[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 895-899]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     RULES OF PROCEDURE--COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the rules of 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                              Jurisdiction

                 Rule XXV, Standing Rules of the Senate

       1. The following standing committees shall be appointed at 
     the commencement of each Congress, and shall continue and 
     have the power to act until their successors are appointed, 
     with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within 
     their respective jurisdictions:

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       (h)(1) Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which 
     committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
     messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to 
     the following subjects:
       1. Air pollution.
       2. Construction and maintenance of highways.
       3. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands.
       4. Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than 
     pesticides.
       5. Environmental policy.
       6. Environmental research and development.
       7. Fisheries and wildlife.
       8. Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors, 
     including environmental aspects of deepwater ports.
       9. Noise pollution.
       10. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of 
     nuclear energy.
       11. Ocean dumping.
       12. Public buildings and improved grounds of the United 
     States generally, including Federal buildings in the District 
     of Columbia.
       13. Public works, bridges, and dams.
       14. Regional economic development.
       15. Solid waste disposal and recycling.
       16. Water pollution.
       17. Water resources.
       (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
     comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental 
     protection and resource utilization and conservation, and 
     report thereon from time to time.

                           Rules of Procedure


                 RULE 1. COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN GENERAL

       (a) Regular Meeting Days: For purposes of complying with 
     paragraph 3 of Senate Rule XXVI, the regular meeting day of 
     the committee is the first and third Thursday of each month 
     at 10:00 a.m. If there is no business before the committee, 
     the regular meeting shall be omitted.
       (b) Additional Meetings: The chair may call additional 
     meetings, after consulting with the ranking minority member. 
     Subcommittee chairs may call meetings, with the concurrence 
     of the chair, after consulting with the ranking minority 
     members of the subcommittee and the committee.
       (C) Presiding Officer:
       (1) The chair shall preside at all meetings of the 
     committee. If the chair is not present, the ranking majority 
     member shall preside.
       (2) Subcommittee chairs shall preside at all meetings of 
     their subcommittees. If the subcommittee chair is not 
     present, the ranking majority member of the subcommittee 
     shall preside.
       (3) Notwithstanding the rule prescribed by paragraphs (1) 
     and (2), any member of the committee may preside at a 
     hearing.
       (d) Open Meetings: Meetings of the committee and 
     subcommittees, including hearings and business meetings, are 
     open to the public. A portion of a meeting may be closed to 
     the public if the committee determines by roll call vote of a 
     majority of the members present that the matters to be 
     discussed or the testimony to be taken--
       (1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in 
     the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct 
     of the foreign relations of the United States;
       (2) relate solely to matters of committee staff personnel 
     or internal staff management or procedure; or
       (3) constitute any other grounds for closure under 
     paragraph 5(b) of Senate Rule XXVI.
       (e) Broadcasting:
       (1) Public meetings of the committee or a subcommittee may 
     be televised, broadcast, or recorded by a member of the 
     Senate press gallery or an employee of the Senate.
       (2) Any member of the Senate Press Gallery or employee of 
     the Senate wishing to televise, broadcast, or record a 
     committee meeting must notify the staff director or the staff 
     director's designee by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting.
       (3) During public meetings, any person using a camera, 
     microphone, or other electronic equipment may not position or 
     use the equipment in a way that interferes with the seating, 
     vision, or hearing of committee members or staff on the dais, 
     or with the orderly process of the meeting.


                            RULE 2. QUORUMS

       (a) Business Meetings: At committee business meetings, and 
     for the purpose of approving the issuance of a subpoena or 
     approving a committee resolution, six members, at least two 
     of whom are members of the minority party, constitute a 
     quorum, except as provided in subsection (d).
       (b) Subcommittee Meetings: At subcommittee business 
     meetings, a majority of the subcommittee members, at least 
     one of whom is a member of the minority party, constitutes a 
     quorum for conducting business.
       (c) Continuing Quorum: Once a quorum as prescribed in 
     subsections (a) and (b) has been established, the committee 
     or subcommittee may continue to conduct business.
       (d) Reporting: No measure or matter may be reported to the 
     Senate by the committee unless a majority of committee 
     members cast votes in person.
       (e) Hearings: One member constitutes a quorum for 
     conducting a hearing.


