 15 minutes.
       (b) On the demand of a Member, or at the suggestion of the 
     Speaker, the names of Members sufficient to make a quorum in 
     the Hall of the House who do not vote shall be noted by the 
     Clerk, entered on the Journal, reported to the Speaker with 
     the names of the Members voting, and be counted and announced 
     in determining the presence of a quorum to do business.
       5. (a) In the absence of a quorum, a majority comprising at 
     least 15 Members, which may include the Speaker, may compel 
     the attendance of absent Members.
       (b) Subject to clause 7(b) a majority of those present may 
     order the Sergeant-at-Arms to send officers appointed by him 
     to arrest those Members for whom no sufficient excuse is made 
     and shall secure and retain their attendance. The House shall 
     determine on what condition they shall be discharged. Unless 
     the House otherwise directs, the Members who voluntarily 
     appear shall be admitted immediately to the Hall of the House 
     and shall report their names to the Clerk to be entered on 
     the Journal as present.
       6. (a) When a quorum fails to vote on a question, a quorum 
     is not present, and objection is made for that cause (unless 
     the House shall adjourn)--
       (1) there shall be a call of the House;
       (2) the Sergeant-at-Arms shall proceed forthwith to bring 
     in absent Members; and
       (3) the yeas and nays on the pending question shall at the 
     same time be considered as ordered.
       (b) The Clerk shall record Members by the yeas and nays on 
     the pending question, using such procedure as the Speaker may 
     invoke under clause 2, 3, or 4. Each Member arrested under 
     this clause shall be brought by the Sergeant-at-Arms before 
     the House, whereupon he shall be noted as present, discharged 
     from arrest, and given an opportunity to vote; and his vote 
     shall be recorded. If those voting on the question and those 
     who are present and decline to vote together make a majority 
     of the House, the Speaker shall declare that a quorum is 
     constituted, and the pending question shall be decided as the 
     requisite majority of those voting shall have determined. 
     Thereupon further proceedings under the call shall be 
     considered as dispensed with.
       (c) At any time after Members have had the requisite 
     opportunity to respond by the yeas and nays, but before a 
     result has been announced, the Speaker may entertain a motion 
     that the House adjourn if seconded by a majority of those 
     present, to be ascertained by actual count by the Speaker. If 
     the House adjourns on such a motion, all proceedings under 
     this clause shall be considered as vacated.
       7. (a) The Speaker may not entertain a point of order that 
     a quorum is not present unless a question has been put to a 
     vote.
       (b) Subject to paragraph (c) the Speaker may recognize a 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to move a call of 
     the House at any time. When a quorum is established pursuant 
     to a call of the House, further proceedings under the call 
     shall be considered as dispensed with unless the Speaker 
     recognizes for a motion to compel attendance of Members under 
     clause 5(b).
       (c) A call of the House shall not be in order after the 
     previous question is ordered unless the Speaker determines by 
     actual count that a quorum is not present.
     Postponement of proceedings
       8. (a)(1) When a recorded vote is ordered, or the yeas and 
     nays are ordered, or a vote is objected to under clause 6 on 
     any of the questions specified in subparagraph (2), the 
     Speaker may postpone further proceedings on that question to 
     a designated place in the legislative schedule on that 
     legislative day (in the case of the question of agreeing to 
     the Speaker's approval of the Journal) or within two 
     legislative days (in the case of any other question).
       (2) The questions described in the subparagraph (1) are as 
     follows:
       (A) The question of passing a bill or joint resolution.
       (B) The question of adopting a resolution or concurrent 
     resolution.
       (C) The question of agreeing to a motion to instruct 
     managers on the part of the House (except that proceedings 
     may not resume on such a motion under clause 7(c) of rule 
     XXII if the managers have filed a report in the House).
       (D) The question of agreeing to a conference report.
       (E) The question of agreeing to a motion to recommit a bill 
     considered under clause 6 of rule XV.
       (F) The question of ordering the previous question on a 
     question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
       (G) The question of agreeing to an amendment to a bill 
     considered under clause 6 of rule XV.
       (H) The question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the 
     rules.
       (b) At the time designated by the Speaker for further 
     proceedings on questions postponed under paragraph (a), the 
     Speaker shall resume proceedings on each postponed question 
     in the order in which it was considered.
       (c) The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time 
     for electronic voting on a question postponed under this 
     clause, or on a question incidental thereto, that follows 
     another electronic vote without intervening business, so long 
     as the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any 
     series of questions is 15 minutes.
       (d) If the House adjourns on a legislative day designated 
     for further proceedings on questions postponed under this 
     clause without disposing of such questions, then on the next 
     legislative day the unfinished business is the disposition of 
     such questions in the order in which they were considered.
     Five-minute votes
       9. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time 
     for electronic voting--
       (a) after a record vote on a motion for the previous 
     question, on any underlying question that follows without 
     intervening business, or on a question incidental thereto;
       (b) after a record vote on an amendment reported from the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, on 
     any subsequent amendment to that bill or resolution reported 
     from the Committee of the Whole, or on a question incidental 
     thereto;
       (c) after a record vote on a motion to recommit a bill, 
     resolution, or conference report, on the question of passage 
     or adoption, as the case may be, of such bill, resolution, or 
     conference report, or on a question incidental thereto, if 
     the question of passage or adoption follows without 
     intervening business the vote on the motion to recommit; or
       (d) as provided in clause 6(b)(3) of rule XVIII, clause 
     6(f) of rule XVIII, or clause 8 of this rule.
     Automatic yeas and nays
       10. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when 
     the Speaker puts the question on passage of a bill or joint 
     resolution, or on adoption of a conference report, making 
     general appropriations, or increasing Federal income tax 
     rates (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI), or on 
     final adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
     conference report thereon.
     Ballot votes
       11. In a case of ballot for election, a majority of the 
     votes shall be necessary to an election. When there is not 
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     the first ballot, the process shall be repeated until a 
     majority is obtained. In all balloting blanks shall be 
     rejected, may not be counted in the enumeration of votes, and 
     may not be reported by the tellers.

                                RULE XXI

                     Restrictions on Certain Bills

     Reservation of certain points of order
       1. At the time a general appropriation bill is reported, 
     all points of order against provisions therein shall be 
     considered as reserved.
     General appropriation bills and amendments
       2. (a)(1) An appropriation may not be reported in a general 
     appropriation bill, and may not be in order as an amendment 
     thereto, for an expenditure not previously authorized by law, 
     except to continue appropriations for public works and 
     objects that are already in progress.
       (2) A reappropriation of unexpended balances of 
     appropriations may not be reported in a general appropriation 
     bill, and may not be in order as an amendment thereto, except 
     to continue appropriations for public works and objects that 
     are already in progress. This subparagraph does not apply to 
     transfers of unexpended balances within the department or 
     agency for which they were originally appropriated that are 
     reported by the Committee on Appropriations.
       (b) A provision changing existing law may not be reported 
     in a general appropriation bill, including a provision making 
     the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or 
     possession of information not required by existing law for 
     the period of the appropriation, except germane provisions 
     that retrench expenditures by the reduction of amounts of 
     money covered by the bill (which may include those 
     recommended to the Committee on Appropriations by direction 
     of a legislative committee having jurisdiction over the 
     subject matter) and except rescissions of appropriations 
     contained in appropriation Acts.
       (c) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not 
     be in order if changing existing law, including an amendment 
     making the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or 
     possession of information not required by existing law for 
     the period of the appropriation. Except as provided in 
     paragraph (d), an amendment proposing a limitation not 
     specifically contained or authorized in existing law for the 
     period of the limitation shall not be in order during 
     consideration of a general appropriation bill.
       (d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for 
     amendment, a motion that the Committee of the Whole House on 
     the state of the Union rise and report the bill to the House 
     with such amendments as may have been adopted shall, if 
     offered by the Majority Leader or a designee, have precedence 
     over motions to amend the bill. If such a motion to rise and 
     report is rejected or not offered, amendments proposing 
     limitations not specifically contained or authorized in 
     existing law for the period of the limitation or proposing 
     germane amendments that retrench expenditures by reductions 
     of amounts of money covered by the bill may be considered.
       (e) A provision other than an appropriation designated an 
     emergency under section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, a 
     rescission of budget authority, or a reduction in direct 
     spending or an amount for a designated emergency may not be 
     reported in an appropriation bill or joint resolution 
     containing an emergency designation under section 251(b)(2) 
     or section 252(e) of such Act and may not be in order as an 
     amendment thereto.
       (f) During the reading of an appropriation bill for 
     amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union, it shall be in order to consider en bloc 
     amendments proposing only to transfer appropriations among 
     objects in the bill without increasing the levels of budget 
     authority or outlays in the bill. When considered en bloc 
     under this paragraph, such amendments may amend portions of 
     the bill not yet read for amendment (following disposition of 
     any points of order against such portions) and is not subject 
     to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole.
     Transportation obligation limitations
       3. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, or conference report that would cause 
     obligation limitations to be below the level for any fiscal 
     year set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the highway 
     category or the mass transit category, as applicable.
     Appropriations on legislative bills
       4. A bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation may 
     not be reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to 
     report appropriations, and an amendment proposing an 
     appropriation shall not be in order during the consideration 
     of a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not 
     having that jurisdiction. A point of order against an 
     appropriation in such a bill, joint resolution, or amendment 
     thereto may be raised at any time during pendency of that 
     measure for amendment.
     Tax and tariff measures and amendments
       5. (a) A bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff 
     measure may not be reported by a committee not having 
     jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures, and an 
     amendment in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying a 
     tax or tariff measure shall not be in order during the 
     consideration of a bill or joint resolution reported by a 
     committee not having that jurisdiction. A point of order 
     against a tax or tariff measure in such a bill, joint 
     resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at any time 
     during pendency of that measure for amendment.
     Passage of tax rate increases
       (b) A bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
     report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase may not be 
     considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a 
     vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting, a 
     quorum being present. In this paragraph the term ``Federal 
     income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection 
     (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) 
     or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes 
     a new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the 
     amount of tax imposed by any such section.
     Consideration of retroactive tax rate increases
       (c) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a 
     retroactive Federal income tax rate increase. In this 
     paragraph--
       (1) the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any 
     amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 
     1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate of tax and 
     thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any such 
     section; and
       (2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive if it 
     applies to a period beginning before the enactment of the 
     provision.

                               RULE XXII

                       House and Senate Relations

     Senate amendments
       1. A motion to disagree to Senate amendments to a House 
     bill or resolution and to request or agree to a conference 
     with the Senate, or a motion to insist on House amendments to 
     a Senate bill or resolution and to request or agree to a 
     conference with the Senate, shall be privileged in the 
     discretion of the Speaker if offered by direction of the 
     primary committee and of all reporting committees that had 
     initial referral of the bill or resolution.
       2. A motion to dispose of House bills with Senate 
     amendments not requiring consideration in the Committee of 
     the Whole House on the state of the Union shall be 
     privileged.
       3. Except as permitted by clause 1, before the stage of 
     disagreement, a Senate amendment to a House bill or 
     resolution shall be subject to the point of order that it 
     must first be considered in the Committee of the Whole House 
     on the state of the Union if, originating in the House, it 
     would be subject to such a point under clause 3 of rule 
     XVIII.
       4. When the stage of disagreement has been reached on a 
     bill or resolution with House or Senate amendments, a motion 
     to dispose of any amendment shall be privileged.
       5. (a) Managers on the part of the House may not agree to a 
     Senate amendment described in paragraph (b) unless specific 
     authority to agree to the amendment first is given by the 
     House by a separate vote with respect thereto. If specific 
     authority is not granted, the Senate amendment shall be 
     reported in disagreement by the conference committee back to 
     the two Houses for disposition by separate motion.
       (b) The managers on the part of the House may not agree to 
     a Senate amendment described in paragraph (a) that--
       (1) would violate clause 2(a)(1) or (c) of rule XXI if 
     originating in the House; or
       (2) proposes an appropriation on a bill other than a 
     general appropriation bill.
       6. A Senate amendment carrying a tax or tariff measure in 
     violation of clause 5(a) of rule XXI may not be agreed to.
     Conference reports; amendments reported in disagreement
       7. (a) The presentation of a conference report shall be in 
     order at any time except during a reading of the Journal or 
     the conduct of a record vote, a vote by division, or a quorum 
     call.
       (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) the time allotted for 
     debate on a motion to instruct managers on the part of the 
     House shall be equally divided between the majority and 
     minority parties.
       (2) If the proponent of a motion to instruct managers on 
     the part of the House and the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner of the other party identified under subparagraph 
     (1) both support the motion, one-third of the time for debate 
     thereon shall be allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner who opposes the motion on demand of that Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
       (c)(1) A motion to instruct managers on the part of the 
     House, or a motion to discharge all managers on the part of 
     the House and to appoint new conferees, shall be privileged--
       (A) after a conference committee has been appointed for 20 
     calendar days without making a report; and

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       (B) on the first legislative day after the calendar day on 
     which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering 
     the motion announces to the House his intention to do so and 
     the form of the motion.
       (2) The Speaker may designate a time in the legislative 
     schedule on that legislative day for consideration of a 
     motion described in subparagraph (1).
       (3) During the last six days of a session of Congress, the 
     period of time specified in subparagraph (1)(A) shall be 36 
     hours.
       (d) Each conference report to the House shall be printed as 
     a report of the House. Each such report shall be accompanied 
     by a joint explanatory statement prepared jointly by the 
     managers on the part of the House and the managers on the 
     part of the Senate. The joint explanatory statement shall be 
     sufficiently detailed and explicit to inform the House of the 
     effects of the report on the matters committed to conference.
       8. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order to consider a conference report until--
       (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, 
     or legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
     a day) on which the conference report and the accompanying 
     joint explanatory statement have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the Congressional 
     Record; and
       (B) copies of the conference report and the accompanying 
     joint explanatory statement have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for at least two 
     hours.
       (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six 
     days of a session of Congress.
       (b)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
     not be in order to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate 
     amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee 
     until--
       (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, 
     or legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
     a day) on which the report in disagreement and any 
     accompanying statement have been available to Members, 
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the Congressional 
     Record; and
       (B) copies of the report in disagreement and any 
     accompanying statement, together with the text of the Senate 
     amendment, have been available to Members, Delegates, and the 
     Resident Commissioner for at least two hours.
       (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six 
     days of a session of Congress.
       (3) During consideration of a Senate amendment reported in 
     disagreement by a conference committee on a general 
     appropriation bill, a motion to insist on disagreement to the 
     Senate amendment shall be preferential to any other motion to 
     dispose of that amendment if the original motion offered by 
     the floor manager proposes to change existing law and the 
     motion to insist is offered before debate on the original 
     motion by the chairman of the committee having jurisdiction 
     of the subject matter of the amendment or a designee. Such a 
     preferential motion shall be separately debatable for one 
     hour equally divided between its proponent and the proponent 
     of the original motion. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the preferential motion to its 
     adoption without intervening motion.
       (c) A conference report or a Senate amendment reported in 
     disagreement by a conference committee that has been 
     available as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) shall be 
     considered as read when called up.
       (d)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the time allotted for 
     debate on a conference report or on a motion to dispose of a 
     Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference 
     committee shall be equally divided between the majority and 
     minority parties.
       (2) If the floor manager for the majority and the floor 
     manager for the minority both support the conference report 
     or motion, one-third of the time for debate thereon shall be 
     allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
     opposes the conference report or motion on demand of that 
     Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
       (e) Under clause 6(a)(2) of rule XIII, a resolution 
     proposing only to waive a requirement of this clause 
     concerning the availability of reports to Members, Delegates, 
     and the Resident Commissioner may be considered by the House 
     on the same day it is reported by the Committee on Rules.
       9. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment has been 
     committed to a conference committee, the managers on the part 
     of the House may propose a substitute that is a germane 
     modification of the matter in disagreement. The introduction 
     of any language presenting specific additional matter not 
     committed to the conference committee by either House does 
     not constitute a germane modification of the matter in 
     disagreement. Moreover, a conference report may not include 
     matter not committed to the conference committee by either 
     House and may not include a modification of specific matter 
     committed to the conference committee by either or both 
     Houses if that modification is beyond the scope of that 
     specific matter as committed to the conference committee.
       10. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may 
     raise a point of order against nongermane matter, as 
     specified in subparagraph (2), before the commencement of 
     debate on--
       (A) a conference report;
       (B) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to 
     a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference 
     committee and concur therein, with or without amendment; or
       (C) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to 
     a Senate amendment on which the stage of disagreement has 
     been reached and concur therein, with or without amendment.
       (2) A point of order against nongermane matter is one 
     asserting that a proposition described in subparagraph (1) 
     contains specified matter that would violate clause 7 of rule 
     XVI if it were offered in the House as an amendment to the 
     underlying measure in the form it was passed by the House.
       (b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained, a 
     motion that the House reject the nongermane matter identified 
     by the point of order shall be privileged. Such a motion is 
     debatable for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and 
     one-half in opposition thereto.
       (c) After disposition of a point of order under paragraph 
     (a) or a motion to reject under paragraph (b), any further 
     points of order under paragraph (a) not covered by a previous 
     point of order, and any consequent motions to reject under 
     paragraph (b), shall be likewise disposed of.
       (d)(1) If a motion to reject under paragraph (b) is 
     adopted, then after disposition of all points of order under 
     paragraph (a) and any consequent motions to reject under 
     paragraph (b), the conference report or motion, as the case 
     may be, shall be considered as rejected and the matter 
     remaining in disagreement shall be disposed of under 
     subparagraph (2) or (3), as the case may be.
       (2) After the House has adopted one or more motions to 
     reject nongermane matter contained in a conference report 
     under the preceding provisions of this clause--
       (A) if the conference report accompanied a House measure 
     amended by the Senate, the pending question shall be whether 
     the House shall recede and concur in the Senate amendment 
     with an amendment consisting of so much of the conference 
     report as was not rejected; and
       (B) if the conference report accompanied a Senate measure 
     amended by the House, the pending question shall be whether 
     the House shall insist further on the House amendment.
       (3) After the House has adopted one or more motions to 
     reject nongermane matter contained in a motion that the House 
     recede and concur in a Senate amendment, with or without 
     amendment, the following motions shall be privileged and 
     shall have precedence in the order stated:
       (A) A motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate 
     amendment with an amendment in writing then available on the 
     floor.
       (B) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to 
     the Senate amendment and request a further conference with 
     the Senate.
       (C) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to 
     the Senate amendment.
       (e) If, on a division of the question on a motion described 
     in paragraph (a)(1)(B) or (C), the House agrees to recede, 
     then a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may raise a 
     point of order against nongermane matter, as specified in 
     paragraph (a)(2), before the commencement of debate on 
     concurring in the Senate amendment, with or without 
     amendment. A point of order under this paragraph shall be 
     disposed of according to the preceding provisions of this 
     clause in the same manner as a point of order under paragraph 
     (a).
       11. It shall not be in order to consider a conference 
     report to accompany a bill or joint resolution that proposes 
     to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless
       (a) the joint explanatory statement of the managers 
     includes a tax complexity analysis prepared by the Joint 
     Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in accordance with 
     section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring 
     and Reform Act of 1998; or
       (b) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes 
     such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the 
     Congressional Record before consideration of the conference 
     report.
       12. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a meeting of each 
     conference committee shall be open to the public.
       (2) In open session of the House, a motion that managers on 
     the part of the House be permitted to close to the public a 
     meeting or meetings of their conference committee shall be 
     privileged, shall be decided without debate, and shall be 
     decided by a record vote.
       (b) A point of order that a conference committee failed to 
     comply with paragraph (a) may be raised immediately after the 
     conference report is read or considered as read. If such a 
     point of order is sustained, the conference report shall be 
     considered as rejected, the House shall be considered to have 
     insisted on its amendments or on disagreement to the Senate 
     amendments, as the case may be, and to have requested a 
     further conference with the Senate, and the Speaker may 
     appoint new conferees without intervening motion.

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                               RULE XXIII

                     Statutory Limit on Public Debt

       1. Upon adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget under section 301 or 304 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 that sets forth, as the appropriate level 
     of the public debt for the period to which the concurrent 
     resolution relates, an amount that is different from the 
     amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that 
     otherwise would be in effect for that period, the Clerk shall 
     prepare an engrossment of a joint resolution increasing or 
     decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory limit on the 
     public debt in the form prescribed in clause 2. Upon 
     engrossment of the joint resolution, the vote by which the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget was finally agreed to in 
     the House shall also be considered as a vote on passage of 
     the joint resolution in the House, and the joint resolution 
     shall be considered as passed by the House and duly certified 
     and examined. The engrossed copy shall be signed by the Clerk 
     and transmitted to the Senate for further legislative action.
       2. The matter after the resolving clause in a joint 
     resolution described in clause 1 shall be as follows: ``That 
     subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation 
     contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof 
     `$__'.'', with the blank being filled with a dollar 
     limitation equal to the appropriate level of the public debt 
     set forth pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 in the relevant concurrent resolution 
     described in clause 1. If an adopted concurrent resolution 
     under clause 1 sets forth different appropriate levels of the 
     public debt for separate periods, only one engrossed joint 
     resolution shall be prepared under clause 1; and the blank 
     referred to in the preceding sentence shall be filled with 
     the limitation that is to apply for each period.
       3. (a) The report of the Committee on the Budget on a 
     concurrent resolution described in clause 1 and the joint 
     explanatory statement of the managers on a conference report 
     to accompany such a concurrent resolution each shall contain 
     a clear statement of the effect the eventual enactment of a 
     joint resolution engrossed under this rule would have on the 
     statutory limit on the public debt.
       (b) It shall not be in order for the House to consider a 
     concurrent resolution described in clause 1, or a conference 
     report thereon, unless the report of the Committee on the 
     Budget or the joint explanatory statement of the managers 
     complies with paragraph (a).
       4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or 
     otherwise affecting--
       (a) the power of the House or the Senate to consider and 
     pass bills or joint resolutions, without regard to the 
     procedures under clause 1, that would change the statutory 
     limit on the public debt; or
       (b) the rights of Members, Delegates, the Resident 
     Commissioner, or committees with respect to the introduction, 
     consideration, and reporting of such bills or joint 
     resolutions.
       5. In this rule the term ``statutory limit on the public 
     debt'' means the maximum face amount of obligations issued 
     under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United States 
     Code, and obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest 
     by the United States (except such guaranteed obligations as 
     may be held by the Secretary of the Treasury), as determined 
     under section 3101(b) of such title after the application of 
     section 3101(a) of such title, that may be outstanding at any 
     one time.

                               RULE XXIV

                        Code of Official Conduct

       There is hereby established by and for the House the 
     following code of conduct, to be known as the ``Code of 
     Official Conduct'':
       1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a 
     manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.
       2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House shall adhere to the spirit and the 
     letter of the Rules of the House and to the rules of duly 
     constituted committees thereof.
       3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not receive compensation and may 
     not permit compensation to accrue to his beneficial interest 
     from any source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue 
     of influence improperly exerted from his position in 
     Congress.
       4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not accept gifts except as provided 
     by clause 5 of rule XXVI.
       5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not accept an honorarium for a 
     speech, a writing for publication, or other similar activity, 
     except as otherwise provided under rule XXVI.
       6. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner--
       (a) shall keep his campaign funds separate from his 
     personal funds;
       (b) may not convert campaign funds to personal use in 
     excess of an amount representing reimbursement for legitimate 
     and verifiable campaign expenditures; and
       (c) may not expend funds from his campaign account that are 
     not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.
       7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall treat 
     as campaign contributions all proceeds from testimonial 
     dinners or other fund-raising events.
       8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or 
     officer of the House may not retain an employee who does not 
     perform duties for the offices of the employing authority 
     commensurate with the compensation he receives.
       (b) In the case of a committee employee who works under the 
     direct supervision of a member of the committee other than a 
     chairman, the chairman may require that such member affirm in 
     writing that the employee has complied with clause 8(a) 
     (subject to clause 7 of rule X) as evidence of compliance by 
     the chairman with this clause and with clause 7 of rule X.
       9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not discharge and may not refuse to 
     hire an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an 
     individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, 
     or privileges of employment, because of the race, color, 
     religion, sex (including marital or parental status), 
     disability, age, or national origin of such individual, but 
     may take into consideration the domicile or political 
     affiliation of such individual.
       10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has 
     been convicted by a court of record for the commission of a 
     crime for which a sentence of two or more years' imprisonment 
     may be imposed should refrain from participation in the 
     business of each committee of which he is a member, and a 
     Member should refrain from voting on any question at a 
     meeting of the House or of the Committee of the Whole House 
     on the state of the Union, unless or until judicial or 
     executive proceedings result in reinstatement of the 
     presumption of his innocence or until he is reelected to the 
     House after the date of such conviction.
       11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     authorize or otherwise allow an individual, group, or 
     organization not under the direction and control of the House 
     to use the words ``Congress of the United States,'' ``House 
     of Representatives,'' or ``Official Business,'' or any 
     combination of words thereof, on any letterhead or envelope.
       12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of 
     the House who is required to file a report under rule XXVII 
     may not participate personally and substantially as an 
     employee of the House in a contact with an agency of the 
     executive or judicial branches of Government with respect to 
     nonlegislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person 
     in which the employee has a significant financial interest.
       (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee first 
     advises his employing authority of a significant financial 
     interest described in paragraph (a) and obtains from his 
     employing authority a written waiver stating that the 
     participation of the employee in the activity described in 
     paragraph (a) is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall 
     be filed with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House may have access to 
     classified information, the following oath (or affirmation) 
     shall be executed:
       ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose 
     any classified information received in the course of my 
     service with the House of Representatives, except as 
     authorized by the House of Representatives or in accordance 
     with its Rules.''

     Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be 
     retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the House.
       14. (a) In this Code of Official Conduct, the term 
     ``officer or employee of the House'' means an individual 
     whose compensation is disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
     Officer.
       (b) An individual whose services are compensated by the 
     House pursuant to a consultant contract shall be considered 
     an employee of the House for purposes of clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 
     8, 9, and 13 of this rule.

                                RULE XXV

                  Limitations on Use of Official Funds

     Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts
       1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     maintain, or have maintained for his use, an unofficial 
     office account. Funds may not be paid into an unofficial 
     office account.
       2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an 
     amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is paid into the House 
     Recording Studio revolving fund for telecommunications 
     satellite services, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner may accept reimbursement from nonpolitical 
     entities in that amount for transmission to the Clerk for 
     credit to the Official Expenses Allowance.
       3. In this rule the term ``unofficial office account'' 
     means an account or repository in which funds are received 
     for the purpose of defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses 
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     Revenue Code of 1986 as ordinary and necessary in the 
     operation of a congressional office, and includes a 
     newsletter fund referred to in section 527(g) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
     Limitations on use of the frank
       4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall mail 
     franked mail under section 3210(d) of title 39, United States 
     Code at the most economical rate of postage practicable.
       5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner shall submit a sample or description of 
     the mail matter involved to the House Commission on 
     Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to 
     whether the proposed mailing is in compliance with applicable 
     provisions of law, rule, or regulation.
       6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner under the provisions of 
     section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, is not 
     frankable unless the cost of preparing and printing it is 
     defrayed exclusively from funds made available in an 
     appropriation Act.
       7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
     send a mass mailing outside the congressional district from 
     which he was elected.
       8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner, a mass mailing is not frankable under section 
     3210 of title 39, United States Code, when it is postmarked 
     less than 60 days before the date of a primary or general 
     election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which he is 
     a candidate for public office. If the mail matter is of a 
     type that is not customarily postmarked, the date on which it 
     would have been postmarked, if it were of a type customarily 
     postmarked, applies.
       9. In this rule the term ``mass mailing'' means, with 
     respect to a session of Congress, a mailing of newsletters or 
     other pieces of mail with substantially identical content 
     (whether such pieces of mail are deposited singly or in bulk, 
     or at the same time or different times), totaling more than 
     500 pieces of mail in that session, except that such term 
     does not include a mailing--
       (a) of matter in direct response to a communication from a 
     person to whom the matter is mailed;
       (b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to 
     other Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, or 
     Senators, or to Federal, State, or local government 
     officials; or
       (c) of a news release to the communications media.
     Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to 
         succeeding Congress
       10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in clause 
     1(i)(1) of rule X, including funds from committee expense 
     resolutions, and funds in any local currencies owned by the 
     United States may not be made available for travel by a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator after the 
     date of a general election in which he was not elected to the 
     succeeding Congress or, in the case of a Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner who is not a candidate in a general 
     election, after the earlier of the date of such general 
     election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular 
     session of the Congress.

                               RULE XXVI

      Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts

     Outside earned income; honoraria
       1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House may not--
       (1) have outside earned income attributable to a calendar 
     year that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay 
     for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of 
     title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of that calendar 
     year; or
       (2) receive any honorarium, except that an officer or 
     employee of the House who is paid at a rate less than 120 
     percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the 
     General Schedule may receive an honorarium unless the subject 
     matter is directly related to the official duties of the 
     individual, the payment is made because of the status of the 
     individual with the House, or the person offering the 
     honorarium has interests that may be substantially affected 
     by the performance or nonperformance of the official duties 
     of the individual.
       (b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House, such individual may not have outside earned income 
     attributable to the portion of a calendar year that occurs 
     after such individual becomes a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee that exceeds 15 percent of 
     the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, 
     as of January 1 of that calendar year multiplied by a 
     fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the 
     individual is a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee during that calendar year and the 
     denominator of which is 365.
       (c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made to a 
     charitable organization on behalf of a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may 
     not be received by that Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee. Such a payment may not 
     exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from 
     which the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent 
     relative of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee, derives a financial benefit.
       2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not--
       (a) receive compensation for affiliating with or being 
     employed by a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or 
     other entity that provides professional services involving a 
     fiduciary relationship;
       (b) permit his name to be used by such a firm, partnership, 
     association, corporation, or other entity;
       (c) receive compensation for practicing a profession that 
     involves a fiduciary relationship;
       (d) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the 
     board of an association, corporation, or other entity; or
       (e) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior 
     notification and approval of the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct.
     Copyright royalties
       3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House may not receive an advance payment 
     on copyright royalties. This paragraph does not prohibit a 
     literary agent, researcher, or other individual (other than 
     an individual employed by the House or a relative of a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee) working on behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee with respect to a 
     publication from receiving an advance payment of a copyright 
     royalty directly from a publisher and solely for the benefit 
     of that literary agent, researcher, or other individual.
       (b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not receive copyright royalties 
     under a contract entered into on or after January 1, 1996, 
     unless that contract is first approved by the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct as complying with the 
     requirement of clause 4(d)(1)(E) (that royalties are received 
     from an established publisher under usual and customary 
     contractual terms).
     Definitions
       4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subparagraph 
     (2), the term ``officer or employee of the House'' means an 
     individual (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal to or 
     greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for 
     GS-15 of the General Schedule, and who is so employed for 
     more than 90 days in a calendar year; and
       (2) when used with respect to an honorarium, the term 
     ``officer or employee of the House'' means an individual 
     (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner) 
     whose salary is disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
     Officer.
       (b) In this rule the term ``honorarium'' means a payment of 
     money or a thing of value for an appearance, speech, or 
     article (including a series of appearances, speeches, or 
     articles) by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House, excluding any actual and 
     necessary travel expenses incurred by that Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee (and one 
     relative) to the extent that such expenses are paid or 
     reimbursed by any other person. The amount otherwise 
     determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such 
     expenses to the extent that such expenses are not so paid or 
     reimbursed.
       (c) In this rule the term ``travel expenses'' means, with 
     respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer 
     or, employee of the House, or a relative of such Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, the 
     cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals 
     while away from his residence or principal place of 
     employment.
       (d)(1) In this rule the term ``outside earned income'' 
     means, with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, wages, 
     salaries, fees, and other amounts received or to be received 
     as compensation for personal services actually rendered, but 
     does not include--
       (A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee;
       (B) any compensation derived by a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House for 
     personal services actually rendered before the adoption of 
     this rule or before he became a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee;
       (C) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House to a tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing, or stock 
     bonus plan and received by him from such a plan;

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       (D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House engaged in a 
     trade or business in which he or his family holds a 
     controlling interest and in which both personal services and 
     capital are income-producing factors, any amount received by 
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee, so long as the personal services actually rendered 
     by him in the trade or business do not generate a significant 
     amount of income; or
       (E) copyright royalties received from established 
     publishers under usual and customary contractual terms; and
       (2) outside earned income shall be determined without 
     regard to community property law.
       (e) In this rule the term ``charitable organization'' means 
     an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
     Gifts
       5. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House may not knowingly accept a 
     gift except as provided in this clause.
       (2)(A) In this clause the term ``gift'' means a gratuity, 
     favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, 
     forbearance, or other item having monetary value. The term 
     includes gifts of services, training, transportation, 
     lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of 
     a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the 
     expense has been incurred.
       (B)(i) A gift to a family member of a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, or 
     a gift to any other individual based on that individual's 
     relationship with the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee, shall be considered a 
     gift to the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee if it is given with the knowledge and 
     acquiescence of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee and the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee has reason to believe the 
     gift was given because of his official position.
       (ii) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time 
     and place to both a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House and the spouse or dependent 
     thereof, only the food or refreshment provided to the Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall 
     be treated as a gift for purposes of this clause.
       (3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not apply to 
     the following:
       (A) Anything for which the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House pays the 
     market value, or does not use and promptly returns to the 
     donor.
       (B) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) 
     that is lawfully made under that Act, a lawful contribution 
     for election to a State or local government office, or 
     attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a political 
     organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (C) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16) 
     of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. 
     App. 109(16)).
       (D)(i) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a 
     personal friendship unless the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House has reason to 
     believe that, under the circumstances, the gift was provided 
     because of his official position and not because of the 
     personal friendship.
       (ii) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis 
     of personal friendship, the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall 
     consider the circumstances under which the gift was offered, 
     such as:
       (I) The history of his relationship with the individual 
     giving the gift, including any previous exchange of gifts 
     between them.
       (II) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who 
     gave the gift personally paid for the gift or sought a tax 
     deduction or business reimbursement for the gift.
       (III) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who 
     gave the gift also gave the same or similar gifts to other 
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioners, officers, or 
     employees of the House.
       (E) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3), a contribution 
     or other payment to a legal expense fund established for the 
     benefit of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House that is otherwise lawfully 
     made in accordance with the restrictions and disclosure 
     requirements of the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct.
       (F) A gift from another Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House or Senate.
       (G) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other 
     benefits--
       (i) resulting from the outside business or employment 
     activities of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House (or other outside 
     activities that are not connected to his duties as an 
     officeholder), or of his spouse, if such benefits have not 
     been offered or enhanced because of his official position and 
     are customarily provided to others in similar circumstances;
       (ii) customarily provided by a prospective employer in 
     connection with bona fide employment discussions; or
       (iii) provided by a political organization described in 
     section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in 
     connection with a fundraising or campaign event sponsored by 
     such organization.
       (H) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued 
     participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan 
     maintained by a former employer.
       (I) Informational materials that are sent to the office of 
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House in the form of books, articles, 
     periodicals, other written materials, audiotapes, videotapes, 
     or other forms of communication.
       (J) Awards or prizes that are given to competitors in 
     contests or events open to the public, including random 
     drawings.
       (K) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food, 
     refreshments, and entertainment) and other bona fide, 
     nonmonetary awards presented in recognition of public service 
     (and associated food, refreshments, and entertainment 
     provided in the presentation of such degrees and awards).
       (L) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to 
     all attendees as an integral part of the training) if such 
     training is in the interest of the House.
       (M) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.
       (N) An item, the receipt of which is authorized by the 
     Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational and 
     Cultural Exchange Act, or any other statute.
       (O) Anything that is paid for by the Federal Government, by 
     a State or local government, or secured by the Government 
     under a Government contract.
       (P) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section 
     109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) of an individual 
     other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
     principal.
       (Q) Free attendance at a widely attended event permitted 
     under subparagraph (4).
       (R) Opportunities and benefits that are--
       (i) available to the public or to a class consisting of all 
     Federal employees, whether or not restricted on the basis of 
     geographic consideration;
       (ii) offered to members of a group or class in which 
     membership is unrelated to congressional employment;
       (iii) offered to members of an organization, such as an 
     employees' association or congressional credit union, in 
     which membership is related to congressional employment and 
     similar opportunities are available to large segments of the 
     public through organizations of similar size;
       (iv) offered to a group or class that is not defined in a 
     manner that specifically discriminates among Government 
     employees on the basis of branch of Government or type of 
     responsibility, or on a basis that favors those of higher 
     rank or rate of pay;
       (v) in the form of loans from banks and other financial 
     institutions on terms generally available to the public; or
       (vi) in the form of reduced membership or other fees for 
     participation in organization activities offered to all 
     Government employees by professional organizations if the 
     only restrictions on membership relate to professional 
     qualifications.
       (S) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially 
     commemorative in nature and that is intended for 
     presentation.
       (T) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is 
     granted by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       (U) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other 
     than as a part of a meal.
       (V) Donations of products from the district or State that 
     the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner represents 
     that are intended primarily for promotional purposes, such as 
     display or free distribution, and are of minimal value to any 
     single recipient.
       (W) An item of nominal value such as a greeting card, 
     baseball cap, or a T-shirt.
       (4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House may accept an offer of free 
     attendance at a widely attended convention, conference, 
     symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, viewing, 
     reception, or similar event, provided by the sponsor of the 
     event, if--
       (i) the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
     or employee of the House participates in the event as a 
     speaker or a panel participant, by presenting information 
     related to Congress or matters before Congress, or by 
     performing a ceremonial function appropriate to his official 
     position; or
       (ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to the 
     performance of the official duties or representative function 
     of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House.
       (B) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House who attends an event described in 
     subdivision (A) may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of 
     free attendance at the event for an accompanying individual.
       (C) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
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     the spouse or dependent thereof, may accept a sponsor's 
     unsolicited offer of free attendance at a charity event, 
     except that reimbursement for transportation and lodging may 
     not be accepted in connection with the event.
       (D) In this paragraph the term ``free attendance'' may 
     include waiver of all or part of a conference or other fee, 
     the provision of local transportation, or the provision of 
     food, refreshments, entertainment, and instructional 
     materials furnished to all attendees as an integral part of 
     the event. The term does not include entertainment collateral 
     to the event, nor does it include food or refreshments taken 
     other than in a group setting with all or substantially all 
     other attendees.
       (5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee of the House may not accept a gift the value of 
     which exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal friendship 
     exception in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct issues a written determination 
     that such exception applies. A determination under this 
     subparagraph is not required for gifts given on the basis of 
     the family relationship exception in subparagraph (3)(C).
       (6) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item 
     because it is perishable, the item may, at the discretion of 
     the recipient, be given to an appropriate charity or 
     destroyed.
       (b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) to a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House from a private source other than a registered 
     lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal for necessary 
     transportation, lodging, and related expenses for travel to a 
     meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or similar 
     event in connection with his duties as an officeholder shall 
     be considered as a reimbursement to the House and not a gift 
     prohibited by this clause, if the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee--
       (i) in the case of an employee, receives advance 
     authorization, from the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the 
     employee works, to accept reimbursement; and
       (ii) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed 
     and the authorization to the Clerk within 30 days after the 
     travel is completed.
       (B) For purposes of subdivision (A), events, the activities 
     of which are substantially recreational in nature, are not 
     considered to be in connection with the duties of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House as an officeholder.
       (2) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement 
     shall be signed by the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or officer of the House under whose direct 
     supervision the employee works and shall include--
       (A) the name of the employee;
       (B) the name of the person who will make the reimbursement;
       (C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and
       (D) a determination that the travel is in connection with 
     the duties of the employee as an officeholder and would not 
     create the appearance that the employee is using public 
     office for private gain.
       (3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph (1)(A) of 
     expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed by 
     the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer (in 
     the case of travel by that Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, or officer) or by the Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, or officer under whose direct 
     supervision the employee works (in the case of travel by an 
     employee) and shall include--
       (A) a good faith estimate of total transportation expenses 
     reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
       (B) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses 
     reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
       (C) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses reimbursed 
     or to be reimbursed;
       (D) a good faith estimate of the total of other expenses 
     reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
       (E) a determination that all such expenses are necessary 
     transportation, lodging, and related expenses as defined in 
     subparagraph (4); and
       (F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, or officer, a determination that the 
     travel was in connection with his duties as an officeholder 
     and would not create the appearance that the Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer is using public 
     office for private gain.
       (4) In this paragraph the term ``necessary transportation, 
     lodging, and related expenses''--
       (A) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary for 
     travel for a period not exceeding four days within the United 
     States or seven days exclusive of travel time outside of the 
     United States unless approved in advance by the Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct;
       (B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for 
     transportation, lodging, conference fees and materials, and 
     food and refreshments, including reimbursement for necessary 
     transportation, whether or not such transportation occurs 
     within the periods described in subdivision (A);
       (C) does not include expenditures for recreational 
     activities, nor does it include entertainment other than that 
     provided to all attendees as an integral part of the event, 
     except for activities or entertainment otherwise permissible 
     under this clause; and
       (D) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf of 
     either the spouse or a child of the Member, Delegate, 
     Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
       (5) The Clerk shall make available to the public all 
     advance authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement filed 
     under subparagraph (1) as soon as possible after they are 
     received.
       (c) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the 
     following:
       (1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an agent 
     of a foreign principal to an entity that is maintained or 
     controlled by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
     officer, or employee of the House.
       (2) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered 
     lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal on the basis of a 
     designation, recommendation, or other specification of a 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
     of the House (not including a mass mailing or other 
     solicitation directed to a broad category of persons or 
     entities), other than a charitable contribution permitted by 
     paragraph (d).
       (3) A contribution or other payment by a registered 
     lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal to a legal 
     expense fund established for the benefit of a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
     House.
       (4) A financial contribution or expenditure made by a 
     registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal 
     relating to a conference, retreat, or similar event, 
     sponsored by or affiliated with an official congressional 
     organization, for or on behalf of Members, Delegates, the 
     Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of the House.
       (d)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 
     170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a 
     registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in 
     lieu of an honorarium to a Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House are not 
     considered a gift under this clause if it is reported as 
     provided in subparagraph (2).
       (2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
     employee who designates or recommends a contribution to a 
     charitable organization in lieu of an honorarium described in 
     subparagraph (1) shall report within 30 days after such 
     designation or recommendation to the Clerk--
       (A) the name and address of the registered lobbyist who is 
     making the contribution in lieu of an honorarium;
       (B) the date and amount of the contribution; and
       (C) the name and address of the charitable organization 
     designated or recommended by the Member, Delegate, or 
     Resident Commissioner.

     The Clerk shall make public information received under this 
     subparagraph as soon as possible after it is received.
       (e) In this clause--
       (1) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a lobbyist 
     registered under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act or 
     any successor statute; and
       (2) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' means an 
     agent of a foreign principal registered under the Foreign 
     Agents Registration Act.
       (f) All the provisions of this clause shall be interpreted 
     and enforced solely by the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is 
     authorized to issue guidance on any matter contained in this 
     clause.
     Claims against the Government
       6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the House, 
     or continue in its employment, if he acts as an agent for the 
     prosecution of a claim against the Government or if he is 
     interested in such claim, except as an original claimant or 
     in the proper discharge of official duties.

                               RULE XXVII

                          Financial Disclosure

       1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed with 
     the Clerk under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978 within the seven-day period beginning on the date on 
     which the report is filed to the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall 
     compile all such reports sent to him by Members within the 
     period beginning on January 1 and ending on June 15 of each 
     year and have them printed as a House document, which shall 
     be made available to the public.
       2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I 
     of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be considered 
     Rules of the House as they pertain to Members, Delegates, the 
     Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.

                              RULE XXVIII

                           General Provisions

       1. The provisions of law that constituted the Rules of the 
     House at the end of the previous Congress shall govern the 
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     cases to which they are applicable, and the rules of 
     parliamentary practice comprised by Jefferson's Manual shall 
     govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable 
     and in which they are not inconsistent with the Rules and 
     orders of the House.
       2. In these rules words importing the masculine gender 
     include the feminine as well.

     SEC. 2. SEPARATE ORDERS.

       (a) Budget Enforcement.--(1) Pending the adoption by the 
     Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 1999--
       (A) the chairman of the Committee on the Budget, when 
     elected, shall publish in the Congressional Record budget 
     totals contemplated by section 301 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 and allocations contemplated by section 
     302(a) of that Act for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
     2003;
       (B) those totals and levels shall be effective in the House 
     as though established under a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget and sections 301 and 302 of that Act; and
       (C) the publication of those totals and levels shall be 
     considered as the completion of Congressional action on a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Pending the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000, a provision in 
     a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a 
     conference report thereon, that establishes prospectively for 
     a Federal office or position a specified or minimum level of 
     compensation to be funded by annual discretionary 
     appropriations shall not be considered as providing new 
     entitlement authority within the meaning of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
       (3) In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution 
     considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point 
     of order under section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 shall be determined on the basis of the text made in 
     order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose 
     of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is 
     ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.
       (b) Tenure on Budget Committee.--Notwithstanding clause 
     5(a)(2)(B) of rule X, during the One Hundred Sixth Congress 
     tenure on the Committee on the Budget shall not be limited.
       (c) Standards Committee Rules.--Each provision of House 
     Resolution 168 of the One Hundred Fifth Congress that was not 
     executed as a change in the standing rules is hereby 
     reaffirmed for the One Hundred Sixth Congress.
       (d) Census Subcommittee.--Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of 
     rule X, during the One Hundred Sixth Congress the Committee 
     on Government Reform may have not more than eight 
     subcommittees.
       (e) Explanatory Material Relating to Codification of 
     Rules.--Upon the adoption of this resolution, the Majority 
     Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees may submit 
     for inclusion in the Congressional Record as part of the 
     debate hereon such extraneous and tabular matter as they may 
     consider to constitute legislative history concerning the 
     codification of the standing rules.
       (f) Continuation of Select Committee.--
       (1) In general.--Solely for the purpose of completing 
     activities directly associated with the declassification and 
     public release of its report, the Select Committee on U.S. 
     National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the 
     People's Republic of China (hereafter referred to as the 
     ``Select Committee''), created by House Resolution 463, One 
     Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to June 18, 1998 (hereafter 
     referred to as the ``Authorizing Resolution''), may sit and 
     act during the One Hundred Sixth Congress at any time prior 
     to April 1, 1999, as it may deem appropriate, without regard 
     to whether or not the House of Representatives is in session 
     at the time.
       (2) Continuation of powers and jurisdiction.--Solely for 
     the purpose described in paragraph (1), the Select 
     Committee's jurisdiction, and all other powers, authorities, 
     responsibilities, and procedures of the Select Committee and 
     of other Committees of the House of Representatives, shall 
     remain as set forth in the Authorizing Resolution, except as 
     follows:
       (A) Section 10 of the Authorizing Resolution shall not be 
     continued.
       (B) Sections 8 and 9 of the Authorizing Resolution shall 
     apply only to the enforcement of requests for information 
     which are issued prior to January 3, 1999, and to issuing and 
     enforcing requests for information directly related to the 
     declassification and public release of the Select Committee's 
     report.
       (3) Disposition of records.--In addition to the powers and 
     authorities extended under paragraph (2), upon the 
     termination of the Select Committee, all records of the 
     Select Committee shall be transferred to other committees of 
     the House of Representatives, stored by the Clerk of the 
     House of Representatives, or otherwise disposed of as the 
     Select Committee may direct, consistent with applicable rules 
     and laws concerning classified information.
       (4) No additional funds.--Funds for the Select Committee 
     for carrying out activities under this subsection during the 
     One Hundred Sixth Congress shall be derived solely from 
     amounts provided pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution which 
     remain unobligated and unexpended as of the end of the One 
     Hundred Fifth Congress.
       (g) Numbering of Bills.--In the One Hundred Sixth Congress, 
     the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall 
     be reserved for assignment by the Speaker to such bills as he 
     may designate when introduced before March 1, 1999.

     SEC. 3. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS.

       Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 
     to consider in the House a resolution amending clause 5 of 
     rule XXVI, if offered by the Majority Leader or his designee. 
     The resolution shall be considered as read for amendment. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     resolution to final adoption without intervening motion or 
     demand for division of the question except one hour of debate 
     equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the 
     Minority Leader or their designees.

  Mr. ARMEY (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) is recognized for 1 
hour.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, for the purposes of debate only, I yield the 
customary 30 minutes to the distinguished minority leader, the 
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), or his designee, pending which 
I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of the 
resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the time allocated to me 
under the previous unanimous consent request be conceded to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), the chairman of the Committee 
on Rules.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) is 
recognized.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, before you leave the Chair, I want to extend my hearty 
congratulations to you.
  Mr. Speaker, as has been said, the customary 30 minutes is already 
yielded to my very good friend and the distinguished ranking member, 
the gentleman from South Boston, Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley).
  Mr. Speaker, I think it is fair to characterize this House rules 
package as one of the most bipartisan in decades. The overwhelming 
majority of the changes provided for in this package were developed by 
a bipartisan task force of the House Committee on Rules.
  Working extensively over the past 2 years, with the nonpartisan 
office of the Office of Parliamentarian, the task force developed a 
more rational and orderly set of House rules, and their recommendations 
are fully embedded in this resolution.
  Adopting the rules of the House in a recodified format will make the 
House easier to understand. The House has not undertaken a 
comprehensive revision of its rules since 1880. Many of the previous 
rules are obsolete, confusing, misleading, incomplete and poorly 
organized. Some of the rules have been understood and implied 
inconsistently due to the awkward way in which those rules were 
drafted. The result is that the legislative process and the activities 
of the House frequently prove difficult to understand and learn, much 
less to master.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to heartily commend my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle, specifically the gentleman from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Moakley), the ranking member of the committee; the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Frost), the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter) for the tremendous effort 
that they and members of their staff put into this project.
  We owe special thanks to the Parliamentarians, and I specifically 
want to mention Mr. Johnson and his staff. They worked long and hard on 
this issue. They spent countless hours, weeknights and weekends, 
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new structure of the rules. As a result of their work, the rules for 
the 106th Congress will be clearly more logical and user friendly.
  Mr. Speaker, specifically the rules have been cut nearly in half, 
condensed from 51 rules down to 28 rules. Obsolete and archaic 
provisions have been removed, but the most important citations have 
been retained for purposes of consistency with precedent and practice. 
These are significant bipartisan institutional reforms which will make 
it easier for Members to do their work and for the average American to 
understand and appreciate the legislative process.
  In light of the remarks by the Speaker here in the well about his 
desire to see greater faith in this institution by the American people, 
I believe that having this process more understandable is a very, very 
important thing, and that is accomplished with this package.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, in addition to the recodification that makes up the 
vast majority of H. Res. 5, the resolution makes a number of technical 
changes to the standing rules of the House and those are contained in 
section 1 of the resolution.
  For example, H. Res. 6 in the 104th Congress included a provision in 
clause 2 of rule X which requires committees to approve an oversight 
plan before February 15th of the first session of each Congress and 
submit it to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the 
Committee on House Oversight. In addition, the rule established a point 
of order against consideration of the entire committee funding 
resolution on the House floor if the oversight plan was not adopted and 
submitted before February 15th.
  In 1997, the committee assignment process on both sides of the aisle 
was not completed by February 15th and certain committees were unable 
to organize in time. Also, the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct was unable to organize until September 1997 due to the 
establishment of the ethics reform task force. Consideration of the 
committee funding resolution on the floor should not be tied to the 
adoption of oversight plans by committees, particularly if one or both 
parties have not completed the committee assignment process.
  The purpose of the rule change was to encourage committees to plan 
oversight activities in advance, and to adopt those plans in public 
session. Therefore, the resolution retains the February 15th date to 
encourage committees to adopt their oversight plans early.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, clause 5(d) of rule X limits the number of 
subcommittees that a committee may have to not more than five 
subcommittees. Exemptions are provided for the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. To facilitate more 
responsible programmatic oversight, which is a priority of the Speaker, 
the resolution permits those committees, subject to the five-
subcommittee limitation, to establish a sixth subcommittee if one of 
the six subcommittees is an ``oversight'' subcommittee.
  The practice of pairing, which involves absent Members arranging with 
other absent Members on opposite sides of a specific question the 
ability to stipulate how they would have voted, would be eliminated in 
favor of the more certain system of putting a statement in the Record 
as to how the Member would have voted, which appears immediately after 
the vote. The headings for these statements will read ``stated `yea' '' 
or ``stated `nay.' '' These statements do not have to be read from the 
floor if they are submitted in a timely fashion to the clerks, 
generally 1 to 2 hours after the vote.
  If a significant time has elapsed since the vote, a Member can ask 
unanimous consent on the floor that his statement of how he might have 
voted appear immediately after the vote.
  Finally, section 1 contains two ethics-related rules, changes which 
were recommended in a bipartisan fashion by the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct. The first change closes an existing loophole in 
the rules by requiring committee consultants to abide by the key 
provisions of the Code of Official Conduct. Those provisions include 
the requirement that they conduct themselves in a manner which reflects 
credibly on the House, the conflict-of-interest provisions and the gift 
rule.
  Mr. Speaker, the second change conforms House rules to recent Supreme 
Court decisions relating to honoraria earned by certain lower-level 
Federal employees. Such employees would be permitted to receive 
honoraria, such as compensation for an article, speech or appearance 
for activities not related to official duties.
  Section 2 of the resolution consists of ``Separate Orders'' which do 
not change any of the standing rules of the House. These are more or 
less housekeeping provisions which deem certain actions will waive the 
application of certain rules of the House. For example, because 
Congress failed to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 
1999, the Congressional Budget Act is unenforceable, absent the 
establishment of budget allocations for committees in the House. 
Therefore, the resolution authorizes the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget to publish allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act in the Congressional Record.
  On September 18th of 1997, the House adopted recommendations of a 12-
member bipartisan task force on ethics reform with certain amendments 
which included not only changes to the standing rules of the House, but 
also freestanding directives to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct.

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  Those freestanding directives address committee agendas, committee 
staff, meetings and hearings, public disclosure, requirements to 
constitute a complaint, duties of the chairman and ranking member, 
investigative and adjudicatory subcommittees, standard of proof for 
adoption of statement of alleged violation, subcommittee powers, due 
process rights of respondents, and committee reporting requirements. In 
order to have force and effect in the 106th Congress, the freestanding 
provisions of H. Res. 168 are being carried forward by the resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, on November 13th, 1997, the House approved H. Res. 326, 
which provided an exception for the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight to temporarily establish an eighth subcommittee for the 
remainder of the 105th Congress. This rules package allows the 
committee to again establish an eighth subcommittee to accommodate the 
need for extensive oversight over the census.
  The Committee on Rules believes that the type of oversight which is 
needed for issues such as sampling, questionnaire content, and 
continuous measurement cannot be done effectively by the full committee 
or by its other subcommittees. Therefore, this resolution grants the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight another waiver of clause 
5(d) of rule X to permit an eighth subcommittee for the duration of the 
106th Congress.
  The resolution contains a provision continuing the Select Committee 
on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the 
People's Republic of China in the 106th Congress. The Select Committee, 
ably chaired by my colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), 
was established by House adoption of H. Res. 463 on June 18, 1998, by 
an overwhelming vote of 409-10.
  The Select Committee, operating in an extraordinary atmosphere of 
bipartisan cooperation, has produced a thorough and detailed report 
addressing the question of whether U.S. national security has been 
endangered by certain technology transfers to the People's Republic of 
China during the Clinton administration. The report was agreed to by 
all nine members of the Select Committee, on both the Democratic and 
Republican sides of the aisle, and all the members are also in 
agreement on the need to briefly, I underscore ``briefly,'' extend the 
life of the Select Committee. The report of the Select Committee, 
however, is classified.
  Solely for the purpose of declassification and public release of the 
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the Select Committee, the Select Committee will be continued in the 
106th Congress for 3 months. The procedural authorities at the disposal 
of the Select Committee are limited by the language in the rules 
package and there are no additional funds authorized. The Select 
Committee will be maintained by unobligated balances remaining from the 
establishing resolution of the 105th Congress.
  Finally, section 3 makes it in order to separately consider a 
resolution introduced by the majority leader or his designee, amending 
clause 5 of rule XXVI to conform the House gift rule to the Senate gift 
rule. The resolution shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and 
controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
designees.
  At this point, Mr. Speaker, I would like to include for the Record a 
section-by-section summary of H. Res. 5, as well as other relevant 
material. And also, pursuant to section 2 of this resolution, and as 
the designee of the majority leader, I will be inserting for the Record 
certain extraneous and tabular information for the purpose of 
establishing a legislative history to the recodification package that 
we have put into place after 2 years of long and drawn-out work.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it would be fair to characterize this House 
rules package as one of the most bipartisan in decades. The 
overwhelming majority of the changes provided for in this package were 
developed by a bipartisan task force of the House Rules Committee.
  Working extensively over the past 2 years with the nonpartisan Office 
of the Parliamentarian, the task force developed a more rational and 
orderly set of House rules, and their recommendations are fully 
embedded in this resolution.
  Adopting the rules of the House in a recodified format will make the 
work of the House easier to understand.
  The House has not undertaken a comprehensive revision of its rules 
since 1880. Many of the previous rules are obsolete, confusing, 
misleading, incomplete and poorly organized. Some of the rules have 
been understood and applied inconsistently due to the awkward way in 
which the those rules were drafted. The result is that the legislative 
process and the activities of the House frequently prove difficult to 
learn and understand, much less master.
  I want to commend my colleagues on the other side (Mr. Moakley, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Hall, and Mrs. Slaughter) for the tremendous effort that 
they and their staffs have put into this project. We owe special thanks 
to the parliamentarians, who spent countless hours, weeknights and 
weekends drafting the new structure of the rules. As a result of their 
work, the rules of the House for the 106th Congress will be more 
logical and user-friendly.
  Specifically, the rules have been condensed from 51 to 28.
  Obsolete and archaic provisions have been removed, but the most 
important citations have been retained for purposes of consistency with 
precedent and practice.
  These are significant bipartisan institutional reforms which will 
make it easier for Members to do their work, and for the average 
American to understand and appreciate the legislative process.
  In addition to the recodification that makes up the vast majority of 
H. Res. 5, the resolution makes a number of technical changes to the 
standing rules of the House, and those are contained in section 1 of 
the resolution. For example:
  The name of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight will be 
changed to the Committee on Government Reform.
  The name of the Committee on House Oversight will be changed to the 
Committee on House Administration.
  The name of the Committee on National Security will be changed to the 
Committee on Armed Services.
  The resolution clarifies that the Speaker appoints and sets the 
annual rate of pay for employees of the Office of the Historian, which 
was established in old clause X of Rule I in the 101st Congress. An 
earlier form of this clause provided for the seven-year establishment 
of an Office for the Bicentennial to coordinate the commemoration of 
the 200th anniversary of the House of Representatives. The management, 
supervision, and administration of the Office was under the direction 
of the Speaker and was staffed by a professional historian appointed by 
the Speaker on a non-partisan basis.
  In 1984, the Office of Bicentennial was removed from the standing 
rules and established by law for the remainder of its existence. This 
technical change clarifies that the Speaker appoints and sets the 
annual rate of pay for employees of the Office of the Historian.
  The requirement that the full text of a resolution proposing a 
question of the privilege of the House to read could be dispensed with 
by unanimous consent at the point of its initial announcement to the 
House. Questions of privilege are brought before the House in the form 
of a resolution, which may be called up by any Member after proper 
notice and announcement of the form of the resolution.
  Currently, rule IX requires that a Member giving notice of a question 
of the privileges of the House orally announce (read) the full text of 
his proposed resolution. If the Speaker rules that the question of 
privilege is admissible, the resolution is required to be read in full 
when it is called up. Therefore, the requirement that it be read at the 
point of its initial announcement to the House is unnecessary and 
redundant. This change would make it possible in cases of mutual 
convenience to dispense with the oral announcement by unanimous 
consent.
  As part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress passed the 
Budget Enforcement Act containing reforms of the budget process dealing 
with various procedural and enforcement matters. Due to the breadth and 
scope of these reforms, there are four areas where technical amendments 
are necessary to conform the rules of the House with various statutory 
laws relating to the budget process. The areas of technical correction 
involve oversight requirements of the Budget Committee, the 
consideration of bills providing new entitlement authority, the 
submission of views and estimates on the President's budget, and the 
application of certain points of order relating to the timing of 
consideration of legislation. These are very minor and technical 
changes that are necessary to remove current conflicts between the 
Budget Act and the rules of the House.
  H. Res. 6 in the 104th Congress included a provision in clause 2 of 
rule X which requires committees to approve an oversight plan before 
February 15th of the first session of each Congress and submit it to 
the Government Reform and Oversight Committee and the House Oversight 
Committee. In addition, the rule established a point of order against 
consideration of the entire committee funding resolution on the House 
floor if the oversight plan was not adopted and submitted before 
February 15. In 1997, the committee assignment process, on both sides 
of the aisle, was not completed by February 15 and certain committees 
were unable to organize in time.
  Also, the Ethics Committee was unable to organize until September 
1997 due to the establishment of the Ethics Reform Task Force. 
Consideration of the Committee funding resolution on the floor should 
not be tied to the adoption of oversight plans by committees, 
particularly if one or both parties have not completed the committee 
assignment process.
  The purpose of the rule change was to encourage committees to plan 
oversight activities in advance, and adopt those plans in a public 
session. Therefore, the resolution retains the February 15 date to 
encourage committees to adopt their oversight plans early.
  Clause 5(d) of House Rule X limits the number of subcommittees that a 
committee may have to not more than five subcommittees. Exemptions are 
provided for the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure.
  To facilitate more responsible programmatic oversight of executive 
branch agencies and programs, the resolution permits those committees 
subject to the five subcommittee limitation to establish a sixth 
subcommittee if one of the six subcommittees is an ``oversight'' 
subcommittee.
  H. Res. 5 in the 105th Congress permitted committees to adopt a rule 
or motion permitting an equal number of its majority and minority party 
Members to question a witness for not longer than 30 minutes. Also, the 
rule change permitted committees to adopt a rule or motion permitting 
committee staff for its majority and minority party members to question 
a witness. The legislative history accompanying this change established 
an aggregate cap of 60 minutes on Member or staff questioning. This 
resolution clarifies the rule allowing extended Member questioning and 
staff questioning to address ambiguities in its implementation. This 
will eliminate any confusion surrounding the question of whether an 
aggregate cap on extended Member questioning or staff questioning 
exists under the rule.
  The change in the rules in clause 2(m) of rule XI relating to 
subpoenas for documents issued by House committees is designed to 
clarify that a subpoena need not be returned

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to a formal meeting or hearing of a committee. A committee may 
prescribe the terms of return other than at a meeting or hearing of the 
committee.
  The practice of pairing, which involves absent Members arranging with 
other absent members on opposite sides of a specified question the 
ability to stipulate how they would have voted, would be eliminated in 
favor of the more certain system of putting a statement in the Record 
as to how the Member would have voted, which appears immediately after 
the vote. The headings for these statements will read ``Stated Yea'' or 
``Stated Nay.'' These statements do not have to be read from the floor 
if they are submitted in a timely fashion to the Record clerks 
(generally 1 or 2 hours after the vote). If a significant time has 
elapsed since the vote, a Member can ask unanimous consent on the floor 
that his statement of how he might have voted appear immediately after 
the vote.
  The resolution extends the Speaker's authority to postpone votes to 
any vote on an original motion to instruct conferees. The Speaker has 
the discretionary authority under Rule XX, clause 8 to postpone certain 
questions and to ``cluster'' them for voting at a designated time or 
place in the legislative schedule. Currently, the list of questions on 
which record votes may be postponed does not include the motion to 
instruct conferees at the time of their appointment (although it does 
include the ``20-day'' motion).
  The Speaker's authority to reduce to five minutes the voting time on 
postponed votes would be extended to all postponed questions, and on 
questions incidental thereto, so long as the first vote on a question 
in a series of questions is no less than 15 minutes. Currently, the 
first record vote in a series of postponed questions has to be a 15-
minute vote even if immediately following another record vote on a non-
postponed question.
  In particular, a vote on a motion to reconsider or a motion to table 
a motion to reconsider--even though held not to abrogate the Chair's 
authority to continue 5-minute voting on a series of postponed 
questions--nevertheless must be a 15-minute vote. This change would 
allow even the first in a series of postponed questions to be a 5-
minute vote so long as the first record vote in any unbroken series 
were 15 minutes. More specific, votes ``incidental'' to postponed 
questions could be conducted as 5-minute votes.
  In the rules of the House for the 105th Congress, the Transportation 
Committee's jurisdiction included ``measures related to the 
construction or maintenance of roads and bridges, other than 
appropriations therefor.'' This clause also contained a proviso which 
provides that ``it shall not be in order for any bill providing for 
general legislation in relation to roads to contain any provision for 
any specific road nor for any bill in relation to a specific road to 
embrace a provision in relation to any other specific road.'' In the 
recodified form of the House rules, this proviso would have been 
transferred to clause 3 of Rule XXI. However, the provision will be 
deleted by the resolution because it is obsolete.
  Clause 8 of rule XXIV (Code of Official Conduct) prohibits a Member 
or officer of the House from retaining an employee who does not perform 
official duties commensurate with the compensation received in the 
offices of the employing authority. The resolution conforms House rules 
with other statutory changes which permit telecommuting by federal 
employees. It is anticipated that the House Administration Committee 
would follow up with appropriate regulations defining what is 
permissible under the rule.
  Finally, section 1 contains two ethics-related rules changes which 
were recommended in a bipartisan fashion by the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct.
  The first change closes an existing loophole in the rules by 
requiring committee consultants to abide by the key provisions of the 
Code of Official Conduct. Those provisions include the requirement that 
they conduct themselves in a manner which reflects creditably on the 
House, the conflict-of-interest provisions, and the gift rule.
  The second change conforms House rules to recent Supreme Court 
decisions relating to honoraria earned by certain lower level Federal 
employees. Such employees would be permitted to receive honoraria, such 
as compensation for an article, speech, or appearance, for activities 
not related to official duties.
  Section 2 of the resolution consists of ``Separate Orders'' which do 
not change any of the standing rules of the House. These are more or 
less housekeeping provisions which deem certain actions or waive the 
application of certain rules of the House. For example:
  Because Congress failed to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for 
fiscal year 1999, the Congressional Budget Act is unenforceable absent 
the establishment of budget allocations for committees in the House. 
Therefore, the resolution authorizes the chairman of the Budget 
Committee to publish allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act in the Congressional Record.
  On September 18, 1997, the House adopted the recommendations of a 12-
member bipartisan task force on ethics reform with certain amendments, 
which included not only changes to the standing rules of the House but 
also free-standing directives to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct. Those free-standing directives address committee agendas, 
committee staff, meetings and hearings, public disclosure, requirements 
to constitute a complaint, duties of the chairman and ranking member, 
investigative and adjudicatory subcommittees, standard of proof for 
adoption of statement of alleged violation, subcommittee powers, due 
process rights of respondents, and committee reporting requirements. In 
order to have force and effect in the 106th Congress, the free-standing 
provisions of H. Res. 168 are being carried forward by the resolution.
  When the House adopted H. Res. 5 in the 104th Congress, it adopted a 
new provision [House Rule X, clause 5(d)] which stipulates that no 
House committee ``shall have more than five subcommittees.'' The rule 
made an exception for the Government Reform Committee, the panel was 
authorized by the rule to have ``no more than seven'' subcommittees. 
Government Reform was granted the exception because it absorbed the 
functions of two standing committees (District of Columbia and Post 
Office and Civil Service), which the House abolished on January 4, 
1995.
  On November 13, 1997, the House approved H. Res. 326, which provided 
an exception for the Committee on Government Reform to temporarily 
establish an eighth subcommittee for the remainder of the 105th 
Congress. This rules package allows the Committee to again establish an 
eighth subcommittee to accommodate the need for extensive oversight 
over the census.
  The Rules Committee believes that the type of oversight that is 
needed for issues such as sampling, questionnaire content, and 
continuous measurement cannot be done effectively by the full Committee 
or by its other subcommittees. Therefore, this resolution grants the 
Government Reform Committee another waiver of clause 5(d) of rule X to 
permit an eighth subcommittee for the duration of the 106th Congress.
  The resolution contains a provision continuing the Select Committee 
on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the 
People's Republic of China in the 106th Congress. The Select Committee, 
ably chaired by my California colleague, Mr. Cox, was established by 
House adoption of H. Res. 463 on June 18, 1998 by an overwhelming vote 
of 409-10.
  The Select Committee, operating in an extraordinary atmosphere of 
bipartisan cooperation, has produced a thorough and detailed report 
addressing the question of whether U.S. national security has been 
endangered by certain technology transfers to the People's Republic of 
China during the Clinton administration. The report was agreed to by 
all nine members of the Select Committee--on both sides of the aisle--
and all the members are also in agreement on the need to briefly extend 
the life of the Select Committee. The Select Committee's report, 
however, is classified.
  Solely for the purpose of declassification and public release of the 
Select Committee's report, the Select Committee will be continued in 
the 106th Congress for 3 months. The procedural authorities at the 
disposal of the Select Committee are limited by the language in the 
rules package, and there are no additional funds authorized. The Select 
Committee will be maintained by unobligated balances remaining from the 
establishing resolution of the 105th Congress.
  Finally, section 3 makes it in order to separately consider a 
resolution introduced by the majority leader or his designee, amending 
clause 5 of rule XXVI to conform the House gift rule to the Senate gift 
rule. The resolution shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and 
controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
designees.
  At this point, Mr. Speaker, I would like to include for the Record a 
section-by-section summary of H. Res. 5, as well as other relevant 
material. Also, pursuant to section 2 of this resolution and, as the 
designee of the majority leader, I will be inserting for the Record 
certain extraneous and tabular information for the purpose of 
establishing a legislative history relating to the recodification of 
the rules of the House.

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Section-by-Section Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 
             5--Adopting House Rules for the 106th Congress

       1. Redesignation of Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight. The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
     is redesignated as the Committee on Government Reform in each 
     place it appears in the rules.
       2. Redesignation of Committee on House Oversight. The 
     Committee on House Oversight is redesignated as the Committee 
     on House Administration in each place it appears in the 
     rules.
       3. Redesignation of Committee on National Security. The 
     Committee on National Security is redesignated as the 
     Committee on Armed Services in each place it appears in the 
     rules.
       4. Office of the Historian. Clarifies that the Speaker 
     appoints and sets the annual rate of pay for employees of the 
     Office of the Historian. [Rule II, clause 7]
       5. Notice of form of question of privilege. The requirement 
     that the full text of a resolution proposing a question of 
     the privilege of the House be read could be dispensed with by 
     unanimous consent at the point of its initial announcement to 
     the House. [Rule IX, clause 2(a)(1)]
       6. Budget Process. These provisions are necessary to 
     conform certain rules of the House with the amendments made 
     to the Budget Act by the Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 
     1997. These changes relate to the oversight requirements of 
     the Budget Committee, the consideration of bills providing 
     new entitlement authority, and the submission of views and 
     estimates on the President's budget. [Rule X: clause 1(b)(4); 
     clause 2(b)(1); clause 4(f); clause 4(g)]
       7. Committee oversight plans. The prohibition against the 
     consideration of any committee expense resolution when a 
     committee has not adopted and submitted its oversight plans 
     to the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on 
     Government Reform by February 15 of the first session of the 
     Congress would be repealed. [Rule X, clause 2(d)(2)]
       8. Service on the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct. The House rule requiring four members to rotate off 
     the Standards Committee every Congress would be eliminated. 
     The House rule prohibiting Members from serving more than two 
     Congresses in any period of three successive Congresses on 
     the Standards Committee would be amended to prohibit Members 
     from serving more than three Congresses in any period of five 
     successive Congresses. [Rule X, clause 5]
       9. Oversight Subcommittees. The restriction on committees 
     maintaining more than five subcommittees would be maintained 
     in the rule, while committees that maintain a subcommittee on 
     oversight would be restricted to not more than six 
     subcommittees. [Rule X, clause 5(d)]
       10. Exceptions to five-minute rule in hearings. The rule, 
     adopted at the beginning of the 105th Congress, to permit 
     committees to adopt a rule or motion to extend questioning 
     for selected majority and minority members and to permit the 
     questioning of witnesses by staff is clarified to address 
     ambiguities in the rule. [Rule XI, clause 2(j)]
       11. Subpoenas. The House rule granting committees authority 
     to issue subpoenas is clarified to state the common practice 
     that a subpoena may specify the terms of return other than at 
     a meeting or hearing of a committee or subcommittee. [Rule 
     XI, clause 2(m)]
       12. Abolishment of pairs other than ``live pairs.'' The 
     practice of pairing, which involves absent Members arranging 
     with other absent Members on opposite sides of a specified 
     question the ability to stipulate how they would have voted, 
     would no longer be permitted. However, ``live pairs,'' which 
     involve an agreement between one Member who is present and 
     voting and another on the opposite side of the question, who 
     is absent, would continue to be permitted. [Rule XX, clause 
     8]
       13. Postponement of vote on original motion to instruct 
     conferees. The Speaker's current authority to postpone votes 
     would be extended to any vote on an original motion to 
     instruct conferees. [Rule XX, clause 8]
       14. Five-minute voting. The Speaker's authority to reduce 
     to five minutes the voting time on postponed votes would be 
     extended to all postponed questions, and on questions 
     incidental thereto, so long as the first vote on a question 
     in a series of questions is no less than 15 minutes. [Rule 
     XX, clause 10]
       15. Elimination of Specific Road Point of Order. The 
     obsolete point of order against consideration of a general 
     roads bill containing provisions relating to specific roads 
     is deleted. [Rule XXI, clause 3]
       16. Technical amendments. The requirement that a House 
     employee must perform duties commensurate with the 
     compensation received ``in the offices of the employing 
     authority'' is modified to conform with other statutory 
     changes which permit telecommuting by federal employees. 
     [Rule XXIV, clause 8(a)] To conform with administrative 
     changes put in place at the beginning of the 104th Congress, 
     ``Chief Administrative Officer'' is substituted for ``Clerk'' 
     with respect to the entity responsible for dispersing the pay 
     of officers and employees of the House. [Rule XXIV, clause 1]
       17. Consultants. Consultants would be required to abide by 
     the key provisions of House rule XXIV, the Code of Official 
     Conduct, including the requirement that they conduct 
     themselves in a manner that reflects creditably on the House, 
     the conflict-of-interest provision, and the gift rule. [Rule 
     XXIV, clause 14(b)]
       18. Honoraria. Certain lower-level House employees would be 
     permitted to receive honoraria (i.e., compensation for an 
     article, speech, or appearance) for activities not related to 
     official duties. [Rule XXVI, clause 2]


                       Section 2. Separate Orders

       1. Budget Enforcement. This provision authorizes the 
     chairman of the Committee on the Budget to publish budget 
     allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act in the Congressional Record pending 
     the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget for fiscal year 1999. Once published, those budget 
     levels shall be effective in the House as though established 
     by passage of a concurrent resolution on the budget. This 
     provision also clarifies the application of section 315 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act with respect to points of order 
     raised under section 303 of the Budget Act (relating to 
     consideration of spending or revenue measures prior to the 
     adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget.)
       2. Tenure on the Budget Committee. Clause 5(a)(2) of House 
     rule X prohibits Members from serving on the Budget Committee 
     for more than 4 congresses (8 years) in any period of six 
     successive congresses (12 years). The applicability of this 
     rule would be waived for the duration of the 106th Congress.
       3. Standards Committee rules. The free-standing directives 
     of H. Res. 168 of the 105th Congress (sections 3, 4, 5, 7, 
     10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, and 21) regarding ethics 
     reform would be carried forward in the 106th Congress.
       4. Census Subcommittee. Clause 5(d) of House rule X 
     restricts House committees from establishing more than 5 
     subcommittees, with an exception for the Committee on 
     Government Reform, which is permitted to have seven. For the 
     purpose of effective oversight of the census, this provision 
     provides a waiver for the Committee on Government Reform to 
     have eight subcommittees in the 106th Congress.
       5. Explanatory Material Relating to Recodification of 
     Rules. This provision gives the Majority Leader and the 
     Minority Leader or their designees the ability to submit 
     certain extraneous and tabular information in the 
     Congressional Record for the purpose of legislative history 
     relating to the recodification of the standing rules of the 
     House.
       6. Continuance of Select Committee. This provision 
     establishes in the 106th Congress a Select Committee on U.S. 
     National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With the 
     People's Republic of China solely for the purpose of 
     completing the declassification and public release of its 
     report prepared by the Select Committee of the 105th 
     Congress. [The Select Committee was established by the House 
     agreeing to H. Res. 463 on June 18, 1998 by a vote of 409-
     10.] The procedural authorities of the Select Committee 
     contained in sections 8 and 9 of H. Res. 463, relating to 
     transfers of information and information gathering, shall be 
     limited in the 106th Congress to enforcing requests for 
     information issued before January 3, 1999 and to issue and 
     enforce requests directly related to the declassification and 
     public release of the Select Committee's report. Also, the 
     provisions of section 10 of H. Res. 463, relating to tax 
     information, shall not apply in the 106th Congress. Expenses 
     of the Select Committee may be paid from applicable accounts 
     of the House which may not exceed those available as 
     unexpended balances of the Select Committee from the 105th 
     Congress. The Select Committee shall cease to exist on March 
     31, 1999.
       7. Numbering of Bills. The first ten numbers for bills 
     (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by 
     the Speaker when introduced on or before March 1, 1999.


                  section 3. special order of business

       This provision provides that upon the adoption of H. Res. 
     5, it shall be in order to separately consider a resolution 
     introduced by the Majority Leader or his designee, amending 
     clause 5 of rule XXVI, the House gift rule. The resolution 
     shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and 
     controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or 
     their designees.

 Description of resolution to be offered by the majority leader or his 
                                designee

       The House gift rule would be amended to incorporate 
     verbatim the text of a provision of the Senate gift rule 
     which would allow a Member, officer, or employee to accept a 
     gift (other than cash or cash equivalent) that he or she 
     reasonably and in good faith believes to have a value of less 
     than $50, and a cumulative value from one source in a 
     calendar year of less than $100. No gift with a value below 
     $10 would count toward the annual limit.

