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113th Congress 
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                113-317
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 235


  SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE FIRST 
                     SESSION OF THE 113TH CONGRESS

                               __________

                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

                                     


                                     

 January 2, 2014--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed


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                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                     Pete Sessions, Texas, Chairman

Virginia Foxx, North Carolina        Louise McIntosh Slaughter, New 
                                     York
Rob Bishop, Utah                     James P. McGovern, Massachusetts
Tom Cole, Oklahoma                   Alcee L. Hastings, Florida
Rob Woodall, Georgia                 Jared Polis, Colorado
Richard B. Nugent, Florida
Daniel Webster, Florida
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
Michael C. Burgess, Texas

                 Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Staff Director

                Miles M. Lackey, Minority Staff Director

                                 ______

             subcommittee on legislative and budget process

                     Rob Woodall, Georgia, Chairman

Virginia Foxx, North Carolina        Alcee L. Hastings, Florida
Richard B. Nugent, Florida           Jared Polis, Colorado
Daniel Webster, Florida
Michael C. Burgess, Texas

                Janet Rossi, Subcommittee Staff Director

          Lale M. Mamaux, Minority Subcommittee Staff Director

                                 ______

          subcommittee on rules and organization of the house

                  Richard B. Nugent, Florida, Chairman

Rob Bishop, Utah                     James P. McGovern, Massachusetts
Daniel Webster, Florida              Louise McIntosh Slaughter, New 
                                     York
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida

              Harrison Lewis, Subcommittee Staff Director

           Keith Stern, Minority Subcommittee Staff Director

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                     LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                                        Committee on Rules,
                                    Washington, DC, January 2, 2014
Hon. Karen Haas,
Clerk, United States House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Clerk: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives for the 113th Congress, I 
transmit herewith a report entitled ``Survey of Activities of 
the House Committee on Rules for the First Session of the 113th 
Congress.''
      Sincerely,
                                      Pete Sessions
                                          Chairman.


                                CONTENTS

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                                                                   Page
I. History, Function, and Organization of the Committee on Rules.     1
  A. Introduction................................................     1
  B. History and Function........................................     2
  C. Committee Organization During the 113th Congress............     5
  D. Information Transparency for the Rules Committee............     6
  E. Rules of the Committee on Rules for the 113th Congress......     7
II. House Rules Changes Adopted at the Beginning of the 113th 
  Congress.......................................................    13
  A. Introduction................................................    13
  B. Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 5, 
    Adopting House Rules for the 113th Congress..................    14
III. Committee Oversight Plan....................................    20
IV. Committee Jurisdiction and Activities........................    21
  A. Introduction................................................    21
  B. Special Orders or Rules.....................................    22
    1. Rule Requests.............................................    22
    2. Hearings..................................................    22
    3. Special Orders or Rules...................................    23
      a. Background..............................................    23
      b. Categories of Rules Granted with Amendment Structures...    24
      c. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor 
        Management Tools.........................................    25
      d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among 
        and Responding to the Legislative Activities of 
        Committees...............................................    26
      e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate 
        Relations................................................    26
      f. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Housekeeping 
        Tools....................................................    28
    4. Floor Consideration of a Special Rule.....................    28
    5. Rules Rejected, Tabled, or Pending........................    29
    6. Explanation of Waivers of All Points of Order.............    29
    7. Waivers of House Rules....................................    30
    8. Waivers of Budget Enforcement.............................    34
  C. Original Jurisdiction Matter................................    35
    1. Committee Consideration of Original Jurisdiction Measures.    35
    2. Original Jurisdiction Full Committee Hearings.............    35
V. Activities of the Subcommittees...............................    36
  A. Activities of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
    Process......................................................    36
    1. Jurisdiction and Purpose..................................    36
    2. Summary of Activities in the 113th Congress...............    36
    3. Legislation Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislative 
      and Budget Process.........................................    36
  B. Activities of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of 
    the House....................................................    36
    1. Jurisdiction and Purpose..................................    36
    2. Summary of Activities in the 113th Congress...............    37
    3. Legislation Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and 
      Organization of the House..................................    37
VI. Statistical Profile of the Committee on Rules in the 113th 
  Congress.......................................................    38
  A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules.......................    38
  B. Statistics on Original Jurisdiction Measures................    39
VII. Publications................................................    40
VII. Appendices..................................................    42
  A. Table 1--Types of Rules Granted.............................    42
  B. Table 2--Resolutions Reported...............................    52
  C. Table 3--Resolutions Discharged.............................    61
  D. Table 4--Resolutions Laid on the Table......................    61
  E. Table 5--Resolutions Amended................................    61
  F. Table 6--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals............    61
VIII. Minority Views.............................................    68


                                                 Union Calendar No. 235
113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    113-317

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  SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE FIRST 
                     SESSION OF THE 113TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 2, 2014.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

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

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

    Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules transmits 
herewith its Survey of Activities for the first session of the 
113th Congress.

    I. HISTORY, FUNCTION, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES


                            A. Introduction

    In the 113th Congress, the Committee on Rules has retained 
its traditional structure and purpose in the House of 
Representatives. Its size and super majority party ratio remain 
the same as it has in previous Congresses under both Republican 
and Democratic control. Its central function continues to be 
setting the conditions under which major legislation is 
considered on the House floor, including the terms of debate 
and the consideration of amendments.
    The Committee has been described by various scholars and 
Members as a ``legislative traffic cop,'' ``gatekeeper,'' 
``field commander,'' as well as ``the Speaker's Committee.'' 
All of these terms underscore the critical role the Committee 
plays in the conduct of legislative business in the House. 
While the primary responsibility of the Committee is to be the 
scheduling arm of the majority leadership, it also exercises 
``original jurisdiction'' over the rules of the House, joint 
rules of the House and Senate, the order of business in the 
House, and the budget process. Although the principal purpose 
of this report is to summarize the activities of the Rules 
Committee during the first session of the 113th Congress, its 
secondary purpose is to view these activities in the context of 
the evolution of the Committee and the House of Representatives 
since the First Congress in 1789.

                        B. History and Function

     The history of the Committee on Rules roughly parallels 
the evolution of the House over the past 225 years. The first 
Rules Committee was established as a select committee of the 
House on the second day of the First Congress, April 2, 1789, 
pursuant to the Constitutional mandate in Article I, section 5, 
clause 2 that, ``Each House may determine the rules of its 
proceedings...''. The House order creating the Committee stated 
that ``a committee be appointed to prepare and report such 
standing rules and order of proceeding as may be proper to be 
observed in this House...''.
    The Members serving on the Rules Committee have included 
some of the most prominent Members of the House. Of the first 
11 Members on the Committee, several were Founding Fathers of 
the nation. These included: (1) Representative James Madison of 
Virginia, the ``Father of the Constitution'' and future 
President of the United States; (2) Representative Roger 
Sherman of Connecticut, the only one of the Founding Fathers to 
help prepare and sign all four of the most important documents 
of the early nation: the Articles of Association, the Articles 
of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the 
Constitution; (3) Representative Elias Boudinot of New Jersey, 
President of the Continental Congress from November 1782 to 
November 1783; and (4) Representative Elbridge Gerry of 
Massachusetts, a future Vice President of the United States and 
a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the 
Articles of Confederation.
    Five days after its appointment, the first Select Committee 
on Rules reported back a set of four rules promulgating (1) the 
duties of the Speaker, (2) decorum and debate, (3) the 
disposition of bills, and (4) the operations of the Committee 
of the Whole. Six days later, on April 13th, the Select 
Committee reported an additional eight rules dealing with such 
matters as the service of Members on committees, Members' 
attendance during floor proceedings, the creation of a standing 
Committee on Elections, the duties of the Clerk, and the duties 
of the Sergeant at Arms. Following the adoption of these rules 
by the House, the Select Committee was dissolved.
    During the first 90 years of the House, this pattern 
continued. At the beginning of a Congress the House would 
establish a Select Committee on Rules, which would report any 
recommended revisions in the standing rules of the House from 
those of the previous, and then dissolve. In some Congresses, 
the House did not appoint a Select Committee on Rules, and 
operated under the rules recommended by the Committee and 
adopted in the preceding Congress.
    Although in its early years the House relied primarily on 
select committees to draft legislation, by the mid-nineteenth 
century this system evolved to include 34 standing committees, 
which assumed such responsibilities. The House briefly 
converted the Rules Committee into a standing committee between 
1849 and 1853. In 1880, the House permanently converted the 
Rules Committee into a standing committee chaired by the 
Speaker of the House. It was this Speaker-Chair position, 
combined with the newly-emerging role of the Committee to 
report rules managing consideration of legislation on the 
floor, that cement the Committee's place in legislative 
history.
    In 1883, the modern Rules Committee began to emerge when 
the House upheld the right of the Committee to issue ``special 
orders of business'' or ``special rules'' providing for the 
consideration of legislation from other committees. By 1890, 
this new role was accepted as the exclusive prerogative of the 
Rules Committee.
    Special rules, which were and are House resolutions, also 
known as simple resolutions reported from the Rules Committee, 
were important because they only required a majority vote of 
the House to provide for the consideration of bills out of the 
order in which they appeared on the floor Calendar. This is 
notable because, until the use of special rules, a two-thirds 
vote was required to suspend the rules and consider a bill out 
of order. A simple majority could now accomplish what 
previously required a super-majority. Special rules gained 
importance because they gave the House flexibility in its 
legislative agenda, which in turn, allowed for House leadership 
to respond to changing judgments about the nation's needs at 
any given time.
    The individual most responsible for recognizing and 
utilizing the full potential of the combined powers of the 
Speaker and Rules Committee chair was Representative Thomas 
Brackett Reed of Maine, who served in those two roles between 
1889-91 and l895-99. Not only did he use his authority as 
Speaker to make rulings from the Chair that outlawed certain 
dilatory and obstructionist tactics on the House floor, but 
also proceeded to codify these rulings, known as ``Reed's 
Rules,'' in the standing rules of the House through his 
capacity as Rules Committee chair. Speaker Reed also made 
regular use of the Rules Committee to report special rules, 
enabling him to schedule bills to be considered on the floor 
when he wished and under his terms of debate and amendment.
    It was not until 1910 that this powerful Speaker-Chair 
combination was broken up by a revolt against Speaker Joseph 
Cannon of Illinois, who had served as Speaker and Rules 
Committee chair since 1903. A group of progressive Republican 
insurgents joined with the Democratic minority to bypass the 
Rules Committee and directly amend the House Rules from the 
floor. When Speaker Cannon upheld a point of order that only 
the Rules Committee could recommend changes in House Rules, the 
group voted to overturn the ruling. They were then able to 
amend the rules of the House, stripping the Speaker of his 
chairmanship and membership on the Rules Committee, as well as 
his power to appoint Members to the Committee. They also voted 
to enlarge the Committee from five to 10 Members, elected by 
the House. The following year, the new Democratic majority in 
the House completed the revolution by taking away the Speaker's 
power to appoint Members to all the other committees of the 
House. Since then, the House has elected all Members of 
standing committees.
    This revolt had far-reaching and long-lasting consequences. 
The standing committees became independent power centers, no 
longer directly accountable to the Speaker. While the Rules 
Committee continued to serve as the scheduling arm of the 
Leadership, it illustrated its independence when reaction set 
in against the New Deal in 1937. From that time until 1961, the 
Committee was dominated by a conservative coalition of Southern 
Democrats and Republicans who would sometimes refuse to report 
rules on bills the majority leadership wanted on the floor, or 
would only report such rules under their terms and timing. A 
successful effort by Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas and President 
John F. Kennedy in 1961 to enlarge the Committee from 12 to 15 
Members, including two more liberal Democrats, did not resolve 
this problem. It was not until the mid-1970s, with a large 
influx of new Democrats, that the Rules Committee was fully 
restored as an arm of the majority leadership.
    This reform movement, with the emergence of more 
independent Members and the proliferation of semi-autonomous 
subcommittees furthered the decentralization of power in the 
House. This decentralization soon led to pressures to give the 
majority leadership, particularly the Speaker acting through 
the Rules Committee, more authority to direct the business of 
the House.
    In 1975, the Democratic Speaker was given authority under 
Caucus rules to appoint all Rules Committee Democrats, subject 
to Caucus ratification. In 1989, the Republican Conference gave 
the minority leader the same authority to appoint all Rules 
Committee Republicans. The slates of appointees recommended by 
both Leaders are still subject to approval by the whole House 
in the form of a simple resolution. This practice continues 
today. In the 113th Congress, all of the Republican Members 
were appointed to the Rules Committee through the adoption of 
H. Res. 6 and H. Res. 7. The Democratic Members of the 
Committee were appointed through the adoption of H. Res. 7. 
Overall, the Rules Committee continues its role of facilitating 
the deliberation and amendment of major legislation in the 
House.
    While the most high-profile role of the Rules Committee is 
to direct legislative traffic to the House floor, the Committee 
is also responsible for other important business. For instance, 
as part of its gate-keeping work, the Committee must help 
resolve jurisdictional disputes between other standing 
committees. As is often the case, committees will report 
legislation with amendments that impact the jurisdiction of 
other committees. When legislation with such cross-
jurisdictional language comes to the Rules Committee, the 
Committee must resolve these disputes to ensure that 
legislation reaches the floor without controversy between House 
committees.
    Finally, with the aid of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
the Committee plays a role in ensuring compliance with the 
House Rules. Authorizing and appropriating committees often 
seek guidance in how to conduct their oversight and legislative 
responsibilities in accordance with the Rules, and when 
questions arise regarding the propriety of certain courses of 
action, they turn to the Rules Committee or the Parliamentarian 
for the answer.
    Overall, and notwithstanding changes in majority control, 
the Rules Committee continues its role of facilitating the 
deliberation and amending of legislation in the House.