                            RULE 3. HEARINGS

       (a) Announcements: Before the committee or a subcommittee 
     holds a hearing, the chair of the committee or subcommittee 
     shall make a public announcement and provide notice to 
     members of the date, place, time, and subject matter of the 
     hearing. The announcement and notice shall be issued at least 
     one week in advance of the hearing, unless the chair of the 
     committee or subcommittee, with the concurrence of the 
     ranking minority member of the committee or subcommittee, 
     determines that there is good cause to provide a shorter 
     period, in which event the announcement and notice shall be 
     issued at least twenty-four hours in advance of the hearing.
       (b) Statements of Witnesses:
       (1) A witness who is scheduled to testify at a hearing of 
     the committee or a subcommittee shall file 100 copies of the 
     written testimony at least 48 hours before the hearing. If a 
     witness fails to comply with this requirement, the presiding 
     officer may preclude the witness' testimony. This rule may be 
     waived for field hearings, except for witnesses from the 
     Federal Government.
       (2) Any witness planning to use at a hearing any exhibit 
     such as a chart, graph, diagram, photo, map, slide, or model 
     must submit one identical copy of the exhibit (or 
     representation of the exhibit in the case of a model) and 100 
     copies reduced to letter or legal paper size at least 48 
     hours before the hearing. Any exhibit described above that is 
     not provided to the committee at least 48 hours prior to the 
     hearing cannot be used for purpose of presenting testimony to 
     the committee and will not be included in the hearing record.
       (3) The presiding officer at a hearing may have a witness 
     confine the oral presentation to a summary of the written 
     testimony.
       (4) Notwithstanding a request that a document be embargoed, 
     any document that is to be discussed at a hearing, including, 
     but not limited to, those produced by the General Accounting 
     Office, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research 
     Service, a Federal agency, an Inspector General, or a 
     nongovernmental entity, shall be provided to all members of 
     the committee at least 72 hours before the hearing.


       RULE 4. BUSINESS MEETINGS: NOTICE AND FILING REQUIREMENTS

       (a) Notice: The chair of the committee or the subcommittee 
     shall provide notice, the agenda of business to be discussed, 
     and the text of agenda items to members of the committee or 
     subcommittee at least 72 hours before a business meeting. If 
     the 72 hours falls over a weekend, all materials will be 
     provided by close of business on Friday.

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       (b) Amendments: First-degree amendments must be filed with 
     the chair of the committee or the subcommittee at least 24 
     hours before a business meeting. After the filing deadline, 
     the chair shall promptly distribute all filed amendments to 
     the members of the committee or subcommittee.
       (c) Modifications: The chair of the committee or the 
     subcommittee may modify the notice and filing requirements to 
     meet special circumstances, with the concurrence of the 
     ranking member of the committee or subcommittee.


                   RULE 5. BUSINESS MEETINGS: VOTING

       (a) Proxy Voting:
       (1) Proxy voting is allowed on all measures, amendments, 
     resolutions, or other matters before the committee or a 
     subcommittee.
       (2) A member who is unable to attend a business meeting may 
     submit a proxy vote on any matter, in writing, orally, or 
     through personal instructions.
       (3) A proxy given in writing is valid until revoked. A 
     proxy given orally or by personal instructions is valid only 
     on the day given.
       (b) Subsequent Voting: Members who were not present at a 
     business meeting and were unable to cast their votes by proxy 
     may record their votes later, so long as they do so that same 
     business day and their vote does not change the outcome.
       (c) Public Announcement:
       (1) Whenever the committee conducts a rollcall vote, the 
     chair shall announce the results of the vote, including a 
     tabulation of the votes cast in favor and the votes cast 
     against the proposition by each member of the committee.
       (2) Whenever the committee reports any measure or matter by 
     rollcall vote, the report shall include a tabulation of the 
     votes cast in favor of and the votes cast in opposition to 
     the measure or matter by each member of the committee.