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                                  ____
         House of Representatives, Select Committee on U.S. 
           National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns With 
           the People's Republic of China,
                                Washington, DC, December 30, 1998.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Hastert: The Select Committee on U.S. National 
     Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
     Republic of China will submit its report on or before January 
     3, 1999, as provided in H. Res. 463. That report, however, 
     will be classified.
       The Select Committee's report will be submitted to the 
     President for declassification. Since the process of 
     declassification review will require consultation with Select 
     Committee staff who are expert in the details and contents of 
     the report, we have discussed with you the advisability of 
     authorizing the Select Committee, on the opening day of the 
     106th Congress, to complete the process of declassification 
     so that the Select Committee's report may be made publicly 
     available.
       Enclosed herewith for your review and approval is a 
     resolution for this purpose. It authorizes no new funds; 
     under its terms the Select Committee's public version of the 
     report would be completed on or before March 31, 1999.
       Please let us know if this resolution, and its adoption on 
     January 6, 1999, meets with your approval.
           Sincerely,
     Chris Cox,
       Chairman.
     Norm Dicks,
       Ranking Member.
                                  ____

         House of Representatives, Select Committee on U.S. 
           National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with 
           the People's Republic of China,
                                  Washington, DC, January 3, 1999.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House,
     The Capitol, Washington DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: The Select Committee on U.S. National 
     Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
     Republic of China, established pursuant to H. Res. 463, 
     hereby submits its classified Report, which has been 
     unanimously approved by the Select Committee.
       Since the Select Committee's Report contains highly 
     classified and sensitive information that must be retained in 
     a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), the 
     Report is being held in the SCIF at 1036 Longworth House 
     Office Building.
           Sincerely,
     Chris Cox,
       Chairman.
     Porter Goss,
       Vice Chairman.
     Doug Bereuter.
     James V. Hansen.
     Curt Weldon.
     Norm Dicks,
       Ranking Democrat.
     John M. Spratt, Jr.,
     Lucille Roybal-Allard.
     Bobby Scott.
                                  ____

                                         House of Representatives,


                               Committee on National Security,

                                Washington, DC, December 17, 1998.
     Hon. David Dreier,
     Chairman-elect, Committee on Rules, Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: We are writing to respectfully request 
     your support for a change in the name of the House Committee 
     on National Security back to the original Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       We believe that the committee's original name more properly 
     reflects the unique constitutional responsibility of the 
     Congress to provide for the nation's military forces. The 
     special relationship between our men and women in uniform and 
     their elected representatives has been integral to the 
     success of the all-volunteer force and central to the 
     tradition of bipartisanship that has characterized our 
     committee's work for decades. Given the serious quality of 
     life, readiness and modernization problems that our armed 
     forces confront today, we believe that the change to the 
     Committee on Armed Services is appropriate and justified.
       Thank you for your consideration.
     Floyd D. Spence,
       Chairman.
     Ike Skelton,
       Ranking Minority Member.

   Recodification Headings and Subheadings of the Rules of the House


                          rule I: The Speaker

       Clause 1: Approval of the Journal.
       Clause 2: Preservation of Order.
       Clause 3: Control of Capitol Facilities.
       Clause 4: Signature of Documents.
       Clause 5: Questions of Order.
       Clause 6: Form of a Question.
       Clause 7: Discretion to Vote.
       Clause 8: Speaker Pro Tempore.
       Clause 9: Term Limit.
       Clause 10: Designation of Travel.
       Clause 11: Committee Appointment.
       Clause 12: Declaration of Recess.
       Clause 13: Other Responsibilities.


                 rule II: Other officers and officials

       Clause 1: Elections.
       Clause 2: Clerk.
       Clause 3: Sergeant-at-Arms.
       Clause 4: Chief Administrative Officer.
       Clause 5: Chaplain.
       Clause 6: Office of Inspector General.
       Clause 7: Office of the Historian.
       Clause 8: Office of General Counsel.


   rule iii: the members, delegates and the resident commissioner of 
                              puerto rico

       Clause 1-2: Voting.
       Clause 3: Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.


                     rule iv: the hall of the house

       Clause 1-5: Use and Admittance.
       Clause 6: Gallery.
       Clause 7: Prohibition on Campaign Contributions.


                     rule v: broadcasting the house

          rule vi: official reporters and news media galleries

       Clause 1: Official Reporters.
       Clause 2-3: News Media Galleries.


                     rule vii: records of the house

       Clause 1-2: Archiving.
       Clause 3-5: Public Availability.
       Clause 6: Definition of Record.
       Clause 7: Withdrawal of Papers.


                    rule viii: response to subpoenas

                    rule ix: Questions of Privilege

                   rule x: Organization of committees

       Clause 1: Committees and their Legislative Jurisdictions.
       Clause 2: General Oversight Responsibilities.
       Clause 3: Special Oversight Functions.
       Clause 4(a)-(e): Additional Functions of Committees.
       Clause 4(f)-(h): Budget Act Responsibilities.
       Clause 5: Election and Membership of Standing Committees.
       Clause 6: Expense Resolutions.
       Clause 7: Interim Funding.
       Clause 8: Travel.
       Clause 9: Committee Staffs.
       Clause 10: Select and Joint Committees.
       Clause 11: Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.


       rule xi: Procedures of committees and unfinished business

       Clause 1: In General.
       Clause 2(a): Adoption of Written Rules.
       Clause 2(b): Regular Meeting Days.
       Clause 2(c): Additional and Special Meetings.
       Clause 2(d): Temporary Absence of Chairman.
       Clause 2(e): Committee Records.
       Clause 2(f): Prohibition Against Proxy Voting.
       Clause 2(g): Open Meetings and Hearings.
       Clause 2(h): Quorum Requirements.
       Clause 2(i): Limitation on Committee Sittings.
       Clause 2(j): Questioning Witnesses.
       Clause 2(k): Investigative Hearing Procedures.
       Clause 2(l): Supplemental, Minority, or Additional Views.
       Clause 2(m): Power to Sit and Act; Subpoena Power.
       Clause 3: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
       Clause 4: Audio and Visual Coverage of Committee 
     Proceedings.
       Clause 5: Pay of Witnesses.
       Clause 6: Unfinished Business of the Session.


         rule xii: receipt and referral of measures and matters

       Clause 1: Messages.
       Clause 2: Referral.
       Clause 3-4: Petitions, Memorials, and Private Bills.
       Clause 5: Prohibition on Commemorations.
       Clause 6: Excluded Matters.
       Clause 7: Sponsorship.
       Clause 8: Executive Communications.


               rule xiii: calendars and Committee reports

       Clause 1: Calendars.
       Clause 2: Filing and Printing of Reports.
       Clause 3: Content of Reports.
       Clause 4: Availability of Reports.
       Clause 5: Privileged Reports, Generally.
       Clause 6: Privileged Reports by the Committee on Rules.
       Clause 7: Resolutions of Inquiry.


                rule xiv: order and priority of business


               rule xv: business in order on special days

       Clause 1: Suspensions, Mondays and Tuesdays.
       Clause 2: Discharge Motions, second and fourth Mondays.
       Clause 3: Adverse Report by the Committee on Rules, second 
     and fourth Mondays.
       Clause 4: District of Columbia Business, second and fourth 
     Mondays.
       Clause 5: Private Calendar, first and third Tuesdays.
       Clause 6: Corrections Calendar, second and fourth Tuesdays.
       Clause 7: Calendar Call of Committees, Wednesdays.


                    rule xvi: Motions and amendments

       Clause 1: Motions.
       Clause 2: Withdrawal.
       Clause 3: Question of Consideration.
       Clause 4: Precedence of Motions.
       Clause 5: Divisibility.
       Clause 6: Amendments.

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       Clause 7: Germaneness.
       Clause 8: Readings.


                     rule xvii: decorum and debate

       Clause 1: Decorum.
       Clause 2: Recognition.
       Clause 3: Managing Debate.
       Clause 4: Call to Order.
       Clause 5: Comportment.
       Clause 6: Exhibits.
       Clause 7: Galleries.
       Clause 8: Congressional Record.
       Clause 9: Secret Sessions.


 rule xviii: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union

       Clause 1-2: Resolving into the Committee of the Whole.
       Clause 3: Measures Requiring Initial Consideration in the 
     Committee of the Whole.
       Clause 4: Order of Business.
       Clause 5: Reading for Amendment.
       Clause 6: Quorum and Voting.
       Clause 7: Dispensing With the Reading of an Amendment.
       Clause 8: Closing Debate.
       Clause 9: Striking the Enacting Clause.
       Clause 10: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.
       Clause 11: Unfunded Mandates.
       Clause 12: Applicability of Rules of the House.


            rule xix: motions following the amendment stage

       Clause 1: Previous Question.
       Clause 2: Recommit.
       Clause 3-4: Reconsideration.


                    rule xx: voting and quorum calls

       Clause 8: Pairs.
       Clause 9: Postponement of Proceedings.
       Clause 10: Five-minute Votes.
       Clause 11: Automatic Yeas and Nays.
       Clause 12: Ballot Votes.


                rule xxi: restrictions on certain bills

       Clause 1: Reservation of Certain Points of Order.
       Clause 2: General Appropriations Bills and Amendments.
       Clause 3: Roads.
       Clause 4: Appropriations on Legislative Bills.
       Clause 5(a): Tax and Tariff Measures and Amendments.
       Clause 5(b): Passage of Tax Rate Increases.
       Clause 5(c): Consideration of Retroactive Tax Rate 
     Increases.
       Clause 6: Transportation Obligation Limitations.


                 rule xxii: house and senate relations

       Clause 1-6: Senate Amendments.
       Clause 7-12: Conference Reports; Amendments Reported in 
     Disagreement.


             rule xxiii: statutory limit on the public debt

                  rule xxiv: code of official conduct

           rule xxv: limitations on the use of official funds

       Clause 1-3: Limitations on Use of Official and Unofficial 
     Accounts.
       Clause 4-9: Limitations on Use of the Frank.
       Clause 10: Prohibition on Use of Funds by Members Not 
     Elected to Succeeding Congress.


rule xxvi: limitations on outside earned income and acceptance of gifts

       Clause 1-2: Outside Earned Income; Honoraria.
       Clause 3: Copyright Royalties.
       Clause 4: Definitions.
       Clause 5: Gifts.
       Clause 6: Claims Against the Government.


                    rule xxvii: financial disclosure

rule xxviii: general provisions
                                  ____


              MAJOR RULE CITATION CHANGES PURSUANT TO THE RECODIFICATION OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE
 [This only reflects changes in rule citations. Any current citations that remained the same are not included in
                                                   this list.]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Old Citation                              New Citation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Speaker's Discretion to Vote  Rule I, clause 5........................  Rule XX, clause 1
Lame Duck Travel Authority..  Rule I, clause 8........................  Rule XXV, clause 10
Broadcasting of House         Rule I, clause 9........................  Rule V
 Proceedings.
Office of the Historian.....  Rule I, clause 10.......................  Rule II, clause 7
Office of the General         Rule I, clause 11.......................  Rule II, clause 8
 Counsel.
Clerk.......................  Rule III................................  Rule II, clause 2
Sergeant-at-Arms............  Rule IV.................................  Rule II, clause 3
Chief Administrative Officer  Rule V..................................  Rule II, clause 4
Office of the Inspector       Rule VI.................................  Rule II, clause 6
 General.
Chaplain....................  Rule VII................................  Rule II, clause 5
Duties of Members...........  Rule VIII...............................  Rule III, clauses 1-2
Pairs.......................  Rule VIII, clause 2.....................  Rule XX, clause 8
General/Specific Roads......  Rule X, clause 1(q).....................  Rule XXI, clause 3
Standards Committee.........  Rule X, clause 4(e).....................  Rule XI, clause 3
Referrals...................  Rule X, clause 5........................  Rule XII, clause 2
Committee Membership........  Rule X, clause 6........................  Rule X, clause 5(a)(1)
Select and Joint Committees.  Rule X, clause 6(g).....................  Rule X, clause 10
Conference Committees.......  Rule X, clause 6(f).....................  Rule X, clause 10
Committee Reporting           Rule XI, clause 2(l)....................  Rule XIII, clauses 2-4
 Procedures.
Committee Broadcast Rule....  Rule XI, clause 3.......................  Rule XI, clause 4
Privileged Reports..........  Rule XI, clause 4.......................  Rule XIII, clause 5
Rules Committee Reports.....  Rule XI, clause 4.......................  Rule XIII, clause 6
Adverse Rules Committee       Rule XI, clause 4(c)....................  Rule XV, clause 3
 Reports.
Expense Resolutions.........  Rule XI, clause 5.......................  Rule X, clause 6
Committee Staffs............  Rule XI, clause 6.......................  Rule X, clause 9
Resident Commissioner/        Rule XII................................  Rule III, clause 3
 Delegates.
Corrections Calendar........  Rule XIII, clause 4.....................  Rule XV, clause 6
Dynamic Estimates...........  Rule XIII, clause 7(e)..................  Rule XIII, clause 3(h)(2)
Decorum and Debate..........  Rule XIV................................  Rule XVII
Voting and Quorum Calls.....  Rule XV.................................  Rule XX
Previous Question...........  Rule XVII...............................  Rule XIX, clause 1
Motion to Recommit..........  Rule XVIII, clause 1; Rule XVI, clause 4  Rule XIX, clause 2
Reconsideration.............  Rule XVIII..............................  Rule XIX, clause 3
Amendments..................  Rule XIX................................  Rule XVI, clause 6
Senate Amendments...........  Rule XX, clause 1.......................  Rule XXII, clause 1
Reading of Bills............  Rule XXI, clause 1......................  Rule XVI, clause 8
General Appropriations Bills  Rule XXI, clause 2(a)...................  Rule XXI, clause 2
Appropriations in             Rule XXI, clause 5(a)...................  Rule XXI, clause 4
 Legislation.
Reappropriations............  Rule XXI, clause 6......................  Rule XXI, clause 2(a)(2)
Printing of Appropriations    Rule XXI, clause 7......................  Rule XIII, clause 4
 Hearings.
Reservations of Points of     Rule XXI, clause 8......................  Rule XXI, clause 1
 Order.
Transport. Obligation         Rule XXI, clause 9......................  Rule XXI, clause 6
 Limitations.
Resolutions of Inquiry......  Rule XXII, clause 5.....................  Rule XIII, clause 7
Committees of the Whole       Rule XXIII..............................  Rule XVIII
 House.
Order of Business...........  Rule XXIV...............................  Rule XIV
Private Calendar............  Rule XXIV, clause 6.....................  Rule XV, clause 5
Calendar Wednesday..........  Rule XXIV, clause 7.....................  Rule XV, clause 7
D.C. Legislative Business...  Rule XXIV, clause 8.....................  Rule XV, clause 4
Priority of Business........  Rule XXV................................  Rule XIV
Unfinished Business.........  Rule XXVI...............................  Rule XI, clause 6
Suspension of the Rules.....  Rule XXVII..............................  Rule XV, clause 1
Discharge Motions...........  Rule XXVII, clause 3....................  Rule XV, clause 2
Conference Reports..........  Rule XXVIII.............................  Rule XXII, clauses 7-12
Secret Sessions.............  Rule XXIX...............................  Rule XVII, clause 9
Exhibits....................  Rule XXX................................  Rule XVII, clause 6
Hall of the House...........  Rule XXXI...............................  Rule IV, clause 1
Admission to the Floor......  Rule XXXII..............................  Rule IV, clauses 2-5
Admission to the Galleries..  Rule XXXIII.............................  Rule IV, clause 6
Official Reporters and the    Rule XXXIV..............................  Rule VI
 Media.
Pay of Witnesses............  Rule XXXV...............................  Rule XI, clause 5
Records of the House........  Rule XXXVI..............................  Rule VII
Withdrawal of Papers........  Rule XXXVII.............................  Rule VII, clause 7
Ballot Votes................  Rule XXXVIII............................  Rule XX, clause 12
Messages....................  Rule XXXIX..............................  Rule XII, clause 1
Code of Official Conduct....  Rule XLIII..............................  Rule XXIV
Financial Disclosure........  Rule XLIV...............................  Rule XXVII

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Unofficial Office Accounts..  Rule XLV................................  Rule XXV, clauses 1-3
Limitation on Use of the      Rule XLVI...............................  Rule XXV, clauses 4-9
 Frank.
Outside Earned Income.......  Rule XLVII..............................  Rule XXVI, clauses 1-2
Intelligence Committee......  Rule XLVIII.............................  Rule X, clause 9
Debt Limit..................  Rule XLIX...............................  Rule XXIII
Response to Subpoenas.......  Rule L..................................  Rule VIII
Gift Rule...................  Rule LI.................................  Rule XXVI, clause 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                        
                                  ____
                                               Committee on Rules,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 5, 1999.
     Hon. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker-nominee, the Capitol,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Richard Gephardt,
     Minority Leader, the Capitol,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker-nominee and Mr. Leader: At the beginning 
     of the 105th Congress, the Committee on Rules established a 
     bipartisan, ad hoc task force to develop a more rational and 
     orderly set of House rules without making substantive changes 
     in the rules, procedures or precedents of the House as they 
     stand today. The Task Force consisted of Representatives 
     Dreier, Frost, Pryce, and Slaughter.
       In this letter, we formerly present to you the 
     recommendations of the Task Force.
       We have worked closely with the Office of the 
     Parliamentarian to develop this proposal. It is our hope that 
     the recommendations will be incorporated as a part of the 
     opening day rules package. Our proposal reorganizes the rules 
     to provide a more logical, user-friendly structure and, in 
     the process, pares down the number of rules from 51 to 28. 
     Obsolete and archaic provisions have been excised. The 
     proposal, however, retains the location of certain major 
     rules to retain consistency with precedent and practice 
     volumes already published (e.g., germaneness remains as 
     clause 7 of rule XVI and legislation in an appropriation bill 
     remains clause 2 of rule XXI).
       A large part of the effort consisted of maintaining 
     uniformity of word usage and style. The same ideas have been 
     expressed over the years in many very different ways. For 
     example, a privileged question is sometimes called 
     ``privileged'' or ``highly privileged'' or ``of highest 
     privilege'' or ``is in order at any time'' or ``shall always 
     be in order.'' But by consistent and long-standing 
     precedents, these different expressions have been treated as 
     strictly identical. The requirement for collegial action by a 
     committee has been written in a variety of ways, for example 
     ``not without the consent of the committee'' or ``only when 
     authorized by the committee, a majority being present.'' This 
     has led to confusion. In these and similar circumstances, the 
     Task Force sought, whenever possible, a single convention to 
     be used consistently. For example, the convention used to 
     express a mandatory negative is ``may not.'' Gender 
     references, where avoidable, have been deleted; otherwise, 
     they are treated as in the U.S. Code, so that the terms 
     ``he'' or ``his'' are defined in proposed rule XXVIII, to be 
     a reference to ``she'' or ``her'' as applicable.
       While we continue to have substantive disagreements about 
     the existing rules and appropriate changes to them, the Task 
     Force fully agrees that the proposal presents the rules in a 
     more coherent format and makes their meaning more transparent 
     but is in no way intended to alter the interpretation or 
     content of any rule.
           Sincerely,
     David Dreier.
     John Joseph Moakley.
       Enclosure.

                              RULE HEADINGS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Existing rule                      Proposed new rule
------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. Duties of the Speaker..................  The Speaker
II. Election of Officers..................  Other Officers and Officials
III. Duties of the Clerk..................  The Members, Delegates and
                                             Resident Commissioner of
                                             Puerto Rico
IV. Duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms........  The Hall of the House
V. Chief Administrative Officer...........  Broadcasting the House
VI. Office of Inspector General...........  Official reporters and News
                                             Media galleries
VII. Duties of the Chaplain...............  Records of the House
VIII. Duties of the Members...............  Response to subpoenas
IX. Questions of privilege................  Questions of privilege
X. Establishment and jurisdiction of        Organization of Committees
 standing committees.
XI. Rules of procedures for committees....  Procedures of committees and
                                             Unfinished Business
XII. Resident Commissioner and Delegates..  Receipt and Referral of
                                             Measures and Matters
XIII. Calendars and reports of committees.  Calendars and Committee
                                             Reports
XIV. Of decorum and debate................  Order and Priority of
                                             Business
XV. On calls of the roll and House........  Business in order on special
                                             days
XVI. On motions, their precedence, etc....  Motions and Amendments
XVII. Previous question...................  Decorum and Debate
XVIII. Reconsideration....................  The Committee of the Whole
                                             House on the State of the
                                             Union
XIX. Of amendments........................  Motions following the
                                             amendment stage
XX. Of amendments of the Senate...........  Voting and Quorum Calls
XII. On bills.............................  Restrictions on certain
                                             bills
XXII. Of petitions, memorials, bills and    House and Senate Relations
 resolutions.
XXIII. Of Committees of the Whole House...  Statutory limit on the
                                             public debt
XXIV. Order of business...................  Code of Official Conduct
XXV. Priority of business.................  Limitations on the use of
                                             official funds
XXVI. Unfinished business of the session..  Limitations on outside
                                             earned income and
                                             Acceptance of Gifts
XXVII. Change of suspension of rules......  Financial disclosure
XXVIII. Conference reports................  General provisions
XXIV. Secret session......................  ............................
XXX. Use of exhibits......................  ............................
XXXI. Hall of the House...................  ............................
XXXII. Of admission to the floor..........  ............................
XXXIII. Of admission to the galleries.....  ............................
XXXIV. Official and other reporters.......  ............................
XXXV. Pay of witnesses....................  ............................
XXXVI. Preservation and availability of     ............................
 noncurrent records of the House.
XXXVII. Withdrawal of papers..............  ............................
XXXVIII. Ballot...........................  ............................
XXXIX. Messages...........................  ............................
XL. Executive communications..............  ............................
XLI. Qualifications of officers and         ............................
 employees.
XLII. General provisions..................  ............................
XLIII. Code of Official Conduct...........  ............................
XLIV. Financial disclosure................  ............................
XLV. Prohibition of unofficial office       ............................
 accounts.
XLVI. Limitations on use of the frank.....  ............................
XLVII. Limitations on outside employment    ............................
 and earned income.
XLVIII. Permanent Select Committee on       ............................
 Intelligence.
XLIX. Establishment of statutory limit on   ............................
 public debt.
L. Procedure for response to subpoenas....  ............................
LI. Gift rule.............................  ............................
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                       PROPOSED NEW RULES                                                 EXISTING RULES                                                    COMMENTARY
 
                [RECODIFICATION COMMITTEE PRINT]
 
                       [JANUARY __, 1999]
 
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
 
 
Recodifying the standing Rules of the House of Representatives.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                    The Parliamentarians have met with bi-partisan staff from
  Resolved, That the standing Rules of the House of                                                                                the Task Force on recodification of the rules and have agreed
 Representatives are recodified to read as follows:                                                                                upon a revised structural format of the rules which reduces
                                                                                                                                   their number from 52 to 28 in a logical sequence. This format
                                                                                                                                   arranges the rules by addressing the organization and
                                                                                                                                   operation of the House as follows: duties of Officers and
                                                                                                                                   Members (rules I-III), administration of the House (rules IV-
                                                                                                                                   VI), institutional prerogatives (rules VII-IX), committees
                                                                                                                                   (rules X-XI), consideration of legislation (rules XII-XXIII),
                                                                                                                                   conduct of Members, Officers and Employees (rules XXIV-
                                                                                                                                   XXVII), and miscellaneous provisions (rule XXVIII). This
                                                                                                                                   draft was initially based on the 1985 draft of recodification
                                                                                                                                   and incorporates changes in the rules from that year through
                                                                                                                                   1998. The current draft minimizes the change of some major
                                                                                                                                   rules citations in order to retain consistency with precedent
                                                                                                                                   and practice volumes already published (e.g., germaneness
                                                                                                                                   remains as clause 7 of rule XVI, and general appropriation
                                                                                                                                   bill matters remain clause 2 of rule XXI). It is
                                                                                                                                   acknowledged, however, that the overriding reorganization
                                                                                                                                   consensus will necessitate cross references to citations in
                                                                                                                                   subsequent precedent and practice volumes where rule numbers
                                                                                                                                   have been changed. The current draft also reflects a specific
                                                                                                                                   review of the language within each rule to incorporate
                                                                                                                                   accepted understandings without substantive change. For
                                                                                                                                   instance, this draft includes ``Delegates'' and ``the
                                                                                                                                   Resident Commissioner'' along with ``Members'' in those
                                                                                                                                   situations where the rules do not distinguish between an
                                                                                                                                   individual's status. Their omission in the rules (such as
                                                                                                                                   voting, Committee of the Whole, and selection of presiding
                                                                                                                                   officers) is indicative of authorities limited to Members.
                                                                                                                                   Gender references are treated as in the U.S. Code, whereby a
                                                                                                                                   reference to ``he'' or ``his'' is defined in rule XXVIII to
                                                                                                                                   constitute a reference to ``she'' or ``her'' where
                                                                                                                                   applicable. Provisos are replaced by sentence restructing to
                                                                                                                                   assure clarity of meaning. The concept of a ``privileged
                                                                                                                                   question'' or ``privileged motion'' is consistently utilized
                                                                                                                                   to replace current references to matters ``of highest
                                                                                                                                   privilege'' or ``in order at any time'' or ``it shall always
                                                                                                                                   be in order.'' References to certain voting procedures are
                                                                                                                                   changed from ``rollcall'' to ``record'' votes and
                                                                                                                                   supermajority voting requirements are consistently referred
                                                                                                                                   to as ``two-thirds'' or ``three-fifths'' of the Members
                                                                                                                                   voting, a quorum being present.

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                                                                                                                                  The clerical and stylistic changes reflected in the proposed
                                                                                                                                   recodification seek to achieve clarity, readability, and
                                                                                                                                   uniformity of word usage and style with the goals of removing
                                                                                                                                   possible ambiguities and promoting predictability of
                                                                                                                                   interpretation. No substantive change to the rules is
                                                                                                                                   intended. The conventions used in the proposed recodification
                                                                                                                                   resolve most of the lapses in stylistic uniformity in the
                                                                                                                                   current text of the rules. However, certain well-known, time-
                                                                                                                                   honored rules (or phrases), although stilted in style, are
                                                                                                                                   retained for their historic value. For example, even though
                                                                                                                                   one convention used in recodification achieves a mandatory
                                                                                                                                   negative within ``may not,'' the time-honored phraseology of
                                                                                                                                   the germaneness rule in clause 7 of rule XVI is nevertheless
                                                                                                                                   retained.
             RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES               RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
                             RULE I                              RULE I
 
                          THE SPEAKER                            DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER
 
Approval of the Journal
  1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative day     1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative day   Rules I-II--Duties of Officers and Members
 precisely at the hour to which the House last adjourned and      precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned
 immediately call the House to order. Having examined and         at the last sitting and immediately call the Members to order.
 approved the Journal of the last day's proceedings, the          The Speaker, having examined the Journal of the proceedings of
 Speaker shall announce to the House his approval thereof. The    the last day's sitting and approved the same, shall announce
 Speaker's approval of the Journal shall be deemed agreed to      to the House his approval of the Journal, and the Speaker's
 unless a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner demands a    approval of the Journal shall be deemed to be agreed to
 vote thereon. If such a vote is decided in the affirmative, it   subject to a vote on agreeing to the Speaker's approval on the
 shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider. If such a vote   demand of any Member, which vote, if decided in the
 is decided in the negative, then one motion that the Journal     affirmative, shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider.
 be read shall be privileged, shall be decided without debate,    It shall be in order to offer one motion that the Journal be
 and shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider.              read only if the Speaker's approval of the Journal is not
                                                                  agreed to, and such motion shall be determined without debate
                                                                  and shall not be subject to a motion to reconsider.
 
 
Preservation of order
  2. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum and, in case     2. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of
 of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or in      disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries, or in the
 the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.                     lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.
 
Control of Capitol facilities
  3. Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker      3. He shall have general control, except as provided by rule     The phrase ``until further order'' in existing clause 3 is
 shall have general control of the Hall of the House, the         or law, of the Hall of the House, and of the corridors and       deleted as superfluous given existing language of ``Except as
 corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to    passages and the disposal of the unappropriated rooms in that    otherwise provided by rule or law.''
 the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated rooms   part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the House, until
 in that part of the Capitol.                                     further order.
 
  4. The Speaker shall sign all acts and joint resolutions         4. He shall sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions,         Proposed clause 4, rule I--Existing clause 4 divided into
 passed by the two Houses and all writs, warrants, and            writs, warrants, and subpoenas of, or issued by order of, the    clauses 4 and 5, to separate Speaker's signing authority from
 subpoenas of, or issued by order of, the House. The Speaker      House and decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal    authority to decide questions of order, subject to appeal.
 may sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions whether or not     by any Member, on which appeal no Member shall speak more than   The term ``addresses'' is deleted as obsolete.
 the House is in session.                                         once, unless by permission of the House. The Speaker is
                                                                  authorized to sign enrolled bills whether or not the House is
                                                                  in session.
 

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Questions of order
  5. The Speaker shall decide all questions of order, subject
 to appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. On
 such an appeal a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
 may not speak more than once without permission of the House.
 
Form of a question
  6. The Speaker shall rise to put a question but may state it     5. (a) He shall rise to put a question, but may state it         Proposed clause 6, rule I--Existing provisions in clause 5,
 sitting. The Speaker shall put a question in this form:          sitting; and shall put questions in this form, to wit: ``As      rule I on division votes and recorded votes are transferred
 ``Those in favor (of the question), say `Aye.' ''; and after     many as are in favor (as the question may be), say `Aye'.'';     to new rule XX on voting. Also, existing provisions in that
 the affirmative voice is expressed, ``Those opposed, say,        and after the affirmative voice is expressed, ``As many as are   clause on postponing votes are transferred to the new voting
 `No.' ''. After a vote by voice under this clause, the Speaker   opposed, say `No'.''; . . . [Remainder transferred to Rule       rule. Both provisions make more sense under voting procedures
 may use such voting procedures as may be invoked under rule      XX].                                                             than under Speaker's authority.
 XX.
 
Discretion to vote
  7. The Speaker is not required to vote in ordinary               6. He shall not be required to vote in ordinary legislative      Proposed clause 7, rule I--Existing provisions in clause 6,
 legislative proceedings, except when his vote would be           proceedings, except where his vote would be decisive, or where   rule I, stating that the question loses on a tie vote are
 decisive or when the House is engaged in voting by ballot.       the House is engaged in voting by ballot; . . . [Remainder       transferred to new clause 1, rule XX as a voting question.
                                                                  transferred to Rule XX].
 
Speaker pro tempore
  8. (a) The Speaker may appoint a Member to perform the duties    7. (a) He shall have the right to name any Member to perform     Only Members, and not Delegates or the Resident
 of the Chair. Except as specified in paragraph (b), such an      the duties of the Chair, but such substitution shall not         Commissioner, may preside over the House or the Committee of
 appointment may not extend beyond three legislative days.        extend beyond three legislative days, except that with the       the Whole.
  (b)(1) In the case of his illness, the Speaker may appoint a    permission of the House he may name a Member to act as Speaker
 Member to perform the duties of the Chair for a period not       pro tempore only to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions
 exceeding 10 days, subject to the approval of the House. If      for a period of time specified in the designation,
 the Speaker is absent and has omitted to make such an            notwithstanding any other provision of this clause: Provided,
 appointment, then the House shall elect a Speaker pro tempore    however, That in case of his illness, he may make such
 to act during the absence of the Speaker.                        appointment for a period not exceeding ten days, with the
  (2) With the approval of the House, the Speaker may appoint a   approval of the House at the time the same is made; and in his
 Member to act as Speaker pro tempore only to sign enrolled       absence and omission to make such appointment, the House shall
 bills and joint resolutions for a specified period of time.      proceed to elect a Speaker pro tempore to act during his
                                                                  absence.
 
 
Term Limit
  9. A person may not serve as Speaker for more than four          (b) No person may serve as Speaker for more than four            The phrase ``beginning with the One Hundred Fourth
 consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any        consecutive Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth    Congress'' is deleted as no longer necessary.
 service for less than a full session in any Congress).           Congress (disregarding for this purpose any service for less
                                                                  than a full session in any Congress).
 
Designation of travel
  10. The Speaker may designate a Member, Delegate, Resident       8. He shall have the authority to designate any Member,          Proposed clause 10, rule I--The existing clause 8, rule I,
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House to travel on     officer or employee of the House of Representatives to travel    prohibition on use of applicable accounts for travel of
 the business of the House within or without the United States,   on the business of the House of Representatives, as determined   ``lame duck'' Members has been transferred to a new rule XXV.
 whether the House is meeting, has recessed, or has adjourned.    by him, within or without the United States, whether the House
 Expenses for such travel may be paid from applicable accounts    is meeting, has recessed or has adjourned, and all expenses
 of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X on vouchers   for such travel may be paid for from the applicable accounts
 approved and signed solely by the Speaker.                       of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X on vouchers
                                                                  solely approved and signed by the Speaker .
 
 

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Committee appointment
  11. The Speaker shall appoint all select, joint, and             Derived from clause 6(f), rule X: The Speaker shall appoint      Clause 11, rule I, has been transferred from existing clause
 conference committees ordered by the House. At any time after    all select and conference committees which shall be ordered by   6(f), rule X as it is more logical under rule I (Speaker's
 an original appointment, the Speaker may remove Members,         the House from time to time. At any time after an original       authority) than under rule X (jurisdiction of committees). It
 Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from, or appoint         appointment, the Speaker may remove Members or appoint           is desirable for this clause to include joint committees as
 additional Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner      additional Members to select and conference committees. In       part of the Speaker's appointment authority since the Speaker
 to, a select or conference committee. In appointing Members,     appointing members to conference committees the Speaker shall    does appoint members to some joint committees under existing
 Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner to conference            appoint no less than a majority of members who generally         law, such as the Joint Economic Committee. Other joint
 committees, the Speaker shall appoint no less than a majority    supported the House position as determined by the Speaker. The   committees could be similarly structured in the future.
 who generally supported the House position as determined by      Speaker shall name Members who are primarily responsible for
 the Speaker, shall name those who are primarily responsible      the legislation and shall, to the fullest extent feasible,
 for the legislation, and shall, to the fullest extent            include the principal proponents of the major provisions of
 feasible, include the principal proponents of the major          the bill as it passed the House.
 provisions of the bill or resolution passed or adopted by the
 House.
 
 
Declaration of recess
  12. To suspend the business of the House for a short time        Derived from clause 12, rule I: 12. To suspend the business
 when no question is pending before the House, the Speaker may    of the House for a short time when no question is pending
 declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair.               before the House, the Speaker may declare a recess subject to
                                                                  the call of the Chair.
 
Other responsibilities
  13. The Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader,       13. The Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader,
 shall develop through an appropriate entity of the House a       shall develop through an appropriate entity of the House a
 system for drug testing in the House. The system may provide     system for drug testing in the House of Representatives. The
 for the testing of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,    system may provide for the testing of any Member, officer, or
 officer, or employee of the House, and otherwise shall be        employee of the House, and otherwise shall be comparable in
 comparable in scope to the system for drug testing in the        scope to the system for drug testing in the executive branch
 executive branch pursuant to Executive Order 12564 (Sept. 15,    pursuant to Executive Order 12564 (Sept. 15, 1986). The
 1986). The expenses of the system may be paid from applicable    expenses of the system may be paid from applicable accounts of
 accounts of the House for official expenses.                     the House for official expenses.
 
                            RULE II                              RULE II
 
                  OTHER OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS                   ELECTION OF OFFICERS
 
Elections
  1. There shall be elected at the commencement of each            There shall be elected by a viva voce vote, at the               In proposed rule II, the election and duties of other
 Congress, to continue in office until their successors are       commencement of each Congress, to continue in office until       offices of the House are combined as one new organizational
 chosen and qualified, a Clerk, a Sergeant-at-Arms, a Chief       their successors are chosen and qualified, a Clerk, Sergeant-    rule, rather than separately addressed as in current rules
 Administrative Officer, and a Chaplain. Each of these officers   at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and Chaplain, each of     III through VII, with the duties of each officer addressed in
 shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United     whom shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the       separate clauses and the establishment of the offices of
 States, and for the true and faithful exercise of the duties     United States, and for the true and faithful discharge of the    Inspector General, Historian, and General Counsel moved from
 of his office to the best of his knowledge and ability, and to   duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and ability,   rules VI and I respectively, although they are not elected
 keep the secrets of the House. Each of these officers shall      and to keep the secrets of the House; and each shall appoint     officers.
 appoint all of the employees of his department provided for by   all of the employees of his department provided for by law.
 law. The Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Chief Administrative       The Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Chief Administrative Officer
 Officer may be removed by the House or by the Speaker.           may be removed by the House or by the Speaker.
 
 
                                                                 RULE III
 

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Clerk                                                            DUTIES OF THE CLERK
  2. (a) At the commencement of the first session of each          1. The Clerk shall, at the commencement of the first session     On the opening day of each Congress since 1981 the House has
 Congress, the Clerk shall call the Members, Delegates, and       of each Congress, call the Members to order, proceed to call     permitted by unanimous consent the alphabetical roll call of
 Resident Commissioner to order and proceed to record their       the roll of Members by States in alphabetical order, and,        Members by States to be conducted by electronic device to
 presence by States in alphabetical order, either by call of      pending the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore,        establish a quorum. Proposed clause 2(a) codifies this
 the roll or by use of the electronic voting system. Pending      preserve order and decorum, and decide all questions of order    practice by permitting the Clerk to use the electronic system
 the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, the Clerk      subject to appeal by any Member.                                 in this situation.
 shall preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of
 order, subject to appeal by a Member, Delegate, or Resident
 Commissioner.
  (b) At the commencement of every regular session of Congress,    2. He shall make and cause to be printed and delivered to
 the Clerk shall make and cause to be printed and delivered to    each Member, or mailed to his address, at the commencement of
 each Member, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner a list of   every regular session of Congress, a list of the reports which
 the reports that any officer or Department is required to make   it is the duty of any officer or Department to make to
 to Congress, citing the law or resolution in which the           Congress, referring to the act or resolution and page of the
 requirement may be contained and placing under the name of       volume of the laws or Journal in which it may be contained,
 each officer the list of reports he is required to make.         and placing under the name of each officer the list of reports
                                                                  required of him to be made.
  (c) The Clerk shall--                                            3. He shall note all questions of order, with the decisions      Consolidation of Clerk's authority as noted below:
    (1) note all questions of order, with the decisions           thereon, the record of which shall be printed as an appendix      In proposed clause 2, rule II, all legislative duties of the
   thereon, the record of which shall be appended to the          to the Journal of each session; and complete, as soon after      Clerk are consolidated in the first portion of this clause,
   Journal of each session;                                       the close of the session as possible, the printing and           and his remaining administrative duties are consolidated in
    (2) enter on the Journal the hour at which the House          distribution to Members, Delegates, and the Resident             the last portion of this clause.
   adjourns;                                                      Commissioner from Puerto Rico of the Journal of the House,        Existing clause 6, rule XIII requiring daily printing of
    (3) complete the printing and distribution of the Journal     together with an accurate and complete index; retain in the      calendars has been transferred to new clause 2(e), rule II to
   to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner,          library at his office, for the use of the Members, Delegates,    consolidate Clerk's authority under one rule. The requirement
   together with an accurate and complete index, as soon as       the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and officers of the   of existing clause 5, rule XVI that the Journal note the hour
   possible after the close of a session; and                     House, and not to be withdrawn therefrom, two copies of all      of adjournment is also transferred to the new clause 2(c)(2).
    (4) send a printed copy of the Journal to the executive of    the books and printed documents deposited there; send, at the
   and to each branch of the legislature of every State as may    end of each session, a printed copy of the Journal thereof to
   be requested by such State officials.                          the executive and to each branch of the legislature of every
  (d) The Clerk shall attest and affix the seal of the House to   State as may be requested by such State officials; deliver or
 all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the        mail to any Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner
 House and certify the passage of all bills and joint             from Puerto Rico an extra copy, in binding of good quality, of
 resolutions.                                                     each document requested by that Member, Delegate, or the
  (e) The Clerk shall cause the calendars of the House to be      Resident Commissioner which has been printed, by order of
 printed and distributed each legislative day.                    either House of the Congress, in any Congress in which he
  (f) The Clerk shall--                                           served; attest and affix the seal of the House to all writs,
    (1) retain in the library at the Office of the Clerk for      warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the House; and
   the use of the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner,      certify to the passage of all bills and joint resolutions.
   and officers of the House, and not to be withdrawn
   therefrom, two copies of all the books and printed documents
   deposited there; and
    (2) deliver or mail to any Member, Delegate, or the
   Resident Commissioner an extra copy, in binding of good
   quality, of each document requested by that Member,
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner that has been printed by
   order of either House of Congress in any Congress in which
   the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner served.

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  (g) The Clerk shall provide for his temporary absence or         4. He shall, in case of temporary absence or disability,
 disability by designating an official in the Office of the       designate an official in his office to sign all papers that
 Clerk to sign all papers that may require the official           may require the official signature of the Clerk of the House,
 signature of the Clerk and to do all other official acts that    and to do all other acts except such as are provided for by
 the Clerk may be required to do under the rules and practices    statute, that may be required under the rules and practices of
 of the House, except such official acts as are provided for by   the House to be done by the Clerk. Such official acts, when so
 statute. Official acts done by the designated official shall     done by the designated official, shall be under the name of
 be under the name of the Clerk. The designation shall be in      the Clerk of the House. The said designation shall be in
 writing and shall be laid before the House and entered on the    writing, and shall be laid before the House and entered on the
 Journal.                                                         Journal.
  (h) The Clerk may receive messages from the President and        5. The Clerk is authorized to receive messages from the
 from the Senate at any time when the House is not in session.    President and from the Senate at any time that the House is
                                                                  not in session.
  (i)(1) The Clerk shall supervise the staff and manage the        6. He shall supervise the staff and manage any office of a
 office of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has   Member who is deceased, has resigned, or been expelled until a
 died, resigned, or been expelled until a successor is elected.   successor is elected and shall perform similar duties in the
 The Clerk shall perform similar duties in the event that a       event that a vacancy is declared by the House in any
 vacancy is declared by the House in any congressional district   congressional district because of the incapacity of the Member
 because of the incapacity of the person representing such        representing such district or other reason. Whenever the Clerk
 district or other reason. Whenever the Clerk is acting as a      is acting as a supervisory authority over such staff, he shall
 supervisory authority over such staff, he shall have authority   have authority to terminate employees; and he may appoint,
 to terminate employees and, with the approval of the Committee   with the approval of the Committee on House Oversight, such
 on House Oversight, may appoint such staff as is required to     staff as is required to operate the office until a successor
 operate the office until a successor is elected.                 is elected. He shall maintain on the House payroll and
  (2) For 60 days following the death of a former Speaker, the    supervise in the same manner staff appointed pursuant to
 Clerk shall maintain on the House payroll, and shall supervise   section 800 of Public Law 91-665 (2 U.S.C. 31b-5) for sixty
 in the same manner, staff appointed under House Resolution       days following the death of a former Speaker.
 1238, Ninety-first Congress (as enacted into permanent law by
 chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971) (2
 U.S.C. 31b-5).
  (j) In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker     7. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker
 or the Committee on House Oversight, the Clerk shall report to   or the Committee on House Oversight, the Clerk shall report to
 the Committee on House Oversight not later than 45 days          the Committee on House Oversight not later than 45 days
 following the close of each semiannual period ending on June     following the close of each semiannual period ending on June
 30 or on December 31 on the financial and operational status     30 or on December 31 on the financial and operational status
 of each function under the jurisdiction of the Clerk. Each       of each function under the jurisdiction of the Clerk. Each
 report shall include financial statements and a description or   report shall include financial statements, a description or
 explanation of current operations, the implementation of new     explanation of current operations, the implementation of new
 policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.     policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.
  (k) The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate         8. The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate
 offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits     offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits
 of financial records and administrative operations.              of financial records and administrative operations.
 
                                                                 RULE IV
 
Sergeant-at-Arms                                                 DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
  3. (a) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall attend the House during its    1. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend the    In proposed clause 3, rule II only grammatical changes are
 sittings and maintain order under the direction of the Speaker   House during its sittings, to maintain order under the           made: ``or other presiding officer'' replaces ``chairman''
 or other presiding officer. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall execute   direction of the Speaker or Chairman, and, pending the           and ``clerk'' in existing rule.
 the commands of the House, and all processes issued by           election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, under the
 authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.               direction of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House, and
                                                                  all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by
                                                                  the Speaker.

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  (b) The symbol of the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be    2. The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which shall be
 the mace, which shall be borne by him while enforcing order on   borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.
 the floor.
  (c) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall enforce strictly the rules        3. He shall enforce strictly the rules relating to the
 relating to the privileges of the Hall of the House and be       privileges of the Hall and be responsible to the House for the
 responsible to the House for the official conduct of his         official conduct of his employees.
 employees.
  (d) The Sergeant-at-Arms may not allow a person to enter the     4. He shall allow no person to enter the room over the Hall      The ``room over the Hall of the House'' houses mechanical
 room over the Hall of the House during its sittings; and from    of the House during its sittings; and fifteen minutes before     equipment and thus admission is restricted during sittings of
 15 minutes before the hour of the meeting of the House each      the hour of the meeting of the House each day he shall see       the House.
 day until 10 minutes after adjournment, he shall see that the    that the floor is cleared of all persons except those
 floor is cleared of all persons except those privileged to       privileged to remain, and kept so until ten minutes after
 remain.                                                          adjournment.
  (e) In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker     5. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker
 or the Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-at-Arms        or the Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-at-Arms
 shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later       shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later
 than 45 days following the close of each semiannual period       than 45 days following the close of each semiannual period
 ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and         ending June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and
 operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of    operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of
 the Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall include financial        the Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall include financial
 statements and a description or explanation of current           statements, a description or explanation of current
 operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures,   operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures,
 and future plans for each function.                              and future plans for each function.
  (f) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the          6. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the
 appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews    appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews
 and audits of financial records and administrative operations.   and audits of financial records and administrative operations.
 
                                                                 RULE V
 
Chief Administrative Officer                                     CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
  4. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have               1. The Chief Administrative Officer of the House shall have
 operational and financial responsibility for functions as        operational and financial responsibility for functions as
 assigned by the Committee on House Oversight and shall be        assigned by the Committee on House Oversight, and shall be
 subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee   subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee
 on House Oversight.                                              on House Oversight.
  (b) In addition to any other reports required by the             2. In addition to any other reports required by the Committee
 Committee on House Oversight, the Chief Administrative Officer   on House Oversight, the Chief shall report to the Committee on
 shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later       House Oversight not later than 45 days following the close of
 than 45 days following the close of each semiannual period       each semiannual period ending on June 30 or December 31 on the
 ending on June 30 or December 31 on the financial and            financial and operational status of each function under the
 operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of    jurisdiction of the Chief. Each report shall include financial
 the Chief Administrative Officer. Each report shall include      statements, a description or explanation of current
 financial statements and a description or explanation of         operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures,
 current operations, the implementation of new policies and       and future plans for each function.
 procedures, and future plans for each function.
  (c) The Chief Administrative Officer shall fully cooperate       3. The Chief shall fully cooperate with the appropriate
 with the appropriate offices and persons in the performance of   offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits
 reviews and audits of financial records and administrative       of financial records and administrative operations.
 operations.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE VII
 
Chaplain                                                         DUTIES OF THE CHAPLAIN
  5. The Chaplain shall offer a prayer at the commencement of      The Chaplain shall attend at the commencement of each day's
 each day's sitting of the House.                                 sitting of the House and open the same with prayer.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE VI
 

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Office of Inspector General                                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
  6. (a) There is established an Office of Inspector General.      1. There is established an Office of Inspector General.
  (b) The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress      2. The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by
 by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader,    the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader,
 acting jointly.                                                  acting jointly.
  (c) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the         3. Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the
 Committee on House Oversight, the Inspector General shall        Committee on House Oversight, the Inspector General shall be
 only--                                                           responsible only for--
    (1) conduct periodic audits of the financial and                 (a) conducting periodic audits of the financial and
   administrative functions of the House and of joint entities;     administrative functions of the House and joint entities;
    (2) inform the officers or other officials who are the           (b) informing the Officers or other officials who are the
   subject of an audit of the results of that audit and             subject of an audit of the results of that audit and
   suggesting appropriate curative actions;                         suggesting appropriate curative actions;
    (3) simultaneously notify the Speaker, the Majority Leader,      (c) simultaneously notifying the Speaker, the Majority         Conforming changes are required when existing rule VI
   the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking minority       Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking      becomes clause 6, rule II.
   member of the Committee on House Oversight in the case of        minority party member of the Committee on House Oversight in
   any financial irregularity discovered in the course of           the case of any financial irregularity discovered in the
   carrying out responsibilities under this clause;                 course of carrying out responsibilities under this rule;
    (4) simultaneously submit to the Speaker, the Majority           (d) simultaneously submitting to the Speaker, the Majority
   Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking        Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman and ranking
   minority member of the Committee on House Oversight a report     minority party member of the Committee on House Oversight a
   of each audit conducted under this clause; and                   report of each audit conducted under this rule; and
    (5) report to the Committee on Standards of Official             (e) reporting to the Committee on Standards of Official
   Conduct information involving possible violations by a           Conduct information involving possible violations by any
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or             Member, officer, or employee of the House of any rule of the
   employee of the House of any rule of the House or of any law     House or of any law applicable to the performance of
   applicable to the performance of official duties or the          official duties or the discharge of official
   discharge of official responsibilities that may require          responsibilities which may require referral to the
   referral to the appropriate Federal or State authorities         appropriate Federal or State authorities pursuant to clause
   under clause 3(a)(3) of rule XI.                                 4(e)(1)(C) of rule X.
 
Office of the Historian
  7. There is established an Office of the Historian of the        Derived from clause 10, rule I: 10. There is established in
 House of Representatives.                                        the House of Representatives an office to be known as the
                                                                  Office of the Historian of the House of Representatives.
 
Office of General Counsel
  8. There is established an Office of General Counsel for the     Derived from clause 11, rule I: 11. There is established in
 purpose of providing legal assistance and representation to      the House of Representatives an office to be known as the
 the House. Legal assistance and representation shall be          Office of General Counsel for the purpose of providing legal
 provided without regard to political affiliation. The Office     assistance and representation to the House. Legal assistance
 of General Counsel shall function pursuant to the direction of   and representation shall be provided without regard to
 the Speaker, who shall consult with a Bipartisan Legal           political affiliation. The Office of General Counsel shall
 Advisory Group, which shall include the majority and minority    function pursuant to the direction of the Speaker, who shall
 leaderships. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate   consult with a Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, which shall
 of pay for employees of the Office of General Counsel.           include the majority and minority leaderships. The Speaker
                                                                  shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees of
                                                                  the Office of General Counsel.
 

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                            RULE III
 
  THE MEMBERS, DELEGATES, AND RESIDENT COMMISSIONER OF PUERTO      Derived from: RULE VIII
                              RICO
 
Voting                                                           DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS
  1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the House    1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the House    In proposed rule III the duty of Members with respect to
 during its sittings, unless excused or necessarily prevented,    during its sittings, unless excused or necessarily prevented,    attendance and voting, currently in rule VIII, are combined
 and shall vote on each question put, unless he has a direct      and shall vote on each question put, unless he has a direct      with provisions currently in rule XII authorizing Delegates
 personal or pecuniary interest in the event of such question.    personal or pecuniary interest in the event of such question.    and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico to serve on
  2. (a) A Member may not authorize any other person to cast       3.(a) A Member may not authorize any other individual to cast   standing, select and conference committees but are kept
 his vote or record his presence in the House or the Committee    his vote or record his presence in the House or Committee of     separate from a code of conduct and other rules regarding
 of the Whole House on the state of the Union.                    the Whole.                                                       official conduct also applicable to officers and employees
                                                                                                                                   (moved to new rules XXIV through XXVII). This rule is
                                                                                                                                   specific as to the respective duties and prerogatives of
                                                                                                                                   Members, Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.
                                                                                                                                    Existing clause 2, rule VIII on announcement of pairs has
                                                                                                                                   been transferred to new clause 8, rule XX as logically
                                                                                                                                   belonging to the voting rule.
 
  (b) No other person may cast a Member's vote or record a         (b) No individual other than a Member may cast a vote or
 Member's presence in the House or the Committee of the Whole     record a Member's presence in the House or the Committee of
 House on the state of the Union.                                 the Whole.
                                                                   (c) A Member may not cast a vote for any other Member or
                                                                  record another Member's presence in the House or Committee of
                                                                  the Whole.
                                                                   Derived from: RULE XII
 
Delegates and the Resident Commissioner                          RESIDENT COMMISSIONER AND DELEGATES
  3. (a) Each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall be      The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto
 elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner as    Rico and each Delegate to the House shall be elected to serve
 Members of the House and shall possess in such committees the    on standing committees in the same manner as Members of the
 same powers and privileges as the other members of the           House and shall possess in such committees the same powers and
 committee.                                                       privileges as the other Members.
  (b) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may be           Derived from clause 6(h), rule X: (h) The Speaker may appoint
 appointed to any select committee and to any conference          the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and Delegates to
 committee.                                                       the House to any select committee and to any conference
                                                                  committee.
 
                            RULE IV
 
                     THE HALL OF THE HOUSE                       Derived from: RULE XXXI
 
Use and admittance                                               HALL OF THE HOUSE                                                Rules IV-VI--Administration of the House
  1. The Hall of the House shall be used only for the              The Hall of the House shall be used only for the legislative     In proposed rule IV, current provisions regulating the Hall
 legislative business of the House and for caucus and             business of the House and for the caucus meetings of its         of the House (rule XXXI), admission to the floor (rule
 conference meetings of its Members, except when the House        Members, except upon occasions where the House by resolution     XXXII), and to the galleries (rule XXXIII) are combined as
 agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be observed therein.    agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be observed therein;    one administrative rule consisting of seven clauses.
 The Speaker may not entertain a motion for the suspension of     and the Speaker shall not entertain a motion for the
 this clause.                                                     suspension of this rule.
 
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXXII
 

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  2. (a) Only the following persons shall be admitted to the     OF ADMISSION TO THE FLOOR                                          Proposed clause 2(a)(1) of this rule clarifies that
 Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto:                       1. The persons hereinafter named, and none other, shall be      contestants in election cases have privileges of the House
    (1) Members of Congress, Members-elect, and contestants in    admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto,      floor only when their cases are the business on the floor and
   election cases during the pendency of their cases on the       viz: The President and Vice President of the United States and   not merely before a committee.
   floor.                                                         their private secretaries, judges of the Supreme Court,
    (2) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner.              Members of Congress and Members-elect, contestants in election
    (3) The President and Vice President of the United States     cases during the pendency of their cases in the House, the
   and their private secretaries.                                 Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, heads of
    (4) Justices of the Supreme Court.                            departments, foreign ministers, governors of States, the
    (5) Elected officers and minority employees nominated as      Architect of the Capitol, the Librarian of Congress and his
   elected officers of the House.                                 assistant in charge of the Law Library, the Resident
    (6) The Parliamentarian.                                      Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico, each
    (7) Staff of committees when business from their committee    Delegate to the House, such persons as have, by name, received
   is under consideration.                                        the thanks of Congress, the Parliamentarian, elected officers
    (8) Not more than one person from the staff of a Member,      and elected minority employees of the House (other than
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner when that Member,           Members); and ex-Members of the House of Representatives,
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has an amendment under      former Parliamentarians of the House, and former elected
   consideration (subject to clause 5).                           officers and elected minority employees of the House, subject
    (9) The Architect of the Capitol.                             to the provisions of clause 3 of this rule; and clerks of
    (10) The Librarian of Congress and the assistant in charge    committees when business from their committee is under
   of the Law Library.                                            consideration and not more than one person from a Member's
    (11) The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.        staff when that Member has an amendment under consideration,
    (12) Heads of departments.                                    subject to the provisions of clause 4 of this rule; and one
    (13) Foreign ministers.                                       attorney to accompany any Member who is the respondent in an
    (14) Governors of States.                                     investigation undertaken by the Committee on Standards of
    (15) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners;   Official Conduct when the recommendation of such committee is
   former Parliamentarians of the House; and former elected       under consideration; and it shall not be in order for the
   officers and minority employees nominated as elected           Speaker to entertain a request for the suspension of this rule
   officers of the House (subject to clause 4).                   or to present from the chair the request of any Member for
    (16) One attorney to accompany a Member, Delegate, or         unanimous consent.
   Resident Commissioner who is the respondent in an
   investigation undertaken by the Committee on Standards of
   Official Conduct when a recommendation of that committee is
   under consideration in the House.
    (17) Such persons as have, by name, received the thanks of
   Congress.
  (b) The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent request
 or a motion to suspend this clause.
 
  3. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all persons not      2. There shall be excluded at all times from the Hall of the
 entitled to the privilege of the floor during the session        House of Representatives and the cloakrooms all persons not
 shall be excluded at all times from the Hall of the House and    entitled to the privilege of the floor during the session,
 the cloakrooms.                                                  except that until fifteen minutes of the hour of the meeting
  (b) Until 15 minutes of the hour of the meeting of the House,   of the House persons employed in its service, accredited
 persons employed in its service, accredited members of the       members of the press entitled to admission to the press
 press entitled to admission to the press gallery, and other      gallery, and other persons on request of Members, by card or
 persons on request of a Member, Delegate, or Resident            in writing may be admitted.
 Commissioner by card or in writing, may be admitted to the
 Hall of the House.

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  4. (a) Former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners;    3. Ex-Members of the House of Representatives, former
 former Parliamentarians of the House; and former elected         Parliamentarians of the House, and former elected officers and
 officers and minority employees nominated as elected officers    former elected minority employees of the House, shall be
 of the House shall be entitled to the privilege of admission     entitled to the privilege of admission to the Hall of the
 to the Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto only if--     House and rooms leading thereto only if they do not have any
    (1) they do not have any direct personal or pecuniary         direct personal or pecuniary interest in any legislative
   interest in any legislative measure pending before the House   measure pending before the House or reported by any committee
   or reported by a committee; and                                of the House and only if they are not in the employ of, or do
    (2) they are not in the employ of, or do not represent, any   not represent, any party or organization for the purpose of
   party or organization for the purpose of influencing,          influencing, directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat or
   directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of   amendment of any legislative measure pending before the House,
   any legislative measure pending before the House, reported     reported by any committee of the House or under consideration
   by a committee, or under consideration in any of its           in any of its committees or subcommittees. The Speaker shall
   committees or subcommittees.                                   promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement
  (b) The Speaker shall promulgate such regulations as may be     the provisions of this rule and to ensure its enforcement.
 necessary to implement this rule and to ensure its
 enforcement.
  5. A person from the staff of a Member, Delegate, or Resident    4. Persons from Member's staffs admitted to the Hall of the
 Commissioner may be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms   House or rooms leading thereto under clause 1 shall be
 leading thereto under clause 2 only upon prior notice to the     admitted only upon prior notification to the Speaker. No such
 Speaker. Such persons, and persons from the staff of             person or clerk of a committee so admitted under clause 1
 committees admitted under clause 2, may not engage in efforts    shall engage in efforts in the Hall of the House or rooms
 in the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto to influence   leading thereto to influence Members with regard to the
 Members with regard to the legislation being amended. Such       legislation being amended. Such persons and clerks shall
 persons shall remain at the desk and are admitted only to        remain at the desk and are admitted only to advise the Member
 advise the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or           or committee responsible for their admission. Any such person
 committee responsible for their admission. A person who          or clerk who violates this clause may be excluded during the
 violates this clause may be excluded during the session from     session from the Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto
 the Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto by the           by the Speaker.
 Speaker.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXXIII
 
Gallery                                                          OF ADMISSION TO THE GALLERIES
  6. (a) The Speaker shall set aside a portion of the west         The Speaker shall set aside a portion of the west gallery for
 gallery for the use of the President, the members of the         the use of the President of the United States, the members of
 Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, foreign ministers and    his Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, foreign ministers
 suites, and the members of their respective families. The        and suites, and the members of their respective families, and
 Speaker shall set aside another portion of the same gallery      shall also set aside another portion of the same gallery for
 for the accommodation of persons to be admitted on the cards     the accommodation of persons to be admitted on the card of
 of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner.             Members. The southerly half of the east gallery shall be
  (b) The Speaker shall set aside the southerly half of the       assigned exclusively for the use of the families of Members of
 east gallery for the use of the families of Members of           Congress, in which the Speaker shall control one bench, and on
 Congress. The Speaker shall control one bench. On the request    request of a Member the Speaker shall issue a card of
 of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator, the    admission to his family, which shall include their visitors,
 Speaker shall issue a card of admission to his family, which     and no other person shall be admitted to this section.
 may include their visitors. No other person shall be admitted
 to this section.
 

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Prohibition on campaign contributions
  7. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        Derived from clause 5, rule XXXII: 5. No Member, officer, or
 employee of the House, or any other person entitled to           employee of the House of Representatives, or any other person
 admission to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto by   entitled to admission to the Hall of the House or rooms
 this rule, may not knowingly distribute a political campaign     leading thereto by this rule, shall knowingly distribute any
 contribution in the Hall of the House or rooms leading           political campaign contribution in the Hall of the House or
 thereto.                                                         rooms leading thereto.
 
                             RULE V
 
                     BROADCASTING THE HOUSE
  1. The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his          Derived from clause 9, rule I: 9. (a) He shall devise and        In proposed rule V, current provisions in clause 9 of rule I
 direction and control for closed-circuit viewing of floor        implement a system subject to his direction and control for      with respect to the Speaker's authority to control
 proceedings of the House in the offices of all Members,          closed circuit viewing of floor proceedings of the House of      broadcasting of proceedings of the House are transferred to
 Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees and in      Representatives in the offices of all Members and committees     become a separate administrative rule.
 such other places in the Capitol and the House Office            and in such other places in the Capitol and the House Office
 Buildings as he considers appropriate. Such system may include   Buildings as he deems appropriate. Such system may include
 other telecommunications functions as the Speaker considers      other telecommunications functions as he deems appropriate.
 appropriate. Any such telecommunications shall be subject to     Any such telecommunications function shall be subject to rules
 rules and regulations issued by the Speaker.                     and regulations issued by the Speaker.
  2. (a) The Speaker shall administer a system subject to his      (b)(1) He shall devise and implement a system subject to his
 direction and control for complete and unedited audio and        direction and control for complete and unedited audio and
 visual broadcasting and recording of the proceedings of the      visual broadcasting and recording of the proceedings of the
 House. The Speaker shall provide for the distribution of such    House of Representatives. He shall provide for the
 broadcasts and recordings to news media, for the storage of      distribution of such broadcasts and recordings thereof to news
 audio and video recordings of the proceedings, and for the       media, the storage of audio and video recordings of the
 closed-captioning of the proceedings for hearing-impaired        proceedings, and the closed captioning of the proceedings for
 persons.                                                         hearing-impaired individuals.
  (b) All television and radio broadcasting stations, networks,    (2) All television and radio broadcasting stations, networks,
 services, and systems (including cable systems) that are         services, and systems (including cable systems) which are
 accredited to the House Radio and Television Correspondents'     accredited to the House radio and television correspondents'
 Galleries, and all radio and television correspondents who are   galleries, and all radio and television correspondents who are
 so accredited, shall be provided access to the live coverage     accredited to the radio and television correspondents'
 of the House.                                                    galleries shall be provided access to the live coverage of the
                                                                  House of Representatives.
  (c) Coverage made available under this clause, including any     (3) No coverage made available under this clause nor any
 recording thereof--                                              recording thereof shall be used for any political purpose.
    (1) may not be used for any political purpose;                 (4) Coverage made available under this clause shall not be
    (2) may not be used in any commercial advertisement; and      broadcast with commercial sponsorship except as part of bona
    (3) may not be broadcast with commercial sponsorship except   fide news programs and public affairs documentary programs. No
   as part of a bona fide news program or public affairs          part of such coverage or any recording thereof shall be used
   documentary program.                                           in any commercial advertisement.
  3. The Speaker may delegate any of his responsibilities under    (c) He may delegate any of his responsibilities under this
 this rule to such legislative entity as he considers             clause to such legislative entity as he deems appropriate.
 appropriate.
 
                            RULE VI                              Derived from: RULE XXXIV
 
          OFFICIAL REPORTERS AND NEWS MEDIA GALLERIES
Official reporters                                               OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTERS
  1. Subject to the direction and control of the Speaker, the      1. The appointment and removal, for cause, of the official       In proposed rule VI, current provisions in rule XXXIV
 Clerk shall appoint, and may remove for cause, the official      reporters of the House, including stenographers of committees,   regarding official and other reporters are redesignated as a
 reporters of the House, including stenographers of committees,   and the manner of the execution of their duties shall be         new administrative rule and are redescribed to refer to news
 and shall supervise the execution of their duties.               vested in the Clerk, subject to the direction and control of     media galleries (rather than ``other reporters'').
                                                                  the Speaker.
 
 

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News media galleries
  2. A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as may      2. Such portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as
 be necessary to accommodate representatives of the press         may be necessary to accommodate representatives of the press
 wishing to report debates and proceedings shall be set aside     wishing to report debates and proceedings shall be set aside
 for their use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall be   for their use, and reputable reporters and correspondents
 admitted thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may       shall be admitted thereto under such regulations as the
 prescribe from time to time. The Standing Committee of           Speaker may from time to time prescribe; and the supervision
 Correspondents for the Press Gallery and the Executive           of such gallery, including the designation of its employees,
 Committee of Correspondents for the Periodical Press Gallery,    shall be vested in the standing committee of correspondents,
 shall supervise such galleries, including the designation of     subject to the direction and control of the Speaker; and the
 its employees, subject to the direction and control of the       Speaker may assign one seat on the floor to Associated Press
 Speaker. The Speaker may assign one seat on the floor to         reporters and one to United Press International, and regulate
 Associated Press reporters and one to United Press               the occupation of the same. And the Speaker may admit to the
 International reporters, and may regulate their occupation.      floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one
 The Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations as    additional representative of each press association.
 he may prescribe, one additional representative of each press
 association.
  3. A portion of the gallery as may be necessary to               3. Such portion of the gallery of the House of
 accommodate reporters of news to be disseminated by radio,       Representatives as may be necessary to accommodate reporters
 television, and similar means of transmission, wishing to        of news to be disseminated by radio, television, and similar
 report debates and proceedings, shall be set aside for their     means of transmission, wishing to report debates and
 use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall be admitted    proceedings, shall be set aside for their use, and reputable
 thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe.     reporters thus engaged shall be admitted thereto under such
 The Executive Committee of the Radio and Television              regulations as the Speaker may from time to time prescribe;
 Correspondents' Galleries shall supervise such gallery,          and the supervision of such gallery, including the designation
 including the designation of its employees, subject to the       of its employees, shall be vested in the Executive Committee
 direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may admit to   of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries, subject
 the floor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, one       to the direction and control of the Speaker; and the Speaker
 representative of the National Broadcasting Company, one of      may admit to the floor, under such regulations as he may
 the Columbia Broadcasting System, and one of the American        prescribe, one representative of the National Broadcasting
 Broadcasting Company.                                            Company, one of the Columbia Broadcasting System, one of the
                                                                  Mutual Broadcasting System, and one of the American
                                                                  Broadcasting Company.
 
                            RULE VII
 
                      RECORDS OF THE HOUSE                       Derived from: RULE XXXVI
 
                                                                 PRESERVATION AND AVAILABILITY OF NON-                            ..............................................................
Archiving                                                        CURRENT RECORDS OF THE HOUSE                                     Rules VII-IX--Institutional Prerogatives
  1. (a) At the end of each Congress, the chairman of each         1. (a) At the end of each Congress, the chairman of each         In proposed rule VII, current provisions in rules XXXVI and
 committee shall transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records     committee of the House shall transfer to the Clerk any           XXXVII regarding preservation and availability of noncurrent
 of such committee, including the subcommittees thereof.          noncurrent records of such committee, including the              records of the House and withdrawal of papers presented to
                                                                  subcommittees thereof.                                           the House are combined as one administrative rule consisting
                                                                                                                                   of seven clauses. The two rules are related logically.
  (b) At the end of each Congress, each officer of the House       (b) At the end of each Congress, each officer of the House
 elected under rule II shall transfer to the Clerk any            elected pursuant to rule II shall transfer to the Clerk any
 noncurrent records made or acquired in the course of the         noncurrent records made or acquired in the course of the
 duties of such officer.                                          duties of such officer.

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  2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred under         2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred pursuant
 clause 1, together with any other noncurrent records of the      to clause 1 of the rule, together with any other noncurrent
 House, to the Archivist of the United States for preservation    records of the House, to the Archivist of the United States
 at the National Archives and Records Administration. Records     for preservation at the National Archives and Records
 so delivered are the permanent property of the House and         Administration. Records so delivered are the permanent
 remain subject to this rule and any order of the House.          property of the House and remain subject to this rule and the
                                                                  orders of the House.
 
Public availability
  3. (a) The Clerk shall authorize the Archivist to make           3. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of the clause, clause 4 of
 records delivered under clause 2 available for public use,       this rule, and orders of the House, the Clerk shall authorize
 subject to paragraph (b), clause 4, and any order of the         the Archivist of the United States to make available for
 House.                                                           public use the records delivered to the Archivist under clause
                                                                  2 of this rule.
  (b)(1) A record shall immediately be made available if it was    (b)(1) Any record that the House or a committee of the House
 previously made available for public use by the House or a       (or a subcommittee thereof) makes available for public use
 committee or a subcommittee.                                     before such record is delivered to the Archivist under clause
                                                                  2 of this rule shall be made available immediately.
  (2) An investigative record that contains personal data          (2) Any investigative record that contains personal data
 relating to a specific living person (the disclosure of which    relating to a specific living individual (the disclosure of
 would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), an        which would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy),
 administrative record relating to personnel, or a record         any administrative record with respect to personnel, and any
 relating to a hearing that was closed under clause 2(g)(2) of    record with respect to a hearing closed pursuant to clause
 rule XI shall be made available if it has been in existence      2(g)(2) of rule XI shall be available if such record has been
 for 50 years.                                                    in existence for 50 years.
  (3) A record for which a time, schedule, or condition for        (3) Any record for which a time, schedule, or condition for
 availability is specified by order of the House shall be made    availability is specified by order of the House shall be made
 available in accordance with that order. Except as otherwise     available in accordance with that order. Except as otherwise
 provided by order of the House, a record of a committee for      provided by order of the House, any record of a committee for
 which a time, schedule, or condition for availability is         which a time, schedule, or condition for availability is
 specified by order of the committee (entered during the          specified by order of the committee (entered during the
 Congress in which the record is made or acquired by the          Congress in which the record is made or acquired by the
 committee) shall be made available in accordance with the        committee) shall be made available in accordance with the
 order of the committee.                                          order of the committee.
  (4) A record (other than a record referred to in subparagraph    (4) Any record (other than a record referred to in
 (1), (2), or (3)) shall be made available if it has been in      subparagraph (1), (2), or (3) of this paragraph) shall be made
 existence for 30 years.                                          available if such record has been in existence for 30 years.
  4. (a) A record may not be made available for public use         4. (a) A record shall not be made available for public use
 under clause 3 if the Clerk determines that such availability    under clause 3 of this rule if the Clerk determines that such
 would be detrimental to the public interest or inconsistent      availability would be detrimental to the public interest or
 with the rights and privileges of the House. The Clerk shall     inconsistent with the rights and privileges of the House. The
 notify in writing the chairman and ranking minority member of    Clerk shall notify in writing the chairman and the ranking
 the Committee on House Oversight of any such determination.      minority party member of the Committee on House Oversight of
                                                                  any determination under the preceding sentence.
  (b) A determination of the Clerk under paragraph (a) is          (b) A determination of the Clerk under paragraph (a) is
 subject to later orders of the House and, in the case of a       subject to later order of the House and, in the case of a
 record of a committee, later orders of the committee.            record of a committee, later order of the committee.
  5. (a) This rule does not supersede rule VIII or clause 9 of     5. (a) This rule does not supersede rule XLVIII or rule L and
 rule X and does not authorize the public disclosure of any       does not authorize the public disclosure of any record if such
 record if such disclosure is prohibited by law or executive      disclosure is prohibited by law or executive order of the
 order of the President.                                          President.
  (b) The Committee on House Oversight may prescribe guidelines    (b) The Committee on House Oversight may prescribe guidelines
 and regulations governing the applicability and implementation   and regulations governing the applicability and implementation
 of this rule.                                                    of this rule.

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  (c) A committee may withdraw from the National Archives and      (c) A committee may withdraw from the National Archives and
 Records Administration any record of the committee delivered     Records Administration any record of the committee delivered
 to the Archivist under this rule. Such a withdrawal shall be     to the Archivist of the United States under this rule. Such
 on a temporary basis and for official use of the committee.      withdrawal shall be on a temporary basis and for official use
                                                                  of the committee.
 
Definition of record
  6. In this rule the term ``record'' means any official,          6. As used in the rule the term ``record'' means any official    Proposed clause 2(e)(2)(A), rule XI (existing clause
 permanent record of the House (other than a record of an         permanent record of the House, including--                       2(e)(2), rule XI) requires all committee records be kept
 individual Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner),                                                                           separate and distinct from the congressional office records
 including--                                                                                                                       of the member serving as chairman.
 
    (a) with respect to a committee, an official, permanent          (a) with respect to a committee of the House, an official,
   record of the committee (including any record of a               permanent record of the committee (including any record of a
   legislative, oversight, or other activity of such committee      legislative, oversight, or other activity of such committee
   or a subcommittee thereof); and                                  or subcommittee thereof); and
    (b) with respect to an officer of the House elected under        (b) with respect to an officer of the House elected
   rule II, an official, permanent record made or acquired in       pursuant to rule II, an official, permanent record made or
   the course of the duties of such officer.                        acquired in the course of the duties of such officer. Such
                                                                    term does not include a record of an individual Member of
                                                                    the House.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXXVII
 
Withdrawal of papers                                             WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS
  7. A memorial or other paper presented to the House may not      No memorial or other paper presented to the House shall be
 be withdrawn from its files without its leave. If withdrawn      withdrawn from its files without its leave, and if withdrawn
 certified copies thereof shall be left in the office of the      therefrom certified copies thereof shall be left in the office
 Clerk. When an act passes for the settlement of a claim, the     of the Clerk; but when an act may pass for the settlement of a
 Clerk may transmit to the officer charged with the settlement    claim, the Clerk is authorized to transmit to the officer in
 thereof the papers on file in his office relating to such        charge with the settlement thereof the papers on file in his
 claim. The Clerk may lend temporarily to an officer or bureau    office relating to such claim, or may loan temporarily to an
 of the executive departments any papers on file in his office    officer or bureau of the executive departments any papers on
 relating to any matter pending before such officer or bureau,    file in his office relating to any matter pending before such
 taking proper receipt therefor.                                  officer or bureau, taking proper receipt therefor.
 
                           RULE VIII                             Derived from: RULE L
 
                     RESPONSE TO SUBPOENAS                       PROCEDURE FOR RESPONSE TO SUBPOENAS
 
  1. When a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,      1. When any Member, officer, or employee of the House of         In proposed rule VIII, current provisions in rule L
 or employee of the House is properly served with a subpoena or   Representatives is properly served with a subpoena or other      regarding responses to judicial subpoenas are transferred to
 other judicial order directing appearance as a witness           judicial order directing appearance as a witness relating to     this portion of the rules covering institutional
 relating to the official functions of the House or for the       the official functions of the House or for the production or     prerogatives. These responses are to be distinguished from
 production or disclosure of any document relating to the         disclosure of any documents relating to the official functions   those involving congressional subpoenas.
 official functions of the House, such Member, Delegate,          of the House, such Member, officer, or employee shall comply,
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall comply,        consistently with the privileges and rights of the House, with
 consistently with the privileges and rights of the House, with   said subpoena or other judicial order as hereinafter provided,
 the subpoena or other judicial order as hereinafter provided,    unless otherwise determined pursuant to the provisions of this
 unless otherwise determined under this rule.                     rule

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  2. Upon receipt of a properly served subpoena or other           2. Upon receipt of a properly served subpoena or other
 judicial order described in clause 1, a Member, Delegate,        judicial order directing appearance as a witness relating to
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall   the official functions of the House or for the production or
 promptly notify the Speaker of its receipt in writing. Such      disclosure of any documents relating to the official functions
 notification shall promptly be laid before the House by the      of the House, such Member, officer, or employee shall promptly
 Speaker. During a period of recess or adjournment of longer      notify, in writing, the Speaker of its receipt and such
 than three days, notification to the House is not required       notification shall then be promptly laid before the House by
 until the reconvening of the House, when the notification        the Speaker, except that during a period of recess or
 shall promptly be laid before the House by the Speaker.          adjournment of longer than three days, no such notification to
                                                                  the House shall be required. However, upon the reconvening of
                                                                  the House, such notification shall then be promptly laid
                                                                  before the House by the Speaker.
  3. Once notification has been laid before the House, the         3. Once notification has been laid before the House, the         The changes in proposed clauses 3 and 4 are intended to
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    Member, officer, or employee shall determine whether the        avoid the use of possessives, as in the current rule.
 of the House shall determine whether the issuance of the         issuance of the subpoena or other judicial order is a proper
 subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a      exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is material and
 proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and    relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of
 relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of    the House. The Member, officer, or employee shall notify the
 the House. Such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,         Speaker prior to seeking judicial determination of these
 officer, or employee shall notify the Speaker before seeking     matters.
 judicial determination of these matters.
  4. Upon determination whether a subpoena or other judicial       4. Upon determination whether the subpoena or other judicial
 order described in clause 1 is a proper exercise of              order is a proper exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is
 jurisdiction by the court, is material and relevant, and is      material and relevant, and is consistent with the privileges
 consistent with the privileges and rights of the House, the      and rights of the House, the Member, officer, or employee
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    shall immediately notify, in writing, the Speaker of such a
 of the House shall immediately notify the Speaker of the         determination.
 determination in writing.
  5. The Speaker shall inform the House of a determination         5. The Speaker shall inform the House of the determination of
 whether a subpoena or other judicial order described in clause   whether the subpoena or other judicial order is a proper
 1 is a proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is          exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is material and
 material and relevant, and is consistent with the privileges     relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of
 and rights of the House. In so informing the House, the          the House, and shall generally describe the records or
 Speaker shall generally describe the records or information      information sought, except that during any recess or
 sought. During a period of recess or adjournment of longer       adjournment of the House for longer than three days, no such
 than three days, such notification is not required until the     notification is required. However, upon the reconvening of the
 reconvening of the House, when the notification shall promptly   House, such notification shall then be promptly laid before
 be laid before the House by the Speaker.                         the House by the Speaker.