          C. Committee Organization During the 113th Congress

    At the beginning of the 94th Congress, the Committee 
membership was increased from 15 Members (10 Democrats and five 
Republicans) to 16 Members (11 Democrats and five Republicans). 
This ratio remained until the 98th Congress, when the 
membership was reduced to 13 Members (nine Democrats and four 
Republicans). The membership has remained at 13 for the 113th 
Congress. The ratio of majority party Members to minority party 
Members also has remained the same. As in the 104th through the 
109th Congresses, Republicans are currently serving in the 
majority, with Democrats in the minority. During the 110th and 
111th Congresses, Democrats were in the majority.
    Ten of the 13 Members of the Rules Committee served on the 
Committee during the 112th Congress. The returning Republican 
Representatives are Pete Sessions of Texas, Virginia Foxx of 
North Carolina, Rob Bishop of Utah, Rob Woodall of Georgia, 
Richard B. Nugent of Florida, and Daniel Webster of Florida. 
The new Republican Representatives appointed to serve on the 
Rules Committee for the 113th Congress are Tom Cole of 
Oklahoma, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, and Michael C. 
Burgess of Texas. The returning Democratic Representatives are 
Louise McIntosh Slaughter of New York, James P. McGovern of 
Massachusetts, Alcee L. Hastings of Florida, and Jared Polis of 
Colorado.
    The Committee held its organizational meeting on January 4, 
2013. Chair Pete Sessions of Texas opened the meeting, welcomed 
members, and introduced new members.
    Ms. Foxx offered a motion that the Rules Committee adopt 
the proposed Committee rules for the 113th Congress. Chair 
Sessions announced that the proposed Committee rules would be 
considered as read and open for amendment at any point. The 
Chair explained that the proposal called for the adoption of 
the Committee's rules from the 112th Congress with the 
following changes: (1) clarifying the intent of certain 
requirements related to the availability of certain documents 
and the ``emergency meeting'' designation; (2) clarifying the 
intent of the rule with respect to the distribution of rules 
prior to any vote on a motion in committee; and (3) conforming 
the committee rules to several longstanding practices of the 
Committee. One amendment, Amendment #1, offered by Mr. Polis of 
Colorado, which requires that any bill or substitute amendment 
considered by the Committee on Rules be accompanied by a cost 
estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, failed by record 
vote of 9-3. The motion by Ms. Foxx to adopt the Committee 
rules for the 113th Congress was adopted by voice vote.
    Pursuant to Clause 2(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House, Chair Sessions designated Virginia Foxx as the Vice 
Chair of the Rules Committee to act on the Chair's behalf 
during a temporary absence of the Chair.
    Ms. Foxx offered a motion that pursuant to rule 5(c) of the 
Committee on Rules, the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization 
of the House and the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
Process would each be composed of five majority and two 
minority Members, identical to the ratio used in recent 
Congresses. Ms. Foxx's motion was adopted by voice vote. Chair 
Sessions asked unanimous consent that any appointments to the 
subcommittees be postponed until the chair and ranking member 
had time to consult with members and each other.
    Finally, the majority and minority staff of the Committee 
on Rules was approved and the committee staff was authorized to 
make technical and conforming changes to rules reported by the 
Committee for the duration of the 113th Congress.
    On February 26, 2013, Chair Sessions appointed Mr. Nugent 
as Chair of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
House and Mr. Woodall as Chair of the Subcommittee on 
Legislative and Budget Process. Chair Sessions also appointed 
the majority and minority Members to the two subcommittees as 
follows:
    Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House: Mr. 
Nugent (Chair), Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Webster, Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McGovern (Ranking Member), and Ms. 
Slaughter.
    Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process: Mr. Woodall 
(Chair), Ms. Foxx, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Webster, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
Hastings of Florida (Ranking Member), and Mr. Polis.

          D. Information Transparency for the Rules Committee

    Due to its unique role in the legislative process, the 
Committee on Rules has traditionally assumed the role as the 
portal through which Members and the public access major 
legislation in the House. Whether it is early access to 
legislation or conference reports, or the text of amendments 
submitted to the Committee or made in order for the floor, the 
Rules Committee has always served as the central repository for 
those documents.
    H. Res. 5 of the 112th Congress dictated the establishment 
of an official central location for the posting of electronic 
legislative documents. This electronic repository was launched 
at docs.house.gov on January 13, 2012 (beginning of the 112th 
Congress, Second Session). Along with the Majority Leader's 
office, the Committee on Rules still maintains its data.
    The Committee's focus of emphasizing transparency can 
further be seen in the redesign of the Rules Committee website 
(http://www.rules.house.gov). The ability to follow legislation 
and amendments through the Committee's internal process to the 
House floor can be done so with more ease and detail. Among the 
new features for the site--
     Enhanced search functionality, including the 
ability to filter results by bill type, rule type, manager, 
congress, and committee of jurisdiction;
      A more accessible homepage, featuring active 
bills pending with the Committee or on the House floor, access 
to the new search features, and a log of the most recent 
meeting announcements, amendment processes for specific bills, 
and press releases;
    An ability to sort amendments submitted to 
individual bills by attributes including sponsor name, 
amendment number, status, or version; and
     A comprehensive legislation landing page, which 
lists all bills considered in the Committee, with ``at-a-
glance'' information including hearing date and time, amendment 
process, managers when assigned, and status of the bill through 
the committee and House floor process.
    Additionally, the website also maintains links to much of 
the historical and educational material that Members, staff, 
citizens, and academics find useful in understanding the 
legislative process in the House. Accordingly, throughout this 
Congress's first session, the Committee's website has averaged 
over 35,000 hits per month with visitors from over eight 
countries.
    The Committee continues to update and modernize those 
materials and plans on adding more in the months to come.
    In addition to the Committee's public website, the 
Committee also operates the Committee on Rules Electronic 
Database (CORED), an internal tracking and workflow system. 
Originally developed in the 109th Congress as a statistical 
repository, majorities of both parties have made significant 
investments to turn it into the backbone of the Committee's 
operation it is today.
    This system serves as the interface through which Member 
offices submit amendments to the Committee. Once submitted, 
CORED allows the Committee to quickly process amendments, as 
well as track them throughout the Rules Committee process. 
Ultimately, CORED is responsible for producing the templates of 
each resolution and report needed for filing with the House. 
CORED also streamlines the posting of amendments and other 
information on the Committee's public website. CORED allows the 
Committee to simultaneously increase its efficiency and improve 
its transparency by closely linking the production of committee 
work product to its public disclosure responsibilities.

       E. Rules of the Committee on Rules for the 113th Congress


                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

  (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee and its 
subcommittees so far as applicable, except that 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, are non-
debatable privileged motions in the Committee. A proposed investigative 
or oversight report shall be considered as read if it has been 
available to the members of the Committee for at least 24 hours 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House 
is in session on such day).
  (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is subject to 
the authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so far as 
applicable.
  (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
are incorporated by reference as the rules of the Committee to the 
extent applicable.
  (d) The Committee's rules shall be published in the Congressional 
Record not later than 30 days after the Committee is elected in each 
odd-numbered year.

           Rule 2.--Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings

                            regular meetings

  (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet at 5:00 p.m. on the first 
day on which votes are scheduled of each week when the House is in 
session.
  (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed with if, in 
the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee (hereafter in these rules 
referred to as the ``Chair''), there is no need for the meeting.
  (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the Committee may be 
called by the Chair.

                      notice for regular meetings

  (b) The Chair shall notify in electronic or written form each member 
of the Committee of the agenda of each regular meeting of the Committee 
at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting and shall provide to 
each member of the Committee, at least 24 hours before the time of each 
regular meeting:
          (1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on the agenda for 
        consideration of a rule, a copy of--
                  (A) the bill or resolution;
                  (B) any committee reports thereon; and
                  (C) any available letter requesting a rule for the 
                bill or resolution; and
          (2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or other matter 
        on the agenda a copy of--
                  (A) the bill, resolution, report, or materials 
                relating to the other matter in question; and
                  (B) any report on the bill, resolution, report, or 
                any other matter made by any subcommittee of the 
                Committee.

                           emergency meetings

  (c)(1) The Chair may call an emergency meeting of the Committee at 
any time on any measure or matter which the Chair determines to be of 
an emergency nature; provided, however, that the Chair has made an 
effort to consult the ranking minority member, or, in such member's 
absence, the next ranking minority party member of the Committee.
  (2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency meeting of the 
Committee, the Chair shall notify each member of the Committee of the 
time and location of the meeting.
  (3) To the extent feasible, the notice provided under paragraph (2) 
shall include the agenda for the emergency meeting and copies of 
available materials which would otherwise have been provided under 
subsection (b) if the emergency meeting was a regular meeting.

                            special meetings

  (d) Special meetings shall be called and convened as provided in 
clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House.

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures

                               in general

  (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be called to 
order and presided over by the Chair or, in the Chair's absence, by the 
member designated by the Chair as the Vice Chair of the Committee, or 
by the ranking majority member of the Committee present as Acting 
Chair.
  (2) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be open to the 
public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.
  (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to the 
public shall be open to coverage by television, radio, and still 
photography in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of 
the Rules of the House (which are incorporated by reference as part of 
these rules).
  (4) Before a motion to report a rule is offered, a copy of the 
language recommended shall be furnished to each member of the 
Committee.

                                 quorum

  (b)(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony on requests for rules, 
five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
  (2) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence on 
measures or matters of original jurisdiction before the Committee, 
three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
  (3) A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for the purposes of: reporting any measure or matter; 
authorizing a subpoena; closing a meeting or hearing pursuant to clause 
2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the House (except as provided in clause 
2(g)(2)(A) and (B)); or taking any other action.

                                 voting

  (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or motion pending 
before the Committee unless a majority of the members of the Committee 
is actually present for such purpose.
  (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any question 
before the Committee upon the request of any member.
  (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure or matter 
may be cast by proxy.
  (4) A record of the vote of each member of the Committee on each 
record vote on any measure or matter before the Committee shall be made 
publicly available in electronic form within 48 hours, and with respect 
to any record vote on any motion to amend or report, shall be included 
in the report of the Committee showing the total number of votes cast 
for and against and the names of those members voting for and against.

                           hearing procedures

  (d)(1) With regard to hearings on matters of original jurisdiction, 
to the greatest extent practicable:
          (A) each witness who is to appear before the Committee shall 
        file with the Committee at least 24 hours in advance of the 
        appearance a statement of proposed testimony in written and 
        electronic form and shall limit the oral presentation to the 
        Committee to a brief summary thereof; and
          (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental capacity 
        shall include with the statement of proposed testimony provided 
        in written and electronic form a curriculum vitae and a 
        disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and program) of 
        any Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
        subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or 
        either of the two preceding fiscal years.
  (2) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the interrogation of 
each witness before the Committee until each member of the Committee 
has had an opportunity to question the witness.
  (3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House shall apply to any hearing conducted by the Committee.

                          subpoenas and oaths

  (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any investigation or 
series of investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
majority of the members voting, a majority being present.
  (2) The Chair may authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause 
during any period in which the House has adjourned for a period of 
longer than three days.
  (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by any 
member designated by the Committee, and may be served by any person 
designated by the Chair or such member.
  (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by the 
Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the Committee.

              Rule 4.--General Oversight Responsibilities

  (a) The Committee shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the 
application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of those 
laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within its 
jurisdiction.
  (b) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a Congress, 
the Committee shall meet in open session, with a quorum present, to 
adopt its oversight plans for that Congress for submission to the 
Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Government 
Reform, in accordance with the provisions of clause 2(d) of House rule 
X.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees

          establishment and responsibilities of subcommittees

  (a)(1) There shall be two subcommittees of the Committee as follows:
          (A) Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, which 
        shall have general responsibility for measures or matters 
        related to relations between the Congress and the Executive 
        Branch.
          (B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House, 
        which shall have general responsibility for measures or matters 
        related to process and procedures of the House, relations 
        between the two Houses of Congress, relations between the 
        Congress and the Judiciary, and internal operations of the 
        House.
  (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair refers 
to it.
  (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and study, on a 
continuing basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of 
which is within its general responsibility.

           referral of measures and matters to subcommittees

  (b)(1) No special order providing for the consideration of any bill 
or resolution shall be referred to a subcommittee of the Committee.
  (2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee such measures or matters 
of original jurisdiction as the Chair deems appropriate given its 
jurisdiction and responsibilities.
  (3) All other measures or matters of original jurisdiction shall be 
subject to consideration by the full Committee.
  (4) In referring any measure or matter of original jurisdiction to a 
subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by which the subcommittee 
shall report thereon to the Committee.
  (5) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee from 
consideration of any measure or matter referred to a subcommittee of 
the Committee.

                      composition of subcommittees

  (c) The size and ratio of each subcommittee shall be determined by 
the Committee and members shall be elected to each subcommittee, and to 
the positions of chairman and ranking minority member thereof, in 
accordance with the rules of the respective party caucuses. The Chair 
of the full committee shall designate a member of the majority party on 
each subcommittee as its vice chairman.

                   subcommittee meetings and hearings

  (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to meet, hold 
hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, and report to the 
full Committee on any measure or matter referred to it.
  (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a hearing at 
the same time as a meeting or hearing of the full Committee is being 
held.
  (3) The chairman of each subcommittee shall schedule meetings and 
hearings of the subcommittee only after consultation with the Chair.

                                 quorum

  (e)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, two members of the 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum.
  (2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist of a majority of 
the members of a subcommittee.

                          effect of a vacancy

  (f) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall not affect 
the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the 
subcommittee.

                                records

  (g) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the full 
Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in the 
subcommittee and such other records with respect to the subcommittee 
necessary for the Committee to comply with all rules and regulations of 
the House.

                             Rule 6.--Staff

                               in general

  (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the professional 
and other staff of the Committee shall be appointed, by the Chair, and 
shall work under the general supervision and direction of the Chair.
  (2) All professional, and other staff provided to the minority party 
members of the Committee shall be appointed, by the ranking minority 
member of the Committee, and shall work under the general supervision 
and direction of such member.
  (3) The appointment of all professional staff shall be subject to the 
approval of the Committee as provided by, and subject to the provisions 
of, clause 9 of rule X of the Rules of the House.

                            associate staff

  (b) Associate staff for members of the Committee may be appointed 
only at the discretion of the Chair (in consultation with the ranking 
minority member regarding any minority party associate staff), after 
taking into account any staff ceilings and budgetary constraints in 
effect at the time, and any terms, limits, or conditions established by 
the Committee on House Administration under clause 9 of rule X of the 
Rules of the House.

                           subcommittee staff

  (c) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, the Chair 
of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of rule X of the Rules 
of the House, ensure that sufficient staff is made available to each 
subcommittee to carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
Committee, and, after consultation with the ranking minority member of 
the Committee, that the minority party of the Committee is treated 
fairly in the appointment of such staff.