                         RULE 6. SUBCOMMITTEES

       (a) Regularly Established Subcommittees: The committee has 
     four subcommittees: Transportation and Infrastructure; Clean 
     Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety; Fisheries, Wildlife, 
     and Water; and Superfund and Waste Management.
       (b) Membership: The committee chair, after consulting with 
     the ranking minority member, shall select members of the 
     subcommittees.


          RULE 7. STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER MATTERS

       (a) Environmental Impact Statements: No project or 
     legislation proposed by any executive branch agency may be 
     approved or otherwise acted upon unless the committee has 
     received a final environmental impact statement relative to 
     it, in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act, and the written comments of the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
     accordance with section 309 of the Clean Air Act. This rule 
     is not intended to broaden, narrow, or otherwise modify the 
     class of projects or legislative proposals for which 
     environmental impact statements are required under section 
     102(2)(C).
       (b) Project Approvals:
       (1) Whenever the committee authorizes a project under 
     Public Law 89-298, the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1965; Public 
     Law 83-566, the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
     Act; or Public Law 86-249, the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 
     as amended; the chairman shall submit for printing in the 
     Congressional Record, and the committee shall publish 
     periodically as a committee print, a report that describes 
     the project and the reasons for its approval, together with 
     any dissenting or individual views.
       (2) Proponents of a committee resolution shall submit 
     appropriate evidence in favor of the resolution.
       (c) Building Prospectuses:
       (1) When the General Services Administration submits a 
     prospectus, pursuant to section 7(a) of the Public Buildings 
     Act of 1959, as amended, for construction (including 
     construction of buildings for lease by the government), 
     alteration and repair, or acquisition, the committee shall 
     act with respect to the prospectus during the same session in 
     which the prospectus is submitted.
       A prospectus rejected by majority vote of the committee or 
     not reported to the Senate during the session in which it was 
     submitted shall be returned to the General Services 
     Administration and must then be resubmitted in order to be 
     considered by the committee during the next session of the 
     Congress.
       (2) A report of a building project survey submitted by the 
     General Services Administration to the committee under 
     section 11(b) of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as 
     amended, may not be considered by the committee as being a 
     prospectus subject to approval by committee resolution in 
     accordance with section 7(a) of that Act. A project described 
     in the report may be considered for committee action only if 
     it is submitted as a prospectus in accordance with section 
     7(a) and is subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of 
     this rule.
       (d) Naming Public Facilities: The committee may not name a 
     building, structure or facility for any living person, except 
     former Presidents or former Vice Presidents of the United 
     States, former Members of Congress over 70 years of age, or 
     former Justices of the United States Supreme Court over 70 
     years of age.


                       RULE 8. AMENDING THE RULES

       The rules may be added to, modified, amended, or suspended 
     by vote of a majority of committee members at a business 
     meeting if a quorum is present.

                      STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

                               Rule XVII


 REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES; MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE; REPORTS OF COMMITTEES; 
                         AND HEARINGS AVAILABLE