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  6. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) or otherwise         6. Upon such notification to the House that said subpoena is
 ordered by the House, upon notification to the House that a      a proper exercise of the court's jurisdiction, is material and
 subpoena or other judicial order described in clause 1 is a      relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of
 proper exercise of jurisdiction by the court, is material and    the House, the Member, officer, or employee shall comply with
 relevant, and is consistent with the privileges and rights of    such subpoena or other judicial order by supplying certified
 the House, the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,          copies, unless the House adopts a resolution to the contrary;
 officer, or employee of the House shall comply with the          except that under no circumstances shall any minutes or
 subpoena or other judicial order by supplying certified          transcripts of executive sessions, or any evidence of
 copies.                                                          witnesses in respect thereto, be disclosed or copied. Should
  (b) Under no circumstances may minutes or transcripts of        the House be in recess or adjournment for longer than three
 executive sessions, or evidence of witnesses in respect          days, the Speaker may authorize compliance or take such other
 thereto, be disclosed or copied. During a period of recess or    action as he deems appropriate under the circumstances during
 adjournment of longer than three days, the Speaker may           the pendency of such recess or adjournment. And upon the
 authorize compliance or take such other action as he considers   reconvening of the House, all matters having transpired under
 appropriate under the circumstances. Upon the reconvening of     this clause shall be laid promptly before the House by the
 the House, all matters that transpired under this clause shall   Speaker.
 promptly be laid before the House by the Speaker.
  7. A copy of this rule shall be transmitted by the Clerk to      7. A copy of this rule shall be transmitted by the Clerk of
 the court when a subpoena or other judicial order described in   the House to any of said courts whenever any such subpoena or
 clause 1 is issued and served on a Member, Delegate, Resident    other judicial order is issued and served on a Member,
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.                 officer, or employee of the House.
  8. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to deprive,           8. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to deprive,
 condition, or waive the constitutional or legal privileges or    condition or waive the constitutional or legal rights
 rights applicable or available at any time to a Member,          applicable or available to any Member, officer, or employee of
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     the House, or of the House itself, or the right of a Member or
 House, or of the House itself, or the right of such Member,      the House to assert such privilege or right before any court
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, or of     in the United States, or the right of the House thereafter to
 the House itself, to assert such privileges or rights before a   assert such privilege or immunity before any court in the
 court in the United States.                                      United States.
 
                            RULE IX                              Derived from: RULE IX
 
                     QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE                      QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE
 
  1. Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting       1. Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting       Proposed rule IX on questions of privilege, including
 the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and   the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and   privileges of the House and personal privilege, retains the
 the integrity of its proceedings; and second, those affecting    the integrity of its proceedings; and second, those affecting    same number as the existing rule, in order to preserve many
 the rights, reputation, and conduct of Members, Delegates, or    the rights, reputation, and conduct of Members, individually,    precedent citations to rule IX and consistent with the
 the Resident Commissioner, individually, in their                in their representative capacity only.                           treatment in this portion of the rules of matters involving
 representative capacity only.                                                                                                     institutional prerogatives. Questions of privilege remain
                                                                                                                                   distinguished from ``privileged questions,'' matters which
                                                                                                                                   are merely eligible for expedited consideration under the
                                                                                                                                   rules (see proposed rule XIII).
 

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  2. (a)(1) A resolution reported as a question of the             2. (a)(1) A resolution reported as a question of the
 privileges of the House, or offered from the floor by the        privileges of the House, or offered from the floor by the
 Majority Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the      Majority Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the
 privileges of the House, or offered as privileged under clause   privileges of the House, or offered as privileged under clause
 1, section 7, article I of the Constitution, shall have          1, section 7, article I of the Constitution, shall have
 precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn. A   precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn. A
 resolution offered from the floor by a Member, Delegate, or      resolution offered from the floor by a Member other than the
 Resident Commissioner other than the Majority Leader or the      Majority Leader or the Minority Leader as a question of the
 Minority Leader as a question of the privileges of the House     privileges of the House shall have precedence of all other
 shall have precedence of all other questions except motions to   questions except motions to adjourn only at a time or place,
 adjourn only at a time or place, designated by the Speaker, in   designated by the Speaker, in the legislative schedule within
 the legislative schedule within two legislative days after the   two legislative days after the day on which the proponent
 day on which the proponent announces to the House his            announces to the House his intention to offer the resolution
 intention to offer the resolution and the form of the            and the form of the resolution.
 resolution.
  (2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered from    (2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered from
 the floor as a question of the privileges of the House shall     the floor as a question of the privileges of the House shall
 be equally divided between (A) the proponent of the              be equally divided between (A) the proponent of the
 resolution, and (B) the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader,    resolution, and (B) the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader
 or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.                     or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.
  (b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence of    (b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence of
 all other questions except motions to adjourn.                   all other questions except motions to adjourn.
 
                             RULE X                              Derived from: RULE X
 
                   ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES                    ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF STANDING COMMITTEES

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Committees and their legislative jurisdictions                   The Committees and Their Jurisdiction
  1. There shall be in the House the following standing            1. There shall be in the House the following standing          Rules X-XI--Committees
 committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and        committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and         In proposed rule X, clauses 1 through 3 remain the same with
 related functions assigned by this clause and clauses 2, 3,      related functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2,   respect to statements of legislative jurisdiction of standing
 and 4. All bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to     3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters          committees (clause 1), general oversight responsibilities
 subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing committees      relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing     (clause 2), and special oversight functions (clause 3). In
 listed in this clause shall be referred to those committees,     committee as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with     clause 4, under additional functions of committees, the
 in accordance with clause 2 of rule XII, as follows:             and subject to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as      provisions currently in clause 4(e) regarding the Committee
                                                                  follows:                                                         on Standards of Official Conduct are transferred to rule XI
                                                                                                                                   to become a separate clause 3 following committee procedures
                                                                                                                                   generally, as they are more appropriately ``procedure''
                                                                                                                                   provisions than ``functions'' provisions. Rule X retains
                                                                                                                                   organizational provisions relating to committee membership in
                                                                                                                                   clause 5 (currently clause 6). Proposed clause 6 relates to
                                                                                                                                   committee expense resolutions (currently clause 5 of rule XI)
                                                                                                                                   since this matter is more appropriately an organizational
                                                                                                                                   matter than a committee procedure provision. Interim
                                                                                                                                   committee funding logically follows as a proposed clause 7
                                                                                                                                   (currently clause 5(f), rule XI), and then committee travel
                                                                                                                                   as proposed clause 8 (currently clause 2(n), rule XI). The
                                                                                                                                   committee staff provisions currently in clause 6 of rule XI
                                                                                                                                   are transferred to become a new clause 9 of rule X, also more
                                                                                                                                   appropriately an organizational matter. Provisions relating
                                                                                                                                   to select and conference committees currently clause 6(f) and
                                                                                                                                   (g) are transferred to proposed clause 10. The provisions of
                                                                                                                                   rule XLVIII establishing the Permanent Select Committee on
                                                                                                                                   Intelligence are transferred to rule X to become proposed
                                                                                                                                   clause 11. In sum, rule X covers all organizational matters
                                                                                                                                   relating to all committees, except committee procedure which
                                                                                                                                   remains rule XI. This achieves a logical sequence and retains
                                                                                                                                   existing citations to committee jurisdictions and committee
                                                                                                                                   procedural issues found in precedent and practice volumes.
    (a) Committee on Agriculture.                                  (a) Committee on Agriculture.
      (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection      (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of
     of birds and animals in forest reserves.                     birds and animals in forest reserves.
      (2) Agriculture generally.                                   (2) Agriculture generally.
      (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.                   (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
      (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.           (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
      (5) Agricultural economics and research.                     (5) Agricultural economics and research.
      (6) Agricultural education extension services.               (6) Agricultural education extension services.
      (7) Agricultural production and marketing and                (7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization
     stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and        of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not
     commodities (not including distribution outside of the       including distribution outside of the United States).
     United States).
      (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.                 (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
      (9) Commodity exchanges.                                     (9) Commodities exchanges.
      (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.                   (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
      (11) Dairy industry.                                         (11) Dairy industry.
      (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.                        (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
      (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.             (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
      (14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and    (14) Inspection of livestock, and poultry, and meat products,
     seafood and seafood products.                                and seafood and seafood products.

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      (15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than      (15) Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than
     those created from the public domain.                        those created from the public domain.
      (16) Human nutrition and home economics.                     (16) Human nutrition and home economics.
      (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.    (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
      (18) Rural electrification.                                  (18) Rural electrification.
      (19) Rural development.                                      (19) Rural development.
      (20) Water conservation related to activities of the         (20) Water conservation related to activities of the
     Department of Agriculture.                                   Department of Agriculture.
    (b) Committee on Appropriations.                               (b) Committee on Appropriations.
      (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the      (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the
     Government.                                                  Government.
      (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in               (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation
     appropriation Acts.                                          Acts.
      (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.                        (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
      (4) The amount of new authority to enter into contracts      (4) The amount of new authority to enter into contracts under
     under which the United States is obligated to make           which the United States is obligated to make outlays, the
     outlays, the budget authority for which is not provided in   budget authority for which is not provided in advance by
     advance by appropriation Acts; new authority to incur        appropriation Acts; new authority to incur indebtedness (other
     indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred under         than indebtedness incurred under chapter 31 of title 31 of the
     chapter 31 of title 31 of the United States Code) for the    United States Code) for the repayment of which the United
     repayment of which the United States is liable, the budget   States is liable, the budget authority for which is not
     authority for which is not provided in advance by            provided in advance by appropriation Acts; new entitlement
     appropriation Acts; new entitlement authority as defined     authority as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional
     in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,     Budget Act of 1974, including bills and resolutions (reported
     including bills and joint resolutions (reported by other     by other committees) which provide new entitlement authority
     committees) that provide new entitlement authority as        as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of
     defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act      1974 and are referred to the committee under clause 4(a);
     and are referred to the committee under clause 4(a);         authority to forego the collection by the United States of
     authority to forego the collection by the United States of   proprietary offsetting receipts, the budget authority for
     proprietary offsetting receipts, the budget authority for    which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts to
     which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts to    offset such foregone receipts; and authority to make payments
     offset such foregone receipts; and authority to make         by the United States (including loans, grants, and payments
     payments by the United States (including loans, grants and   from revolving funds) other than those covered by this
     payments from revolving funds) other than those covered by   subparagraph, the budget authority for which is not provided
     this subparagraph, the budget authority for which is not     in advance by appropriation Acts.
     provided in advance by appropriation Acts.
                                                                   The committee shall include separate headings for                In clause 1(b), rule X, the legislative jurisdiction of the
                                                                  ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances'' in      Committee on Appropriations includes only statements of
                                                                  any bill or resolution as reported from the committee under      legislative jurisdiction. The additional paragraph in the
                                                                  its jurisdiction specified in subparagraph (2) or (3), with      existing rule on headings for rescissions and transfers of
                                                                  all proposed rescissions and proposed transfers listed           appropriations is transferred to a new clause 3(f)(2), rule
                                                                  therein; and shall include a separate section with respect to    XIII as more logically under committee reporting
                                                                  such rescissions or transfers in the accompanying committee      requirements.
                                                                  report. In addition to its jurisdiction under the preceding
                                                                  provisions of this paragraph, the committee shall have the
                                                                  fiscal oversight function provided for in clause 2(b)(3) and
                                                                  the budget hearing function provided for in clause 4(a).
 
 

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    (c) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.               (c) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
      (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and       (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and
     Federal monetary policy.                                     Federal monetary policy.
      (2) Bank capital markets activities generally.               (2) Bank capital markets activities generally.
      (3) Depository institutions securities activities            (3) Depository institution securities activities generally,
     generally, including activities of any affiliates (except    including the activities of any affiliates, except for
     for functional regulation under applicable securities laws   functional regulation under applicable securities laws not
     not involving safety and soundness).                         involving safety and soundness.
      (4) Economic stabilization, defense production,              (4) Economic stabilization, defense production,
     renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities,      renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, rents,
     rents, and services.                                         and services.
      (5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than       (5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than
     transportation).                                             transportation).
      (6) International finance.                                   (6) International finance.
      (7) International financial and monetary organizations.      (7) International financial and monetary organizations.
      (8) Money and credit, including currency and this            (8) Money and credit, including currency and the issuance of
     issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver,   notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the
     including the coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation     coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar.
     of the dollar.
      (9) Public and private housing.                              (9) Public and private housing.
      (10) Urban development.                                      (10) Urban development.
    (d) Committee on the Budget.                                   (d)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting of the following
                                                                  Members:
                                                                   (A) Members who are members of other standing committees,
                                                                  including five Members who are members of the Committee on
                                                                  Appropriations, and five Members who are members of the
                                                                  Committee on Ways and Means;
                                                                   (B) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and
                                                                   (C) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.
                                                                   No Member other than a representative from the leadership of     In proposed clause 1(d), rule X, only the legislative
                                                                  a party may serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget     jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget remains. The
                                                                  during more than four Congresses in any period of six            existing provision on the composition of the committee is
                                                                  successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any         transferred to proposed clause 5(a)(2) of rule X under
                                                                  service performed as a member of such committee for less than    election of standing committees. The duty of the Budget
                                                                  a full session in any Congress), except that an incumbent        Committee regarding tax expenditures currently stated in its
                                                                  chairman or ranking minority member having served on the         legislative jurisdiction is transferred to clause 4 of rule X
                                                                  committee for four Congresses and having served as chairman or   under additional functions of committees.
                                                                  ranking minority member of the committee for not more than one
                                                                  Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the committee as
                                                                  chairman or ranking minority member for one additional
                                                                  Congress.
 
      (1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in      (2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in
     section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974),       section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other
     other matters required to be referred to the committee       matters required to be referred to the committee under titles
     under titles III and IV of that Act, and other measures      III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth
     setting forth appropriate levels of budget totals for the    appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States
     United States Government.                                    Government.
      (2) Budget process generally.                                (3) Measures relating to the budget process, generally.

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      (3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special     (4) Measures relating to the establishment, extension, and
     controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary    enforcement of special controls over the Federal budget,
     treatment of off-budget Federal agencies and measures        including the budgetary treatment of off-budget Federal
     providing exemption from reduction under any order issued    agencies and measures providing exemption from reduction under
     under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit    any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and
     Control Act of 1985.                                         Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
                                                                   (5) The committee shall have the duty--
                                                                   (A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under
                                                                  titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
                                                                   (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget
                                                                  outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to
                                                                  report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring
                                                                  basis;
                                                                   (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax
                                                                  expenditures; to devise methods of coordinating tax
                                                                  expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget
                                                                  outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the
                                                                  House on a recurring basis; and
                                                                   (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the
                                                                  Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties.
    (e) Committee on Commerce.                                     (e) Committee on Commerce.
      (1) Biomedical research and development.                     (1) Biomedical research and development.
      (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.                (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
      (3) Health and health facilities (except health care         (3) Health and health facilities, except health care
     supported by payroll deductions).                            supported by payroll deductions.
      (4) Interstate energy compacts.                              (4) Interstate energy compacts.
      (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.               (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
      (6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing,     (6) Measures relating to the exploration, production,            The phrase ``measures relating to'' appearing in the rule X
     pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all   storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy    jurisdictional statements of a number of committees has been
     fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or      resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other   deleted in the recodification as unnecessary. No
     renewable energy resources.                                  unconventional or renewable energy resources.                    jurisdictional addition or subtraction is intended by the
                                                                                                                                   change.
      (7) Conservation of energy resources.                        (7) Measures relating to the conservation of energy
                                                                  resources.
      (8) Energy information generally.                            (8) Measures relating to energy information generally.
      (9) The generation and marketing of power (except by         (9) Measures relating to (A) the generation and marketing of
     federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing      power (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power
     authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of,    marketing authorities), (B) the reliability and interstate
     and ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation      transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power, and (C) the
     facilities (except the installation of interconnections      siting of generation facilities; except the installation of
     between Government waterpower projects).                     interconnections between Government water power projects.
      (10) General management of the Department of Energy and      (10) Measures relating to general management of the
     management and all functions of the Federal Energy           Department of Energy, and the management and all functions of
     Regulatory Commission.                                       the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
      (11) National energy policy generally.                       (11) National energy policy generally.
      (12) Public health and quarantine.                           (12) Public health and quarantine.
      (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry,     (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry,
     including regulation of research and development reactors    including regulation of research and development reactors and
     and nuclear regulatory research.                             nuclear regulatory research.
      (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.    (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
      (15) Securities and exchanges.                               (15) Securities and exchanges.
      (16) Travel and tourism.                                     (16) Travel and tourism.

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The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to     The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect
 regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy    to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear
 as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities    energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear
 and of use of nonnuclear energy.                                 facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy. In addition to its
                                                                  legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of
                                                                  this paragraph (and its general oversight functions under
                                                                  clause 2(b)(1)), such committee shall have the special
                                                                  oversight functions provided for in clause (3)(h) with respect
                                                                  to all laws, programs, and Government activities affecting
                                                                  nuclear and other energy, and nonmilitary nuclear energy and
                                                                  research and development including the disposal of nuclear
                                                                  waste.
    (f) Committee on Education and the Workforce.                  (f) Committee on Education and the Workforce.
      (1) Child labor.                                             (1) Child labor.
      (2) Gallaudet University and Howard University and           (2) Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind;          References to specific entities in subparagraphs (2) and (9)
     Hospital.                                                    Howard University; Freedmen's Hospital.                          of proposed clause 1(f), rule X have been modernized in the
                                                                                                                                   jurisdictional statement of the Committee on Education and
                                                                                                                                   the Workforce. No substantive changes to the jurisdictional
                                                                                                                                   statement is intended.
      (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts    (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts
     into interstate commerce.                                    into interstate commerce.
      (4) Food programs for children in schools.                   (4) Food programs for children in schools.
      (5) Labor standards and statistics.                          (5) Labor standards and statistics.
      (6) Education or labor generally.                            (6) Measures relating to education or labor generally.
      (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.             (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
      (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign       (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign
     laborers under contract.                                     laborers under contract.
      (9) Workers' compensation.                                   (9) United States Employees' Compensation Commission.
      (10) Vocational rehabilitation.                              (10) Vocational rehabilitation.
      (11) Wages and hours of labor.                               (11) Wages and hours of labor.
      (12) Welfare of miners.                                      (12) Welfare of miners.
      (13) Work incentive programs.                                (13) Work incentive programs.
                                                                 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding    See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                  provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight
                                                                  function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the
                                                                  special oversight function provided for in clause 3(c) with
                                                                  respect to domestic educational programs and institutions, and
                                                                  programs of student assistance, which are within the
                                                                  jurisdiction of other committees.
 
    (g) Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.              (g) Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
      (1) Federal civil service, including intergovernmental       (1) The Federal Civil Service, including intergovernmental
     personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the   personnel; the status of officers and employees of the United
     United States, including their compensation,                 States, including their compensation, classification, and
     classification, and retirement.                              retirement.
      (2) Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in         (2) Measures relating to the municipal affairs of the
     general (other than appropriations).                         District of Columbia in general, other than appropriations.
      (3) Federal paperwork reduction.                             (3) Federal paperwork reduction.
      (4) Government management and accounting measures            (4) Government management and accounting measures, generally.
     generally.
      (5) Holidays and celebrations.                               (5) Holidays and celebrations.

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      (6) Overall economy, efficiency, and management of           (6) The overall economy, efficiency and management of
     government operations and activities, including Federal      government operations and activities, including Federal
     procurement.                                                 procurement.
      (7) National archives.                                       (7) National archives.
      (8) Population and demography generally, including the       (8) Population and demography generally, including the
     Census.                                                      Census.
      (9) Postal service generally, including transportation of    (9) Postal service generally, including the transportation of
     the mails.                                                   the mails.
      (10) Public information and records.                         (10) Public information and records.
      (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States    (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and
     and municipalities generally.                                municipalities generally.
      (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the          (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the
     Government.                                                  Government.
                                                                 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding    See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                  provisions of this paragraph (and its oversight functions
                                                                  under clause 2(b) (1) and (2)), the committee shall have the
                                                                  function of performing the duties and conducting the studies
                                                                  which are provided for in clause 4(c).
    (h) Committee on House Oversight.                              (h) Committee on House Oversight.
      (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries      (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and
     and expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations);   expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations), House
     House Information Resources; and allowance and expenses of   Information Resources, and allowances and expenses of Members,
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers,     House Officers and administrative offices of the House.
     and administrative offices of the House.
      (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in       (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in
     subparagraph (1).                                            subparagraph (1).
      (3) Employment of persons by the House, including staff      (3) Employment of persons by the House, including clerks for     Under proposed clause 1, rule VI the official reporters of
     for Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and       Members and committees, and reporters of debates.                the House are subject to the direction and control of the
     committees; and reporters of debates, subject to rule VI.                                                                     Speaker. The reference to rule VI in subparagraph (3) is
                                                                                                                                   added for clarity.
      (4) Except as provided in paragraph (q)(11), the Library     (4) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters relating
     of Congress, including management thereof; the House         to the Library of Congress and the House Library; statuary and
     Library; statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of    pictures; acceptance or purchase of works of art for the
     works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic Garden; and        Capitol; the Botanic Gardens; management of the Library of
     purchase of books and manuscripts.                           Congress; purchase of books and manuscripts.
      (5) The Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of     (5) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters relating
     similar institutions (except as provided in paragraph        to the Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of
     (q)(11)).                                                    similar institutions.
      (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph        (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
     (1).
      (7) Franking Commission.                                     (7) Franking Commission.
      (8) Printing and correction of the Congressional Record.     (8) Matters relating to printing and correction of the
                                                                  Congressional Record.
      (9) Accounts of the House generally.                         (9) Measures relating to accounts of the House generally.
      (10) Assignment of office space for Members, Delegates,      (10) Measures relating to assignment of office space for
     the Resident Commissioner, and committees.                   Members and committees.
      (11) Disposition of useless executive papers.                (11) Measures relating to the disposition of useless
                                                                  executive papers.
      (12) Election of the President, Vice President, Members,     (12) Measures relating to the election of the President, Vice
     Senators, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner; corrupt   President, or Members of Congress; corrupt practices;
     practices; contested elections; credentials and              contested elections; credentials and qualifications; and
     qualifications; and Federal elections generally.             Federal elections generally.
      (13) Services to the House, including the House              (13) Measures relating to services to the House, including
     Restaurant, parking facilities, and administration of the    the House Restaurant, parking facilities and administration of
     House Office Buildings and of the House wing of the          the House Office Buildings and of the House wing of the
     Capitol.                                                     Capitol.
      (14) Travel of Members, Delegates, and the Resident          (14) Measures relating to the travel of Members of the House.
     Commissioner.

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      (15) Raising, reporting, and use of campaign                 (15) Measures relating to the raising, reporting and use of
     contributions for candidates for office of Representative,   campaign contributions for candidates for office of
     of Delegate, and of Resident Commissioner.                   Representative in the House of Representatives, of Delegate,
                                                                  and of Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto
                                                                  Rico.
      (16) Compensation, retirement, and other benefits of the     (16) Measures relating to the compensation, retirement and       See comment at beginning of rule X.
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers,     other benefits of the Members, officers, and employees of the
     and employees of Congress.                                   Congress.
                                                                 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
                                                                  provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight
                                                                  function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the
                                                                  function of performing the duties which are provided for in
                                                                  clause 4(d).
 
    (i) Committee on International Relations.                      (i) Committee on International Relations.
      (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations      (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations
     generally.                                                   generally.
      (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and      (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and
     legations in foreign countries.                              legations in foreign countries.
      (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United       (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United States
     States and foreign nations.                                  and foreign nations.
      (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of           (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear
     nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.                     technology and nuclear hardware.
      (5) Foreign loans.                                           (5) Foreign loans.
      (6) International commodity agreements (other than those     (6) International commodity agreements (other than those
     involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation   involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in
     in the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.    the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
      (7) International conferences and congresses.                (7) International conferences and congresses.
      (8) International education.                                 (8) International education.
      (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.             (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
      (10) Diplomatic service.                                     (10) Measures relating to the diplomatic service.
      (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with          (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign
     foreign nations and to safeguard American business           nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
     interests abroad.
      (12) International economic policy.                          (12) Measures relating to international economic policy.
      (13) Neutrality.                                             (13) Neutrality.
      (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and              (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.
     expatriation.
      (15) The American National Red Cross.                        (15) The American National Red Cross.
      (16) Trading with the enemy.                                 (16) Trading with the enemy.
      (17) United Nations organizations.                           (17) United Nations Organizations.
                                                                 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding    See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                  provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight
                                                                  function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the
                                                                  special oversight functions provided for in clause 3(d) with
                                                                  respect to customs administration, intelligence activities
                                                                  relating to foreign policy, international financial and
                                                                  monetary organizations, and international fishing agreements.
    (j) Committee on the Judiciary.                                (j) Committee on the Judiciary.
      (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and        (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and
     criminal.                                                    criminal.
      (2) Administrative practice and procedure.                   (2) Administrative practice and procedure.
      (3) Apportionment of Representatives.                        (3) Apportionment of Representatives.
      (4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.       (4) Bankruptcy, muting, espionage, and counterfeiting.
      (5) Civil liberties.                                         (5) Civil liberties.

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      (6) Constitutional amendments.                               (6) Constitutional amendments.
      (7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the       (7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the
     Territories and possessions.                                 Territories and possessions.
      (8) Immigration and naturalization.                          (8) Immigration and naturalization.
      (9) Interstate compacts generally.                           (9) Interstate compacts, generally.
      (10) Claims against the United States.                       (10) Measures relating to claims against the United States.
      (11) Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members,            (11) Meetings of Congress, attendance of Members and their
     Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner; and their          acceptance of incompatible offices.
     acceptance of incompatible offices.
      (12) National penitentiaries.                                (12) National penitentiaries.
      (13) Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office,               (13) Patents, the Patent Office, copyrights, and trademarks.      The reference in subparagraph (13) to the `` Patent
     copyrights, and trademarks.                                                                                                   Office'' has been modernized to the ``Patent and Trademark
                                                                                                                                   Office''.
      (14) Presidential succession.                                (14) Presidential succession.
      (15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful       (15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful
     restraints and monopolies.                                   restraints and monopolies.
      (16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the        (16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United
     United States.                                               States.
      (17) State and territorial boundary lines.                   (17) State and territorial boundaries.
      (18) Subversive activities affecting the internal            (18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security of
     security of the United States.                               the United States.
 
    (k) Committee on National Security.                            (k) Committee on National Security.
      (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy,      (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army, Navy, and Air
     and Air Force reservations and establishments.               Force reservations and establishments.
      (2) Common defense generally.                                (2) Common defense generally.
      (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum    (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and
     and oil shale reserves.                                      oil shale reserves.
      (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the       (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the
     Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.     Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force generally.
      (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures        (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures
     relating to the maintenance, operation, and administration   relating to the maintenance, operation, and administration of
     of interoceanic canals.                                      interoceanic canals.
      (6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.    (6) Merchant Marine Academy, and State Maritime Academies.
      (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.                 (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
      (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related           (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence related activities
     activities of the Department of Defense.                     of the Department of Defense.
      (9) National security aspects of merchant marine,            (9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including
     including financial assistance for the construction and      financial assistance for the construction and operation of
     operation of vessels, maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding   vessels, the maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship
     and ship repair industrial base, cabotage, cargo             repair industrial base, cabotage, cargo preference and
     preference, and merchant marine officers and seamen as       merchant marine officers and seamen as these matters relate to
     these matters relate to the national security.               the national security.
      (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and      (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and
     privileges of members of the armed forces.                   privileges of members of the armed forces.
      (11) Scientific research and development in support of       (11) Scientific research and development in support of the
     the armed services.                                          armed services.
      (12) Selective service.                                      (12) Selective service.
      (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine          (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
     Corps, and Air Force.                                        and Air Force.
      (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.                           (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
      (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the      (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the
     common defense.                                              common defense.

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                                                                   In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the            See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                  preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general
                                                                  oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall
                                                                  have the special oversight function provided for in clause
                                                                  3(a) with respect to international arms control and
                                                                  disarmament, and military dependents education.
 
    (l) Committee on Resources.                                    (l) Committee on Resources.                                      Previous references to ``Indians'' in the jurisdictional
                                                                                                                                   statement of the Committee on Resources have been updated. No
                                                                                                                                   substantive change to jurisdiction is intended.
      (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research,              (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration,
     restoration, refuges, and conservation.                      refuges, and conservation.
      (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the      (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the
     public domain.                                               public domain.
      (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership,           (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including
     including alien ownership of mineral lands.                  alien ownership of mineral lands.
      (4) Geological Survey.                                       (4) Geological Survey.
      (5) International fishing agreements.                        (5) International fishing agreements.
      (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of         (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters
     waters for irrigation purposes.                              for irrigation purposes.
      (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply       (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for
     for reclamation projects and easements of public lands for   reclamation projects, and easements of public lands for
     irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when   irrigation projects, and acquisition of private lands when
     necessary to complete irrigation projects.                   necessary to complete irrigation projects.
      (8) Native Americans generally, including the care and       (8) Measures relating to the care and management of Indians,
     allotment of Native American lands and general and special   including the care and allotment of Indian lands and general
     measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native      and special measures relating to claims which are paid out of
     American funds.                                              Indian funds.
      (9) Insular possessions of the United States generally       (9) Measures relating generally to the insular possessions of
     (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).     the United States, except those affecting the revenue and
                                                                  appropriations.
      (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries    (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks         administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within
     within the District of Columbia, and the erection of         the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the
     monuments to the memory of individuals.                      memory of individuals.
      (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.    (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
      (12) Mineral resources of public lands.                      (12) Mineral resources of the public lands.
      (13) Mining interests generally.                             (13) Mining interests generally.
      (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.               (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
      (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management       (15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management),
     (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution     except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of
     of navigable waters).                                        navigable waters.
      (16) Oceanography.                                           (16) Oceanography.
      (17) Petroleum conservation on public lands and              (17) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and
     conservation of the radium supply in the United States.      conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
      (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of        (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of
     interest on the public domain.                               interest on the public domain.
      (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements,     (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and
     and grazing thereon.                                         grazing thereon.
      (20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans    (20) Relations of the United States with the Indians and the
     and Native American tribes.                                  Indian tribes.

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      (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).          (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).              See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                   In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the
                                                                  preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general
                                                                  oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall
                                                                  have the special oversight functions provided for in clause
                                                                  3(e) with respect to all programs affecting Indians.
    (m) Committee on Rules.                                        (m) Committee on Rules.
      (1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to      (1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules or joint
     the Code of Official Conduct) and the order of business of   rules relating to the Code of Official Conduct), and order of
     the House.                                                   business of the House.
      (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.             (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress. The             Existing clause 1(m)(2), rule X on authority of the
                                                                  Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act whether or not   Committee on Rules to sit whether the House is in session or
                                                                  the House is in session.                                         not has been eliminated, since it merely duplicates the
                                                                                                                                   provision in clause 2(m), rule XI already applicable to all
                                                                                                                                   standing committees. This authority for the Rules Committee
                                                                                                                                   to sit predates the standing authority for other committees.
    (n) Committee on Science.                                      (n) Committee on Science.
      (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration,     (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, and
     and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated   projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated
     nonmilitary energy laboratories.                             nonmilitary energy laboratories.
      (2) Astronautical research and development, including        (2) Astronautical research and development, including
     resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.             resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
      (3) Civil aviation research and development.                 (3) Civil aviation research and development.
      (4) Environmental research and development.                  (4) Environmental research and development.
      (5) Marine research.                                         (5) Marine research.
      (6) Commercial application of energy technology.             (6) Measures relating to the commercial application of energy
                                                                  technology.
      (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology,          (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology,
     standardization of weights and measures, and the metric      standardization of weights and measures, and the metric
     system.                                                      system.
      (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.           (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
      (9) National Space Council.                                  (9) National Space Council.
      (10) National Science Foundation.                            (10) National Science Foundation.
      (11) National Weather Service.                               (11) National Weather Service.
      (12) Outer space, including exploration and control          (12) Outer space, including exploration and control thereof.
     thereof.
      (13) Science scholarships.                                   (13) Science Scholarships.
      (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration,    (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, and
     and projects therefor.                                       projects therefor.
                                                                 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding    See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                  provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight
                                                                  function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the
                                                                  special oversight function provided for in clause 3(f) with
                                                                  respect to all nonmilitary research and development.
    (o) Committee on Small Business.                               (o) Committee on Small Business.
      (1) Assistance to and protection of small business,          (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, including
     including financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and         financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork
     paperwork reduction.                                         reduction.
      (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in           (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal
     Federal procurement and Government contracts.                procurement and Government contracts.

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                                                                   In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the            See comment at beginning of rule X.
                                                                  preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general
                                                                  oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall
                                                                  have the special oversight function provided for in clause
                                                                  3(g) with respect to the problems of small business.
    (p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.                (p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
      The Code of Official Conduct.                                (1) Measures relating to the Code of Official Conduct.
                                                                 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding    The additional functions of the Committee on Standards of
                                                                  provision of this paragraph (and its general oversight           Official Conduct now contained in clause 1(p), rule X are
                                                                  function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the     transferred to proposed clause 3(b)(7), rule XI since clause
                                                                  functions with respect to recommendations, studies,              1, rule X is to be confined to statements of legislative
                                                                  investigations, and reports which are provided for in clause     jurisdiction only.
                                                                  4(e), and the functions designated in titles I and V of the
                                                                  Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and sections 7342, 7351, and
                                                                  7353 of title 5, United States Code.
 
    (q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.            (q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
      (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service,               (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses,
     lighthouses, lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast      lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.
     Guard Academy.
      (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural            (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural disasters.
     disasters.
      (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.     (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
      (4) Inland waterways.                                        (4) Inland waterways.
      (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and        (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and
     signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such   signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such
     vessels.                                                     vessels.
      (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including          (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including pilotage.
     pilotage.
      (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.    (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
      (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent          (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent
     collisions at sea.                                           collisions at sea.
      (9) The Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office     (9) Measures relating to the Capitol Building and the Senate
     Buildings.                                                   and House Office Buildings.
      (10) Construction or maintenance of roads and post roads     (10) Measures relating to the construction or maintenance of     The prohibition in the existing Transportation and
     (other than appropriations therefor).                        roads and post roads, other than appropriations therefor; but    Infrastructure jurisdictional rule (now clause 1(q)(10))
                                                                  it shall not be in order for any bill providing general          regarding consideration of general road bills containing
                                                                  legislation in relation to roads to contain any provision for    specific road provisions has been transferred to new clause
                                                                  any specific road, nor for any bill in relation to a specific    3, rule XXI since it more logically belongs in a rule
                                                                  road to embrace a provision in relation to any other specific    precluding consideration of certain provisions in bills
                                                                  road.                                                            rather than in a jurisdictional rule.
      (11) Construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and        (11) Measures relating to the construction or reconstruction,  ..............................................................
     care of buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the     maintenance, and care of the buildings and grounds of the
     Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.        Botanic Gardens, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian
                                                                  Institution
      (12) Merchant marine (except for national security           (12) Measures relating to merchant marine, except for
     aspects thereof).                                            national security aspects of merchant marine.
      (13) Purchase of sites and construction of post offices,     (13) Measures relating to the purchase of sites and            ..............................................................
     customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government            construction of post offices, customhouses, Federal
     buildings within the District of Columbia.                   courthouses, and Government buildings within the District of
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      (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters,            (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including    ..............................................................
     including inland, coastal, and ocean waters.                 inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
      (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management,      (15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management) as     ..............................................................
     as they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable       they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
     waters.
      (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of    (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the  ..............................................................
     the United States generally.                                 United States generally.
      (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation,             (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including     ..............................................................
     including bridges and dams (other than international         bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams).
     bridges and dams).
      (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.             (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.               ..............................................................
      (19) Roads and the safety thereof.                           (19) Roads and the safety thereof.                             ..............................................................
      (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads,    (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads,      ..............................................................
     water transportation, transportation safety (except          water transportation, transportation safety (except automobile
     automobile safety), transportation infrastructure,           safety), transportation infrastructure, transportation labor,
     transportation labor, and railroad retirement and            and railroad retirement and unemployment (except revenue
     unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto).      measures related thereto).
      (21) Water power.                                            (21) Water power.                                              ..............................................................
 
    (r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.                            (r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
      (1) Veterans' measures generally.                            (1) Veterans' measures generally.
      (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of     (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any
     any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the     war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United
     United States or abroad (except cemeteries administered by   States or abroad, except cemeteries administered by the
     the Secretary of the Interior).                              Secretary of the Interior.
      (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and             (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of
     education of veterans.                                       veterans.
      (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of    (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of
     service in the Armed Forces.                                 service in the Armed Forces.
      (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States,           (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general
     general and special.                                         and special.
      (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.                (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
      (7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.                     (7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
      (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of      (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of
     veterans.                                                    veterans.
    (s) Committee on Ways and Means.                               (s) Committee on Ways and Means.
      (1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and    (1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and
     delivery.                                                    delivery.
      (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.                             (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
      (3) Revenue measures generally.                              (3) Revenue measures generally.
      (4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.        (4) Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions.
      (5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last    (5) The bonded debt of the United States (subject to the last
     sentence of clause 4(f).                                     sentence of clause 4(g) of this rule).
      (6) Deposit of public monies.                                (6) The deposit of public moneys.
      (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.                        (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
      (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.            (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
      (9) National social security (except health care and         (9) National social security, except (A) health care and
     facilities programs that are supported from general          facilities programs that are supported from general revenues
     revenues as opposed to payroll deductions and except work    as opposed to payroll deductions and (B) work incentive
     incentive programs).                                         programs.
 
General oversight responsibilities                                 General Oversight Responsibilities
  2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general        2. (a) In order to assist the House in--
 oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in
 order to assist the House in--

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    (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--               (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of (A) the
      (A) the application, administration, execution, and         application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of
     effectiveness of Federal laws; and                           the laws enacted by the Congress, or (B) conditions and
      (B) conditions and circumstances that may indicate the      circumstances which may indicate the necessity or desirability
     necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional      of enacting new or additional legislation, and
     legislation; and
    (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of           (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of such
   changes in Federal laws, and of such additional legislation    modifications of or changes in those laws, and of such
   as may be necessary or appropriate.                            additional legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate,
                                                                  the various standing committees shall have oversight
                                                                  responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b).
 
  (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs           (b)(1) Each standing committee (other than the Committee on      Proposed clause 2(b), rule X is rewritten and reorganized in
 addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a committee are   Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall review     its entirety here to emphasize general oversight
 being implemented and carried out in accordance with the         and study, on a continuing basis, the application,               responsibilities for all standing committees. Directions to
 intent of Congress and whether they should be continued,         administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or   specific committees in the existing clause have been
 curtailed, or eliminated, each standing committee (other than    parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the         transferred.
 the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the         jurisdiction of that committee and the organization and
 Budget) shall review and study on a continuing basis--           operation of the Federal agencies and entities having
    (A) the application, administration, execution, and           responsibilities in or for the administration and execution
   effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects         thereof, in order to determine whether such laws and the
   within its jurisdiction;                                       programs thereunder are being implemented and carried out in
    (B) the organization and operation of Federal agencies and    accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether such
   entities having responsibilities for the administration and    programs should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. In
   execution of laws and programs addressing subjects within      addition, each such committee shall review and study any
   its jurisdiction;                                              conditions or circumstances which may indicate the necessity
    (C) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate the     or desirability of enacting new or additional legislation
   necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional        within the jurisdiction of that committee (whether or not any
   legislation addressing subjects within its jurisdiction        bill or resolution has been introduced with respect thereto),
   (whether or not a bill or resolution has been introduced       and shall on a continuing basis undertake future research and
   with respect thereto); and                                     forecasting on matters within the jurisdiction of that
    (D) future research and forecasting on subjects within its    committee. Each such committee having more than twenty members
   jurisdiction.                                                  shall establish an oversight subcommittee, or require its
  (2) Each committee to which subparagraph (1) applies having     subcommittees, if any, to conduct oversight in the area of
 more than 20 members shall establish an oversight                their respective jurisdiction, to assist in carrying out its
 subcommittee, or require its subcommittees to conduct            responsibilities under this subparagraph. The establishment of
 oversight in their respective jurisdictions, to assist in        oversight subcommittees shall in no way limit the
 carrying out its responsibilities under this clause. The         responsibility of the subcommittees with legislative
 establishment of an oversight subcommittee does not limit the    jurisdiction from carrying out their oversight
 responsibility of a subcommittee with legislative jurisdiction   responsibilities.
 in carrying out its oversight responsibilities.
  (c) Each standing committee shall review and study on a          (c) Each standing committee of the House shall have the          The general oversight responsibilities of the Committees on
 continuing basis the impact or probable impact of tax policies   function of reviewing and studying on a continuing basis the     Appropriations and Government Reform and Oversight currently
 affecting subjects within its jurisdiction as described in       impact or probable impact of tax policies affecting subjects     specified in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of clause 2(b), rule
 clauses 1 and 3.                                                 within its jurisdiction as described in clauses 1 and 3.         X, have been transferred to paragraphs (a) and (e)
                                                                                                                                   respectively in proposed clause 3, rule X. These
                                                                                                                                   responsibilities are more accurately characterized as special
                                                                                                                                   oversight functions of those two committees and thus belong
                                                                                                                                   in that clause.

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  (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a      (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a    ..............................................................
 Congress, each standing committee shall, in a meeting that is    Congress, each standing committee of the House shall, in a
 open to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its          meeting that is open to the public and with a quorum present,
 oversight plan for that Congress. Such plan shall be submitted   adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. Such plans shall
 simultaneously to the Committee on Government Reform and         be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Government
 Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight. In            Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight.
 developing its plan each committee shall, to the maximum         In developing such plans each committee shall, to the maximum
 extent feasible--                                                extent feasible--
    (A) consult with other committees that have jurisdiction     (A) consult with other committees of the House that have         ..............................................................
   over the same or related laws, programs, or agencies within    jurisdiction over the same or related laws, programs, or
   its jurisdiction with the objective of ensuring maximum        agencies within its jurisdiction, with the objective of
   coordination and cooperation among committees when             ensuring that such laws, programs, or agencies are reviewed in
   conducting reviews of such laws, programs, or agencies and     the same Congress and that there is a maximum of coordination
   include in its plan an explanation of steps that have been     between such committees in the conduct of such reviews; and
   or will be taken to ensure such coordination and               such plans shall include an explanation of what steps have
   cooperation;                                                   been and will be taken to ensure such coordination and
                                                                  cooperation;
    (B) give priority consideration to including in its plan       (B) give priority consideration to including in its plans the
   the review of those laws, programs, or agencies operating      review of those laws, programs, or agencies operating under
   under permanent budget authority or permanent statutory        permanent budget authority or permanent statutory authority;
   authority; and                                                 and
    (C) have a view toward ensuring that all significant laws,     (C) have a view toward ensuring that all significant laws,
   programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction are subject to   programs, or agencies within its jurisdictions are subject to
   review every 10 years.                                         review at least once every ten years.
  (2) It shall not be in order to consider a committee expense     (2) It shall not be in order to consider any committee
 resolution (within the meaning of clause 6), or an amendment     expense resolution (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule
 thereto, proposing to fund the expenses of a committee that      XI), or any amendment thereto, for any committee that has not
 has not submitted its oversight plan as required by this         submitted its oversight plans as required by this paragraph.
 paragraph.
  (3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a            (3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a
 Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority      Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority
 Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Government     Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Government
 Reform and Oversight shall report to the House the oversight     Reform and Oversight shall report to the House the oversight
 plans submitted by committees together with any                  plans submitted by each committee together with any
 recommendations that it, or the House leadership group           recommendations that it, or the House leadership group
 described above, may make to ensure the most effective           referred to above, may make to ensure the most effective
 coordination of oversight plans and otherwise to achieve the     coordination of such plans and otherwise achieve the
 objectives of this clause.                                       objectives of this clause.
  (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may appoint     (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may appoint
 special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose of           special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose of
 reviewing specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or     reviewing specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or
 more standing committees.                                        more standing committees.
 
Special oversight functions
  3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such        Derived from clause 2(b)(3), rule X: (3) The Committee on        This function of the Appropriations Committee is more
 studies and examinations of the organization and operation of    Appropriations shall conduct such studies and examinations of    appropriately described as one of special, rather than
 executive departments and other executive agencies (including    the organization and operation of executive departments and      general, oversight and is thus transferred here.
 an agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the     other executive agencies (including any agency the majority of
 United States) as it considers necessary to assist it in the     the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
 determination of matters within its jurisdiction.                States) as it may deem necessary to assist it in the
                                                                  determination of matters within its jurisdiction.
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  (b) The Committee on the Budget shall study on a continuing      3. (a) The Committee on National Security shall have the
 basis the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and      function of reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all
 proposed legislation and report the results of such studies to   laws, programs, and Government activities dealing with or
 the House on a recurring basis.                                  involving international arms control and disarmament and the
  (c) The Committee on Commerce shall review and study on a       education of military dependents in schools.
 continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities        (b) The Committee on the Budget shall have the function of--
 relating to nuclear and other energy and nonmilitary nuclear      (1) making continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays
 energy research and development including the disposal of        of relevant existing and proposed legislation, and reporting
 nuclear waste.                                                   the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis;
  (d) The Committee on Education and the Workforce shall          and
 review, study, and coordinate on a continuing basis laws,         (2) requesting and evaluating continuing studies of tax
 programs, and Government activities relating to domestic         expenditures, devising methods of coordinating tax
 educational programs and institutions and programs of student    expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget
 assistance within the jurisdiction of other committees.          outlays, and reporting the results of such studies to the
  (e) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall      House on a recurring basis.
 review and study on a continuing basis the operation of           (c) The Committee on Education and the Workforce shall have
 Government activities at all levels with a view to determining   the function of reviewing, studying, and coordinating, on a
 their economy and efficiency.                                    continuing basis, all laws, programs, and Government
  (f) The Committee on International Relations shall review and   activities dealing with or involving domestic educational         This function of the Government Reform Committee is more
 study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government       programs and institutions, and programs of student assistance,   appropriately described as one of special, rather than
 activities relating to customs administration, intelligence      which are within the jurisdiction of other committees.           general, oversight and is thus transferred here from existing
 activities relating to foreign policy, international financial    (d) The Committee on International Relations shall have the     clause 2(b), rule X.
 and monetary organizations, and international fishing            function of reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all
 agreements.                                                      laws, programs, and Government activities dealing with or
  (g) The Committee on National Security shall review and study   involving customs administration, intelligence activities
 on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government             relating to foreign policy, international financial and
 activities relating to international arms control and            monetary organizations, and international fishing agreements.
 disarmament and the education of military dependents in           (e) The Committee on Resources shall have the function of
 schools.                                                         reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all laws,
  (h) The Committee on Resources shall review and study on a      programs, and Government activities dealing with Indians.
 continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities        (f) The Committee on Science shall have the function of
 relating to Native Americans.                                    reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all laws,
  (i) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a          programs, and Government activities dealing with or involving
 continuing basis the congressional budget process, and the       nonmilitary research and development.
 committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the
 House from time to time.
 
 

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  (j) The Committee on Science shall review and study on a         (g) The Committee on Small Business shall have the function
 continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities       of studying and investigating, on a continuing basis, the
 relating to nonmilitary research and development.                problems of all types of small business.
  (k) The Committee on Small Business shall study and              (h) The Committee on Commerce shall have the function of
 investigate on a continuing basis the problems of all types of   reviewing and studying on a continuing basis, all laws,
 small business.                                                  programs and Government activities relating to nuclear and
                                                                  other energy, and nonmilitary nuclear energy and research and
                                                                  development including the disposal of nuclear waste.
                                                                   (i) The Committee on Rules shall have the function of
                                                                  reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, the
                                                                  congressional budget process, and the committee shall, from
                                                                  time to time, report its findings and recommendations to the
                                                                  House.
                                                                   Derived from clause 2(b)(2), rule X: (2) The Committee on
                                                                  Government Reform and Oversight shall review and study, on a
                                                                  continuing basis, the operation of Government activities at
                                                                  all levels with a view to determining their economy and
                                                                  efficiency.
 
Additional functions of committees                               Additional Functions of Committees
  4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 30    4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within
 days after the transmittal of the Budget to Congress each        thirty days after the transmittal of the Budget to the
 year, hold hearings on the budget as a whole with particular     Congress each year, hold hearings on the Budget as a whole
 reference to--                                                   with particular reference to--
    (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the    (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the
   President in the presentation of the Budget; and               President in the presentation of the Budget; and
    (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used      (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used as
   as bases in arriving at total estimated expenditures and       bases in arriving at total estimated expenditures and
   receipts.                                                      receipts.
  (B) In holding hearings under subdivision (A), the committee     (B) In holding hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), the
 shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the Treasury,      committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the
 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the         Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
 Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and such other     the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and such
 persons as the committee may desire.                             other persons as the committee may desire.
  (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof,        (C) Hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), or any part
 shall be held in open session, except when the committee, in     thereof, shall be held in open session, except when the
 open session and with a quorum present, determines by record     committee, in open session and with a quorum present,
 vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that      determines by rollcall vote that the testimony to be taken at
 day may be related to a matter of national security. The         that hearing on that day may be related to a matter of
 committee may by the same procedure close one subsequent day     national security: Provided, however, That the committee may
 of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings shall be printed   by the same procedure close one subsequent day of hearing. A
 and a copy thereof furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the   transcript of all such hearings shall be printed and a copy
 Resident Commissioner.                                           thereof furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident
                                                                  Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
  (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, may    (D) Hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), or any part
 be held before a joint meeting of the committee and the          thereof, may be held before joint meetings of the committee
 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with     and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in
 such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.     accordance with such procedures as the two committees jointly
                                                                  may determine.

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  (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget    (2) Whenever any bill or resolution which provides new           In proposed clause 4(a)(2), rule XI, ``may'' is substituted
 Act of 1974, when a committee reports a bill or joint            entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9) of the          for ``shall'' to conform with the discretionary authority to
 resolution that provides new entitlement authority as defined    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is reported by a committee of   refer reported bills containing new entitlement authority to
 in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the bill or        the House and the amount of new budget authority which will be   the Appropriations Committee pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of
 joint resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the       required for the fiscal year involved if such bill or            the Congressional Budget Act. This is a conforming change
 committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority under   resolution is enacted as so reported exceeds the appropriate     that properly should have been made in 1997.
 section 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint resolution may     allocation of new budget authority reported as described in
 be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with              clause 4(h) in connection with the most recently agreed to
 instructions to report it with recommendations (which may        concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year, such
 include an amendment limiting the total amount of new            bill or resolution shall then be referred to the Committee on
 entitlement authority provided in the bill or joint              Appropriations with instructions to report it, with the
 resolution). If the Committee on Appropriations fails to         committee's recommendations and (if the committee deems it
 report a bill or joint resolution so referred within 15          desirable) with an amendment limiting the total amount of new
 calendar days (not counting any day on which the House is not    entitlement authority provided in the bill or resolution,
 in session), the committee automatically shall be discharged     within 15 calendar days (not counting any day on which the
 from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the      House is not in session) beginning with the day following the
 bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate      day on which it is so referred. If the Committee on
 calendar.                                                        Appropriations fails to report the bill or resolution within
                                                                  such 15-day period, the committee shall be automatically
                                                                  discharged from further consideration of the bill or
                                                                  resolution and the bill or resolution shall be placed on the
                                                                  appropriate calendar.
  (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall study     (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall study
 on a continuing basis those provisions of law that (on the       on a continuing basis those provisions of law which (on the
 first day of the first fiscal year for which the congressional   first day of the first fiscal year for which the congressional
 budget process is effective) provide spending authority or       budget process is effective) provide spending authority or
 permanent budget authority and shall report to the House from    permanent budget authority, and shall report to the House from
 time to time its recommendations for terminating or modifying    time to time its recommendations for terminating or modifying
 such provisions.                                                 such provisions.
  (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the                 Derived from clause 4(h), rule X: (h) As soon as practicable     This duty of the Appropriations Committee to subdivide
 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on               after a concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal       allocations made to it in a budget resolution is properly
 Appropriations (after consulting with the Committee on           year is agreed to, each standing committee of the House (after   grouped with other additional functions of that committee and
 Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations    consulting with the appropriate committee or committees of the   is thus transferred here from its former placement later in
 made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the   Senate) shall subdivide any allocations made to it in the        this clause.
 conference report on such concurrent resolution, and promptly    joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report
 report the subdivisions to the House as soon as practicable      on such resolution, and promptly report such subdivisions to
 after a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year    the House, in the manner provided by section 302 of the
 is agreed to.                                                    Congressional Budget Act of l974.
  (b) The Committee on the Budget shall--                          (b) The Committee on the Budget shall have the duty--
    (1) review on a continuing basis the conduct by the            (1) to review on a continuing basis the conduct by the
   Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties;       Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties;
    (2) hold hearings and receive testimony from Members,          (2) to hold hearings, and receive testimony from Members of
   Senators, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and such       Congress and such appropriate representatives of Federal
   appropriate representatives of Federal departments and         departments and agencies, the general public, and national
   agencies, the general public, and national organizations as    organizations as it deems desirable, in developing the
   it considers desirable in developing concurrent resolutions    concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal year;
   on the budget for each fiscal year;
    (3) make all reports required of it by the Congressional       (3) to make all reports required of it by the Congressional
   Budget Act of 1974;                                            Budget Act of 1974, including the reporting of reconciliation
                                                                  bills and resolutions when so required;

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    (4) study on a continuing basis those provisions of law        (4) to study on a continuing basis those provisions of law
   that exempt Federal agencies or any of their activities or     which exempt Federal agencies or any of their activities or
   outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United States      outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United States
   Government, and report to the House from time to time its      Government, and to report to the House from time to time its
   recommendations for terminating or modifying such              recommendations for terminating or modifying such provisions;
   provisions;                                                    and
    (5) study on a continuing basis proposals designed to          (5) to study on a continuing basis proposals designed to
   improve and facilitate the congressional budget process, and   improve and facilitate methods of congressional budget-making,
   report to the House from time to time the results of such      and to report to the House from time to time the results of
   studies, together with its recommendations; and                such study together with its recommendations.
    (6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax           .                                                                  Subparagraph (6) derives from the Committee on the Budget
   expenditures, devise methods of coordinating tax                                                                                jurisdictional statement in existing clause 1(d)(5)(C), rule
   expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget                                                                         X.
   outlays, and report the results of such studies to the House
   on a recurring basis.
  (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight          (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall
 shall--                                                          have the general function of--
    (A) receive and examine reports of the Comptroller General     (A) receiving and examining reports of the Comptroller
   of the United States and submit to the House such              General of the United States and of submitting such
   recommendations as it considers necessary or desirable in      recommendations to the House as it deems necessary or
   connection with the subject matter of the reports;             desirable in connection with the subject matter of such
                                                                  reports;
    (B) evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the     (B) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the
   legislative and executive branches of the Government; and      legislative and executive branches of the Government; and
    (C) study intergovernmental relationships between the          (C) studying intergovernmental relationships between the
   United States and the States and municipalities and between    United States and the States and municipalities, and between
   the United States and international organizations of which     the United States and international organizations of which the
   the United States is a member.                                 United States is a member.
 
  (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the        (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the
 Committee on Government Reform and Oversight may at any time     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight may at any time
 conduct investigations of any matter without regard to clause    conduct investigations of any matter without regard to the
 1, 2, 3, or this clause conferring jurisdiction over the         provisions of clause 1, 2, or 3 (or this clause) conferring
 matter to another standing committee. The findings and           jurisdiction over such matter upon another standing committee.
 recommendations of the committee in such an investigation        The committee's findings and recommendations in any such
 shall be made available to any other standing committee having   investigation shall be made available to the other standing
 jurisdiction over the matter involved and shall be included in   committee or committees having jurisdiction over the matter
 the report of any such other committee when required by clause   involved (and included in the report of any such other
 3(c)(4) of rule XIII.                                            committee when required by clause 2(l)(3) of rule XI).
  (d)(1) The Committee on House Oversight shall--                  (d)(1) The Committee on House Oversight shall have the
                                                                  function of--
    (A) examine all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions         (A) examining all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions
   after passage by the House and, in cooperation with the          after passage by the House and, in cooperation with the
   Senate, examine all bills and joint resolutions that have        Senate, examining all bills and joint resolutions which
   passed both Houses to see that they are correctly enrolled       shall have passed both Houses to see that they are correctly
   and forthwith present those bills and joint resolutions that     enrolled, forthwith presenting those which originated in the
   originated in the House to the President in person after         House to the President of the United States in person after
   their signature by the Speaker and the President of the          their signature by the Speaker of the House and the
   Senate, and report to the House the fact and date of their       President of the Senate and reporting the fact and date of
   presentment;                                                     such presentation to the House;
    (B) provide policy direction for, and oversight of, the          (B) providing policy direction for, and oversight of, the
   Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and       Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and
   Inspector General;                                               Inspector General; and

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    (C) have the function of accepting on behalf of the House a      (C) accepting a gift, other than as otherwise provided by
   gift, except as otherwise provided by law, if the gift does      law, if the gift does not involve any duty, burden, or
   not involve a duty, burden, or condition, or is not made         condition, or is not made dependent upon some future
   dependent on some future performance by the House; and           performance by the House of Representatives and promulgating
                                                                    regulations to carry out this paragraph.
    (D) promulgate regulations to carry out subdivision (C).
  (2) An employing office of the House may enter into a            (2) An employing office of the House of Representatives may
 settlement of a complaint under the Congressional                enter a settlement of a complaint under the Congressional
 Accountability Act of 1995 that provides for the payment of      Accountability Act of 1995 that provides for the payment of
 funds only after receiving the joint approval of the chairman    funds only after receiving the joint approval of the chairman
 and ranking minority member of the Committee on House            and the ranking minority party member of the Committee on
 Oversight concerning the amount of such payment.                 House Oversight concerning the amount of such payment.
  (e)(1) Each standing committee shall, in its consideration of    (f)(1) Each standing committee of the House shall, in its        Current clause 4(e), rule X relating to procedures of the
 all public bills and public joint resolutions within its         consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a public     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is transferred to
 jurisdiction, ensure that appropriations for continuing          character within its jurisdiction, insure that appropriations    proposed clause 3, rule XI as a committee procedure.
 programs and activities of the Federal Government and the        for continuing programs and activities of the Federal
 government of the District of Columbia will be made annually     Government and the District of Columbia government will be
 to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the nature,   made annually to the maximum extent feasible and consistent
 requirement, and objective of the programs and activities        with the nature, requirements, and objectives of the programs
 involved. In this subparagraph programs and activities of the    and activities involved. For the purposes of this paragraph a
 Federal Government and the government of the District of         Government agency includes the organizational units of
 Columbia includes programs and activities of any department,     government listed in clause 7(c) of rule XIII.
 agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or
 instrumentality of the Federal Government or of the government
 of the District of Columbia.
 
  (2) Each standing committee shall review from time to time       (2) Each standing committee of the House shall review, from
 each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which        time to time, each continuing program within its jurisdiction
 appropriations are not made annually to ascertain whether the    for which appropriations are not made annually in order to
 program should be modified to provide for annual                 ascertain whether such program could be modified so that
 appropriations.                                                  appropriations therefor would be made annually.
 
Budget Act responsibilities
  (f)(1) Each standing committee shall submit to the Committee     (g) Each standing committee of the House shall, not later
 on the Budget not later than six weeks after the President       than 6 weeks after the President submits his budget, submit to
 submits his budget--                                             the Committee on the Budget (1) its views and estimates with
    (A) its views and estimates with respect to all matters to    respect to all matters to be set forth in the concurrent
   be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for    resolution on the budget for the ensuing fiscal year which are
   the ensuing fiscal year that are within its jurisdiction or    within its jurisdiction or functions, and (2) an estimate of
   functions; and                                                 the total amounts of new budget authority, and budget outlays
    (B) an estimate of the total amounts of new budget            resulting therefrom, to be provided or authorized in all bills
   authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to be       and resolutions within its jurisdiction which it intends to be
   provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions within     effective during that fiscal year. The views and estimates
   its jurisdiction that it intends to be effective during that   submitted by the Committee on Ways and Means under the
   fiscal year.                                                   preceding sentence shall include a specific recommendation,
  (2) The views and estimates submitted by the Committee on       made after holding public hearings, as to the appropriate
 Ways and Means under subparagraph (1) shall include a specific   level of the public debt which should be set forth in the
 recommendation, made after holding public hearings, as to the    concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in such
 appropriate level of the public debt that should be set forth    sentence and serve as the basis for an increase or decrease in
 in the concurrent resolution on the budget and serve as the      the statutory limit on such debt under the procedures provided
 basis for an increase or decrease in the statutory limit on      by rule XLIX.
 such debt under the procedures provided by rule XXIII.

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  (g) Each standing committee that is directed in a concurrent     Derived from clause 4(i), rule X: (i) Each standing committee
 resolution on the budget to determine and recommend changes in   of the House which is directed in a concurrent resolution on
 laws, bills, or resolutions under the reconciliation process     the budget to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills,
 shall promptly make its determinations and recommendations and   or resolutions under the reconciliation process shall promptly
 either report a reconciliation bill or resolution to the House   make such determination and recommendations, and report a
 or submit its recommendations to the Committee on the Budget     reconciliation bill or resolution (or both) to the House or
 in accordance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.         submit such recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, in
                                                                  accordance with the Congressional Budget Act of l974.
 
Election and membership of standing committees                     Derived from clause 6, rule X: Election and Membership of        Existing clause 5, rule X, on referral of bills and other
                                                                  Committees; Chairmen; Vacancies; Select and Conference           matters to committees, is transferred to proposed clause 2,
                                                                  Committees.                                                      rule XII.
  5. (a)(1) The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall      6. (a)(1) The standing committees specified in clause 1
 be elected by the House within seven calendar days after the       shall be elected by the House within the seventh calendar
 commencement of each Congress, from nominations submitted by       day beginning after the commencement of each Congress, from
 the respective party caucus or conference. A resolution            nominations submitted by the respective party caucuses. It
 proposing to change the composition of a standing committee        shall always be in order to consider resolutions recommended
 shall be privileged if offered by direction of the party           by the respective party caucuses to change the composition
 caucus or conference concerned.                                    of standing committees.
  (2)(A) The Committee on the Budget shall be composed of          [Composition of Budget Committee derived from clause 1(d),
 members as follows:                                              rule X]: . . . consisting of the following Members:
    (i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner who         (A) Members who are members of other standing committees,
   are members of other standing committees, including five who     including five Members who are members of the Committee on
   are members of the Committee on Appropriations and five who      Appropriations, and five Members who are members of the
   are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;                  Committee on Ways and Means;
    (ii) one Member from the elected leadership of the majority      (B) one Member from the leadership of the majority party;
   party; and                                                       and
    (iii) one Member from the elected leadership of the              (C) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.
   minority party.
  (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the    No Member other than a representative from the leadership of a
 Committee on the Budget other than one from the elected          party may serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget
 leadership of a party may not serve on the committee during      during more than four Congresses in any period of six
 more than four Congresses in a period of six successive          successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any
 Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for less   service performed as a member of such committee for less than
 than a full session in a Congress).                              a full session in any Congress), except that an incumbent
  (C) A member of the Committee on the Budget who served as       chairman or ranking minority member having served on the
 either the chairman or the ranking minority member of the        committee for four Congresses and having served as chairman or
 committee in the immediately previous Congress and who did not   ranking minority member of the committee for not more than one
 serve in that respective capacity in an earlier Congress may     Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the committee as
 serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority member of   chairman or ranking minority member for one additional
 the committee during one additional Congress.                    Congress.

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  (3)(A) One-half of the members of the Committee on Standards     Derived from clause 6(a)(2), rule X: (2) One-half of the
 of Official Conduct shall be from the majority party and one-    members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
 half shall be from the minority party.                           shall be from the majority party and one-half shall be from
  (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the     the minority party. No Member shall serve as a member of the
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not serve on      Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for more than two
 the committee during more than two Congresses in a period of     Congresses in any period of three successive Congresses
 three successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any   (disregarding for this purpose any service performed as a
 service for less than a full session in a Congress).             member of such committee for less than a full session in any
  (C) A member of the Committee on Standards of Official          Congress), except that a Member having served on the committee
 Conduct who served on the committee in the two immediately       for two Congresses shall be eligible for election to the
 previous Congresses may serve as either the chairman or the      committee as chairman or ranking minority member for one
 ranking minority member of the committee during one additional   additional Congress. Not less than two Members from each party
 Congress.                                                        shall rotate off the committee at the end of each Congress.
  (D) Not fewer than two members of the Committee on Standards
 of Official Conduct from each party shall rotate off the
 committee at the end of each Congress.
  (4)(A) At the beginning of a Congress, the Speaker or his          (3)(A) At the beginning of each Congress--
 designee and the Minority Leader or his designee each shall          (i) the Speaker (or his designee) shall designate a list
 name 10 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from       of 10 Members from the majority party; and
 his respective party who are not members of the Committee on         (ii) the Minority Leader (or his designee) shall designate
 Standards of Official Conduct to be available to serve on           a list of 10 Members from the minority party; who are not
 investigative subcommittees of that committee during that           members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
 Congress. The lists of Members, Delegates, or the Resident          and who may be assigned to serve as a member of an
 Commissioner so named shall be announced to the House.              investigative subcommittee of that committee during that
                                                                     Congress. Members so chosen shall be announced to the
                                                                     House.
  (B) Whenever the chairman and the ranking minority member of       (B) Whenever the chairman and ranking minority member of       The naming of the 10 Members from the two parties available
 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct jointly             the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct jointly         to serve on investigative subcommittees is unchangeable,
 determine that Members, Delegates, or the Resident                 determine that Members designated under subdivision (A)        absent unanimous consent, after its announcement at the
 Commissioner named under subdivision (A) should be assigned to     should be assigned to serve on an investigative subcommittee   beginning of a Congress.
 serve on an investigative subcommittee of that committee, each     of that committee, they shall each select the same number of
 of them shall select an equal number of such Members,              Members of his respective party from the list to serve on
 Delegates, or Resident Commissioner from his respective party      that subcommittee.
 to serve on that subcommittee.
  (b)(1) Membership on a standing committee during the course        (b)(1) Membership on standing committees during the course     When a Member ceases to be a member of a party caucus or
 of a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in      of a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership     conference, the Speaker notifies the chairman of each
 the party caucus or conference that nominated the Member,          in the party caucus or conference that nominated Members for   committee on which that Member serves that the Member's
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner concerned for election to       election to such committees. Should a Member cease to be a     election to that committee is automatically vacated; thus
 such committee. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident             member of a particular party caucus or conference, said        these are the ``affected'' committees.
 Commissioner cease to be a member of a particular party caucus     Member shall automatically cease to be a member of a
 or conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner     standing committee to which he was elected on the basis of
 shall automatically cease to be a member of each standing          nomination by that caucus or conference. The chairman of the
 committee to which he was elected on the basis of nomination       relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker
 by that caucus or conference. The chairman of the relevant         whenever a Member ceases to be a member of a party caucus or
 party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker whenever a     conference and the Speaker shall notify the chairman of each
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases to be a          standing committee on which said Member serves, that in
 member of that caucus or conference. The Speaker shall notify      accord with this rule, the Member's election to such
 the chairman of each affected committee that the election of       committee is automatically vacated.
 such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the
 committee is automatically vacated under this subparagraph.

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  (2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision (B), a Member,         (2)(A) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not serve                 serve simultaneously as a member of more than two standing
 simultaneously as a member of more than two standing             committees or four subcommittees of the standing committees of
 committees or more than four subcommittees of the standing       the House, except that ex officio service by a chairman and
 committees.                                                      ranking minority member of a committee on each of its
  (B)(i) Ex officio service by a chairman or ranking minority     subcommittees by committee rule shall not be counted against
 member of a committee on each of its subcommittees under a       the limitation on subcommittee service. Service on an
 committee rule does not count against the limitation on          investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of
 subcommittee service.                                            Official Conduct pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) shall not be
  (ii) Service on an investigative subcommittee of the            counted against the limitation on subcommittee service. Any
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct under paragraph       other exception to these limitations must be approved by the
 (a)(4) does not count against the limitation on subcommittee     House upon the recommendation of the respective party caucus
 service.                                                         or conference.
  (iii) Any other exception to the limitations in subdivision      (B) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term
 (A) must be approved by the House on the recommendation of the   ``subcommittee'' includes any panel (other than a special
 relevant party caucus or conference.                             oversight panel of the Committee on National Security), task
  (C) In this subparagraph the term ``subcommittee'' includes a   force, special subcommittee, or any subunit of a standing
 panel (other than a special oversight panel of the Committee     committee that is established for a cumulative period longer
 on National Security), task force, special subcommittee, or      than six months in any Congress.
 other subunit of a standing committee that is established for
 a cumulative period longer than six months in a Congress.
  (c)(1) One of the members of each standing committee shall be    (c) One of the members of each standing committee shall be       The proposed language clarifies the overlap during the
 elected by the House, on the nomination of the majority party    elected by the House, from nominations submitted by the          absence of the chairman between paragraph (c) (the member
 caucus or conference, as chairman thereof. In the temporary      majority party caucus, at the commencement of each Congress,     next in rank shall act as chairman) and clause 2(d), rule XI
 absence of the chairman, the member next in rank (and so on,     as chairman thereof. No Member may serve as the chairman of      (the vice chairman shall preside). The vice chairman is not
 as often as the case shall happen) shall act as chairman. Rank   the same standing committee, or as the chairman of the same      necessarily the member next in rank.
 shall be determined by the order members are named in            subcommittee thereof, for more than three consecutive
 resolutions electing them to the committee. In the case of a     Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress
 permanent vacancy in the elected chairmanship of a committee,    (disregarding for this purpose any service for less than a
 the House shall elect another chairman.                          full session in any Congress). In the temporary absence of the
  (2) A member of a standing committee may not serve as           chairman, the member next in rank in the order named in the
 chairman of the same standing committee, or of the same          election of the committee, and so on, as often as the case
 subcommittee of a standing committee, during more than three     shall happen, shall act as chairman; and in case of a
 consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any        permanent vacancy in the chairmanship of any such committee
 service for less than a full session in a Congress).             the House shall elect another chairman.
  (d)(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2), a committee      (d) No committee of the House shall have more than five
 may have not more than five subcommittees.                       subcommittees (except the Committee on Appropriations, which
  (2) The Committee on Appropriations may not have more than 13   shall have no more than 13; the Committee on Government Reform
 subcommittees. The Committee on Government Reform and            and Oversight, which shall have no more than seven; and the
 Oversight may have not more than seven subcommittees. The        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which shall
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may have not      have no more than six).
 more than six subcommittees.
  (e) The House shall fill a vacancy on a standing committee by    (e) All vacancies in standing committees shall be filled by
 election on the nomination of the respective party caucus or     election by the House from nominations, submitted by the
 conference.                                                      respective party caucus or conference.
 

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Expense resolutions                                              Derived from clause 5, rule XI: Committee Expenses
  6. (a) Whenever a committee, commission, or other entity         5. (a) Whenever any committee, commission, or other entity       Existing clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI states the general rule
 (other than the Committee on Appropriations) is granted          (except the Committee on Appropriations) is to be granted        that measures may not be considered until the third calendar
 authorization for the payment of its expenses (including staff   authorization for the payment of its expenses (including all     day on which the committee report is available. A primary
 salaries) for a Congress, such authorization initially shall     staff salaries) for a Congress, such authorization initially     committee expense resolution is an exception to this general
 be procured by one primary expense resolution reported by the    shall be procured by one primary expense resolution reported     rule of report availability, as it is subject to the separate
 Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution may   by the Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense           one day rule stated here. In this case, a committee report
 include a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of             resolution may include a reserve fund for unanticipated          must be available on the calendar day prior to consideration.
 committees. An amount from such a reserve fund may be            expenses of committees. An amount from such a reserve fund may   A supplemental expense resolution is subject to a similar
 allocated to a committee only by the approval of the Committee   be allocated to a committee only by the approval of the          availability requirement (see proposed clause 6(b), rule X).
 on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution reported to     Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution
 the House may not be considered in the House unless a printed    reported to the House shall not be considered in the House
 report thereon was available on the previous calendar day. For   unless a printed report on that resolution has been available
 the information of the House, such report shall--                to the Members of the House for at least one calendar day
                                                                  prior to the consideration of that resolution in the House.
                                                                  Such report shall, for the information of the House--
    (1) state the total amount of the funds to be provided to        (1) state the total amount of the funds to be provided to
   the committee, commission, or other entity under the primary     the committee, commission or other entity under the primary
   expense resolution for all anticipated activities and            expense resolution for all anticipated activities and
   programs of the committee, commission, or other entity; and      programs of the committee, commission or other entity; and
    (2) to the extent practicable, contain such general              (2) to the extent practicable, contain such general
   statements regarding the estimated foreseeable expenditures      statements regarding the estimated foreseeable expenditures
   for the respective anticipated activities and programs of        for the respective anticipated activities and programs of
   the committee, commission, or other entity as may be             the committee, commission or other entity as may be
   appropriate to provide the House with basic estimates of the     appropriate to provide the House with basic estimates with
   expenditures contemplated by the primary expense resolution.     respect to the expenditure generally of the funds to be
                                                                    provided to the committee, commission or other entity under
                                                                    the primary expense resolution.
  (b) After the date of adoption by the House of a primary           (b) After the date of adoption by the House of any such
 expense resolution for a committee, commission, or other           primary expense resolution for any such committee,
 entity for a Congress, authorization for the payment of            commission, or other entity for any Congress, authorization
 additional expenses (including staff salaries) in that             for the payment of additional expenses (including staff
 Congress may be procured by one or more supplemental expense       salaries) in that Congress may be procured by one or more
 resolutions reported by the Committee on House Oversight, as       supplemental expense resolutions reported by the Committee
 necessary. A supplemental expense resolution reported to the       on House Oversight, as necessary. Any such supplemental
 House may not be considered in the House unless a printed          expense resolution reported to the House shall not be
 report thereon was available on the previous calendar day. For     considered in the House unless a printed report on that
 the information of the House, such report shall--                  resolution has been available to the Members of the House
                                                                    for at least one calendar day prior to the consideration of
                                                                    that resolution in the House. Such report shall, for the
                                                                    information of the House--
    (1) state the total amount of additional funds to be             (1) state the total amount of additional funds to be
   provided to the committee, commission, or other entity under     provided to the committee, commission or other entity under
   the supplemental expense resolution and the purposes for         the supplemental expense resolution and the purpose or
   which those additional funds are available; and                  purposes for which those additional funds are to be used by
                                                                    the committee, commission or other entity; and
    (2) state the reasons for the failure to procure the             (2) state the reason or reasons for the failure to procure
   additional funds for the committee, commission, or other         the additional funds for the committee, commission or other
   entity by means of the primary expense resolution.               entity by means of the primary expense resolution.

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  (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to--      (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply
                                                                    to--
    (1) a resolution providing for the payment from committee        (1) any resolution providing for the payment from committee
   salary and expense accounts of the House of sums necessary       salary and expense accounts of the House of sums necessary
   to pay compensation for staff services performed for, or to      to pay compensation for staff services performed for, or to
   pay other expenses of, a committee, commission, or other         pay other expenses of, any committee, commission or other
   entity at any time after the beginning of an odd-numbered        entity at any time from and after the beginning of any odd-
   year and before the date of adoption by the House of the         numbered year and before the date of adoption by the House
   primary expense resolution described in paragraph (a) for        of the primary expense resolution providing funds to pay the
   that year; or                                                    expenses of that committee, commission or other entity for
                                                                    that Congress; or
    (2) a resolution providing each of the standing committees       (2) any resolution providing in any Congress, for all of
   in a Congress additional office equipment, airmail and           the standing committees of the House, additional office
   special-delivery postage stamps, supplies, staff personnel,      equipment, airmail and special delivery postage stamps,
   or any other specific item for the operation of the standing     supplies, staff personnel, or any other specific item for
   committees, and containing an authorization for the payment      the operation of the standing committees, and containing an
   from committee salary and expense accounts of the House of       authorization for the payment from committee salary and
   the expenses of any of the foregoing items provided by that      expense accounts of the House of the expenses of any of the
   resolution, subject to and until enactment of the provisions     foregoing items provided by that resolution, subject to and
   of the resolution as permanent law.                              until enactment of the provisions of the resolution as
                                                                    permanent law.
  (d) From the funds made available for the appointment of         (d) From the funds made available for the appointment of
 committee staff by a primary or additional expense resolution,   committee staff pursuant to any primary or additional expense
 the chairman of each committee shall ensure that sufficient      resolution, the chairman of each committee shall ensure that
 staff is made available to each subcommittee to carry out its    sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to
 responsibilities under the rules of the committee and that the   carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the
 minority party is treated fairly in the appointment of such      committee, and that the minority party is fairly treated in
 staff.                                                           the appointment of such staff.
  (e) Funds authorized for a committee under this clause and
 clauses 7 and 8 are for expenses incurred in the activities of
 the committee.
 
Interim funding
  7. (a) For the period beginning at noon on January 3 and         Derived from clause 5(f)(1), rule XI: (f)(1) For continuance
 ending at midnight on March 31 in each odd-numbered year, such   of necessary investigations and studies by--
 sums as may be necessary shall be paid out of the committee
 salary and expense accounts of the House for continuance of
 necessary investigations and studies by--
    (1) each standing and select committee established by these    (A) each standing committee and select committee established
   rules; and                                                     by these rules; and (B) except as provided in subparagraph
                                                                  (2), each select committee established by resolution;
                                                                 there shall be paid out of committee salary and expense
                                                                  accounts of the House such amounts as may be necessary for the
                                                                  period beginning at noon on January 3 and ending at midnight
                                                                  on March 31 in each odd-numbered year.
    (2) except as specified in paragraph (b), each select
   committee established by resolution.