                         compensation of staff

  (d) The Chair shall fix the compensation of all professional and 
other staff of the Committee, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member regarding any minority party staff.

                         certification of staff

  (e)(1) To the extent any staff member of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees does not work under the direct supervision and direction 
of the Chair, the member of the Committee who supervises and directs 
the staff member's work shall file with the Chief of Staff of the 
Committee (not later than the tenth day of each month) a certification 
regarding the staff member's work for that member for the preceding 
calendar month.
  (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) shall be in such form 
as the Chair may prescribe, shall identify each staff member by name, 
and shall state that the work engaged in by the staff member and the 
duties assigned to the staff member for the member of the Committee 
with respect to the month in question met the requirements of clause 9 
of rule X of the rules of the House.
  (3) Any certification of staff of the Committee, or any of its 
subcommittees, made by the Chair in compliance with any provision of 
law or regulation shall be made--
          (A) on the basis of the certifications filed under paragraph 
        (1) to the extent the staff is not under the Chair's 
        supervision and direction, and
          (B) on his own responsibility to the extent the staff is 
        under the Chair's direct supervision and direction.

               Rule 7.--Budget, Travel, Pay of Witnesses

                                 budget

  (a) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the Committee, 
shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing amounts for staff, 
necessary travel, investigation, and other expenses of the Committee 
and its subcommittees.

                                 travel

  (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and any staff 
member of the Committee in connection with activities or subject 
matters under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such 
authorization is granted, there shall be submitted to the Chair in 
writing the following:
          (A) The purpose of the travel.
          (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
          (C) The names of the States or countries to be visited and 
        the length of time to be spent in each.
          (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee for whom 
        the authorization is sought.
  (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written report to 
the Chair on any travel they have conducted under this subsection, 
including a description of their itinerary, expenses, and activities, 
and of pertinent information gained as a result of such travel.
  (3) Members and staff of the Committee performing authorized travel 
on official business shall be governed by applicable laws, resolutions, 
and regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Administration.

                            pay of witnesses

  (c) Witnesses may be paid from funds made available to the Committee 
in its expense resolution subject to the provisions of clause 5 of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House.

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration

                               Reporting

  (a) Whenever the Committee authorizes the favorable reporting of a 
bill or resolution from the Committee--
          (1) The Chair or acting Chair shall report it to the House or 
        designate a member of the Committee to do so.
          (2) In the case of a bill or resolution in which the 
        Committee has original jurisdiction, the Chair shall allow, to 
        the extent that the anticipated floor schedule permits, any 
        member of the Committee a reasonable amount of time to submit 
        views for inclusion in the Committee report on the bill or 
        resolution. Any such report shall contain all matters required 
        by the Rules of the House of Representatives (or by any 
        provision of law enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
        of the House) and such other information as the Chair deems 
        appropriate.
          (3) In the case of a resolution providing for consideration 
        of a measure, the Committee report accompanying such resolution 
        shall include an accurate explanation of any waivers of points 
        of order, including a detailed explanation of all points of 
        order.

                                records

  (b)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular meeting and 
hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be printed if the 
Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority of the members of the 
Committee requests such printing. Any such transcripts shall be 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. Nothing in 
this paragraph shall be construed to require that all such transcripts 
be subject to correction and publication.
  (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the Committee 
and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain all information 
required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and shall be available for public inspection at 
reasonable times in the offices of the Committee.
  (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be 
kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records of the 
Chair, shall be the property of the House, and all Members of the House 
shall have access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI of 
the Rules of the House.
  (4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives and Records 
Administration shall be made available for public use in accordance 
with rule VII of the Rules of the House. The Chair shall notify the 
ranking minority member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a determination on 
written request of any member of the Committee.

                        audio and video coverage

  (c) The Chair shall provide, to the maximum extent practicable--
          (1) complete and unedited audio and video broadcasts of all 
        committee hearings and meetings; and
          (2) for distribution of such broadcasts and unedited 
        recordings thereof to the public and for the storage of audio 
        and video recordings of the proceedings. Proceedings shall be 
        broadcast live on the Majority Committee website and recordings 
        shall be made available on such website within one calendar day 
        of the proceeding.

                 committee publications on the internet

  (d) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall make its 
publications available in electronic form.

                                journal

  (e)(1) The Committee shall maintain a Committee Journal, which shall 
include all bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to or 
reported by the Committee and all bills, resolutions, and other matters 
reported by any other committee on which a rule has been granted or 
formally requested, and such other matters as the Chair shall direct. 
The Journal shall be published periodically, but in no case less often 
than once in each session of Congress.
  (2) A rule is considered as formally requested when the Chairman of a 
committee of primary jurisdiction which has reported a bill or 
resolution (or a member of such committee authorized to act on the 
Chairman's behalf):
          (A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, that a hearing be 
        scheduled on a rule for the consideration of the bill or 
        resolution; and
          (B) has supplied the Committee with the bill or resolution, 
        as reported, together with the final committee report thereon.

                            other procedures

  (f) The Chair may establish such other Committee procedures and take 
such actions as may be necessary to carry out these rules or to 
facilitate the effective operation of the Committee and its 
subcommittees in a manner consistent with these rules.

                 rule 9.--amendments to committee rules

  The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended or repealed, in 
the same manner and method as prescribed for the adoption of committee 
rules in clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House, but only if 
written notice of the proposed change has been provided to each Member 
at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting at which the vote on 
the change occurs. Any such change in the rules of the Committee shall 
be published in the Congressional Record within 30 calendar days after 
their approval.

 II. HOUSE RULES CHANGES ADOPTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 113TH CONGRESS


                            A. Introduction

    The resolution proposing the rules of a new Congress is 
usually called up by the chair of the Rules Committee from the 
prior Congress or the Majority Leader, debated for one hour, 
and given an up-or-down vote. Traditionally, the minority 
attempts to bring up an alternative by defeating the previous 
question on the resolution.
    On January 3, 2013, Majority Leader Eric Cantor called up 
the opening day rules package (H. Res. 5). The Delegate from 
the District of Columbia, Ms. Eleanor Holmes Norton, moved to 
refer the resolution to a select committee of five Members, 
appointed by the Speaker and of which not more than three could 
be from the same political party, to consider the 
constitutionality of not including provisions in the rules from 
the 111th Congress permitting the delegates and the Resident 
Commissioner to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole. That 
motion was tabled by a record vote of 224 to 187. The previous 
question was ordered by a record vote of 227 to 191. A motion 
to commit the resolution with instructions failed by a record 
vote of 194 to 229 and the resolution was adopted by a record 
vote of 228 to 196.
    The rules package for the 113th Congress contains many of 
the successful provisions from the 112th Congress, including 
the continuation of the CUTGO rule and the requirement for 
spending reduction accounts in appropriations bills. Major 
changes contained in the rules package for the 113th Congress 
include:
     A requirement that committee reports include a 
statement indicating whether any provision of the measure 
establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government 
known to be duplicative of another Federal Program;
     A requirement that committee reports on bills or 
joint resolutions include a statement estimating the number of 
directed rule makings required by the measure;
     A prohibition against the consideration of a 
concurrent resolution on the budget, or any proposed amendment 
to or conference report on, unless it includes specified 
information and estimates related to direct spending, including 
means-tested direct spending and non-means-tested direct 
spending; and
     A requirement to improve the readability of 
comparative prints (Ramseyer) by including other contiguous 
portions of law if they will be useful in understanding the 
change made by the amendment.

  B. Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 5, Adopting 
                   House Rules for the 113th Congress


Committee Activity Reports.

     Subsection (a) reduces the frequency of committee activity 
reports from four times per Congress to two times per Congress 
(once per Session). The process for filing end of session 
committee reports is also modified to allow filings through 
January 2nd of each year.

Voting.

    Subsection (b) streamlines the voting process for several 
specific instances in the House and the Committee of the Whole. 
Paragraph (1) authorizes the Chair to reduce the time from 5 
minutes to not less than 2 minutes for a vote after a quorum 
call in the Committee of the Whole, which is similar to the 
Speaker's current authority in the House to shorten votes 
following a quorum call. It also authorizes the Chair to reduce 
the time for voting on the first question arising without 
intervening debate or motion after the Committee of the Whole 
resumes its sitting. Paragraph (2) authorizes the Speaker to 
reduce the time for voting on the first question arising 
without intervening debate or motion after the Committee of the 
Whole rises and to reduce the time for voting on motions to 
recommit to not less than 5 minutes. The Rules Committee 
intends that these parallel authorities will be used following 
a vote stack in the Committee of the Whole or the House, 
respectively, where the Chamber is still full, and hence it 
would be likely that the Presiding Officer would determine that 
an adequate opportunity for Members to vote exists.

Clarifications in Rule X.

    Subsection (c) makes two clarifications with respect to 
clause 1 of rule X. Paragraph (1) clarifies that the Committee 
on Homeland Security's jurisdiction includes the general 
management of the Department of Homeland Security. This change 
is intended to clarify the Committee's existing jurisdiction 
over the organization and administration of the department, and 
is not intended to alter the pattern of bill referrals to the 
Committee on Homeland Security, nor is it intended to alter the 
existing oversight jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland 
Security. Paragraph (2) conforms terminology used in the 
Committee on Natural Resources jurisdiction to terminology 
recognized by the Departments of State and Interior.

Modifications of the Ramseyer Rule.

    Subsection (d) is intended to improve the readability of 
the comparative print required by clause 3(e) of rule XIII--
commonly known as a ``Ramseyer''--by including other contiguous 
portions of law if they will be useful in understanding the 
change made by the amendment. The chair of each committee will 
determine the portions of the amended law that will be useful 
to improve readability.

Changes to the Code of Conduct and the Committee on Ethics.

    Subsection (e) makes several improvements and 
clarifications to the Code of Conduct. Paragraph (1) clarifies 
the circumstances under which the Committee on Ethics or its 
chair must make a public statement following action whereby 
time for consideration of a certain recommendation from the 
Office of Congressional Ethics is extended. Currently, the rule 
could be read to require a public statement when the time is 
extended by joint action of the chair and ranking minority 
member, but not when the time is extended by committee vote. 
Paragraph (2) amends clause 8(c) of rule XXIII to expand the 
current nepotism rule to conform to current law and adds 
grandchildren to the rule, who are not currently covered under 
House Rules or current law. The provision permits grandchildren 
who were employed by a relative prior to the 113th Congress to 
retain their employment subject to the same restrictions 
applied to spouses employed prior to the 107th Congress. 
Paragraph (3) transfers the responsibility to maintain copies 
of the executed classified oath, in the case of an officer or 
employee of the House, to the Sergeant-at-Arms. The Clerk of 
the House will continue to maintain the executed oaths for 
Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners. Paragraph (4) 
amends the restrictions on the use of private aircraft 
contained in the Code of Conduct so as to conform the House 
rule to the existing rule in the Senate. The changes allow 
Members to pay their pro rata share for a charter flight based 
upon the fair market value of the flight, divided by the number 
of Members, officers, or employees of the House on the flight. 
It also increases the flexibility of Members with regard to 
which aircraft may be used. Members may pay for a charter 
flight authorized under this provision with either personal or 
official funds. The amended rule would allow House Members to 
use their campaign funds, in addition to official or personal 
funds. However, a statute still prohibits House candidates (but 
not Senate candidates) from using campaign funds for that 
purpose. Therefore, the rule change only affects personal and 
official funds unless 2 USC 439a(c)(2) is amended by future 
legislation. This paragraph also provides that the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ethics may jointly 
waive this rule, subject to such conditions as they may 
prescribe. This provision is intended to facilitate the use of 
private aircraft in extraordinary circumstances, such as in an 
emergency or in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

Technical and Clarifying Changes.

    Subsection (f) corrects several typographic and other 
simple errors in the standing rules. Paragraph (1) corrects a 
typographic error. Paragraph (2) amends rule II (relating to 
House Officers) to add the Committee on Appropriations to the 
list of recipients of audit reports prepared by the Inspector 
General of the House. Paragraph (3) amends rule V (relating to 
Broadcasting of House proceedings) to address new technology 
and clarify acceptable uses of coverage of the floor 
proceedings. Paragraph (4) conforms the process for regular 
meeting notices to committee practice, which will eliminate the 
need to cancel the regular meeting if it was never noticed. 
Paragraph (5) clarifies the process for noticing a special 
meeting called pursuant to clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI. 
Paragraphs (6) and (7) are technical changes. Paragraph (8) 
amends rule XI to clarify that if any Member notifies a 
committee of the intention to file views, all Members are 
entitled to file views. Paragraph (9) makes a typographic 
change and related conforming changes. Paragraph (10) conforms 
clause 6(g) of rule XIII to the Rules Committee practice of 
specifying waivers in committee reports rather than 
resolutions. Paragraph (11) amends rule XV to clarify that 
motions to discharge a committee apply to all committees, 
including select committees. Paragraph (12) clarifies that 
precedents related to Calendar Wednesday business in effect 
before the 111th Congress will be applied only to the extent 
consistent with clause 6 of rule XV. Paragraph (13) clarifies 
that with respect to a call of the House in the event of a 
catastrophic circumstance, the Speaker may consult with the 
Majority Leader and Minority Leader or their designees. 
Paragraph (14) conforms rules related to conference reports to 
existing electronic availability for bills and other measures. 
Paragraph (15) is a technical change to conform to current 
House practices. Paragraph (16) eliminates the requirement for 
physical printing of Member Financial Disclosures in light of 
online disclosure under the STOCK Act.

Independent Payment Advisory Board.

    Subsection (a) eliminates provisions contained in the 
Affordable Care Act that limit the ability of the House to 
determine the method of consideration for a recommendation from 
the Independent Payment Advisory Board or to repeal the 
provision in its entirety.

Budget Matters.