       1. Except as provided in paragraph 3, in any case in which 
     a controversy arises as to the jurisdiction of any committee 
     with respect to any proposed legislation, the question of 
     jurisdiction shall be decided by the presiding officer, 
     without debate, in favor of the committee which has 
     jurisdiction over the subject matter which predominates in 
     such proposed legislation; but such decision shall be subject 
     to an appeal.
       2. A motion simply to refer shall not be open to amendment, 
     except to add instructions.
       3. (a) Upon motion by both the majority leader or his 
     designee and the minority leader or his designee, proposed 
     legislation may be referred to two or more committees jointly 
     or sequentially. Notice of such motion and the proposed 
     legislation to which it relates shall be printed in the 
     Congressional Record. The motion shall be privileged, but it 
     shall not be in order until the Congressional Record in which 
     the notice is printed has been available to Senators for at 
     least twenty-four hours. No amendment to any such motion 
     shall be in order except amendments to any instructions 
     contained therein. Debate on any such motion, and all 
     amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in 
     connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than two 
     hours, the time to be equally divided between, and controlled 
     by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
     designees.
       (b) Proposed legislation which is referred to two or more 
     committees jointly may be reported only by such committees 
     jointly and only one report may accompany any proposed 
     legislation so jointly reported.
       (c) A motion to refer any proposed legislation to two or 
     more committees sequentially shall specify the order of 
     referral.
       (d) Any motion under this paragraph may specify the portion 
     or portions of proposed legislation to be considered by the 
     committees, or any of them, to which such proposed 
     legislation is referred, and such committees or committee 
     shall be limited, in the consideration of such proposed 
     legislation, to the portion or portions so specified.
       (e) Any motion under this subparagraph may contain 
     instructions with respect to the time allowed for 
     consideration by the committees, or any of them, to which 
     proposed legislation is referred and the discharge of such 
     committees, or any of them, from further consideration of 
     such proposed legislation.
       4. (a) All reports of committees and motions to discharge a 
     committee from the consideration of a subject, and all 
     subjects from which a committee shall be discharged, shall 
     lie over one day for consideration, unless by unanimous 
     consent the Senate shall otherwise direct.
       (b) Whenever any committee (except the Committee on 
     Appropriations) has reported any measure, by action taken in 
     conformity with the requirements of paragraph 7 of rule XXVI, 
     no point of order shall lie with respect to that measure on 
     the ground that hearings upon that measure by the committee 
     were not conducted in accordance with the provisions of 
     paragraph 4 of rule XXVI.
       5. Any measure or matter reported by any standing committee 
     shall not be considered in the Senate unless the report of 
     that committee upon that measure or matter has been available 
     to Members for at least two calendar days (excluding Sundays 
     and legal holidays) prior to the consideration of that 
     measure or matter. If hearings have been held on any such 
     measure or matter so reported, the committee reporting the 
     measure or matter shall make every reasonable effort to have 
     such hearings printed and available for distribution to the 
     Members of the Senate prior to the consideration of such 
     measure or matter in the Senate. This paragraph
       (1) may be waived by joint agreement of the Majority Leader 
     and the Minority Leader of the Senate; and (2) shall not 
     apply to
       (A) any measure for the declaration of war, or the 
     declaration of a national emergency, by the Congress, and
       (B) any executive decision, determination, or action which 
     would become, or continue to be, effective unless disapproved 
     or otherwise invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress.

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                               Rule XXVI


                          COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

       1. Each standing committee, including any subcommittee of 
     any such committee, is authorized to hold such hearings, to 
     sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, 
     recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate, to require by 
     subpoena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and 
     the production of such correspondence, books, papers,