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  (b) In the case of the first session of a Congress, amounts      (2) In the case of the first session of a Congress, amounts
 shall be made available under this paragraph for a select        shall be made available under this paragraph for a select
 committee established by resolution in the preceding Congress    committee established by resolution in the preceding Congress
 only if--                                                        only if--
    (1) a resolution proposing to reestablish such select          (A) a reestablishing resolution for such select committee is
   committee is introduced in the present Congress; and           introduced in the present Congress; and (B) no resolution of
    (2) the House has not adopted a resolution of the preceding   the preceding Congress provided for termination of funding of
   Congress providing for termination of funding for              investigations and studies by such select committee at or
   investigations and studies by such select committee.           before the end of the preceding Congress.
  (c) Each committee described in paragraph (a) shall be           (3) Each committee receiving amounts under this paragraph
 entitled for each month during the period specified in           shall be entitled, for each month in the period specified in
 paragraph (a) to 9 percent (or such lesser percentage as may     subparagraph (1), to 9 per centum (or such lesser per centum
 be determined by the Committee on House Oversight) of the        as may be determined by the Committee on House Oversight) of
 total annualized amount made available under expense             the total annualized amount made available under expense
 resolutions for such committee in the preceding session of       resolutions for such committee in the preceding session of
 Congress.                                                        Congress.
  (d) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers      (4) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers
 authorized by the committee involved, signed by the chairman     authorized by the committee involved, signed by the chairman
 of the committee, except as provided in paragraph (e), and       of such committee, except as provided in subparagraph (5), and
 approved by the Committee on House Oversight.                    approved by the Committee on House Oversight.
  (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule of the House,     (5) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule of the House,
 or other authority, from noon on January 3 of the first          or other authority, from noon on January 3 of the first
 session of a Congress until the election by the House of the     session of a Congress, until the election by the House of the
 committee concerned in that Congress, payments under this        committee involved in that Congress, payments under this
 paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by--                  paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by--
    (1) the member of the committee who served as chairman of        (A) the chairman of such committee as constituted at the
   the committee at the expiration of the preceding Congress;       close of the preceding Congress; or
   or
    (2) if the chairman is not a Member, Delegate, or Resident       (B) if such chairman is not a Member in the present
   Commissioner in the present Congress, then the ranking           Congress, the ranking majority party member of such
   member of the committee as it was constituted at the             committee as constituted at the close of the preceding
   expiration of the preceding Congress who is a Member of the      Congress who is a Member in the present Congress.
   majority party in the present Congress.
  (f)(1) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under      (6)(A) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under
 this paragraph shall expire upon adoption by the House of a      this paragraph shall expire upon agreement by the House to a
 primary expense resolution for the committee.                    primary expense resolution for such committee.
  (2) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be         (B) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be
 expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the        expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
 Committee on House Oversight.                                    Committee on House Oversight.
  (3) This clause shall be effective only insofar as it is not     (C) The provisions of this paragraph shall be effective only
 inconsistent with a resolution reported by the Committee on      insofar as not inconsistent with any resolution, reported by
 House Oversight and adopted by the House after the adoption of   the Committee on House Oversight and adopted after the date of
 these rules.                                                     adoption of these rules.

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Travel                                                           Derived from clause 2(n), rule XI: Use of committee funds for
                                                                  travel
  8. (a) Local currencies owned by the United States shall be      (n)(1) Funds authorized for a committee under clause 5 are
 made available to the committee and its employees engaged in     for expenses incurred in the committee's activities; however,
 carrying out their official duties outside the United States     local currencies owned by the United States shall be made
 or its territories or possessions. Appropriated funds,           available to the committee and its employees engaged in
 including those authorized under this clause and clauses 6 and   carrying out their official duties outside the United States,
 8, may not be expended for the purpose of defraying expenses     its territories or possessions. No appropriated funds,
 of members of a committee or its employees in a country where    including those authorized under clause 5 shall be expended
 local currencies are available for this purpose.                 for the purpose of defraying expenses of members of the
  (b) The following conditions shall apply with respect to        committee or its employees in any country where local
 travel outside the United States or its territories or           currencies are available for this purpose; and the following
 possessions:                                                     conditions shall apply with respect to travel outside the
    (1) A member or employee of a committee may not receive or    United States or its territories or possessions:
   expend local currencies for subsistence in a country for a      (A) No member or employee of the committee shall receive or
   day at a rate in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in     expend local currencies for subsistence in any country for
   applicable Federal law.                                          any day at a rate in excess of the maximum per diem set
    (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his            forth in applicable Federal law, or if the Member or
   expenses for a day at the lesser of--                            employee is reimbursed for any expenses for such day, then
     (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or       the lesser of the per diem or the actual, unreimbursed
     (B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other than for          expenses (other than for transportation) incurred by the
    transportation) he incurred during that day.                    Member or employee during that day.
 
    (3) Each member or employee of a committee shall make to       (B) Each member or employee of the committee shall make to
   the chairman of the committee an itemized report showing the     the chairman of the committee an itemized report showing the
   dates each country was visited, the amount of per diem           dates each country was visited, the amount of per diem
   furnished, the cost of transportation furnished, and funds       furnished, the cost of transportation furnished, any funds
   expended for any other official purpose and shall summarize      expended for any other official purpose and shall summarize
   in these categories the total foreign currencies or              in these categories the total foreign currencies and/or
   appropriated funds expended. Each report shall be filed with     appropriated funds expended. All such individual reports
   the chairman of the committee not later than 60 days             shall be filed no later than sixty days following the
   following the completion of travel for use in complying with     completion of travel with the chairman of the committee for
   reporting requirements in applicable Federal law and shall       use in complying with with reporting requirements in
   be open for public inspection.                                   applicable Federal law and shall be open for public
                                                                    inspection.
  (c)(1) In carrying out the activities of a committee outside     (2) In carrying out the committee's activities outside of the
 the United States in a country where local currencies are        United States in any country where local currencies are
 unavailable, a member or employee of a committee may not         unavailable, a member or employee of the committee may not
 receive reimbursement for expenses (other than for               receive reimbursement for expenses (other than for
 transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in   transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in
 applicable Federal law.                                          applicable Federal law, or if the member or employee is
                                                                  reimbursed for any expenses for such day, then the lesser of
                                                                  the per diem or the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than
                                                                  for transportation) incurred, by the member or employee during
                                                                  any day.
  (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his expenses
 for a day, at the lesser of--
    (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or
    (B) the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than for
   transportation) he incurred during that day.

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  (3) A member or employee of a committee may not receive          (3) A member or employee of a committee may not receive
 reimbursement for the cost of any transportation in connection   reimbursement for the cost of any transportation in connection
 with travel outside the United States unless the member or       with travel outside of the United States unless the member or
 employee actually paid for the transportation.                   employee has actually paid for the transportation.
  (d) The restrictions respecting travel outside the United        (4) The restrictions respecting travel outside of the United     ``Lame duck'' travel prohibitions currently contained in
 States set forth in paragraph (c) also shall apply to travel     States set forth in subparagraphs (2) and (3) shall also apply   clause 2(n)(5), rule X and clause 8, rule I are consolidated
 outside the United States by a Member, Delegate, Resident        to travel outside of the United States by Members, officers,     in proposed rule XXV.
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House authorized       and employees of the House authorized under clause 8 of rule
 under any standing rule.                                         I, clause 1(b) of this rule, or any other provision of these
                                                                  Rules of the House of Representatives.
 
Committee staffs                                                 Derived from clause 6, rule XI: Committee Staffs
  9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), each    6. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), each
 standing committee may appoint, by majority vote, not more       standing committee may appoint, by majority vote of the
 than 30 professional staff members to be compensated from the    committee, not more than thirty professional staff members
 funds provided for the appointment of committee staff by         from the funds provided for the appointment of committee staff
 primary and additional expense resolutions. Each professional    pursuant to primary and additional expense resolutions. Each
 staff member appointed under this subparagraph shall be          professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph
 assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of      shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority
 the committee, as the committee considers advisable.             party member of such committee, as the committee considers
                                                                  advisable.
  (2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a          (2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a
 majority of the minority party members of a standing committee   majority of the minority party members of a standing committee
 (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the   (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the
 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) so request, not      Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) so request, not
 more than ten persons (or one-third of the total professional    more than ten persons (or one-third of the total professional
 committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever is        committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever is
 less) may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party    less) may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party
 members, for appointment by the committee as professional        members, for appointment by the committee as professional
 staff members from among the number authorized by subparagraph   staff members from among the number authorized by subparagraph
 (1) of this paragraph. The committee shall appoint any persons   (1) of this paragraph. The committee shall appoint any persons
 so selected whose character and qualifications are acceptable    so selected whose character and qualifications are acceptable
 to a majority of the committee. If the committee determines      to a majority of the committee. If the committee determines
 that the character and qualifications of any person so           that the character and qualifications of any person so
 selected are unacceptable to the committee, a majority of the    selected are unacceptable to the committee, a majority of the
 minority party members may select other persons for              minority party members may select other persons for
 appointment by the committee to the professional staff until     appointment by the committee to the professional staff until
 such appointment is made. Each professional staff member         such appointment is made. Each professional staff member
 appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to such      appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to such
 committee business as the minority party members of the          committee business as the minority party members of the
 committee consider advisable.                                    committee consider advisable.
 
  (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing           (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing
 committee--                                                      committee--
    (A) may not engage in any work other than committee              (A) may not engage in any work other than committee
   business during congressional working hours; and                 business during congressional working hours; and
    (B) may not be assigned a duty other than one pertaining to      (B) may not be assigned any duties other than those
   committee business.                                              pertaining to committee business.

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  (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to staff designated by a     (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to any staff designated
 committee as ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff who are not       by a committee as ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff who are
 paid exclusively by the committee, provided that the chairman    not paid exclusively by the committee, provided that the
 certifies that the compensation paid by the committee for any    chairman certifies that the compensation paid by the committee
 such staff is commensurate with the work performed for the       for any such employee is commensurate with the work performed
 committee in accordance with clause 8 of rule XXIV.              for the committee, in accordance with the provisions of clause
                                                                  8 of rule XLIII.
  (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by a        (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by any
 committee shall be subject to the review of, and to any terms,   committee shall be subject to the review of, and to any terms,
 conditions, or limitations established by, the Committee on      conditions, or limitations established by, the Committee on
 House Oversight in connection with the reporting of any          House Oversight in connection with the reporting of any
 primary or additional expense resolution.                        primary or additional expense resolution.
  (4) This paragraph does not apply to the Committee on            (4) The foregoing provisions of this clause do not apply to
 Appropriations.                                                  the Committee on Appropriations.
  (c) Each employee on the professional or investigative staff     (c) Each employee on the professional and investigative staff
 of a standing committee shall be entitled to pay at a single     of each standing committee shall be entitled to pay at a
 gross per annum rate, to be fixed by the chairman and that       single gross per annum rate, to be fixed by the chairman,
 does not exceed the maximum rate of pay as in effect from time   which does not exceed the maximum rate of pay, as in effect
 to time under applicable provisions of law.                      from time to time, under applicable provisions of law.
  (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the             (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the
 Committee on Appropriations may appoint by majority vote such    Committee on Appropriations may appoint such staff, in
 staff as it determines to be necessary (in addition to the       addition to the clerk thereof and assistants for the minority,
 clerk of the committee and assistants for the minority). The     as it determines by majority vote to be necessary, such
 staff appointed under this paragraph, other than minority        personnel, other than minority assistants, to possess such
 assistants, shall possess such qualifications as the committee   qualifications as the committee may prescribe.
 may prescribe.
  (e) A committee may not appoint to its staff an expert or        (e) No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts or
 other personnel detailed or assigned from a department or        other personnel detailed or assigned from any department or
 agency of the Government except with the written permission of   agency of the Government, except with the written permission
 the Committee on House Oversight.                                of the Committee on House Oversight.
  (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority               (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority
 professional staff member under paragraph (a) is made when no    professional staff member under paragraph (a) is made when no
 vacancy exists for such an appointment, the committee            vacancy exists to which that appointment may be made, the
 nevertheless may appoint under paragraph (a) a person selected   committee nevertheless shall appoint, under paragraph (a), the
 by the minority and acceptable to the committee. A person so     person selected by the minority and acceptable to the
 appointed shall serve as an additional member of the             committee. The person so appointed shall serve as an
 professional staff of the committee until such a vacancy         additional member of the professional staff of the committee,
 occurs (other than a vacancy in the position of head of the      and shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the House
 professional staff, by whatever title designated), at which      described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X, until such a vacancy
 time that person is considered as appointed to that vacancy.     (other than a vacancy in the position of head of the
 Such a person shall be paid from the applicable accounts of      professional staff, by whatever title designated) occurs, at
 the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X. If such a       which time that person shall be deemed to have been appointed
 vacancy occurs on the professional staff when seven or more      to that vacancy. If such vacancy occurs on the professional
 persons have been so appointed who are eligible to fill that     staff when seven or more persons have been so appointed who
 vacancy, a majority of the minority party members shall          are eligible to fill that vacancy, a majority of the minority
 designate which of those persons shall fill the vacancy.         party members shall designate which of those persons shall
                                                                  fill that vacancy.
 

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  (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by         (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by
 minority party members under paragraph (a), and each staff       minority party members under paragraph (a) of this clause, and
 member appointed to assist minority members of a committee       each staff member appointed to assist minority party members
 pursuant to an expense resolution described in paragraph (a)     of a committee pursuant to an expense resolution described in
 of clause 6, shall be accorded equitable treatment with          paragraph (a) of clause 5, shall be accorded equitable
 respect to the fixing of the rate of pay, the assignment of      treatment with respect to the fixing of his or her rate of
 work facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.     pay, the assignment to him or her of work facilities, and the
                                                                  accessibility to him or her of committee records.
  (h) Paragraph (a) may not be construed to authorize the         (h) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to authorize the
 appointment of additional professional staff members of a        appointment of additional professional staff members of a
 committee pursuant to a request under paragraph (a) by the       committee pursuant to a request under such paragraph by the
 minority party members of that committee if 10 or more           minority party members of that committee if ten or more
 professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1)      professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1)
 who are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party         who are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party
 members are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party      members, are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party
 members.                                                         members.
  (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may employ     (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may employ
 nonpartisan staff, in lieu of or in addition to committee        nonpartisan staff, in lieu of or in addition to committee
 staff designated exclusively for the majority or minority        staff designated exclusively for the majority or minority
 party, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of    party, upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the members
 the majority party and of a majority of the members of the       of the majority party and a majority of the members of the
 minority party.                                                  minority party.
 
Select and joint committees                                        Derived from clause 6(g), rule X:
  10. (a) Membership on a select or joint committee appointed      (g) Membership on select and joint committees during the
 by the Speaker under clause 11 of rule I during the course of    course of a Congress shall be contingent on continuing
 a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in the   membership in the party caucus or conference the Member was a
 party caucus or conference of which the Member, Delegate, or     member of at the time of his appointment to a select or joint
 Resident Commissioner concerned was a member at the time of      committee. Should a Member cease to be a member of that caucus
 appointment. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident              or conference, said Member shall automatically cease to be a
 Commissioner cease to be a member of that caucus or              member of any select or joint committee to which he is
 conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner      assigned. The chairman of the relevant party caucus or
 shall automatically cease to be a member of any select or        conference shall notify the Speaker whenever a Member ceases
 joint committee to which he is assigned. The chairman of the     to be a member of a party caucus or conference and the Speaker
 relevant party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker     shall notify the chairman of each select or joint committee on
 whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases     which said Member serves, that in accord with this rule, the
 to be a member of a party caucus or conference. The Speaker      Member's appointment to such committee is automatically
 shall notify the chairman of each affected select or joint       vacated.
 committee that the appointment of such Member, Delegate, or
 Resident Commissioner to the select or joint committee is
 automatically vacated under this paragraph.
  (b) Each select or joint committee, other than a committee of    Derived from clause 2(a), rule XI: . . . Each select or joint    Exception for conference committees (which are select
 conference, shall comply with clause 2(a) of rule XI unless      committee shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph     committees) is added for clarification.
 specifically exempted by law.                                    unless specifically prohibited by law.
 
                                                                   Derived from rule XLVIII: RULE XLVIII
 

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Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence                         Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  11. (a)(1) There is established a Permanent Select Committee     1. (a) There is hereby established a permanent select            While the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is the
 on Intelligence (hereafter in this clause referred to as the     committee to be known as the Permanent Select Committee on       only active select committee established in the standing
 ``select committee''). The select committee shall be composed    Intelligence (hereinafter in this rule referred to as the        rules, other select committees (Aging, for example) have been
 of not more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the Resident          ``select committee''). The select committee shall be composed    so constituted in the past. Any future select committee
 Commissioner, of whom not more than nine may be from the same    of not more than sixteen Members, of whom not more than nine     carried in the standing rules could also be added to rule X.
 party. The select committee shall include at least one Member,   may be from the same party. The select committee shall include
 Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from each of the          at least one Member from:
 following committees:
    (A) the Committee on Appropriations;                             (1) the Committee on Appropriations;
    (B) the Committee on National Security;                          (2) the Committee on National Security;
    (C) the Committee on International Relations; and                (3) the Committee on International Relations; and
    (D) the Committee on the Judiciary.                              (4) the Committee on the Judiciary.
  (2) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall be ex officio      (b)(1) The Speaker of the House and the Minority Leader of
 members of the select committee but shall have no vote in the    the House shall be ex officio members of the select committee,
 select committee and may not be counted for purposes of          but shall have no vote in the select committee and shall not
 determining a quorum thereof.                                    be counted for purposes of determining a quorum.
  (3) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a         (2) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a
 member of his leadership staff to assist him in his capacity     member of their leadership staff to assist them in their
 as ex officio member, with the same access to committee          capacity as ex officio members, with the same access to
 meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as employees of     committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as if
 the select committee and subject to the same security            employees of the select committee, and subject to the same
 clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees of the   security clearance and confidentiality requirements as
 select committee under this clause.                              employees of the select committee under this rule.
  (4)(A) Except as permitted by subdivision (B), a Member,         (c) No Member of the House other than the Speaker or the
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than the Speaker or    Minority Leader may serve on the select committee during more
 the Minority Leader, may not serve as a member of the select     than four Congresses in any period of six successive
 committee during more than four Congresses in a period of six    Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for less
 successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any         than a full session in any Congress), except the incumbent
 service for less than a full session in a Congress).             chairman or the ranking minority member having served on the
                                                                  select committee for four Congresses and having served as
                                                                  chairman or ranking minority member for not more than one
                                                                  Congress shall be eligible for reappointment to the select
                                                                  committee as chairman or ranking minority member for one
                                                                  additional Congress.
  (B) A member of the select committee who served as either the
 chairman or the ranking minority member of the select
 committee in the immediately previous Congress and who did not
 serve in that respective capacity in an earlier Congress may
 serve as either the chairman or the ranking minority member of
 the select committee during one additional Congress.
  (b)(1) There shall be referred to the select committee           2. (a) There shall be referred to the select committee all
 proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and        proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and
 other matters relating to the following:                         other matters relating to the following:
    (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of             (1) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of
   Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence      Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence
   Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security      Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security
   Act of 1947.                                                     Act of 1947.
    (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all      (2) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all
   other departments and agencies of the Government, including      other departments and agencies of the Government, including
   the tactical intelligence and intelligence-related               (but not limited to) the tactical intelligence and
   activities of the Department of Defense.                         intelligence-related activities of the Department of
                                                                    Defense.

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    (C) The organization or reorganization of a department or        (3) The organization or reorganization of any department or
   agency of the Government to the extent that the organization     agency of the Government to the extent that the organization
   or reorganization relates to a function or activity              or reorganization relates to a function or activity
   involving intelligence or intelligence-related activities.       involving intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
    (D) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and           (4) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and
   indirect, for the following:                                     indirect, for the following:
      (i) The Central Intelligence Agency, Director of Central       (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, Director of Central
     Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence            Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence Program
     Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National             as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security Act of
     Security Act of 1947.                                          1947.
      (ii) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of       (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all
     all other departments and agencies of the Government,          other departments and agencies of the Government, including
     including the tactical intelligence and intelligence-          (but not limited to) the tactical intelligence and
     related activities of the Department of Defense.               intelligence-related activities of the Department of
                                                                    Defense.
      (iii) A department, agency, subdivision, or program that       (C) Any department, agency, or subdivision, or program that
     is a successor to an agency or program named or referred       is a successor to any agency or program named or referred to
     to in (i) or (ii).                                             in subdivision (A) or (B).
  (2) Proposed legislation initially reported by the select        (b) Any proposed legislation initially reported by the select
 committee (other than provisions solely involving matters        committee, except any legislation involving matters specified
 specified in subparagraph (1)(A) or subparagraph (1)(D)(i))      in subparagraph (1) or (4)(A) of paragraph (a), containing any
 containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of a     matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of any standing
 standing committee shall be referred by the Speaker to that      committee shall, at the request of the chairman of such
 standing committee. Proposed legislation initially reported by   standing committee, be referred to such standing committee by
 another committee that contains matter within the jurisdiction   the Speaker for its consideration of such matter and be
 of the select committee shall be referred by the Speaker to      reported to the House by such standing committee within the
 the select committee if requested by the chairman of the         time prescribed by the Speaker in the referral; and any
 select committee.                                                proposed legislation initially reported by any committee,
                                                                  other than the select committee, which contains any matter
                                                                  within the jurisdiction of the select committee shall, at the
                                                                  request of the chairman of the select committee, be referred
                                                                  by the Speaker to the select committee for its consideration
                                                                  of such matter and be reported to the House within the time
                                                                  prescribed by the Speaker in the referral.
  (3) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as prohibiting     (c) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as prohibiting or
 or otherwise restricting the authority of any other committee    otherwise restricting the authority of any other committee to
 to study and review an intelligence or intelligence-related      study and review any intelligence or intelligence-related
 activity to the extent that such activity directly affects a     activity to the extent that such activity directly affects a
 matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.      matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such committee.
  (4) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as amending,       (d) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as amending,
 limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of a standing      limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of any standing
 committee to obtain full and prompt access to the product of     committee of the House to obtain full and prompt access to the
 the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of a        product of the intelligence and intelligence-related
 department or agency of the Government relevant to a matter      activities of any department or agency of the Government
 otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.             relevant to a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such
                                                                  committee.

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  (c)(1) For purposes of accountability to the House, the          3. (a) The select committee, for purposes of accountability
 select committee shall make regular and periodic reports to      to the House, shall make regular and periodic reports to the
 the House on the nature and extent of the intelligence and       House on the nature and extent of the intelligence and
 intelligence-related activities of the various departments and   intelligence-related activities of the various departments and
 agencies of the United States. The select committee shall        agencies of the United States. Such committee shall promptly
 promptly call to the attention of the House, or to any other     call to the attention of the House or to any other appropriate
 appropriate committee, a matter requiring the attention of the   committee of the House any matters requiring the attention of
 House or another committee. In making such report, the select    the House or such other committee or committees. In making
 committee shall proceed in a manner consistent with paragraph    such reports, the select committee shall proceed in a manner
 (g) to protect national security.                                consistent with clause 7 to protect national security.
  (2) The select committee shall obtain annual reports from the    (b) The select committee shall obtain an annual report from
 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of    the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary
 Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the         of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the
 Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such reports shall review the   Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such reports shall review the
 intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the agency   intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the agency
 or department concerned and the intelligence and intelligence-   or department concerned and the intelligence and intelligence-
 related activities of foreign countries directed at the United   related activities of foreign countries directed at the United
 States or its interests. An unclassified version of each         States or its interest. An unclassified version of each report
 report may be made available to the public at the discretion     may be made available to the public at the discretion of the
 of the select committee. Nothing herein shall be construed as    select committee. Nothing herein shall be construed as
 requiring the public disclosure in such reports of the names     requiring the public disclosure in such reports of the names
 of persons engaged in intelligence or intelligence-related       of individuals engaged in intelligence or intelligence-related
 activities for the United States or the divulging of             activities for the United States or the divulging of
 intelligence methods employed or the sources of information on   intelligence methods employed or the sources of information on
 which the reports are based or the amount of funds authorized    which such reports are based or the amount of funds authorized
 to be appropriated for intelligence and intelligence-related     to be appropriated for intelligence and intelligence-related
 activities.                                                      activities.
  (3) Within six weeks after the President submits a budget        (c) Within 6 weeks after the President submits a budget under
 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the       section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the select
 select committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget     committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget the
 the views and estimates described in section 301(d) of the       views and estimates described in section 301(d) of the
 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the
 jurisdiction of the select committee.                            jurisdiction of the select committee.
  (d)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), clauses 6(a),    4. To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this
 (b), and (c) and 8(a), (b), and (c) of this rule, and clauses    rule, the provisions of clauses 1, 2, 3, and 5 (a), (b), (c),
 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI shall apply to the select committee to    and 6 (a), (b), (c) of rule XI shall apply to the select
 the extent not inconsistent with this clause.                    committee, except that, notwithstanding the requirements of
  (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of the first sentence of   the first sentence of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, a majority of
 clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, in the presence of the number of      those present, there being in attendance the requisite number
 members required under the rules of the select committee for     required under the rules of the select committee to be present
 the purpose of taking testimony or receiving evidence, the       for the purpose of taking testimony or receiving evidence, may
 select committee may vote to close a hearing whenever a          vote to close a hearing whenever a majority of those present
 majority of those present determines that the testimony or       determines that such testimony or evidence would endanger the
 evidence would endanger the national security.                   national security.
  (e) An employee of the select committee, or a person engaged     5. No employee of the select committee or any person engaged
 by contract or otherwise to perform services for or at the       by contract or otherwise to perform services for or at the
 request of the select committee, may not be given access to      request of such committee shall be given access to any
 any classified information by the select committee unless such   classified information by such committee unless such employee
 employee or person has--                                         or person has--

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    (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by the        (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by the rules
   Rules of the House, including the jurisdiction of the          of the House (including the jurisdiction of the Committee on
   Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and of the select   Standards of Official Conduct and of the select committee as
   committee concerning the security of classified information    to the security of such information during and after the
   during and after the period of his employment or contractual   period of his employment or contractual agreement with such
   agreement with the select committee; and                       committee); and
    (2) received an appropriate security clearance, as             (2) received an appropriate security clearance as determined
   determined by the select committee in consultation with the    by such committee, in consultation with the Director of
   Director of Central Intelligence, that is commensurate with    Central Intelligence. The type of security clearance to be
   the sensitivity of the classified information to which such    required in the case of any such employee or person shall,
   employee or person will be given access by the select          within the determination of such committee in consultation
   committee.                                                     with the Director of Central Intelligence, be commensurate
                                                                  with the sensitivity of the classified information to which
                                                                  such employee or person will be given access by such
                                                                  committee.
  (f) The select committee shall formulate and carry out such      6. The select committee shall formulate and carry out such
 rules and procedures as it considers necessary to prevent the    rules and procedures as it deems necessary to prevent the
 disclosure, without the consent of each person concerned, of     disclosure, without the consent of the person or persons
 information in the possession of the select committee that       concerned, of information in the possession of such committee
 unduly infringes on the privacy or that violates the             which unduly infringes upon the privacy or which violates the
 constitutional rights of such person. Nothing herein shall be    constitutional rights of such person or persons. Nothing
 construed to prevent the select committee from publicly          herein shall be construed to prevent such committee from
 disclosing classified information in a case in which it          publicly disclosing any such information in any case in which
 determines that national interest in the disclosure of           such committee determines that national interest in the
 classified information clearly outweighs any infringement on     disclosure of such information clearly outweighs any
 the privacy of a person.                                         infringement on the privacy of any person or persons.
 
  (g)(1) The select committee may disclose publicly any            7. (a) The select committee may, subject to the provisions of
 information in its possession after a determination by the       this clause, disclose publicly any information in the
 select committee that the public interest would be served by     possession of such committee after a determination by such
 such disclosure. With respect to the disclosure of information   committee that the public interest would be served by such
 for which this paragraph requires action by the select           disclosure. Whenever committee action is required to disclose
 committee--                                                      any information under this clause, the committee shall meet to
    (A) the select committee shall meet to vote on the matter     vote on the matter within five days after any member of the
   within five days after a member of the select committee        committee requests such a vote. No member of the select
   requests a vote; and                                           committee shall disclose any information, the disclosure of
    (B) a member of the select committee may not make such a      which requires a committee vote, prior to a vote by the
   disclosure before a vote by the select committee on the        committee on the question of the disclosure of such
   matter, or after a vote by the select committee on the         information or after such vote except in accordance with this
   matter except in accordance with this paragraph.               clause.
  (2)(A) In a case in which the select committee votes to          (b)(1) In any case in which the select committee votes to
 disclose publicly any information that has been classified       disclose publicly any information that has been classified
 under established security procedures, that has been submitted   under established security procedures, which has been
 to it by the executive branch, and that the executive branch     submitted to it by the executive branch, and which the
 requests be kept secret, the select committee shall notify the   executive branch requests be kept secret, the select committee
 President of such vote.                                          shall notify the President of such vote.

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  (B) The select committee may disclose publicly such              (2) The select committee may disclose publicly such
 information after the expiration of a five-day period            information after the expiration of a five-day period
 following the day on which notice of the vote to disclose is     following the day on which notice of such vote is transmitted
 transmitted to the President unless, before the expiration of    to the President unless, prior to the expiration of such five-
 the five-day period, the President, personally in writing,       day period, the President, personally in writing, notifies the
 notifies the select committee that he objects to the             select committee that he objects to the disclosure of such
 disclosure of such information, provides his reasons therefor,   information, provides his reasons therefor, and certifies that
 and certifies that the threat to the national interest of the    the threat to the national interest of the United States posed
 United States posed by the disclosure is of such gravity that    by such disclosure is of such gravity that it outweighs any
 it outweighs any public interest in the disclosure.              public interest in the disclosure.
  (C) If the President, personally in writing, notifies the        (3) If the President, personally, in writing, notifies the
 select committee of his objections to the disclosure of          select committee of his objections to the disclosure of such
 information as provided in subdivision (B), the select           information as provided in subparagraph (2), such committee
 committee may, by majority vote, refer the question of the       may, by majority vote, refer the question of this disclosure
 disclosure of such information, with a recommendation thereon,   of such information with a recommendation thereon to the House
 to the House. The select committee may not publicly disclose     for consideration. The select committee shall not publicly
 such information without leave of the House.                     disclose such information without leave of the House.
  (D) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the question    (4) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the question
 of disclosure of any information to the House under              of disclosure of any information to the House under
 subdivision (C), the chairman shall, not later than the first    subparagraph (3), the chairman shall, not later than the first
 day on which the House is in session following the day on        day on which the House is in session following the day on
 which the vote occurs, report the matter to the House for its    which the vote occurs, report the matter to the House for its
 consideration.                                                   consideration.
  (E) If the chairman of the select committee does not offer in    (5) If within four calendar days on which the House is in
 the House a motion to consider in closed session a matter        session, after such recommendation is reported, no motion has
 reported under subdivision (D) within four calendar days on      been made by the chairman of the select committee to consider,
 which the House is in session after the recommendation           in closed session, the matter reported under subparagraph (4),
 described in subdivision (C) is reported, then such a motion     then such a motion shall be deemed privileged and may be made
 shall be privileged when offered by a Member, Delegate, or       by any Member. The motion under this subparagraph shall not be
 Resident Commissioner. In either case such a motion shall be     subject to debate or amendment. When made, it shall be decided
 decided without debate or intervening motion except one that     without intervening motion except one motion to adjourn.
 the House adjourn.
  (F) Upon adoption by the House of a motion to resolve into       (6) If the House adopts a motion to resolve into closed
 closed session as described in subdivision (E), the Speaker      session, the Speaker shall then be authorized to declare a
 may declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair. At the    recess subject to the call of the Chair. At the expiration of
 expiration of the recess, the pending question, in closed        such recess, the pending question, in closed session, shall
 session, shall be, ``Shall the House approve the                 be, ``Shall the House approve the recommendation of the select
 recommendation of the select committee?''.                       committee?''.
  (G) Debate on the question described in subdivision (F) shall    (7) After not more than two hours of debate on the motion,       The phrase ``or their designees'' in existing subparagraph
 be limited to two hours equally divided and controlled by the    such debate to be equally divided and controlled by the          (7) is unnecessary since the House has always permitted a
 chairman and ranking minority member of the select committee.    chairman and ranking minority member of the select committee,    chairman and ranking minority member controlling debate time
 After such debate the previous question shall be considered as   or their designees, the previous question shall be considered    under circumstances like that of proposed subdivision (G) to
 ordered on the question of approving the recommendation          as ordered and the House, without intervening motion except      designate another committee member to control that time in
 without intervening motion except one motion that the House      one motion to adjourn, shall immediately vote on the question,   their stead. Most special order of business resolutions from
 adjourn. The House shall vote on the question in open session    in open session, but without divulging the information with      the Rules Committee regarding general debate in the Committee
 but without divulging the information with respect to which      respect to which the vote is being taken. If the                 of the Whole are stated in a similar fashion, and unanimous
 the vote is taken. If the recommendation of the select           recommendation of the select committee is not agreed to, the     consent is not required to designate another committee member
 committee is not approved, then the question is considered as    question shall be deemed recommitted to the select committee     to control time.
 recommitted to the select committee for further                  for further recommendation.
 recommendation.

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  (3)(A) Information in the possession of the select committee     (c)(1) No information in the possession of the select
 relating to the lawful intelligence or intelligence-related      committee relating to the lawful intelligence or intelligence-
 activities of a department or agency of the United States that   related activities of any department or agency of the United
 has been classified under established security procedures, and   States which has been classified under established security
 that the select committee has determined should not be           procedures and which the select committee, pursuant to
 disclosed under subparagraph (1) or (2), may not be made         paragraphs (a) or (b) of this clause, has determined should
 available to any person by a Member, Delegate, Resident          not be disclosed shall be made available to any person by a
 Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House except as        Member, officer, or employee of the House except as provided
 provided in subdivision (B).                                     in subparagraphs (2) and (3).
  (B) The select committee shall, under such regulations as it     (2) The select committee shall, under such regulations as the
 may prescribe, make information described in subdivision (A)     committee shall prescribe, make any information described in
 available to a committee or a Member, Delegate, or Resident      subparagraph (1) available to any other committee or any other
 Commissioner, and permit a Member, Delegate, or Resident         Member of the House, and permit any other Member of the House
 Commissioner to attend a hearing of the select committee that    to attend any hearing of the select committee that is closed
 is closed to the public. Whenever the select committee makes     to the public. Whenever the select committee makes such
 such information available, it shall keep a written record       information available (other than to the Speaker), the
 showing, in the case of particular information, which            committee shall keep a written record showing, in the case of
 committee or which Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner    any particular information, which committee or which Members
 received the information. A Member, Delegate, or Resident        of the House received such information. No Member of the House
 Commissioner who, and a committee that, receives information     who, and no committee which, receives any information under
 under this subdivision may not disclose the information except   this subparagraph, shall disclose such information except in a
 in a closed session of the House.                                closed session of the House.
 
  (4) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall          (d) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall
 investigate any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or       investigate any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or
 intelligence-related information by a Member, Delegate,          intelligence-related information by a Member, officer, or
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House in      employee of the House in violation of paragraph (c) and report
 violation of subparagraph (3) and report to the House            to the House concerning any allegation which it finds to be
 concerning any allegation that it finds to be substantiated.     substantiated.
  (5) Upon the request of a person who is subject to an            (e) Upon the request of any person who is subject to any such
 investigation described in subparagraph (4), the Committee on    investigation, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
 Standards of Official Conduct shall release to such person at    shall release to such individual at the conclusion of its
 the conclusion of its investigation a summary of its             investigation a summary of its investigation, together with
 investigation, together with its findings. If, at the            its findings. If, at the conclusion of its investigation, the
 conclusion of its investigation, the Committee on Standards of   Committee on Standards of Official Conduct determines that
 Official Conduct determines that there has been a significant    there has been a significant breach of confidentiality or
 breach of confidentiality or unauthorized disclosure by a        unauthorized disclosure by a Member, officer, or employee of
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    the House, it shall report its findings to the House and
 of the House, it shall report its findings to the House and      recommend appropriate action such as censure, removal from
 recommend appropriate action. Recommendations may include        committee membership, or expulsion from the House, in the case
 censure, removal from committee membership, or expulsion from    of a Member, or removal from office or employment or
 the House, in the case of a Member, or removal from office or    punishment for contempt, in the case of an officer or
 employment or punishment for contempt, in the case of an         employee.
 officer or employee.
  (h) The select committee may permit a personal representative    8. The select committee is authorized to permit any personal
 of the President, designated by the President to serve as a      representative of the President, designated by the President
 liaison to the select committee, to attend any closed meeting    to serve as a liaison to the select committee, to attend any
 of the select committee.                                         closed meeting of the such committee.

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  (i) Subject to the Rules of the House, funds may not be          9. Subject to the rules of the House, no funds shall be
 appropriated for a fiscal year, with the exception of a bill     appropriated for any fiscal year, with the exception of a
 or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or an amendment   continuing bill or resolution continuing appropriations, or an
 thereto, or a conference report thereon, to, or for use of, a    amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, to, or for
 department or agency of the United States to carry out any of    use of, any department or agency of the United States to carry
 the following activities, unless the funds shall previously      out any of the following activities, unless such funds shall
 have been authorized by a bill or joint resolution passed by     previously have been authorized by a bill or joint resolution
 the House during the same or preceding fiscal year to carry      passed by the House during the same or preceding fiscal year
 out such activity for such fiscal year:                          to carry out such activity for such fiscal year:
    (1) The activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and        (a) The activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and
   the Director of Central Intelligence.                            the Director of Central Intelligence.
    (2) The activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency.           (b) The activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
    (3) The activities of the National Security Agency.              (c) The activities of the National Security Agency.
    (4) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of      (d) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
   other agencies and subdivisions of the Department of             other agencies and subdivisions of the Department of
   Defense.                                                         Defense.
    (5) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of      (e) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
   the Department of State.                                         the Department of State.
    (6) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of      (f) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
   the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including all               the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including all
   activities of the Intelligence Division.                         activities of the Intelligence Division.
  (j)(1) In this clause the term ``intelligence and                10. (a) As used in this rule, the term ``intelligence and
 intelligence-related activities'' includes--                     intelligence-related activities'' includes--
    (A) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or    (1) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or
   use of information that relates to a foreign country, or a     use of information which relates to any foreign country, or
   government, political group, party, military force,            any government, political group, party, military force,
   movement, or other association in a foreign country, and       movement, or other association in a foreign country, and which
   that relates to the defense, foreign policy, national          relates to the defense, foreign policy, national security, or
   security, or related policies of the United States and other   related policies of the United States, and other activity in
   activity in support of the collection, analysis, production,   support of such activities; (2) activities taken to counter
   dissemination, or use of such information;                     similar activities directed against the United States; (3)
    (B) activities taken to counter similar activities directed   covert or clandestine activities affecting the relations of
   against the United States;                                     the United States with any foreign government, political
    (C) covert or clandestine activities affecting the            group, party, military force, movement, or other association;
   relations of the United States with a foreign government,      (4) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or
   political group, party, military force, movement, or other     use of information about activities of persons within the
   association;                                                   United States, its territories and possessions, or nationals
    (D) the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or   of the United States abroad whose political and related
   use of information about activities of persons within the      activities pose, or may be considered by any department,
   United States, its territories and possessions, or nationals   agency, bureau, office, division, instrumentality, or employee
   of the United States abroad whose political and related        of the United States to pose, a threat to the internal
   activities pose, or may be considered by a department,         security of the United States, and covert or clandestine
   agency, bureau, office, division, instrumentality, or          activities directed against such persons.
   employee of the United States to pose, a threat to the
   internal security of the United States; and
    (E) covert or clandestine activities directed against
   persons described in subdivision (D).
 
  (2) In this clause the term ``department or agency'' includes    (b) As used in this rule, the term ``department or agency''
 any organization, committee, council, establishment, or office   includes any organization, committee, council, establishment,
 within the Federal Government.                                   or office within the Federal Government.

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  (3) For purposes of this clause, reference to a department,      (c) For purposes of this rule, reference to any department,
 agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to      agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to
 any successor department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to      any successor department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to
 the extent that a successor engages in intelligence or           the extent that such successor engages in intelligence or
 intelligence-related activities now conducted by the             intelligence-related activities now conducted by the
 department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in this   department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in this
 clause.                                                          rule.
  (k) Clause 12(a) of rule XXII does not apply to meetings of a    11. Clause 6(a) of rule XXVIII does not apply to meetings of
 conference committee respecting legislation (or any part         a committee of conference respecting legislation (or any part
 thereof) reported by the Permanent Select Committee on           thereof) reported by the Permanent Select Committee on
 Intelligence.                                                    Intelligence.
 
                            RULE XI                                RULE XI
 
        PROCEDURES OF COMMITTEES AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS           RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COMMITTEES
 
In general                                                         In General
  1. (a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), the Rules    1. (a)(1) The Rules of the House are the rules of its            Proposed rule XI remains dedicated to issues of committee
 of the House are the rules of its committees and subcommittees   committees and subcommittees so far as applicable, except that   procedure and retains all current provisions of clauses 1 and
 so far as applicable.                                            a motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense     2, through the point of ordering a measure reported from full
                                                                  with the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if     committee and the filing of views. Reporting requirements
                                                                  printed copies are available, are nondebatable motions of high   applicable to all committees have been transferred to rule
                                                                  privilege in committees and subcommittees.                       XIII. Current clause 4 on privileged reports has been
                                                                                                                                   transferred to rule XIII to become a new clause 5, and
                                                                                                                                   provisions relating to consideration of reports from the
                                                                                                                                   Committee on Rules (clauses 4(b), (c) and (e) of rule XI have
                                                                                                                                   become clause 6 of rule XIII. Rule XI includes procedural
                                                                                                                                   matters relating to the Committee on Standards of Official
                                                                                                                                   Conduct as a new clause 3, transferred from clause 4 of rule
                                                                                                                                   X. The provisions on broadcasting of committee proceedings
                                                                                                                                   are renumbered as clause 4 (from current clause 3) with a
                                                                                                                                   modernized heading. The current rule XXXV on pay of witnesses
                                                                                                                                   is transferred to a new clause 5 of rule XI, since this is
                                                                                                                                   more appropriate as a committee procedural issue. The current
                                                                                                                                   rule XXVI on unfinished business of the session is
                                                                                                                                   transferred to a new clause 6 of rule XI since bearing some
                                                                                                                                   relevance to committee business (but also making explicit
                                                                                                                                   reference to House business) and to provide for a new rule
                                                                                                                                   XXV on use of official accounts.
  (B) A motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to
 dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or
 resolution, if printed copies are available, each shall be
 privileged in committees and subcommittees and shall be
 decided without debate.
  (2) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is          (2) Each subcommittee of a committee is a part of that
 subject to the authority and direction of that committee and     committee, and is subject to the authority and direction of
 to its rules, so far as applicable.                              that committee and to its rules so far as applicable.

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  (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such               (b)(1) Each committee is authorized at any time to conduct       The recodification does not alter the existing relationship
 investigations and studies as it considers necessary or          such investigations and studies as it may consider necessary     between a committee and its subcommittees. Under clause
 appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under rule   or appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under     1(a)(2), rule XI, the Rules of the House, including rule XI,
 X. Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as required    rule X, and (subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as   remain generally applicable to subcommittees (except where
 by clause 6 of rule X, each committee may incur expenses,        required by clause 5) to incur expenses (including travel        considered inapplicable under current interpretations). Also,
 including travel expenses, in connection with such               expenses) in connection therewith.                               each subcommittee of a committee is a part of that committee
 investigations and studies.                                                                                                       and subject to its authority, direction and rules (proposed
                                                                                                                                   clause 1(a)(2), rule XI). On the other hand, certain
                                                                                                                                   authorities remain specifically granted to committees and
                                                                                                                                   subcommittees, such as authorizing and issuing subpoenas
                                                                                                                                   (proposed, rule XI). Current interpretations as to the
                                                                                                                                   applicability to subcommittees clause 2(m) are not to be
                                                                                                                                   changed or modified merely by the lack of inclusion of
                                                                                                                                   ``subcommittee'' in each clause. These interpretations of the
                                                                                                                                   applicability of House rules to subcommittee proceedings
                                                                                                                                   include: paragraph (c) provides that subcommittee chairs or
                                                                                                                                   three members of a subcommittee can call special meetings;
                                                                                                                                   paragraph (e) includes subcommittee files; paragraph (g)(3)
                                                                                                                                   is applicable to the announcement of hearing dates of
                                                                                                                                   subcommittees; paragraph (g)(4) applies the requirement for
                                                                                                                                   written statements of proposed testimony to subcommittees;
                                                                                                                                   paragraph (h)(3) allows subcommittees to have a one-third
                                                                                                                                   member working quorum if permitted by full committee rules;
                                                                                                                                   paragraph (i) prevents subcommittees from meeting during
                                                                                                                                   joint sessions and meetings; paragraph (j) applies the
                                                                                                                                   interrogation of witnesses rule to subcommittees; and
                                                                                                                                   paragraph (k) applies investigative hearing procedures to
                                                                                                                                   subcommittees.
  (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be        (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be
 considered as read in committee if it has been available to      considered as read in committee if it has been available to
 the members for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays,          the members for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays,
 Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session   Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session
 on such a day).                                                  on such a day).
  (3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly      (3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly
 by more than one committee may be filed jointly, provided that   by more than one committee may be filed jointly, provided that
 each of the committees complies independently with all           each of the committees complies independently with all
 requirements for approval and filing of the report.              requirements for approval and filing of the report.
  (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular session    (4) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a
 of a Congress, an investigative or oversight report may be       Congress sine die, an investigative or oversight report may be
 filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that a member who     filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that if a member
 gives timely notice of intention to file supplemental,           gives timely notice of intention to file supplemental,
 minority, or additional views shall be entitled to not less      minority, or additional views, that member shall be entitled
 than seven calendar days in which to submit such views for       to not less than seven calendar days in which to submit such
 inclusion in the report.                                         views for inclusion with the report.
  (c) Each committee may have printed and bound such testimony     (c) Each committee is authorized to have printed and bound
 and other data as may be presented at hearings held by the       testimony and other data presented at hearings held by the
 committee or its subcommittees. All costs of stenographic        committee. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts
 services and transcripts in connection with a meeting or         in connection with any meeting or hearing of a committee shall
 hearing of a committee shall be paid from the applicable         be paid from the applicable accounts of the House described in
 accounts of the House described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X.     clause 1(h)(1) of rule X.

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  (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later        (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later
 than January 2 of each odd-numbered year a report on the         than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a report on the
 activities of that committee under this rule and rule X during   activities of that committee under this rule and rule X during
 the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year.           the Congress ending on January 3 of such year.
  (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing      (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing
 the legislative and oversight activities of that committee       the legislative and oversight activities of that committee
 during that Congress.                                            during that Congress.
  (3) The oversight section of such report shall include a         (3) The oversight section of such report shall include a
 summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee        summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee
 under clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions taken      pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions
 and recommendations made with respect to each such plan, a       taken and recommendations made with respect to each such plan,
 summary of any additional oversight activities undertaken by     and a summary of any additional oversight activities
 that committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken    undertaken by that committee, and any recommendations made or
 thereon.                                                         actions taken thereon.
  (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular session    (4) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a
 of a Congress, the chairman of a committee may file an           Congress sine die, the chairman of a committee may file a
 activities report under subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any   report pursuant to subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time
 time and without approval of the committee, provided that--      and without approval of the committee, provided that a copy of
      (A) a copy of the report has been available to each         the report has been available to each member of the committee
   member of the committee for at least seven calendar days;      for at least seven calendar days and includes any
   and                                                            supplemental, minority, or additional views submitted by a
    (B) the report includes any supplemental, minority, or        member of the committee.
   additional views submitted by a member of the committee.
 
                                                                   Committee Rules
Adoption of written rules                                          Adoption of written rules
  2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt written rules      2. (a) Each standing committee of the House shall adopt
 governing its procedure. Such rules--                            written rules governing its procedure. Such rules--
    (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that is open to the            (1) shall be adopted in a meeting which is open to the
   public unless the committee, in open session and with a          public unless the committee, in open session and with a
   quorum present, determines by record vote that all or part       quorum present, determined by rollcall vote that all or part
   of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public;        of the meeting on that day is to be closed to the public;
    (B) may not be inconsistent with the Rules of the House or       (2) shall be not inconsistent with the Rules of the House
   with those provisions of law having the force and effect of      or with those provisions of law having the force and effect
   Rules of the House; and                                          of Rules of the House; and
    (C) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding         (3) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding
   provisions of this clause to the extent applicable.              provisions of this clause to the extent applicable.
  (2) Each committee shall submit its rules for publication in     Each committee's rules specifying its regular meeting days,      The requirement of existing clause 2(a), rule XI that each
 the Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the        and any other rules of a committee which are in addition to      select or joint committee shall comply with its provisions
 committee is elected in each odd-numbered year.                  the provisions of this clause, shall be published in the         unless specifically prohibited by law is deleted here since
                                                                  Congressional Record not later than thirty days after the        proposed clause 10(b), rule X will require each select or
                                                                  committee is elected in each odd-numbered year. Each select or   joint committee to comply with the provisions of clause 2(a),
                                                                  joint committee shall comply with the provisions of this         rule XI (this paragraph). Often a resolution creating a
                                                                  paragraph unless specifically prohibited by law.                 select committee will specify that specified portions of the
                                                                                                                                   rules will apply in order to further clarify the point.
 

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Regular meeting days                                             Regular meeting days
  (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular meeting      (b) Each standing committee of the House shall adopt regular
 days for the conduct of its business, which shall be not less    meeting days, which shall be not less frequent than monthly,
 frequent than monthly. Each such committee shall meet for the    for the conduct of its business. Each such committee shall
 consideration of a bill or resolution pending before the         meet, for the consideration of any bill or resolution pending
 committee or the transaction of other committee business on      before the committee or for the transaction of other committee
 all regular meeting days fixed by the committee unless           business, on all regular meeting days fixed by the committee,
 otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the committee.     unless otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the
                                                                  committee.
 
Additional and special meetings                                  Additional and special meetings
  (c)(1) The chairman of each standing committee may call and      (c)(1) The Chairman of each standing committee may call and
 convene, as he considers necessary, additional and special       convene, as he or she considers necessary, additional meetings
 meetings of the committee for the consideration of a bill or     of the committee for the consideration of any bill or
 resolution pending before the committee or for the conduct of    resolution pending before the committee or for the conduct of
 other committee business, subject to such rules as the           other committee business. The committee shall meet for such
 committee may adopt. The committee shall meet for such purpose   purpose pursuant to that call of the chairman.
 under that call of the chairman.
  (2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file in    (2) If at least three members of any standing committee
 the offices of the committee a written request that the          desire that a special meeting of the committee be called by
 chairman call a special meeting of the committee. Such request   the chairman, those members may file in the offices of the
 shall specify the measure or matter to be considered.            committee their written request to the chairman for that
 Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the     special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure or
 committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the         matter to be considered. Immediately upon the filing of the
 request. If the chairman does not call the requested special     request, the clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman
 meeting within three calendar days after the filing of the       of the filing of the request. If, within three calendar days
 request (to be held within seven calendar days after the         after the filing of the request, the chairman does not call
 filing of the request) a majority of the members of the          the requested special meeting, to be held within seven
 committee may file in the offices of the committee their         calendar days after the filing of the request, a majority of
 written notice that a special meeting of the committee will be   the members of the committee may file in the offices of the
 held. The written notice shall specify the date and hour of      committee their written notice that a special meeting of the
 the special meeting and the measure or matter to be              committee will be held, specifying the date and hour of, and
 considered. The committee shall meet on that date and hour.      the measure or matter to be considered at, that special
 Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the      meeting. The committee shall meet on that date and hour.
 committee shall notify all members of the committee that such    Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the
 special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and     committee shall notify all members of the committee that such
 hour and the measure or matter to be considered. Only the        special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and
 measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered     hour and the measure or matter to be considered; and only the
 at that special meeting.                                         measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered
                                                                  at that special meeting. Vice chairman or ranking majority
                                                                  member to preside in absence of chairman.
 
Temporary absence of chairman
  (d) A member of the majority party on each standing committee    (d) A member of the majority party on any standing committee
 or subcommittee thereof shall be designated by the chairman of   or subcommittee thereof designated by the chairman of the full
 the full committee as the vice chairman of the committee or      committee shall be vice chairman of the committee or
 subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall preside during the   subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall preside at any
 absence of the chairman from any meeting. If the chairman and    meeting during the temporary absence of the chairman. If the
 vice chairman of a committee or subcommittee are not present     chairman and vice chairman of the committee or subcommittee
 at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, the ranking     are not present at any meeting of the committee or
 majority member who is present shall preside at that meeting.    subcommittee, the ranking member of the majority party who is
                                                                  present shall preside at that meeting.
 

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Committee records                                                Committee records
  (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record of all     (e)(1) Each committee shall keep a complete record of all
 committee action which shall include--                           committee action which shall include--
    (i) in the case of a meeting or hearing transcript, a            (A) in the case of any meeting or hearing transcript, a
   substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made          substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made
   during the proceedings, subject only to technical,               during the proceedings, subject only to technical,
   grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the     grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the
   person making the remarks involved; and                          person making the remarks involved; and
 
    (ii) a record of the votes on any question on which a            (B) a record of the votes on any question on which a           Paragraph (k)(7) of this clause precludes release of
   record vote is demanded.                                         rollcall vote is demanded.                                     evidence or testimony taken in executive session of a
                                                                                                                                   committee without its approval. This prohibition has been
                                                                                                                                   interpreted to apply also to votes taken in an executive
                                                                                                                                   session. These would not be released without the appropriate
                                                                                                                                   approval and so would not automatically be made public. The
                                                                                                                                   ``subject to paragraph (k)(7)'' language is added to
                                                                                                                                   subdivision (B) for clarity. Otherwise, the release of record
                                                                                                                                   votes taken in executive session could compromise and reveal
                                                                                                                                   the nature of the questions voted upon.
  (B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (B)(ii) and subject     The result of each such rollcall vote shall be made available
 to paragraph (k)(7), the result of each such record vote shall   by the committee for inspection by the public at reasonable
 be made available by the committee for inspection by the         times in the offices of the committee. Information so
 public at reasonable times in its offices. Information so        available for public inspection shall include a description of
 available for public inspection shall include a description of   the amendment, motion, order, or other proposition and the
 the amendment, motion, order, or other proposition, the name     name of each Member voting for and each Member voting against
 of each member voting for and each member voting against such    such amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and the names
 amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and the names of       of those Members present but not voting, except that in the
 those members of the committee present but not voting.           case of rollcall votes in the Committee on Standards of
  (ii) The result of any record vote taken in executive session   Official Conduct taken in executive session, the result of any
 in the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not be     such vote shall not be made available for inspection by the
 made available for inspection by the public without an           public without an affirmative vote of a majority of the
 affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the             members of the committee.
 committee.
  (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee      (2) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files
 hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept         shall be kept separate and distinct from the congressional
 separate and distinct from the congressional office records of   office records of the Member serving as chairman of the
 the member serving as its chairman. Such records shall be the    committee; and such records shall be the property of the House
 property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, and the        and all Members of the House shall have access thereto, except
 Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.                 that in the case of records in the Committee on Standards of
  (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than    Official Conduct respecting the conduct of any Member,
 members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, may   officer, or employee of the House, no Member of the House
 not have access to the records of that committee respecting      (other than a member of such committee) shall have access
 the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,        thereto without the specific, prior approval of the committee.
 officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior
 permission of that committee.
  (3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for      (3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for
 availability of records of the committee delivered to the        availability of records of the committee delivered to the
 Archivist of the United States under rule VII. Such standards    Archivist of the United States under rule XXXVI. Such
 shall specify procedures for orders of the committee under       standards shall specify procedures for orders of the committee
 clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule VII, including a          under clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule XXXVI, including
 requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period        a requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period
 longer than the period otherwise applicable under that rule      longer than the period otherwise applicable under that rule
 shall be approved by vote of the committee.                      shall be approved by vote of the committee.

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  (4) Each committee shall make its publications available in      (4) Each committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible,
 electronic form to the maximum extent feasible.                  make its publications available in electronic form.
 
Prohibition against proxy voting                                 Prohibition against proxy voting
  (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee with       (f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee
 respect to any measure or matter may not be cast by proxy.       with respect to any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.
 
Open meetings and hearings                                       Open meetings and hearings
  (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business,             (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business,             The term ``executive session'' is substituted for ``closed
 including the markup of legislation, by a standing committee     including the markup of legislation, of each standing            to the public'' to achieve consistency with clause 2(k)(7) of
 or subcommittee thereof (other than the Committee on Standards   committee or subcommittee thereof (except the Committee on       this rule.
 of Official Conduct or its subcommittee) shall be open to the    Standards of Official Conduct) shall be open to the public,
 public, including to radio, television, and still photography    including to radio, television, and still photography coverage
 coverage, except when the committee or subcommittee, in open     except when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and
 session and with a majority present, determines by record vote   with a majority present, determines by rollcall vote that all
 that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day     or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be
 shall be in executive session because disclosure of matters to   closed to the public because disclosure of matters to be
 be considered would endanger national security, would            considered would endanger national security, would compromise
 compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would tend     sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to defame,
 to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or otherwise      degrade or incriminate any person, or otherwise would violate
 would violate a law or rule of the House. Persons, other than    any law or rule of the House: Provided, however, That no
 members of the committee and such noncommittee Members,          person other than members of the committee and such
 Delegates, Resident Commissioner, congressional staff, or        congressional staff and such departmental representatives as
 departmental representatives as the committee may authorize,     they may authorize shall be present at any business or markup
 may not be present at a business or markup session that is       session which has been closed to the public. This paragraph
 held in executive session. This subparagraph does not apply to   does not apply to open committee hearings which are provided
 open committee hearings, which are governed by clause 4(a)(1)    for by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X or by subparagraph (2) of this
 of rule X or by subparagraph (2).                                paragraph.
 
 
 
  (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or subcommittee     (2) Each hearing conducted by each committee or subcommittee
 (other than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or    thereof (except the Committee on Standards of Official
 its subcommittees) shall be open to the public, including to     Conduct) shall be open to the public, including to radio,
 radio, television, and still photography coverage, except when   television, and still photography coverage, except when the
 the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a        committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority
 majority present, determines by record vote that all or part     present, determines by rollcall vote that all or part of the
 of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed     remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed to the
 to the public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, or      public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other
 other matters to be considered would endanger national           matters to be considered would endanger the national security,
 security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement             would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or
 information, or would violate a law or rule of the House.        would violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives.
  (B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (A), in     Notwithstanding the requirements of the preceding sentence, a
 the presence of the number of members required under the rules   majority of those present, there being in attendance the
 of the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, a          requisite number required under the rules of the committee to
 majority of those present may--                                  be present for the purpose of taking testimony,
    (i) agree to close the hearing for the sole purpose of         (A) may vote to close the hearing for the sole purpose of        A committee may agree to close a hearing either by a vote or
   discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received        discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received would    by unanimous consent. Otherwise, committee hearings are held
   would endanger national security, would compromise sensitive   endanger the national security, would compromise sensitive law   in the sunshine.
   law enforcement information, or would violate clause           enforcement information, or violate clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI;
   2(k)(5); or                                                    or
    (ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause          (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in clause
   2(k)(5).                                                       2(k)(5) of rule XI.

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  (C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be    No Member may be excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at
 excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at a hearing of a      any hearing of any committee or subcommittee, with the
 committee or subcommittee (other than the Committee on           exception of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
 Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) unless the   unless the House of Representatives shall by majority vote
 House by majority vote authorizes a particular committee or      authorize a particular committee or subcommittee, for purposes
 subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of hearings    of a particular series of hearings on a particular article of
 on a particular article of legislation or on a particular        legislation or on a particular subject of investigation, to
 subject of investigation, to close its hearings to Members,      close its hearings to Members by the same procedures
 Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same             designated in this subparagraph for closing hearings to the
 procedures specified in this subparagraph for closing hearings   public: Provided, however, That the committee or subcommittee
 to the public.                                                   may by the same procedure vote to close one subsequent day of
  (D) The committee or subcommittee may vote by the same          hearing except that the Committee on Appropriations, the
 procedure described in this subparagraph to close one            Committee on National Security, and the Permanent Select
 subsequent day of hearing, except that the Committee on          Committee on Intelligence and the subcommittees therein may,
 Appropriations, the Committee on National Security, and the      by the same procedure, vote to close up to five additional
 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the              consecutive days of hearings.
 subcommittees thereof, may vote by the same procedure to close
 up to five additional, consecutive days of hearings.
  (3) The chairman of each committee (other than the Committee     (3) The chairman of each committee of the House (except the
 on Rules) shall make public announcement of the date, place,     Committee on Rules) shall make public announcement of the
 and subject matter of a committee hearing at least one week      date, place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at
 before the commencement of the hearing. If the chairman of the   least one week before the commencement of the hearing. If the
 committee, with the concurrence of the ranking minority          chairman of the committee, with the concurrence of the ranking
 member, determines that there is good cause to begin a hearing   minority member, determines there is good cause to begin the
 sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority vote in    hearing sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority
 the presence of the number of members required under the rules   vote, a quorum being present for the transaction of business,
 of the committee for the transaction of business, the chairman   the chairman shall make the announcement at the earliest
 shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date. An    possible date. Any announcement made under this subparagraph
 announcement made under this subparagraph shall be published     shall be promptly published in the Daily Digest and promptly
 promptly in the Daily Digest and made available in electronic    entered into the committee scheduling service of House
 form.                                                            Information Resources.
  (4) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent practicable,    (4) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent practicable,
 require witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance      require witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance
 written statements of proposed testimony and to limit their      written statements of proposed testimony and to limit their
 initial presentations to the committee to brief summaries        initial oral presentations to the committee to brief summaries
 thereof. In the case of a witness appearing in a                 thereof. In the case of a witness appearing in a
 nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of proposed        nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of proposed
 testimony shall include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of   testimony shall include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of
 the amount and source (by agency and program) of each Federal    the amount and source (by agency and program) of any Federal
 grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract          grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract
 thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either of    thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either of
 the two previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity     the two previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity
 represented by the witness.                                      represented by the witness.
  (5)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of         (5) No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure
 order does not lie with respect to a measure reported by a       reported by any committee on the ground that hearings on such
 committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were not   measure were not conducted in accordance with the provisions
 conducted in accordance with this clause.                        of this clause; except that a point of order on that ground
  (B) A point of order on the ground described in subdivision     may be made by any member of the committee which reported the
 (A) may be made by a member of the committee that reported the   measure if, in the committee, such point of order was (A)
 measure if such point of order was timely made and improperly    timely made and (B) improperly overruled or not properly
 disposed of in the committee.                                    considered.

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  (6) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the             (6) The preceding provisions of this paragraph do not apply
 Committee on Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.      to the committee hearings which are provided for by clause
                                                                  4(a)(1) of rule X.
 
Quorum requirements
  (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a      Derived from clause 2(l)(2)(A), rule XI: (2)(A) No measure or    The requirement of existing clause 2(l)(2)(A), rule XI that
 committee unless a majority of the committee is actually         recommendation shall be reported from any committee unless a     a majority constitute a quorum to order a measure reported is
 present.                                                         majority of the committee was actually present.                  transferred to proposed clause 2(h)(1) to consolidate all
                                                                                                                                   committee quorum requirements in one clause.
  (2) Each committee may fix the number of its members to          Derived from clause 2(h), rule XI: Quorum for taking
 constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving           testimony and certain other action.
 evidence, which may not be less than two.
                                                                   (h)(1) Each committee may fix the number of its members to
                                                                  constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving
                                                                  evidence which shall be not less than two.
  (3) Each committee (other than the Committee on                  (2) Each committee (except the Committee on Appropriations,
 Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee   the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on Ways and
 on Ways and Means) may fix the number of its members to          Means) may fix the number of its members to constitute a
 constitute a quorum for taking any action other than the         quorum for taking any action other than the reporting of a
 reporting of a measure or recommendation, which may not be       measure or recommendation which shall be not less than one-
 less than one-third of the members.                              third of the members.
 
Limitation on committee sittings                                 Limitation on committees' sittings
  (i) A committee may not sit during a joint session of the        (i) No committee of the House may sit during a joint session
 House and Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of      of the House and Senate or during a recess when a joint
 the House and Senate is in progress.                             meeting of the House and Senate is in progress.
 
Calling and questioning of witnesses                             Calling and interrogation of witnesses
  (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a       (j)(1) Whenever any hearing is conducted by any committee
 measure or matter, the minority members of the committee shall   upon any measure or matter, the minority party members on the
 be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a majority of       committee shall be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a
 them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses     majority of them before the completion of the hearing, to call
 selected by the minority to testify with respect to that         witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to
 measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.    that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing
                                                                  thereon.
  (2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), each committee       (2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), each committee
 shall apply the five-minute rule during the questioning of       shall apply the five-minute rule in the interrogation of
 witnesses in a hearing until such time as each member of the     witnesses in any hearing until such time as each member of the
 committee who so desires has had an opportunity to question      committee who so desires has had an opportunity to question
 each witness.                                                    each witness.
  (B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting an         (B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting an
 equal number of its majority and minority members each to        equal number of its majority and minority party members each
 question a witness for a specified period not longer than 30     to question a witness for a specified period not longer than
 minutes.                                                         30 minutes.
  (C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting            (C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting
 committee staff for its majority and minority members to         committee staff for its majority and minority party members to
 question a witness for equal specified periods.                  question a witness for equal specified periods.
 
Investigative hearing procedures                                 Investigative hearing procedures
  (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall            (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall
 announce in an opening statement the subject of the              announce in an opening statement the subject of the
 investigation.                                                   investigation.
  (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall be    (2) A copy of the committee rules and this clause shall be
 made available to each witness.                                  made available to each witness.
  (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied by    (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied by
 their own counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning    their own counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning
 their constitutional rights.                                     their constitutional rights.

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  (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum,       (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum,
 and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure    and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure
 and exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite      and exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite
 the offender to the House for contempt.                          the offender to the House for contempt.
  (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony at    (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony at
 an investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or         an investigatory hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or
 incriminate any person--                                         incriminate any person,
    (A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), such testimony or          (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in
   evidence shall be presented in executive session if, in the      executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of clause
   presence of the number of members required under the rules       2(g)(2) of this rule, if by a majority of those present,
   of the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, the        there being in attendance the requisite number required
   committee determines by vote of a majority of those present      under the rules of the committee to be present for the
   that such evidence or testimony may tend to defame, degrade,     purpose of taking testimony, the committee determines that
   or incriminate any person; and                                   such evidence or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or
                                                                    incriminate any person; and
    (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony        (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony
   in open session only if the committee, a majority being          in open session only if the committee, a majority being
   present, determines that such evidence or testimony will not     present, determines that such evidence or testimony will not
   tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.              tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.
In either case the committee shall afford such person an         In either case the committee shall afford such person an
 opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive      opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive
 and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena             and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena
 additional witnesses.                                            additional witnesses.
  (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman         (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman
 shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to     shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to
 subpoena additional witnesses.                                   subpoena additional witnesses.
  (7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive session, and        (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive session may      The requirement of existing clause 2(k)(7), rule XI that the
 proceedings conducted in executive session, may be released or   be released or used in public sessions without the consent of    ``consent'' of the committee is necessary to release
 used in public sessions only when authorized by the committee,   the committee.                                                   executive session evidence or testimony is clarified in
 a majority being present.                                                                                                         proposed clause 2(g)(7) to require committee authorization, a
                                                                                                                                   majority being present, before release. This reflects
                                                                                                                                   legislative history when the rule was adopted in 1955 and
                                                                                                                                   consistent interpretations since that date that the committee
                                                                                                                                   or subcommittee must actually meet to approve the release,
                                                                                                                                   not separate polling of members.
  (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may submit     (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may submit
 brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for inclusion    brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for inclusion
 in the record. The committee is the sole judge of the            in the record. The committee is the sole judge of the
 pertinence of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearing.     pertinency of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearing.
  (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony      (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony
 given at a public session or, if given at an executive           given at a public session or, if given at an executive
 session, when authorized by the committee.                       session, when authorized by the committee.
 

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Supplemental, minority, or additional views                      Derived from clause 2(l)(5), rule XI:
 
  (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a       (5) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by      Committee procedures for reporting bills and resolutions in
 committee (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the    any committee, other than the Committee on Rules, any member     existing clause 2(l), rule XI have been transferred to
 committee gives notice of intention to file supplemental,        of the committee gives notice of intention to file               proposed clause 2(b), rule XIII where all committee reporting
 minority, or additional views for inclusion in the report to     supplemental, minority, or additional views, that member shall   requirements will be included except those provisions for
 the House thereon, that member shall be entitled to not less     be entitled to not less than two additional calendar days        requesting two days for filing supplemental, minority or
 than two additional calendar days after the day of such notice   after the day of such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or   additional views at the time the measure is ordered reported
 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when    legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a     to the House. That two-day provision is retained in proposed
 the House is in session on such a day) to file such views, in    day) in which to file such views, in writing and signed by       clause 2(l), rule XI and is cross referenced in clause 2,
 writing and signed by that member, with the clerk of the         that member, with the clerk of the committee. All such views     rule XIII. The phrase ``for inclusion in the report to the
 committee.                                                       so filed by one or more members of the committee shall be        House thereon'' clarifies that the right to supplemental,
                                                                  included within, and shall be a part of, the report filed by     minority, or additional views attaches to matters filed as
                                                                  the committee with respect to that measure or matter . . .       committee reports to the House, in contrast to matters
                                                                  [Remainder of clause 2(l)(5), rule XI transferred to new rule    transmitted elsewhere, such as views submitted to another
                                                                  XIII].                                                           committee.
 
                                                                 Derived from clause 2(m), rule XI:
 
Power to sit and act; subpoena power                             Power to sit and act; subpoena power
  (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions      (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions
 and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters     and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters
 referred to it under clause 2 of rule XII), a committee or       referred to it under clause 5 of rule X), any committee, or
 subcommittee is authorized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A))--    any subcommittee thereof, is authorized (subject to
                                                                  subparagraph (2)(A) of this paragraph)--
    (A) to sit and act at such times and places within the           (A) to sit and act at such times and places within the
   United States, whether the House is in session, has              United States, whether the House is in session, has
   recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as it      recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings, and
   considers necessary; and
    (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance         (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance
   and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such       and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such
   books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and           books, records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and
   documents as it considers necessary.                             documents
  (2) The chairman of the committee, or a member designated by   as it deems necessary. The chairman of the committee, or any
 the chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.                 member designated by such chairman, may administer oaths to
                                                                  any witness.
  (3)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (A)(ii), a           (2)(A) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee
 subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or          or subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of
 subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of an      any investigation or series of investigations or activities,
 investigation or series of investigations or activities only     only when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a
 when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a majority     majority being present, except in the case of a subcommittee
 being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas        of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, a subpoena
 under subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman of    may be authorized and issued only when authorized by an
 the committee under such rules and under such limitations as     affirmative vote of a majority of its members. The power to
 the committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be       authorize and issue subpoenas under subparagraph (1)(B) may be
 signed by the chairman of the committee or by a member           delegated to the chairman of the committee pursuant to such
 designated by the committee.                                     rules and under such limitations as the committee may
                                                                  prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the
                                                                  chairman of the committee or by any member designated by the
                                                                  committee.
  (ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on
 Standards of Official Conduct, a subpoena may be authorized
 and issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of its
 members.
  (B) Compliance with a subpoena issued by a committee or          (B) Compliance with any subpoena issued by a committee or
 subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only as   subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only as
 authorized or directed by the House.                             authorized or directed by the House.
 

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Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
  3. (a) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has the    Derived from clause 4(e), rule X: (e)(1) The Committee on        The additional functions of the Committee on Standards of
 following functions:                                             Standards of Official Conduct is authorized: (A) to recommend    Official Conduct currently in clause 4(e), rule X are
    (1) The committee may recommend to the House from time to     to the House from time to time such administrative actions as    transferred to proposed clause 3, rule XI as a committee
   time such administrative actions as it may consider            it may deem appropriate to establish or enforce standards of     procedure.
   appropriate to establish or enforce standards of official      official conduct for Members, officers, and employees of the
   conduct for Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner,     House, and any letter of reproval or other administrative
   officers, and employees of the House. A letter of reproval     action of the committee pursuant to an investigation under
   or other administrative action of the committee pursuant to    subdivision (B) shall only be issued or implemented as a part
   an investigation under subparagraph (2) shall only be issued   of a report required by such subdivision; (B) to investigate,
   or implemented as a part of a report required by such          subject to subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, any alleged
   subparagraph.                                                  violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of the House, of
    (2) The committee may investigate, subject to paragraph       the Code of Official Conduct or of any law, rule, regulation,
   (b), an alleged violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident      or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of the Code    Member, officer, or employee in the performance of his duties
   of Official Conduct or of a law, rule, regulation, or other    or the discharge of his responsibilities, and after notice and
   standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such          hearing (unless the right to a hearing is waived by the
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or           Member, officer, or employee), shall report to the House its
   employee in the performance of his duties or the discharge     findings of fact and recommendations, if any, upon the final
   of his responsibilities. After notice and hearing (unless      disposition of any such investigation, and such action as the
   the right to a hearing is waived by the Member, Delegate,      committee may deem appropriate in the circumstances; (C) to
   Resident Commissioner, officer or employee), the committee     report to the appropriate Federal or State authorities, either
   shall report to the House its findings of fact and             with the approval of the House or by an affirmative vote of
   recommendations, if any, for the final disposition of any      two-thirds of the members of the committee, any substantial
   such investigation and such action as the committee may        evidence of a violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of
   consider appropriate in the circumstances.                     the House, of any law applicable to the performance of his
    (3) The committee may report to the appropriate Federal or    duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, which may
   State authorities, either with the approval of the House or    have been disclosed in a committee investigation; (D) to give
   by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the     consideration to the request of any Member, officer, or
   committee, any substantial evidence of a violation by a        employee of the House for an advisory opinion with respect to
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or           the general propriety of any current or proposed conduct of
   employee of the House, of a law applicable to the              such Member, officer, or employee and, with appropriate
   performance of his duties or the discharge of his              deletions to assure the privacy of the individual concerned,
   responsibilities that may have been disclosed in a committee   to publish such opinion for the guidance of other Members,
   investigation.                                                 officers, and employees of the House; and (E) to give
    (4) The committee may consider the request of a Member,       consideration to the request of any Member, officer, or
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the   employee of the House for a written waiver in exceptional
   House for an advisory opinion with respect to the general      circumstances with respect to clause 4 of rule XLIII.
   propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such Member,
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee. With
   appropriate deletions to ensure the privacy of the person
   concerned, the committee may publish such opinion for the
   guidance of other Members, Delegates, the Resident
   Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.
    (5) The committee may consider the request of a Member,
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
   House for a written waiver in exceptional circumstances with
   respect to clause 4 of rule XXIV.

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  (b)(1)(A) Unless approved by an affirmative vote of a            (2)(A)(i) No resolution, report, recommendation, or advisory
 majority of its members, the Committee on Standards of           opinion relating to the official conduct of a Member, officer,
 Official Conduct may not report a resolution, report,            or employee of the House shall be made by the Committee on
 recommendation, or advisory opinion relating to the official     Standards of Official Conduct, and, except as provided by
 conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer    subdivision (ii), no investigation of such conduct shall be
 or employee of the House, or, except as provided in              undertaken by such committee, unless approved by the
 subparagraph (2), undertake an investigation of such conduct.    affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
                                                                  committee.
  (B)(i) Upon the receipt of information offered as a complaint    (ii)(I) Upon the receipt of information offered as a
 that is in compliance with this rule and the rules of the        complaint that is in compliance with this rule and the
 committee, the chairman and ranking minority member jointly      committee rules, the chairman and ranking minority member may
 may appoint members to serve as an investigative subcommittee.   jointly appoint members to serve as an investigative
                                                                  subcommittee.
  (ii) The chairman and ranking minority member of the             (II) The chairman and ranking minority member of the
 committee jointly may gather additional information concerning   committee may jointly gather additional information concerning
 alleged conduct that is the basis of a complaint or of           alleged conduct which is the basis of a complaint or of
 information offered as a complaint until they have established   information offered as a complaint until they have established
 an investigative subcommittee or either of them has placed on    an investigative subcommittee or the chairman or ranking
 the agenda of the committee the issue of whether to establish    minority member has placed on the committee agenda the issue
 an investigative subcommittee.                                   of whether to establish an investigative subcommittee.
  (2) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by the     (B) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by the
 committee on its own initiative, the committee may undertake     committee on its own initiative, the committee may undertake
 an investigation relating to the official conduct of an          an investigation relating to the official conduct of an
 individual Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,     individual Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 or employee of the House only--                                  Representatives only--
    (A) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in     (i) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in
   writing and under oath, from a Member, Delegate, or Resident   writing and under oath, made by a Member of the House and
   Commissioner and transmitted to the committee by such          transmitted to the committee by such Member, or
   Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; or
    (B) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in     (ii) upon receipt of information offered as a complaint, in
   writing and under oath, from a person not a Member,            writing and under oath, from an individual not a Member of the
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner provided that a Member,     House provided that a Member of the House certifies in writing
   Delegate, or Resident Commissioner certifies in writing to     to the committee that he or she believes the information is
   the committee that he believes the information is submitted    submitted in good faith and warrants the review and
   in good faith and warrants the review and consideration of     consideration of the committee.
   the committee.
If a complaint is not disposed of within the applicable periods  If a complaint is not disposed of within the applicable time
 set forth in the rules of the Committee on Standards of          periods set forth in the rules of the Committee on Standards
 Official Conduct, the chairman and ranking minority member       of Official Conduct, then the chairman and ranking minority
 shall establish jointly an investigative subcommittee and        member shall jointly establish an investigative subcommittee
 forward the complaint, or any portion thereof, to that           and forward the complaint, or any portion thereof, to that
 subcommittee for its consideration. However, if at any time      subcommittee for its consideration. However, if, at any time
 during those periods either the chairman or ranking minority     during those periods, either the chairman or ranking minority
 member places on the agenda the issue of whether to establish    member places on the agenda the issue of whether to establish
 an investigative subcommittee, then an investigative             an investigative subcommittee, then an investigative
 subcommittee may be established only by an affirmative vote of   subcommittee may be established only by an affirmative vote of
 a majority of the members of the committee.                      a majority of the members of the committee.