    Subsection (b)(1) clarifies that section 306 of the Budget 
Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation within the Budget 
Committee's jurisdiction, unless referred to or reported by the 
Budget Committee) only applies to bills and joint resolutions 
and not to simple or concurrent resolutions. Paragraph (2) 
makes a section 303 point of order (requiring adoption of 
budget resolution before consideration of budget-related 
legislation) applicable to text made in order as an original 
bill by a special rule. Paragraph (3) provides that specified 
or minimum levels of compensation for a Federal office will not 
be considered as providing new entitlement authority. Paragraph 
(4) prevents the Committee of the Whole from rising to report a 
bill to the House that exceeds an applicable allocation of new 
budget authority under section 302(b) (Appropriations 
subcommittee allocations) as estimated by the Budget Committee 
and creates a point of order. Paragraph (5) provides that the 
provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 112 (112th Congress), 
as adopted by the House, and the allocations of spending 
authority printed in tables 11 and 12 of House Report 112-421 
(112th Congress) will be in effect until a budget resolution 
for fiscal year 2014 is adopted.

Determinations for PAYGO Acts.

    Subsection (c) allows the chair of the Budget Committee to 
take into account the exemptions provided under 503(b)(1) of H. 
Con. Res. 112 (112th Congress) for the purpose of complying 
with Statutory PAYGO.

Spending Reduction Amendments in Appropriations Bills.

    Subsection (d) carries forward the requirement from the 
112th Congress that in each general appropriations bill there 
be a ``spending reduction'' account, the contents of which is a 
recitation of the amount by which, through the amendment 
process, the House has reduced spending in other portions of 
the bill and indicated that such savings should be counted 
towards spending reduction. It provides that other amendments 
that propose to increase spending in accounts in a general 
appropriations bill must include an offset of equal or greater 
value.

Estimates of Direct Spending.

    Subsection (e) prohibits the consideration of a concurrent 
resolution on the budget, or any proposed amendment to or 
conference report on, unless it includes specified information 
and estimates related to direct spending, including means-
tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending. The 
subsection also requires the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget to publish a description in the Congressional Record of 
covered programs.

Certain Subcommittees.

    Subsection (f) waives clause 5(d) of rule X to allow the 
Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs up to seven 
subcommittees each, and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure up to six subcommittees. This is a standard 
provision carried in the rules package during the last several 
congresses.

Exercise Facilities for Former Members.

    Subsection (g) continues the prohibition on access to any 
exercise facility which is made available exclusively to 
Members, former Members, officers and former officers of the 
House and their spouses to any former member, former officer, 
or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995.

Numbering of Bills.

    Subsection (h) reserves the first 10 numbers for bills 
(H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) for assignment by the Speaker and the 
second 10 numbers (H.R. 11 through H.R. 20) for assignment by 
the Minority Leader.

Inclusion of United States Code Citations.

    Subsection (i) requires the sponsor of a bill or joint 
resolution to include, if available and to the maximum extent 
practicable, the applicable United States Code citation when 
the legislation proposes to repeal or amend in full or in part 
any uncodified law.

Duplication of Federal Programs.

    Subsection (j) authorizes the chair of a committee to 
request that the Government Accountability Office perform a 
duplication analysis of any bill or joint resolution referred 
to that committee. The subsection also requires committee 
reports to include a statement indicating whether any provision 
of the measure establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 
Federal Government known to be duplicative of another Federal 
Program.

Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings.

    Subsection (k) requires committee reports on bills or joint 
resolutions to include a statement estimating the number of 
directed rule makings required by the measure. The subsection 
defines ``directed rule making'' to include those rule makings 
specifically directed to be completed by a provision in the 
legislation, but does not include a grant of discretionary rule 
making authority.

Litigation Matters.

    Subsection (a) carries forward the authority of the House, 
and certain constituent entities on its behalf, to litigate 
ongoing matters. Paragraph (1) particularly relates to the 
House's litigation through the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, 
the entity that speaks for, and articulates the litigation 
position of, the House in all litigation matters in which it 
appears. Paragraph (1) is intended to clarify the role of the 
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group generally, and in the Windsor 
litigation particularly. Paragraph (2) authorizes the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, through the House Office of 
the General Counsel, to continue litigation to enforce a 
subpoena against the Attorney General related to the "Fast and 
Furious" investigation. This lawsuit was authorized by H. Res. 
706 (112th Congress). It also authorizes the chair of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (when elected) to 
take certain actions necessary to continue the litigation. 
Parallel authority was contained in H. Res. 5 (111th Congress) 
on a similar contempt matter.

House Democracy Partnership.

    Subsection (b) reauthorizes the House Democracy 
Partnership.

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

    Subsection (c) reauthorizes the Tom Lantos Human Rights 
Commission.

Office of Congressional Ethics.

    Subsection (d) reauthorizes the Office of Congressional 
Ethics (OCE) for the 113th Congress and clarifies that term 
limits do not apply to members of the OCE.

Empanelling Investigative Subcommittee of the Committee on Standards 
        and Official Conduct.

    Subsection (e) continues House Resolution 451 (110th 
Congress) directing the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct (now Ethics) to empanel investigative subcommittees 
within 30 days after the date a Member is indicted or criminal 
charges are filed.

Reading of the Constitution.

    Subsection (a) allows the Speaker to recognize Members for 
the reading of the Constitution on any legislative day through 
January 15, 2013.

Motions to Suspend the Rules.

    Subsection (b) authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions 
that the House suspend the rules relating to a measure 
addressing flood insurance at any time on the legislative day 
of January 4, 2013.

                     III. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT PLAN

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of rule X, the Committee met in 
public session on February 13, 2013 and adopted by voice vote 
the Committee's Oversight Plan for the 113th Congress. Pursuant 
to clause 1(d) of rule XI, the Committee is required to include 
within this activity report a separate section summarizing that 
plan and the actions taken throughout the Congress to implement 
that plan, as well as any additional oversight activities that 
were conducted.
    The Nation, and by extension the taxpayers, are facing 
record deficits and record levels of public debt. Congress must 
ensure that its processes are best structured to allow for 
comprehensive oversight and informed decision-making. In its 
oversight plan for the 113th Congress, the Committee 
highlighted a need to conduct more effective oversight of the 
Congressional budget process, dynamic scoring, and committee 
jurisdiction in order to ensure that Congress has effective 
processes in place, has the best available information when 
making decisions, and is organized in the most effective and 
efficient manner.
    In recent years, the House has adapted and upgraded its 
technological capabilities to improve efficiency, 
accessibility, and transparency. Members are communicating more 
effectively with their constituents through the use of 
websites, blogs, and tele-townhalls. Technology is also 
affecting the way Congress considers legislation. The 112th 
Congress took the landmark step of recognizing electronic 
availability as an alternative to physical printing by the 
Government Printing Office. Members and the public may now view 
legislation that is expected to be considered on the House 
floor at the central online repository (docs.house.gov). Like 
any major change, this one will require oversight and 
adjustment as the House gains experience with the new rule and 
its implementation.
    The Committee also highlighted the need to review specific 
Congressional procedures, including the expedited procedures 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
passed in the 111th Congress (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152), the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, and the Congressional 
Review Act of 1996. The Committee strongly believes that 
focusing its attention on the procedures associated with these 
laws will ensure that Congress has the best possible tools at 
its disposal.

               IV. COMMITTEE JURISDICTION AND ACTIVITIES


                            A. Introduction

    The jurisdictional mandate of the Committee on Rules is set 
forth in clause 1(o) of rule X as follows:
    (o) Committee on Rules.
    (1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to the 
Code of Official Conduct) and order of business of the House.
    (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
    The special oversight function of the Committee is outlined 
in clause 3(j) of rule X as follows:
    (j) 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.
    The jurisdictional mandate of the Committee for the 
purposes of this survey of activities is broken down into two 
subcategories: original jurisdiction matters and special rules 
(order of business resolutions). In practice, these subgroups 
are intertwined in a manner that greatly affects the way in 
which the House conducts its business. Original jurisdiction 
matters include all measures pertaining to the rules of the 
House, the budget process, and joint rules. These measures are 
either referred directly to the Committee by the Speaker or 
originate in the Committee itself. They not only pertain to 
changes in House procedure, but also cover the Committee's 
power to establish select committees, authorize certain 
investigations, provide enforcement procedures for the budget 
process, and to establish congressional procedures for 
considering certain executive branch proposals.
    The other subgroup of the Committee's jurisdictional 
mandate, referred to as order of business resolutions or 
``special rules,'' is used by the Committee to direct the 
manner in which a bill or resolution will be considered by the 
House. ``Special rules,'' in the form of House resolutions, 
tailor the time allotted for debate and the process by which a 
bill can be amended. This is done to allow the House to 
consider the subject matter in a way that best suits the bill's 
individual issues and/or controversies. These rules may also 
contain waivers of specific House rules or provisions of the 
Congressional Budget Act. It is sometimes necessary to waive 
the rules of the House in order to allow the chamber to 
consider all the facets of the particular issue or to 
facilitate resolving differences with the Senate. Special rules 
also allow the House to consider measures according to the 
majority leadership's legislative scheduling priorities rather 
than in the numerical order in which they were reported.
    During the first session of the 113th Congress, the 
Committee held 51 days of hearings pursuant to the 40 written 
requests received from committee chairs seeking rules. These 
formal requests do not reflect additional requests of an 
emergency nature made in person by the chairs of the various 
legislative committees. The Committee reported 54 special 
orders providing for the consideration of 91 bills and 
resolutions and five Senate amendments.
    The Committee granted five open rules, one modified open 
rule, 33 structured rules, and 44 closed rules for the 
consideration of bills and resolutions. In summary, of the 54 
special orders reported by the Committee on Rules, the House 
adopted 53, amended three, tabled one, and rejected none.
    At the close of the first session of the 113th Congress, no 
Rules Committee matters remained on the House Calendar. The 
Committee on Rules reported no original jurisdiction measures. 
Neither the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process nor 
the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House 
conducted hearings concerning other matters in the Committee's 
jurisdiction during the first session of the 113th Congress.

                       B. Special Orders or Rules


                            1. rule requests

    The process of considering requests for special orders or 
``rules'' usually begins when the Committee on Rules receives a 
letter from a committee requesting that it hold a hearing and 
consider a rule for a particular measure. The letter is signed 
by the full committee chair and most often makes a specific 
request for the type of rule desired by the committee. In some 
cases, the emergency nature of legislation does not allow 
adequate time for a formal request to be registered. In these 
cases, the requests are traditionally made in person by the 
chair of the committee with jurisdiction. Once a hearing has 
been scheduled, the Committee on Rules allows any House Member 
who has an interest in testifying to do so. Under normal 
circumstances, and pursuant to Committee rules, printed copies 
of the legislation and accompanying committee report or 
conference report are provided to the Committee members at 
least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
    The Committee gives written notice to its members and 
notifies the pertinent committee of the scheduled hearing date 
at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of the hearing, 
unless an emergency situation exists. If Budget Act violations 
are present, the Budget Committee Chair often advises the 
Committee on Rules whether the Budget Committee objects to or 
supports the granting of specific waivers. The position of the 
Budget Committee on these matters is merely advisory in nature; 
the Committee on Rules has sole jurisdiction over waivers of 
the Budget Act, subject to House approval of the special rule 
containing such waivers.

                              2. hearings

    The Rules Committee Chair controls the order in which 
witnesses appear and also initiates the questioning. Typically, 
the chair of the committee of jurisdiction or a designee 
requesting the rule makes a short statement. The chair is 
followed by the ranking minority member. Sometimes the 
subcommittee chair and subcommittee ranking minority member 
appear on behalf of their full committee counterparts on the 
rule request. It is often the case that Members wishing to 
testify in favor of or in opposition to a bill, an amendment, 
or type of procedure may do so as part of a panel of witnesses.
    In many cases, the components of the proposed special order 
form the basis for the dialogue between substantive committee 
leaders asking for the rule and the Rules Committee members. 
More often than not, the questioning escalates into discussions 
about the merits of the bill itself. If the legislation is 
particularly wide-ranging or controversial, Representatives who 
do not sit on the relevant legislative committee seek to 
testify. (Except in the most unusual circumstances, only House 
Members are allowed to testify during a rule request hearing). 
Questioning of each witness takes place under the five-minute 
rule until each Committee member has had an opportunity to 
question the witness. Questioning is rather informal. The chair 
rarely enforces the five-minute rule, and Committee members 
yield to one another to allow their colleagues to make a 
specific point or follow up on a line of questioning.
    A quorum, which exists when at least seven Rules Committee 
members of the 13 are in attendance, must be present before a 
recommendation on a rule can be ordered reported, postponed, or 
tabled.
    After the Committee votes to approve a rule, the chair and 
ranking minority member each assign one of their members to 
manage the rule on the floor. The majority manager's name 
appears on the rule and report, and that Member usually files 
the rule from the House floor, at which time the resolution and 
report are assigned a number.
    Any member may ask for a record or a division vote. In the 
past, most decisions of the Committee were made by voice vote, 
but in the last several Congresses the number of record votes 
demanded has increased. For the entire 100th Congress there 
were 18 roll call votes demanded; in the 101st Congress there 
were 26; in the 102nd there were 193; in the 103rd there were 
533; in the 104th there were 327; in the 105th there were 104; 
in the 106th there were 119; in the 107th there were 176; in 
the 108th there were 326; and in the 109th there were 254; in 
the 110th there were 620; in the 111th there were 517; and in 
the 112th, 366 recorded votes were taken. During the first 
session of the 113th Congress, 95 recorded votes have been 
requested.
    Once a special rule has been reported, the Majority Leader-
working closely with the Speaker, the Rules Committee chair, 
and the substantive committee chair, decides upon an 
appropriate date and time for the consideration of the rule on 
the floor. Rules can be considered on the same day they are 
reported, if the House agrees to consideration of the rule by a 
two-thirds vote. After a one-day layover, rules may be 
considered at any time without being subject to a question of 
consideration. The Committee may occasionally report a rule 
waiving this requirement with respect to another rule.