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     and documents, to take such testimony and to make such 
     expenditures out of the contingent fund of the Senate as may 
     be authorized by resolutions of the Senate. Each such 
     committee may make investigations into any matter within its 
     jurisdiction, may report such hearings as may be had by it, 
     and may employ stenographic assistance at a cost not 
     exceeding the amount prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration. The expenses of the committee shall be paid 
     from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved 
     by the chairman.
       2. Each committee shall adopt rules (not inconsistent with 
     the Rules of the Senate) governing the procedure of such 
     committee. The rules of each committee shall be published in 
     the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the first 
     year of each Congress, except that if any such committee is 
     established on or after February 1 of a year, the rules of 
     that committee during the year of establishment shall be 
     published in the Congressional Record not later than sixty 
     days after such establishment. Any amendment to the rules of 
     a committee shall not take effect until the amendment is 
     published in the Congressional Record.
       3. Each standing committee (except the Committee on 
     Appropriations) shall fix regular weekly, biweekly, or 
     monthly meeting days for the transaction of business before 
     the committee and additional meetings may be called by the 
     chairman as he may deem necessary. If at least three members 
     of any such committee desire that a special meeting of the 
     committee be called by the chairman, those members may file 
     in the offices of the committee their written request to the 
     chairman for that special meeting. Immediately upon the 
     filing of the request, the clerk of the committee shall 
     notify the chairman of the filing of the request. If, within 
     three calendar days after the filing of the request, the 
     chairman does not call the requested special meeting, 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, specifying the 
     date and hour of that special meeting. 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. If the chairman of 
     any such committee is not present at any regular, additional, 
     or special meeting of the committee, the ranking member of 
     the majority party on the committee who is present shall 
     preside at that meeting.
       4. (a) Each committee (except the Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall make 
     public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of 
     any hearing to be conducted by the committee on any measure 
     or matter at least one week before the commencement of that 
     hearing unless the committee determines that there is good 
     cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date.
       (b) Each committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) 
     shall require each witness who is to appear before the 
     committee in any hearing to file with the clerk of the 
     committee, at least one day before the date of the appearance 
     of that witness, a written statement of his proposed 
     testimony unless the committee chairman and the ranking 
     minority member determine that there is good cause for 
     noncompliance. If so requested by any committee, the staff of 
     the committee shall prepare for the use of the members of the 
     committee before each day of hearing before the committee a 
     digest of the statements which have been so filed by 
     witnesses who are to appear before the committee on that day.
       (c) After the conclusion of each day of hearing, if so 
     requested by any committee, the staff shall prepare for the 
     use of the members of the committee a summary of the 
     testimony given before the committee on that day. After 
     approval by the chairman and the ranking minority member of 
     the committee, each such summary may be printed as a part of 
     the committee hearings if such hearings are ordered by the 
     committee to be printed.
       (d) Whenever any hearing is conducted by a committee 
     (except the Committee on Appropriations) upon any measure or 
     matter, the minority on the committee shall be entitled, upon 
     request made by a majority of the minority members to the 
     chairman before the completion of such hearing, to call 
     witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to 
     the measure or matter during at least one day of hearing 
     thereon.
       5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the rules, 
     when the Senate is in session, no committee of the Senate or 
     any subcommittee thereof may meet, without special leave, 
     after the conclusion of the first two hours after the meeting 
     of the Senate commenced and in no case after two o'clock 
     postmeridian unless consent therefor has been obtained from 
     the majority leader and the minority leader (or in the event 
     of the absence of either of such leaders, from his designee). 
     The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall not 
     apply to the Committee on Appropriations or the Committee on 
     the Budget. The majority leader or his designee shall 
     announce to the Senate whenever consent has been given under 
     this subparagraph and shall state the time and place of such 
     meeting. The right to make such announcement of consent shall 
     have the same priority as the filing of a cloture motion.
       (b) Each meeting of a committee, or any subcommittee 
     thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings, shall be 
     open to the public, except that a meeting or series of 
     meetings by a committee or a subcommittee thereof on the same 
     subject for a period of no more than fourteen calendar days 
     may be closed to the public on a motion made and seconded to 
     go into closed session to discuss only whether the matters 
     enumerated in clauses (1) through (6) would require the 
     meeting to be closed, followed immediately by a record vote 
     in open session by a majority of the members of the committee 
     or subcommittee when it is determined that the matters to be 
     discussed or the testimony to be taken at such meeting or 
     meetings--
       (1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in 
     the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct 
     of the foreign relations of the United States;
       (2) will relate solely to matters of committee staff 
     personnel or internal staff management or procedure;
       (3) will tend to charge an individual with crime or 
     misconduct, to disgrace or injure the professional standing 
     of an individual, or otherwise to expose an individual to 
     public contempt or obloquy, or will represent a clearly 
     unwarranted invasion of the privacy of an individual;
       (4) will disclose the identity of any informer or law 
     enforcement agent or will disclose any information relating 
     to the investigation or prosecution of a criminal offense 
     that is required to be kept secret in the interests of 
     effective law enforcement;
       (5) will disclose information relating to the trade secrets 
     of financial or commercial information pertaining 
     specifically to a given person if--
       (A) an Act of Congress requires the information to be kept 
     confidential by Government officers and employees; or
       (B) the information has been obtained by the Government on 
     a confidential basis, other than through an application by 
     such person for a specific Government financial or other 
     benefit, and is required to be kept secret in order to 
     prevent undue injury to the competitive position of such 
     person; or
       (6) may divulge matters required to be kept confidential 
     under other provisions of law or Government regulations.
       (c) Whenever any hearing conducted by any such committee or 
     subcommittee is open to the public, that hearing may be 
     broadcast by radio or television, or both, under such rules 
     as the committee or subcommittee may adopt.
       (d) Whenever disorder arises during a committee meeting 
     that is open to the public, or any demonstration of approval 
     or disapproval is indulged in by any person in attendance at 
     any such meeting, it shall be the duty of the Chair to 
     enforce order on his own initiative and without any point of 
     order being made by a Senator. When the Chair finds it 
     necessary to maintain order, he shall have the power to clear 
     the room, and the committee may act in closed session for so 
     long as there is doubt of the assurance of order.
       (e) Each committee shall prepare and keep a complete 
     transcript or electronic recording adequate to fully record 
     the proceeding of each meeting or conference whether or not 
     such meeting or any part thereof is closed under this 
     paragraph, unless a majority of its members vote to forgo 
     such a record.
       6. Morning meetings of committees and subcommittees thereof 
     shall be scheduled for one or both of the periods prescribed 
     in this paragraph. The first period shall end at eleven 
     o'clock antemeridian. The second period shall begin at eleven 
     o'clock antemeridian and end at two o'clock postmeridian.
       7. (a)(1) Except as provided in this paragraph, each 
     committee, and each subcommittee thereof is authorized to fix 
     the number of its members (but not less than one-third of its 
     entire membership) who shall constitute a quorum thereof for 
     the transaction of such business as may be considered by said 
     committee, except that no measure or matter or recommendation 
     shall be reported from any committee unless a majority of the 
     committee were physically present.
       (2) Each such committee, or subcommittee, is authorized to 
     fix a lesser number than one-third of its entire membership 
     who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the purpose of 
     taking sworn testimony.
       (3) The vote of any committee to report a measure or matter 
     shall require the concurrence of a majority of the members of 
     the committee who are present. No vote of any member of any 
     committee to report a measure or matter may be cast by proxy 
     if rules adopted by such committee forbid the casting of 
     votes for that purpose by proxy; however, proxies may not be 
     voted when the absent committee member has not been informed 
     of the matter on which he is being recorded and has not 
     affirmatively requested that he be so recorded. Action by any 
     committee in reporting any measure or matter in accordance 
     with the requirements of this