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  (3) The committee may not undertake an investigation of an       (C) No investigation shall be undertaken by the committee of
 alleged violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard of     any alleged violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard
 conduct that was not in effect at the time of the alleged        of conduct not in effect at the time of the alleged violation;
 violation. The committee may not undertake an investigation of   nor shall any investigation be undertaken by the committee of
 such an alleged violation that occurred before the third         any alleged violation which occurred before the third previous
 previous Congress unless the committee determines that the       Congress unless the committee determines that the alleged
 alleged violation is directly related to an alleged violation    violation is directly related to any alleged violation which
 that occurred in a more recent Congress.                         occurred in a more recent Congress.
  (4) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to             (D) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to
 participate as a member of the committee in a committee          participate, as a member of the committee, in any committee
 proceeding relating to the member's official conduct. Whenever   proceeding relating to his or her official conduct. In any
 a member of the committee is ineligible to act as a member of    case in which a member of the committee is ineligible to act
 the committee under the preceding sentence, the Speaker shall    as a member of the committee under the preceding sentence, the
 designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from      Speaker of the House shall designate a Member of the House
 the same political party as the ineligible member to act in      from the same political party as the ineligible member of the
 any proceeding of the committee relating to that conduct.        committee to act as a member of the committee in any committee
                                                                  proceeding relating to the official conduct of such ineligible
                                                                  member.
  (5) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from        (E) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from
 participating in an investigation of the conduct of a Member,    participating in any investigation of the conduct of a Member,
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     officer, or employee of the House upon the submission in
 House upon the submission in writing and under oath of an        writing and under oath of an affidavit of disqualification
 affidavit of disqualification stating that the member cannot     stating that he cannot render an impartial and unbiased
 render an impartial and unbiased decision in the case in which   decision in the case in which he seeks to disqualify himself.
 the member seeks to be disqualified. If the committee approves   If the committee approves and accepts such affidavit of
 and accepts such affidavit of disqualification, the chairman     disqualification, the chairman shall so notify the Speaker and
 shall so notify the Speaker and request the Speaker to           request the Speaker to designate a Member of the House from
 designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from      the same political party as the disqualifying member of the
 the same political party as the disqualifying member to act in   committee to act as a member of the committee in any committee
 any proceeding of the committee relating to that case.           proceeding relating to such investigation.
  (6) Information or testimony received, or the contents of a      (F) No information or testimony received, or the contents of
 complaint or the fact of its filing, may not be publicly         a complaint or the fact of its filing, shall be publicly
 disclosed by any committee or staff member unless specifically   disclosed by any committee or staff member unless specifically
 authorized in each instance by a vote of the full committee.     authorized in each instance by a vote of the full committee.
  (7) The committee shall have the functions designated in         Derived from clause 1(p), rule X: . . . the committee shall      These functions of the Committee on Standards of Official
 titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, in       have the functions with respect to recommendations, studies,     Conduct were formerly contained in that committee's
 sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code,    investigations, and reports which are provided for in clause     jurisdictional statement in rule X. A cross reference to the
 and in clause 11(g)(4) of rule X.                                4(e), and the functions designated in titles I and V of the      functions of the Committee to investigate unauthorized
                                                                  Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and sections 7342, 7351, and    disclosures of intelligence information in proposed clause
                                                                  7353 of title 5, United States Code.                             11(g), rule X, is added for clarity.
  (c)(1) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI, each           Derived from clause 4(e), rule X: (3)(A) Notwithstanding
 meeting of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or a   clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI, each meeting of the Committee on
 subcommittee thereof shall occur in executive session unless     Standards of Official Conduct or any subcommittee thereof
 the committee or subcommittee, by an affirmative vote of a       shall occur in executive session, unless the committee or
 majority of its members, opens the meeting to the public.        subcommittee by an affirmative vote of a majority of its
                                                                  members opens the meeting to the public.

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  (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, each hearing      (B) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, hearings of an
 of an adjudicatory subcommittee or sanction hearing of the       adjudicatory subcommittee or sanction hearings held by the
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be held in      Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be held in
 open session unless the committee or subcommittee, in open       open session unless the subcommittee or committee, in open
 session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members,     session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members,
 closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that day   closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that day
 to the public.                                                   to the public.
  (d) Before a member, officer, or employee of the Committee on    (4) Before any member, officer, or employee of the Committee
 Standards of Official Conduct, including members of a            on Standards of Official Conduct, including members of any
 subcommittee of the committee selected under clause 5(a)(4) of   subcommittee of the committee selected pursuant to clause
 rule X and shared staff, may have access to information that     6(a)(3) and shared staff, may have access to information that
 is confidential under the rules of the committee, the            is confidential under the rules of the committee, the
 following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:               following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
    ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose,      ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose,
   to any person or entity outside the Committee on Standards       to any person or entity outside the Committee on Standards
   of Official Conduct, any information received in the course      of Official Conduct, any information received in the course
   of my service with the committee, except as authorized by        of my service with the committee, except as authorized by
   the committee or in accordance with its rules.''                 the committee or in accordance with its rules.''
Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk as    Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk of
 part of the records of the House. This paragraph establishes a   the House as part of the records of the House. This
 standard of conduct within the meaning of paragraph (a)(2).      subparagraph establishes a standard of conduct within the
 Breaches of confidentiality shall be investigated by the         meaning of subparagraph (1)(B). Breaches of confidentiality
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and appropriate       shall be investigated by the Committee on Standards of
 action shall be taken.                                           Official Conduct and appropriate action shall be taken.
  (e)(1) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint     (5)(A) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint is
 is deemed frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of      deemed frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of the
 the members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,   members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the
 the committee may take such action as it, by an affirmative      committee may take such action as it, by an affirmative vote
 vote of a majority of its members, considers appropriate in      of a majority of its members, deems appropriate in the
 the circumstances.                                               circumstances.
  (2) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress      (B) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress may
 may not be deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of     not be deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of
 Official Conduct.                                                Official Conduct.
 
                                                                 Derived from clause 3, rule XI:
 
Audio and visual coverage of committee proceedings               Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings
  4. (a) The purpose of this clause is to provide a means, in     3. (a) It is the purpose of this clause to provide a means, in   Proposed clause 4 adopts the phrase ``audio and visual
 conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety,      conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety,      means'' to include not only television broadcast, radio
 and decorum, by which committee hearings or committee meetings   and decorum, by which committee hearings, or committee           broadcast and still photography covered by the existing
 that are open to the public may be covered by audio and visual   meetings, which are open to the public may be covered, by        clause 3, rule XI, but also to continue its application to
 means--                                                          television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography,    new technologies, such as transmittal on the internet.
                                                                  or by any of such methods of coverage--
    (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of        (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of the
   the general public, on the basis of accurate and impartial       general public, on the basis of accurate and impartial news
   news coverage, regarding the operations, procedures, and         coverage, regarding the operations, procedures, and
   practices of the House as a legislative and representative       practices of the House as a legislative and representative
   body, and regarding the measures, public issues, and other       body and regarding the measures, public issues, and other
   matters before the House and its committees, the                 matters before the House and its committees, the
   consideration thereof, and the action taken thereon; and         consideration thereof, and the action taken thereon; and

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    (2) for the development of the perspective and                  (2) for the development of the perspective and understanding
   understanding of the general public with respect to the role     of the general public with respect to the role and function
   and function of the House under the Constitution as an           of the House under the Constitution of the United States as
   institution of the Federal Government.                           an organ of the Federal Government.
  (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio     (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio
 and television tapes and television film of any coverage under   and television tapes and television film of any coverage under
 this clause may not be used, or made available for use, as       this clause shall not be used, or made available for use, as
 partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose the    partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose the
 candidacy of any person for elective public office.              candidacy of any person for elective public office.
  (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the          (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the general
 general conduct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or         conduct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or otherwise)
 otherwise) covered under authority of this clause by audio or    covered, under authority of this clause, by television
 visual means, and the personal behavior of the committee         broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any
 members and staff, other Government officials and personnel,     of such methods of coverage, and the personal behavior of the
 witnesses, television, radio, and press media personnel, and     committee members and staff, other Government officials and
 the general public at the hearing or other meeting, shall be     personnel, witnesses, television, radio, and press media
 in strict conformity with and observance of the acceptable       personnel, and the general public at the hearing or other
 standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and decorum           meeting shall be in strict conformity with and observance of
 traditionally observed by the House in its operations, and may   the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and
 not be such as to--                                              decorum traditionally observed by the House in its operations
                                                                  and shall not be such as to--
    (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or          (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or other
   other meeting or the activities of committee members in          meeting or the activities of committee members in connection
   connection with that hearing or meeting or in connection         with that hearing or meeting or in connection with the
   with the general work of the committee or of the House; or       general work of the committee or of the House; or
    (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee,      (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee,
   or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or bring the     or any Member or bring the House, the committee, or any
   House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident         Member into disrepute.
   Commissioner into disrepute.
  (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by audio     (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by
 and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only in        television broadcast, radio broadcast, or still photography
 strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and             shall be permitted and conducted only in strict conformity
 requirements of this clause.                                     with the purposes, provisions, and requirements of this
                                                                  clause.
  (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by a committee or    (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by any committee
 subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall be   or subcommittee of the House is open to the public, those
 open to coverage by audio and visual means. A committee or       proceedings shall be open to coverage by television, radio,
 subcommittee chairman may not limit the number of television     and still photography. A committee or subcommittee chairman
 or still cameras to fewer than two representatives from each     may not limit the number of television or still cameras to
 medium (except for legitimate space or safety considerations,    fewer than two representatives from each medium (except for
 in which case pool coverage shall be authorized).                legitimate space or safety considerations, in which case pool
                                                                  coverage shall be authorized).
  (f) Each committee shall adopt written rules to govern its       (f) Each committee of the House shall adopt written rules to
 implementation of this clause. Such rules shall contain          govern its implementation of this clause. Such rules shall
 provisions to the following effect:                              include provisions to the following effect:
    (1) If audio or visual coverage of the hearing or meeting        (1) If the television or radio coverage of the hearing or
   is to be presented to the public as live coverage, that          meeting is to be presented to the public as live coverage,
   coverage shall be conducted and presented without commercial     that coverage shall be conducted and presented without
   sponsorship.                                                     commercial sponsorship.

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    (2) The allocation among the television media of the             (2) The allocation among the television media of the
   positions or the number of television cameras permitted by a     positions of the number of television cameras permitted by a
   committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting       committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting
   room shall be in accordance with fair and equitable              room shall be in accordance with fair and equitable
   procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio       procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio
   and Television Correspondents' Galleries.                        and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to              (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to
   obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving           obstruct in any way the space between any witness giving
   evidence or testimony and any member of the committee or the     evidence or testimony and any member of the committee or the
   visibility of that witness and that member to each other.        visibility of that witness and that member to each other.
    (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions        (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions
   but may not be placed in positions that obstruct                 but shall not be placed in positions which obstruct
   unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the      unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the
   other media.                                                     other media.
    (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and       (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and
   radio media may not be installed in, or removed from, the        radio media shall not be installed in, or removed from, the
   hearing or meeting room while the committee is in session.       hearing or meeting room while the committee is in session.
    (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), floodlights,       (6) Floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns
   spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns may not be used in       shall not be used in providing any method of coverage of the
   providing any method of coverage of the hearing or meeting.      hearing or meeting, except that the television media may
    (B) The television media may install additional lighting in     install additional lighting in the hearing or meeting room,
   a hearing or meeting room, without cost to the Government,       without cost to the Government, in order to raise the
   in order to raise the ambient lighting level in a hearing or     ambient lighting level in the hearing or meeting room to the
   meeting room to the lowest level necessary to provide            lowest level necessary to provide adequate television
   adequate television coverage of a hearing or meeting at the      coverage of the hearing or meeting at the then current state
   current state of the art of television coverage.                 of the art of television coverage.
    (7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers       (7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers
   permitted by a committee or subcommittee chairman in a           permitted by a committee or subcommittee chairman in a
   hearing or meeting room, preference shall be given to            hearing or meeting room, preference shall be given to
   photographers from Associated Press Photos and United Press      photographers from Associated Press Photos and United Press
   International Newspictures. If requests are made by more of      International Newspictures. If requests are made by more of
   the media than will be permitted by a committee or               the media than will be permitted by a committee or
   subcommittee chairman for coverage of a hearing or meeting       subcommittee chairman for coverage of the hearing or meeting
   by still photography, that coverage shall be permitted on        by still photography, that coverage shall be made on the
   the basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised       basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by
   by the Standing Committee of Press Photographers.                the Standing Committee of Press Photographers.
    (8) Photographers may not position themselves between the        (8) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any
   witness table and the members of the committee at any time       time during the course of the hearing or meeting, between
   during the course of a hearing or meeting.                       the witness table and the members of the committee.
    (9) Photographers may not place themselves in positions          (9) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions
   that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by       which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by
   the other media.                                                 the other media.
    (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and          (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and
   radio media shall be currently accredited to the Radio and       radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio
   Television Correspondents' Galleries.                            and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography           (11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography
   shall be currently accredited to the Press Photographers'        shall be then currently accredited to the Press
   Gallery.                                                         Photographers' Gallery.

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    (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television and          (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television and
   radio media and by still photography shall conduct               radio media and by still photography shall conduct
   themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly and       themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly and
   unobtrusive manner.                                              unobtrusive manner.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXXV
 
Pay of witnesses                                                 PAY OF WITNESSES
  5. Witnesses appearing before the House or any of its            The rule for paying witnesses to appear before the House or      The current rule XXXV on pay of witnesses is transferred to
 committees shall be paid the same per diem rate as               any of its committees shall be as follows: For each day a        rule XI since it is more appropriate as a committee
 established, authorized, and regulated by the Committee on       witness shall attend, the same per diem rate as established,     procedural issue.
 House Oversight for Members, Delegates, the Resident             authorized, and regulated by the Committee on House Oversight
 Commissioner, and employees of the House, plus actual expenses   for Members and employees of the House, and actual expenses of
 of travel to or from the place of examination. Such per diem     travel in coming to or going from the place of examination;
 may not be paid when a witness has been summoned at the place    but no per diem shall be paid when a witness has been summoned
 of examination.                                                  at the place of examination.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXVI
 
Unfinished business of the session                               UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE SESSION
  6. All business of the House at the end of one session shall     All business before committees of the House at the end of one    The proposed unfinished business of the session rule,
 be resumed at the commencement of the next session of the same   session shall be resumed at the commencement of the next         currently rule XXVI, refers to all House business and would
 Congress in the same manner as if no adjournment had taken       session of the same Congress in the same manner as if no         therefore also include committee business making it relevant
 place.                                                           adjournment had taken place.                                     to the new rule XI.
 
                            RULE XII                             Derived from: Rule XXXIX
 
          RECEIPT AND REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS           MESSAGES
 
Messages                                                                                                                          Rules XII-XXIII: Consideration of Legislation
  1. Messages received from the Senate, or from the President,     Messages received from the Senate and the President of the       In proposed rule XII, various provisions relating to
 shall be entered on the Journal and published in the             United States, giving notice of bills passed or approved,        receipt, introduction and referral of messages, bills,
 Congressional Record of the proceedings of that day.             shall be entered in the Journal and published in the Record of   resolution, petitions, memorials and executive communications
                                                                  that day's proceedings.                                          are transferred and consolidated, including the ban on
                                                                                                                                   introduction of commemorative measures now in rule XXII.
                                                                                                                                   Proposed clause 1 is clarified to reflect that the entirety
                                                                                                                                   of messages from the President and the Senate are entered on
                                                                                                                                   the Journal and not merely notice of bills passed. Current
                                                                                                                                   rule XII relating to the Resident Commissioner and Delegates
                                                                                                                                   is transferred to clause 3 of rule III.
 
Referral                                                         Derived from clause 5, rule X: Referral of Bills, Resolutions,
                                                                  and Other Matters to Committees
  2. (a) The Speaker shall refer each bill, resolution, or         5. (a) Each bill, resolution, or other matter which relates
 other matter that relates to a subject listed under a standing   to a subject listed under any standing committee named in
 committee named in clause 1 of rule X in accordance with the     clause 1 shall be referred by the Speaker in accordance with
 provisions of this clause.                                       the provisions of this clause.
  (b) The Speaker shall refer matters under paragraph (a) in       (b) Every referral of any matter under paragraph (a) shall be
 such manner as to ensure to the maximum extent feasible that     made in such manner as to assure to the maximum extent
 each committee that has jurisdiction under clause 1 of rule X    feasible that each committee which has jurisdiction under
 over the subject matter of a provision thereof may consider      clause 1 over the subject matter of any provision thereof will
 such provision and report to the House thereon. Precedents,      have responsibility for considering such provision and
 rulings, or procedures in effect before the Ninety-Fourth        reporting to the House with respect thereto. Any precedents,
 Congress shall be applied to referrals under this clause only    rulings, and procedures in effect prior to the Ninety-Fourth
 to the extent that they will contribute to the achievement of    Congress shall be applied with respect to referrals under this
 the objectives of this clause.                                   clause only to the extent that they will contribute to the
                                                                  achievement of the objectives of this clause.

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  (c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to       (c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to       Since the advent in 1974 of referrals to multiple
 the referral of a matter, the Speaker--                          any matter, the Speaker shall designate a committee of primary   committees, it has been the case that a committee receiving
    (1) shall designate a committee of primary jurisdiction;      jurisdiction; but also may refer the matter to one or more       an initial referral of a bill that has also been referred to
    (2) may refer the matter to one or more additional            additional committees, for consideration in sequence (subject    other committees only receives those portions of the bill
   committees for consideration in sequence, either initially     to appropriate time limitations), either on its initial          that fall within its jurisdiction. Indeed, now the printed
   or after the matter has been reported by the committee of      referral or after the matter has been reported by the            version of a multiple-referred bill states that the referral
   primary jurisdiction;                                          committee of primary jurisdiction; or may refer portions of      is ``in each case for consideration of such provisions as
    (3) may refer portions of the matter reflecting different     the matter to one or more additional committees (reflecting      fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.''
   subjects and jurisdictions to one or more additional           different subjects and jurisdictions) for the consideration      The recodification does not alter this situation. Also
   committees;                                                    only of designated portions; or may refer the matter to a        retained is the Speaker's broad authority under the
    (4) may refer the matter to a special, ad hoc committee       special ad hoc committee appointed by the Speaker with the       precedents to impose time limitations on committees,
   appointed by the Speaker with the approval of the House, and   approval of the House (with members from the committees having   including a limitation on the duration of the initial
   including members of the committees of jurisdiction, for the   jurisdiction) for the specific purpose of considering that       referral.
   specific purpose of considering that matter and reporting to   matter and reporting to the House thereon; or may make such
   the House thereon;                                             other provisions as may be considered appropriate.
    (5) may subject a referral to appropriate time limitations;
   and
    (6) may make such other provision as may be considered
   appropriate.
  (d) A bill for the payment or adjudication of a private claim    Derived from clause 4, rule XXI: 4. No bill for the payment
 against the Government may not be referred to a committee        or adjudication of any private claim against the Government
 other than the Committee on International Relations or the       shall be referred, except by unanimous consent, to any other
 Committee on the Judiciary, except by unanimous consent.         than the following committees, namely: To the Committee on
                                                                  International Relations or to the Committee on the Judiciary.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXII
 
Petitions, memorials, and private bills                          OF PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, BILLS, AND RESOLUTIONS
 
  3. If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has a         1. Members having petitions or memorials or bills of a
 petition, memorial, or private bill to present, he shall         private nature to present may deliver them to the Clerk,
 endorse his name, deliver it to the Clerk, and may specify the   endorsing their names and the reference or disposition to be
 reference or disposition to be made thereof. Such petition,      made thereof; and said petitions and memorials and bills of a
 memorial, or private bill (except when judged by the Speaker     private nature, except such as, in the judgment of the
 to be obscene or insulting) shall be entered on the Journal      Speaker, are of an obscene or insulting character, shall be
 with the name of the Member, Delegate, or Resident               entered on the Journal, with the names of the Members
 Commissioner presenting it and shall be printed in the           presenting them, and the Clerk shall furnish a transcript of
 Congressional Record.                                            such entry to the official reporters of debates for
                                                                  publication in the Record.
  4. A private bill or private resolution (including an omnibus    2. (a) No private bill or resolution (including so-called
 claim or pension bill), or amendment thereto, may not be         omnibus claims or pension bills), and no amendment to any bill
 received or considered in the House if it authorizes or          or resolution, authorizing or directing (1) the payment of
 directs--                                                        money for property damages, for personal injuries or death for
    (a) the payment of money for property damages, for personal   which suit may be instituted under the Tort Claims Procedure
   injuries or death for which suit may be instituted under the   as provided in title 28, United States Code, or for a pension
   Tort Claims Procedure provided in title 28, United States      (other than to carry out a provision of law or treaty
   Code, or for a pension (other than to carry out a provision    stipulation); (2) the construction of a bridge across a
   of law or treaty stipulation);                                 navigable stream; or (3) the correction of a military or naval
    (b) the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream;   record, shall be received or considered in the House.
   or
    (c) the correction of a military or naval record.
 
Prohibition on commemorations
  5. (a) A bill or resolution, or an amendment thereto, may not    (b)(1) No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or
 be introduced or considered in the House if it establishes or    resolution, establishing or expressing any commemoration may
 expresses a commemoration.                                       be introduced or considered in the House.

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  (b) In this clause the term ``commemoration'' means a            (2) For purposes of this paragraph, the term
 remembrance, celebration, or recognition for any purpose         ``commemoration'' means any remembrance, celebration, or
 through the designation of a specified period of time.           recognition for any purpose through the designation of a
                                                                  specified period of time.
 
Excluded matters
  6. A petition, memorial, bill, or resolution excluded under      3. Any petition or memorial or bill or resolution excluded
 this rule shall be returned to the Member, Delegate, or          under this rule shall be returned to the Member from whom it
 Resident Commissioner from whom it was received. A petition or   was received; and petitions and private bills which have been
 private bill that has been inappropriately referred may, by      inappropriately referred may, by the direction of the
 direction of the committee having possession of it, be           committee having possession of the same, be properly referred
 properly referred in the manner originally presented. An         in the manner originally presented; and an erroneous reference
 erroneous reference of a petition or private bill under this     of a petition or private bill under this clause shall not
 clause does not confer jurisdiction on a committee to consider   confer jurisdiction upon the committee to consider or report
 or report it.                                                    the same.
 
Sponsorship
  7. (a) All other bills, memorials, petitions, and                4. (a) All other bills, memorials, and resolutions may, in       A motion to correct the erroneous reference of a bill is
 resolutions, endorsed with the names of Members, Delegates, or   like manner, be delivered, endorsed with the names of Members    privileged if offered by the direction of the committee
 the Resident Commissioner introducing them, may be delivered     introducing them, to the Speaker, to be by him referred, and     receiving or claiming the bill, and is not debatable under
 to the Speaker to be referred. The titles and references of      the titles and references thereof and of all bills,              the precedents. Due to changes in the order of business rule
 all bills, memorials, petitions, resolutions, and other          resolutions, and documents referred under the rules shall be     (proposed rule XIV), it is now in order immediately after the
 documents referred under this rule shall be entered on the       entered on the Journal and printed in the Record of the next     Pledge of Allegiance rather than after the Journal.
 Journal and printed in the Congressional Record. An erroneous    day, and correction in case of error of reference may be made
 reference may be corrected by the House in accordance with       by the House, without debate, in accordance with rule X, on
 rule X on any day immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance     any day immediately after the reading of the Journal, by
 to the Flag by unanimous consent or motion. Such a motion        unanimous consent, or on motion of a committee claiming
 shall be privileged if offered by direction of a committee to    jurisdiction, or on the report of the committee to which the
 which the bill has been erroneously referred or by direction     bill has been erroneously referred. Two or more Members may
 of a committee claiming jurisdiction and shall be decided        introduce jointly any bill, or resolution to which this
 without debate.                                                  paragraph applies.
 
  (b)(1) The primary sponsor of a public bill or public            (b)(1) The name of any Member shall be added as a sponsor of     The current co-sponsorship rule in clause 4(b), rule XXII,
 resolution may name cosponsors. The name of a cosponsor added    any bill or resolution to which paragraph (a) applies, and       could be interpreted to permit only the Member erroneously
 after the initial printing of a bill or resolution shall         shall appear as a sponsor in the next printing of that bill or   added as a co-sponsor to seek unanimous consent to remove his
 appear in the next printing of the bill or resolution on the     resolution: Provided, That a request signed by such Member is    name. The proposed rule would allow either that Member or the
 written request of the primary sponsor. Such a request may be    submitted by the first sponsor to the Speaker (in the same       first sponsor to request unanimous consent, reflecting
 submitted to the Speaker at any time until the last committee    manner as provided in paragraph (a)) no later than the day on    current practice. The cut-off for adding or deleting co-
 authorized to consider and report the bill or resolution         which the last committee authorized to consider and report       sponsors is clarified (when a bill is discharged from
 reports it to the House or is discharged from its                such bill or resolution reports it to the House.                 committee and is under consideration in the House or in the
 consideration.                                                                                                                    Committee of the Whole). For example, co-sponsors could be
                                                                                                                                   added to an unreported bill considered under suspension of
                                                                                                                                   the rules until the time the motion is agreed to.
  (2) The name of a cosponsor of a bill or resolution may be       (2) The name of any Member listed as a sponsor of any such
 deleted by unanimous consent. The Speaker may entertain such a   bill or resolution may be deleted by unanimous consent, but
 request only by the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner   only at the request of such Member, and such deletion shall be
 whose name is to be deleted or by the primary sponsor of the     indicated in the next printing of the bill or resolution
 bill or resolution, and only until the last committee            (together with the date on which such name was deleted). Such
 authorized to consider and report the bill or resolution         consent may be granted no later than the day on which the last
 reports it to the House or is discharged from its                committee authorized to consider and report such bill or
 consideration. The Speaker may not entertain a request to        resolution reports it to the House: Provided, however, That
 delete the name of the primary sponsor of a bill or              the Speaker shall not entertain a request to delete the name
 resolution. A deletion shall be indicated by date in the next    of the first sponsor of any bill or resolution.
 printing of the bill or resolution.

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  (3) The addition or deletion of the name of a cosponsor of a     (3) The addition of the name of any Member, or the deletion
 bill or resolution shall be entered on the Journal and printed   of any name by unanimous consent, of a sponsor of any such
 in the Congressional Record of that day.                         bill or resolution shall be entered on the Journal and printed
                                                                  in the Record of that day.
  (4) A bill or resolution shall be reprinted on the written       (4) Any such bill or resolution shall be reprinted (A) if the
 request of the primary sponsor. Such a request may be            Member whose name is listed as the first sponsor submits to
 submitted to the Speaker only when 20 or more cosponsors have    the Speaker a written request that it be reprinted, and (B) if
 been added since the last printing of the bill or resolution.    twenty or more Members have been added as sponsors of that
                                                                  bill or resolution since it was last printed.
  (5) When a bill or resolution is introduced ``by request,''      Derived from clause 6, rule XXII: 6. When a bill, resolution,
 those words shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the   or memorial is introduced ``by request'', these words shall be
 Congressional Record.                                            entered upon the Journal and printed in the Record.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XL
 
Executive communications                                         EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
  8. Estimates of appropriations and all other communications      Estimates of appropriations and all other communications from
 from the executive departments intended for the consideration    the executive departments, intended for the consideration of
 of any committees of the House shall be addressed to the         any committees of the House, shall be addressed to the
 Speaker for referral as provided in clause 2 of rule XIV.        Speaker, and by him referred as provided by clause 2 of rule
                                                                  XXIV.
 
                            RULE XIII                            Derived from: RULE XIII
 
                 CALENDARS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS                 CALENDARS AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
 
Calendars
  1. (a) All business reported by committees shall be referred     1. There shall be three calendars to which all business          In proposed clause 1, rule XIII, the definition of Union
 to one of the following three calendars:                         reported from committees shall be referred, viz:                 Calendar bills has been modified to conform with existing
    (1) A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the      First. A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the    provisions in clause 3, rule XXIII and clause 1, rule XIII,
   state of the Union, to which shall be referred public bills    state of the Union, to which shall be referred bills raising     defining propositions which must be considered in Committee
   and public resolutions raising revenue, involving a tax or     revenue, general appropriation bills, and bills of a public      of the Whole. Note also cross references to rule XXV for the
   charge on the people, directly or indirectly making            character directly or indirectly appropriating money or          Corrections Calendar and the Calendar of Motions to Discharge
   appropriations of money or property or requiring such          property.                                                        Committees since both are more properly order of business on
   appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of          Second. A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all        certain days issues than just calendar ones.
   appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the    bills of a public character not raising revenue nor directly
   United States for money or property, or referring a claim to   or indirectly appropriating money or property.
   the Court of Claims.                                            Third. A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House, to
    (2) A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all public   which shall be referred all bills of a private character.
   bills and public resolutions not requiring referral to the
   Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
   the Union.
    (3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 of rule XV,
   to which shall be referred all private bills and private
   resolutions.
 
                                                                   .                                                                Clause 2, ``Filing and printing of reports''--including
                                                                                                                                   matter transferred from rule XI regarding the responsibility
                                                                                                                                   of the chairman and the committee to file a report and the
                                                                                                                                   provisions of current clause 2(l)(5) of rule XI regarding
                                                                                                                                   accompanying views and automatic filing with the Clerk within
                                                                                                                                   two days.

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                                                                                                                                    Clause 3, ``Content of reports''--including matter
                                                                                                                                   transferred from clause 2(l) of rule XI regarding printing as
                                                                                                                                   a single volume, rollcall votes in committee, oversight and
                                                                                                                                   CBO estimates, constitutional authority statements, and
                                                                                                                                   committee cost estimates (from current clause 7). Because
                                                                                                                                   violations of reporting requirements prevent consideration of
                                                                                                                                   the measure, subject to technical correction by filing a
                                                                                                                                   supplemental report under clause 3(a)(2), there is no need to
                                                                                                                                   state that sanction selectively (as in current clause 7 on
                                                                                                                                   committee cost estimates), ``Ramseyer'' requirements to show
                                                                                                                                   changes in existing law, changes in application of existing
                                                                                                                                   law in general appropriation bills (transferred from clause 3
                                                                                                                                   of rule XXI), rescission and transfer headings in general
                                                                                                                                   appropriation bills and separate sections in reports
                                                                                                                                   (transferred from clause 1 of rule X), changes in standing
                                                                                                                                   rules ``Ramseyered'' when reported by the Rules Committee
                                                                                                                                   (transferred from clause 4(d) of rule XI), and ``dynamic
                                                                                                                                   estimates'' of tax legislation (transferred from clause 5(e)
                                                                                                                                   of current rule XIII).
                                                                                                                                    Clause 4, ``Availability of reports''--transferred from
                                                                                                                                   current clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI and from rule XXI, on
                                                                                                                                   appropriations reports and hearings.
                                                                                                                                    Clause 5, ``Privileged Reports, Generally''--transferred
                                                                                                                                   from clause 4(a) of rule XI.
                                                                                                                                    Clause 6, ``Privileged Reports by the Committee on Rules''--
                                                                                                                                   transferred from clause 4(b) of rule XI and expanded to
                                                                                                                                   include current clause 2(.l)(7) of rule XI regarding a
                                                                                                                                   privileged motion to consider a bill made in order after
                                                                                                                                   seven days of House adoption of a special order.
                                                                                                                                    Clause 7 transferring provisions on resolutions of inquiry
                                                                                                                                   from clause 5 of rule XXII.
  (b) There is established a Corrections Calendar as provided
 in clause 6 of rule XV.
  (c) There is established a Calendar of Motions to Discharge
 Committees as provided in clause 2 of rule XV.
 
Filing and printing of reports
  2. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), all reports    2. All reports of committees, except as provided in clause       As indicated in proposed paragraph (c), all timely submitted
 of committees (other than those filed from the floor as          4(a) of rule XI, together with the views of the minority,        supplemental, minority, or additional views are part of, and
 privileged) shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing and     shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to    must be included in, the committee report. It is therefore
 reference to the proper calendar under the direction of the      the proper calendar under the direction of the Speaker, in       unnecessary to include the reference to minority views in
 Speaker in accordance with clause 1. The title or subject of     accordance with the foregoing clause, and the titles or          paragraph (a).
 each report shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the   subject thereof shall be entered on the Journal and printed in
 Congressional Record.                                            the Record: Provided, That bills reported adversely shall be
  (2) A bill or resolution reported adversely shall be laid on    laid on the table, unless the committee reporting a bill, at
 the table unless a committee to which the bill or resolution     the time, or any Member within three days thereafter, shall
 was referred requests at the time of the report its referral     request its reference to the calendar, when it shall be
 to an appropriate calendar under clause 1 or unless, within      referred, as provided in clause 1 of this rule.
 three days thereafter, a Member, Delegate, or Resident
 Commissioner makes such a request.
                                                                   Derived from clause 2(l)(1)(A), rule XI: Committee procedures
                                                                  for reporting bills and resolutions

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  (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each committee    (l)(1)(A) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each           Proposed clause 2(b)(1) and (2), rule XIII transferred from
 to report or cause to be reported promptly to the House a        committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the      existing clause 2(l)(1)(A) and (B), rule XI.
 measure or matter approved by the committee and to take or       House any measure approved by the committee and to take or
 cause to be taken steps necessary to bring the measure or        cause to be taken necessary steps to bring a matter to a vote.
 matter to a vote.
  (2) In any event, the report of a committee on a measure that    (B) In any event, the report of any committee on a measure
 has been approved by the committee shall be filed within seven   which has been approved by the committee shall be filed within
 calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in    seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is
 session) after the day on which a written request for the        not in session) after the day on which there has been filed
 filing of the report, signed by a majority of the members of     with the clerk of the committee a written request, signed by a
 the committee, has been filed with the clerk of the committee.   majority of the members of the committee, for the reporting of
 The clerk of the committee shall immediately notify the          that measure. Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk
 chairman of the filing of such a request. This subparagraph      of the committee shall transmit immediately to the chairman of
 does not apply to a report of the Committee on Rules with        the committee notice of the filing of that request. This
 respect to a rule, joint rule, or order of business of the       subdivision does not apply to a report of the Committee on
 House, or to the reporting of a resolution of inquiry            Rules with respect to the rules, joint rules, or order of
 addressed to the head of an executive department.                business of the House or to the reporting of a resolution of
                                                                  inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.
  (c) All supplemental, minority, or additional views filed        Derived from clause 2(l)(5), rule XI: All such views so filed    The procedure for obtaining the two days to file additional,
 under clause 2(l) of rule XI by one or more members of a         by one or more members of the committee shall be included        minority or supplemental views has been transferred to new
 committee shall be included in, and shall be a part of, the      within, and shall be a part of, the report filed by the          clause 2(l), rule XI as a committee procedure. A cross
 report filed by the committee with respect to a measure or       committee with respect to that measure or matter. When time      reference is included in proposed clause 2(c), rule XIII
 matter. When time guaranteed by clause 2(l) of rule XI has       guaranteed by this subparagraph has expired (or, if sooner,      under filing and printing of committee reports. The
 expired (or, if sooner, when all separate views have been        when all separate views have been received), the committee may   provisions of existing clause 2(l)(5) on printing of
 received), the committee may arrange to file its report with     arrange to file its report with the Clerk not later than one     committee reports in a single volume and filing of
 the Clerk not later than one hour after the expiration of such   hour after the expiration of such time . . . This subparagraph   supplemental reports have been transferred to proposed clause
 time. This clause and provisions of clause 2(l) of rule XI do    does not preclude--                                              3(a), rule XIII.
 not preclude the immediate filing or printing of a committee      (i) the immediate filing or printing of a committee report
 report in the absence of a timely request for the opportunity    unless timely request for the opportunity to file
 to file supplemental, minority, or additional views as           supplemental, minority, or additional views has been made as
 provided in clause 2(l) of rule XI.                              provided by this subparagraph; . . .
 
Content of reports
  3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the report     Derived from clause 2(l)(5), rule XI: The report of the          The proposed clause 3 consolidates in one clause the
 of a committee on a measure or matter shall be printed in a      committee upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a      prescribed contents for committee reports now contained in
 single volume that--                                             single volume which--                                            rules X, XI, XIII and XXI.
      (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or               (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional
   additional views that have been submitted by the time of the     views which have been submitted by the time of the filing of
   filing of the report; and                                        the report, and
      (B) shall bear on its cover a recital that any such            (B) shall bear upon its cover a recital that any such
   supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any             supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any
   material submitted under paragraph (c)(3) or (4)) are            material submitted under subdivisions (C) and (D) of
   included as part of the report.                                  subparagraph (3)) are included as part of the report.
  (2) A committee may file a supplemental report for the           This subparagraph does not preclude--                            A committee may file a supplemental report to correct a
 correction of a technical error in its previous report on a       (ii) the filing by any such committee of any supplemental       technical error only in a previous report filed by that
 measure or matter.                                               report upon any measure or matter which may be required for      committee on that matter.
                                                                  the correction of any technical error in a previous report
                                                                  made by that committee upon that measure or matter.

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  (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report a     Derived from clause 2(l)(2)(B), rule XI: (B) With respect to
 measure or matter of a public nature, and on any amendment       each rollcall vote on a motion to report any measure or matter
 offered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes      of a public character, and on any amendment offered to the
 cast for and against, and the names of members voting for and    measure or matter, the total number of votes cast for and
 against, shall be included in the committee report. The          against, and the names of those members voting for and
 preceding sentence does not apply to votes taken in executive    against, shall be included in the committee report on the
 session by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.       measure or matter. The preceding sentence shall not apply to
                                                                  votes taken in executive session by the Committee on Standards
                                                                  of Official Conduct.
  (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been         Derived from clause 2(l)(3), rule XI: (3) The report of any      Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act no longer
 approved by the committee shall include, separately set out      committee on a measure which has been approved by the            requires a committee report statement concerning new
 and clearly identified, the following:                           committee shall include (A) the oversight findings and           entitlement authority.
    (1) Oversight findings and recommendations under clause       recommendations required pursuant to clause 2(b)(1) of rule X
   2(b)(1) of rule X.                                             separately set out and clearly identified; (B) the statement
    (2) The statement required by section 308(a) of the           required by section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act
   Congressional Budget Act of 1974, except that an estimate of   of 1974, separately set out and clearly identified, if the
   new budget authority shall include, when practicable, a        measure provides new budget authority (other than continuing
   comparison of the total estimated funding level for the        appropriations), new entitlement authority as defined in
   relevant programs to the appropriate levels under current      section 3(9) of such Act, new credit authority, or an increase
   law.                                                           or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures, except that the
    (3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of    estimates with respect to new budget authority shall include,
   the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the       when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding
   Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if timely submitted to the    level for the relevant program (or programs) to the
   committee before the filing of the report.                     appropriate levels under current law; (C) the estimate and
    (4) A summary of oversight findings and recommendations by    comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional
   the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight under         Budget Office under section 402 of such Act, separately set
   clause 4(c)(2) of rule X if such findings and                  out and clearly identified, whenever the Director (if timely
   recommendations have been submitted to the reporting           submitted prior to the filing of the report) has submitted
   committee in time to allow it to consider such findings and    such estimate and comparison to the committee; and (D) a
   recommendations during its deliberations on the measure.       summary of the oversight findings and recommendations made by
                                                                  the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight under clause
                                                                  4(c)(2) of rule X separately set out and clearly identified
                                                                  whenever such findings and recommendations have been submitted
                                                                  to the legislative committee in a timely fashion to allow an
                                                                  opportunity to consider such findings and recommendations
                                                                  during the committee's deliberations on the measure.
  (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public        Derived from clause 2(l)(4), rule XI: (4) Each report of a
 joint resolution shall contain the following:                    committee on a bill or joint resolution of a public character
    (1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to         shall include a statement citing the specific powers granted
   Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by      to the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed
   the bill or joint resolution.                                  by the bill or joint resolution.
                                                                   Derived from clause 7, rule XIII: 7. (a) The report
                                                                  accompanying each bill or joint resolution of a public
                                                                  character reported by any committee shall contain--
    (2)(A) An estimate by the committee of the costs that would    (1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which
   be incurred in carrying out the bill or joint resolution in    would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint
   the fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the     resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported, and in
   five fiscal years following that fiscal year (or for the       each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year (or
   authorized duration of any program authorized by the bill or   for the authorized duration of any program authorized by such
   joint resolution if less than five years);                     bill or joint resolution, if less than five years);

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    (B) A comparison of the estimate of costs described in         (2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in
   subdivision (A) made by the committee with any estimate of     subparagraph (1) of this paragraph made by such committee with
   such costs made by a Government agency and submitted to such   any estimate of such costs made by any Government agency and
   committee; and                                                 submitted to such committee; and
    (C) When practicable, a comparison of the total estimated      (3) when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated        Proposed clause 3(d)(2), rule XIII on committee cost
   funding level for the relevant programs with the appropriate   funding level for the relevant program (or programs) with the    estimates is the same as existing clause 7(a), rule XIII, but
   levels under current law.                                      appropriate levels under current law.                            deletes clause 7(b) of the existing rule which prohibits
                                                                   Omitted: (b) It shall not be in order to consider any such      consideration of a reported bill or joint resolution unless
                                                                  bill or joint resolution in the House if the report of the       the committee cost estimate is in the report, since all
                                                                  committee which reported that bill or joint resolution does      reporting requirements if not complied with render the bill
                                                                  not comply with paragraph (a) of this clause.                    subject to a point of order against its consideration. To
                                                                                                                                   include such a prohibition only in this instance and not
                                                                                                                                   where other reporting requirements are not met is to give the
                                                                                                                                   impression that such other failures do not give rise to a
                                                                                                                                   point of order against consideration. This merely conforms to
                                                                                                                                   existing precedents that points of order may be raised
                                                                                                                                   against consideration of a bill where the report fails to
                                                                                                                                   comply with any of the reporting requirements now
                                                                                                                                   consolidated in rule XIII, subject to filing of supplemental
                                                                                                                                   reports to correct technical errors in clause 3(a)(2) of this
                                                                                                                                   rule.
    (3)(A) In subparagraph (2) the term ``Government agency''      (c) For the purposes of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of
   includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned   this clause, a Government agency includes any department,
   Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal      agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or
   Government or the government of the District of Columbia.      instrumentality of the Federal Government or the government of
                                                                  the District of Columbia.
    (B) Subparagraph (2) does not apply to the Committee on        (d) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to
   Appropriations, the Committee on House Oversight, the          the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House
   Committee on Rules, or the Committee on Standards of           Oversight, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on
   Official Conduct, and does not apply when a cost estimate      Standards of Official Conduct, and do not apply where a cost
   and comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional   estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the
   Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget    Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the
   Act of 1974 has been included in the report under paragraph    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been timely submitted
   (c)(3).                                                        prior to the filing of the report and included in the report
                                                                  pursuant to clause 2(l)(3)(C) of rule XI.
  (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint              Derived from clause 3, rule XIII: 3. Whenever a committee
 resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part        reports a bill or a joint resolution repealing or amending any
 thereof, it shall include in its report or in an accompanying    statute or part thereof it shall include in its report or in
 document--                                                       an accompanying document--
    (A) the text of a statute or part thereof that is proposed     (1) The text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed
   to be repealed; and                                            to be repealed; and
    (B) a comparative print of any part of the bill or joint       (2) A comparative print of that part of the bill or joint
   resolution proposing to amend the statute and of the statute   resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part
   or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by             thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through
   appropriate typographical devices the omissions and            type and italic, parallel columns, or other appropriate
   insertions proposed.                                           typographical devices the omissions and insertions proposed to
  (2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution           be made: Provided, however, That if a committee reports such a
 proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof with a    bill or joint resolution with amendments or an amendment in
 recommendation that the bill or joint resolution be amended,     the nature of a substitute for the entire bill, such report
 the comparative print required by subparagraph (1) shall         shall include a comparative print showing any changes in
 reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by the   existing law proposed by the amendments or substitute instead
 bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.              of as in the bill as introduced.

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  (f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a          Derived from clause 3, rule XXI: 3. A report from the            Proposed clause 3(f)(1), rule XIII regarding changes in
 general appropriation bill shall include--                       Committee on Appropriations accompanying any general             existing law contained in general appropriation bills is
    (A) a concise statement describing the effect of any          appropriation bill making an appropriation for any purpose       transferred from existing clause 3, rule XXI, to consolidate
   provision of the accompanying bill that directly or            shall contain a concise statement describing fully the effect    reporting requirements for the Appropriations Committee.
   indirectly changes the application of existing law; and        of any provision of the accompanying bill which directly or      Proposed clause 3(f)(2) is transferred from existing clause
    (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill for    indirectly changes the application of existing law, and shall    1(b), rule X as part of that consolidation.
   expenditures not previously authorized by law (except          contain a list of all appropriations contained in the bill for
   classified intelligence or national security programs,         any expenditure not previously authorized by law (except for
   projects, or activities).                                      classified intelligence or national security programs,
                                                                  projects, or activities).
  (2) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a bill      Derived from clause 1(b), rule X: The committee shall include
 or joint resolution including matter specified in clause         separate headings for ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of
 1(b)(2) or (3) of rule X, it shall include--                     Unexpended Balances'' in any bill or resolution as reported
    (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate headings for    from the committee under its jurisdiction specified in
   ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances'';      subparagraph (2) or (3), with all proposed rescissions and
   and                                                            proposed transfers listed therein; and shall include a
    (B) in the report of the committee, a separate section        separate section with respect to such rescissions or transfers
   listing such rescissions and transfers.                        in the accompanying committee report.
  (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution         Derived from clause 4(d), rule XI: (d) Whenever the Committee    The existing clause 4(d), rule XI, the ``Ramseyer''
 proposing to repeal or amend a standing rule of the House, it    on Rules reports a resolution repealing or amending any of the   requirement showing changes in standing rules when reported
 shall include in its report or in an accompanying document--     Rules of the House of Representatives or part thereof it shall   by Rules Committee is transferred to proposed clause 3(g),
                                                                  include in its report or in an accompanying document--           rule XIII as part of the consolidation of committee reporting
                                                                                                                                   requirements.
    (1) the text of any rule or part thereof that is proposed      (1) the text of any part of the Rules of the House of
   to be repealed; and                                            Representatives which is proposed to be repealed; and
    (2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution          (2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution making
   proposing to amend the rule and of the rule or part thereof    such an amendment and any part of the Rules of the House of
   proposed to be amended, showing by appropriate typographical   Representatives to be amended, showing by an appropriate
   devices the omissions and insertions proposed.                 typographical device the omissions and insertions proposed to
                                                                  be made.
  (h)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint      Derived from clause 2(l) of rule XI: (8) The report of the       Proposed clause 3(h), rule XIII was added to the rules by
 resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means that      Committee on Ways and Means on any bill or joint resolution      the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
 proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--     containing any provision amending the Internal Revenue Code of   1998 (Public Law 105-206), to be effective after January 1,
    (A) the report includes a tax complexity analysis prepared    1986 shall include a Tax Complexity Analysis prepared by the     1999.
   by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in         Joint Committee on Taxation in accordance with section 4022(b)
   accordance with section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue        of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act
   Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or               of 1998 unless the Committee on Ways and Means causes to have
    (B) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes    such Analysis printed in the Congressional Record prior to the
   such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the            consideration of the bill or joint resolution.
   Congressional Record before consideration of the bill or
   joint resolution.

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  (2) A report from the Committee on Ways and Means on a bill      Derived from clause 7(e), rule XIII: (e)(1) A report from the
 or joint resolution designated by the Majority Leader, after     Committee on Ways and Means on a bill or joint resolution
 consultation with the Minority Leader, as major tax              designated by the Majority Leader (after consultation with the
 legislation may include a dynamic estimate of the changes in     Minority Leader) as major tax legislation may include a
 Federal revenues expected to result from enactment of the        dynamic estimate of the changes in Federal revenues expected
 legislation. The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation    to result from enactment of the legislation. The Joint
 shall render a dynamic estimate of such legislation only in      Committee on Taxation shall render a dynamic estimate of such
 response to a timely request from the chairman of the            legislation only in response to a timely request from the
 Committee on Ways and Means, after consultation with the         chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (after
 ranking minority member. A dynamic estimate under this           consultation with the ranking minority member of the
 paragraph may be used only for informational purposes.           committee). A dynamic estimate pursuant to this paragraph may
                                                                  be used only for informational purposes.
  (3) In this paragraph the term ``dynamic estimate'' means a      (2) In this paragraph, ``dynamic estimate'' means a              A dynamic revenue estimate of a Ways and Means reported bill
 projection based in any part on assumptions concerning           projection based in any part on assumptions concerning           or joint resolution, now authorized in rule XIII, is
 probable effects of macroeconomic feedback. A dynamic estimate   probable effects of macroeconomic feedback. A dynamic estimate   transferred as a matter included in a committee report.
 shall include a statement identifying all such assumptions.      shall include a statement identifying all such assumptions.
 
Availability of reports
  4. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall      Derived from clause 2(l)(6), rule XI: (6) A measure or matter    The proposed clause 4, rule XIII on availability of
 not be in order to consider in the House a measure or matter     reported by any committee (except the Committee on Rules in      committee reports is transferred from existing clause
 reported by a committee until the third calendar day             the case of a resolution making in order the consideration of    2(l)(6), rule XI with some simplification to eliminate
 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when     a bill, resolution, or other order of business), shall not be    duplicative statements of three-day requirements. The
 the House is in session on such a day) on which each report of   considered in the House until the third calendar day             Appropriations Committee three-day rule currently contained
 a committee on that measure or matter has been available to      (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when     in clause 7, rule XXI is redundant and the availability
 Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.               the House is in session on such a day) on which the report of    requirements for that Committee's reports are merged into the
                                                                  that committee upon that measure or matter has been available    general three-day rule in this clause, with the added
                                                                  to the Members of the House . . .                                requirement that printed hearings on general appropriation
                                                                                                                                   bills also be available for three days. The exception from
                                                                                                                                   the three-day requirement for funding resolutions reported
                                                                                                                                   from House Oversight reflects the separate one-day
                                                                                                                                   availability rule there. The exception for privileged
                                                                                                                                   resolutions reported from other committees is refined to
                                                                                                                                   refer only to reported resolutions raising questions of the
                                                                                                                                   privileges of the House, e.g., contempt resolutions,
                                                                                                                                   impeachment resolutions and matters incidental thereto, and
                                                                                                                                   disciplinary resolutions reported by the Standards Committee
                                                                                                                                   which are not presently covered by the three-day rule. This
                                                                                                                                   proposed rule reflects present interpretation that privileged
                                                                                                                                   resolutions of inquiry, for example, are covered by the three-
                                                                                                                                   day rule, and that only questions of privilege which might
                                                                                                                                   need to be immediately considered are exempt from the three-
                                                                                                                                   day rule.
 
                                                                                                                                    The portion of existing clause 2(l)(6), rule XI permitting
                                                                                                                                   same day consideration of resolutions reported from the
                                                                                                                                   Committee on Rules that only waive availability requirements
                                                                                                                                   for committee reports is transferred to proposed clause 6(a).
                                                                                                                                   The portion of existing clause 2(l)(6) requiring reasonable
                                                                                                                                   efforts by reporting committees to have printed hearings
                                                                                                                                   available prior to consideration of the reported measure is
                                                                                                                                   transferred to proposed clause 4(b).

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  (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to--                         Derived from clause 2(l)(6), rule XI: . . . This subparagraph    The exception from the general three-day availability rule
    (A) a resolution providing a rule, joint rule, or order of    shall not apply to--                                             for resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules is
   business reported by the Committee on Rules considered under                                                                    derived from existing clause 4(b), rule XI (proposed clause
   clause 6;                                                                                                                       6, rule XIII). The exception for resolutions providing
    (B) a resolution providing amounts from the applicable                                                                         amounts from applicable accounts reported from the Committee
   accounts described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X reported by                                                                      on House Oversight is derived from clause 5, rule XI
   the Committee on House Oversight considered under clause 6                                                                      (proposed clause 6, rule X).
   of rule X;
    (C) a resolution presenting a question of the privileges of
   the House reported by any committee;
    (D) a measure for the declaration of war, or the               (A) any measure for the declaration of war, or the
   declaration of a national emergency, by Congress; and          declaration of a national emergency, by the Congress; or
    (E) a measure providing for the disapproval of a decision,     (B) any decision, determination, or action by a Government
   determination, or action by a Government agency that would     agency which would become or continue to be, effective unless
   become, or continue to be, effective unless disapproved or     disapproved or otherwise invalidated by one or both Houses of
   otherwise invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress. In    Congress. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, a
   this subdivision the term ``Government agency'' includes any   Government agency includes any department, agency,
   department, agency, establishment, wholly owned Government     establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or
   corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or   instrumentality of the Federal Government or the government of
   of the government of the District of Columbia.                 the District of Columbia.
  (b) A committee that reports a measure or matter shall make      Derived from clause 2(l)(6), rule XI: . . . If hearings have
 every reasonable effort to have its hearings thereon (if any)    been held on any such measure or matter so reported, the
 printed and available for distribution to Members, Delegates,    committee reporting the measure or matter shall make every
 and the Resident Commissioner before the consideration of the    reasonable effort to have such hearings printed and available
 measure or matter in the House.                                  for distribution to the Members of the House prior to the
                                                                  consideration of such measure or matter in the House.
  (c) A general appropriation bill reported by the Committee on    Derived from clause 7, rule XXI: 7. No general appropriation     The portion of existing clause 7, rule XXI requiring three-
 Appropriations may not be considered in the House until the      bill shall be considered in the House until printed committee    day availability for committee reports on general
 third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal      hearings and a committee report thereon have been available      appropriation bills is subsumed by the general three-day
 holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on   for the Members of the House for at least three calendar days    availability rule in proposed clause 4(a)(1). The portion of
 which printed hearings of the Committee on Appropriations        (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when     that existing rule requiring three-day availability for
 thereon have been available to Members, Delegates, and the       the House is in session on such a day).                          printed committee hearings on general appropriation bills
 Resident Commissioner.                                                                                                            remains as proposed clause 4(c).
 
                                                                 Derived from clause 4, rule XI:
 

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Privileged reports, generally                                    Privileged Reports and Amendments
  5. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report at    4. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report at
 any time on the following matters, respectively:                 any time on the matters herein stated, namely: The Committee
    (1) The Committee on Appropriations, on general               on Appropriations-on general appropriation bills and on joint
   appropriation bills and on joint resolutions continuing        resolutions continuing appropriations for a fiscal year if
   appropriations for a fiscal year after September 15 in the     reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of such
   preceding fiscal year.                                         fiscal year; the Committee on the Budget--on the matters
    (2) The Committee on the Budget, on the matters required to   required to be reported by such committee under Titles III and
   be reported by such committee under titles III and IV of the   IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; the Committee on
   Congressional Budget Act of 1974.                              House Oversight--on enrolled bills, contested elections, and
    (3) The Committee on House Oversight, on enrolled bills, on   all matters referred to it of printing for the use of the
   contested elections, on matters referred to it concerning      House or the two Houses, and on all matters of expenditure of
   printing for the use of the House or the two Houses, on        the applicable accounts of the House described in clause
   expenditure of the applicable accounts of the House            1(h)(1) of rule X, and on all matters relating to preservation
   described in clause 1(h)(1) of rule X, and on matters          and availability of noncurrent records of the House under rule
   relating to preservation and availability of noncurrent        XXXVI; the Committee on Rules--on rules, joint rules, and the
   records of the House under rule VII.                           order of business; and the Committee on Standards of Official
    (4) The Committee on Rules, on rules, joint rules, and the    Conduct--on resolutions recommending action by the House of
   order of business.                                             Representatives with respect to an individual Member, officer,
    (5) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, on        or employee of the House of Representatives as a result of any
   resolutions recommending action by the House with respect to   investigation by the committee relating to the official
   a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or         conduct of such Member, officer, or employee of the House of
   employee of the House as a result of an investigation by the   Representatives.
   committee relating to the official conduct of such Member,
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
  (b) A report filed from the floor as privileged under          .                                                                  Proposed paragraph (b) embodies current practice that
 paragraph (a) may be called up as a privileged question by                                                                        privileged reports may be called up as privileged questions
 direction of the reporting committee, subject to any                                                                              subject to the relevant availability rule.
 requirement concerning its availability to Members, Delegates,
 and the Resident Commissioner under clause 4 or concerning the
 timing of its consideration under clause 6.
 

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Privileged reports by the Committee on Rules
  6. (a) A report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint       Derived from clause 4(b), rule XI: (b) It shall always be in     The authority of the Rules Committee to call up on the same
 rule, or the order of business may not be called up for          order to call up for consideration a report from the Committee   day reported amendment reported in disagreement, currently in
 consideration on the same day it is presented to the House       on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business         clause 2(a) and (b), rule XXVIII, is carried here as it
 except--                                                         (except it shall not be called up for consideration on the       relates to privileged reports of that committee. This
    (1) when so determined by a vote of two-thirds of the         same day it is presented to the House, unless so determined by   recodification transfers these availability requirements to
   Members voting, a quorum being present;                        a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Members voting, but    clause 8 of rule XXII.
    (2) in the case of a resolution proposing only to waive a     this provision shall not apply during the last three days of      Proposed paragraph (c)(1) utilizes the convention that the
   requirement of clause 4 or of clause 8 of rule XXII            the session), and, pending the consideration thereof, the        Rules Committee may not report a rule setting aside Calendar
   concerning the availability of reports; or                     Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn; but     Wednesday business by a vote of less than two-thirds of the
    (3) during the last three days of a session of Congress.      after the result is announced the Speaker shall not entertain    Members voting, a quorum being present.
  (b) Pending the consideration of a report by the Committee on   any other dilatory motion until the report shall have been
 Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business, the       fully disposed of. The Committee on Rules shall not report any
 Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. After   rule or order which provides that business under clause 7 of
 the result of such a motion is announced, the Speaker may not    rule XXIV shall be set aside by a vote of less than two-thirds
 entertain any other dilatory motion until the report shall       of the Members present; nor shall it report any rule or order
 have been disposed of.                                           which would prevent the motion to recommit from being made as
  (c) The Committee on Rules may not report--                     provided in clause 4 of rule XVI, including a motion to
    (1) a rule or order proposing that business under clause 7    recommit with instructions to report back an amendment
   of rule XV be set aside by a vote of less than two-thirds of   otherwise in order (if offered by the Minority Leader or a
   the Members voting, a quorum being present;                    designee), except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution
    (2) a rule or order that would prevent the motion to          for which the text of a House-passed measure has been
   recommit a bill or joint resolution from being made as         substituted.
   provided in clause 2(b) of rule XIX, including a motion to
   recommit with instructions to report back an amendment
   otherwise in order, if offered by the Minority Leader or a
   designee, except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution
   for which the text of a House-passed measure has been
   substituted.
  (d) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House reports    Derived from clause 4(c), rule XI: (c) The Committee on Rules
 concerning rules, joint rules, and the order of business,        shall present to the House reports concerning rules, joint
 within three legislative days of the time when they are          rules, and order of business, within three legislative days of
 ordered. If such a report is not considered immediately, it      the time when the bill or resolution involved is ordered
 shall be referred to the calendar. If such a report on the       reported by the committee. If any such rule or order is not
 calendar is not called up by the member of the committee who     considered immediately, it shall be referred to the calendar
 filed the report within seven legislative days, any member of    and, if not called up by the Member making the report within
 the committee may call it up as a privileged question on the     seven legislative days thereafter, any member of the Committee
 day after the calendar day on which the member announces to      on Rules may call it up as a question of privilege (but only
 the House his intention to do so. The Speaker shall recognize    on the day after the calendar day on which such Member
 a member of the committee who rises for that purpose.            announces to the House his intention to do so) and the Speaker
                                                                  shall recognize any member of the Committee on Rules seeking
                                                                  recognition for that purpose.

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  (e) An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a           If the Committee on Rules makes an adverse report on any
 resolution proposing a special order of business for the         resolution pending before the committee, providing for an
 consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may    order of business for the consideration by the House of any
 be called up as a privileged question by a Member, Delegate,     public bill or joint resolution, on days when it shall be in
 or Resident Commissioner on a day when it is in order to         order to call up motions to discharge committees it shall be
 consider a motion to discharge committees under clause 2 of      in order for any Member of the House to call up for
 rule XV.                                                         consideration by the House such adverse report, and it shall
                                                                  be in order to move the adoption by the House of such
                                                                  resolution adversely reported notwithstanding the adverse
                                                                  report of the Committee on Rules, and the Speaker shall
                                                                  recognize the Member seeking recognition for that purpose as a
                                                                  question of the highest privilege.
  (f) If the House has adopted a resolution making in order a      Derived from clause 2(l)(7), rule XI: If, within seven           Proposed paragraph (f) is infrequently utilized since most
 motion to consider a bill or resolution, and such a motion has   calendar days after a measure has, by resolution, been made in   special orders permitting consideration in Committee of the
 not been offered within seven calendar days thereafter, such a   order for consideration by the House, no motion has been         Whole give the Speaker designation authority rather than
 motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of all        offered that the House consider that measure, any member of      requiring a motion. Thus this paragraph is similar to
 reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of the bill     the committee which reported that measure may be recognized in   existing mechanisms like morning hour (proposed clauses 4 and
 or resolution.                                                   the discretion of the Speaker to offer a motion that the House   5, rule XIV) in that it is not currently utilized in modern
                                                                  shall consider that measure, if that committee has duly          practice but is not totally obsolete since it may still apply
                                                                  authorized that member to offer that motion.                     to measures to be considered in the House. The Speaker has
                                                                                                                                   the discretion to recognize for such a motion if properly
                                                                                                                                   authorized by all reporting committees of initial referral,
                                                                                                                                   similar to proposed clause 1, rule XXII on motions to go to
                                                                                                                                   conference.
  (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution         Derived from clause 4(e), rule XI: (e) Whenever the Committee
 providing for the consideration of a measure, it shall (to the   on Rules reports a resolution providing for the consideration
 maximum extent possible) specify in the resolution the object    of any measure, it shall, to the maximum extent possible,
 of any waiver of a point of order against the measure or         specify in the resolution the object of any waiver of a point
 against its consideration.                                       of order against the measure or against its consideration.
 
Resolutions of inquiry
  7. A report on a resolution of inquiry addressed to the head     Derived from clause 5, rule XXII: 5. All resolutions of          Existing clause 5, rule XXII regarding resolutions of
 of an executive department may be filed from the floor as        inquiry addressed to the heads of executive departments shall    inquiry, is transferred to proposed clause 7, rule XIII since
 privileged. If such a resolution is not reported to the House    be reported to the House within fourteen legislative days        it is more logical in the rule on privileged reports than
 within 14 legislative days after its introduction, a motion to   after presentation.                                              under the rule on introduction and referral. The clause thus
 discharge a committee from its consideration shall be                                                                             codifies its privileged status. The clause also retains the
 privileged.                                                                                                                       anomaly where one of two committees has reported, even
                                                                                                                                   adversely, only the reporting committee can call up the
                                                                                                                                   resolution, although the motion to discharge the other
                                                                                                                                   committee is privileged.
 
                            RULE XIV
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXIV
                 ORDER AND PRIORITY OF BUSINESS                  ORDER OF BUSINESS
 

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  1. The daily order of business (unless varied by the             1. The daily order of business shall be as follows:              Proposed rule XIV begins the chronological series of rules
 application of other rules and except for the disposition of                                                                      governing business in the full House. Rule XIV constitutes a
 matters of higher precedence) shall be as follows:                                                                                transfer of those portions of current rule XXIV relating to
                                                                                                                                   general order of business priorities and disposition of
                                                                                                                                   matters on the Speaker's table, and rule XV becomes the rule
                                                                                                                                   providing for business in order only on certain days. As the
                                                                                                                                   preface to the revised clause 1 suggests, the daily order of
                                                                                                                                   business can be and often is varied by the application of
                                                                                                                                   other rules and by the disposition of privileged motions
                                                                                                                                   disposing of matters of higher precedence. While the
                                                                                                                                   ``morning hour'' rule (clause 4) is currently not utilized in
                                                                                                                                   modern practice (other than morning hour debates) since the
                                                                                                                                   order of business is normally determined by special orders or
                                                                                                                                   privileged motions, nevertheless it remains available for the
                                                                                                                                   relatively few House Calendar bills in the event that the
                                                                                                                                   House cannot, through the Rules Committee or otherwise,
                                                                                                                                   determine its order of business. In clause 2, relating to
                                                                                                                                   disposition of business from the Speaker's table, paragraph
                                                                                                                                   (c) is modified to cross reference to provisions in clauses
                                                                                                                                   1, 2 and 4 of rule XXII which will govern motions to dispose
                                                                                                                                   of Senate amendments on the Speaker's table and conference
                                                                                                                                   procedures. Paragraph (d) permits the motion to dispose of
                                                                                                                                   Senate passed bills similar to House Calendar bills only when
                                                                                                                                   authorized by all reporting committees of original referral
                                                                                                                                   (reflecting modern multiple referral practices).
                                                                                                                                    Clause 1 contains cross references to other clauses and
                                                                                                                                   reflects various precedents which establish the relative
                                                                                                                                   priorities among the business mentioned therein.
  First. Prayer by the Chaplain.                                   First. Prayer by the Chaplain.
  Second. Reading and approval of the Journal, unless postponed    Second. Reading and approval of the Journal, unless postponed
 under clause 9(a) of Rule XX.                                    pursuant to the provisions of clause 5(b)(1) of the rule 1.
  Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.                     Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
  Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.                 Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.
  Fifth. Disposal of business on the Speaker's table as            Fifth. Disposal of business on the Speaker's table.
 provided in clause 2.
  Sixth. Unfinished business as provided in clause 3.              Sixth. Unfinished business.
  Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills         Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills
 called up by committees as provided in clause 4.                 called up by committees.
  Eighth. Motions that the House resolve into the Committee of     Eighth. Motions to go into Committee of the Whole House on
 the Whole House on the state of the Union subject to clause 5.   the state of the Union.
  Ninth. Orders of the day.                                        Ninth. Orders of the day.
  2. Business on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as       2. Business on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as
 follows:                                                         follows:
    (a) Messages from the President shall be referred to the
   appropriate committees without debate.

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    (b) Communications addressed to the House, including           Messages from the President shall be referred to the             Motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the Speaker's
   reports and communications from heads of departments and       appropriate committees without debate. Reports and               table, currently made in order under clause 2, are being
   bills, resolutions, and messages from the Senate, may be       communications from heads of departments, and other              transferred to rule XXII, Senate amendments, and are now
   referred to the appropriate committees in the same manner      communications addressed to the House, and bills, resolutions,   being cross referenced in paragraph (c).
   and with the same right of correction as public bills and      and messages from the Senate may be referred to the
   public resolutions presented by Members, Delegates, or the     appropriate committees in the same manner and with the same
   Resident Commissioner.                                         right of correction as public bills presented by Members; but
      (c) Motions to dispose of Senate amendments on the          House bills with Senate amendments which do not require
     Speaker's table may be entertained as provided in clauses    consideration in a Committee of the Whole may be at once
     1, 2, and 4 of rule XXII.                                    disposed of as the House may determine, as may also Senate
      (d) Senate bills and resolutions substantially the same     bills substantially the same as House bills already favorably
     as House measures already favorably reported and not         reported by a committee of the House, and not required to be
     required to be considered in the Committee of the Whole      considered in Committee of the Whole, be disposed of in the
     House on the state of the Union may be disposed of by        same manner on motion directed to be made by such committee.
     motion. Such a motion shall be privileged if offered by
     direction of all reporting committees having initial
     jurisdiction of the House measure.
 
  3. Consideration of unfinished business in which the House       3. The consideration of the unfinished business in which the
 may have been engaged at an adjournment, except business in      House may be engaged at an adjournment, except business in the
 the morning hour and proceedings postponed under clause 9 of     morning hour, shall be resumed as soon as the business on the
 rule XX, shall be resumed as soon as the business on the         Speaker's table is finished, and at the same time each day
 Speaker's table is finished, and at the same time each day       thereafter until disposed of, and the consideration of all
 thereafter until disposed of. The consideration of all other     other unfinished business shall be resumed whenever the class
 unfinished business shall be resumed whenever the class of       of business to which it belongs shall be in order under the
 business to which it belongs shall be in order under the         rules.
 rules.
  4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the       4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the       Clauses 4 and 5 on Morning Hour and motion to go into
 Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order      Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order,     Committee of the Whole after one hour of morning hour
 and then select committees. Each committee when named may call   and then select committees, and each committee when named may    business are not currently utilized in modern practice but
 up for consideration a bill or resolution reported by it on a    call up for consideration any bill reported by it on a           are not totally obsolete.
 previous day and on the House Calendar. If the Speaker does      previous day and on the House Calendar, and if the Speaker
 not complete the call of the committees before the House         shall not complete the call of the committees before the House
 passes to other business, the next call shall resume at the      passes to other business, he shall resume the next call where
 point it left off, giving preference to the last bill or         he left off, giving preference to the last bill under
 resolution under consideration. A committee that has occupied    consideration: Provided, That whenever any committee shall
 the call for two days may not call up another bill or            have occupied the morning hour on two days, it shall not be in
 resolution until the other committees have been called in        order to call up any other bill until the other committees
 their turn.                                                      have been called in their turn.
  5. After consideration of bills or resolutions under clause 4    5. After one hour shall have been devoted to the
 for one hour, it shall be in order, pending consideration        consideration of bills called up by committees, it shall be in
 thereof, to entertain a motion that the House resolve into the   order, pending consideration or discussion thereof, to
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union or,       entertain a motion to go into Committee of the Whole House on
 when authorized by a committee, that the House resolve into      the state of the Union, or, when authorized by a committee, to
 the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to    go into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
 consider a particular bill. Such a motion shall be subject to    Union to consider a particular bill, to which motion one
 only one amendment designating another bill. If such a motion    amendment only, designating another bill, may be made; and if
 is decided in the negative, another such motion may not be       either motion be determined in the negative, it shall not be
 considered until the matter that was pending when such motion    in order to make either motion again until the disposal of the
 was offered is disposed of.                                      matter under consideration or discussion.
                                                                   Derived from: RULE XXV.                                        Existing rule XXV on priority of business is more appropriate
                                                                                                                                   as a clause in a rule on the order of business than as a
                                                                                                                                   separate rule, thus transferred here as a new clause 6, rule
                                                                                                                                   XIV.
 
                                                                 PRIORITY OF BUSINESS

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  6. All questions relating to the priority of business shall      All questions relating to the priority of business shall be
 be decided by a majority without debate.                         decided by a majority without debate.
 
                            RULE XV
 
               BUSINESS IN ORDER ON SPECIAL DAYS                 Derived from: RULE XXVII
 
Suspensions, Mondays and Tuesdays                                CHANGE OR SUSPENSION OF RULES
  1. (a) A rule may not be suspended except by a vote of two-      1. No rule shall be suspended except by a vote of two-thirds     Proposed rule XV combines all current rules relating to
 thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. The        of the Members voting, a quorum being present; nor shall the     business in order on special days in chronological order as
 Speaker may not entertain a motion that the House suspend the    Speaker entertain a motion to suspend the rules except on        follows: (clause 1) suspension of the rules every Monday and
 rules except on Mondays and Tuesdays and during the last six     Mondays and Tuesdays, and during the last six days of a          Tuesday (currently in rule XXVII); (clause.2) motions on
 days of a session of Congress.                                   session.                                                         second and fourth Mondays to discharge committee and to call
                                                                                                                                   up adverse reports from Committee on Rules (currently in rule
                                                                                                                                   XXVII) (clause 3); (clause 4) consideration on second and
                                                                                                                                   fourth Mondays of District of Columbia business reported from
                                                                                                                                   Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (currently in
                                                                                                                                   rule XXIV); (clause 5) call of the Private Calendar on the
                                                                                                                                   first and third Tuesdays (currently in rule XXIV); (clause 6)
                                                                                                                                   call of the Corrections Calendar on the second and fourth
                                                                                                                                   Tuesdays (currently in rule XIII); (clause 7) Calendar
                                                                                                                                   Wednesday (currently in rule XXIV).
 
  (b) Pending a motion that the House suspend the rules, the       2. When a motion to suspend the rules has been submitted to      Paragraph (b) is derived from existing clause 8, rule XVI.
 Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. After   the House, it shall be in order, before the final vote is
 the result of such a motion is announced, the Speaker may not    taken thereon, to debate the proposition to be voted upon for
 entertain any other motion until the vote is taken on the        forty minutes, one-half of such time to be given to debate in
 suspension.                                                      favor of, and one-half to debate in opposition to, such
                                                                  proposition; . . . [Remainder transferred to rule XIII].
  (c) A motion that the House suspend the rules is debatable       Derived from clause 8, rule XVI: 8. Pending a motion to
 for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and one-half     suspend the rules, the Speaker may entertain one motion that
 in opposition thereto.                                           the House adjourn; but after the result thereon is announced
                                                                  he shall not entertain any other motion until the vote is
                                                                  taken on suspension.

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Discharge motions, second and fourth Mondays
  2. (a) Motions to discharge committees shall be in order on      Derived from clause 3, rule XXVII: 3. A Member may present to    ``Legislative'' days has been added consistent with
 the second and fourth Mondays of a month. (b)(1) A Member may    the Clerk a motion in writing to discharge a committee from      precedents interpreting the thirty and seven day requirements
 present to the Clerk a motion in writing to discharge--          the consideration of a public bill or resolution which has       to be legislative day and not calendar day requirements.
    (A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or        been referred to it thirty days prior thereto (but only one       A committee is discharged from consideration of a measure
   public resolution that has been referred to it for 30          motion may be presented for each bill or resolution). Under      only when it files its report or otherwise brings it up on
   legislative days; or                                           this rule it shall also be in order for a Member to file a       the floor. Other types of committee activity, such as
    (B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a            motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further          hearings, do not prevent the application of this rule.
   resolution that has been referred to it for seven              consideration of any resolution providing a special rule for
   legislative days and that proposes a special order of          the consideration of a public bill or resolution reported by a
   business for the consideration of a public bill or public      standing committee, or a special rule for the consideration of
   resolution that has been reported by a standing committee or   a public bill or resolution which has remained in a standing
   has been referred to a standing committee for 30 legislative   committee thirty or more days without action: Provided, That a
   days.                                                          Member may not file a motion to discharge the Committee on
  (2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or              Rules from consideration of a resolution providing for the
 resolution. A Member may not file a motion to discharge the      consideration of more than one public bill or resolution, or
 Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution            admitting or effecting a nongermane amendment to a public bill
 providing for the consideration of more than one public bill     or resolution: Provided further, That said resolution from
 or public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane      which it is moved to discharge the Committee on Rules has been
 amendment to a public bill or public resolution.                 referred to that committee at least seven days prior to the
  (c) A motion presented under paragraph (b) shall be placed in   filing of the motion to discharge. The motion shall be placed
 the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange a convenient place   in the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange some convenient
 for the signatures of Members. A signature may be withdrawn by   place for the signature of Members. A signature may be
 a Member in writing at any time before a motion is entered on    withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time before the motion
 the Journal. The Clerk shall make signatures a matter of         is entered on the Journal. Once a motion to discharge has been
 public record, causing the names of the Members who have         filed, the Clerk shall make the signatures a matter of public
 signed a discharge motion during a week to be published in a     record. The Clerk shall cause the names of the Members who
 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that          have signed a discharge motion during any week to be published
 purpose on the last legislative day of the week and making       in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for that
 cumulative lists of such names available each day for public     purpose on the last legislative day of that week. The Clerk
 inspection in an appropriate office of the House. The Clerk      shall make available each day for public inspection in an
 shall devise a means for making such lists available to          appropriate office of the House cumulative lists of such
 offices of the House and to the public in electronic form.       names. The Clerk shall devise a means by which to make such
 When a majority of the total membership of the House shall       lists available to offices of the House and to the public in
 have signed the motion, it shall be entered on the Journal,      electronic form. When a majority of the total membership of
 printed with the signatures thereto in the Record, and           the House shall have signed the motion, it shall be entered on
 referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees.     the Journal, printed with the signatures thereto in the
                                                                  Congressional Record, and referred to the Calendar of Motions
                                                                  to Discharge Committees.
   (d)(1) On the second and fourth Mondays of a month (except      On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, except during
 during the last six days of a session of Congress),              the last six days of any session of Congress, immediately
 immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, a        after the approval of the Journal, any Member who has signed a
 motion to discharge that has been on the calendar for at least   motion to discharge which has been on the calendar at least
 seven legislative days shall be privileged if called up by a     seven days prior thereto, and seeks recognition, shall be
 Member whose signature appears thereon. When such a motion is    recognized for the purpose of calling up the motion, and the
 called up, the House shall proceed to its consideration under    House shall proceed to its consideration in the manner herein
 this paragraph without intervening motion except one motion to   provided without intervening motion except one motion to
 adjourn. Privileged motions to discharge shall have precedence   adjourn. Recognition for the motions shall be in the order in
 in the order of their entry on the Journal.                      which they have been entered on the Journal.