                       3. special orders or rules


a. Background

    Table 1 in the Appendix categorizes all special rules 
granted by the Committee. These special rules are broken down 
into 19 different categories dealing with all stages of the 
legislative process in the House.
    The Rules Committee has granted special rules that provided 
for specified amendment and debate structures, which assist 
floor managers in managing the schedule. The Committee has also 
granted special rules for the consideration of legislation that 
resolved differences among, and responded to, the legislative 
actions of committees. Some of these rules also addressed 
House-Senate relations. The explanations of these types of 
special rules and their methods of categorization are outlined 
below.

b. Categories of Rules Granted With Amendment Structures

    In categorizing special rules that specified an amendment 
structure, this report focuses only on those rules that both 
provided for the initial consideration of bills, joint 
resolutions, or budget resolutions, and which provided for an 
amending process. Therefore, rules providing for general debate 
only, stopping short of consideration of the measure for 
amendment, or providing for consideration of a conference 
report (which are otherwise privileged and, under regular order 
are non amendable) are not included in these categories. The 
amendment structure categories are as follows: (1) open rules, 
(2) modified open rules, (3) structured rules, and (4) closed 
rules.
            (1) Open Rules
    Under an open rule, any Member may offer an amendment that 
complies with the standing rules of the House and the Budget 
Act. The rule itself places no restrictions or prohibitions on 
amendments and provides an equal opportunity for all Members to 
offer amendments.
            (2) Modified Open Rules (Time Cap on Consideration of 
                    Amendments/Required Amendment Preprinting in the 
                    Congressional Record)
     This type of rule permits the offering of only those 
amendments preprinted in the Congressional Record and/or places 
an overall time cap for the consideration of amendments. A 
modified open rule with a preprinting requirement could require 
that amendments be printed in the Congressional Record by a 
specific date (in some cases the amendment must be printed 
before its consideration); in other cases, printing must occur 
before the consideration of the bill. In most cases these rules 
do not prohibit second degree amendments. Requiring that 
amendments be printed in advance of their consideration affords 
Members a better idea of the range of issues to be debated and 
voted on during consideration of the bill. This can 
particularly be true of bills or joint resolutions involving 
complex matters.
            (3) Structured Rules
    Under a structured rule, the Rules Committee limits the 
amendments that may be offered to only those amendments 
designated in the special rule or in the Rules Committee report 
to accompany the rule, or which precludes amendments to a 
particular portion of a bill, even though the rest of the bill 
may be completely open to amendment. In the case of a 
structured rule, the Chair will announce through an one-minute 
speech on the floor of the House and/or through a ``Dear 
Colleague'' letter the intention of the Committee to hold a 
hearing on a measure and to review all amendments. The Chair 
requests that Members provide the Rules Committee with copies 
of their proposed amendments in advance of the Committee 
meeting. In some instances, the amendments made in order 
represent all of the amendments submitted to the Committee.
            (4) Closed Rules
    This type of rule is one under which no amendments may be 
offered from the House floor. Accordant with the rules of the 
House, however, the Rules Committee is prohibited from 
reporting a special rule providing for consideration of a bill 
or joint resolution that denies the minority the right to offer 
amendatory instructions in a motion to recommit if offered by 
the minority leader or a designee.

c. Categories of Rules Granted With Certain Floor Management Tools

    Special rules are often utilized to assist the Majority 
Leader in setting the Floor schedule of the House, as well as 
to equip committee chairmen and ranking minority members with 
the special procedural tools necessary to efficiently manage 
the floor consideration of a bill. These categories include (1) 
expedited procedure rules, (2) suspension day rules, and (3) 
chair's en bloc authority rules.
            (1) Expedited Procedure Rules
    This type of rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a special rule on the 
same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against 
certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. These 
rules generally specify the measures or object to which the 
waiver applies, as well as a defined time period for its 
application. These rules are commonly referred to as ``same-
day'' rules. In some cases the rule will not specify the object 
of the waiver. These rules are referred to as ``blanket same-
day'' rules.
            (2) Suspension Day Rules
    Under House rule XV, it is in order on Monday, Tuesday, and 
Wednesday of each week, and during the last six days of a 
session, for the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the 
rules and pass legislation. This category of rule authorizes 
the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules on days 
other than Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Generally, these 
rules specify the object that is to be considered under 
suspension of the rules. In some cases the object may not be 
identified, but the rule may provide that the Speaker or their 
designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or their 
designee on the object of any suspension considered under the 
rule.
            (3) Chair's En Bloc Authority Rules
    This category of rule authorizes the chair of a committee 
(usually the majority floor manager of the bill under 
consideration) or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of amendments made in order by the special rule that 
have not earlier been disposed of. In most cases, the rule also 
allows germane modifications to any such amendments included in 
the en bloc amendment only by unanimous consent. With the 
exception of rules on appropriations bills (which permit en 
bloc amendments that do not increase budget authority or 
outlays in the bill), a Member seeking to offer amendments en 
bloc must obtain unanimous consent if they amend portions of 
the bill not yet open to amendment, unless a special rule 
authorizes several amendments to be offered and considered as a 
group. There is usually a specified time for divided debate on 
the en bloc amendment and a prohibition on amendments to and 
demands for a division of the question on the en bloc 
amendment. Generally, the original sponsor of the amendment 
must agree to having the amendment considered en bloc, and 
these rules generally provide that the original proponent of an 
amendment included in such an en bloc amendment may insert a 
statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the 
disposition of the en bloc amendment. Such a rule enables the 
floor manager to maximize efficiency and consensus while 
minimizing duplicative floor time and consideration.

d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among and 
        Responding to the Legislative Actions of Committees

    As the nexus of the legislative process in the House, the 
Rules Committee is often the institutional mechanism used to 
reconcile differences in legislative recommendations among 
multiple committees. Two often used, and often misunderstood, 
special rule features utilized to achieve these goals are (1) 
self-executing rules and (2) original text rules.
            (1) Self-Executing Rules
    This type of rule provides that, upon the adoption of the 
special rule, the text of a measure is modified or amended in 
some specified manner. Therefore, the House's adoption of the 
rule itself has the effect of amending the underlying measure. 
Occasionally, a self-executing rule may also provide for the 
adoption of other unrelated measures or actions, such as 
adopting another simple resolution, bill, joint resolution or 
conference report. Self-executing rules may be utilized by the 
Rules Committee for a variety of reasons, including but not 
limited to: the correction of rule or Budget Act violations; 
providing for the adoption of the committee-recommended 
amendment; the reconciling of multiple committee legislative 
recommendations; the elimination of procedural votes; the 
separation of policy issues; or, the complete redrafting of the 
legislation.
            (2) Original Text Rules
    When a committee reports a measure, it will often favorably 
report the measure with a recommendation that an amendment or 
amendments be adopted by the full House. These amendments 
reflect the collegial action of the committee on that measure. 
This type of rule generally provides that the committee-
recommended amendment be considered by the House and become the 
base text for the purpose of further amendment to the bill. 
This is often done to acknowledge the actions of the committee 
at the beginning of the consideration of a bill, and also to 
simplify the amendment process.

e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing With House-Senate Relations

    While resolving differences with the Senate often involves 
privileged motions in the House, the Rules Committee is often 
called upon to expedite such procedural situations or to 
address unique procedural circumstances. The categories of such 
special rules are (1) Senate hook-up rules, (2) motion to go to 
conference rules, (3) disposition of Senate amendments rules, 
(4) conference report rules, and (5) engrossment of multiple 
measures rules.
            (1) Senate Hook-up Rules
    The Rules of the House provide for three methods of getting 
to conference with the Senate: (1) agreeing to a motion to go 
to conference by unanimous consent; (2) obtaining a special 
rule from the Rules Committee; or (3) receiving specific 
authorization from each committee that received an initial 
referral of and reported the bill (clause 1 of rule XX). Most 
often chairmen obtain conference authority from their committee 
at the time a bill is ordered reported. Most special rules 
allowing for a Senate hook-up provide that after passage of a 
House bill, it shall be in order to take a specific Senate bill 
from the Speaker's table, consider it in the House, and to move 
to strike all after the enacting clause and insert the text of 
the House bill as passed by the House. These special rules 
further provide that if the motion is adopted and the Senate 
bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move 
that the House insist on its amendment and request a conference 
with the Senate. These hook-up provisions can either be 
included in the original rule providing for consideration of 
the House bill or in a separate special rule.
            (2) Disposition of Senate Amendment Rules
    This type of rule generally provides for the consideration 
of a Senate amendment or amendments in the House and for a 
motion to concur in the Senate amendment with or without an 
amendment. These rules also usually specify a period of time 
for debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the committee of 
jurisdiction, as well as any necessary waivers against 
consideration of either the Senate amendment or against the 
motion to concur.
            (3) Motion to Go to Conference Rules
    These special rules are those separate rules that provide 
for the motion to go to conference with the Senate, by either 
disagreeing with the Senate position and requesting a 
conference or insisting on the House position and agreeing to a 
conference.
            (4) Conference Report Rules
    Under the standing rules of the House, conference reports 
are privileged matters. Unless the requirement is waived, House 
rules require that a conference report be available for at 
least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays) before it can be called up for consideration. 
After that time, because it is privileged, it can be called up 
at any time without a rule from the Rules Committee. If, 
however, a conference report is in violation of a rule of the 
House or some extraordinary procedure for consideration of the 
report is desired, a special rule may be necessary for the 
conference report to be considered. Consequently, conference 
report rules generally provide waivers of all points of order 
against consideration of the conference report and provide that 
the conference report be considered as read, which effectively 
waives the three-day availability requirement.
    It should be noted that points of order against a 
conference report lie against its consideration, not against 
individual provisions contained within the report. A conference 
report represents the collective agreement of the House and the 
Senate. Changing individual components of the agreement 
violates the sanctity of the agreement itself. Consequently, 
agreeing to a conference report is an all-or-nothing question. 
This is also the reason why, even as privileged matters, 
conference reports are not amendable on the Floor of the House.
            (5) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules
    These types of special rules generally provide for separate 
consideration and final passage votes on multiple bills, 
generally relating to a similar issue. The rule then instructs 
the House Clerk to engross the individually passed bills into 
one bill before transmitting them to the Senate for 
consideration.
            (6) Instructing the Clerk Regarding the Transmittal of 
                    Papers
    These types of special rules instruct the Clerk to withhold 
the transmittal of papers until the Clerk is notified of 
certain actions taken by the other body. This is done to 
address timing issues related to the passage or consideration 
of measures by the Senate.

f. Categories of Rules Granted With Certain Housekeeping Tools

    Special rules are often utilized to assist House Leadership 
and committees with housekeeping elements to ensure the smooth 
running of House floor operations generally during constituent 
work breaks.
            (1) Providing Procedures for Pro Forma Sessions
    During periods when the House is unable to adjourn pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution, the Rules Committee will sometimes 
provide the chair with additional authority to manage required 
pro forma sessions. This authority may include allowing the 
chair to adjourn on his or her own, to toll periods for 
consideration of certain privileged matters, and other similar 
tools to provide for the orderly conduct of pro forma sessions 
during district work periods.
            (2) Privileged Report Filing Authority
    When a committee favorably reports a measure, it must file 
an accompanying report describing the purpose and scope of the 
legislation and the reasons for recommended approval. This tool 
allows for the filing of these reports from specific committees 
on days when the House is not otherwise in session.

                4. floor consideration of a special rule

    When the time comes to call up a special rule, the majority 
member who filed the rule (a privileged House resolution), or 
another majority member of the Rules Committee designated by 
the chair, is recognized by the Speaker. That member stands at 
the majority committee table on the House Floor. Once 
recognized, the member States:
    ``Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution ______, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.''
    (Any member of the Committee on Rules may be recognized to 
call up a rule that has been on the House Calendar for at least 
seven legislative days, and the Speaker is required to 
recognize the Rules Committee member as rules are privileged 
items, so long as the member has given one day's notice of an 
intent to seek recognition for that purpose.)
    Once the Clerk has read the resolution, the Speaker 
recognizes the majority Rules Committee member handling the 
rule for one hour. The majority floor manager then customarily 
yields 30 minutes to a minority counterpart for the purposes of 
debate only. The length of debate on the rule varies according 
to the complexity of the rule and the degree of controversy 
over the bill.
    Since a rule is considered in the House under the hour 
rule, no amendments are in order unless the majority floor 
manager offers an amendment or yields to another Member for 
that purpose. At the conclusion of debate on the rule, the 
floor manager moves the previous question. If no objection is 
heard, the House proceeds to vote on the rule. If objection is 
heard, a vote occurs on the previous question. If the previous 
question is rejected, however, a Member who opposed the 
previous question (usually the Rules Committee minority floor 
manager) is recognized. That Member then controls one hour of 
debate time. The Member controlling the time may offer an 
amendment to the rule and then move the previous question on 
the amendment and on the rule when debate has concluded. Once 
the rule is adopted (with or without amendments), the 
legislation it concerns is eligible for consideration under the 
terms of the rule.

                 5. rules rejected, tabled, or pending

    During the first session of the 113th Congress, the 
Committee on Rules reported 54 rules. The House adopted 53 of 
these rules, and tabled one. At the close of the first session, 
no rules remain pending on the House Calendar, nor were any 
rules rejected.

 a. Rules Rejected by the House During the First Session of the 113th 
        Congress

    No rules were rejected by the House during the first 
session of the 113th Congress.

b. Rules Tabled by the House During the First Session of the 113th 
        Congress

    One rule was tabled by the Committee on Rules: H. Res. 292, 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 761) to require 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals 
and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to 
United States economic and national security and manufacturing 
competitiveness. It was tabled pursuant to H. Res. 322.

c. Rules Pending At the Close of the First Session of the 113th 
        Congress

    No rules were pending at the close of the first session of 
the 113th Congress.

            6. explanation of waivers of all points of order

    The Committee on Rules customarily provides waivers of all 
points of order when constructing special rules for the 
consideration of measures. This is commonly referred to as a 
``blanket waiver'' or ``prophylactic waiver'' because in most 
cases there are no applicable points of order against the 
measure. Just because a special rule includes a blanket waiver 
does not mean that points of order lie against any of the 
measures made in order or provisions contained in those 
measures; rather, blanket waivers ensure the immediate 
consideration of the underlying measure by providing the Chair 
with the ability to easily dispense with dilatory or specious 
points of order by asserting that, ``pursuant to the previous 
order of the House, all points of order are waived.''
    Also, as part of the Committee's role as scheduler for the 
House, it is the Committee's responsibility to ensure that when 
a majority of the House votes in favor of considering a measure 
notwithstanding any technical or substantive violations of the 
rules, a point of order would not prevent that measure's 
consideration.
    It is important to note that any specific waivers contained 
in a waiver of all points of order are required under clause 
7(g) of rule XIII to be specified in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution and are also compiled in this 
report.