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     subparagraph shall constitute the ratification by the 
     committee of all action theretofore taken by the committee 
     with respect to that measure or matter, including votes taken 
     upon the measure or matter or any amendment thereto, and no 
     point of order shall lie with respect to that measure or 
     matter on the ground that such previous action with respect 
     thereto by such committee was not taken in compliance with 
     such requirements.
       (b) Each committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) 
     shall keep a complete record of all committee action. Such 
     record shall include a record of the votes on any question on 
     which a record vote is demanded. The results of rollcall 
     votes taken in any meeting of any committee upon any measure, 
     or any amendment thereto, shall be announced in the committee 
     report on that measure unless previously announced by the 
     committee, and such announcement shall include a tabulation 
     of the votes cast in favor of and the votes cast in 
     opposition to each such measure and amendment by each member 
     of the committee who was present at that meeting.
       (c) Whenever any committee by rollcall vote reports any 
     measure or matter, the report of the committee upon such 
     measure or matter shall include a tabulation of the votes 
     cast by each member of the committee in favor of and in 
     opposition to such measure or matter. Nothing contained in 
     this subparagraph shall abrogate the power of any committee 
     to adopt rules--
       (1) providing for proxy voting on all matters other than 
     the reporting of a measure or matter, or
       (2) providing in accordance with subparagraph (a) for a 
     lesser number as a quorum for any action other than the 
     reporting of a measure or matter.
       8. (a) In order to assist the Senate in--
       (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the 
     application, administration, and execution of the laws 
     enacted by the Congress, and
       (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of such 
     modifications of or changes in those laws, and of such 
     additional legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate,