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  (2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or         When any motion under this rule shall be called up, the bill
 resolution to which it relates shall be read by title only.      or resolution shall be read by title only. After twenty
 The motion is debatable for 20 minutes, one-half in favor of     minutes' debate, one-half in favor of the proposition and one-
 the motion and one-half in opposition thereto.                   half in opposition thereto, the House shall proceed to vote on
  (e)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on       the motion to discharge. If the motion prevails to discharge
 Rules from consideration of a resolution, the House shall        the Committee on Rules from any resolution pending before the
 immediately consider the resolution, pending which the Speaker   committee, the House shall immediately consider such
 may entertain one motion that the House adjourn. After the       resolution, the Speaker not entertaining any dilatory motion
 result of such a motion to adjourn is announced, the Speaker     except one motion to adjourn, and, if such resolution is
 may not entertain any other dilatory motion until the            adopted, the House shall immediately proceed to its execution.
 resolution has been disposed of. If the resolution is adopted,   If the motion prevails to discharge one of the standing
 the House shall immediately proceed to its execution.            committees of the House from any public bill or resolution
  (2) If a motion prevails to discharge a standing committee      pending before the committee, it shall then be in order for
 from consideration of a public bill or public resolution, a      any Member who signed the motion to move that the House
 motion that the House proceed to the immediate consideration     proceed to the immediate consideration of such bill or
 of such bill or resolution shall be privileged if offered by a   resolution (such motion not being debatable), and such motion
 Member whose signature appeared on the motion to discharge.      is hereby made of high privilege; and if it shall be decided
 The motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion to         in the affirmative, the bill shall be immediately considered
 proceed is adopted, the bill or resolution shall be considered   under the general rules of the House, and if unfinished before
 immediately under the general rules of the House. If             adjournment of the day on which it is called up it shall
 unfinished before adjournment of the day on which it is called   remain the unfinished business until it is fully disposed of.
 up, the bill or resolution shall remain the unfinished           Should the House by vote decide against the immediate
 business until it is disposed of. If the motion to proceed is    consideration of such bill or resolution, it shall be referred
 rejected, the bill or resolution shall be referred to the        to its proper calendar and be entitled to the same rights and
 appropriate calendar, where it shall have the same status as     privileges that it would have had had the committee to which
 if the committee from which it was discharged had duly           it was referred duly reported same to the House for its
 reported it to the House.                                        consideration: Provided, That when any perfected motion to
  (f)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this         discharge a committee from the consideration of any public
 clause has once been acted on by the House, it shall not be in   bill or resolution has once been acted upon by the House it
 order to entertain during the same session of Congress--         shall not be in order to entertain during the same session of
    (A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of   Congress any other motion for the discharge from that
 that bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution       committee of said measure, or from any other committee of any
 that, by relating in substance to or dealing with the same       other bill or resolution substantially the same, relating in
 subject matter, is substantially the same; or                    substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, or from
    (B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from         the Committee on Rules of a resolution providing a special
 consideration of a resolution providing a special order of       order of business for the consideration of any other such bill
 business for the consideration of that bill or resolution or     or resolution, in order that such action by the House on a
 of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in substance   motion to discharge shall be res adjudicata for the remainder
 to or dealing with the same subject matter, is substantially     of that session: Provided further, That if before any one
 the same.                                                        motion to discharge a committee has been acted upon by the
  (2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to         House there are on the Calendar of Motions to Discharge
 Discharge Committees that is rendered out of order under         Committees other motions to discharge committees from the
 subparagraph (1) shall be stricken from that calendar.           consideration of bills or resolutions substantially the same,
                                                                  relating in substance to or dealing with the same subject
                                                                  matter, after the House shall have acted on one motion to
                                                                  discharge, the remaining said motions shall be stricken from
                                                                  the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees and not acted
                                                                  on during the remainder of that session of Congress.
 

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Adverse report by the Committee on Rules, second and fourth
 Mondays
  3. An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a              Derived from clause 4(c), rule XI: If the Committee on Rules     Proposed clause 3 is derived from existing clause 4(c), rule
 resolution proposing a special order of business for the         makes an adverse report on any resolution pending before the     XI and is additional business in order on the second and
 consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may    committee, providing for an order of business for the            fourth Mondays.
 be called up under clause 6(e) of rule XIII as a privileged      consideration by the House of any public bill or joint
 question by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner on a    resolution, on days when it shall be in order to call up
 day when it is in order to consider a motion to discharge        motions to discharge committees it shall be in order for any
 committees under clause 2.                                       Member of the House to call up for consideration by the House
                                                                  such adverse report, and it shall be in order to move the
                                                                  adoption by the House of such resolution adversely reported
                                                                  notwithstanding the adverse report of the Committee on Rules,
                                                                  and the Speaker shall recognize the Member seeking recognition
                                                                  for that purpose as a question of the highest privilege.
 
District of Columbia business, second and fourth Mondays
  4. The second and fourth Mondays of a month shall be set         Derived from clause 8, rule XXIV: 8. The second and fourth
 apart for the consideration of such District of Columbia         Mondays in each month, after the disposition of motions to
 business as may be called up by the Committee on Government      discharge committees and after the disposal of such business
 Reform and Oversight after the disposition of motions to         on the Speaker's table as requires reference only, shall, when
 discharge committees and after the disposal of such business     claimed by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
 on the Speaker's table as requires reference only.               be set apart for the consideration of such business relating
                                                                  to the District of Columbia as may be presented by said
                                                                  committee.
 
Private Calendar, first and third Tuesdays
  5. (a) On the first Tuesday of a month, the Speaker shall        Derived from clause 6, rule XXIV: 6. On the first Tuesday of     The Private Calendar rule is transferred from rule XXIV to
 direct the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the        each month after disposal of such business on the Speaker's      proposed clause 5, rule XV as an order of business matter on
 Private Calendar after disposal of such business on the          table as requires reference only, the Speaker shall direct the   special days. In clause 5(a), the words ``before completion
 Speaker's table as requires reference only. If two or more       Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Private           of the call of the Private Calendar'' were added to clarify
 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner object to the   Calendar. Should objection be made by two or more Members to     existing practice that the Private Calendar is to be given
 consideration of a bill or resolution so called, it shall be     the consideration of any bill or resolution so called, it        priority over other business on the first and third Tuesdays,
 recommitted to the committee that reported it. No other          shall be recommitted to the committee which reported the bill    but that other business can be conducted after the call of
 business shall be in order before completion of the call of      or resolution, and no reservation of objection shall be          the Private Calendar or if the call of the calendar is
 the Private Calendar on this day unless two-thirds of the        entertained by the Speaker. Such bills and resolutions, if       dispensed with by two-thirds vote. In clause 5(b) language
 Members voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion that   considered, shall be considered in the House as in the           has been added to clarify that the call on a third Tuesday
 the House dispense with the call.                                Committee of the Whole. No other business shall be in order on   can also be dispensed with by a two-thirds vote. The ten
                                                                  this day unless the House, by two-thirds vote on motion to       minutes debate on a motion to dispense with the call is
                                                                  dispense therewith, shall otherwise determine. On such motion    transferred to clause 5(c).
                                                                  debate shall be limited to five minutes for and five minutes
                                                                  against said motion.
  (b)(1) On the third Tuesday of a month, after the disposal of    On the third Tuesday of each month after the disposal of such
 such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference       business on the Speaker's table as requires reference only,
 only, the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call the bills and     the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call the bills and
 resolutions on the Private Calendar. Preference shall be given   resolutions on the Private Calendar, preference to be given to
 to omnibus bills containing the texts of bills or resolutions    omnibus bills containing bills or resolutions which have
 that have previously been objected to on a call of the Private   previously been objected to on a call of the Private Calendar.
 Calendar. If two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident     All bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar so called,
 Commissioner object to the consideration of a bill or            if considered, shall be considered in the House as in the
 resolution so called (other than an omnibus bill), it shall be   Committee of the Whole. Should objection be made by two or
 recommitted to the committee that reported it. Two-thirds of     more Members to the consideration of any bill or resolution
 the Members voting, a quorum being present, may adopt a motion   other than an omnibus bill, it shall be recommitted to the
 that the House dispense with the call on this day.               committee which reported the bill or resolution and no
                                                                  reservation of objection shall be entertained by the Speaker.

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  (2) Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph.      Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph, and
 No amendment shall be in order except to strike or to reduce     no amendment shall be in order except to strike out or to
 amounts of money or to provide limitations. An item or matter    reduce amounts of money stated or to provide limitations. Any
 stricken from an omnibus bill may not thereafter during the      item or matter stricken from an omnibus bill shall not
 same session of Congress be included in an omnibus bill. Upon    thereafter during the same session of Congress be included in
 passage such an omnibus bill shall be resolved into the          any omnibus bill.
 several bills and resolutions of which it is composed. The        Upon passage of any such omnibus bill, said bill shall be
 several bills and resolutions, with any amendments adopted by    resolved into the several bills and resolutions of which it is
 the House, shall be engrossed, when necessary, and otherwise     composed, and such original bills and resolutions, with any
 considered as passed severally by the House as distinct bills    amendments adopted by the House, shall be engrossed, where
 and resolutions.                                                 necessary, and proceedings thereon had as if said bills and
  (c) The Speaker may not entertain a reservation of the right    resolutions had been passed in the House severally.
 to object to the consideration of a bill or resolution under      In the consideration of any omnibus bill the proceedings as
 this clause. A bill or resolution considered under this clause   set forth above shall have the same force and effect as if
 shall be considered in the House as in the Committee of the      each Senate and House bill or resolution therein contained or
 Whole. A motion to dispense with the call of the Private         referred to were considered by the House as a separate and
 Calendar under this clause shall be privileged. Debate on such   distinct bill or resolution.
 a motion shall be limited to five minutes in support and five
 minutes in opposition.
 
Corrections Calendar, second and fourth Tuesdays                 Derived from clause 4, rule XIII:
  6. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed on    4. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed on    Existing clause 4, rule XIII providing for a call of the
 either the Union or House Calendar, the Speaker, after           either the Union or House Calendar, the Speaker may, after       Corrections Calendar on the second and fourth Tuesdays is
 consultation with the Minority Leader, may direct the Clerk      consultation with the Minority Leader, file with the Clerk a     transferred to the new rule XV since it relates to business
 also to place the bill on the ``Corrections Calendar.'' At any   notice requesting that such bill also be placed upon a special   in order on special days.
 time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of a month, the Speaker   calendar to be known as the ``Corrections Calendar.'' At any
 may direct the Clerk to call a bill that has been on the         time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, the
 Corrections Calendar for three legislative days.                 Speaker may direct the Clerk to call any bill that has been on
                                                                  the Corrections Calendar for three legislative days.
  (b) A bill called from the Corrections Calendar shall be         (b) A bill so called shall be considered in the House, shall
 considered in the House, is debatable for one hour equally       be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by
 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority      the chairman and ranking minority member of the primary
 member of the primary committee of jurisdiction, and shall not   committee of jurisdiction reporting the bill, and shall not be
 be subject to amendment except those recommended by the          subject to amendment except those amendments recommended by
 primary committee of jurisdiction or offered by the chairman     the primary committee of jurisdiction or those offered by the
 of the primary committee or a designee. The previous question    chairman of the primary committee or a designee. The previous
 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any amendments    question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any
 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one   amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion
 motion to recommit with or without instructions.                 except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
  (c) The approval of three-fifths of the Members voting, a        (c) A three-fifths vote of the Members voting shall be
 quorum being present, shall be required to pass a bill called    required to pass any bill called from the Corrections Calendar
 from the Corrections Calendar. The rejection of a bill so        but the rejection of any such bill, or the sustaining of any
 called, or the sustaining of a point of order against it or      point of order against it or its consideration, shall not
 against its consideration, does not cause its removal from the   cause it to be removed from the Calendar to which it was
 Calendar to which it was originally referred.                    originally referred.
 

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Calendar Call of Committees, Wednesdays                          Derived from clause 7, rule XXIV:
  7. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in       7. On Wednesday of each week no business shall be in order       Proposed clause 7, rule XV, the Calendar Wednesday rule, has
 order before completion of the call of the committees (except    except as provided by clause 4 of this rule unless the House     been clarified to indicate that the House resolves into the
 as provided by clause 4 of rule XIV) unless two-thirds of the    by a two-thirds vote on motion to dispense therewith shall       Committee of the Whole to consider Union calendar bills
 Members voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion that   otherwise determine. On such a motion there may be debate not    called up on Calendar Wednesday without motion unless a
 the House dispense with the call. Such a motion shall be         to exceed five minutes for and against. On a call of             Member raises the question of consideration (proposed clause
 privileged. Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five     committees under this rule bills may be called up from either    3 of rule XVI). No other business in order prior to
 minutes in support and five minutes in opposition.               the House or the Union Calendar, excepting bills which are       completion of call of the committees on Calendar Wednesday
  (b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union       privileged under the rules; but bills called up from the Union   reflects the current interpretation that other business can
 Calendar, except bills or resolutions that are privileged        Calendar shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole       be conducted on Wednesdays after the committee have been
 under the Rules of the House, may be called under this clause.   House on the state of the Union. This rule shall not apply       called without a two-thirds vote being required. Cross
 A bill or resolution called up from the Union Calendar shall     during the last 2 weeks of the session. It shall not be in       references have also been revised and the super-majority
 be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state   order for the Speaker to entertain a motion for a recess on      voting requirements have been added for consistency.
 of the Union without motion, subject to clause 3 of rule XVI.    any Wednesday except during the last 2 weeks of the session:
 General debate on a measure considered under this clause shall   Provided, That not more that 2 hours of general debate shall
 be confined to the measure and may not exceed two hours          be permitted on any measure called up on Calendar Wednesday,
 equally divided between a proponent and an opponent.             and all debate must be confined to the subject matter of the
  (c) When a committee has occupied the call under this clause    bill, the time to be equally divided between those for and
 on one Wednesday, it shall not be in order on a succeeding       against the bill: Provided further, That whenever any
 Wednesday to consider unfinished business previously called up   committee shall have occupied one Wednesday it shall not be in
 by that committee until the other committees have been called    order, unless the House by a two-thirds vote shall otherwise
 in their turn unless--                                           determine, to consider any unfinished business previously
  (1) the previous question has been ordered on such unfinished   called up by such committee, unless the previous question had
   business; or                                                   been ordered thereon, upon any succeeding Wednesday until the
  (2) the House adopts a motion to dispense with the call under   other committees have been called in their turn under this
   paragraph (a).                                                 rule: Provided, That when, during any one session of a
  (d) If any committee has not been called under this clause      Congress, all of the committees of the House are not called
 during a session of a Congress, then at the next session of      under the Calendar Wednesday rule, at the next session of that
 that Congress the call shall resume where it left off at the     Congress, the call shall commence where it left off at the end
 end of the preceding session.                                    of the preceding session.
  (e) This rule does not apply during the last two weeks of a
 session of Congress.
  (f) The Speaker may not entertain a motion for a recess on a
 Wednesday except during the last two weeks of a session of
 Congress.
 
                            RULE XVI                             Derived from rule XVI: RULE XVI
 
                     MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS                      ON MOTIONS, THEIR PRECEDENCE, ETC.
 

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Motions
  1. Every motion entertained by the Speaker shall be reduced      1. Every motion made to the House and entertained by the         Proposed rule XVI is a consolidation of various current
 to writing on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident      Speaker shall be reduced to writing on the demand of any         rules relating to procedural motions and questions in the
 Commissioner and, unless it is withdrawn the same day, shall     Member, and shall be entered on the Journal with the name of     House, and has been structured where possible to maintain
 be entered on the Journal with the name of the Member,           the Member making it, unless it is withdrawn the same day.       current numberings of often cited rules such as the
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offering it. A dilatory        Derived from clause 10, rule XVI: 10. No dilatory motion        precedence of motions (clause 4) and germaneness (clause 7).
 motion may not be entertained by the Speaker.                    shall be entertained by the Speaker.                             Beginning with rule XVI through rule XXII, the recodification
                                                                                                                                   presents procedures in the House and in Committee of the
                                                                                                                                   Whole in a sequence generally reflecting the various stages
                                                                                                                                   of consideration, debate, amendment, recommittal, voting and
                                                                                                                                   House-Senate relations. In rule XVI, clauses 1 and 2 on
                                                                                                                                   motions and clause 3 on the question of consideration remain
                                                                                                                                   the same, except that existing clause 10 on dilatoriness of
                                                                                                                                   motions becomes the last sentence of clause 1. In clause 4,
                                                                                                                                   provisions concerning the motion to recommit have been
                                                                                                                                   transferred to rule XIX, consolidating all rules on the
                                                                                                                                   motion to recommit and its relation to the motion for the
                                                                                                                                   previous question under rule XIX, while retaining the
                                                                                                                                   ordinary motion to refer under clause 4 in the general
                                                                                                                                   precedence of motions. The current clause 5 on journalizing
                                                                                                                                   the time of adjournment has been moved to clause 2(c) rule II
                                                                                                                                   under duties of the Clerk. Current clause 6 on division of
                                                                                                                                   the question has been moved ahead to clause 5, combining the
                                                                                                                                   portion of existing clause 7 that deals with nondivisibility
                                                                                                                                   of the motion to strike and insert. The proposed clause 6 on
                                                                                                                                   amendments has been transferred from current rule XIX as all
                                                                                                                                   treatment of amendments in the House belongs in one rule. The
                                                                                                                                   germaneness rule remains as clause 7 since it is essential to
                                                                                                                                   maintain that citation throughout the Precedents. Proposed
                                                                                                                                   clause 8 on readings of bills has been transferred from
                                                                                                                                   current clause 1 of rule XXI since more logically related to
                                                                                                                                   the sequence of motions generally and includes the question
                                                                                                                                   of engrossment and third reading by title. In this clause,
                                                                                                                                   clarifications have been made to reflect current practice of
                                                                                                                                   first reading in full in the House, and second reading for
                                                                                                                                   amendment only in Committee of the Whole, with a cross
                                                                                                                                   reference to the proposed clause 5 of rule XVII governing
                                                                                                                                   consideration in Committee of the Whole.
 
Withdrawal
  2. When a motion is entertained, the Speaker shall state it      Derived from clause 2, rule XVI: 2. When a motion has been
 or cause it to be read aloud by the Clerk before it is           made, the Speaker shall state it or (if it be in writing)
 debated. The motion then shall be in the possession of the       cause it to be read aloud by the Clerk before being debated,
 House but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or      and it shall then be in possession of the House, but may be
 amendment thereon.                                               withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
 
Question of consideration
  3. When a motion or proposition is entertained, the question,    3. When any motion or proposition is made, the question, Will
 ``Will the House now consider it?'' may not be put unless        the House now consider it? shall not be put unless demanded by
 demanded by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.        a Member.
 

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Precedence of motions
  4. (a) When a question is under debate, only the following       4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be           The Speaker may not entertain a motion for a recess during
 motions may be entertained (which shall have precedence in the   received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous   the call of committees on Calendar Wednesday (proposed clause
 following order):                                                question (which motions shall be decided without debate), to     7(f) of rule XV).
    (1) To adjourn.                                               postpone to a day certain, to refer, or to amend, or postpone
    (2) To lay on the table.                                      indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in
    (3) For the previous question.                                the foregoing order; and no motion to postpone to a day
    (4) To postpone to a day certain.                             certain, to refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided,
    (5) To refer.                                                 shall be again allowed on the same day at the same stage of
    (6) To amend.                                                 the question . . . [Portion transferred to rule XIX] . . . It
    (7) To postpone indefinitely.                                 shall be in order at any time during a day for the Speaker, in
  (b) A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, or for the        his discretion, to entertain motions that (1) the Speaker be
 previous question shall be decided without debate. A motion to   authorized to declare a recess; and (2) when the House
 postpone to a day certain, to refer, or to postpone              adjourns it stand adjourned to a day and time certain. Either
 indefinitely, being decided, may not be allowed again on the     motion shall be of equal privilege with the motion to adjourn
 same day at the same stage of the question.                      provided for in this clause and shall be determined without
  (c)(1) It shall be in order at any time for the Speaker, in     debate.
 his discretion, to entertain a motion--
    (A) that the Speaker be authorized to declare a recess; or
    (B) that when the House adjourns it stand adjourned to a
   day and time certain.
  (2) Either motion shall be of equal privilege with the motion  .                                                                  The requirement of existing clause 5, rule XVI that the
 to adjourn and shall be decided without debate.                                                                                   Journal note the hour of adjournment is transferred to
                                                                                                                                   proposed clause 2(c), rule II.
 
Divisibility
  5. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a question shall     Derived from clause 6, rule XVI: 6. On the demand of any
 be divided on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident      Member, before the question is put, a question shall be
 Commissioner before the question is put if it includes           divided if it includes propositions so distinct in substance
 propositions so distinct in substance that, one being taken      that one being taken away a substantive proposition shall
 away, a substantive proposition remains.                         remain: Provided, That any motion or resolution to elect the
  (b)(1) A motion or resolution to elect members to a standing    members or any portion of the members of the standing
 committee of the House, or to a joint standing committee, is     committees of the House and the joint standing committees
 not divisible.                                                   shall not be divisible, nor shall any resolution or order
  (2) A resolution or order reported by the Committee on rules    reported by the Committee on Rules, providing a special order
 providing a special order of business is not divisible.          of business be divisible.
  (c) A motion to strike and insert is not divisible, but          Derived from clause 7, rule XVI: 7. A motion to strike out       Existing clause 7, rule XVI says ``a motion to strike out
 rejection of a motion to strike does not preclude another        and insert is indivisible, but a motion to strike out being      being lost shall neither preclude amendment nor motion to
 motion to amend.                                                 lost shall neither preclude amendment nor motion to strike out   strike out and insert''. This is duplicative since a motion
                                                                  and insert; . . .  [remainder in clause 7, rule XVI].            to strike out and insert is an amendment.
 
                                                                 Derived from rule XIX: RULE XIX
 
Amendments                                                       OF AMENDMENTS
  6. When an amendable proposition is under consideration, a       When a motion or proposition is under consideration a motion
 motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall be    to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall be in
 in order, and it also shall be in order to offer a further       order, and it shall also be in order to offer a further
 amendment by way of substitute for the original motion to        amendment by way of substitute, to which one amendment may be
 amend, to which one amendment may be offered but which may not   offered, but which shall not be voted on until the original
 be voted on until the original amendment is perfected. An        matter is perfected, but either may be withdrawn before
 amendment may be withdrawn in the House at any time before a     amendment or decision is had thereon. Amendments to the title
 decision or amendment thereon. An amendment to the title of a    of a bill or resolution shall not be in order until after its
 bill or resolution shall not be in order until after its         passage, and shall be decided without debate.
 passage or adoption and shall be decided without debate.
 

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Germaneness                                                        Derived from clause 7, rule XVI: . . . and no motion or
  7. No motion or proposition on a subject different from that    proposition on a subject different from that under
 under consideration shall be admitted under color of             consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
 amendment.
 
                                                                 Derived from clause 1, rule XXI: RULE XXI
 
Readings                                                         ON BILLS
  8. Bills and joint resolutions are subject to readings as        1. Bills and joint resolutions on their passage shall be read    The proposed clause 8 on readings has been clarified to
 follows:                                                         the first time by title and the second time in full, when, if    reflect current practice in the House and in the Committee of
    (a) A first reading is in full when the bill or joint         the previous question is ordered, the Speaker shall state, the   the Whole for the actual readings of bill and joint
   resolution is first considered.                                question to be: Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third     resolutions. There might be only two readings of bills
    (b) A second reading occurs only when the bill or joint       time? and, if decided in the affirmative, it shall be read the   considered in the House-the first reading at the time
   resolution is read for amendment in a Committee of the Whole   third time by title, and the question shall then be put upon     consideration begins (in full unless dispensed with), and the
   House on the State of the Union under clause 5 of rule         its passage.                                                     final reading by title just prior to final passage upon
   XVIII.                                                                                                                          engrossment. There are normally three readings of bills
    (c) A third reading precedes passage when the Speaker                                                                          considered in the Committee of the Whole. The first is upon
   states the question: ``Shall the bill [or joint resolution]                                                                     initial consideration in the Committee, the second upon
   be engrossed [when applicable] and read a third time?'' If                                                                      reading for amendment after the completion of general debate,
   that question is decided in the affirmative, then the bill                                                                      and the third by title after engrossment pending final
   or joint resolution shall be read the final time by title                                                                       passage in the House. Special rules from the Rules Committee
   and then the question shall be put on its passage.                                                                              often waive the first reading in full in Committee of the
                                                                                                                                   Whole and often vary the way the bill is read a second time
                                                                                                                                   for amendment. The clause then restates the general House
                                                                                                                                   rules absent a special variation from the Rules Committee or
                                                                                                                                   by unanimous consent.
 
                           RULE XVII                             Derived from: RULE XIV
 
                       DECORUM AND DEBATE                        OF DECORUM AND DEBATE
 
Decorum
  1. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who          1. When any Member desires to speak or deliver any matter to     Proposed rule XVII becomes a consolidation of various rules
 desires to speak or deliver a matter to the House shall rise     the House, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to     governing decorum and debate, including the provisions
 and respectfully address himself to ``Mr. Speaker'' and, on      ``Mr. Speaker", and, on being recognized, may address the        currently in rule XIV, the use of exhibits currently in rule
 being recognized, may address the House from any place on the    House from any place on the floor or from the Clerk's desk,      XXX and secret sessions currently in rule XXIX. The Chair
 floor. When invited by the Chair, a Member, Delegate, or         and shall confine himself to the question under debate,          under his power of recognition should have the ability to
 Resident Commissioner may speak from the Clerk's desk.           avoiding personality. Debate may include references to actions   control when members may speak from the Clerk's desk and thus
  (b)(1) Remarks in debate shall be confined to the question      taken by the Senate or by committees thereof which are a         the phrase ``when invited by the Chair'' is added in clause
 under debate, avoiding personality.                              matter of public record, references to the pendency or           1(a). Existing clause 6 of Rule XIV on the right to speak a
  (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), debate may not    sponsorship in the Senate of bills, resolutions, and             second time is moved into clause 3 as paragraph (b), since
 include characterizations of Senate action or inaction,          amendments, factual descriptions relating to Senate action or    relevant to the manager's or mover's right to close.
 references to individual Members of the Senate, or quotations    inaction concerning a measure then under debate in the House,
 from Senate proceedings.                                         and quotations from Senate proceedings on a measure then under
  (B) Debate may include references to actions taken by the       debate in the House and which are relevant to the making of
 Senate or by committees thereof that are a matter of public      legislative history establishing the meaning of that measure,
 record; references to the pendency or sponsorship in the         but may not include characterizations of Senate action or
 Senate of bills, resolutions, and amendments; factual            inaction, other references to individual Members of the
 descriptions relating to Senate action or inaction concerning    Senate, or other quotations from Senate proceedings.
 a measure then under debate in the House; and quotations from
 Senate proceedings on a measure then under debate in the House
 that are relevant to the making of legislative history
 establishing the meaning of that measure.
 

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Recognition
  2. When two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident          2. When two or more Members rise at once, the Speaker shall      Clause 2 is clarified to apply to general debate in the
 Commissioner rise at once, the Speaker shall name the Member,    name the Member who is first to speak; and no Member shall       House and in the Committee of the Whole and eliminates the
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is first to speak. A      occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the       ambiguity concerning standing committees where only the five-
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not occupy more   House or in committee, except as further provided in this        minute rule applies.
 than one hour in debate on a question in the House or in the     rule.
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union except
 as otherwise provided in this rule.
 
Managing Debate
  3. (a) The Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who        3. The Member reporting the measure under consideration from     The ``leave of the House'' referred to in clause 3(b) should
 calls up a measure may open and close debate thereon. When       a committee may open and close, where general debate has been    be read broadly to include unanimous consent requests and
 general debate extends beyond one day, that Member, Delegate,    had thereon; and if it shall extend beyond one day, he shall     special orders from the Rules Committee. This clause is
 or Resident Commissioner shall be entitled to one hour to        be entitled to one hour to close, notwithstanding he may have    clarified to enhance the normal ability of the committee
 close without regard to the time used in opening.                used an hour in opening.                                         manager to close debate. The right of the manager (majority
  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a Member, Delegate,     Derived from clause 6, rule XIV: 6. No Member shall speak       or minority) of the measure representing the committee
 or Resident Commissioner may not speak more than once to the     more than once to the same question without leave of the         position to close controlled debate on an amendment is
 same question without leave of the House.                        House, unless he be the mover, proposer, or introducer of the    clarified also.
  (c) A manager of a measure who opposes an amendment thereto     matter pending, in which case he shall be permitted to speak
 is entitled to close controlled debate thereon.                  in reply, but not until every Member choosing to speak shall
                                                                  have spoken.
 
Call to order
  4. (a) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, in       Derived from clause 4, rule XIV: 4. If any Member, in
 speaking or otherwise, transgresses the Rules of the House,      speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the
 the Speaker shall, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident            Speaker shall, or any Member may, call him to order; in which
 Commissioner may, call to order the offending Member,            case he shall immediately sit down, unless permitted, on
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, who shall immediately sit    motion of another Member, to explain, and the House shall, if
 down unless permitted on motion of another Member, Delegate,     appealed to, decide on the case without debate; if the
 or the Resident Commissioner to explain. If a Member,            decision is in favor of the Member called to order, he shall
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is called to order, the       be at liberty to proceed, but not otherwise; and, if the case
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the call to    requires it, he shall be liable to censure or such punishment
 order shall indicate the words excepted to, which shall be       as the House may deem proper.
 taken down in writing at the Clerk's desk and read aloud to
 the House.
  (b) The Speaker shall decide the validity of a call to order.    5. If a Member is called to order for words spoken in debate,
 The House, if appealed to, shall decide the question without     the Member calling him to order shall indicate the words
 debate. If the decision is in favor of the Member, Delegate,     excepted to, and they shall be taken down in writing at the
 or Resident Commissioner called to order, the Member,            Clerk's desk and read aloud to the House; but he shall not be
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be at liberty to        held to answer, nor be subject to the censure of the House
 proceed, but not otherwise. If the case requires it, an          therefor, if further debate or other business has intervened.
 offending Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be
 liable to censure or such other punishment as the House may
 consider proper. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
 may not be held to answer a call to order, and may not be
 subject to the censure of the House therefor, if further
 debate or other business has intervened.
 

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Comportment
  5. When the Speaker is putting a question or addressing the      7. While the Speaker is putting a question or addressing the
 House, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not      House no Member shall walk out of or across the hall, nor,
 walk out of or across the Hall. When a Member, Delegate, or      when a Member is speaking, pass between him and the Chair; and
 Resident Commissioner is speaking, a Member, Delegate, or        during the session of the House no Member shall wear his hat,
 Resident Commissioner may not pass between the person speaking   or remain by the Clerk's desk during the call of the roll or
 and the Chair. During the session of the House, a Member,        the counting of ballots or smoke upon the floor of the House;
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not wear a hat or         and the Sergeant-at-Arms is charged with the strict
 remain by the Clerk's desk during the call of the roll or the    enforcement of this clause. Neither shall any person be
 counting of ballots. A person may not smoke or use any           allowed to smoke or to use any personal, electronic office
 personal, electronic office equipment, including cellular        equipment (including cellular phones and computers) upon the
 phones and computers, on the floor of the House. The Sergeant-   floor of the House at any time.
 at-Arms is charged with the strict enforcement of this clause.
 
                                                                 Derived from rule XXX: RULE XXX
 
Exhibits                                                         USE OF EXHIBITS
  6. When the use of an exhibit in debate is objected to by a      When the use of any exhibit in debate is objected to by any
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, its use shall be     Member, it shall be determined without debate by a vote of the
 decided without debate by a vote of the House.                   House.
 
Galleries
  7. During a session of the House, it shall not be in order       8. It shall not be in order for any Member to introduce to or    Proposed clauses 7 and 8 are transferred from existing
 for a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to introduce    to bring to the attention of the House during its sessions any   clauses 8 and 9 of rule XIV.
 to or to bring to the attention of the House an occupant in      occupant in the galleries of the House; nor may the Speaker
 the galleries of the House. The Speaker may not entertain a      entertain a request for the suspension of this rule by
 request for the suspension of this rule by unanimous consent     unanimous consent or otherwise.
 or otherwise.
 
Congressional Record
  8. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially         9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially
 verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of the   verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of the
 House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and               House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and
 typographical corrections authorized by the Member, Delegate,    typographical corrections authorized by the Member making the
 or Resident Commissioner making the remarks.                     remarks involved.
  (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by permission    (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by permission
 or order of the House.                                           or order of the House.
  (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within the     (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within the
 meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.                            meaning of clause 4(e)(1)(B) of rule X.
 
                                                                 Derived from rule XXIX: RULE XXIX
 
Secret sessions                                                  SECRET SESSION
  9. When confidential communications are received from the        Whenever confidential communications are received from the
 President, or when the Speaker or a Member, Delegate, or         President of the United States, or whenever the Speaker or any
 Resident Commissioner informs the House that he has              Member shall inform the House that he has communications which
 communications that he believes ought to be kept secret for      he believes ought to be kept secret for the present, the House
 the present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except    shall be cleared of all persons except the Members and
 the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers of   officers thereof, and so continue during the reading of such
 the House for the reading of such communications, and debates    communications, the debates and proceedings thereon, unless
 and proceedings thereon, unless otherwise ordered by the         otherwise ordered by the House.
 House.
 
                           RULE XVIII                            Derived from: RULE XXIII
 
   THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION    OF COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
 

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Resolving into the Committee of the Whole
  1. Whenever the House resolves into the Committee of the         1. (a) In all cases, in forming a Committee of the Whole         Proposed rule XVIII is basically transferred from current
 Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker shall leave   House, the Speaker shall leave his chair after appointing a      rule XXIII, since Committee of the Whole procedures come
 the chair after appointing a Chairman to preside. In case of     Member as Chairman to preside, who shall, in case of             chronologically prior to motions for the previous question,
 disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or lobby,     disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or lobby,     recommittal, final passage and reconsideration which become
 the Chairman may cause the same to be cleared.                   have power to cause the same to be cleared.                      rule XIX. The rule is reorganized to clarify the first
                                                                                                                                   reading of bills in full (clause 5(a). Obsolete provisions
                                                                                                                                   such as consideration of revenue bills and rivers and harbors
                                                                                                                                   bills, no longer privileged, are stricken (existing clause
                                                                                                                                   4). This rule maintains provisions relating to voting and
                                                                                                                                   quorum procedures unique to Committee of the Whole.
  2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and in clause 7 of                                                                     Proposed clause 2(a) codifies the form of proceeding on a
 rule XV, the House resolves into the Committee of the Whole                                                                       motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole except
 House on the state of the Union by motion. When such a motion                                                                     where a special order from the Rules Committee authorizes the
 is entertained, the Speaker shall put the question without                                                                        Speaker to declare the House resolved into Committee of the
 debate: ``Shall the House resolve itself into the Committee of                                                                    Whole or under Calendar Wednesday business where the House
 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of                                                                    resolves into Committee of the Whole to consider Union
 this matter?'', naming it.                                                                                                        Calendar bills without motion.
  (b) After the House has adopted a resolution reported by the     (b) After the House has adopted a special order of business
 Committee on Rules providing a special order of business for     resolution reported by the Committee on Rules providing for
 the consideration of a measure in the Committee of the Whole     the consideration of a measure in the Committee of the Whole
 House on the state of the Union, the Speaker may at any time,    House on the state of the Union, the Speaker may at any time
 when no question is pending before the House, declare the        within his discretion, when no question is pending before the
 House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the           House, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
 consideration of that measure without intervening motion,        Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of
 unless the special order of business provides otherwise.         that measure without intervening motion, unless the resolution
                                                                  in question provides otherwise.
 
Measures requiring initial consideration in the Committee of
 the Whole
  3. All bills, resolutions, or Senate amendments (as provided     Derived from clause 3, rule XXIII: 3. All motions or             Proposed clause 3 cross references clause 3 of rule XXII
 in clause 3 of rule XXII) involving a tax or charge on the       propositions involving a tax or charge upon the people, all      regarding Senate amendments requiring consideration in
 people, raising revenue, directly or indirectly making           proceedings touching appropriations of money, or bills making    Committee of the Whole. This also conforms to definition of
 appropriations of money or property or requiring such            appropriations of money or property, or requiring such           Union Calendar bills in proposed clause 1, rule XIII defining
 appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of           appropriation to be made, or authorizing payments out of         propositions which must be considered in Committee of the
 appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the      appropriations already made, or releasing any liability to the   Whole. Ordinarily a bill requiring consideration in Committee
 United States for money or property, or referring a claim to     United States for money or property, or referring any claim to   will be so considered under the terms of a special order of
 the Court of Claims, shall be first considered in the            the Court of Claims, shall be first considered in a Committee    business from the Rules Committee. Alternatively, the need
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A        of the Whole, and a point of order under this rule shall be      for Committee of the Whole may be altered by consideration in
 bill, resolution, or Senate amendment that fails to comply       good at any time before the consideration of a bill has          the House by unanimous consent or by suspension of the rules.
 with this clause is subject to a point of order against its      commenced.
 consideration.
 
Order of business
  4. (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) business on the calendar      4. In Committees of the Whole House business on their            The last portion of the existing clause 4, rule XXIII giving
 of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union    calendars may be taken up in regular order, or in such order     priority to motions to go into Committee of the Whole on
 may be taken up in regular order, or in such order as the        as the committee may determine, unless the bill to be            revenue, general appropriation bills and rivers and harbors
 Committee may determine, unless the measure to be considered     considered was determined by the House at the time of going      bills is deleted since revenue bills and rivers and harbors
 was determined by the House at the time of resolving into the    into committee, but bills for raising revenue, general           bills are no longer privileged to be reported at any time,
 Committee of the Whole.                                          appropriation bills, and bills for the improvement of rivers     that privilege having been removed by the Committee Reform
  (b) Motions to resolve into the Committee of the Whole for      and harbors shall have precedence.                               Amendments of 1974. General appropriation bills are given
 consideration of bills and joint resolutions making general                                                                       privilege under proposed clause 5, rule XIII. Hence the
 appropriations have precedence under this clause.                                                                                 motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole for the
                                                                                                                                   purpose of considering general appropriation bills provided
                                                                                                                                   in existing clause 9, rule XVI is unnecessary.
 

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Reading for amendment
  5. (a) Before general debate commences on a measure in the       5. (a) When general debate is closed by order of the House,      Proposed clause 5 is clarified to describe first and second
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, it       any Member shall be allowed five minutes to explain any          readings of bills in the Committee of the Whole. Proposed
 shall be read in full. When general debate is concluded or       amendment he may offer, after which the Member who shall first   clause 8, rule XVI also reflects current practice on readings
 closed by order of the House, the measure under consideration    obtain the floor shall be allowed to speak five minutes in       in the House.
 shall be read for amendment. A Member, Delegate, or Resident     opposition to it, and there shall be no further debate
 Commissioner who offers an amendment shall be allowed five       thereon, but the same privilege of debate shall be allowed in
 minutes to explain it, after which the Member, Delegate, or      favor of and against any amendment that may be offered to an
 Resident Commissioner who shall first obtain the floor shall     amendment; and neither an amendment nor an amendment to an
 be allowed five minutes to speak in opposition to it. There      amendment shall be withdrawn by the mover thereof unless by
 shall be no further debate thereon, but the same privilege of    the unanimous consent of the committee. Upon the offering of
 debate shall be allowed in favor of and against any amendment    any amendment by a Member, when the House is meeting in the
 that may be offered to an amendment. An amendment, or an         Committee of the Whole, the Clerk shall promptly transmit to
 amendment to an amendment, may be withdrawn by its proponent     the majority committee table five copies of the amendment and
 only by the unanimous consent of the Committee of the Whole.     five copies to the minority committee table. Further, the
  (b) When a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner offers    Clerk shall deliver at least one copy of the amendment to the
 an amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on the state    majority cloak room and at least one copy to the minority
 of the Union, the Clerk shall promptly transmit five copies of   cloak room.
 the amendment to the majority committee table and five copies
 to the minority committee table. The Clerk also shall deliver
 at least one copy of the amendment to the majority cloakroom
 and at least one copy to the minority cloakroom.
 

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Quorum and voting
  6. (a) A quorum of a Committee of the Whole House on the         Derived from clause 2, rule XXIII: 2. (a) A quorum of a          Proposed clause 6 clarifies that if the Chairman of the
 state of the Union is 100 Members. The first time that a         Committee of the Whole shall consist of one hundred Members.     Committee of the Whole utilizes a notice quorum call the
 Committee of the Whole finds itself without a quorum during a    The first time that a Committee of the Whole finds itself        first time in the Committee of the Whole and a quorum
 day, the Chairman shall invoke the procedure for a quorum call   without a quorum during any day, the Chairman shall invoke the   appears, such quorum call counts and a subsequent point of
 set forth in clause 2 of rule XX, unless he elects to invoke     procedure for the call of the roll under clause 5 of rule XV,    order cannot be made unless the Chair is putting the question
 an alternate procedure set forth in clause 3 or clause 4(a) of   unless, in his discretion, he orders a call of the Committee     to a vote. If a quorum is established on a recorded vote,
 rule XX. If a quorum appears, the Committee of the Whole shall   to be taken by the procedure set forth in clause 1 or clause     that also counts as the first establishment of a quorum.
 continue its business. If a quorum does not appear, the          2(b) of rule XV: Provided, That the Chairman may in his
 Committee of the Whole shall rise, and the Chairman shall        discretion refuse to entertain a point of order that a quorum
 report the names of absentees to the House.                      is not present during general debate only. If on such call, a
  (b)(1) The Chairman may refuse to entertain a point of order    quorum shall appear, the Committee shall continue its
 that a quorum is not present during general debate.              business; but if a quorum does not appear, the Committee shall
  (2) After a quorum has once been established on a day, the      rise and the Chairman shall report the names of the absentees
 Chairman may entertain a point of order that a quorum is not     to the House. After the roll has been once called to establish
 present only when the Committee of the Whole House on the        a quorum during such day, the Chairman may not entertain a
 state of the Union is operating under the five-minute rule and   point of order that a quorum is not present unless the
 the Chairman has put the pending proposition to a vote.          Committee is operating under the five-minute rule and the
  (3) Upon sustaining a point of order that a quorum is not       Chairman has put the pending motion or proposition to a vote;
 present, the Chairman may announce that, following a regular     and if the Chairman sustains a point of order that a quorum is
 quorum call under paragraph (a), the minimum time for            not present after putting the question on such a motion or
 electronic voting on the pending question shall be five          proposition, he may announce that following a regular quorum
 minutes.                                                         call conducted pursuant to the previous provisions of this
  (c) When ordering a quorum call in the Committee of the Whole   clause, he will reduce to not less than five minutes the
 House on the state of the Union, the Chairman may announce an    period of time within which a recorded vote on the pending
 intention to declare that a quorum is constituted at any time    question may be taken if such a vote is ordered. If, at any
 during the quorum call when he determines that a quorum has      time during the conduct of any quorum call in a Committee of
 appeared. If the Chairman interrupts the quorum call by          the Whole, the Chairman determines that a quorum is present,
 declaring that a quorum is constituted, proceedings under the    he may, in his discretion and subject to his prior
 quorum call shall be considered as vacated, and the Committee    announcement, declare that a quorum is constituted.
 of the Whole shall continue its sitting and resume its           Proceedings under the call shall then be considered as
 business.                                                        vacated, and the Committee shall not rise but shall continue
  (d) A quorum is not required in the Committee of the Whole      its sitting and resume its business.
 House on the state of the Union for adoption of a motion that
 the Committee rise.
 
  (e) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the      (b) In the Committee of the Whole, the Chair shall order a
 Union, the Chairman shall order a recorded vote on a request     recorded vote on request supported by at least twenty-five
 supported by at least 25 Members.                                Members.
  (f) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the      (c) In the Committee of the Whole, the Chairman may, in his
 Union, the Chairman may reduce to five minutes the minimum       discretion, reduce to not less than five minutes the period of
 time for electronic voting without any intervening business or   time within which a rollcall vote by electronic device may be
 debate on any or all pending amendments after a recorded vote    taken without any intervening business or debate on any or all
 has been taken on the first pending amendment.                   pending amendments after the vote has been taken on the first
                                                                  pending amendment.

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Dispensing with the reading of an amendment
  7. It shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole House      Derived from clause 5(b), rule XXIII: (b) It shall be in         The ``responsible staff member'' provisions in the existing
 on the state of the Union to move that the Committee of the      order to move in the Committee of the Whole to dispense with     rule have never been used and are deleted as unworkable.
 Whole dispense with the reading of an amendment that has been    the reading of an amendment if the amendment has been printed
 printed in the bill or resolution as reported by a committee,    in the bill as reported from a committee, or if any Member
 or an amendment that a Member, Delegate, or Resident             shall have caused the amendment to be printed in the
 Commissioner has caused to be printed in the Congressional       Congressional Record, and to be submitted to the Clerk, or to
 Record. Such a motion shall be decided without debate.           any responsible staff member designated by the Chairman, of
                                                                  the reporting committee or committees, at least one day prior
                                                                  to floor consideration, and said motion shall be decided
                                                                  without debate.
Closing debate
  8. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) at any time after the            Derived from clause 6, rule XXIII: 6. The committee may, by      The term ``portion'' in proposed clause 8 means the pending
 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union has       the vote of a majority of the members present, at any time       section, title, or other subdivision of the measure, as the
 begun five-minute debate on amendments to any portion of a       after the five minutes' debate has begun upon proposed           case may be. The five minutes for debate on a printed
 bill or resolution, it shall be in order to move that the        amendments to any section or paragraph of a bill, close all      amendment would be unavailable for a dilatory amendment
 Committee of the Whole close all debate on that portion of the   debate upon such section or paragraph or, at its election,       because the Chair would not recognize a member for the
 bill or resolution or on the pending amendments only. Such a     upon the pending amendments only (which motion shall be          offering of such an amendment under the general prohibition
 motion shall be decided without debate. The adoption of such a   decided without debate); but this shall not preclude further     against entertaining dilatory motions in proposed clause 1,
 motion does not preclude further amendment, to be decided        amendment, to be decided without debate. However, if debate is   rule XVI. Therefore, the rule need not address debatability
 without debate.                                                  closed on any section or paragraph under this clause before      of dilatory amendments.
  (b) If the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the     there has been debate on any amendment which any Member shall
 Union closes debate on any portion of a bill or resolution       have caused to be printed in the Congressional Record at least
 before there has been debate on an amendment that a Member,      one day prior to floor consideration of such amendment, the
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has caused to be printed in   Member who caused such amendment to be printed in the Record
 the Congressional Record at least one day before its             shall be given five minutes in which to explain such
 consideration, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner    amendment, after which the first person to obtain the floor
 who caused the amendment to be printed in the Record shall be    shall be given five minutes in opposition to it, and there
 allowed five minutes to explain it, after which the Member,      shall be no further debate thereon; but such time for debate
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who shall first obtain the    shall not be allowed when the offering of such amendment is
 floor shall be allowed five minutes to speak in opposition to    dilatory. Material placed in the Record pursuant to this
 it. There shall be no further debate thereon.                    provision shall indicate the full text of the proposed
  (c) Material submitted for printing in the Congressional        amendment, the name of the proponent Member, the number of the
 Record under this rule shall indicate the full text of the       bill to which it will be offered and the point in the bill or
 proposed amendment, the name of the Member, Delegate, or         amendment thereto where the amendment is intended to be
 Resident Commissioner proposing it, the number of the bill or    offered, and shall appear in a portion of the Record
 resolution to which it will be offered, and the point in the     designated for that purpose. All amendments to a specified
 bill or resolution or amendment thereto where the amendment is   measure submitted for printing in that portion of the Record
 intended to be offered. The amendment shall appear in a          shall be given numerical designations in the order printed.
 portion of the Record designated for that purpose. Amendments
 to a specified measure submitted for printing in that portion
 of the Record shall be numbered in the order printed.
 

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Striking the enacting clause
  9. A motion that the Committee of the Whole House on the         Derived from clause 7, rule XXIII: 7. A motion to strike out     Proposed clause 9 states the exact wording of the
 state of the Union rise and report a bill or resolution to the   the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion   preferential motion that ``the Committee rise and report the
 House with the recommendation that the enacting or resolving     to amend, and, if carried, shall be considered equivalent to     bill to the House with recommendation that the enacting
 clause be stricken shall have precedence of a motion to amend,   its rejection. Whenever a bill is reported from a Committee of   clause or resolving clause be stricken out'' replaces the
 and, if carried in the House, shall constitute a rejection of    the Whole with an adverse recommendation and such                current description of the ``motion to strike out the
 the bill or resolution. Whenever a bill or resolution is         recommendation is disagreed to by the House, the bill shall      enacting clause", since the motion is only relevant in
 reported from the Committee of the Whole with such adverse       stand recommitted to the said committee without further action   Committee of the Whole, has been construed to be applicable
 recommendation and the recommendation is rejected by the         by the House, but before the question of concurrence is          to resolutions and should be stated in its precise form.
 House, the bill or resolution shall stand recommitted to the     submitted it is in order to entertain a motion to refer the
 Committee of the Whole without further action by the House.      bill to any committee, with or without instructions, and when
 Before the question of concurrence is submitted, it shall be     the same is again reported to the House it shall be referred
 in order to move that the House refer the bill or resolution     to the Committee of the Whole without debate.
 to a committee, with or without instructions. If a bill or
 resolution is so referred, then when it is again reported to
 the House it shall be referred to the Committee of the Whole
 without debate.
 
Concurrent resolution on the budget
  10. (a) At the conclusion of general debate in the Committee     8. At the conclusion of general debate in a Committee of the
 of the Whole House on the state of the Union on a concurrent     Whole on any concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to
 resolution on the budget under section 305(a) of the             section 305(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of l974, the
 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the concurrent resolution      concurrent resolution shall be considered as having been read
 shall be considered as read for amendment.                       for amendment. It shall not be in order in the House or in a
  (b) It shall not be in order in the House or in the Committee   Committee of the Whole to consider an amendment to a
 of the Whole House on the state of the Union to consider an      concurrent resolution on the budget, or any amendment to an
 amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget, or an        amendment thereto, unless the concurrent resolution as amended
 amendment thereto, unless the concurrent resolution, as          by such amendment or amendments: (a) would be mathematically
 amended by such amendment or amendments--                        consistent (except to the extent that the amendment involved
    (1) would be mathematically consistent except as limited by   is limited by the third sentence of this clause); and (b)
   paragraph (c); and                                             would contain all the matter set forth in paragraphs (1)
    (2) would contain all the matter set forth in paragraphs      through (5) of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
   (1) through (5) of section 301(a) of the Congressional         of 1974. It shall not be in order in the House or in a
   Budget Act of 1974.                                            Committee of the Whole to consider an amendment to a
  (c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not    concurrent resolution on the budget, or any amendment to an
 be in order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole        amendment thereto, which changes the amount of the appropriate
 House on the state of the Union to consider an amendment to a    level of the public debt set forth in the concurrent
 concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amendment thereto,    resolution as reported; except that the amendments to achieve
 that proposes to change the amount of the appropriate level of   mathematical consistency which are permitted under section
 the public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as       305(a)(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 may include
 reported.                                                        an amendment, offered by or at the direction of the Committee
  (2) Amendments to achieve mathematical consistency under        on the Budget, to adjust the amount of such level to reflect
 section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, if    any changes made in the other figures contained in the
 offered by direction of the Committee on the Budget, may         resolution.
 propose to adjust the amount of the appropriate level of the
 public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as
 reported, to reflect changes made in other figures contained
 in the concurrent resolution.
 
Unfunded mandates
  11. (a) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state of      Derived from clause 5(c), rule XXIII: (c)(1) In the Committee
 the Union, an amendment proposing only to strike an unfunded     of the Whole, an amendment proposing only to strike an
 mandate from the portion of the bill then open to amendment,     unfunded mandate from the portion of the bill then open to
 if otherwise in order, may be precluded from consideration       amendment, if otherwise in order, may be precluded from
 only by specific terms of a special order of the House.          consideration only by specific terms of a special order of the
                                                                  House.

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  (b) In this clause the term ``unfunded mandate'' means a         (2) In this paragraph, ``unfunded mandate'' means a Federal
 Federal intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of which      intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of which exceed the
 exceed the threshold otherwise specified for a reported bill     threshold otherwise specified for a reported bill or joint
 or joint resolution in section 424(a)(1) of the Congressional    resolution in section 424(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget
 Budget Act of 1974.                                              Act of 1974.
 
Applicability of Rules of the House
  12. The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee of     Derived from clause 9, rule XXIII: 9. The rules of proceeding
 the Whole House on the state of the Union so far as              in the House shall be observed in Committees of the Whole
 applicable.                                                      House so far as they may be applicable.
 
                            RULE XIX
 
             MOTIONS FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT STAGE               Derived from: RULE XVII
 
Previous question                                                PREVIOUS QUESTION
  1. (a) There shall be a motion for the previous question,        1. There shall be a motion for the previous question, which,     In proposed rule XIX, all provisions governing the motion
 which, being ordered, shall have the effect of cutting off all   being ordered by a majority of Members voting, if a quorum be    for the previous question and the motion to recommit and for
 debate and bringing the House to a direct vote on the            present, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring   the motion to reconsider are transferred from current clause
 immediate question or questions on which it has been ordered.    the House to a direct vote upon the immediate question or        4, rule XVI, from clause 1, rule XVII, and from rule XVIII
 Whenever the previous question has been ordered on an            questions on which it has been asked and ordered. The previous   respectively into one rule which generally governs House
 otherwise debatable question on which there has been no          question may be asked and ordered upon a single motion, a        practice at final passage stage after Committee of the Whole
 debate, it shall be in order to debate that question for 40      series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment     consideration. Also, the provision requiring 40 minutes of
 minutes, equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the    or amendments, or may be made to embrace all authorized          debate where the previous question is ordered without debate
 question and an opponent. The previous question may be moved     motions or amendments and include the bill to its passage or     is transferred from current clause 2 of rule XXVII to clause
 and ordered on a single question, on a series of questions       rejection.                                                       1 of this rule. The provision currently in clause 2 of rule
 allowable under the rules, or on an amendment or amendments,      Derived from clause 2, rule XXVII: . . . and the same right     XVII prohibiting calls of the House following the ordering of
 or may embrace all authorized motions or amendments and          of debate shall be allowed whenever the previous question has    the previous question unless the Speaker actually counts the
 include the bill or resolution to its passage, adoption, or      been ordered on any proposition on which there has been no       absence of a quorum has been moved to clause 7(c) of rule XX
 rejection.                                                       debate.                                                          as more appropriately a quorum matter. In clause 3, the
                                                                                                                                   motion to reconsider may only be made by a Member voting ``on
                                                                                                                                   the prevailing side'' rather than ``in the majority'' since a
                                                                                                                                   tie vote or one-third plus one on a constitutional amendment,
                                                                                                                                   though not in the majority would be on the prevailing side.
  (b) Incidental questions of order arising during the pendency    Derived from clause 3, rule XVII: 3. All incidental questions
 of a motion for the previous question shall be decided,          of order arising after a motion is made for the previous
 whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.                  question, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether
                                                                  on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
 

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Recommit
  2. (a) After the previous question has been ordered on           Derived from clause 1, rule XVII: It shall be in order,          The ``one'' motion to recommit specified in existing clause
 passage or adoption of a measure, or pending a motion to that    pending the motion for, or after the previous question shall     4, rule XVI has been interpreted to mean that a proper motion
 end, it shall be in order to move that the House recommit (or    have been ordered on its passage, for the Speaker to entertain   to recommit remains available if prior motions are ruled out
 commit, as the case may be) the measure, with or without         and submit a motion to commit, with or without instructions,     of order. The proposed rule eliminates ``one'' and the
 instructions, to a standing or select committee. For such a      to a standing or select committee.                               ambiguity. The source for the proper motion to recommit is
 motion to recommit, the Speaker shall give preference in          Derived from clause 4, rule XVI: After the previous question    based on existing rule XVII.
 recognition to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner      shall have been ordered on the passage of a bill or joint
 who is opposed to the measure.                                   resolution one motion to recommit shall be in order, and the
  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if a motion that the   Speaker shall give preference in recognition for such purpose
 House recommit a bill or joint resolution on which the           to a Member who is opposed to the bill or joint resolution.
 previous question has been ordered to passage includes           However, with respect to any motion to recommit with
 instructions, it shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally       instructions after the previous question shall have been
 divided between the proponent and an opponent.                   ordered, it always shall be in order to debate such motion for
  (c) On demand of the floor manager for the majority, it shall   ten minutes before the vote is taken on that motion, except
 be in order to debate the motion for one hour equally divided    that on demand of the floor manager for the majority it shall
 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.                 be in order to debate such motion for one hour. One half of
                                                                  any debate on such motions shall be given to debate by the
                                                                  mover of the motion and one half to debate in opposition to
                                                                  the motion.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XVIII
 
Reconsideration                                                  RECONSIDERATION
  3. When a motion has been carried or lost, it shall be in        1. When a motion has been made and carried or lost, it shall     Entering the motion to reconsider and consideration of the
 order on the same or succeeding day for a Member on the          be in order for any member of the majority, on the same or       motion are separate propositions. One Member may enter the
 prevailing side of the question to enter a motion for the        succeeding day, to move for the reconsideration thereof, and     motion and another Member may call up the motion. The motion
 reconsideration thereof. The entry of such a motion shall take   such motion shall take precedence of all other questions         must be made or entered within the two-day period allowed by
 precedence over all other questions except the consideration     except the consideration of a conference report or a motion to   the rule, but once entered remains pending indefinitely.
 of a conference report or a motion to adjourn, and may not be    adjourn, and shall not be withdrawn after the said succeeding
 withdrawn after such succeeding day without the consent of the   day without the consent of the House, and thereafter any
 House. Once entered, a motion may be called up for               Member may call it up for consideration: Provided, That such
 consideration by any Member. During the last six days of a       motion, if made during the last six days of a session, shall
 session of Congress, such a motion shall be disposed of when     be disposed of when made.
 entered.
  4. A bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a       2. No bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a      The last portion of existing clause 2, rule XVIII regarding
 committee, or reported therefrom for printing and                committee, or reported therefrom for printing and                the printing of reported bills has been eliminated since
 recommitment, may not be brought back to the House on a motion   recommitment, shall be brought back into the House on a motion   proposed clause 2, rule XIII already requires the printing of
 to reconsider.                                                   to reconsider; and all bills, petitions, memorials, or           committee reports.
                                                                  resolutions reported from a committee shall be accompanied by
                                                                  reports in writing, which shall be printed.
 
                            RULE XX
 
                    VOTING AND QUORUM CALLS

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  1. (a) The House shall divide after the Speaker has put a        Derived from clause 5(a), rule I: . . . if he doubts, or a       In proposed rule XX, all quorum and voting procedures have
 question to a vote by voice as provided in clause 6 of rule I    division is called for, the House shall divide; those in the     been consolidated from existing rule I and rule XV except
 if the Speaker is in doubt or division is demanded. Those in     affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats,   those unique to the Committee of the Whole. Existing
 favor of the question shall first rise from their seats to be    and then those in the negative. If any Member requests a         provisions in clause 5 of rule I concerning the Speaker's
 counted, and then those opposed.                                 recorded vote and that request is supported by at least one-     duties as to procedures for division and recorded votes are
  (b) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner requests    fifth of a quorum, such vote shall be taken by electronic        moved to clause 1. ``Rollcall votes'' are now described
 a recorded vote, and that request is supported by at least one-  device, unless the Speaker in his discretion orders clerks to    generally as ``record votes'', and are defined in clauses 2,
 fifth of a quorum, the vote shall be taken by electronic         tell the names of those voting on each side of the question,     3 and 4 to include the normal electronic vote, and also votes
 device unless the Speaker invokes another procedure for          and such names shall be recorded by electronic device or by      by backup procedures of rollcall or by recorded tellers.
 recording votes provided in this rule. A recorded vote taken     clerks, as the case may be, and shall be entered in the          Authority to postpone votes and to order five minute votes is
 in the House under this paragraph shall be considered a vote     Journal, together with the names of those not voting. A          also transferred to new clauses 9 and 10. In clause 7
 by the yeas and nays.                                            recorded vote taken pursuant to this paragraph shall be          (currently clause 6(e) of rule XV), the Speaker is foreclosed
  (c) In case of a tie vote, a question shall be lost.            considered a vote by the yeas and nays. Members shall have not   from entertaining a point of order unless a proposition has
                                                                  less than fifteen minutes to be counted from the ordering of     been put to a vote. This being the case, those provisions
                                                                  the recorded vote or the ordering of clerks to tell the vote.    currently in clause 6 (a), (c), and (d) of rule XV which
                                                                                                                                   foreclose points of no quorum at certain designated times
                                                                                                                                   during the legislative process (e.g., before the prayer,
                                                                                                                                   during oath of office, reception of messages) are already
                                                                                                                                   obsolete and are therefore stricken, since overtaken by the
                                                                                                                                   more general prohibition in clause 6(e).
 
  2. (a) Unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the Clerk shall     Derived from clause 5(a), rule XV: 5. (a) Unless, in his
 conduct a record vote or quorum call by electronic device. In    discretion, the Speaker orders the calling of the names of
 such a case the Clerk shall enter on the Journal and publish     Members in the manner provided for under the preceding
 in the Congressional Record, in alphabetical order in each       provisions of this rule, upon any roll call or quorum call the
 category, the names of Members recorded as voting in the         names of such Members voting or present shall be recorded by
 affirmative, the names of Members recorded as voting in the      electronic device. In any such case, the Clerk shall enter in
 negative, and the names of Members answering present as if       the Journal and publish in the Congressional Record, in
 they had been called in the manner provided in clause 3.         alphabetical order in each category, a list of names of those
 Except as otherwise permitted under clause 9 or 10 of this       Members recorded as voting in the affirmative, of those
 rule or under clause 6 of rule XVIII, the minimum time for a     Members recorded as voting in the negative, and of those
 record vote or quorum call by electronic device shall be 15      Members answering present, as the case may be, as if their
 minutes.                                                         names had been called in the manner provided for under such
                                                                  preceding provisions. Members shall have not less than fifteen
                                                                  minutes from the ordering of the roll call or quorum call to
                                                                  have their vote or presence recorded.
  (b) When the electronic voting system is inoperable or is not                                                                     Proposed clause 2(b) consolidates alternative back-up quorum
 used, the Speaker or Chairman may direct the Clerk to conduct                                                                     or voting procedures (either by rollcall authorized by
 a record vote or quorum call as provided in clause 3 or 4.                                                                        existing clause 1, rule XV or clerk-tellers authorized by
                                                                                                                                   existing clause 2(b), rule XV) to make clear that the Speaker
                                                                                                                                   has discretion as to which backup procedure to utilize.

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  3. The Speaker may direct the Clerk to conduct a record vote     Derived from clause 1, rule XV: 1. Subject to clause 5 of
 or quorum call by call of the roll. In such a case the Clerk     this rule, upon every roll call the names of the Members shall
 shall call the names of Members, alphabetically by surname.      be called alphabetically by surname, except when two or more
 When two or more have the same surname, the name of the State    have the same surname, in which case the name of the State
 (and, if necessary to distinguish among Members from the same    shall be added; and if there be two such Members from the same
 State, the given names of the Members) shall be added. After     State, the whole name shall be called, and after the roll has
 the roll has been called once, the Clerk shall call the names    been once called, the Clerk shall call in their alphabetical
 of those not recorded, alphabetically by surname. Members        order the names of those not voting. Members appearing after
 appearing after the second call, but before the result is        the second call, but before the result is announced, may vote
 announced, may vote or announce a pair.                          or announce a pair.
  4. (a) The Speaker may direct a record vote or quorum call to    Derived from clause 2(b), rule XV: (b) Subject to clause 5 of
 be conducted by tellers. In such a case the tellers named by     this rule, when a call of the House in the absence of a quorum
 the Speaker shall record the names of the Members voting on      is ordered, the Speaker shall name one or more clerks to tell
 each side of the question or record their presence, as the       the Members who are present. The names of those present shall
 case may be, which the Clerk shall enter on the Journal and      be recorded by such clerks, and shall be entered in the
 publish in the Congressional Record. Absentees shall be noted,   Journal and the absentees noted, but the doors shall not be
 but the doors may not be closed except when ordered by the       closed except when so ordered by the Speaker. Members shall
 Speaker. The minimum time for a record vote or quorum call by    have not less than fifteen minutes from the ordering of a call
 tellers shall be 15 minutes.                                     of the House to have their presence recorded.
  (b) On the demand of a Member, or at the suggestion of the       Derived from clause 3, rule XV: 3. On the demand of any
 Speaker, the names of Members sufficient to make a quorum in     Member, or at the suggestion of the Speaker, the names of
 the Hall of the House who do not vote shall be noted by the      Members sufficient to make a quorum in the Hall of the House
 Clerk, entered on the Journal, reported to the Speaker with      who do not vote shall be noted by the Clerk and recorded in
 the names of the Members voting, and be counted and announced    the Journal, and reported to the Speaker with the names of the
 in determining the presence of a quorum to do business.          Members voting, and be counted and announced in determining
                                                                  the presence of a quorum to do business.
  5. (a) In the absence of a quorum, a majority comprising at      Derived from clause 2(a), rule XV: 2. (a) In the absence of a
 least 15 Members, which may include the Speaker, may compel      quorum, fifteen Members, including the Speaker, if there is
 the attendance of absent Members.                                one, shall be authorized to compel the attendance of absent
  (b) Subject to clause 7(b) a majority of those present may      Members; and those for whom no sufficient excuse is made may,
 order the Sergeant-at-Arms to send officers appointed by him     by order of a majority of those present, subject to clause
 to arrest those Members for whom no sufficient excuse is made    6(e)(2) of this rule be sent for and arrested, wherever they
 and shall secure and retain their attendance. The House shall    may be found, by officers to be appointed by the Sergeant-at-
 determine on what condition they shall be discharged. Unless     Arms for that purpose, and their attendance secured and
 the House otherwise directs, the Members who voluntarily         retained; and the House shall determine upon what condition
 appear shall be admitted immediately to the Hall of the House    they shall be discharged. Members who voluntarily appear
 and shall report their names to the Clerk to be entered on the   shall, unless the House otherwise direct, be immediately
 Journal as present.                                              admitted to the Hall of the House, and they shall report their
                                                                  names to the Clerk to be entered upon the Journal as present.
 

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  6. (a) When a quorum fails to vote on a question, a quorum is    Derived from clause 4, rule XV: 4. Subject to clause 5 of
 not present, and objection is made for that cause (unless the    this rule, whenever a quorum fails to vote on any question,
 House shall adjourn)--                                           and a quorum is not present and objection is made for that
    (1) there shall be a call of the House;                       cause, unless the House shall adjourn there shall be a call of
    (2) the Sergeant-at-Arms shall proceed forthwith to bring     the House, and the Sergeant-at-Arms shall forthwith proceed to
   in absent Members; and                                         bring in absent Members, and the yeas and nays on the pending
    (3) the yeas and nays on the pending question shall at the    question shall at the same time be considered as ordered. The
   same time be considered as ordered.                            Clerk shall call the roll, and each Member as he answers to
  (b) The Clerk shall record Members by the yeas and nays on      his name may vote on the pending question, and, after the roll
 the pending question, using such procedure as the Speaker may    call is completed, each Member arrested shall be brought by
 invoke under clause 2, 3, or 4. Each Member arrested under       the Sergeant-at-Arms before the House, whereupon he shall be
 this clause shall be brought by the Sergeant-at-Arms before      noted as present, discharged from arrest and given an
 the House, whereupon he shall be noted as present, discharged    opportunity to vote and his vote shall be recorded. If those
 from arrest, and given an opportunity to vote; and his vote      voting on the question and those who are present and decline
 shall be recorded. If those voting on the question and those     to vote shall together make a majority of the House, the
 who are present and decline to vote together make a majority     Speaker shall declare that a quorum is constituted, and the
 of the House, the Speaker shall declare that a quorum is         pending question shall be decided as the majority of those
 constituted, and the pending question shall be decided as the    voting shall appear. And thereupon further proceedings under
 requisite majority of those voting shall have determined.        the call shall be considered as dispensed with. At any time
 Thereupon further proceedings under the call shall be            after the roll call has been completed, the Speaker may
 considered as dispensed with.                                    entertain a motion to adjourn, if seconded by a majority of
  (c) At any time after Members have had the requisite            those present, to be ascertained by actual count by the
 opportunity to respond by the yeas and nays, but before a        Speaker; and if the House adjourns, all proceedings under this
 result has been announced, the Speaker may entertain a motion    section shall be vacated.
 that the House adjourn if seconded by a majority of those
 present, to be ascertained by actual count by the Speaker. If
 the House adjourns on such a motion, all proceedings under
 this clause shall be considered as vacated.
  7. (a) The Speaker may not entertain a point of order that a     Derived from clause 6, rule XV: 6. (a) It shall not be in        The provisions of existing clause 6(a), (c), and (d), rule
 quorum is not present unless a question has been put to a        order to make or entertain a point of order that a quorum is     XV are made unnecessary since the proposed clause 7, rule XV
 vote.                                                            not present:                                                     (from existing clause 6(e)) controls all these situations and
  (b) Subject to paragraph (c) the Speaker may recognize a         (1) before or during the offering of prayer;                    they need not be spelled out separately. Since the Speaker
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to move a call of      (2) during the administration of the oath of office to the      cannot entertain points of no quorum unless he is putting the
 the House at any time. When a quorum is established pursuant     Speaker or Speaker pro tempore or a Member, Delegate, or         question to a vote in the House, other prohibitions as to
 to a call of the House, further proceedings under the call       Resident Commissioner;                                           specific times at which point of no quorum cannot be
 shall be considered as dispensed with unless the Speaker          (3) during the reception of any message from the President of   entertained are confusing and unnecessary. The statement in
 recognizes for a motion to compel attendance of Members under    the United States or the United States Senate; and               existing clause 6(b), rule XV that a quorum is not required
 clause 5(b).                                                      (4) during the offering, consideration, and disposition of      to agree to a motion that the Committee of the Whole rise is
  (c) A call of the House shall not be in order after the         any motion incidental to a call of the House.                    transferred to proposed clause 6(d), rule XVIII which governs
 previous question is ordered unless the Speaker determines by     (b) A quorum shall not be required in Committee of the Whole    proceedings in Committee of the Whole.
 actual count that a quorum is not present.                       for agreement to a motion that the Committee rise.
                                                                   (c) After the presence of a quorum is once ascertained on any
                                                                  day on which the House is meeting, a point of order of no
                                                                  quorum may not be made or entertained--
                                                                   (1) during the reading of the Journal;
                                                                   (2) during the period after a Committee of the Whole has
                                                                  risen after completing its consideration of a bill or
                                                                  resolution and before the Chairman of the Committee has
                                                                  reported the bill or resolution back to the House; and
 

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.                                                                  (3) during any period of a legislative day when the Speaker
                                                                  is recognizing Members (including a Delegate or Resident
                                                                  Commissioner) to address the House under special orders, with
                                                                  no measure or matter then under consideration for disposition
                                                                  by the House.
.                                                                  (d) When the presence of a quorum is ascertained, a further
                                                                  point of order that a quorum is not present may not thereafter
                                                                  be made or entertained until additional business intervenes.
                                                                  For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``business'' does not
                                                                  include any matter, proceeding, or period referred to in
                                                                  paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this clause for which a quorum
                                                                  is not required or a point of order of no quorum may not be
                                                                  made or entertained.
                                                                   (e)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), it shall not
                                                                  be in order to make or entertain a point of order that a
                                                                  quorum is not present unless the Speaker has put the pending
                                                                  motion or proposition to a vote.
                                                                   (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), it shall always be in
                                                                  order for a Member to move a call of the House when recognized
                                                                  for that purpose by the Speaker, and when a quorum has been
                                                                  established pursuant to a call of the House, further
                                                                  proceedings under the call shall be considered as dispensed
                                                                  with unless the Speaker, in his discretion, recognizes for a
                                                                  motion under clause (2)(a) of this rule or for a motion to
                                                                  dispense with further proceedings under the call.
                                                                   Derived from clause 2, rule XVII: 2. A call of the House
                                                                  shall not be in order after the previous question is ordered,
                                                                  unless it shall appear upon an actual count by the Speaker
                                                                  that a quorum is not present.
 
Pairs
  8. Pairs shall be announced by the Clerk from a list signed      Derived from clause 2, rule VIII: 2. Pairs shall be announced    Proposed clause 8, rule XV, announcement of pairs by the
 by the Members entering them immediately before the Chair        by the Clerk immediately before the announcement by the Chair    Clerk, is moved from clause 2, rule VIII, duties of Members.
 announces the result of a vote by the House or Committee of      of the result of the vote, by the House or Committee of the      The last sentence providing that pairs shall be announced
 the Whole House on the state of the Union. The Clerk shall       Whole from a written list furnished him, and signed by the       only once during a legislative day has been deleted as
 publish the list in the Congressional Record as a part of the    Member making the statement to the Clerk, which list shall be    unnecessary since pairs are not announced at all in modern
 proceedings immediately following the names of those not         published in the Record as a part of the proceedings,            practice.
 voting.                                                          immediately following the names of those not voting. However,
                                                                  pairs shall be announced but once during the same legislative
                                                                  day.
Postponement of proceedings
  9. (a)(1) When a recorded vote is ordered, or the yeas and       Derived from clause 5, rule I: (b)(1) On any legislative day     Proposed clause 9, rule XV is moved from clause 5, rule I
 nays are ordered, or a vote is objected to under clause 6 on     whenever a recorded vote is ordered or the yeas and nays are     since the Speaker's authority to postpone certain votes
 any of the questions specified in subparagraph (2), the          ordered, or a vote is objected to under clause 4 of rule XV on   logically belongs in the voting rule.
 Speaker may postpone further proceedings on that question to a   any of the following questions, the Speaker may, in his
 designated place in the legislative schedule on that             discretion, postpone further proceedings on each such question
 legislative day (in the case of the question of agreeing to      to a designated time or place in the legislative schedule on
 the Speaker's approval of the Journal) or within two             that legislative day in the case of the question of agreeing
 legislative days (in the case of any other question).            to the Speaker's approval of the Journal, or within two
                                                                  legislative days, in the case of the other questions listed
                                                                  herein:
  (2) The questions described in the subparagraph (1) are as
 follows:
    (A) The question of passing a bill or joint resolution.        (A) the question of adopting a resolution;

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    (B) The question of adopting a resolution or concurrent        (B) the question of passing a bill;
   resolution.
    (C) The question of agreeing to a motion to instruct           (C) the question of agreeing to a motion to instruct
   managers on the part of the House under clause 7(c) of rule    conferees as provided in clause 1(c) of rule XXVIII: Provided,
   XXII (except that proceedings may not resume on such a         however, That proceedings shall not resume on said question if
   question if the managers have filed a report in the House).    the conferees have filed a report in the House;
    (D) The question of agreeing to a conference report.           (D) the question of agreeing to a conference report;
    (E) The question of agreeing to a motion to recommit a bill    (E) the question of agreeing to a motion to recommit a bill
   considered under clause 6 of rule XV.                          considered pursuant to clause 4 of rule XIII;
    (F) The question of ordering the previous question on a        (F) the question of ordering the previous question on a
   question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D), or       question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E);
   (E).
    (G) The question of agreeing to an amendment to a bill         (G) the question of agreeing to an amendment to a bill
   considered under clause 6 of rule XV.                          considered pursuant to clause 4 of rule XIII; and
    (H) The question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the        (H) the question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the
   rules.                                                         rules.
  (b) At the time designated by the Speaker for further            (2) At the time designated by the Speaker for further
 proceedings on questions postponed under paragraph (a), the      consideration of proceedings postponed under subparagraph (1),
 Speaker shall resume proceedings on each postponed question in   the Speaker shall put each question on which further
 the order in which it was considered.                            proceedings were postponed, in the order in which that
                                                                  question was considered.
  (c) After a record vote on a question on which proceedings       (3) At any time after the vote has been taken on the first
 were postponed under this clause, the Speaker may reduce to      question on which the Speaker has postponed further
 five minutes the minimum time for a record vote on any other     proceedings under this paragraph, the Speaker may, in his
 such question on which proceedings resume without intervening    discretion, reduce to not less than five minutes the period of
 business.                                                        time within which a rollcall vote by electronic device on the
                                                                  question may be taken without any intervening business on any
                                                                  or all of the additional questions on which the Speaker has
                                                                  postponed further proceedings under this paragraph.
  (d) If the House adjourns on a legislative day designated for    (4) If the House adjourns before all of the questions on
 further proceedings on questions postponed under this clause     which further proceedings were postponed under this paragraph
 without disposing of such questions, then on the next            have been put and determined, then, on the next following
 legislative day the unfinished business is the disposition of    legislative day the unfinished business shall be the
 such questions in the order in which they were considered.       disposition of all such questions, previously undisposed of,
                                                                  in the order in which the questions were considered.
Five-minute votes
  10. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time      Derived from clause 5, rule XV: (b) The Speaker may, in his
 for electronic voting--                                          discretion, reduce to not less than five minutes the time
                                                                  within which a rollcall vote by electronic device may be
                                                                  taken--
    (a) after a record vote on a motion for the previous           (1) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on a motion for
   question, on any underlying question that follows without      the previous question, on any underlying question that follows
   intervening business;                                          without intervening business;
    (b) after a record vote on an amendment reported from the      (2) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on an amendment
   Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, on     reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
   any subsequent amendment to that bill or resolution reported   the Union, on any subsequent amendment to that bill or
   from the Committee of the Whole;                               resolution reported from the Committee of the Whole; or

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    (c) after a record vote on a motion to recommit a bill,        (3) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on a motion to
   resolution, or conference report, on the question of passage   recommit a bill, resolution, or conference report thereon, on
   or adoption, as the case may be, of such bill, resolution,     the question of passage or adoption, as the case may be, of
   or conference report, if the question of passage or adoption   such bill, resolution, or conference report thereon, if the
   follows without intervening business the vote on the motion    question of passage or adoption follows without intervening
   to recommit; or                                                business the vote on the motion to recommit; or
    (d) as provided in clause 6(b)(3) of rule XVIII, clause                                                                         Proposed clause 10(d) catalogs the other instances of five-
   6(f) of rule XVIII, or clause 9 of this rule.                                                                                   minute electronic voting so that the clause references all
                                                                                                                                   six authorities.
 
Automatic yeas and nays
  11. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when the    Derived from clause 7, rule XV: 7. The yeas and nays shall be
 Speaker puts the question on passage of a bill or joint          considered as ordered when the Speaker puts the question on
 resolution, or on adoption of a conference report, making        final passage or adoption of any bill, joint resolution, or
 general appropriations, or increasing Federal income tax rates   conference report making general appropriations or increasing
 (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI), or on final        Federal income tax rates, or on final adoption of any
 adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget or             concurrent resolution on the budget or conference report
 conference report thereon.                                       thereon.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXXVIII
 
Ballot votes                                                     BALLOT
  12. In a case of ballot for election, a majority of the votes    In all cases of ballot a majority of the votes given shall be
 shall be necessary to an election. When there is not such a      necessary to an election, and where there shall not be such a
 majority on the first ballot, the process shall be repeated      majority on the first ballot the ballots shall be repeated
 until a majority is obtained. In all balloting blanks shall be   until a majority be obtained; and in all balloting blanks
 rejected, may not be counted in the enumeration of votes, and    shall be rejected and not taken into the count in enumeration
 may not be reported by the tellers.                              of votes or reported by the tellers.
 