                       7. waivers of house rules

    The following compilation identifies the Rules of the House 
that were waived in specific resolutions and the legislation 
that required the waiver. There is also an indication whether 
the rule was waived against the bill (B), original text (OT), 
amendments (A), a motion (M), a conference report (CR), or 
provisions (P); items accompanied by an asterisk (*) denote 
measures that the waiver with which they were granted in the 
committee report accompanying the resolution was not applied.

                                         Rule XIII, Clause 3(d)--Requiring inclusion of committee cost estimate
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                Resolution                             Bill                                             Title                                   Object
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H. Res. 266..............................  H.R. 1797...................  District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act                B
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      Rule XIII, Clause 3(e)--Requiring the inclusion of a comparative print for a bill or joint resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute
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                Resolution                             Bill                                             Title                                   Object
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H. Res. 256..............................  H.R. 1960...................  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014                      B
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                 Rule XIII, Clause 4(a)--Requiring the three-day layover of the committee report
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             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
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H. Res. 256........................  H.R. 1960.............  National Defense Authorization Act for           B
                                                              Fiscal Year 2014.
H. Res. 385........................  H.R. 3080.............  Water Resources Reform and Development           B
                                                              Act of 2013.
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  Rule XIII, Clause 4(c)--Requiring the three-day availability of printed hearings on a general appropriations
                                                      bill
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             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
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H. Res. 243........................  H.R. 2216.............  Military Construction and Veterans               B
                                                              Affairs, and Related Agencies
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 243........................  H.R. 2217.............  Department of Homeland Security                  B
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 274........................  H.R. 2410.............  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food             B
                                                              and Drug Administration, and Related
                                                              Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 288........................  H.R. 2609.............  Energy and Water Development and                 B
                                                              Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                              2014.
H. Res. 312........................  H.R. 2397.............  Department of Defense Appropriations             B
                                                              Act, 2014.
H. Res. 312........................  H.R. 2610.............  Transportation, Housing and Urban                B
                                                              Development, and Related Agencies
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
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 Rule XIII, Clause 6(a)--Requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the
                                               Committee on Rules
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                  .....................  ..........................................................
                                            see VII., A., Table 1b.
                  .....................  ..........................................................
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Rule XVI, Clause 7--Requiring that no motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration
                                   shall be admitted under color of amendment
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             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
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H. Res. 260........................  H.R. 1960.............  National Defense Authorization Act for          OT
                                                              Fiscal Year 2014.
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   Rule XVIII, Clause 10--Requiring amendments to the concurrent resolution on the budget to be mathematically
consistent and prohibiting amendments from proposing to change the appropriate level of public debt set forth in
                                     the concurrent resolution, as reported
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             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
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H. Res. 122........................  H. Con. Res. 25.......  Establishing the budget for the United           A
                                                              States Government for fiscal year 2014
                                                              and setting forth appropriate
                                                              budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015
                                                              through 2023..
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  Rule XXI, Clause 2--Prohibiting unauthorized appropriations, reappropriations, or legislative provisions in a
                                           general appropriations bill
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             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
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H. Res. 23                           H.R. 152..............  Disaster Relief Appropriations Act,              A
                                                              2013.
H. Res. 243........................  H.R. 2216.............  Military Construction and Veterans               P
                                                              Affairs, and Related Agencies
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 243........................  H.R. 2217.............  Department of Homeland Security                  P
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 274........................  H.R. 2410.............  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food             P
                                                              and Drug Administration, and Related
                                                              Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 288........................  H.R. 2609.............  Energy and Water Development and                 P
                                                              Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                              2014.
H. Res. 312........................  H.R. 2397.............  Department of Defense Appropriations             P
                                                              Act, 2014.
H. Res. 312........................  H.R. 2610.............  Transportation, Housing and Urban                P
                                                              Development, and Related Agencies
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
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 Rule XXI, Clause 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 107........................  H.R. 890..............  Preserving Work Requirements for                 P
                                                              Welfare Programs Act of 2013.
H. Res. 175........................  H.R. 1549.............  Helping Sick Americans Now Act.........         OT
H. Res. 178........................  H.R. 527..............  Responsible Helium Administration and           OT
                                                              Stewardship Act.
H. Res. 260........................  H.R. 1960.............  National Defense Authorization Act for          OT
                                                              Fiscal Year 2014.
H. Res. 274........................  H.R. 2231.............  Offshore Energy and Jobs Act...........         OT
H. Res. 351........................  H.R. 1526.............  Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy            P
                                                              Communities Act.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Rule XXI, Clause 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 271........................  H.R. 1947.............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk             OT
                                                              Management Act of 2013.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Rule XXI, Clause 9(a)(2)--Prohibiting consideration of a bill or joint resolution not reported by a committee,
 unless the chair of each committee of initial referral has caused a list of congressional earmarks, limited tax
 benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the bill or a statement that the proposition contains no congressional
  earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits to be printed in the Congressional Record prior to
                                                its consideration
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 366........................  H.R. 3210.............  Pay Our Military Act...................          B
H. Res. 370........................  H.J. Res. 73..........  National Institutes of Health                    B
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.R. 3230*............  Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act..........          B
H. Res. 373........................  H.J. Res. 89..........  Excepted Employees' Pay Continuing               B
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 90*.........  Federal Aviation Administration                  B
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.R. 3273.............  To establish a bicameral working group           B
                                                              on deficit reduction and economic
                                                              growth.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Rule XXI, Clause 11--Prohibiting the consideration of a bill or joint resolution which has not been 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 such measure has been available to members, Delegates, and the Resident
                                                  Commissioner
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 295........................  H.R. 2642.............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk              B
                                                              Management Act of 2013.
H. Res. 366........................  H.R. 3210.............  Pay Our Military Act...................          B
H. Res. 370........................  H.J. Res. 70..........  National Park Service Operations,                B
                                                              Smithsonian Institution, National
                                                              Gallery of Art, and United States
                                                              Holocaust Memorial Museum Continuing
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 71..........  District of Columbia Continuing                  B
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 72*.........  Veterans Benefits Continuing                     B
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 73..........  National Institutes of Health                    B
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.R. 3230.............  Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act..........          B
H. Res. 371........................  H.J. Res. 75..........  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program           B
                                                              for Women, Infants, and Children
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 76*.........  National Nuclear Security                        B
                                                              Administration Continuing
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 77*.........  Food and Drug Administration Continuing          B
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 78*.........  National Intelligence Program                    B
                                                              Operations Continuing Appropriations
                                                              Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 79*.........  Border Security and Enforcement                  B
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 80*.........  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of              B
                                                              Indian Education, and Indian Health
                                                              Service Continuing Appropriations
                                                              Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 82*.........  National Weather Service Continuing              B
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 83*.........  Impact Aid Continuing Appropriations             B
                                                              Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 84*.........  Head Start Continuing Appropriations             B
                                                              Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 85..........   Federal Emergency Management Agency             B
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.R. 3223*............  Federal Employee Retroactive Pay                 B
                                                              Fairness Act.
H. Res. 373........................  H.J. Res. 89..........  Excepted Employees' Pay Continuing               B
                                                              Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                     H.J. Res. 90..........  Federal Aviation Administration                  B
                                                              Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
                                                              2014.
                                     H.R. 3273.............  To establish a bicameral working group           B
                                                              on deficit reduction and economic
                                                              growth.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Section 3(d)(5) of H. Res. 5 of the 113th Congress--Prohibiting the consideration of a general appropriation
                              bill, unless it includes a spending reduction account
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 23                           H.R. 152..............   Disaster Relief Appropriations Act,             B
                                                              2013.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Section 3(j)(2) of H. Res. 5 of the 113th Congress--Requiring that a report of a committee on a bill or joint
  resolution include a statement, as though under clause 3(c) of rule XIII, indicating whether any provision of
 the measure establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another
                                                 Federal program
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 216........................  H. R. 1062............  SEC Regulatory Accountability Act......          B
H. Res. 303........................  H.R. 5................  Student Success Act....................          B
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    8. waivers of budget enforcement

    The following compilation identifies the sections of the 
Budget Act that were waived in specific resolutions and the 
legislation that required the waiver. There is also an 
indication whether the rule was waived against the bill (B), 
the original text (OT), an amendment (A), a motion (M), a 
conference report (CR), or provisions (P).

  Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act--Prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new budget
                     authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such authority
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 23                           H.R. 152..............  Disaster Relief Appropriations Act,           B, A
                                                              2013.
H. Res. 99                           H.R. 933..............  Department of Defense, Military                  B
                                                              Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
                                                              Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
                                                              Act, 2013.
H. Res. 175........................  H.R. 1549.............  Helping Sick Americans Now Act.........          B
H. Res. 232........................  H.R. 1911.............  Smarter Solutions for Students Act.....          B
H. Res. 266........................  H.R. 1947.............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk              B
                                                              Management Act of 2013.
H. Res. 295........................  H.R. 2642.............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk              B
                                                              Management Act of 2013.
H. Res. 352........................  H.J. Res. 59..........  Continuing Appropriations Resolution,            B
                                                              2014.
H. Res. 438........................  H.J. Res. 59..........  Continuing Appropriations Resolution,            M
                                                              2014.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Section 303(a) of the Budget Enforcement Act--Prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new budget authority, change in revenues,
 change in public debt, new entitlement authority or new credit authority for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed to
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                                             Title                                   Object
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 274                                H.R. 2231...................  Offshore Energy and Jobs Act                                                 A
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act--Prohibiting consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of
               the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the Budget Committee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                            Title                     Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 243........................  H.R. 2217.............  Department of Homeland Security                  B
                                                              Appropriations Act, 2014.
H. Res. 260........................  H.R. 1960.............  National Defense Authorization Act for          OT
                                                              Fiscal Year 2014.
H. Res. 312........................  H.R. 2397.............  Department of Defense Appropriations             B
                                                              Act, 2014.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Section 309 of the Congressional Budget Act--Prohibiting the House of Representatives from adjourning for more than three days in July unless the House
                                                    has completed all action on appropriations bills.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                                             Title                                   Object
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 274..............................  ............................  Special rule reported on the legislative day of June 25, 2013        ..........
                                                                          providing for adjournment during the month of July to be in order
                                                                          without intervention of any point of order.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act--Prohibiting consideration of legislation that would cause the
level of total new budget authority for the first fiscal year to be exceeded, or would cause revenues to be less
  than the level of total revenues for the first fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year and the
 ensuing fiscal years for which allocations are provided, except when a declaration of war by the Congress is in
                                                     effect
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Resolution                     Bill                                 Title                        Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 23                H.R. 152...................  Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.....       B, A
H. Res. 175               H.R. 1549..................  Helping Sick Americans Now Act...............          B
H. Res. 232               H.R. 1911..................  Smarter Solutions for Students Act...........          B
H. Res. 271               H.R. 1947..................  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk                    A
                                                        Management Act of 2013.
H. Res. 352               H.J. Res. 59...............  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014...          B
H. Res. 438               H.J.Res. 59................  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014...          M
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act--Prohibiting the consideration of legislation that provides budget authority for a fiscal year that exceeds
                                                  either of the discretionary statutory spending limits
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                                             Title                                   Object
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 352..............................  H.J. Res. 59................  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014                                   B
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    C. Original Jurisdiction Matter


      1. committee consideration of original jurisdiction measures

    The Committee on Rules considered no original jurisdiction 
measures during the first session of the 113th Congress.

            2. original jurisdiction full committee hearings

    The Committee on Rules held no original jurisdiction full 
committee hearings during the first session of the 113th 
Congress.

                   V. ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES


  A. Activities of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process


                      1. jurisdiction and purpose

    The Committee on Rules first established the Subcommittee 
on Legislative Process in 1979 at the beginning of the 96th 
Congress; it has been reestablished at the start of each 
Congress since. In early 1995, the Committee changed the name 
of this body to the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
Process to better reflect its jurisdiction.
    In the 113th Congress, the Subcommittee retained its 
traditional makeup of seven Members, with the majority holding 
five of the spots, and the minority holding the remaining two. 
Chaired by Ms. Foxx, the Subcommittee also claims Mr. Woodall, 
Mr. Nugent, Mr. Webster, Mr. Hastings of Florida (Ranking 
Member), and Mr. Polis.
    Committee Rule 5(a)(1)(A) assigns to the Subcommittee the 
general responsibility for measures or matters related to 
relations between the Congress and the Executive Branch. The 
legislation falling within the panel's jurisdiction includes 
resolutions and bills, with the primary statute within the 
Subcommittee's jurisdiction being the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344 as amended). 
The Subcommittee also continues to exercise jurisdiction over 
budget process-related provisions found in Part C of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
(Public Law 99-177 as amended by Public Laws 100-119, 101-508 
and 103-44) and the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (Title XIII 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 
103- 44). Legislation is referred to the Subcommittee at the 
discretion of the Chair of the Committee on Rules.

             2. summary of activities in the 113th congress

    The Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process has not 
yet convened during the 113th Congress.

 3. legislation referred to the subcommittee on legislative and budget 
                                process

    Legislation has not yet been referred to the Subcommittee 
on Legislative and Budget Process during the 113th Congress.

  B. Activities of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
                                 House


                      1. jurisdiction and purpose

    The Subcommittee was first established at the beginning of 
the 96th Congress as the Subcommittee on Rules of the House. At 
the beginning of the 104th Congress, its name was changed to 
the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House to more 
accurately reflect the Subcommittee's mission and jurisdiction. 
In the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee's name was modified to 
the Subcommittee on Technology and the House, and at the 
beginning of the 109th Congress, the name reverted back to the 
Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House. The 
Subcommittee's jurisdiction remains unchanged and it maintains 
its previous membership of seven Representatives, with five 
serving from the majority and two from the minority. Chaired by 
Mr. Nugent, the Subcommittee roster also includes Mr. Webster, 
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McGovern (Ranking Member), 
and Ms. Slaughter.
    Committee rule 5(a)(1)(B) assigns to the Subcommittee the 
general responsibility for measures or matters related to 
process and procedures of the House, relations between the two 
Houses of Congress, relations between Congress and the 
Judiciary, and internal operations of the House. The 
Subcommittee is primarily responsible for the continuing 
examination of the committee structure and jurisdictional 
issues of all House committees. It remains committed to a 
continuing study of the organization and operations of the 
House. Legislation is referred to the Subcommittee at the 
discretion of the Chair of the Committee on Rules. Legislation 
has yet to be referred to the Subcommittee during the 113th 
Congress.

