[House Report 107-517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-517

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   PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY

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   June 18, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 449]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 449, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the establishment of a Select 
Committee on Homeland Security. The resolution provides that 
the select committee shall be composed of nine Members 
appointed by the Speaker, of whom one shall be designated by 
the Speaker as chairman, and of whom four shall be appointed on 
the recommendation of the Minority Leader.
    The resolution provides that the select committee may 
develop recommendations and report to the House on such matters 
that relate to the establishment of a department of homeland 
security as may be referred to it by the Speaker and on 
recommendations submitted to it under section 6 of the 
resolution.
    The resolution provides that rule XI, regarding procedures 
of committees, shall apply to the select committee to the 
extent not inconsistent with the resolution, with the 
exceptions of clause 1(b) and clause 2(m)(1)(B) of rule XI, 
regarding investigative authority and subpoena power, and the 
requirement that the select committee adopt written rules to 
implement the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI. The resolution 
further provides that clause 10(b) of rule X, regarding the 
adoption of committee rules, shall not apply to the select 
committee.
    The resolution provides that the select committee may 
utilize the services of the staff of the House. The resolution 
provides that each standing or permanent select committee to 
which the Speaker refers a bill introduced by the Majority 
Leader or his designee that proposes to establish a department 
of homeland security may submit its recommendations on the bill 
only to the select committee. The resolution provides that such 
recommendations may be submitted no later than a time 
designated by the Speaker. The resolution provides that the 
select committee shall consider recommendations submitted to it 
and shall report to the House its recommendations.
    The resolution provides that the select committee shall 
cease to exist upon final disposition of a bill described in 
section 6(a) of the resolution, including final disposition of 
any veto message on such bill. The resolution provides that 
upon the dissolution of the select committee, this resolution 
shall not be construed to alter the jurisdiction of any 
standing committee.
    Finally, the resolution provides that upon the dissolution 
of the select committee, the records of the select committee 
shall become the records of any committee designated by the 
Speaker.

                                  
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