                            RULE XXI
 
                 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN BILLS
 
Reservation of certain points of order
  1. At the time a general appropriation bill is reported, all     Derived from clause 8, rule XXI: 8. At the time any               Clauses 1 and 2 of proposed rule XXI apply to ``general''
 points of order against provisions therein shall be considered   appropriation bill is reported, all points of order shall be     appropriation bills or amendments thereto. Examples of
 as reserved.                                                     considered as reserved.                                          general appropriation bills include the 13 regular
                                                                                                                                   appropriation bills and most supplemental appropriation
                                                                                                                                   bills. Bills or joint resolutions continuing appropriations
                                                                                                                                   are not general bills and thus these clauses do not apply.
 

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General appropriation bills and amendments
  2. (a)(1) An appropriation may not be reported in a general      Derived from clause 2(a), rule XXI: 2. (a) No appropriation      Rule XXI, currently headed ``Bills'', is a disjointed
 appropriation bill, and may not be in order as an amendment      shall be reported in a general appropriation bill, or shall be   composite of unrelated rules relating to readings of bills,
 thereto, for an expenditure not previously authorized by law,    in order as an amendment thereto, for any expenditure not        consideration of certain types of bills, and permissibility
 except to continue appropriations for public works and objects   previously authorized by law, except to continue                 of provisions therein and amendments thereto. The new heading
 that are already in progress.                                    appropriations for public works and objects which are already    of rule XXI, ``Restrictions on Certain Bills'' still reflects
                                                                  in progress.                                                     its diverse nature in order to capture all remaining
                                                                                                                                   provisions prior to dealing with House-Senate relations in
                                                                                                                                   rule XXII. The rule is restructured to maintain citations to
                                                                                                                                   existing clauses (especially clause 2) carried in the
                                                                                                                                   Precedents to the greatest extent possible. Since readings of
                                                                                                                                   bills currently in clause 1 has been transferred to rule XVI,
                                                                                                                                   existing clause 8 of rule XXI on reservation of points of
                                                                                                                                   order on general appropriation bills has become clause 1 to
                                                                                                                                   fill that void. A new clause 3 has been added on ``Roads''
                                                                                                                                   embodying the prohibition on inclusion of specific provisions
                                                                                                                                   in bills, currently contained in the Transportation
                                                                                                                                   Committee's jurisdictional statement in rule X. The other
                                                                                                                                   prohibition in rule X against one specific road offered to a
                                                                                                                                   bill containing another specific road, is removed as
                                                                                                                                   obsolete, since the Transportation and Infrastructure
                                                                                                                                   Committee doesn't report specific road bills in modern
                                                                                                                                   practice. (The germaneness rule also suggests that a point of
                                                                                                                                   order would lie against an amendment on a specific road
                                                                                                                                   offered to a bill containing only another specific road.)
                                                                                                                                   Current clause 5(a) on appropriations in legislative bills
                                                                                                                                   has reverted to clause 4--the citation until 1975--in order
                                                                                                                                   to have a separate clause 5 on tax and tariff bills.
 
  (2) A reappropriation of unexpended balances of                  Derived from clause 6, rule XXI: 6. No general appropriation
 appropriations may not be reported in a general appropriation    bill or amendment thereto shall be received or considered if
 bill, and may not be in order as an amendment thereto, except    it contains a provision reappropriating unexpended balances of
 to continue appropriations for public works and objects that     appropriations; except that this provision shall not apply to
 are already in progress. This subparagraph does not apply to     appropriations in continuation of appropriations for public
 transfers of unexpended balances within the department or        works on which work has commenced, and shall not apply to
 agency for which they were originally appropriated that are      transfers of unexpended balances within the department or
 reported by the Committee on Appropriations.                     agency for which they were originally appropriated, reported
                                                                  by the Committee on Appropriations.

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  (b) A provision changing existing law may not be reported in     Derived from clause 2, rule XXI: (b) No provision changing
 a general appropriation bill, including a provision making the   existing law shall be reported in a general appropriation
 availability of funds contingent on the receipt or possession    bill, including a provision making the availability of funds
 of information not required by existing law for the period of    contingent on the receipt or possession of information not
 the appropriation, except germane provisions that retrench       required by existing law for the period of the appropriation,
 expenditures by the reduction of amounts of money covered by     except germane provisions that retrench expenditures by the
 the bill (which may include those recommended to the Committee   reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill, which may
 on Appropriations by direction of a legislative committee        include those recommended to the Committee on Appropriations
 having jurisdiction over the subject matter) and except          by direction of a legislative committee having jurisdiction
 rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.   over the subject matter thereof, and except rescissions of
                                                                  appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.
  (c) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be    (c) No amendment to a general appropriation bill shall be in
 in order if changing existing law, including an amendment        order if changing existing law, including an amendment making
 making the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or    the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or
 possession of information not required by existing law for the   possession of information not required by existing law for the
 period of the appropriation. Except as provided in paragraph     period of the appropriation. Except as provided in paragraph
 (d), an amendment proposing a limitation not specifically        (d), no amendment shall be in order during consideration of a
 contained or authorized in existing law for the period of the    general appropriation bill proposing a limitation not
 limitation shall not be in order during consideration of a       specifically contained or authorized in existing law for the
 general appropriation bill.                                      period of the limitation.
  (d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for         (d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for         Proposed clause 2(d), rule XXI indicates that if the motion
 amendment, a motion that the Committee of the Whole House on     amendment, motions that the Committee of the Whole rise and      to rise is not offered in Committee of the Whole following
 the state of the Union rise and report the bill to the House     report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have    reading for amendment in its entirety, then a proper
 with such amendments as may have been adopted shall, if          been adopted shall, if offered by the Majority Leader or a       limitation amendment may be offered. The present form of the
 offered by the Majority Leader or a designee, have precedence    designee, have precedence over motions to further amend the      rule only permits limitation amendments if the motion to rise
 over motions to amend the bill. If such a motion to rise and     bill. If any such motion is rejected, amendments proposing       is ``rejected''.
 report is rejected or not offered, amendments proposing          limitations not specifically contained or authorized in
 limitations not specifically contained or authorized in          existing law for the period of the limitation or proposing
 existing law for the period of the limitation or proposing       germane amendments which retrench expenditures by reduction of
 germane amendments that retrench expenditures by reductions of   amounts of money covered by the bill may be considered; but
 amounts of money covered by the bill may be considered.          after the vote on any such amendment, the privileged motion
                                                                  made in order under this paragraph may be renewed.
  (e) A provision other than an appropriation designated an        (e) No provision shall be reported in any appropriation bill
 emergency under section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of the       or joint resolution containing an emergency designation for
 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, a             purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D) or section 252(e) of the
 rescission of budget authority, or a reduction in direct         Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, or shall be
 spending or an amount for a designated emergency may not be      in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision or
 reported in an appropriation bill or joint resolution            amendment is not designated as an emergency, unless the
 containing an emergency designation under section 251(b)(2) or   provision or amendment rescinds budget authority or reduces
 section 252(e) of such Act and may not be in order as an         direct spending, or reduces an amount for a designated
 amendment thereto.                                               emergency.
  (f) During the reading of an appropriation bill for amendment    (f) During the reading of any appropriation bill for
 in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union,   amendment in the Committee of the Whole, it shall be in order
 it shall be in order to consider en bloc amendments proposing    to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer
 only to transfer appropriations among objects in the bill        appropriations among objects in the bill without increasing
 without increasing the levels of budget authority or outlays     the levels of budget authority or outlays in the bill. When
 in the bill. When considered en bloc under this paragraph,       considered en bloc pursuant to this paragraph, such amendments
 such amendments may amend portions of the bill not yet read      may amend portions of the bill not yet read for amendment
 for amendment (following disposition of any points of order      (following the disposition of any points of order against such
 against such portions) and is not subject to a demand for        portions) and shall not be subject to a demand for division of
 division of the question in the House or in the Committee of     the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
 the Whole.
 

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Roads
  3. A bill providing general legislation in relation to roads     Derived from clause 1(q), rule X: . . . but it shall not be      Proposed clause 3, rule XXI is currently contained in clause
 may not contain a provision for a specific road.                 in order for any bill providing general legislation in           1(q)(10), rule X, the Transportation and Infrastructure
                                                                  relation to roads to contain any provision for any specific      Committee's jurisdictional statement. It logically belongs in
                                                                  road, nor for any bill in relation to a specific road to         a rule prohibiting consideration of certain bills. This
                                                                  embrace a provision in relation to any other specific road.      recodification draft also eliminates the present restriction
                                                                                                                                   in Transportation's jurisdictional rule against any bill in
                                                                                                                                   relation to a specific road embracing a provision in relation
                                                                                                                                   to any other specific road.
Appropriations on legislative bills
  4. A bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation may      Derived from clause 5, rule XXI: (a) No bill or joint            The prohibition against appropriating on a legislative bill,
 not be reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to        resolution carrying appropriations shall be reported by any      currently in clause 5(a), rule XXI, reverts to clause 4,
 report appropriations, and an amendment proposing an             committee not having jurisdiction to report appropriations,      where it existed prior to 1975, in this draft.
 appropriation shall not be in order during the consideration     nor shall an amendment proposing an appropriation be in order
 of a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not        during the consideration of a bill or joint resolution
 having that jurisdiction. A point of order against an            reported by a committee not having that jurisdiction. A
 appropriation in such a bill, joint resolution, or amendment     question of order on an appropriation in any such bill, joint
 thereto may be raised at any time during pendency of that        resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at any time.
 measure for amendment.
 
 
Tax and tariff measures and amendments
  5. (a) A bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff       (b) No bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff
 measure may not be reported by a committee not having            measure shall be reported by any committee not having
 jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures, and an            jurisdiction to report tax and tariff measures, nor shall an
 amendment in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying a      amendment in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying a
 tax or tariff measure shall not be in order during the           tax or tariff measure be in order during the consideration of
 consideration of a bill or joint resolution reported by a        a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not having
 committee not having that jurisdiction. A point of order         that jurisdiction. A question of order on a tax or tariff
 against a tax or tariff measure in such a bill, joint            measure in any such bill, joint resolution, or amendment
 resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at any time       thereto may be raised at any time.
 during pendency of that measure for amendment.
 
Passage of tax rate increases
  (b) A bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference         (c) No bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference
 report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase may not be    report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase shall be
 considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a      considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a
 vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting, a      vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting. For
 quorum being present. In this paragraph the term ``Federal       purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ``Federal income
 income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection     tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection (a),
 (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b)     (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or
 or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a   55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a
 new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the        new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the
 amount of tax imposed by any such section.                       amount of tax imposed by any such section.
 
Consideration of retroactive tax rate increases
  (c) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint           (d) It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint
 resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a           resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a
 retroactive Federal income tax rate increase. In this            retroactive Federal income tax rate increase. For purposes of
 paragraph--                                                      the preceding sentence--
    (1) the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any    (1) the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' means any
   amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of          amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section
   section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal       1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code
   Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a       of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate of tax and
   rate of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax imposed    thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any such
   by any such section; and                                       section; and

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    (2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive if it    (2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive if it
   applies to a period beginning before the enactment of the      applies to a period beginning prior to the enactment of the
   provision.                                                     provision.
 
Transportation obligation limitations
  6. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint            Derived from clause 9, rule XXI: 9. It shall not be in order
 resolution, amendment, or conference report that would cause     to consider any bill or joint resolution, or any amendment
 obligation limitations to be below the level for any fiscal      thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause
 year set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity      obligation limitations to be below the level for any fiscal
 Act for the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the highway           year set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity
 category or the mass transit category, as applicable.            Act for the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the highway
                                                                  category or the mass transit category, as applicable.
 
                           RULE XXII
 
                   HOUSE AND SENATE RELATIONS
 
Senate amendments
  1. A motion to disagree to Senate amendments to a House bill     Derived from clause 1, rule XX: . . . That a motion to           Proposed rule XXII consolidates all provisions currently in
 or resolution and to request or agree to a conference with the   disagree with the amendments of the Senate to a House bill or    rule XX and rule XXVIII relating to Senate amendments,
 Senate, or a motion to insist on House amendments to a Senate    resolution and request or agree to a conference with the         conference reports, and amendments reported from conference
 bill or resolution and to request or agree to a conference       Senate, or a motion to insist on the House amendments to a       in disagreement. Clause 1 is clarified to indicate that the
 with the Senate, shall be privileged in the discretion of the    Senate bill or resolution and request or agree to a conference   motion to go to conference must be authorized by all
 Speaker if offered by direction of the primary committee and     with the Senate, shall always be in order if the Speaker, in     reporting committees of initial referral. Clauses 2 and 4
 of all reporting committees that had initial referral of the     his discretion, recognizes for that purpose and if the motion    clarify the distinction between privilege in the House of
 bill or resolution.                                              is made by direction of the committee having jurisdiction of     motions to dispose of Senate amendment before and after the
                                                                  the subject matter of the bill or resolution.                    stage of disagreement has been reached. Clause 3 has been
                                                                                                                                   clarified to make clear that the rules on scope of conference
                                                                                                                                   apply to all amendments in disagreement committed to
                                                                                                                                   conference, not merely to amendments in the nature of a
                                                                                                                                   substitute. Existing clauses 4 and 5 of rule XXVIII contain
                                                                                                                                   three separate but similar provisions concerning nongermane
                                                                                                                                   Senate provisions in bills or amendments committed to
                                                                                                                                   conference and either resolved in conference or reported back
                                                                                                                                   in disagreement for disposition by separate vote. Rather than
                                                                                                                                   repeat virtually the same procedures with respect to points
                                                                                                                                   of order and motions to reject the nongermane matter
                                                                                                                                   specified in the point of order, the consolidated clause 10
                                                                                                                                   combines all those provisions in one procedure applicable to
                                                                                                                                   any of the three situations.
  2. A motion to dispose of House bills with Senate amendments     Derived from clause 2, rule XXIV: . . . but House bills with
 not requiring consideration in the Committee of the Whole        Senate amendments which do not require consideration in a
 House on the state of the Union shall be privileged.             Committee of the Whole may be at once disposed of as the House
                                                                  may determine . . .
  3. Except as permitted by clause 1, before the stage of          Derived from clause 1, rule XX: Any amendment of the Senate
 disagreement, a Senate amendment to a House bill or resolution   to any House bill shall be subject to the point of order that
 shall be subject to the point of order that it must first be     it shall first be considered in the Committee of the Whole
 considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of   House on the state of the Union, if, originating in the House,
 the Union if, originating in the House, it would be subject to   it would be subject to that point: Provided, however, That . .
 such a point under clause 3 of rule XVIII.                       .
  4. When the stage of disagreement has been reached on a bill                                                                      Proposed clause 4 is added since practice has always
 or resolution with House or Senate amendments, a motion to                                                                        dictated handling amendments in disagreement as privileged.
 dispose of any amendment shall be privileged.

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  5. (a) Managers on the part of the House may not agree to a      Derived from clause 2, rule XX: 2. No amendment of the Senate    The last portion of the language in clause 5 has been added
 Senate amendment described in paragraph (b) unless specific      to a general appropriation bill which would be in violation of   to codify existing practice.
 authority to agree to the amendment first is given by the        the provisions of clause 2 of rule XXI, if said amendment had
 House by a separate vote with respect thereto. If specific       originated in the House, nor any amendment of the Senate
 authority is not granted, the Senate amendment shall be          providing for an appropriation upon any bill other than a
 reported in disagreement by the conference committee back to     general appropriation bill, shall be agreed to by the managers
 the two Houses for disposition by separate motion.               on the part of the House unless specific authority to agree to
  (b) The managers on the part of the House may not agree to a    such amendment shall be first given by the House by a separate
 Senate amendment described in paragraph (a) that--               vote on every such amendment.
    (1) would violate clause 2 (a)(1) or (c) of rule XXI if
   originating in the House; or
    (2) proposes an appropriation on a bill other than a
   general appropriation bill.
  6. A Senate amendment carrying a tax or tariff measure in                                                                         Currently clause 5(b), rule XXI precludes agreeing to Senate
 violation of clause 5(a) of rule XXI may not be agreed to.                                                                        amendments carrying tax or tariff measures.
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XXVIII
 
Conference reports; amendments reported in disagreement          CONFERENCE REPORTS
  7. (a) The presentation of a conference report shall be in       1. (a) The presentation of reports of committees of
 order at any time except during a reading of the Journal or      conference shall always be in order, except when the Journal
 the conduct of a record vote, a vote by division, or a quorum    is being read, while the roll is being called, or the House is
 call.                                                            dividing on any proposition.
  (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) the time allotted for         (b) The time allotted for debate on any motion to instruct
 debate on a motion to instruct managers on the part of the       House conferees shall be equally divided between the majority
 House shall be equally divided between the majority and          and minority parties, except that if the proponent of the
 minority parties.                                                motion and the Member from the other party are both supporters
  (2) If the proponent of a motion to instruct managers on the    of the motion, one-third of such debate time shall be allotted
 part of the House and the Member, Delegate, or Resident          to a Member who is opposed to said motion.
 Commissioner of the other party identified under subparagraph
 (1) both support the motion, one-third of the time for debate
 thereon shall be allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident
 Commissioner who opposes the motion on demand of that Member,
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
  (c)(1) A motion to instruct managers on the part of the          (c) After House conferees on any bill or resolution in           A committee of conference only exists after both Houses have
 House, or a motion to discharge all managers on the part of      conference between the House and Senate shall have been          appointed their conferees.
 the House and to appoint new conferees, shall be privileged--    appointed for twenty calendar days and shall have failed to
    (A) after a conference committee has been appointed for 20    make a report, it is hereby declared to be a motion of the
   calendar days without making a report; and                     highest privilege to move to discharge said House conferees
    (B) on the first legislative day after the calendar day on    and to appoint new conferees, or to instruct said House
   which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner           conferees (but in either case only at a time or place
   offering the motion announces to the House his intention to    designated by the Speaker in the legislative schedule of the
   do so and the form of the motion.                              day after the calendar day on which the Member offering the
  (2) The Speaker may designate a time in the legislative         motion announces to the House his intention to do so and the
 schedule on that legislative day for consideration of a motion   form of the motion); and, further, during the last six days of
 described in subparagraph (1).                                   any session of Congress, it shall be a privileged motion to
  (3) During the last six days of a session of Congress, the      move to discharge, appoint, or instruct, House conferees after
 period of time specified in subparagraph (1)(A) shall be 36      House conferees shall have been appointed thirty-six hours
 hours.                                                           without having made a report.

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  (d) Each conference report to the House shall be printed as a    (d) Each report made by a committee of conference to the
 report of the House. Each such report shall be accompanied by    House shall be printed as a report of the House. As so
 a joint explanatory statement prepared jointly by the managers   printed, such report shall be accompanied by an explanatory
 on the part of the House and the managers on the part of the     statement prepared jointly by the conferees on the part of the
 Senate. The joint explanatory statement shall be sufficiently    House and the conferees on the part of the Senate. Such
 detailed and explicit to inform the House of the effects of      statement shall be sufficiently detailed and explicit to
 the report on the matters committed to conference.               inform the House as to the effect which the amendments or
                                                                  propositions contained in such report will have upon the
                                                                  measure to which those amendments or propositions relate.
  8. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall      2. (a) It shall not be in order to consider the report of a      The authority of the Rules Committee to call up on the same
 not be in order to consider a conference report until--          committee of conference until the third calendar day             day reported a resolution only waiving availability
    (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays,     (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when     requirements for a conference report or amendment reported in
   or legal holidays except when the House is in session on       the House is in session on such a day) after such report and     disagreement, currently in existing clause 2(a) and (b), rule
   such a day) on which the conference report and the             the accompanying statement shall have been filed in the House,   XXVIII, is retained in clause 8(e) of this rule and in clause
   accompanying joint explanatory statement have been available   and such consideration then shall be in order only if such       6(a)(2), rule XIII since it relates to privileged reports of
   to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the    report and accompanying statement shall have been printed in     that committee. The division of debate time for a conference
   Congressional Record; and                                      the daily edition of the Congressional Record for the day on     report or amendment reported in disagreement is transferred
    (B) copies of the conference report and the accompanying      which such report and statement shall have been filed; but the   to clause 8(d) of this rule.
   joint explanatory statement have been available to Members,    preceding provisions of this sentence do not apply during the
   Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for at least two      last six days of the session. Nor shall it be in order to
   hours.                                                         consider any conference report unless copies of the report and
  (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six      accompanying statement have been available to Members for at
 days of a session of Congress.                                   least two hours before the beginning of such consideration:
                                                                  Provided, however, That it shall always be in order to call up
                                                                  for consideration, notwithstanding the provisions of clause
                                                                  4(b) of rule XI, a report from the Committee on Rules only
                                                                  making in order the consideration of a conference report
                                                                  notwithstanding this restriction. The time allotted for debate
                                                                  in the consideration of any such report shall be equally
                                                                  divided between the majority party and the minority party,
                                                                  except that if the floor manager for the majority and the
                                                                  floor manager for the minority are both supporters of the
                                                                  conference report, one third of such debate time shall be
                                                                  allotted to a Member who is opposed to said conference report.
 

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  (b)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not     (b)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any amendment
 be in order to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate          (including an amendment in the nature of a substitute)
 amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee     proposed by the Senate to any measure reported in disagreement
 until--                                                          between the two Houses by a report of a committee of
    (A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays,     conference that the committee has been unable to agree, until
   or legal holidays except when the House is in session on       the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal
   such a day) on which the report in disagreement and any        holidays except when the House is in session on such a day)
   accompanying statement have been available to Members,         after such report and accompanying statement shall have been
   Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner in the                filed in the House, and such consideration then shall be in
   Congressional Record; and                                      order only if such report and accompanying statement shall
    (B) copies of the report in disagreement and any              have been printed in the daily edition of the Congressional
   accompanying statement, together with the text of the Senate   Record for the day on which such report and statement shall
   amendment, have been available to Members, Delegates, and      have been filed; but the preceding provisions of this sentence
   the Resident Commissioner for at least two hours.              do not apply during the last six days of the session. Nor
  (2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last six      shall it be in order to consider any such amendment unless
 days of a session of Congress.                                   copies of the report and accompanying statement, together with
                                                                  the text of such amendment, have been available to Members for
                                                                  at least two hours before the beginning of such consideration:
                                                                  Provided, however, That it shall always be in order to call up
                                                                  for consideration, notwithstanding the provisions of clause
                                                                  4(b) of rule XI, a report from the Committee on Rules only
                                                                  making in order the consideration of such an amendment
                                                                  notwithstanding this restriction. The time allotted for debate
                                                                  on any such amendment shall be equally divided between the
                                                                  majority party and the minority party, except that if the
                                                                  floor manager for the majority and the floor manager for the
                                                                  minority are both supporters of the original motion offered by
                                                                  the floor manager for the majority to dispose of the
                                                                  amendment, one third of such debate time shall be allotted to
                                                                  a Member who is opposed to said motion.
  (3) During consideration of a Senate amendment reported in       (2) During consideration of such an amendment to a general
 disagreement by a conference committee on a general              appropriation bill, if the original motion offered by the
 appropriation bill, a motion to insist on disagreement to the    floor manager proposes to change existing law, then pending
 Senate amendment shall be preferential to any other motion to    such original motion and before debate thereon one motion to
 dispose of that amendment if the original motion offered by      insist on disagreement to the amendment proposed by the Senate
 the floor manager proposes to change existing law and the        shall be preferential to any other motion to dispose of that
 motion to insist is offered before debate on the original        amendment if offered by the chairman of a committee having
 motion by the chairman of the committee having jurisdiction of   jurisdiction of the subject matter of the amendment or by a
 the subject matter of the amendment or a designee. Such a        designee. Such a preferential motion shall be separately
 preferential motion shall be separately debatable for one hour   debatable for one hour equally divided between its proponent
 equally divided between its proponent and the proponent of the   and the proponent of the original motion. The previous
 original motion. The previous question shall be considered as    question shall be considered as ordered on such a preferential
 ordered on the preferential motion to its adoption without       motion to its adoption without intervening motion.
 intervening motion.
  (c) A conference report or a Senate amendment reported in        (c) Any conference report and Senate amendment in
 disagreement by a conference committee that has been available   disagreement which has been available as provided in
 as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) shall be considered as       paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause shall be considered as
 read when called up.                                             having been read when called up for consideration.

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  (d)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the time allotted for                                                                         Paragraphs (d) and (e) are derived from existing clause 2(a)
 debate on a conference report or on a motion to dispose of a                                                                      and (b), rule XXVIII.
 Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference
 committee shall be equally divided between the majority and
 minority parties.
  (2) If the floor manager for the majority and the floor
 manager for the minority both support the conference report or
 motion, one-third of the time for debate thereon shall be
 allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who
 opposes the conference report or motion on demand of that
 Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
  (e) Under clause 6(a)(2) of rule XIII, a resolution proposing
 only to waive a requirement of this clause concerning the
 availability of reports to Members, Delegates, and the
 Resident Commissioner may be considered by the House on the
 same day it is reported by the Committee on Rules.
  9. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment has been committed    3. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment in the nature of a    Clause 5 of this proposed rule also limits conferees'
 to a conference committee, the managers on the part of the       substitute has been committed to a conference committee it       authority to agree to Senate amendments containing
 House may propose a substitute that is a germane modification    shall be in order for the Managers on the part of the House to   legislation or unauthorized appropriations in general
 of the matter in disagreement. The introduction of any           propose a substitute which is a germane modification of the      appropriation bills or appropriations in legislative bills.
 language presenting specific additional matter not committed     matter in disagreement, but the introduction of any language
 to the conference committee by either House does not             in that substitute presenting a specific additional topic,
 constitute a germane modification of the matter in               question, issue, or proposition not committed to the
 disagreement. Moreover, a conference report may not include      conference committee by either House shall not constitute a
 matter not committed to the conference committee by either       germane modification of the matter in disagreement. Moreover,
 House and may not include a modification of specific matter      their report shall not include matter not committed to the
 committed to the conference committee by either or both Houses   conference committee by either House, nor shall their report
 if that modification is beyond the scope of that specific        include a modification of any specific topic, question, issue,
 matter as committed to the conference committee.                 or proposition committed to the conference committee by either
                                                                  or both Houses if that modification is beyond the scope of
                                                                  that specific topic, question, issue, or proposition as so
                                                                  committed to the conference committee.

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  10. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may      4. (a) With respect to any report of a committee of              Existing clauses 4 and 5 of rule XXVIII contain three
 raise a point of order against nongermane matter, as specified   conference called up before the House containing any matter      separate but similar provisions concerning nongermane Senate
 in subparagraph (2), before the commencement of debate on--      which would be in violation of the provisions of clause 7 of     provisions in bills or amendments committed to conference and
    (A) a conference report;                                      rule XVI if such matter had been offered as an amendment in      either resolved in conference or reported back in
    (B) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to   the House, and which--                                           disagreement for disposition by separate vote. Rather than
   a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference     (1) is contained in any Senate amendment to that measure        repeat virtually the same procedures with respect to points
   committee and concur therein, with or without amendment; or    (including a Senate amendment in the nature of substitute for    of order and motions to reject the nongermane matter
    (C) a motion that the House recede from its disagreement to   the text of that measure as passed by the House) accepted by     specified in the point of order, the new clause 10 represents
   a Senate amendment on which the stage of disagreement has      the House conferees or agreed to by the conference committee     an effort to consolidate all those provisions in one
   been reached and concur therein, with or without amendment.    with modification; or                                            procedure applicable to any of the three situations. This new
                                                                   (2) is contained in any substitute agreed to by the             clause makes no substantive change in the way points of order
                                                                  conference committee;                                            are made and motions to reject considered whether nongermane
                                                                 it shall be in order, at any time after the reading of the        matter is contained in a conference report, in a motion to
                                                                  report has been completed or dispensed with and before the       recede and concur in a Senate amendment, or in a motion to
                                                                  reading of the statement, or immediately upon consideration of   recede and concur with an amendment. In the event that a
                                                                  a conference report if clause 2(c) of this rule applies, to      motion to reject in any of those situations prevails, the new
                                                                  make a point of order that such nongermane matter, as            clause restates the pending question or the available
                                                                  described above, which shall be specified in the point of        alternative motion as currently stated. The test is whether
                                                                  order, is contained in the report. For the purposes of this      the matter would have been ruled nongermane if offered to the
                                                                  clause, matter which--                                           House-passed measure.
                                                                   (A) is contained in any substitute agreed to by the
                                                                  conference committee;
                                                                   (B) is not proposed by the House to be included in the
                                                                  measure concerned as passed by the House; and
                                                                   (C) would be in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI if such
                                                                  matter had been offered in the House as an amendment to the
                                                                  provisions of that measure as so proposed in the form passed
                                                                  by the House; shall be considered in violation of such clause
                                                                  7.
  (2) A point of order against nongermane matter is one
 asserting that a proposition described in subparagraph (1)
 contains specified matter that would violate clause 7 of rule
 XVI if it were offered in the House as an amendment to the
 underlying measure in the form it was passed by the House.
  (b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained, a      (b) If such point of order is sustained, it then shall be in
 motion that the House reject the nongermane matter identified    order for the Chair to entertain a motion, which is of high
 by the point of order shall be privileged. Such a motion is      privilege, that the House reject the nongermane matter covered
 debatable for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and    by the point of order. It shall be in order to debate such
 one-half in opposition thereto.                                  motion for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be given to
                                                                  debate in favor of, and one-half in opposition to, the motion.
  (c) After disposition of a point of order under paragraph (a)    (c) Notwithstanding the final disposition of any point of
 or a motion to reject under paragraph (b), any further points    order made under paragraph (a), or of any motion to reject
 of order under paragraph (a) not covered by a previous point     made pursuant to a point of order under paragraph (b), of this
 of order, and any consequent motions to reject under paragraph   clause, it shall be in order to make further points of order
 (b), shall be likewise disposed of.                              on the ground stated in such paragraph (a), and motions to
                                                                  reject pursuant thereto under such paragraph (b), with respect
                                                                  to other nongermane matter in the report of the committee of
                                                                  conference not covered by any previous point of order which
                                                                  has been sustained.

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  (d)(1) If a motion to reject under paragraph (b) is adopted,     (d) If any such motion to reject has been adopted, after
 then after disposition of all points of order under paragraph    final disposition of all points of order and motions to reject
 (a) and any consequent motions to reject under paragraph (b),    under the preceding provisions of this clause, the conference
 the conference report or motion, as the case may be, shall be    report shall be considered as rejected and the question then
 considered as rejected and the matter remaining in               pending before the House shall be--
 disagreement shall be disposed of under subparagraph (2) or       (1) whether to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with
 (3), as the case may be.                                         an amendment which shall consist of that portion of the
  (2) After the House has adopted one or more motions to reject   conference report not rejected; or
 nongermane matter contained in a conference report under the      (2) if the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this clause
 preceding provisions of this clause--                            applies, whether to insist further on the House amendment.
    (A) if the conference report accompanied a House measure     If all such motions to reject are defeated, then, after the
   amended by the Senate, the pending question shall be whether   allocation of time for debate on the conference report as
   the House shall recede and concur in the Senate amendment      provided in clause 2(a) of this rule, it shall be in order to
   with an amendment consisting of so much of the conference      move the previous question on the adoption of the conference
   report as was not rejected; and                                report.
    (B) if the conference report accompanied a Senate measure      5. (a)(1) With respect to any amendment (including an
   amended by the House, the pending question shall be whether    amendment in the nature of a substitute) which--
   the House shall insist further on the House amendment.          (A) is proposed by the Senate to any measure and thereafter--
  (3) After the House has adopted one or more motions to reject    (i) is reported in disagreement between the two Houses by a
 nongermane matter contained in a motion that the House recede    committee of conference; or
 and concur in a Senate amendment, with or without amendment,      (ii) is before the House, the stage of disagreement having
 the following motions shall be privileged and shall have         been reached; and
 precedence in the order stated:                                    (B) contains any matter which would be in violation of the
    (A) A motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate   provisions of clause 7 of rule XVI if such matter had been
   amendment with an amendment in writing then available on the   offered as an amendment in the House;
   floor.                                                        it shall be in order, immediately after a motion is offered
    (B) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to     that the House recede from its disagreement to such amendment
   the Senate amendment and request a further conference with     proposed by the Senate and concur therein and before debate is
   the Senate.                                                    commenced on such motion, to make a point of order that such
    (C) A motion that the House insist on its disagreement to     nongermane matter, as described above, which shall be
   the Senate amendment.                                          specified in the point of order, is contained in such
  (e) If, on a division of the question on a motion described     amendment proposed by the Senate.
 in paragraph (a)(1) (B) or (C), the House agrees to recede,       (2) If such point of order is sustained, it then shall be in
 then a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may raise a    order for the Chair to entertain a motion, which is of high
 point of order against nongermane matter, as specified in        privilege, that the House reject the nongermane matter covered
 paragraph (a)(2), before the commencement of debate on           by the point of order. It shall be in order to debate such
 concurring in the Senate amendment, with or without amendment.   motion for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be given to
 A point of order under this paragraph shall be disposed of       debate in favor of, and one-half in opposition to, the motion.
 according to the preceding provisions of this clause in the
 same manner as a point of order under paragraph (a).
 
                                                                   (3) Notwithstanding the final disposition of any point of
                                                                  order made under subparagraph (1), or of any motion to reject
                                                                  made pursuant to a point of order under subparagraph (2), of
                                                                  this paragraph, it shall be in order to make further points of
                                                                  order on the ground stated in such subparagraph (1), and
                                                                  motions to reject pursuant thereto under such subparagraph
                                                                  (2), with respect to other nongermane matter in the amendment
                                                                  proposed by the Senate not covered by any previous point of
                                                                  order which has been sustained.

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                                                                   (4) If any such motion to reject has been adopted, after
                                                                  final disposition of all points of order and motions to reject
                                                                  under the preceding provisions of this clause, the motion to
                                                                  recede and concur shall be considered as rejected, and further
                                                                  motions--
                                                                   (A) to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an
                                                                  amendment, where appropriate (but the offering of which is not
                                                                  in order unless copies of the language of the Senate
                                                                  amendment, as proposed to be amended by such motion, are then
                                                                  available on the floor when such motion is offered and is
                                                                  under consideration);
                                                                   (B) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment and
                                                                  request a further conference with the Senate; and
                                                                   (C) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment;
                                                                  shall remain of high privilege for consideration by the House.
                                                                  If all such motions to reject are defeated, then, after the
                                                                  allocation of time for debate on the motion to recede and
                                                                  concur as provided in clause 2(b) of this rule, it shall be in
                                                                  order to move the previous question on such motion.
                                                                   (b)(1) With respect to any such amendment proposed by the
                                                                  Senate as described in paragraph (a) of this clause, it shall
                                                                  not be in order to offer any motion that the House recede from
                                                                  its disagreement to such Senate amendment and concur therein
                                                                  with an amendment, unless copies of the language of the Senate
                                                                  amendment, as proposed to be amended by such motion, are then
                                                                  available on the floor when such motion is offered and is
                                                                  under consideration.
                                                                   (2) Immediately after any such motion is offered and is in
                                                                  order and before debate is commenced on such motion, it shall
                                                                  be in order to make a point of order that nongermane matter,
                                                                  as described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of this
                                                                  clause, which shall be specified in the point of order, is
                                                                  contained in the language of the Senate amendment, as proposed
                                                                  to be amended by such motion, copies of which are then
                                                                  available on the floor.
                                                                   (3) If such point of order is sustained, it then shall be in
                                                                  order for the Chair to entertain a motion, which is of high
                                                                  privilege, that the House reject the nongermane matter covered
                                                                  by the point of order. It shall be in order to debate such
                                                                  motion for forty minutes, one-half of such time to be given to
                                                                  debate in favor of, and one-half in opposition to, the motion.

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                                                                   (4) Notwithstanding the final disposition of any point of
                                                                  order under subparagraph (2), or of any motion to reject made
                                                                  pursuant to a point of order under subparagraph (3), of this
                                                                  paragraph, it shall be in order to make further points of
                                                                  order on the ground stated in subparagraph (1) of paragraph
                                                                  (a) of this clause, and motions to reject pursuant thereto
                                                                  under subparagraph (3) of this paragraph, with respect to
                                                                  other nongermane matter in the language of the Senate
                                                                  amendment, as proposed to be amended by the motion described
                                                                  in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, not covered by any
                                                                  previous point of order which has been sustained.
                                                                   (5) If any such motion to reject has been adopted, after
                                                                  final disposition of all points of order and motions to reject
                                                                  under the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the motion
                                                                  to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment
                                                                  shall be considered as rejected, and further motions--
                                                                     (A) to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an
                                                                    amendment, where appropriate (but the offering of which is
                                                                    not in order unless copies of the language of the Senate
                                                                    amendment, as proposed to be amended by such motion, are
                                                                    then available on the floor when such motion is offered and
                                                                    is under consideration);
                                                                     (B) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment and
                                                                    request a further conference with the Senate; and
                                                                     (C) to insist upon disagreement to the Senate amendment;
                                                                 shall remain of high privilege for consideration by the House.
                                                                  If all such motions to reject are defeated, then, after the
                                                                  allocation of time for debate on the motion to recede and
                                                                  concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment as provided
                                                                  in clause 2(b) of this rule, it shall be in order to move the
                                                                  previous question on such motion.
                                                                   (c) If, on a division of a motion that the House recede and
                                                                  concur, with or without amendment, from its disagreement to
                                                                  any such Senate amendment as described in paragraph (a)(1) of
                                                                  this clause, the House agrees to recede, then, before debate
                                                                  is commenced on concurring in such Senate amendment, or on
                                                                  concurring therein with an amendment it shall be in order to
                                                                  make and dispose of points of order and motions to reject with
                                                                  respect to such Senate amendment in accordance with applicable
                                                                  provisions of this clause and to effect final determination of
                                                                  these matters in accordance with such provisions.
                                                                 From clause 7 of rule XXVIII:
  11. It shall not be in order to consider a conference report   7. It shall not be in order to consider the report of a
 to accompany a bill or joint resolution that proposes to amend   committee of conference which contains any provision amending
 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--                       the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--
    (a) the joint explanatory statement of the managers            (a) the accompanying joint explanatory statement contains a      Proposed clause 11, rule XXII was added to the rules by the
   includes a tax complexity analysis prepared by the Joint       Tax Complexity Analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on       Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
   Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in accordance with      Taxation in accordance with section 4022(b) of the Internal      (Public Law 105-206), to be effective after January 1, 1999.
   section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service                Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or
   Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; or

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    (b) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means causes     (b) such Analysis is printed in the Congressional Record
   such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the            prior to the consideration of the report.
   Congressional Record before consideration of the conference
   report.
 
  12. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a meeting of each        Derived from clause 6, rule XXVIII: 6. (a) Each conference       Once authorized by the House to close a conference committee
 conference committee shall be open to the public.                committee meeting between the House and Senate shall be open     hearing, the conferees may choose to close only a portion.
  (2) In open session of the House, a motion that managers on     to the public except when the House, in open session, has
 the part of the House be permitted to close to the public a      determined by a rollcall vote of a majority of those Members
 meeting or meetings of their conference committee shall be       voting that all or part of the meeting shall be closed to the
 privileged, shall be decided without debate, and shall be        public.
 decided by a record vote.                                         (b)(1) After the reading of the report and before the reading
  (b) A point of order that a conference committee failed to      of the joint statement, or immediately upon consideration of a
 comply with paragraph (a) may be raised immediately after the    conference report if clause 2(c) of this rule applies, a point
 conference report is read or considered as read. If such a       of order may be made that the committee of conference making
 point of order is sustained, the conference report shall be      the report to the House has failed to comply with paragraph
 considered as rejected, the House shall be considered to have    (a) of this clause.
 insisted on its amendments or on disagreement to the Senate       (2) If such point of order is sustained, the conference
 amendments, as the case may be, and to have requested a          report shall be considered as rejected, the House shall be
 further conference with the Senate, and the Speaker may          considered to have insisted upon its amendment(s) or upon
 appoint new conferees without intervening motion.                disagreement to the amendment(s) of the Senate, as the case
                                                                  may be, and to have requested a further conference with the
                                                                  Senate, and the Speaker shall be authorized to appoint new
                                                                  conferees without intervening motion.
 
                           RULE XXIII                            Derived from: RULE XLIX
 
                 STATUTORY LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT                  ESTABLISHMENT OF STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT
  1. Upon adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on       1. Upon the adoption by the Congress (under section 301 or       Existing rule XLIX becomes rule XXIII relating to the
 the budget under section 301 or 304 of the Congressional         304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of any concurrent   establishment of statutory limit on the public debt and
 Budget Act of 1974 that sets forth, as the appropriate level     resolution on the budget setting forth as the appropriate        carries without substantive change the procedures for
 of the public debt for the period to which the concurrent        level of the public debt for the period to which such            automatic engrossment of a joint resolution adjusting the
 resolution relates, an amount that is different from the         concurrent resolution relates an amount which is different       public debt limit upon final adoption of a concurrent
 amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that            from the amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that   resolution on the budget. The phrase ``finally agreed to in
 otherwise would be in effect for that period, the Clerk shall    would otherwise be in effect for such period, the enrolling      the House'' in proposed clause 1 means the vote by which the
 prepare an engrossment of a joint resolution increasing or       clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare an           House adopts the conference report, or if there is no
 decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory limit on the       engrossment of a joint resolution, in the form prescribed in     conference report, on the concurrent resolution itself. The
 public debt in the form prescribed in clause 2. Upon             clause 2, increasing or decreasing the statutory limit on the    last sentence of existing clause 1 is deleted as unnecessary
 engrossment of the joint resolution, the vote by which the       public debt. The vote by which the conference report on the      as the transmittal of the engrossment and enrollment of this
 concurrent resolution on the budget was finally agreed to in     concurrent resolution on the budget was agreed to in the House   joint resolution are handled just like any other legislative
 the House shall also be considered as a vote on passage of the   (or by which the concurrent resolution itself was adopted in     measure.
 joint resolution in the House, and the joint resolution shall    the House, if there is no conference report) shall be deemed
 be considered as passed by the House and duly certified and      to have been a vote in favor of such joint resolution upon
 examined. The engrossed copy shall be signed by the Clerk and    final passage in the House of Representatives. Upon the
 transmitted to the Senate for further legislative action.        engrossment of such joint resolution it shall be deemed to
                                                                  have passed the House of Representatives and been duly
                                                                  certified and examined; the engrossed copy shall be signed by
                                                                  the Clerk and transmitted to the Senate for further
                                                                  legislative action; and (upon final passage by both Houses)
                                                                  the joint resolution shall be signed by the presiding officers
                                                                  of both Houses and presented to the President for his
                                                                  signature (and otherwise treated for all purposes) in the
                                                                  manner provided for bills and joint resolutions generally.
 

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  2. The matter after the resolving clause in a joint              2. The matter after the resolving clause in any joint
 resolution described in clause 1 shall be as follows: ``That     resolution described in clause 1 shall be as follows: ``That
 subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States        subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States
 Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation           Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation
 contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof       contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof
 `$___'.'', with the blank being filled with a dollar             `$___'.'', with the blank being filled in with a limitation
 limitation equal to the appropriate level of the public debt     equal to the appropriate level of the public debt as set
 set forth pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional     forth, pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional
 Budget Act of 1974 in the relevant concurrent resolution         Budget Act of 1974, in the concurrent resolution on the budget
 described in clause 1. If an adopted concurrent resolution       (whether such resolution was adopted under section 301, 304,
 under clause 1 sets forth different appropriate levels of the    or 310 of such Act). Only one joint resolution shall be
 public debt for separate periods, only one engrossed joint       prepared under clause 1 upon the adoption of any concurrent
 resolution shall be prepared under clause 1; and the blank       resolution on the budget; and, if the concurrent resolution
 referred to in the preceding sentence shall be filled with the   set forth a different appropriate level of the public debt
 limitation that is to apply for each period.                     (pursuant to such section 301(a)(5)) for each of two separate
                                                                  periods, the blank referred to in the preceding sentence shall
                                                                  be filled in with both the limitation which is to apply for
                                                                  the later of the two periods (specifying the date on which
                                                                  that limitation is to take effect) and the limitation which is
                                                                  to apply for the earlier of such periods.
  3. (a) The report of the Committee on the Budget on a            3. The report of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
 concurrent resolution described in clause 1 and the joint        Representatives accompanying any concurrent resolution on the
 explanatory statement of the managers on a conference report     budget under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of
 to accompany such a concurrent resolution each shall contain a   1974, as well as the joint explanatory statement accompanying
 clear statement of the effect the eventual enactment of a        the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the
 joint resolution engrossed under this rule would have on the     budget, shall contain a clear statement of the effect under
 statutory limit on the public debt.                              this rule that the adoption by both the House and the Senate
  (b) It shall not be in order for the House to consider a        of such concurrent resolution in the form in which it is being
 concurrent resolution described in clause 1, or a conference     reported (and the adoption of the joint resolution thereupon
 report thereon, unless the report of the Committee on the        prepared and enrolled under clause 1) would have upon the
 Budget or the joint explanatory statement of the managers        statutory limit on the public debt. It shall not be in order
 complies with paragraph (a)..                                    in the House of Representatives at any time to consider or
                                                                  adopt any concurrent resolution on the budget (or agree to any
                                                                  conference report thereon) if at that time the report
                                                                  accompanying such concurrent resolution (or the joint
                                                                  statement accompanying such conference report) does not comply
                                                                  with the requirements of this clause.
  4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or        4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or
 otherwise affecting--                                            otherwise affecting the power of the House of Representatives
    (a) the power of the House or the Senate to consider and      or the Senate to consider and pass a bill which (without
   pass bills or joint resolutions, without regard to the         regard to the procedures under clause 1) changes the statutory
   procedures under clause 1, that would change the statutory     limit on the public debt most recently established under this
   limit on the public debt; or                                   rule or otherwise; and the rights of Members and committees of
    (b) the rights of Members, Delegates, the Resident            the House with respect to the introduction, consideration, and
   Commissioner, or committees with respect to the                reporting of any such bill shall be determined as though this
   introduction, consideration, and reporting of such bills or    rule had not been adopted.
   joint resolutions.

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  5. In this rule the term ``statutory limit on the public         5. As used in this rule, the term ``statutory limit on the
 debt'' means the maximum face amount of obligations issued       public debt'' means the maximum face amount of obligations
 under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code,   issued under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United
 and obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the   States Code and obligations guaranteed as to principal and
 United States (except such guaranteed obligations as may be      interest by the United States (except such guaranteed
 held by the Secretary of the Treasury), as determined under      obligations as may be held by the Secretary of the Treasury),
 section 3101(b) of such title after the application of section   determined under section 3101(b) of title 31 after the
 3101(a) of such title, that may be outstanding at any one        application of section 3101(a) of title 31 which may be
 time.                                                            outstanding at any one time.
 
                           RULE XXIV                             Derived from: RULE XLIII
 
                    CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT                     CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT
 
  There is hereby established by and for the House the             There is hereby established by and for the House of            Rules XXIV-XXVII--Conduct of Members, Officers and Employees
 following code of conduct, to be known as the ``Code of          Representatives the following code of conduct, to be known as
 Official Conduct'':                                              the ``Code of Official Conduct'':
 
  1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        1. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a    Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner
 manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.               which shall reflect creditably on the House of
                                                                  Representatives.
  2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        2. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 employee of the House shall adhere to the spirit and the         Representatives shall adhere to the spirit and the letter of
 letter of the Rules of the House and to the rules of duly        the Rules of the House of Representatives and to the rules of
 constituted committees thereof.                                  duly constituted committees thereof.
  3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        3. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 employee of the House may not receive compensation and may not   Representatives shall receive no compensation nor shall he
 permit compensation to accrue to his beneficial interest from    permit any compensation to accrue to his beneficial interest
 any source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue of        from any source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue of
 influence improperly exerted from his position in Congress.      influence improperly exerted from his position in the
                                                                  Congress.
  4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        4. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 employee of the House may not accept gifts except as provided    Representatives shall not accept gifts except as provided by
 by clause 5 of rule XXVI.                                        the provisions of rule LI (Gift Rule).
  5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        5. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 employee of the House may not accept an honorarium for a         Representatives shall accept no honorarium for a speech,
 speech, a writing for publication, or other similar activity.    writing for publication, or other similar activity.
  6. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner--                6. A Member of the House of Representatives shall keep his
    (a) shall keep his campaign funds separate from his           campaign funds separate from his personal funds. A Member
   personal funds;                                                shall convert no campaign funds to personal use in excess of
    (b) may not convert campaign funds to personal use in         reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable campaign
   excess of an amount representing reimbursement for             expenditures and shall expend no funds from his campaign
   legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures; and           account not attributable to bona fide campaign or political
    (c) may not expend funds from his campaign account that are   purposes.
   not attributable to bona fide campaign or political
   purposes.

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  7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall treat      7. A Member of the House of Representatives shall treat as
 as campaign contributions all proceeds from testimonial          campaign contributions all proceeds from testimonial dinners
 dinners or other fund-raising events.                            or other fund raising events.
  8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer     8. A Member or officer of the House of Representatives shall
 of the House may not retain an employee who does not perform     retain no one under his payroll authority who does not perform
 duties in the offices of the employing authority commensurate    official duties commensurate with the compensation received in
 with the compensation he receives.                               the offices of the employing authority. In the case of
  (b) In the case of a committee employee who works under the     committee employees who work under the direct supervision of a
 direct supervision of a member of the committee other than a     Member other than a chairman, the chairman may require that
 chairman, the chairman may require that such member affirm in    such Member affirm in writing that the employees have complied
 writing that the employee has complied with clause 8(a)          with the preceding sentence (subject to clause 6 of rule XI)
 (subject to clause 7 of rule X) as evidence of compliance by     as evidence of the chairman's compliance with this clause and
 the chairman with this clause and with clause 7 of rule X.       with clause 6 of rule XI.
  9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        9. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 employee of the House may not discharge and may not refuse to    Representatives shall not discharge or refuse to hire any
 hire an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an         individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual
 individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or   with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges
 privileges of employment, because of the race, color,            of employment, because of such individual's race, color,
 religion, sex (including marital or parental status),            religion, sex (including marital or parental status),
 disability, age, or national origin of such individual, but      handicap, age, or national origin, but may take into
 may take into consideration the domicile or political            consideration the domicile or political affiliation of such
 affiliation of such individual.                                  individual.
  10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has been    10. A Member of the House of Representatives who has been
 convicted by a court of record for the commission of a crime     convicted by a court of record for the commission of a crime
 for which a sentence of two or more years' imprisonment may be   for which a sentence of two or more years' imprisonment may be
 imposed should refrain from participation in the business of     imposed should refrain from participation in the business of
 each committee of which he is a member, and a Member should      each committee of which he is a member and should refrain from
 refrain from voting on any question at a meeting of the House    voting on any question at a meeting of the House, or of the
 or of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the       Committee of the Whole House, unless or until judicial or
 Union, unless or until judicial or executive proceedings         executive proceedings result in reinstatement of the
 result in reinstatement of the presumption of his innocence or   presumption of his innocence or until he is reelected to the
 until he is reelected to the House after the date of such        House after the date of such conviction.
 conviction.
  11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not         11. A Member of the House of Representatives shall not
 authorize or otherwise allow an individual, group, or            authorize or otherwise allow a non-House individual, group, or
 organization not under the direction and control of the House    organization to use the words ``Congress of the United
 to use the words ``Congress of the United States,'' ``House of   States'', ``House of Representatives'', or ``Official
 Representatives,'' or ``Official Business,'' or any              Business'', or any combination of words thereof, on any
 combination of words thereof, on any letterhead or envelope.     letterhead or envelope.
  12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of      12. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), any employee of
 the House who is required to file a report under rule XXVII      the House of Representatives who is required to file a report
 may not participate personally and substantially as an           pursuant to rule XLIV shall refrain from participating
 employee of the House in a contact with an agency of the         personally and substantially as an employee of the House of
 executive or judicial branches of Government with respect to     Representatives in any contact with any agency of the
 nonlegislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person in   executive or judicial branch of Government with respect to
 which the employee has a significant financial interest.         nonlegislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person in
                                                                  which the employee has a significant financial interest.

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  (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee first advises    (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply if an employee first
 his employing authority of a significant financial interest      advises his employing authority of his significant financial
 described in paragraph (a) and obtains from his employing        interest and obtains from his employing authority a written
 authority a written waiver stating that the participation of     waiver stating that the participation of the employee is
 the employee in the activity described in paragraph (a) is       necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with the
 necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with the    Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
  13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,            13. Before any Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 officer, or employee of the House may have access to             Representatives may have access to classified information, the
 classified information, the following oath (or affirmation)      following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
 shall be executed:                                                ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose
   ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose       any classified information received in the course of my
   any classified information received in the course of my          service with the House of Representatives, except as
   service with the House of Representatives, except as             authorized by the House of Representatives or in accordance
   authorized by the House of Representatives or in accordance      with its Rules.''
   with its Rules.''                                             Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk of
Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be retained    the House as part of the records of the House.
 by the Clerk as part of the records of the House.
  14. In this Code of Official Conduct, the term ``officer or      As used in this Code of Official Conduct of the House of
 employee of the House'' means an individual whose compensation   Representatives--(a) the terms ``Member'' and ``Member of the
 is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer.                House of Representatives'' include the Resident Commissioner
                                                                  from Puerto Rico and each Delegate to the House; and (b) the
                                                                  term ``officer or employee of the House of Representatives''
                                                                  means any individual whose compensation is disbursed by the
                                                                  Clerk of the House of Representatives.
 
                            RULE XXV
 
              LIMITATIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL FUNDS               Derived from: RULE XLV
 
Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts           PROHIBITION OF UNOFFICIAL OFFICE ACCOUNTS
  1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not          1. No Member may maintain or have maintained for his use an      Proposed rule XXV transfers existing rules XLV and XLVI
 maintain, or have maintained for his use, an unofficial office   unofficial office account.                                       relating to limitations on use of official and unofficial
 account. Funds may not be paid into an unofficial office          2. After the date of adoption of this rule, no funds may be     accounts, limitations on the use of the frank, and existing
 account.                                                         paid into any unofficial office account.                         clause 2(n)(5) and 5(e) of rule XI and clause 8 of rule I on
                                                                                                                                   prohibitions on use of funds by Members not elected to a
                                                                                                                                   succeeding Congress, into one rule on limitations of use of
                                                                                                                                   official funds.
  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an       3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an
 amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a Member,         amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a Member is
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is paid into the House        paid into the House Recording Studio revolving fund for
 Recording Studio revolving fund for telecommunications           telecommunications satellite services, the Member may accept
 satellite services, the Member, Delegate, or Resident            reimbursement from non-political entities in that amount for
 Commissioner may accept reimbursement from nonpolitical          transmission to the Clerk of the House of Representatives for
 entities in that amount for transmission to the Clerk for        credit to the Official Expenses Allowance.
 credit to the Official Expenses Allowance.

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  3. In this rule the term ``unofficial office account'' means     4. For purposes of this rule--
 an account or repository in which funds are received for the      (a) the term ``unofficial office account'' means an account
 purpose of defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses allowable   or repository into which funds are received for the purpose of
 under section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as     defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses allowable under
 ordinary and necessary in the operation of a congressional       section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as
 office, and includes a newsletter fund referred to in section    ordinary and necessary in the operation of a congressional
 527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.                     office, and includes any newsletter fund referred to in
                                                                  section 527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and
                                                                   (b) the term ``Member'' means any Member of, Delegate to, or
                                                                  Resident Commissioner in, the House of Representatives.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XLVI
Limitations on use of the frank                                  LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF THE FRANK
  4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall mail       1. Any franked mail which is mailed by a Member under section
 franked mail under section 3210(d) of title 39, United States    3210(d) of title 39, United States Code, shall be mailed at
 Code at the most economical rate of postage practicable.         the equivalent rate of postage which assures that such mail
                                                                  will be sent by the most economical means practicable.
  5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Delegate, or          2. A Member shall, before making any mass mailing, submit a
 Resident Commissioner shall submit a sample or description of    sample or description of the mail matter involved to the House
 the mail matter involved to the House Commission on              Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory
 Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to    opinion as to whether such proposed mailing is in compliance
 whether the proposed mailing is in compliance with applicable    with applicable provisions of law, rule, or regulation.
 provisions of law, rule, or regulation.
  6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a Member,       3. Any mass mailing which otherwise is frankable by a Member
 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner under the provisions of       under the provisions of section 3210(e) of title 39, United
 section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, is not          States Code, shall not be frankable unless the cost of
 frankable unless the cost of preparing and printing it is        preparing and printing such mass mailing is defrayed
 defrayed exclusively from funds made available in an             exclusively from funds made available in any appropriations
 appropriation Act.                                               Act.
  7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not send     4. A Member may not send any mass mailing outside the
 a mass mailing outside the congressional district from which     congressional district from which the Member was elected.
 he was elected.
                                                                   5. In the case of any Representative in the House of             Existing clause 5 of rule XLVI is unnecessary given the
                                                                  Representatives, other than a Representative at Large, who is    breadth of existing clause 4 (proposed clause 7, rule XXV).
                                                                  a candidate for any statewide public office, any mass mailing    The recodification therefore deletes the clause.
                                                                  shall not be frankable under section 3210 of title 39, United
                                                                  States Code, when the same is delivered to any address which
                                                                  is not located in the area constituting the congressional
                                                                  district from which any such individual was elected.
  8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident                6. In the case of any Member, any mass mailing shall not be
 Commissioner, a mass mailing is not frankable under section      frankable under section 3210 of title 39, United States Code,
 3210 of title 39, United States Code, when it is postmarked      when the same is postmarked less than sixty days immediately
 less than 60 days before the date of a primary or general        before the date of any primary or general election (whether
 election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which he is    regular, special, or runoff) in which such Member is a
 a candidate for public office. If the mail matter is of a type   candidate for public office. If mail matter is of a type which
 that is not customarily postmarked, the date on which it would   is not customarily postmarked, the date on which such matter
 have been postmarked, if it were of a type customarily           would have been postmarked if it were of a type customarily
 postmarked, applies.                                             postmarked shall apply.
 

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  9. In this rule the term ``mass mailing'' means, with respect    7. For purposes of this rule-(a) the term ``mass mailing''
 to a session of Congress, a mailing of newsletters or other      means, with respect to a session in Congress, any mailing of
 pieces of mail with substantially identical content (whether     newsletters or other pieces of mail with substantially
 such pieces of mail are deposited singly or in bulk, or at the   identical content (whether such mail is deposited singly or in
 same time or different times), totaling more than 500 pieces     bulk, or at the same time or different times), totaling more
 of mail in that session, except that such term does not          than 500 pieces in that session, except that such term does
 include a mailing--                                              not include any mailing--
    (a) of matter in direct response to a communication from a     (1) of matter in direct response to a communication from a
   person to whom the matter is mailed;                           person to whom the matter is mailed;
    (b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to       (2) from a Member to other Members of Congress, or to
   other Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, or        Federal, State, or local government officials; or
   Senators, or to Federal, State, or local government             (3) of a news release to the communications media.
   officials; or                                                   (b) The term ``Member'' means any Member of the House of
    (c) of a news release to the communications media.            Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives,
                                                                  or the Resident Commissioner in the House of Representatives.
                                                                   (c) The term ``Members of Congress'' means Senators and
                                                                  Representatives in, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners
                                                                  to, the Congress.
 
Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to
 succeeding Congress
  10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in clause       Derived from clause 8, rule I: However, expenses may not be       This proposed clause combines prohibitions on funds for
 1(h)(1) of rule X, including funds from committee expense        paid from the applicable accounts of the House described in      travel currently in clause 8, rule I, clause 2(n)(5), rule XI
 resolutions, and funds in any local currencies owned by the      clause 1(h)(1) of rule X for travel of a Member after the date   and clause 5(e), rule XI.
 United States may not be made available for travel by a          of the general election of Members in which the Member has not
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator after the    been elected to the succeeding Congress, or in the case of a
 date of a general election in which he was not elected to the    Member who is not a candidate in such general election, the
 succeeding Congress or, in the case of a Member, Delegate, or    earlier of the date of such general election or the
 Resident Commissioner who is not a candidate in a general        adjournment sine die of the last regular session of the
 election, after the earlier of the date of such general          Congress.
 election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular
 session of the Congress.

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                                                                   Derived from clause 2(n)(5), rule XI: (5) No local currencies
                                                                  owned by the United States may be made available under this
                                                                  paragraph for the use outside of the United States for
                                                                  defraying the expenses of a member of any committee after--
                                                                   (A) the date of the general election of Members in which the
                                                                  Member has not been elected to the succeeding Congress; or
                                                                   (B) in the case of a Member who is not a candidate in such
                                                                  general election, the earlier of the date of such general
                                                                  election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular
                                                                  session of the Congress.
                                                                   Derived from clause 5(e), rule XI: (e) No primary expense
                                                                  resolution or additional expense resolution of a committee may
                                                                  provide for the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred
                                                                  by any member of the committee for travel by the member after
                                                                  the date of the general election of Members in which the
                                                                  Member is not elected to the succeeding Congress, or in the
                                                                  case of a Member who is not a candidate in such general
                                                                  election, the earlier of the date of such general election or
                                                                  the adjournment sine die of the last regular session of the
                                                                  Congress.
 
                           RULE XXVI                             Derived from: RULE XLVII
 
  LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS   LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNED INCOME
 
Outside earned income; honoraria
  1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Member,            1. (a)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), in calendar    Proposed rule XXVI combines existing rule XLVII on
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     year 1991 or thereafter, a Member or an officer or employee of   limitations on outside earned income, and rule LI on
 House may not--                                                  the House may not--                                              acceptance of gifts, and also includes existing rule XLI
                                                                                                                                   regarding officers and employees of the House who are agents
                                                                                                                                   for claims against the government as new clause 11. These
                                                                                                                                   provisions commonly address existing rules relating to
                                                                                                                                   potential conflicts of interest.
    (1) have outside earned income attributable to a calendar      (A) have outside earned income attributable to such calendar     Obsolete provisions in the existing rule, such as its
   year that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay   year which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay    application to years after 1991 in the provisions limiting
   for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of   for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of     outside employment and income, have been deleted.
   title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of that           title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of such calendar
   calendar year; or                                              year; or
    (2) receive any honorarium.                                    (B) receive any honorarium.
  (b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Member,           (2) In the case of any individual who becomes a Member or an
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     officer or employee of the House during calendar year 1991 or
 House, such individual may not have outside earned income        thereafter, such individual may not have outside earned income
 attributable to the portion of a calendar year that occurs       attributable to the portion of that calendar year which occurs
 after such individual becomes a Member, Delegate, Resident       after such individual becomes a Member, officer or employee
 Commissioner, officer, or employee that exceeds 15 percent of    which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for
 the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive       level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title
 Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as   5, United States Code, as of January 1 of such calendar year
 of January 1 of that calendar year multiplied by a fraction,     multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number
 the numerator of which is the number of days the individual is   of days such individual is a Member, officer, or employee
 a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or           during such calendar year and the denominator of which is 365.
 employee during that calendar year and the denominator of
 which is 365.

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  (c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made to a         (3) In calendar year 1991 or thereafter, any payment in lieu
 charitable organization on behalf of a Member, Delegate,         of an honorarium which is made to a charitable organization on
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may     behalf of a Member, officer or employee of the House may not
 not be received by that Member, Delegate, Resident               be received by such individual. No such payment shall exceed
 Commissioner, officer, or employee. Such a payment may not       $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from which such
 exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from       individual or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent
 which the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or   relative of such individual derives any financial benefit.
 employee or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent
 relative of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
 officer, or employee, derives a financial benefit.
                                                                   (b)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), in calendar       Existing clause (b)(1), rule XLVII applied only in calendar
                                                                  year 1990, a Member may not have outside earned income           year 1990 and has therefore been deleted as obsolete.
                                                                  (including honoraria received in such calendar year)
                                                                  attributable to such calendar year which exceeds 30 percent of
                                                                  the annual pay as a Member to which the Member was entitled in
                                                                  1989.
                                                                   (2) In the case of any individual who becomes a Member during
                                                                  calendar year 1990, such individual may not have outside
                                                                  earned income (including honoraria) attributable to the
                                                                  portion of that calendar year which occurs after such
                                                                  individual becomes a Member which exceeds 30 percent of
                                                                  $89,500 multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
                                                                  number of days such individual is a Member during such
                                                                  calendar year and the denominator of which is 365.
  2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or        2. On or after January 1, 1991, a Member or an officer or
 employee of the House may not--                                  employee of the House shall not--
    (a) receive compensation for affiliating with or being         (1) receive compensation for affiliating with or being
   employed by a firm, partnership, association, corporation,     employed by a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or
   or other entity that provides professional services            other entity which provides professional services involving a
   involving a fiduciary relationship;                            fiduciary relationship;
    (b) permit his name to be used by such a firm, partnership,    (2) permit that Member's, officer's, or employee's name to be
   association, corporation, or other entity;                     used by any such firm, partnership, association, corporation,
                                                                  or other entity;
    (c) receive compensation for practicing a profession that      (3) receive compensation for practicing a profession which
   involves a fiduciary relationship;                             involves a fiduciary relationship;
    (d) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the      (4) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the
   board of an association, corporation, or other entity; or      board of any association, corporation, or other entity; or
    (e) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior       (5) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior
   notification and approval of the Committee on Standards of     notification and approval of the Committee on Standards of
   Official Conduct.                                              Official Conduct.
 
Copyright royalties
  3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or    3. A Member, officer, or employee of the House may not--
 employee of the House may not receive an advance payment on       (1) receive any advance payment on copyright royalties, but
 copyright royalties. This paragraph does not prohibit a          this paragraph does not prohibit any literary agent,
 literary agent, researcher, or other individual (other than an   researcher, or other individual (other than an individual
 individual employed by the House or a relative of a Member,      employed by the House or a relative of that Member, officer,
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee) working   or employee) working on behalf of that Member, officer, or
 on behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,          employee with respect to a publication from receiving an
 officer, or employee with respect to a publication from          advance payment of a copyright royalty directly from a
 receiving an advance payment of a copyright royalty directly     publisher and solely for the benefit of that literary agent,
 from a publisher and solely for the benefit of that literary     researcher, or other individual; or
 agent, researcher, or other individual.

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  (b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       (2) receive any copyright royalties pursuant to a contract
 employee of the House may not receive copyright royalties        entered into on or after January 1, 1996, unless that contract
 under a contract entered into on or after January 1, 1996,       is first approved by the Committee on Standards of Official
 unless that contract is first approved by the Committee on       Conduct as complying with the requirement of clause 4(e)(5)
 Standards of Official Conduct as complying with the              (that royalties are received from an established publisher
 requirement of clause 4(d)(1)(E) (that royalties are received    pursuant to usual and customary contractual terms).
 from an established publisher under usual and customary
 contractual terms).
 
Definitions
  4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subparagraph       4. For the purposes of this rule--(a) The term ``Member''        In the existing definition of the term ``officer or employee
 (2), the term ``officer or employee of the House'' means an      means any Member of the House of Representatives, a Delegate     of the House'', the grade of GS-16 in the General Schedule of
 individual (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident           to the House of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner    the civil service no longer exists. Therefore the reference
 Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the Chief                in the House of Representatives.                                 is updated to a rate of 120 percent of the minimum rate of
 Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal to or         (b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the term            basic pay for GS-15 to maintain that standard.
 greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for    ``officer or employee of the House'' means any individual
 GS-15 of the General Schedule, and who is so employed for more   (other than a Member) whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk and
 than 90 days in a calendar year; and                             who is paid at a rate equal to or greater than the annual rate
  (2) when used with respect to an honorarium, the term           of basic pay in effect for grade GS-16 of the General Schedule
 ``officer or employee of the House'' means an individual         under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, and so
 (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner)        employed for more than 90 days in a calendar year.
 whose salary is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer.    (2) When used with respect to honoraria, the term ``officer
                                                                  or employee of the House'' means any individual (other than a
                                                                  Member) whose salary is disbursed by the Clerk.
  (b) In this rule the term ``honorarium'' means a payment of      (c) The term ``honorarium'' means a payment of money or any
 money or a thing of value for an appearance, speech, or          thing of value for an appearance, speech, or article, by a
 article, by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,           Member or an officer or employee of the House, excluding any
 officer, or employee of the House, excluding any actual and      actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by such
 necessary travel expenses incurred by that Member, Delegate,     individual (and one relative) to the extent that such expenses
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee (and one relative)   are paid or reimbursed by any other person, and the amount
 to the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any   otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any
 other person. The amount otherwise determined shall be reduced   such expenses to the extent that such expenses are not paid or
 by the amount of any such expenses to the extent that such       reimbursed.
 expenses are not so paid or reimbursed.
  (c) In this rule the term ``travel expenses'' means, with        (d) The term ``travel expenses'' means, with respect to a
 respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer    Member or an officer or employee of the House, or a relative
 or, employee of the House, or a relative of such Member,         of any such individual, the cost of transportation, and the
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, the       cost of lodging and meals while away from his or her residence
 cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals        or principal place of employment.
 while away from his residence or principal place of
 employment.
  (d)(1) In this rule the term ``outside earned income'' means,     (e) The term ``outside earned income'' means, with respect
 with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,       to a Member, officer or employee, wages, salaries, fees, and
 officer, or employee of the House, wages, salaries, fees, and    other amounts received or to be received as compensation for
 other amounts received or to be received as compensation for     personal services actually rendered but does not include--
 personal services actually rendered, but does not include--
    (A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, Resident                 (1) the salary of such individual as a Member, officer or
   Commissioner, officer, or employee;                            employee;
    (B) any compensation derived by a Member, Delegate,            (2) any compensation derived by such individual for personal     The phrase ``whichever occurs later'' in subparagraph (2) is
   Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House for   services actually rendered prior to the effective date of this   deleted as unnecessary.
   personal services actually rendered before the adoption of     rule or becoming such a Member, officer or employee, whichever
   this rule or before he became a Member, Delegate, Resident     occurs later;
   Commissioner, officer, or employee;

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    (C) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member,             (3) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member, officer or
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the   employee, to a tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing, or stock
   House to a tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing, or stock     bonus plan and received by such individual from such a plan;
   bonus plan and received by him from such a plan;
    (D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, Resident                (4) in the case of a Member, officer or employee engaged in a
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House engaged in a   trade or business in which the individual or his family holds
   trade or business in which he or his family holds a            a controlling interest and in which both personal services and
   controlling interest and in which both personal services and   capital are income-producing factors, any amount received by
   capital are income-producing factors, any amount received by   such individual so long as the personal services actually
   the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       rendered by the individual in the trade or business do not
   employee, so long as the personal services actually rendered   generate a significant amount of income; and
   by him in the trade or business do not generate a
   significant amount of income; or
    (E) copyright royalties received from established              (5) copyright royalties received from established publishers
   publishers under usual and customary contractual terms; and    pursuant to usual and customary contractual terms.
  (2) outside earned income shall be determined without regard     Outside earned income shall be determined without regard to
 to community property law.                                       any community property law.
  (e) In this rule the term ``charitable organization'' means      (f) The term ``charitable organization'' means an
 an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal      organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal
 Revenue Code of 1986.                                            Revenue Code of 1986.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE LI
 
Gifts                                                            GIFT RULE
  5. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,    1. (a) No Member, officer, or employee of the House of
 or employee of the House may not knowingly accept a gift         Representatives shall knowingly accept a gift except as
 except as provided in this clause.                               provided in this rule.
  (2)(A) In this clause the term ``gift'' means a gratuity,        (b)(1) For the purpose of this rule, the term ``gift'' means
 favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan,               any gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality,
 forbearance, or other item having monetary value. The term       loan, forbearance, or other item having monetary value. The
 includes gifts of services, training, transportation, lodging,   term includes gifts of services, training, transportation,
 and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket,    lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of a
 payment in advance, or reimbursement after the expense has       ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the expense
 been incurred.                                                   has been incurred.
  (B)(i) A gift to a family member of a Member, Delegate,          (2)(A) A gift to a family member of a Member, officer, or
 Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, or a   employee, or a gift to any other individual based on that
 gift to any other individual based on that individual's          individual's relationship with the Member, officer, or
 relationship with the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,   employee, shall be considered a gift to the Member, officer,
 officer, or employee, shall be considered a gift to the          or employee if it is given with the knowledge and acquiescence
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    of the Member, officer, or employee and the Member, officer,
 if it is given with the knowledge and acquiescence of the        or employee has reason to believe the gift was given because
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    of the official position of the Member, officer, or employee.
 and the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
 employee has reason to believe the gift was given because of
 his official position.
  (ii) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time and     (B) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time and
 place to both a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,         place to both a Member, officer, or employee and the spouse or
 officer, or employee of the House and the spouse or dependent    dependent thereof, only the food or refreshment provided to
 thereof, only the food or refreshment provided to the Member,    the Member, officer, or employee shall be treated as a gift
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee shall be   for purposes of this rule.
 treated as a gift for purposes of this clause.
  (3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not apply to the     (c) The restrictions in paragraph (a) shall not apply to the
 following:                                                       following:

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    (A) Anything for which the Member, Delegate, Resident          (1) Anything for which the Member, officer, or employee pays
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House pays the       the market value, or does not use and promptly returns to the
   market value, or does not use and promptly returns to the      donor.
   donor.
    (B) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the        (2) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the
   Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.)   Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.)
   that is lawfully made under that Act, a lawful contribution    that is lawfully made under that Act, a lawful contribution
   for election to a State or local government office, or         for election to a State or local government office, or
   attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a political     attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a political
   organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal       organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal
   Revenue Code of 1986.                                          Revenue Code of 1986.
    (C) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16)     (3) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16) of
   of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C.   title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
   App. 109(16)).                                                 521).
    (D)(i) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a    (4)(A) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a
   personal friendship unless the Member, Delegate, Resident      personal friendship unless the Member, officer, or employee
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House has reason     has reason to believe that, under the circumstances, the gift
   to believe that, under the circumstances, the gift was         was provided because of the official position of the Member,
   provided because of his official position and not because of   officer, or employee and not because of the personal
   the personal friendship.                                       friendship.
    (ii) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis    (B) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis of
   of personal friendship, the Member, Delegate, Resident         personal friendship, the Member, officer, or employee shall
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall          consider the circumstances under which the gift was offered,
   consider the circumstances under which the gift was offered,   such as:
   such as:
      (I) The history of his relationship with the individual      (i) The history of the relationship between the individual
     giving the gift, including any previous exchange of gifts    giving the gift and the recipient of the gift, including any
     between them.                                                previous exchange of gifts between such individuals.
      (II) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who      (ii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the Member, officer,
     gave the gift personally paid for the gift or sought a tax   or employee the individual who gave the gift personally paid
     deduction or business reimbursement for the gift.            for the gift or sought a tax deduction or business
                                                                  reimbursement for the gift.
      (III) Whether to his actual knowledge the individual who     (iii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the Member, officer,
     gave the gift also gave the same or similar gifts to other   or employee the individual who gave the gift also at the same
     Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioners, officers,    time gave the same or similar gifts to other Members,
     or employees of the House.                                   officers, or employees.
    (E) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3), a contribution     (5) Except as provided in clause 3(c), a contribution or
   or other payment to a legal expense fund established for the   other payment to a legal expense fund established for the
   benefit of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,          benefit of a Member, officer, or employee that is otherwise
   officer, or employee of the House that is otherwise lawfully   lawfully made in accordance with the restrictions and
   made in accordance with the restrictions and disclosure        disclosure requirements of the Committee on Standards of
   requirements of the Committee on Standards of Official         Official Conduct.
   Conduct.
    (F) A gift from another Member, Delegate, Resident             (6) Any gift from another Member, officer, or employee of the
   Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House or Senate.     Senate or the House of Representatives.
    (G) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other     (7) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other
   benefits--                                                     benefits--
      (i) resulting from the outside business or employment        (A) resulting from the outside business or employment
     activities of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,   activities (or other outside activities that are not connected
     officer, or employee of the House (or other outside          to the duties of the Member, officer, or employee as an
     activities that are not connected to his duties as an        officeholder) of the Member, officer, or employee, or the
     officeholder), or of his spouse, if such benefits have not   spouse of the Member, officer, or employee, if such benefits
     been offered or enhanced because of his official position    have not been offered or enhanced because of the official
     and are customarily provided to others in similar            position of the Member, officer, or employee and are
     circumstances;                                               customarily provided to others in similar circumstances;

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      (ii) customarily provided by a prospective employer in       (B) customarily provided by a prospective employer in
     connection with bona fide employment discussions; or         connection with bona fide employment discussions; or
      (iii) provided by a political organization described in      (C) provided by a political organization described in section
     section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in       527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in connection with
     connection with a fundraising or campaign event sponsored    a fundraising or campaign event sponsored by such an
     by such organization.                                        organization.
    (H) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued        (8) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued
   participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan         participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan
   maintained by a former employer.                               maintained by a former employer.
    (I) Informational materials that are sent to the office of     (9) Informational materials that are sent to the office of
   the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       the Member, officer, or employee in the form of books,
   employee of the House in the form of books, articles,          articles, periodicals, other written materials, audiotapes,
   periodicals, other written materials, audiotapes,              videotapes, or other forms of communication.
   videotapes, or other forms of communication.
    (J) Awards or prizes that are given to competitors in          (10) Awards or prizes which are given to competitors in
   contests or events open to the public, including random        contests or events open to the public, including random
   drawings.                                                      drawings.
    (K) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food,             (11) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food,
   refreshments, and entertainment) and other bona fide,          refreshments, and entertainment) and other bona fide,
   nonmonetary awards presented in recognition of public          nonmonetary awards presented in recognition of public service
   service (and associated food, refreshments, and                (and associated food, refreshments, and entertainment provided
   entertainment provided in the presentation of such degrees     in the presentation of such degrees and awards).
   and awards).
    (L) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to     (12) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to
   all attendees as an integral part of the training) if such     all attendees as an integral part of the training) provided to
   training is in the interest of the House.                      a Member, officer, or employee, if such training is in the
                                                                  interest of the House of Representatives.
    (M) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.      (13) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.
    (N) An item, the receipt of which is authorized by the         (14) Any item, the receipt of which is authorized by the
   Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational      Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational and
   and Cultural Exchange Act, or any other statute.               Cultural Exchange Act, or any other statute.
    (O) Anything that is paid for by the Federal Government, by    (15) Anything which is paid for by the Federal Government, by
   a State or local government, or secured by the Government      a State or local government, or secured by the Government
   under a Government contract.                                   under a Government contract.
    (P) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section      (16) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section
   109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) of an individual      109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) of an individual
   other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign         other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign
   principal.                                                     principal.
    (Q) Free attendance at a widely attended event permitted       (17) Free attendance at a widely attended event permitted
   under subparagraph (4).                                        pursuant to paragraph (d).
    (R) Opportunities and benefits that are--                      (18) Opportunities and benefits which are--
      (i) available to the public or to a class consisting of      (A) available to the public or to a class consisting of all
     all Federal employees, whether or not restricted on the      Federal employees, whether or not restricted on the basis of
     basis of geographic consideration;                           geographic consideration;
      (ii) offered to members of a group or class in which         (B) offered to members of a group or class in which
     membership is unrelated to congressional employment;         membership is unrelated to congressional employment;
      (iii) offered to members of an organization, such as an      (C) offered to members of an organization, such as an
     employees' association or congressional credit union, in     employees' association or congressional credit union, in which
     which membership is related to congressional employment      membership is related to congressional employment and similar
     and similar opportunities are available to large segments    opportunities are available to large segments of the public
     of the public through organizations of similar size;         through organizations of similar size;

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      (iv) offered to a group or class that is not defined in a    (D) offered to any group or class that is not defined in a
     manner that specifically discriminates among Government      manner that specifically discriminates among Government
     employees on the basis of branch of Government or type of    employees on the basis of branch of Government or type of
     responsibility, or on a basis that favors those of higher    responsibility, or on a basis that favors those of higher rank
     rank or rate of pay;                                         or rate of pay;
      (v) in the form of loans from banks and other financial      (E) in the form of loans from banks and other financial
     institutions on terms generally available to the public;     institutions on terms generally available to the public; or
     or
      (vi) in the form of reduced membership or other fees for     (F) in the form of reduced membership or other fees for
     participation in organization activities offered to all      participation in organization activities offered to all
     Government employees by professional organizations if the    Government employees by professional organizations if the only
     only restrictions on membership relate to professional       restrictions on membership relate to professional
     qualifications.                                              qualifications.
    (S) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially      (19) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially
   commemorative in nature and that is intended for               commemorative in nature and which is intended for
   presentation.                                                  presentation.
    (T) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is        (20) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is
   granted by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.     granted by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
    (U) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other      (21) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other
   than as a part of a meal.                                      than as a part of a meal.
    (V) Donations of products from the district or State that      (22) Donations of products from the State that the Member
   the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner represents      represents that are intended primarily for promotional
   that are intended primarily for promotional purposes, such     purposes, such as display or free distribution, and are of
   as display or free distribution, and are of minimal value to   minimal value to any individual recipient.
   any single recipient.
    (W) An item of nominal value such as a greeting card,          (23) An item of nominal value such as a greeting card,
   baseball cap, or a T-shirt.                                    baseball cap, or a T-shirt.
  (4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or    (d)(1) A Member, officer, or employee may accept an offer of
 employee of the House may accept an offer of free attendance     free attendance at a widely attended convention, conference,
 at a widely attended convention, conference, symposium, forum,   symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, viewing,
 panel discussion, dinner, viewing, reception, or similar         reception, or similar event, provided by the sponsor of the
 event, provided by the sponsor of the event, if--                event, if--
    (i) the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,      (A) the Member, officer, or employee participates in the
   or employee of the House participates in the event as a        event as a speaker or a panel participant, by presenting
   speaker or a panel participant, by presenting information      information related to Congress or matters before Congress, or
   related to Congress or matters before Congress, or by          by performing a ceremonial function appropriate to the
   performing a ceremonial function appropriate to his official   Member's, officer's, or employee's official position; or
   position; or
    (ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to the             (B) attendance at the event is appropriate to the performance
   performance of the official duties or representative           of the official duties or representative function of the
   function of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,       Member, officer, or employee.
   officer, or employee of the House.
  (B) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       (2) A Member, officer, or employee who attends an event
 employee of the House who attends an event described in          described in subparagraph (1) may accept a sponsor's
 subdivision (A) may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of      unsolicited offer of free attendance at the event for an
 free attendance at the event for an accompanying individual.     accompanying individual.
  (C) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       (3) A Member, officer, or employee, or the spouse or
 employee of the House, or the spouse or dependent thereof, may   dependent thereof, may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of
 accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free attendance at a     free attendance at a charity event, except that reimbursement
 charity event, except that reimbursement for transportation      for transportation and lodging may not be accepted in
 and lodging may not be accepted in connection with the event.    connection with the event.