             2. summary of activities in the 113th congress

    The Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House has 
not yet convened during the 113th Congress.

 3. legislation referred to the subcommittee on rules and organization 
                              of the house

    Legislation has not yet been referred to the Subcommittee 
on Rules and Organization of the House during the 113th 
Congress.

VI. STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES IN THE 113TH CONGRESS


                A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Number of formal requests for Rules Committee hearings..         40
  (a). Number of rules requested for original consideration         40
   of measures, rules for further consideration, rules for
   disposition of Senate amendments........................
  (b). Number of rules requested on conference reports.....          0
  (c). Number of rules requested on procedural matters.....          0
  (d). Number of formal rules requested otherwise disposed           0
   of by procedures other than the Rules Committee.........
2. Number of formal requests pending.......................          0
3. Number of hearing days --
  (a) 1st Session:.........................................         51
    (1) Regular meetings...................................         34
    (2) Emergency meetings.................................         17
    (3) Regular/Emergency meetings.........................         1*
4. Number of special orders or ``rules'' reported from the          54
 Rules Committee...........................................
  (a) Number of bills and resolutions provided                      91
   consideration pursuant to a rule........................
    (1) Bills..............................................         65
    (2) Joint Resolutions..................................         21
    (3) Concurrent Resolutions.............................          1
    (4) Simple Resolutions.................................          4
   (b) Types of amendment structures for consideration of
   bills and resolutions--
    (1) Open...............................................          5
    (2) Modified Open......................................          1
    (3) Structured.........................................         33
    (4) Closed.............................................         44
  (c) Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor
   Management Tools--
    (1) General Debate only................................          2
    (2) Providing for the Consideration of Multiple                 20
     Measures..............................................
    (3) Expedited Procedures Rules (waiving 2/3                      4
     requirement)..........................................
    (4) Suspension Day Rules...............................          6
    (5) Chair's en bloc authority..........................          4
  (d) Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences
   Among and Responding to the Legislative Actions of
   Committees--
    (1) Self-Executing Rules...............................         18
    (2) Original Text Rules................................         20
  (e) Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate
   Relations--
    (1) Senate Hook-up Rules...............................          1
    (2) Disposition of Senate Amendments...................          6
    (3) Conference Report Rules............................          0
    (4) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules.............          3
    (5) Motions to go to conference........................          2
    (6) Instructing the Clerk regarding the transmittal of           0
     papers................................................
  (f) Disposition of the 54 special orders or ``rules''
   reported from the Rules Committee--
    (1) Adopted by the House...............................         53
    (2) Rejected by the House..............................          0
    (3) Resolutions Amended................................          3
    (4) Laid on the Table..................................          1
    (5) Pending on the House Calendar at the close of the            0
     first session of the 113th Congress...................
5. Waivers of House rules, standing orders, and the
 Congressional Budget Act granted (waivers may apply to
 underlying measures, matter made in order as original
 text, motions, or amendments)--...........................
  (a) Waivers of rules of the House:
    (1) Rule XIII, clause 3(d).............................          1
    (2) Rule XIII, clause 3(e).............................          1
    (3) Rule XIII, clause 4(a).............................          2
    (4) Rule XIII, clause 4(c).............................          6
    (5) Rule XIII, clause 6(a).............................          4
    (6) Rule XVI, clause 7.................................          1
    (7) Rule XVIII, clause 10..............................          1
    (8) Rule XXI, clause 2.................................          7
    (9) Rule XXI, clause 4.................................          6
    (10) Rule XXI, clause 5(a).............................          1
    (11) Rule XXI, clause 9(a)(2)..........................          4
    (12) Rule XXI, clause 11...............................          5
    (13) Section 3(d)(5) of H. Res. 5 of the 113th Congress          1
    (14) Section 3(j)(2) of H. Res. 5 of the 113th Congress          2
  (b) Waivers of Budget Enforcement:
    (1) Section 302(f).....................................          9
    (2) Section 303(a) of the Budget Enforcement Act.......          1
    (3) Section 306........................................          3
    (4) Section 309........................................          1
    (5) Section 311(a).....................................         11
    (6) Section 314........................................          1
 * Denotes a regularly scheduled meeting to which an emergency item was
 added.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


             B. Statistics on Original Jurisdiction Measures
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Full Committee--
  (a) Number of bills and resolutions referred.............        102
  (b) Number of measures referred to the subcommittees:....          0
    (1) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on the               0
     Legislative and Budget Process........................
    (2) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on Rules             0
     and Organization of the House.........................
    (3) Joint Referrals....................................          0
  (c) Number of hearings and markups held by the full                0
   committee...............................................
  (d) Number of measures reported by the full committee:...          0
    (1) Disposition of measures reported--
      (a) Measures adopted by the House....................          0
      (b) Measures reported and pending floor action at the          0
       close of the first session of the 113th Congress....
      (c) Measures rejected by the House...................          0
      (d) Measures tabled by the House.....................          0
2. Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process:.....
  (a) Measures referred....................................          0
  (b) Days of hearings and markups.........................          0
  (c) Measures reported....................................          0
3. Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House:....          0
  (a) Measures referred....................................          0
  (b) Days of hearings and markups.........................          0
  (c) Measures reported....................................          0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           VII. PUBLICATIONS

    1. Oversight Plan of the Committee on Rules for the 113th 
Congress. Rules Committee Print 113-1.
    2. S. 47--Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-2.
    3. H.R. 890--Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare 
Programs Act of 2013. Rules Committee Print 113-3.
    4. H.R. 809--SKILLS Act. Rules Committee Print 113-4.
    5. Rules of the Committee on Rules for the 113th Congress. 
Rules Committee Print 113-5.
    6. H.R. 1120--Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-
Management Relations Act. Rules Committee Print 113-6.
    7. H.R. 624--Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. 
Rules Committee Print 113-7.
    8. H.R. 2549--Helping Sick Americans Now Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-8.
    9. H.R. 527--Responsible Helium Administration and 
Stewardship Act. Rules Committee Print 113-9.
    10. H.R. 1062--SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-10.
    11. H.R. 3--Northern Route Approval Act. Rules Committee 
Print 113-11.
    12. H.R. 1911--Smarter Solutions for Students Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-12.
    13. H.R. 1960--National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014. Rules Committee Print 113-13.
    14. H.R. 1947--Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk 
Management Act of 2013. Rules Committee Print 113-14.
    15. H.R. 1797--District of Columbia Pain-Capable unborn 
Child Protection Act. Rules Committee Print 113-15.
    16. H.R. 2231--Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-16.
    17. H.R. 761--National Strategic and Critical Minerals 
Production Act of 2013. Rules Committee Print 113-17.
    18. H.R. 5--Student Success Act. Rules Committee Print 113-
18.
    19. H.R. 1582--Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013. Rules 
Committee Print 113-19.
    20. Rules of the Committees of the House of Representatives 
for the 113th Congress. Rules Committee Print 113-20.
    21. H.R. 1526--Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy 
Communities Act. Rules Committee Print 113-21.
    22. H.R. 992--Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-22.
    23. H.R. 2374--Retail Investor Protection Act. Rules 
Committee Print 113-23.
    24. H.R. 3080--Water Resources Reform and Development Act 
of 2013. Rules Committee Print 113-24.
    25. H.R. 1900--Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. 
Rules Committee Print 113-25.
    26. H.R. 19650--Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act. 
Rules Committee Print 113-26.
    27. H.R. 2728--Protecting States' Rights to Promote 
American Energy Security Act. Rules Committee Print 113-27.
    28. H.R. 3309--Innovation Act. Rules Committee Print 113-
28.
    29. H.R. 1105--Small Business Capital Access and Job 
Preservation Act. Rules Committee Print 113-29.