     each standing committee (except the Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Budget), shall review and study, on a 
     continuing basis the application, administration, and 
     execution of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter 
     of which is within the legislative jurisdiction of that 
     committee. Such committees may carry out the required 
     analysis, appraisal, and evaluation themselves, or by 
     contract, or may require a Government agency to do so and 
     furnish a report thereon to the Senate. Such committees may 
     rely on such techniques as pilot testing, analysis of costs 
     in comparison with benefits, or provision for evaluation 
     after a defined period of time.
       (b) In each odd-numbered year, each such committee shall 
     submit, not later than March 31, to the Senate, a report on 
     the activities of that committee under this paragraph during 
     the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year.
       9. (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), each 
     committee shall report one authorization resolution each year 
     authorizing the committee to make expenditures out of the 
     contingent fund of the Senate to defray its expenses, 
     including the compensation of members of its staff and agency 
     contributions related to such compensation, during the period 
     beginning on March 1 of such year and ending on the last day 
     of February of the following year. Such annual authorization 
     resolution shall be reported not later than January 31 of 
     each year, except that, whenever the designation of members 
     of standing committees of the Senate occurs during the first 
     session of a Congress at a date later than January 20, such 
     resolution may be reported at any time within thirty days 
     after the date on which the designation of such members is 
     completed. After the annual authorization resolution of a 
     committee for a year has been agreed to, such committee may 
     procure authorization to make additional expenditures out of 
     the contingent fund of the Senate during that year only by 
     reporting a supplemental authorization resolution. Each 
     supplemental authorization resolution reported by a committee 
     shall amend the annual authorization resolution of such 
     committee for that year and shall be accompanied by a report 
     specifying with particularity the purpose for which such 
     authorization is sought and the reason why such authorization 
     could not have been sought at the time of the submission by 
     such committee of its annual authorization resolution for 
     that year.
       (b) In lieu of the procedure provided in subparagraph (a), 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration may--
       (1) direct each committee to report an authorization 
     resolution for a two-year budget period beginning on March 1 
     of the first session of a Congress; and
       (2) report one authorization resolution containing more 
     than one committee authorization resolution for a one-year or 
     two-year budget period.
       10. (a) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
     files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
     congressional office records of the Member serving as 
     chairman of the committee; and such records shall be the 
     property of the Senate and all members of the committee and 
     the Senate shall have access to such records. Each committee 
     is authorized to have printed and bound such testimony and 
     other data presented at hearings held by the committee.
       (b) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each committee 
     to report or cause to be reported promptly to the Senate any 
     measure approved by his committee and to take or cause to be 
     taken necessary steps to bring the matter to a vote. In any 
     event, the report of any committee upon a measure which has 
     been approved by the committee shall be filed within seven 
     calendar days (exclusive of days on which the Senate is not 
     in session) after the day on which there has been filed with 
     the clerk of the committee a written and signed request of a 
     majority of the committee for the reporting of that measure. 
     Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of the 
     committee shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the 
     committee notice of the filing of that request. This 
     subparagraph does not apply to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       (c) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by 
     any committee (except for the Committee on Appropriations), 
     any member of the committee gives notice of intention to file 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views, that member 
     shall be entitled to not less than three calendar days in 
     which to file such views, in writing, with the clerk of the 
     committee. All such views so filed by one or more members of 
     the committee shall be included within, and shall be a part 
     of, the report filed by the committee with respect to that 
     measure or matter. The report of the committee upon that 
     measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume which--
       (1) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional 
     views which have been submitted by the time of the filing of 
     the report, and
       (2) shall bear upon its cover a recital that supplemental, 
     minority, or additional views are included as part of the 
     report.
       This subparagraph does not preclude--
       (A) the immediate filing and printing of a committee report 
     unless timely request for the opportunity to file 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views has been made as 
     provided by this subparagraph; or
       (B) the filing by any such committee of any supplemental 
     report upon any measure or matter which may be required for 
     the correction of any technical error in a previous report 
     made by that committee upon that measure or matter.
       11. (a) The report accompanying each bill or joint 
     resolution of a public character reported by any committee 
     (except the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     the Budget) shall contain--
       (1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which 
     would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint 
     resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported and in 
     each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year (or 
     for the authorized duration of any program authorized by such 
     bill or joint resolution, if less than five years), except 
     that, in the case of measures affecting the revenues, such 
     reports shall require only an estimate of the gain or loss in 
     revenues for a one year period; and
       (2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in 
     subparagraph (1) made by such committee with any estimate of 
     costs made by any Federal agency; or
       (3) in lieu of such estimate or comparison, or both, a 
     statement of the reasons why compliance by the committee with 
     the requirements of subparagraph (1) or (2), or both, is 
     impracticable.
       (b) Each such report (except those by the Committee on 
     Appropriations) shall also contain--
       (1) an evaluation, made by such committee, of the 
     regulatory impact which would be incurred in carrying out the 
     bill or joint resolution. The evaluation shall include (A) an 
     estimate of the numbers of individuals and businesses who 
     would be regulated and a determination of the groups and 
     classes of such individuals and businesses, (B) a 
     determination of the economic impact of such regulation on 
     the individuals, consumers, and businesses affected, (C) a 
     determination of the impact on the personal privacy of the 
     individuals affected, and (D) a determination of the amount 
     of additional paperwork that will result from the regulations 
     to be promulgated pursuant to the bill or joint resolution, 
     which determination may include, but need not be limited to, 
     estimates of the amount of time and financial costs required 
     of affected parties, showing whether the effects of the bill 
     or joint resolution could be substantial, as well as 
     reasonable estimates of the recordkeeping requirements that 
     may be associated with the bill or joint resolution; or
       (2) in lieu of such evaluation, a statement of the reasons 
     why compliance by the committee with the requirements of 
     clause (1) is impracticable.
       (c) It shall not be in order for the Senate to consider any 
     such bill or joint resolution if the report of the committee 
     on such bill or joint resolution does not comply with the 
     provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b) on the objection of 
     any Senator.
       12. Whenever a committee reports a bill or a joint 
     resolution repealing or amending any