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  (D) In this paragraph the term ``free attendance'' may           (4) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``free
 include waiver of all or part of a conference or other fee,      attendance'' may include waiver of all or part of a conference
 the provision of local transportation, or the provision of       or other fee, the provision of local transportation, or the
 food, refreshments, entertainment, and instructional materials   provision of food, refreshments, entertainment, and
 furnished to all attendees as an integral part of the event.     instructional materials furnished to all attendees as an
 The term does not include entertainment collateral to the        integral part of the event. The term does not include
 event, nor does it include food or refreshments taken other      entertainment collateral to the event, nor does it include
 than in a group setting with all or substantially all other      food or refreshments taken other than in a group setting with
 attendees.                                                       all or substantially all other attendees.
  (5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       (e) No Member, officer, or employee may accept a gift the
 employee of the House may not accept a gift the value of which   value of which exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal
 exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal friendship exception   friendship exception in paragraph (c)(4) unless the Committee
 in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the Committee on Standards of      on Standards of Official Conduct issues a written
 Official Conduct issues a written determination that such        determination that such exception applies. No determination
 exception applies. A determination under this subparagraph is    under this paragraph is required for gifts given on the basis
 not required for gifts given on the basis of the family          of the family relationship exception.
 relationship exception in subparagraph (3)(C).
  (6) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item         (f) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item
 because it is perishable, the item may, at the discretion of     because it is perishable, the item may, at the discretion of
 the recipient, be given to an appropriate charity or             the recipient, be given to an appropriate charity or
 destroyed.                                                       destroyed.
  (b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) to a       2. (a)(1) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) to a
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee    Member, officer, or employee from a private source other than
 of the House from a private source other than a registered       a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal for
 lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal for necessary           necessary transportation, lodging and related expenses for
 transportation, lodging, and related expenses for travel to a    travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip or
 meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or similar       similar event in connection with the duties of the Member,
 event in connection with his duties as an officeholder shall     officer, or employee as an officeholder shall be deemed to be
 be considered as a reimbursement to the House and not a gift     a reimbursement to the House of Representatives and not a gift
 prohibited by this clause, if the Member, Delegate, Resident     prohibited by this rule, if the Member, officer, or employee--
 Commissioner, officer, or employee--
    (i) in the case of an employee, receives advance                 (A) in the case of an employee, receives advance
   authorization, from the Member, Delegate, Resident               authorization, from the Member or officer under whose direct
   Commissioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the      supervision the employee works, to accept reimbursement, and
   employee works, to accept reimbursement; and
    (ii) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed       (B) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed
   and the authorization to the Clerk within 30 days after the      and the authorization to the Clerk of the House of
   travel is completed.                                             Representatives within 30 days after the travel is
                                                                    completed.
  (B) For purposes of subdivision (A), events, the activities      (2) For purposes of paragraph (a)(1), events, the activities
 of which are substantially recreational in nature, are not       of which are substantially recreational in nature, shall not
 considered to be in connection with the duties of a Member,      be considered to be in connection with the duties of a Member,
 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the     officer, or employee as an officeholder.
 House as an officeholder.
  (2) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement shall     (b) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement shall
 be signed by the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or     be signed by the Member or officer under whose direct
 officer of the House under whose direct supervision the          supervision the employee works and shall include--
 employee works and shall include--
    (A) the name of the employee;                                    (1) the name of the employee;
    (B) the name of the person who will make the reimbursement;      (2) the name of the person who will make the reimbursement;
    (C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and              (3) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and

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    (D) a determination that the travel is in connection with        (4) a determination that the travel is in connection with
   the duties of the employee as an officeholder and would not      the duties of the employee as an officeholder and would not
   create the appearance that the employee is using public          create the appearance that the employee is using public
   office for private gain.                                         office for private gain.
  (3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph (1)(A) of            (c) Each disclosure made under paragraph (a)(1) of expenses
 expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed by the   reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed by the Member
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer (in the      or officer (in the case of travel by that Member or officer)
 case of travel by that Member, Delegate, Resident                or by the Member or officer under whose direct supervision the
 Commissioner, or officer) or by the Member, Delegate, Resident   employee works (in the case of travel by an employee) and
 Commissioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the      shall include--
 employee works (in the case of travel by an employee) and
 shall include--
    (A) a good faith estimate of total transportation expenses     (1) a good faith estimate of total transportation expenses
   reimbursed or to be reimbursed;                                reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
    (B) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses            (2) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses
   reimbursed or to be reimbursed;                                reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
    (C) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses reimbursed    (3) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses reimbursed
   or to be reimbursed;                                           or to be reimbursed;
    (D) a good faith estimate of the total of other expenses       (4) a good faith estimate of the total of other expenses
   reimbursed or to be reimbursed;                                reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
    (E) a determination that all such expenses are necessary       (5) a determination that all such expenses are necessary
   transportation, lodging, and related expenses as defined in    transportation, lodging, and related expenses as defined in
   subparagraph (4); and                                          paragraph (d); and
    (F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member, Delegate,      (6) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member or officer, a
   Resident Commissioner, or officer, a determination that the    determination that the travel was in connection with the
   travel was in connection with his duties as an officeholder    duties of the Member or officer as an officeholder and would
   and would not create the appearance that the Member,           not create the appearance that the Member or officer is using
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer is using public    public office for private gain.
   office for private gain.
  (4) In this paragraph the term ``necessary transportation,       (d) For purposes of this clause, the term ``necessary
 lodging, and related expenses''--                                transportation, lodging and related expenses''--
    (A) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary for        (1) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary for
   travel for a period not exceeding four days within the         travel for a period not exceeding 4 days within the United
   United States or seven days exclusive of travel time outside   States or 7 days exclusive of travel time outside of the
   of the United States unless approved in advance by the         United States unless approved in advance by the Committee on
   Committee on Standards of Official Conduct;                    Standards of Official Conduct;
    (B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for                  (2) is limited to reasonable expenditures for transportation,
   transportation, lodging, conference fees and materials, and    lodging, conference fees and materials, and food and
   food and refreshments, including reimbursement for necessary   refreshments, including reimbursement for necessary
   transportation, whether or not such transportation occurs      transportation, whether or not such transportation occurs
   within the periods described in subdivision (A);               within the periods described in subparagraph (1);
    (C) does not include expenditures for recreational              (3) does not include expenditures for recreational
   activities, nor does it include entertainment other than       activities, nor does it include entertainment other than that
   that provided to all attendees as an integral part of the      provided to all attendees as an integral part of the event,
   event, except for activities or entertainment otherwise        except for activities or entertainment otherwise permissible
   permissible under this clause; and                             under this rule; and
    (D) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf of          (4) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf of either
   either the spouse or a child of the Member, Delegate,          the spouse or a child of the Member, officer, or employee.
   Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
  (5) The Clerk shall make available to the public all advance     (e) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make
 authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement filed under      available to the public all advance authorizations and
 subparagraph (1) as soon as possible after they are received.    disclosures of reimbursement filed pursuant to paragraph (a)
                                                                  as soon as possible after they are received.
  (c) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the           3. A gift prohibited by clause 1(a) includes the following:
 following:

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    (1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an agent      (a) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an agent
   of a foreign principal to an entity that is maintained or      of a foreign principal to an entity that is maintained or
   controlled by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,       controlled by a Member, officer, or employee.
   officer, or employee of the House.
    (2) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c)    (b) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c)
   of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a registered
   lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal on the basis of    lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal on the basis of a
   a designation, recommendation, or other specification of a     designation, recommendation, or other specification of a
   Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or           Member, officer, or employee (not including a mass mailing or
   employee of the House (not including a mass mailing or other   other solicitation directed to a broad category of persons or
   solicitation directed to a broad category of persons or        entities), other than a charitable contribution permitted by
   entities), other than a charitable contribution permitted by   clause 4.
   paragraph (d).
    (3) A contribution or other payment by a registered            (c) A contribution or other payment by a registered lobbyist
   lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal to a legal         or an agent of a foreign principal to a legal expense fund
   expense fund established for the benefit of a Member,          established for the benefit of a Member, officer, or employee.
   Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
   House.
    (4) A financial contribution or expenditure made by a          (d) A financial contribution or expenditure made by a
   registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal         registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal
   relating to a conference, retreat, or similar event,           relating to a conference, retreat, or similar event, sponsored
   sponsored by or affiliated with an official congressional      by or affiliated with an official congressional organization,
   organization, for or on behalf of Members, Delegates, the      for or on behalf of Members, officers, or employees.
   Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of the House.
  (d)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section          4. (a) A charitable contribution (as defined in section
 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a           170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a
 registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in lieu   registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in lieu
 of an honorarium to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,   of an honorarium to a Member, officer, or employee shall not
 officer, or employee of the House are not considered a gift      be considered a gift under this rule if it is reported as
 under this clause if it is reported as provided in               provided in paragraph (b).
 subparagraph (2).
  (2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or       (b) A Member, officer, or employee who designates or
 employee who designates or recommends a contribution to a        recommends a contribution to a charitable organization in lieu
 charitable organization in lieu of an honorarium described in    of honoraria described in paragraph (a) shall report within 30
 subparagraph (1) shall report within 30 days after such          days after such designation or recommendation to the Clerk of
 designation or recommendation to the Clerk--                     the House of Representatives--
    (A) the name and address of the registered lobbyist who is     (1) the name and address of the registered lobbyist who is
   making the contribution in lieu of an honorarium;              making the contribution in lieu of honoraria;
    (B) the date and amount of the contribution; and               (2) the date and amount of the contribution; and
    (C) the name and address of the charitable organization        (3) the name and address of the charitable organization
   designated or recommended by the Member, Delegate, or          designated or recommended by the Member.
   Resident Commissioner.
The Clerk shall make public information received under this        The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make public
 subparagraph as soon as possible after it is received.           information received pursuant to this paragraph as soon as
                                                                  possible after it is received.
  (e) In this clause--                                             5. For purposes of this rule--
    (1) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a lobbyist          (a) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a lobbyist
   registered under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act or     registered under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act or any
   any successor statute; and                                     successor statute; and
 
    (2) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' means an         (b) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' means an agent
   agent of a foreign principal registered under the Foreign      of a foreign principal registered under the Foreign Agents
   Agents Registration Act.                                       Registration Act.

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  (f) All the provisions of this clause shall be interpreted       6. All the provisions of this rule shall be interpreted and
 and enforced solely by the Committee on Standards of Official    enforced solely by the Committee on Standards of Official
 Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is       Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is
 authorized to issue guidance on any matter contained in this     authorized to issue guidance on any matter contained in this
 clause.                                                          rule.
 
                                                                 Derived from: RULE XLI
 
Claims against the Government                                    QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
  6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the House,      No person shall be an officer or employee of the House, or
 or continue in its employment, if he acts as an agent for the    continue in its employment, who shall be an agent for the
 prosecution of a claim against the Government or if he is        prosecution of any claim against the Government or be
 interested in such claim, except as an original claimant or in   interested in such claim otherwise than as an original
 the proper discharge of official duties.                         claimant or than in the proper discharge of official duties.
 
                           RULE XXVII                            Derived from: RULE XLIV
 
                      FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE                       FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
  1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed with the     1. A copy of each report filed with the Clerk under title I      Proposed rule XXVII consists of existing rule XLIV relating
 Clerk under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978      of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be sent by the     to financial disclosure, and incorporates by reference title
 within the seven-day period beginning on the date on which the   Clerk within the seven-day period beginning the date on which    I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
 report is filed to the Committee on Standards of Official        the report is filed to the Committee on Standards of Official
 Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall compile all   Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall compile all
 such reports sent to him by Members within the period            such reports sent to him by Members within the period
 beginning on January 1 and ending on June 15 of each year and    beginning on January 1 and ending on June 15 of each year and
 have them printed as a House document, which shall be made       have them printed as a House document, which document shall be
 available to the public.                                         made available to the public.
  2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I      2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I
 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be considered      of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be deemed to be
 Rules of the House as they pertain to Members, Delegates, the    a rule of the House as it pertains to Members, officers, and
 Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.     employees of the House of Representatives.
 
                          RULE XXV III                           Derived from: RULE XLII
 
                       GENERAL PROVISIONS                        GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
  1. The provisions of law that constituted the Rules of the       The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Jefferson's     Proposed rule XXVIII transfers existing rule XLII ``General
 House at the end of the previous Congress shall govern the       Manual and the provisions of the Legislative Reorganization      Provisions'' to include the incorporation by reference of
 House in all cases to which they are applicable, and the rules   Act of 1946, as amended, shall govern the House in all cases     existing laws, including the Legislative Reorganization Act
 of parliamentary practice comprised by Jefferson's Manual        to which they are applicable, and in which they are not          of 1946 currently constituting the Rules of the House, and to
 shall govern the House in all cases to which they are            inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House     Jefferson's Manual. New clause 2 is a rule of construction
 applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the       and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.      concerning gender. A general provisions rule should be the
 Rules and orders of the House.                                                                                                    last rule.
  2. In these rules words importing the masculine gender
 include the feminine as well.
 


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  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, before we begin, I really want to take this opportunity 
to congratulate my dear friend for many years and the new chairman, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), in his new position and wish 
him a reign filled with fairness and fair process and a record number 
of open rules.
  My good friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), has set a 
very good tone for his chairmanship. He ran the recodification task 
force. And as my Democratic colleagues, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Frost) and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), will attest, 
he was bipartisan, he was fair, and he always acted as a gentleman. The 
task force came up with a way to make the House rules clear and more 
orderly.
  I also want to thank the Parliamentarian, Charlie Johnson, and his 
colleagues, Tom Duncan and John Sullivan, Muftiah McCartin and Tom 
Wickham, for their very outstanding work on recodification. Mr. 
Speaker, I do not think enough people realize the depth of knowledge 
and expertise advising the Chair requires, but these people do the 
Congress an excellent service and deserve our appreciation.
  Mr. Speaker, aside from a good recodification, today's rules package 
contains a handful of rules changes to which we in the minority object. 
Specifically, this rules package gives the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget a blank check to write the budget resolution for fiscal year 
1999.
  Why do we need to do this, Mr. Speaker? Well, because my Republican 
colleagues failed to pass a budget last year. For the first time, for 
the very first time since the Budget Act was created, my Republican 
colleagues just could not get their act together. We all know they 
spent so much time on expensive partisan investigation that they failed 
to complete one of the most serious and one of the most basic 
responsibilities of the House, the adoption of the budget resolution.
  It is one more way for my Republican colleagues to circumvent the 
committee process, to avoid hearing from the public, and to write 
legislation that makes a few powerful people very happy but ignores the 
rest.
  Mr. Speaker, this is becoming a very worrisome pattern. Just because 
my Republican colleagues hold the slim majority in Congress does not 
mean that they can bypass the legislative process. Passing laws, 
enacting budgets is very serious business and should be treated as 
such. But even worse than that, even worse than what is in the rules is 
what is not in it.
  Although the Democratic party won five more seats last November, this 
rule package does nothing to change the ratio of Democrats to 
Republicans on committees to better reflect the ratio of the House. By 
failing to do so, Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues are really 
denying millions upon millions of Americans their right to fair 
representation on congressional committees.
  Although the Democrats make up 49 percent of the Congress, Mr. 
Speaker, they do not occupy 49 percent of the committee slots.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a chart here from the Congressional Research 
Service which shows that three of the most unfair Congresses during the 
last 45 years in terms of committee ratios were all Republican 
Congresses.
  Let me repeat, Mr. Speaker, over the last 40 years, the three most 
unfair Congresses, according to committee ratios, were all Republican, 
and the Republicans only controlled three Congresses in the last 40 
years.
  I include for the Record the chart that shows that.

                                                                      HOUSE COMMITTEES, PARTY RATIOS--86TH-106TH CONGRESSES
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                                                                              Distribution of seats                                         Distribution of com. seats              Percent Com.
                                                              ----------------------------------------------------    Total    ----------------------------------------------------     maj.
                    Congress                         House              Number                  Percentage          committee            Number                  Percentage          compared to
                                                              ----------------------------------------------------    seats    ----------------------------------------------------    percent
                                                                   Dem          Rep          Dem          Rep                       Dem          Rep          Dem          Rep       House maj.
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106*............................................          435          211          223        48.51        51.26          819          367          450        44.81        54.95         3.68
105*............................................          435          207          227        47.59        52.18          804          356          446        44.28        55.47         3.29
104*............................................          435          204          230        46.90        52.87          786          348          435        44.27        55.34         2.47
103.............................................          435          258          176        59.31        40.46          876          531          343        60.62        39.16         1.31
102.............................................          435          267          167        61.38        38.39          855          528          325        61.75        38.01         0.38
101.............................................          435          260          175        59.77        40.23          819          500          319        61.05        38.95         1.28
100.............................................          435          258          177        59.31        40.69          809          493          316        60.94        39.06         1.63
99..............................................          435          253          182        58.16        41.84          788          473          315        60.03        39.97         1.86
98..............................................          435          268          167        61.61        38.39          768          489          279        63.67        36.33         2.06
97..............................................          435          243          192        55.86        44.14          750          436          314        58.13        41.87         2.27
96..............................................          435          277          158        63.68        36.32          752          483          269        64.23        35.77         0.55
95..............................................          435          292          143        67.13        32.87          779          527          252        67.65        32.35         0.52
94..............................................          435          290          145        66.67        33.33          771          519          252        67.32        32.68         0.65
93..............................................          435          243          192        55.86        44.14          688          393          295        57.12        42.88         1.26
92..............................................          435          255          180        58.62        41.38          659          392          267        59.48        40.52         0.86
91..............................................          435          243          192        55.86        44.14          636          362          274        56.92        43.08         1.06
90..............................................          435          248          187        57.01        42.99          613          353          260        57.59        42.41         0.57
89..............................................          435          295          140        67.82        32.18          602          407          195        67.61        32.39        (0.21)
88..............................................          435          258          177        59.31        40.69          594          354          240        59.60        40.40         0.29
87..............................................          437          262          175        59.95        40.05          584          350          234        59.93        40.07        (0.02)
 86.............................................          436          283          153        64.91        35.09          575          365          210        63.48        36.52        (1.43)
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Source for data for the 86th-95th Congresses is U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on Committees, ``Final Report of the Select Committees on Committees U.S. House of Representatives''
  (Washington; GPO, 1980), pp. 449-507. For the 96th and 97th Congresses, sources are Congressional Directory, and Congressional Record. For the 98th-105th Congresses, sources are
  Congressional Yellow Book, and Vital Statistics on Congress, 1997-1998. Data for 106th Congress are current estimates based on projected committee assignments. For the 106th Congress, data
  do not reflect post-election resignations. In the 86th and 87th Congresses, the House membership was increased to accommodate the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union. Ratios do not
  include Resident Commissioners, or Delegates. Independents are calculated in the data for totals. Percentages in parentheses are negative, all others are positive. Percentages were
  calculated by computer, and reflect rounding. Asterisks indicate Congresses when Republicans were the majority, all other Congresses represent data when Democrats were the majority.

  For the last 5 years, Republicans have awarded themselves more 
committee seats than fairness would dictate.
  In this Congress, they control 54.9 percent of the committee seats, 
but yet only have 51 percent of the Congress. In other words, Mr. 
Speaker, the Republican leadership, and I want the Speaker to 
understand this because he just said how fair he is going to be, the 
Republican leadership has taken 30 committee seats away from Democratic 
Members.
  Now, I think the best way to treat this new Congress in a very civil 
manner and a very fair manner is to distribute the seats according to 
the number of Congressmen that are elected. By stacking congressional 
committees with Republican Members, my Republican colleagues have 
ensured that they have the votes to derail the proposals of the 
American people, the ones that they are clamoring for and then some.
  The Republican leadership is telling the millions of Americans who 
elected Democratic representatives to forget about protecting Social 
Security, forget about enacting managed care programs and shoring up 
our schools.
  With this rules package, Mr. Speaker, the congressional committees 
are stacked at the outset, and it is going to be very difficult to 
enact anything that the Republican leadership does not want, despite 
the overwhelming results of last November's election.
  One such issue is protecting the surplus of the Social Security trust 
fund. The Senate has already a point of order against spending budget 
surpluses. I think the House should follow suit.

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Until we can ensure that Social Security will be protected well into 
the next millennium, we have no business spending the surplus on 
anything but Social Security checks.
  For that reason, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the 
motion to recommit because if the motion to recommit passes, it will 
allow us to make the committee ratios closer to the ratio in the House 
and it will allow us to prevent Members from using the Social Security 
trust fund surplus to fund anything until Social Security itself is 
secure.
  Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose the previous 
question so that we can offer an amendment to allow the citizens from 
Washington, D.C., the voice of their delegate, a voice in the Congress, 
to give disabled access to the House floor and also to prevent House 
Members from intimidating interest groups.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss), vice chairman of the committee, my 
very good friend from Sanibel.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish all of my colleagues a 
happy new year.
  As we begin the 106th Congress today we all share in the commitment 
to move forward with the agenda of the American people, as we have 
heard in the statements already made this morning by leadership, 
including providing more efficient and responsive government, something 
we all want, tax reform, education reform, preservation of Social 
Security and protecting our national security, all those big challenges 
that we have as a body to take on.
  Before we can proceed on these matters, however, we must put in place 
the rules under which we will operate. This rules package is fairly 
thin, actually. It does not need to be big. It is not particularly 
controversial and I do not think it should be at all.
  The message here is that the rules we have, put in place by the 
reforms that began in 1995 when we took over as a majority, are working 
pretty well. I am proud to have been part of the effort in 1995 and the 
refinements we made in 1997, all of which assured us that only modest 
adjustment would be needed now in 1999, and that is what we are here 
about today, some modest adjustments.
  I want to particularly applaud the chairman of the Committee on 
Rules, my friend and colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Dreier), the ranking member, my colleague and friend, the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley), as well as all the Parliamentarians 
and staff, all of whom worked for literally years on the recodification 
of our rules reflected in today's package.
  This effort, which leads to fewer, easier-to-read rules for this 
House, without making substantive changes in those rules, was indeed a 
monumental task. As anyone who has tried to follow the arcane specifics 
of House rules and parliamentary proceedings knows, this streamlining 
and housekeeping is truly a public service. I congratulate them for the 
work done.
  All in all, I urge Members to support the basic package, which 
provides some commonsense updates and revisions to the rules of this 
House.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak a little longer about one 
provision of this package, that which extends the life of the Cox 
Select Committee on China, for the limited specific purpose of 
facilitating declassification of its report.
  I was privileged to serve on this committee, which worked in a quiet, 
deliberative, efficient and bipartisan manner under the leadership of 
the chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), and the ranking 
member, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks), to conclude our 
serious and complicated business. The request the Select Committee 
makes of this House for an additional 3 months, without any additional 
funds, is very reasonable. A declassified version of the report will 
helpfully advance public understanding of our complicated relationship 
with China on the subject of transfer of technology and its effect on 
our national security, something that we are all charged with the 
responsibility for.
  Having said that, I urge my colleagues to consider this package as 
favorable.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GOSS. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Goss) on his statement.
  Mr. Speaker, we have some problems with the rules, but we definitely 
support the extension of the Cox Select Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, although I will be opposing the resolution establishing 
the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress, I 
want to note for my colleagues my support for the provision which will 
extend for three months the life of the Select Committee on U.S. 
National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
Republic of China (PRC).
  The Select Committee in late December unanimously approved a lengthy 
classified report of its investigation of issues related to the 
transfer of United States technology to the PRC. As the Ranking 
Democrat of the Select Committee, I joined with Chairman Chris Cox in 
sending a copy of the report to the President with a request that it be 
expeditiously declassified.
  I want to underscore that the Select Committee's investigation is 
over. The extension provision makes clear that for the next three 
months, the Select Committee will be engaged solely in activities 
associated with the declassification and public release of the report. 
This will require a very small staff and no funds beyond some portion 
of those originally provided to the Select Committee, but neither 
obligated nor expended during the 105th Congress.
  I believe the House needs to have the Select Committee in place to 
facilitate the declassification process. I support the Select 
Committee's extension to serve that limited purpose.

                              {time}  1445

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Nadler).
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, last year, along with the former Committee 
on Rules chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon), I 
introduced House Resolution 529, the Plain English In Law Rule.
  When we introduced the resolution, there was a broad consensus that 
the idea was sound; and I was assured by the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Solomon) that the House Republican leadership was in agreement 
with the proposal and that it would be incorporated into the rules 
package in the 106th Congress. I do not know why this was not done. I 
am not aware of any opposition whatsoever to this proposal, and I offer 
it as an amendment now.
  Mr. Speaker, we all know that most of our amendments and bills are 
practically incomprehensible consisting, as they do, of a series of 
provisions adding a word or phrase in the middle of line 3 or line 5 on 
page 8 of the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, my amendment would require that any bill or amendment 
clearly show the changes that would be made in the law by the bill or 
amendment. This should be accomplished by requiring the paragraph to be 
amended to be set forth in the bill or amendment with the old language 
proposed to be omitted in brackets and the new language proposed to be 
added in italics.
  So a Member will be able, at a glance, to read the law as it is and 
as it is proposed to be, easily understanding the effect of the 
proposed bill or amendment. Most State legislatures draft their bills 
this way.
  My amendment would cost no money and would allow Members and the 
public to be better informed about our proposal, about our proposed 
legislation. Again, I know of no opposition. I have been pushing this 
now for 4 years. I urge its adoption as an amendment today. If it is 
not adopted as an amendment, I urge the Republican leadership to 
consider it subsequently in this session.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) the very, very distinguished chairman 
of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

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  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my friend, the gentleman from 
California, for yielding to me.
  The rules package for the 106th Congress includes two amendments 
proposed by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: one 
concerning the ethics rules and standards applicable to consultants 
retained by the House, and one that eases the honoraria ban for certain 
low-level House employees.
  I am submitting for inclusion in the record a pair of brief memoranda 
prepared by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that 
summarizes these amendments. These memoranda cite to rule numbers in 
use prior to the recodification of the rules.
  I also wish to state that the amendment concerning consultants is 
intended solely to subject consultants to applicable provisions of the 
House Code of Conduct. It is not intended to confer on any consultant 
the status of employee generally, nor does it subject consultants to 
any other provision of House rules or public law applicable to Members, 
officers, or employees of the House by virtue of such status.
  In particular, consultants remain distinct from and are not to be 
considered employees with respect to the Internal Revenue Code, Federal 
appropriations law, the Congressional Accountability Act, and any of 
the statutory provisions relating to retirement or other benefits 
available to employees of the House.
  Mr. Speaker, the documents I referred to above are as follows:

                Amendment of the Honorarium Prohibition

       Rules Change.--Amend the honorarium provisions of House 
     Rules 43 and 47 to permit certain lower-level House employees 
     to receive honoraria (i.e., compensation for an article, 
     speech or appearance) for activities unrelated to official 
     duties. These amendments will bring the rules into conformity 
     with the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. 
     National Treasury Employee's Union (``NTEU''), \1\ which 
     struck down the honorarium ban found in Sec. 501(b) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act as applied to lower-level Executive 
     Branch employees.
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       Discussion.--Under both statutory provisions and House 
     rules amendments enacted in the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1989, all Members, officers and employees are prohibited from 
     receiving any honoraria.
       NTEU was a class-action lawsuit that challenged the 
     constitutionality of the honoraria ban as applied to 
     executive branch employees. The Supreme Court held that the 
     statutory honoraria prohibition was an impermissible 
     infringement on the free speech of lower-level executive 
     branch employees. Following the NTEU decision, the Justice 
     Department, absent clear guidance from Congress to the 
     contrary, has been unwilling to enforce the statutory 
     prohibition against any federal employee, including those 
     employees not covered by the NTEU decision.
       The Supreme Court's ruling in NTEU suggested it would be 
     constitutionally permissible for Congress to draft a statute 
     (1) to prohibit Members of Congress, senior-level 
     congressional employees, and senior-level executive branch 
     officials and employees from receiving any honoraria, and (2) 
     to prohibit lower-level federal employees from receiving an 
     honorarium where an impermissible nexus exists between either 
     the employees' congressional status or official duties and 
     the subject matter of the activities, the reason the 
     honorarium is paid, or the identity of the party paying the 
     honorarium.
       The officers and employees who would be allowed to receive 
     honoraria under the terms of the amendment are those paid at 
     a rate less than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay 
     for GS-15. In calendar year 1998, the rate was $87,030, and 
     in 1999 this rate will be slightly higher.

                Lobbying by House Committee Consultants

       Rules Change.--Amend House Rule 43, the Code of Official 
     Conduct, to make it key provisions applicable to consultants, 
     including the requirement that they conduct themselves in a 
     manner that reflects creditably on the House (clause 1), the 
     conflict-of-interest provision (clause 3), and the gift rule 
     (clause 4).
       Discussion.--Controversy was generated in the 105th 
     Congress by the practice of House committees retaining 
     individuals under contracts that allow them to lobby the 
     House on behalf of their other clients. Attorneys and other 
     individuals are retained under a statutory provision that 
     authorizes House and Senate committees to retain consultants 
     for the purpose of providing certain services on a short-term 
     basis.\1\ Pursuant to implementing regulations issued by the 
     House Oversight Committee, any House committee consultant is 
     to act as an independent contractor and not as a committee 
     employee.
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       However, both the Senate and the Executive Branch have 
     taken the position that even though an individual is not 
     formally designated as a government employee, the individual 
     will be subject to the major ethics rules that apply to 
     employees if he or she is (1) performing a governmental 
     function and (2) working under the supervision of a Federal 
     officer or employee. Indeed, it appears to be anomalous that 
     a consultant who is, for example, leading a House committee 
     investigation is subject to no ethics rules whatsoever, but 
     both the Members who sit on the employing committee, as well 
     as the committee employees who are working on the 
     investigation, are subject to the full range of the rules.
       The standard form consultant contract issued by the House 
     Oversight Committee includes a provision that bars lobbying, 
     but that prohibition can be waived. At times the Standards 
     Committee has been asked to endorse a consultant contract 
     that another committee is proposing to enter into, but 
     Standards Committee policy has been to decline to do so 
     unless the contract prohibits lobbying.
       The amendment to House Rule 43 would subject consultants to 
     the basic ethics rules--including rules under which lobbying 
     of the House during the term of the contract would be 
     prohibited--and would likewise subject them to Standards 
     Committee jurisdiction. The amendment would not subject 
     consultants to the entire range of the ethics rules. The 
     Committee is aware that such an approach would be unduly 
     burdensome for individuals who are to serve the House for a 
     limited period of time only, and would unnecessarily diminish 
     the pool of talent available to the House for short-term 
     projects. The Committee would implement this amendment 
     consistent with this concept.

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Matsui).
  Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I 
would like to just refer a little bit to what the ranking member of the 
Committee on Rules talked about.
  We talked about bipartisanship this morning, and I think the new 
Speaker really raised his hands, and he obviously reached out. One of 
the problems, however, is in the rule that the Republicans have just 
offered; and that is, it would basically allow the Chair of the Budget 
Committee to be the Committee on Rules and pretty much do anything he 
wants. He does not have to have any finding of facts. He can basically 
direct the Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations and also 
the Committee on Ways and Means on the whole reconciliation process. 
This is not the way to start off in a bipartisan fashion.
  Secondly, we have in our bill, the Democrats, what we would hope that 
the Republicans would put in their bill, a provision that Speaker-elect 
Livingston 3 weeks ago talked about, he wanted to make it actually H.R. 
2; and that would have been to take the Social Security surplus, the 
Social Security account off budget.
  As we all know, there is a lot of talk about using spending programs, 
perhaps the defense increase that the President and Republicans are 
talking about, tax cuts the Republicans are talking about, to use from 
the Social Security surplus.
  What our provision will basically do is preserve that surplus unless 
and until the Social Security trustees basically say that there is a 
budget surplus that exceeds the social security surplus. Right now, we 
are going to have $1.5 trillion worth of surpluses over the next 10 
years. Nine percent of that is in the area of Social Security.
  If in fact we use that for tax cuts or for spending programs, we are 
going to really default to our senior citizens who will be retiring in 
large numbers during the baby boom populations in the year 2009 and 
beyond. We cannot afford to let that happen.
  This is a simple way basically to make sure that we preserve the 
Social Security surplus for future generations of Americans and not use 
it and squander it as we may do in this Congress if we are not careful.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand).
  Mr. WEYGAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of our motion to 
move the previous question because of an unfairness that we have within 
our rules system right now, Mr. Speaker.
  Presently we are silent in our rules regarding handicapped access to 
the floor, allowing handicapped individuals to have aides and services 
that they

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may need to be on this floor, whether it be a staffer or a Member.
  We have proposed an amendment that would allow for handicapped 
persons to bring such aides and services onto the floor unless the 
Speaker so decides that such would be a very difficult thing to occur. 
The difficulty would be expense for the operations of the House.
  Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago in the Senate, a staffer who had an 
expertise that was necessary for the Member to have on the floor was 
denied access to the floor simply because she needed a seeing-eye dog. 
The rules in the Senate were silent. But they immediately changed it to 
allow for handicapped individuals to have those aides and services to 
be brought on the floor.
  While our Parliamentarian and the clerks have indicated that would 
not be a problem here, our rule is also silent on that particular 
issue.
  I ask the House to adopt a rule that will provide for a prospective, 
a proactive means of making sure that handicapped individuals be 
allowed onto the floor with the kinds of aides and services they need.
  The Speaker just a little while ago talked about bipartisanship and 
fairness. Is it not fair that the same rules that we impose upon other 
government agencies and other individuals be so imposed upon us here on 
this floor? If this is a hallowed place, should not it be hallowed for 
all people who enter this chamber, and should not we allow all those 
people that need handicapped accessibility and services and aides be 
allowed on this floor?
  Certainly right now, Mr. Speaker, the rules do not provide so. I ask 
for the majority's support to allow for those individuals to be here on 
the floor.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I welcome the bipartisanship that is 
apparent in some of these rules. A rules package worthy of this House, 
however, would return the vote in the Committee of the Whole to the 
taxpaying District's residents.
  Some rules inevitably reflect partisan desires in either caucus. But 
surely there is no partisan answer to the question: Should taxpaying 
American citizens have voting representation in the Committee of the 
Whole in this body. The House said yes in 1993. The Court of Appeals 
and the U.S. District Court said yes when it was challenged.
  The people I represent have met every obligation of citizenship. They 
have fought and died in every war. They sent more people to fight in 
Desert Storm than 47 States. Yet, it is our taxpaying status that might 
most move this tax-conscious body. We are third, per capita, in Federal 
income taxes sent to the Federal Treasury; $1.7 billion sent last year.
  Do I have to remind this body that our forefathers went to war over 
taxation without representation? Make peace with the District of 
Columbia on the vote that was taken away in 1993.
  We have a tough new mayor who has helped bring the city out of 
insolvency. We have a brand-new oversight-conscious city council. The 
city is running surpluses. Yet every law my city enacts comes here 
before it becomes law. Every cent we raise in the District must be 
appropriated by this body, although this body gives us no Federal 
payment.
  Should I have to stand here voteless and watch others vote on local 
revenue raised in my city and local laws passed by my council? I ask 
for the vote as a minimal recognition of the citizens who live in our 
Nation's capital. Do not leave the people who live here to watch you 
vote while having none of their own.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Edwards).
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, there has been much said recently about the 
rule of law and bipartisanship. The proposed amendment of the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) to Rule XXIV, clause 14 of the Rules 
of this House would enhance both.
  With his amendment, we can cast a bipartisan vote that would protect 
the integrity of the lawmaking process. With this amendment, we can 
strengthen the rule of law by improving the rules by which we pass our 
laws. Specifically, this amendment says that our power as Members 
should be used to pass public laws, to punish private citizens for 
their political party affiliation.
  Mr. Speaker, for a half a century, our Nation and its veterans stood 
up against a form of government that said one's job depended upon one's 
political party affiliation. It was wrong then, and it is wrong today.
  This is a common-sense amendment that the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) has proposed. In the spirit of the comity 
of this day, I would urge Republicans and Democrats to support that 
amendment. Let our words and deeds be bipartisan.
  In conclusion, let me let the amendment speak for itself. It says 
that a Member, Delegate or Resident Commissioner may not in his 
official capacity intervene, including threatening to deny access, to 
prevent the hiring of, or to encourage the dismissal of an individual 
by any lobbying organization, trade association, or law firm based upon 
the political party affiliation of such individual.
  A Member who is a member of the leadership may not attempt to 
intimidate any interest group by threatening to base its decisions 
about scheduling legislation for consideration by the House based upon 
the pattern of political contributions by such interest group.
  I urge Members on a bipartisan basis to vote against the previous 
question. Let us add this common-sense, fair amendment to the rules of 
the people's House.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy).
  Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, I am one of those Members who hopes that 
1999 will be a year in which both parties and the President come 
together to enact legislation to preserve and strengthen Social 
Security for the 21st century.
  I was delighted with the emphasis Speaker Hastert made on Social 
Security in his remarks. The rule we are proposing ought to serve as 
the bipartisan point of departure for important debate on Social 
Security. We ought to agree today, the first day of this Congress, that 
all of the revenue generated by Social Security will be dedicated to 
Social Security, that all budget surpluses will be saved until the 
long-term solvency of Social Security is secure.
  Unlike the Senate, there is no House rule at present against 
consideration of a bill that uses the surplus generated by Social 
Security. Our rule proposed in this motion would provide for the first 
time real enforcement of Social Security's off-budget status.
  The rule also maintains fiscal discipline and keeps our country on 
the course to a budget that is balanced and does not rely on Social 
Security to conceal deficits in the rest of the budget. According to 
the Congressional Budget Office, 98 percent of the unified budget 
surplus over the next 10 years is Social Security money.
  Let us adopt this rule. If we do not, the temporary surpluses from 
Social Security may be dissipated, spent, devastating our ability to 
preserve the long-term solvency of Social Security. Let us agree, we 
are going to fix Social Security; and starting today, we are going to 
commit that Social Security dollars will only be used for Social 
Security benefits.

                              {time}  1500

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time my Chairman has 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) has 11 minutes remaining; the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Dreier) has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
South Carolina (Mr. Spratt).
  Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Democratic rules 
which will be offered on the motion to recommit and against the 
Republican rules

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for many reasons, but 2 in particular which affect the budget.
  First, let me give everyone in this House a reason to vote for the 
motion to recommit if we are for saving Social Security. Our rules will 
make it out of order in this House to consider any bill or any 
amendment that would make any use of the budget surplus that stems from 
the surplus in the Social Security Trust Fund for anything other than 
Social Security. We even go a step further. We say that no budget 
surplus of any kind can be used for anything until Social Security is 
in actuarial bonds for 75 years. So if we truly want to take Social 
Security off budget and protect it, save it first, then we should vote 
for the motion to recommit.
  Mr. Speaker, I also have to say with concern that the rules proposed 
by the majority will amend rule XXVIII and give the Chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget the unilateral power to set budget totals and 
committee spending allocations for fiscal years 1999 through 2003. This 
is a sweeping grant of authority, and I can only infer, because no one 
has explained it to me or consulted me about it, that the reason we are 
taking this extraordinary step is that last year, for the first time in 
24 years, this House, this Congress failed to pass a concurrent budget 
resolution. This rule change would allow the House in effect to pretend 
that we passed that resolution even though we really did not.
  This raises an important question, this phantom resolution. What are 
the spending and revenue levels going to be? Are they the levels that 
were in the House-passed resolution which the Senate, the other body 
would not agree to? Are they the caps in the balanced budget agreement 
of 1997? Are we abandoning the BBA? Are we going to require the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Transportation and the 
Committee on Commerce to cut $56 billion?
  This is not necessary, it is not wise, and it is not precedented. 
Every member has 2 good reasons to vote for the motion to recommit.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Dingell), the dean of the House.
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Democratic motion 
to recommit, which will occur shortly, and to object to the unfair 
ratios that the Republican majority has established for standing 
committees. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule. We held an election just 
2 months ago, and the American people voted in nearly equal numbers for 
Democrats and Republicans. On the House floor, 51 percent of the 
Members are Republicans. But in the Committee on Commerce, they will 
control 54.7 percent of the seats. The difference is the largest that 
has ever occurred in our committee in the past 50 years.
  This is a very simple attempt to rig the results of the election 
against the people who they voted. And it is also an attempt to deny 
the American people who voted for a Democratic Congressman the same 
rights as those who voted for a Republican Congressman. It totally 
denigrates the concept of one man, one vote.
  This is not just simply a matter of numbers. It is a matter of 
fairness and equality and democracy. It is unfair to Members who serve 
here.
  But there is a greater unfairness, and that unfairness is that 
Members of this body who are Democrats achieve less weight to their 
vote than do Members who happen to be Republicans. What is important 
here is that this action denies the people the right to have issues of 
importance to them debated here in the House of Representatives in a 
fair and proper fashion, with proper weight being given to the vote of 
each voting American citizen.
  Let me give an example. In the past Congress, with bipartisan 
support, the Congress nearly passed the Patients' Bill of Rights to 
allow patients and their doctors to make medical decisions rather than 
bureaucrats in HMOs. I am convinced that with the result of the recent 
elections, we could be successful in passing that legislation this 
year. However, by stacking the Committee on Commerce with a greater 
number of Republicans than the numbers would actually be justified in 
the House, the bill is probably going to get buried in the committee 
and we are going to then be compelled to address the problem under the 
mechanism of a discharge petition in order to have the people's will, 
which was clearly expressed, carried out.
  The answer to the problems that we confront is simple. Establish 
committees that reflect the House as a whole. Force committees to work 
out their partisan differences before bringing them to the floor. Let 
the will of the American people, freely and clearly expressed in the 
last election, be felt and be heard here.
  Mr. Speaker, at this point I will insert an analysis and a table 
showing the majority and minority ratios of the Committee on Commerce 
over the past years. The analysis shows that the ratios established by 
the Republican majority of the Congress for the Committee on Commerce 
are the most disproportionate and unfair of any of the past Congresses.
  Does this sound like democracy? No. Does it sound like 
bipartisanship? No. Does it sound like comity and fair treatment? 
Clearly not. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule, and I urge a vote on the 
motion to recommit.

                                         House of Representatives,


                                        Committee on Commerce,

                                Washington, DC, December 16, 1998.


                               MEMORANDUM

     To: Democratic Members and Member-Designates, Committee on 
         Commerce.
     From: The Honorable John D. Dingell.
     Subject: Commerce Committee Ratios.
       Over Democratic objections, the Republican Leadership has 
     chosen committee ratios for the 106th Congress that 
     significantly overstate the narrow Republican margin given by 
     the voters last month. As for the Commerce Committee, the 
     Republicans have decided that there will be 29 Republicans 
     and 24 Democrats. The ratio for the 106th Congress is, 
     unfortunately, the most unfair ratio established for the 
     Commerce minority in the past 50 years. It should hardly be a 
     surprise that the ratio established for the current congress 
     has been the second most unfair.
       As the accompanying chart shows, the ratio in the 105th 
     Congress for our committee reflects the largest differential 
     between Committee majority percentage and House majority 
     percentage in 50 years (2.95%). The ratio established for the 
     106th Congress sets an even greater differential of 3.45%. 
     Simply put, the Republicans are padding their meager 
     advantage in the House.
       Other than the current Congress, ratios have always been 
     set in a manner that if a majority seat were transferred to 
     the minority, it would result in a majority percentage that 
     would be less than the majority percentage in the House. Put 
     in a more positive way, until the Republicans took control in 
     1994, the test was this: Assuming a given Committee size, 
     ratios have always been set that give the majority just 
     enough seats to give them a majority Committee percentage 
     that is greater than their percentage in the House.\1\
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     \1\ In the 86th, 89th, 90th, and 92nd Congresses, the 
     majority Committee advantage was actually worse than the 
     House advantage, but current Caucus rules would prohibit such 
     a result.
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       What does this mean for the 106th Congress? Our current 
     ratio is 28-23. The Republican leadership now wants a 29-24 
     ratio. Given a committee size of 53, under historical 
     practice we should be entitled to at least a 28-25 ratio, 
     which would still give the Republicans a larger percentage 
     than they hold in the House. If this unfair Committee ratio 
     is not changed, the unfairness will be replicated in the 
     Subcommittee ratios as well. This will mean many fewer 
     Subcommittee slots for Democratic Members than we deserve.
       Committee ratios were the first test of the new Republican 
     House Leadership's claims of bipartisanship. Mr. Livingston 
     and the rest have failed that test. This Republican 
     unfairness greatly reduces the likelihood of a constructive 
     and productive relationship in the forthcoming Congress.

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                                                                 House               Commerce                             Analysis
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                                                                                                                         Percentage
                        Congress                                         Maj.               Maj.  ------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Dem    Rep     pct.   Dem  Rep    pct.                                           If
                                                                                                    House   Commerce    Dif.    House    switch    Dif.
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81.....................................................    263    171    60.46   17   11    60.71    60.46     60.71     0.25    60.46    57.14    -3.32
82.....................................................    234    199    53.79   17   13    56.67    53.79     56.67     2.87    53.79    53.33    -0.46
83.....................................................    213    221    50.80   14   16    53.33    50.80     53.33     2.53    50.80    50.00    -0.80
84.....................................................    232    203    53.33   17   14    54.84    53.33     54.84     1.51    53.33    51.61    -1.72
85.....................................................    234    201    53.79   18   15    54.55    53.79     54.55     0.75    53.79    51.52    -2.28
86.....................................................    283    153    65.06   21   12    63.64    65.06     63.64    -1.42    65.06    60.61    -4.45
87.....................................................    262    175    60.23   20   13    60.61    60.23     60.61     0.38    60.23    57.58    -2.65
88.....................................................    258    176    59.31   20   13    60.61    59.31     60.61     1.30    59.31    57.58    -1.73
89.....................................................    295    140    67.82   22   11    66.67    67.82     66.67    -1.15    67.82    63.64    -4.18
90.....................................................    248    187    57.01   18   14    56.25    57.01     56.25    -0.76    57.01    53.13    -3.89
91.....................................................    243    192    55.86   21   16    56.76    55.86     56.76     0.89    55.86    54.05    -1.81
92.....................................................    255    180    58.62   25   18    58.14    58.62     58.14    -0.48    58.62    55.81    -2.81
93.....................................................    242    192    55.63   25   19    56.82    55.63     56.82     1.19    55.63    54.55    -1.09
94.....................................................    291    144    66.90   30   14    68.18    66.90     68.18     1.29    66.90    65.91    -0.99
95.....................................................    292    143    67.13   30   14    68.18    67.13     68.18     1.06    67.13    65.91    -1.22
96.....................................................    277    158    63.68   27   15    64.29    63.68     64.29     0.61    63.68    61.90    -1.77
97.....................................................    242    192    55.63   24   18    57.14    55.63     57.14     1.51    55.63    54.76    -0.87
98.....................................................    269    166    61.84   26   15    63.41    61.84     63.41     1.58    61.84    60.98    -0.86
99.....................................................    253    182    58.16   25   17    59.52    58.16     59.52     1.36    58.16    57.14    -1.02
100....................................................    258    177    59.31   25   17    59.52    59.31     59.52     0.21    59.31    57.14    -2.17
101....................................................    260    175    59.77   26   17    60.47    59.77     60.47     0.70    59.77    58.14    -1.63
102....................................................    267    167    61.38   27   16    62.79    61.38     62.79     1.41    61.38    60.47    -0.91
103....................................................    258    176    59.31   27   17    61.36    59.31     61.36     2.05    59.31    59.09    -0.22
104....................................................    204    230    52.87   23   27    54.00    52.87     54.00     1.13    52.87    52.00    -0.87
105....................................................    207    226    51.95   23   28    54.90    51.95     54.90     2.95    51.95    52.94     0.99
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   24   29    54.72    51.26     54.72     3.45    51.26    52.83     1.57
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   25   29    53.70    51.26     53.70     2.44    51.26    51.85     0.59
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   26   29    52.73    51.26     52.73     1.46    51.26    50.91    -0.36
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   27   29    51.79    51.26     51.79     0.52    51.26    50.00    -1.26
106....................................................    211    223    51.26   25   28    52.83    51.26     52.83     1.57    51.26    50.94    -0.32
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The Bottom Line: The 105th Congress had the highest differential ever between majority ratio on committee and in the House (2.95%). The 105th Congress
  was also the first Congress in 50 years in which a committee seat could have been switched from Majority to Minority, and the Committee would still
  have a higher majority ratio than in House in general (.99%). If Republicans have 29 seats in the 106th Congress, Democrats could have 27 seats, and
  the ratio would still be above the House ratio. If the Committee were set at 53 Members, then a 28-25 ratio would still be above the House ratio.
Notes: Ratios for all Congresses do not include other parties. Committee ratios for 106th Congress assumes various scenarios. ``If switch'' means what
  the Committee ratio would have been if a Majority seat had been switched to the Minority.
The differential column shows that in every Congress (except the 105th and 106th) the resultant Committee majority percentage would have been less than
  the House majority percentage.

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Doggett).
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, on this first day of this new Congress, we 
must recommit ourselves to saving Social Security first. By adopting 
our Democratic rule, the House can stand both for Social Security and 
against fiscal insecurity.
  A few months ago, our Republican colleagues on this very floor 
attempted to fund election-year tax breaks out of the surplus generated 
by the Social Security Trust Fund. Their ill-advised proposal, which 
was ultimately not approved, would have used payroll taxes paid for by 
all Americans to fund tax breaks for a few Americans. That was wrong, 
and in 1999, by the adoption of this rule, we can prevent the 
compounding of that wrong.
  Those of us who have struggled to achieve a balanced Federal budget 
know that our job is not complete. For this year, we would have no 
balance in the Federal budget were it not for the surplus generated by 
the payroll taxes in Social Security. Indeed, this year, we would have 
a $51 billion deficit without those Social Security revenues.
  Our proposed Democratic rule would say that if one wants tax cuts, 
and I, for one, would like to see some tax cuts, pay for that lost 
revenue by closing tax loopholes and ending preferential treatment for 
the few special interests. But do not finance even more preferential 
tax treatment for the few by taking from the payroll taxes that are 
paid by the many, and which workers see go out of their paycheck every 
time they get a paycheck. And certainly, do not pay for tax breaks this 
year, or new spending, for that matter, by irresponsibly adding to the 
national debt.
  To our Republican friends we say, do not make Social Security more 
insecure, and do not undermine the progress that we have been making on 
Federal deficit control that is so very important to our country's 
unprecedented economic vitality.
  This Congress has convened under a cloud of uncertainty, created by 
the insistence that we proceed with a prolonged impeachment trial, no 
matter what the cost to the country. Let us at least in this first 
policy vote of 1999 in the House say that we will save Social Security 
first by adopting a Democratic pay-as-you-go rule that we are advancing 
today.


                      Swearing in of Member-Elect

  The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) kindly 
come to the well of the House and take the oath of office at this time.
  Mr. BARCIA appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of 
office, as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Stenholm).
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the optimism that has 
been flowing from this body all today, and in doing that, recognize 
that there are parts of the Republican rules package that I support and 
I think everyone does, but there are 2 glaring omissions. One is in the 
area of committee ratios, something that we on the blue dogs and our 
caucus in general suggested that it would be a good way to start this 
Congress by saying that all committees should have the ratios as made 
up in the House.
  Unfortunately, many of the committee chairmen, Mr. Speaker, did not 
see fit to do that. I think that is a mistake for us, because I think 
it would produce the bipartisan legislation a lot better if we have 
balanced committees. The Democratic package provides for that.
  But the area I am particularly concerned about and hopeful that we 
can have bipartisan cooperation on is Social Security reform. I have 
worked extremely hard with the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe), the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford), the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Smith) and other Members on this side of the aisle, along 
with Members on my side of the aisle, to bring us to a point where we 
can seriously discuss Social Security.
  The Democratic rules package contains an important provision that 
will reaffirm and strengthen our commitment to make Social Security 
secure for future generations. The Democratic

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rules package strengthens our budget rules to clarify that there is no 
surplus to be spent for any purpose until we balance the budget without 
counting Social Security, and prevents us from any budget surplus being 
used to do anything else. This will bring a greater honesty to the 
budget process and will ensure that fixing Social Security reform is 
our highest priority.
  We should not talk about spending budget surpluses so long as we are 
counting the Social Security Trust Fund surplus. Under current 
projections, there is no surplus available to use for any purpose 
unless we are willing to use the Social Security Trust Fund. The 
conservative thing to do with the budget surplus is to be conservative. 
Do not spend it. It is extremely important that we follow the path of 
fiscal responsibility.
  I encourage all Members who are committed to maintaining fiscal 
discipline and maintaining the integrity of the Social Security Trust 
Fund to vote for the Democratic rules package to maintain this fiscal 
discipline.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am awaiting the arrival of the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Bonior). I do not know if he is going to make it, 
but if he does, I will yield in the midst of my speech.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I will have a motion to recommit. The motion requires fair committee 
ratios and establishes a point of order to protect Social Security. I 
ask Members to vote for that motion to recommit.
  I also urge Members to vote ``no'' on the previous question, because 
if the previous question is defeated, I will offer an amendment and the 
amendment will provide for a vote in the Committee of the Whole for the 
delegate from the District of Columbia.
  It will also provide access to the House floor for individuals 
needing supporting aids or services.
  It will also prohibit House Members from improperly influencing 
hiring decisions of interest groups and prohibiting House leaders from 
basing decisions about scheduling legislation on patterns of political 
contributions from the interest groups that advocate any kind of 
legislation.
  Also, Mr. Speaker, it would require all bills and all resolutions to 
be written in plain English.
  Mr. Speaker, at this time I will insert for the Record the text of 
the amendment.

     Amendment to H. Res. 5 Offered by Mr. Moakley of Massachusetts

       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 3 of 
     rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(c) In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Delegate to the House from the District of 
     Columbia shall possess the same powers and privileges as 
     Members of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 6 of 
     rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(g) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been 
     decided by a margin within which the vote cast by the 
     Delegate from the District of Columbia has been decisive, the 
     Committee of the Whole shall automatically rise and the 
     Speaker shall put that question de novo without intervening 
     debate or other business. Upon the announcement of the vote 
     on that question, the Committee of the Whole shall resume 
     without intervention.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule IV of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clauses 6 
     and 7 as clauses 7 and 8, respectively, and after clause 5, 
     insert the following new clause:
       ``6. An individual with a disability who is entitled to the 
     privilege of the floor may bring any necessary supporting 
     aids and services (including service dogs, wheelchairs, and 
     interpreters) onto the floor unless the Sergeant-at-Arms 
     determines that the use of such supporting aids and services 
     would place a significant difficulty or expense on the 
     operations of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXIV of 
     the Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clause 
     14 as clause 15, and after clause 13, add the following new 
     clause:
       ``14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may 
     not, in his official capacity, intervene (including 
     threatening to deny access) to prevent the hiring of or to 
     encourage the dismissal of an individual by any lobbying 
     organization, trade association, or law firm based on the 
     political party affiliation of such individual.
       ``(b) A Member who is a member of the leadership may not 
     attempt to intimidate an interest group by threatening to 
     base his decisions about scheduling legislation for 
     consideration by the House based on the pattern of political 
     contributions by such interest group.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, at the end add the 
     following new clauses:
       ``7. A section or other provision of a bill or joint 
     resolution which amends a law shall be in the form of a 
     comparative print of the law proposed to be amended showing 
     by black brackets and italics the omissions and the 
     insertions proposed to be made in the law.
       ``8. An amendment to a section or other provision of a bill 
     or joint resolution which is to be offered when a 
     subcommittee or committee considers such bill or joint 
     resolution or when such bill or joint resolution is to be 
     considered in the House sitting as the Committee of the Whole 
     House shall be in the form of a comparative print of the 
     section or other provision proposed to be amended showing by 
     black brackets and italics the omissions and the insertions 
     proposed to be made in the section or other provision.''.

  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I am going to take the next few minutes to respond to some of the 
criticisms of this package, but I do want to begin, as I had in my 
opening remarks, in underscoring that we are in the midst of what is a 
truly historic and extraordinarily positive development for this House.
  As Speaker Hastert said in his speech that he delivered in the well, 
he wants to rebuild the faith in this institution. There is no doubt 
about the fact that that is necessary, and it is very, very important. 
And while it may be seen by many as simply an inside baseball issue, 
trying to make the process of law-making more understandable for the 
average American is an important thing. Quite frankly, trying to make 
the process of law-making more understandable for the average member of 
the United States Congress is an important thing, and I believe that 
with this bipartisan package which we have been working for 2 years on, 
with the parliamentarians, with the Democratic staff, our very able 
Republican staff, we, I am happy to say, have been able to cut nearly 
in half, from 51 to 28, the number of rules that will govern this 
institution.
  So it seems to me that, having done that, we are making tremendous 
strides.
  Mr. Speaker, it appears that my friend, the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Bonior), is here and might like to make a statement.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley), who has yielded back the balance of his 
time, be able to reclaim time so we can get words of wisdom from my 
very good friend here.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Bonior).
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Moakley) for his leadership.
  I also thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) for his 
courtesies and kindnesses this afternoon in allowing me to add my 
comments to this debate on the rules package.
  Mr. Speaker, we have heard on the floor already this afternoon a lot 
of talk about a new spirit of cooperation; about working together, 
Republicans and Democrats alike. I think this is very encouraging. I 
think this should be nurtured, and I think we should strive in the 
direction of the comments that were made by both the Democratic leader 
and by the new Speaker this afternoon.
  But I think we can begin that process right now, in a few minutes, on 
voting on the rules package. The rules are the rules which will govern 
how we act and how we will relate to each other for the next 2 years, 
what we will be voting on in the next few minutes.
  What we are looking for in order to come the halfway that the 
gentleman from Illinois (Speaker Hastert) mentioned in his speech is 
some sign from the majority that indeed they respect our numbers, they 
respect the fact that we represent 49 percent of this House.

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  Those numbers need to be reflected in the committee ratios in which 
we serve. If they are not, if they are not, then literally millions of 
Americans will be disenfranchised from representation on the committees 
that make a difference in their lives.
  I just wanted to add, Mr. Speaker, my comments and thoughts on 
committee ratios. The Democratic package I think is much more balanced, 
much fairer this way. I think it is going to have to be through 
reaching out of this kind, something that may not be that well 
understood in the general public, but is certainly understood within 
this institution. That kind of reaching out is just so important and 
critical in terms of developing this relationship that will hopefully 
produce a productive Congress.
  I hope the majority will recognize the fact that we do not have our 
fair ratios on committees, and we need them. I hope Members will 
support our motion to recommit, which will put that in balance.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, in talking about this spirit of bipartisanship that I 
had mentioned earlier, we have in fact worked in a bipartisan way on 
this issue of completely recodifying the rules, going from 51 down to 
28 rules. 1880 is the last time that any kind of project like this was 
undertaken, so I think it has been necessary, and it is very, very 
appropriate.
  We have taken a lot of the outdated and obsolete provisions and made 
them history, and I think now have a package which does not 
substantively change the rules of the House themselves, but does in 
fact create a more understandable, workable process. I am very, very 
encouraged by that, and I am encouraged that the minority has chosen to 
join us in support of it.
  Mr. Speaker, there were a number of provisions that have been raised 
during the past little while, during the debate. I would like to take a 
few minutes, for the Record, to respond to those items, and then we 
will look forward to an exciting vote on the previous question, a 
motion to commit, and then what I hope will be finally passage of this 
measure.
  First, in relation to the question of granting Delegates the right to 
vote with respect to the Committee of the Whole, in 1993 a Federal 
judge found a House rule change to allow Delegate voting in the 
Committee of the Whole could be unconstitutional, so that clearly was 
addressed at that time.
  I want to say, on the issue of social security, I understand the 
desire of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to preserve 
social security, and we are very concerned about the preservation of 
social security, as was stated by the gentleman from Illinois (Speaker 
Hastert) in his opening speech here today.
  But we not only want to preserve social security, we want to 
strengthen it, because preservation of the status quo in fact creates a 
very, very serious problem for those who are looking towards 
retirement. We desperately need to find alternatives for those who want 
to have confidence that their retirement is going to be there. Our goal 
is not only to preserve but to strengthen it, and I think we have a 
very, very good chance to do that.
  With respect to the issues that were raised by two individuals who 
had contacted me, I include for the Record letters that I sent to the 
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand) and the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Nadler).
  The letters referred to are as follows:

                                         House of Representatives,


                                           Committee on Rules,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 1999.
     Hon. Jerrold Nadler,
     Rayburn House Office Building,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Jerry: It was good to talk to you today about your 
     ``Plain English in Law Rule'' proposal. I recall your 
     thoughtfully prepared testimony on H. Res. 529 that you 
     submitted to the House Rules Committee on September 17.
       As you know, clause 3(e) of rule XIII (the Ramseyer rule) 
     provides that whenever a committee reports a bill, a 
     comparative print of the amendment and the statute must be 
     included in its accompanying report or document, if the bill 
     or joint resolution repeals or amends any statute or part of 
     a statute. During consideration of the opening day rules 
     package for the 106th Congress, H. Res. 529 was discussed at 
     great length. However, there is significant concern that the 
     proposal would be difficult to institute in practice, and 
     that it would be cost prohibitive and would tremendously 
     expand the workload of House Legislative Counsel.
       If you would like to discuss this matter in greater detail, 
     please feel free to contact me or Vince Randazzo at 5-9191. 
     As always, I welcome your continued input on ways to improve 
     House procedure.
           Sincerely,
     David Dreier.
                                  ____

                                         House of Representatives,


                                           Committee on Rules,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 1999.
     Hon. Bob Weygand,
     Cannon House Office Building, House of Representatives, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Bob: Thank you for contacting me regarding your 
     proposed amendment to the rules of the House to permit 
     disabled individuals who have access to the House floor to 
     bring supporting services.
       I am aware of your sincere interest in this issue, your 
     testimony before the Rules Committee last September and your 
     correspondence with former Chairman Jerry Solomon.
       I support the objective of your proposal, and have been 
     informed that the Office of the Parliamentarian, the 
     Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Rules Committee staff have all 
     concluded that the existing language of clause 2 of rule IV, 
     relating to the Hall of the House, already permits floor 
     access to those needing support services. While the Senate 
     may have needed an affirmative change in its precedents to 
     achieve this objective, the rules of the House are already 
     flexible enough to allow for such access.
       If you would like to discuss this matter in greater detail, 
     please feel free to contact me or Eric Pelletier at 5-9191. 
     As always, I welcome your continued input on ways to improve 
     House procedure.
           Sincerely,
                                                     David Dreier.

  The gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand) very appropriately 
raises a question or concern about those Members or others who are here 
on the Floor who might need assistance because they would need a seeing 
eye dog, or have some other problem that would lead to them needing 
assistance.
  It is very, very clear in the rules that under the broad guidelines 
that the Speaker has that that authority is there. So we know from 
meetings that have been held with the Clerk and with others who would 
have jurisdiction, and within the Speaker's office, that that is 
clearly addressed and taken care of. If anyone needs any kind of 
assistance here on the Floor, they certainly will be able to utilize 
that.
  With reference to the issue that the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Nadler) raised and discussions that were held in testifying before the 
Committee on Rules, and in conversations that he had with my 
predecessor, Mr. Solomon, we very much want to have the ability for 
Members to see changes in laws side by side, the so-called Ramseyer 
provision which allows that.
  No issue is voted on the House Floor without that provision already 
being put into place. It is there, and so any Member who is prepared to 
vote on an issue today has the opportunity to see what the current law 
is and what the changes are.
  The concern that we have with the provision that has come forward 
from the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) is that every single bill 
that has been introduced, and I myself have introduced five bills 
today, very, very important measures on campaign finance reform; 
dealing with the reduction of the capital gains tax; dealing with 
health care, so that the average American will have a chance to get 
into the Federal Employee Health Benefits program; so people are able 
to use flexible acts, we have lots of legislation that has been put out 
there.
  I do not know exactly how far the measures that I have are going to 
go, but if we look at the tremendous cost burden that would be created 
from putting together that Ramseyer or side-by-side provision in the 
bill, with italics, it would virtually double the length or in many 
cases more than double the length of bills that are there, so the cost 
to the taxpayer would be tremendous.
  But I totally agree with the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) 
that we should not have measures here on the floor addressed and voted 
on unless we are able to see what kinds of changes are made in current 
law. I

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think we have addressed a number of these items.
  On the issue of the budget concerns, let me just repeat, as I did in 
my opening remarks, because Congress failed to adopt a concurrent 
budget resolution for fiscal year 1999, the Congressional Budget Act is 
unenforceable, absent the establishment of budget allocations for 
committees in the House, so this does not have the force of law. This 
is simply an internal provision.
  Then I want to address the issue that my friend, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) brought up, the committee ratio question. 
It is a very, very important one and very justifiable, to raise 
questions about it.
  But I would say to my friend that if we look at the past nearly 
quarter of a century, over the past quarter of a century Republicans 
have controlled this institution for 4 years. That is 4 out of nearly a 
quarter of a century. We have never in that quarter of a century period 
seen the committee ratios reflect the overall makeup of the House of 
Representatives, especially on those exclusive committees that we have.
  So I think we are following a pattern that is right on target, which 
has been used overwhelmingly by my friends on the other side of the 
aisle, which has been in place here. We are proceeding in a fair and 
balanced way.
  I want to do the best job that I possibly can as chairman of the 
Committee on Rules. I want the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Moakley) for many years to have the opportunity to serve as ranking 
member of the Committee on Rules. I think we can work well together in 
a very fair and balanced way. I do believe that this recodification 
plan is the first in a very, very important pattern that I hope will 
continue in the future.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following amendment, which 
was referred to earlier.
  The amendment referred to is as follows:

Amendment to H. Res. 5 To Be Offered by Mr. Moakley of Massachusetts if 
                   the Previous Question Is Defeated

       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 3 of 
     rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(c) In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
     Union, the Delegate to the House from the District of 
     Columbia shall possess the same powers and privileges as 
     Members of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 6 of 
     rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(g) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been 
     decided by a margin within which the vote cast by the 
     Delegate from the District of Columbia has been decisive, the 
     Committee of the Whole shall automatically rise and the 
     Speaker shall put that question de novo without intervening 
     debate or other business. Upon the announcement of the vote 
     on that question, the Committee of the Whole shall resume 
     without intervention.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule IV of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clauses 6 
     and 7 as clauses 7 and 8, respectively, and after clause 5, 
     insert the following new clause:
       ``6. An individual with a disability who is entitled to the 
     privilege of the floor may bring any necessary supporting 
     aids and services (including service dogs, wheelchairs, and 
     interpreters) onto the floor unless the Sergeant-at-Arms 
     determines that the use of such supporting aids and services 
     would place a significant difficulty or expense on the 
     operations of the House.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXIV of 
     the Rules of the House of Representatives, redesignate clause 
     14 as clause 15, and after clause 13, add the following new 
     clause:
       ``14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may 
     not, in his official capacity, intervene (including 
     threatening to deny access) to prevent the hiring of or to 
     encourage the dismissal of an individual by any lobbying 
     organization, trade association, or law firm based on the 
     political party affiliation of such individual.
       ``(b) A Member who is a member of the leadership may not 
     attempt to intimidate an interest group by threatening to 
     base his decisions about scheduling legislation for 
     consideration by the House based on the pattern of political 
     contributions by such interest group.''.
       In the amendment made by this resolution to rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, at the end add the 
     following new clauses:
       ``7. A section or other provision of a bill or joint 
     resolution which amends a law shall be in the form of a 
     comparative print of the law proposed to be amended showing 
     by black brackets and italics the omissions and the 
     insertions proposed to be made in the law.
       ``8. An amendment to a section or other provision of a bill 
     or joint resolution which is to be offered when a 
     subcommittee or committee considers such bill or joint 
     resolution or when such bill or joint resolution is to be 
     considered in the House sitting as the Committee of the Whole 
     House shall be in the form of a comparative print of the 
     section or other provision proposed to be amended showing by 
     black brackets and italics the omissions and the insertions 
     proposed to be made in the section or other provision.''.

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I 
move the previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the yeas appeared to have it.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216, 
nays 207, not voting 4, as follows:

                              [Roll No. 3]

                               YEAS--216

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Upton
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--207

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode

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     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Burr
     Jenkins
     Manzullo
     Pitts

                              {time}  1547


                      Announcement By The Speaker

  The SPEAKER (during the vote). The Chair announces that any Member-
elect who failed to take the oath of office may present himself or 
herself in the well of the House prior to completion of the vote on the 
previous question on the resolution now pending or any other rollcall 
vote.


                      SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS-ELECT

  The SPEAKER (during the vote). Will the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. 
Bryant), the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Goode), and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter) 
kindly come to the well of the House and take the oath of office at 
this time.
  Mr. Bryant, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Goode, and Ms. Slaughter appeared at the 
bar of the House and took the oath of office, as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of the office on which you are about to enter. So help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You are now Members of the United 
States Congress.
  Ms. BERKLEY and Mr. BERMAN changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Motion to Commit Offered by Mr. Moakley

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to commit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The Clerk will report the 
motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Moakley moves to commit the resolution H. Res. 5 to a 
     select committee comprised of the majority leader and the 
     minority leader with instructions to report the same back to 
     the House forthwith with the following amendments:

       In the amendment made by this resolution to clause 5(a)(1) 
     of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, add 
     at the end the following new sentence: ``The ratio of 
     majority party members to minority party members in the 
     distribution of committee seats shall reflect the ratio of 
     majority party members to minority party members in the 
     House.''.

       At the end, add the following new rule:

                              ``Rule XXIX


                          ``pay-as-you-go rule

       ``1. This rule requires that all direct spending and 
     revenue legislation be fully paid for until the Social 
     Security Trust Fund is actuarially sound. After the Trust 
     Fund becomes actuarially sound, this rule requires that such 
     legislation be fully paid for except to the extent that the 
     Federal budget is in surplus without counting the Social 
     Security Trust Fund.
       ``2. For purposes of this rule, the term--
       ``(1) `Social Security Trust Fund' means the Old Age and 
     Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance 
     Trust Fund, combined, established by title II of the Social 
     Security Act;
       ``(2) `Social Security solvency certification' means a 
     written statement by the Board of Trustees of the Social 
     Security Trust Fund that the Fund is in actuarial balance for 
     the 75-year period used in the most recent annual report of 
     that Board pursuant to rule 201(c)(2) of the Social Security 
     Act;
       ``(3) `direct spending legislation' means any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     affects direct spending as that term is defined by and 
     interpreted for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, except any provision that funds 
     or continues in effect the deposit insurance guarantee 
     commitment in effect on the date of agreement to this rule;
       ``(4) `to be fully paid for' means that net reduction in 
     revenues do not exceed net reduction in direct spending, or 
     net increases in outlays do not exceed net increases in 
     revenues, when those increases and reductions are calculated 
     relative to an estimate of current law;
       ``(5) `current year' means the fiscal year starting on 
     October 1 of the prior calendar year; and
       ``(6) `budget year' means the fiscal year starting on 
     October 1 of the current calendar year.
       ``3. (a) It shall not be in order to consider any direct 
     spending or revenue legislation unless in the form proposed 
     for consideration and during each of the applicable time 
     periods specified in paragraph (b)--
       ``(1) that legislation fully pays for itself, or
       ``(2) that legislation is fully paid for when counting any 
     credits available under paragraph (c).
       ``(b) For purposes of this clause, the applicable time 
     periods are--
       ``(1) the current year and the budget year,
       ``(2) the five fiscal years following the current year, and
       ``(3) the five fiscal years following the time period 
     specified in subparagraph (2).
       ``(c)(1) For purposes of paragraph (a) and with respect to 
     direct spending or revenue legislation previously enacted 
     during the current calendar year, the net extent (if any) by 
     which all such legislation is more than fully paid for in one 
     of the applicable time period shall count as a credit for 
     that time period.
       ``(2) Once enacted, legislation considered pursuant to a 
     reconciliation directive shall not be counted as previously 
     enacted legislation for purposes of subparagraph (1), but 
     such legislation itself shall be subject to the requirements 
     of this rule.
       ``(3) When a Social Security solvency certification is 
     issued, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall 
     insert it in the Congressional Record. At the beginning of 
     the first calendar year thereafter, projected budget 
     surpluses (if any) shall be included as a separate entry on 
     the Pay-As-You-Go scorecard and count as credits for purposes 
     of paragraph (a). At the beginning of each subsequent 
     calendar year, the previous entry of surpluses shall be 
     replaced by an updated entry. For the purpose of the prior 
     two sentences, surpluses shall--
       ``(A) be calculated excluding all the receipts and outlays 
     of the Social Security Trust Fund (and any other off-budget 
     Federal entity), and
       ``(B) be calculated separately for each of the applicable 
     time period.
       ``4. For purposes of this rule, the levels of outlays, 
     revenues, surpluses, and deficits under current law or 
     resulting from proposed legislation for a fiscal year shall 
     be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee 
     on the Budget.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion to commit is not debatable.
  Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to 
commit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to commit 
offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 201, 
nays 218, not voting 8, as follows:

                              [Roll No. 4]

                               YEAS--201

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher

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     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Hooley
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NAYS--218

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Upton
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Blunt
     Davis (FL)
     Holt
     Jenkins
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Obey
     Pallone

                              {time}  1606

  Mr. PORTMAN and Mr. GRAHAM changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  Mr. GONZALEZ changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to commit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 4, I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                          personal explanation

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 4, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The question is on the 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, 
nays 204, not voting 6, as follows:

                              [Roll No. 5]

                               YEAS--217

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Upton
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--204

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel

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     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Blunt
     Bonior
     Cardin
     Hefley
     Jenkins
     Lipinski

                              {time}  1624

  Mr. BILBRAY changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________