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     statute or part thereof it shall make a report thereon and 
     shall include in such report or in an accompanying document 
     (to be prepared by the staff of such committee) (a) the text 
     of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be 
     repealed; and (b) a comparative print of that part of the 
     bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of the 
     statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 
     stricken through type and italics, parallel columns, or other 
     appropriate typographical devices the omissions and 
     insertions which would be made by the bill or joint 
     resolution if enacted in the form recommended by the 
     committee. This paragraph shall not apply to any such report 
     in which it is stated that, in the opinion of the committee, 
     it is necessary to dispense with the requirements of this 
     subsection to expedite the business of the Senate.
       13. (a) Each committee (except the Committee on 
     Appropriations) which has legislative jurisdiction shall, in 
     its consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a 
     public character within its jurisdiction, endeavor to insure 
     that--
       (1) all continuing programs of the Federal Government and 
     of the government of the District of Columbia, within the 
     jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee, are 
     designed; and
       (2) all continuing activities of Federal agencies, within 
     the jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee, are 
     carried on;

     so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, 
     requirements, and objectives of those programs and 
     activities, appropriations therefor will be made annually.
       (b) Each committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) 
     shall with respect to any continuing program within its 
     jurisdiction for which appropriations are not made annually, 
     review such program, from time to time, in order to ascertain 
     whether such program could be modified so that appropriations 
     therefor would be made annually.

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