                            VIII. APPENDICES


                              A. Table 1a.--Types of Rules Granted (Consideration)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Resolution            Bill                                   Title
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Debate:                                        .........................................................
                 H. Res. 256       H.R. 1960.........  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
                 H. Res. 266       H.R. 1947.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 ................                      .........................................................
Open:            ................                      .........................................................
                 H. Res. 243       H.R. 2216.........  Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related
                                                        Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 243       H.R. 2217.........  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 274       H.R. 2410.........  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
                                                        Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                        2014
                 H. Res. 288       H.R. 2609.........  Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
                                                        Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 312       H.R. 2610.........  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
                                                        Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
                 ................                      .........................................................
Modified Open:                                         .........................................................
                 H. Res. 140       H.R. 678..........  Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower
                                                        Development and Rural Jobs Act
                 ................                      .........................................................
Structured:                                            .........................................................
                 H. Res. 23        H.R. 152..........  Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
                 H. Res. 48        H.R. 444..........  Require a PLAN Act
                 H. Res. 83        S. 47.............  Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 113       H.R. 803..........  SKILLS Act
                 H. Res. 122       H. Con. Res. 25...  Establishing the budget for the United States Government
                                                        for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate
                                                        budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.
                 H. Res. 164       H.R. 624..........  Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
                 H. Res. 175       H.R. 1549.........  Helping Sick Americans Now Act
                 H. Res. 178       H.R. 527..........  Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act
                 H. Res. 198       H.R. 1406.........  Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 202       H.R. 807..........  Full Faith and Credit Act
                 H. Res. 216       H.R. 1062.........  SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
                 H. Res. 228       H.R. 3............  Northern Route Approval Act
                 H. Res. 260       H.R. 1960.........  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
                 H. Res. 271       H.R. 1947.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 274       H.R. 1613.........  Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon
                                                        Agreements Authorization Act
                 H. Res. 274       H.R. 2231.........  Offshore Energy and Jobs Act
                 H. Res. 292       H.R. 761..........  National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
                                                        of 2013
                 H. Res. 303       H.R. 5............  Student Success Act
                 H. Res. 312       H.R. 2397.........  Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 315       H.R. 1582.........  Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 315       H.R. 2218.........  Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 322       H.R. 367..........  Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 347       H.R. 761..........  National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
                                                        of 2013
                 H. Res. 351       H.R. 687..........  Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 351       H.R. 1526.........  Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
                 H. Res. 385       H.R. 3080.........  Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 391       H.R. 2374.........  Retail Investor Protection Act
                 H. Res. 403       H.R. 982..........  Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 419       H.R. 1965.........  Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act
                 H. Res. 419       H.R. 2728.........  Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy
                                                        Security Act
                 H. Res. 420       H.R. 1900.........  Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act
                 H. Res. 429       H.R. 3309.........  Innovation Act
                 H. Res. 429       H.R 1105..........  Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
                 ................                      .........................................................
Closed:          ................                      .........................................................
                 H. Res. 39        H.R. 325..........  No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 66        H.R. 273..........  To eliminate the 2013 statutory pay adjustment for
                                                        Federal employees.
                 H. Res. 99        H.R. 933..........  Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans
                                                        Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 107       H.R. 890..........  Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 122       H. Res. 115.......  Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the
                                                        House of Representatives in the One Hundred Thirteenth
                                                        Congress.
                 H. Res. 146       H.R. 1120.........  Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management
                                                        Relations Act
                 H. Res. 215       H.R. 45...........  To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
                                                        and health-care related provisions in the Health Care
                                                        and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
                 H. Res. 232       H.R. 1911.........  Smarter Solutions for Students Act
                 H. Res. 256       H.R. 1256.........  Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
                 H. Res. 266       H.R. 1797.........  Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
                 H. Res. 295       H.R. 2642.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 300       H.R. 2667.........  Authority for Mandate Delay Act
                 H. Res. 300       H.R. 2668.........  Fairness for American Families Act
                 H. Res. 322       H.R. 2009eep the
                                    IRS Off Your
                                    Health Care Act
                                    of 2013.
                 H. Res. 322       H.R. 2879.........  Stop Government Abuse Act
                 H. Res. 339       H.R. 2775.........  To condition the provision of premium and cost-sharing
                                                        subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable
                                                        Care Act upon a certification that a program to verify
                                                        household income and other qualifications for such
                                                        subsidies is operational, and for other purposes.
                 H. Res. 351       H.R. 3102.........  Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 352       H.J. Res. 59......  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
                 H. Res. 366       H.R. 3210.........  Pay Our Military Act
                 H. Res. 370       H.J. Res. 70......  Open Our National Parks and Museums Act
                 H. Res. 370       H.J. Res. 71......  Provide Local Funding for the District of Columbia Act
                 H. Res. 370       H.J. Res. 72......  Honoring Our Promise to America's Veterans Act
                 H. Res. 370       H.J. Res. 73......  Research for Lifesaving Cures Act
                 H. Res. 370       H.R. 3230.........  Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 75......  Nutrition Assistance for Low-Income Women and Children
                                                        Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 76......  Nuclear Weapon Security & Non-Proliferation Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 77......  Food and Drug Safety Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 78......  Preserving Our Intelligence Capabilities Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 79......  Border Safety & Security Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 80......  American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, Education, and
                                                        Safety Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 82......  National Weather Monitoring Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 83......  Impact Aid for Local Schools Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 84......  Head Start for Low-Income Children Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 85......  National Emergency and Disaster Recovery Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.R. 3223.........  Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
                 H. Res. 373       H.J. Res. 89......  Federal Worker Pay Fairness Act
                 H. Res. 373       H.J. Res. 90......  Flight Safety Act
                 H. Res. 373       H.R. 3273.........  Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act
                                                        of 2013
                 H. Res. 380       H. Res. 378.......  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
                                                        regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to
                                                        H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary of Agriculture's
                                                        administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw and refined
                                                        sugar.
                 H. Res. 380       H. Res. 379.......  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
                                                        regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to
                                                        H.R. 2642 relating to crop insurance.
                 H. Res. 391       H.R. 992..........  Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act
                 H. Res. 403       H.R. 2655.........  Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 413       H.R. 3350.........  Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 438       H.R. 3695.........  To provide a temporary extension of the Food,
                                                        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments made
                                                        by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with
                                                        certain additional modifications and exceptions, to
                                                        suspend permanent price support authorities, and for
                                                        other purposes.
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                            A. Table 1b.--Types of Rules Granted (Special Procedures)
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                    Resolution            Bill                                   Title
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Waiving Rule XIII, clause 6(a), requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported
 from the Committee on Rules:
                 H. Res. 361       ..................  Special rule reported on the legislative day of September
                                                        26, 2013 through September 30, 2013, providing for the
                                                        consideration or disposition of any resolution reported
                                                        relating to any of the following: (1) A measure making
                                                        continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending
                                                        September 30, 2014. (2) A measure relating to the public
                                                        debt limit.
                 H. Res. 367       ..................  Special rule reported on the legislative day of September
                                                        30, 2013 through October 7, 2013 providing for the
                                                        consideration or disposition of any resolution reported
                                                        from the Rules Committee.
                 H. Res. 371       ..................  Special rule reported on the legislative day of October
                                                        3, 2013 through October 21, 2013 providing for the
                                                        consideration or disposition of any resolution reported
                                                        from the Rules Committee.
                 H. Res. 438       ..................  Special rule reported on the legislative day of December
                                                        11, 2013 through December 13, 2013 providing for the
                                                        consideration or diposition of any resolution reported
                                                        from the Rules Committee.
Makes in order suspensions on special days:
                 H. Res. 66        ..................  Suspensions in order at any time through the legislative
                                                        day of February 15, 2013 relating to a measure
                                                        condemning the government of North Korea and its
                                                        February 12, 2013 test of a nuclear device.
                 H. Res. 178       ..................  Suspensions in order at any time through the legislative
                                                        day of April 26, 2013.
                 H. Res. 352       ..................  Suspensions are in order from the calendar day of
                                                        September 26, 2013 through the calendar day of September
                                                        29, 2013.
                 H. Res. 370       ..................  Suspensions are in order from the calendar day of October
                                                        3, 2013 through the calendar day of October 6, 2013.
                 H. Res. 371       ..................  Suspensions are in order from the calendar day of October
                                                        3, 2013 through the calendar day of October 20, 2013.
                 H. Res. 438       ..................  Suspensions are in order from the calendar day of
                                                        December 12, 2013 through the calendar day of December
                                                        13, 2013.
Chair's en bloc authority:
                 H. Res. 260       H.R. 1960.........  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
                 H. Res. 271       H.R. 1947.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 312       H.R. 2397.........  Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 385       H.R. 3080.........  Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013
Self-Executing Rules:                                  .........................................................
                 H. Res. 39        H.R. 325..........  No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 99        H.R. 933..........  Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans
                                                        Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 107       H.R. 890..........  Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 146       H.R. 1120.........  Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management
                                                        Relations Act
                 H. Res. 215       H.R. 45...........  To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
                                                        and health-care related provisions in the Health Care
                                                        and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
                 H. Res. 232       H.R. 1911.........  Smarter Solutions for Students Act
                 H. Res. 256       H.R. 1256.........  Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
                 H. Res. 266       H.R. 1797.........  Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
                 H. Res. 274       H.R. 1613.........  Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon
                                                        Agreements Authorization Act
                 H. Res. 322       H.R. 367..........  Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 339       H.R. 2775.........  No Subsidies Without Verification Act
                 H. Res. 351       H.R. 1526.........  Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
                 H. Res. 352       H.J. Res. 59......  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
                 H. Res. 391       H.R. 2374.........  Retail Investor Protection Act
                 H. Res. 419       H.R. 1965.........  Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act
                 H. Res. 419       H.R. 2728.........  Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy
                                                        Security Act
                 H. Res. 429       H.R 1105..........  Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
                 H. Res. 438       H.R. 3695.........  To provide a temporary extension of the Food,
                                                        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments made
                                                        by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with
                                                        certain additional modifications and exceptions, to
                                                        suspend permanent price support authorities, and for
                                                        other purposes.
Makes in order original text:                          .........................................................
                 H. Res. 23        H.R. 152..........  Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
                 H. Res. 113       H.R. 803..........  SKILLS Act
                 H. Res. 164       H.R. 624..........  Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
                 H. Res. 175       H.R. 1549.........  Helping Sick Americans Now Act
                 H. Res. 178       H.R. 527..........  Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act
                 H. Res. 198       H.R. 1406.........  Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 202       H.R. 807..........  Full Faith and Credit Act
                 H. Res. 216       H.R. 1062.........  SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
                 H. Res. 228       H.R. 3............  Northern Route Approval Act
                 H. Res. 260       H.R. 1960.........  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
                 H. Res. 271       H.R. 1947.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 274       H.R. 2231.........  Offshore Energy and Jobs Act
                 H. Res. 292       H.R. 761..........  National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
                                                        of 2013
                 H. Res. 303       H.R. 5............  Student Success Act
                 H. Res. 315       H.R. 2218.........  Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 315       H.R. 1582.........  Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 322       H.R. 367..........  Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 347       H.R. 761..........  National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
                                                        of 2013
                 H. Res. 351       H.R. 687..........  Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 385       H.R. 3080.........  Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 420       H.R. 1900.........  Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act
                 H. Res. 429       H.R. 3309.........  Innovation Act
Senate Hook-up:                                        .........................................................
                 H. Res. 361       H.R. 2642           Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
Disposition of Senate Amendments:
                 H. Res. 361       H.R. 2642           Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 366       H.J. Res. 59        Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
                 H. Res. 367       H.J. Res. 59        Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (Meeting II)
                 H. Res. 368       H.J. Res. 59        Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (Meeting III)
                 H. Res. 380       H.R. 2642           Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, 2013
                 H. Res. 438       H.J. Res. 59        Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
Motions to go to conference:                           .........................................................
                 H. Res. 368       H.J. Res. 59......  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
                 H. Res. 380       H.R. 2642.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, 2013
Conference Report:                                     .........................................................
                                                 No conference reports reported.
                 ................                      .........................................................
Providing for the Engrossment of Multiple Measures:
                 H. Res. 232       H.R. 1911.........  Smarter Solutions for Students Act
                 ................  H.R. 1949.........  Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act
                 H. Res. 300       H.R. 2668.........  Fairness for American Families Act
                 ................  H.R. 2667.........  Authority for Mandate Delay Act
                 H. Res. 373       H.J. Res. 89......  Federal Worker Pay Fairness Act
                 ................  H.R. 3273.........  Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act
                                                        of 2013
 Instructing the Clerk Regarding the Transmittal of Papers:
                                              No transmittal instructions reported.
                 ................                      .........................................................
Providing for the Consideration of Multiple Measures:
                 H. Res. 122       H. Res. 115.......  Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the
                                                        House of Representatives in the One Hundred Thirteenth
                                                        Congress
                 ................  H. Con. Res. 25...  Establishing the budget for the United States Government
                                                        for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate
                                                        budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023
                 H. Res. 243       H.R. 2216.........  Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related
                                                        Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
                 ................  H.R. 2217.........  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 256       H.R. 1960.........  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
                 ................  H.R. 1256.........  Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
                 H. Res. 266       H.R. 1797.........  Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
                 ................  H.R. 1947.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                                                        2013
                 H. Res. 274       H.R. 1613.........  Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon
                                                        Agreements Authorization Act
                 ................  H.R. 2231.........  Offshore Energy and Jobs Act
                 ................  H.R. 2410.........  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
                                                        Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                        2014
                 H. Res. 300       H.R. 2667.........  Authority for Mandate Delay Act
                 ................  H.R. 2668.........  Fairness for American Families Act
                 H. Res. 312       H.R. 2397.........  Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
                 ................  H.R. 2610.........  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
                                                        Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
                 H. Res. 315       H.R. 1582.........  Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013
                 ................  H.R. 2218.........  Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 322       H.R. 367..........  Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of
                                                        2013
                 ................  H.R. 2009.........  Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013
                 ................  H.R. 2879.........  Stop Government Abuse Act
                 H. Res. 351       H.R. 687..........  Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of
                                                        2013
                 ................  H.R. 1526.........  Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
                 ................  H.R. 3102.........  Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 366       H.J. Res. 59......  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
                 ................  H.R. 3210.........  Pay Our Military Act
                 H. Res. 370       H.J. Res. 70......  Open Our National Parks and Museums Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 71......  Provide Local Funding for the District of Columbia Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 72......  Honoring Our Promise to America's Veterans Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 73......  Research for Lifesaving Cures Act
                 ................  H.R. 3230.........  Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act
                 H. Res. 371       H.J. Res. 75......  Nutrition Assistance for Low-Income Women and Children
                                                        Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 76......  Nuclear Weapon Security & Non-Proliferation Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 77......  Food and Drug Safety Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 78......  Preserving Our Intelligence Capabilities Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 79......  Border Safety & Security Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 80......  American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, Education, and
                                                        Safety Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 82......  National Weather Monitoring Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 83......  Impact Aid for Local Schools Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 84......  Head Start for Low-Income Children Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 85......  National Emergency and Disaster Recovery Act
                 ................  H.R. 3223.........  Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
                 H. Res. 373       H.J. Res. 89......  Federal Worker Pay Fairness Act
                 ................  H.J. Res. 90......  Flight Safety Act
                 ................  H.R. 3273.........  Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act
                                                        of 2013
                 H. Res. 380       H.R. 2642.........  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, 2013
                 ................  H. Res. 378.......  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
                                                        regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to
                                                        H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary of Agriculture's
                                                        administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw and refined
                                                        sugar.
                 ................  H. Res. 379.......  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
                                                        regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to
                                                        H.R. 2642 relating to crop insurance.
                 H. Res. 391       H.R. 992..........  Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act
                 ................  H.R. 2374.........  Retail Investor Protection Act
                 H. Res. 403       H.R. 2655.........  Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013
                 ................  H.R. 982..........  Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013
                 H. Res. 419       H.R. 1965.........  Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act
                 ................  H.R. 2728.........  Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy
                                                        Security Act
                 H. Res. 429       H.R. 3309.........  Innovation Act
                 ................  H.R 1105..........  Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
                 H. Res. 438       H.J. Res. 59......  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
                 ................  H.R. 3695.........  To provide a temporary extension of the Food,
                                                        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments made
                                                        by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with
                                                        certain additional modifications and exceptions, to
                                                        suspend permanent price support authorities, and for
                                                        other purposes.
Providing procedures for Pro Forma sessions:
                 H. Res. 66        ..................  Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        February 16, 2013, through February 22, 2013: the
                                                        Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be
                                                        considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time
                                                        declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time,
                                                        within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of
                                                        the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in
                                                        declaring the adjournment. The Speaker may appoint
                                                        Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the
                                                        duration of the period addressed by section 4 of this
                                                        resolution as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
                 H. Res. 122       ..................  Allows for on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        March 22, 2013 through April 8, 2013: the Journal of the
                                                        proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as
                                                        approved; the Chair may at any time declare the House
                                                        adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits
                                                        of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution,
                                                        to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
                                                        adjournment; and bills and resolutions introduced during
                                                        the period addressed by this section shall be numbered,
                                                        listed in the Congressional Record, and when printed
                                                        shall bear the date of introduction, but may be referred
                                                        by the Speaker at a later time. The Speaker may appoint
                                                        Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the
                                                        duration of the period addressed by section 2 of this
                                                        resolution as though under clause 8(a) of rule I. Each
                                                        day during the period addressed by section 2 of this
                                                        resolution shall not constitute a calendar day for
                                                        purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50
                                                        U.S.C. 1546).
                 H. Res. 178       ..................  Allows for on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        April 27, 2013, through May 3, 2013: the Journal of the
                                                        proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as
                                                        approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the
                                                        House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the
                                                        limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the
                                                        Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring
                                                        the adjournment. The Speaker may appoint Members to
                                                        perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the
                                                        period addressed by section 2 of this resolution as
                                                        though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
                 H. Res. 232       ..................  Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        May 24, 2013, through May 31, 2013: the Journal of the
                                                        proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as
                                                        approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the
                                                        House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the
                                                        limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the
                                                        Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring
                                                        the adjournment. The Speaker may appoint Members to
                                                        perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the
                                                        period addressed by section 3 of this resolution as
                                                        though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
                 H. Res. 274       ..................  Allows for on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        June 29, 2013, through July 5, 2013: the Journal of the
                                                        proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as
                                                        approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the
                                                        House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the
                                                        limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the
                                                        Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring
                                                        the adjournment. The Speaker may appoint Members to
                                                        perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the
                                                        period addressed by section 4 of this resolution as
                                                        though under clause 8(a) of rule I. It shall be in order
                                                        without intervention of any point of order to consider
                                                        concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during
                                                        the month of July.
                 H. Res. 322       ..................  Allows for on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        August 3, 2013, through September 6, 2013: the Journal
                                                        of the proceedings of the previous day shall be
                                                        considered as approved; the Chair may at any time
                                                        declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time,
                                                        within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of
                                                        the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in
                                                        declaring the adjournment; and bills and resolutions
                                                        introduced during the period addressed by this section
                                                        shall be numbered, listed in the Congressional Record,
                                                        and when printed shall bear the date of introduction,
                                                        but may be referred by the Speaker at a later time. The
                                                        Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the
                                                        Chair for the duration of the period addressed by
                                                        section 4 of this resolution as though under clause 8(a)
                                                        of rule I. Each day during the period addressed by
                                                        section 4 of this resolution shall not constitute a
                                                        calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers
                                                        Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546). Each day during the period
                                                        addressed by section 4 of this resolution shall not
                                                        constitute a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of
                                                        rule XIII.
                 H. Res. 391       ..................  Allows for on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        October 31, 2013 through November 11, 2013: the Journal
                                                        of the proceedings of the previous day shall be
                                                        considered as approved; the Chair may at any time
                                                        declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time
                                                        to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
                                                        adjournment.
                 H. Res. 420       ..................  Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from
                                                        November 22, 2013 through November 29, 2013: the Journal
                                                        of the proceedings of the previous day shall be
                                                        considered as approved; the Chair may at any time
                                                        declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time
                                                        to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
                                                        adjournment.
                 H. Res. 438       ..................  Allows for, on any legislative day of the first session
                                                        of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress after December
                                                        13, 2013 the Journal of the proceedings of the previous
                                                        day shall be considered as approved; the Chair may at
                                                        any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date
                                                        and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5,
                                                        article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the
                                                        Chair in declaring the adjournment; On any legislative
                                                        day of the second session of the One Hundred Thirteenth
                                                        Congress before January 7, 2014; the Speaker may
                                                        dispense with organizational and legislative business;
                                                        the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall
                                                        be considered as approved if applicable; the Chair at
                                                        any time may declare the House adjourned to meet at a
                                                        date and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5,
                                                        article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the
                                                        Chair in declaring the adjournment. The Speaker may
                                                        appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for
                                                        the duration of the period addressed by sections 6 and 7
                                                        as though under clause 8(a) of rule I. Each day during
                                                        the period addressed by sections 6 and 7 of this
                                                        resolution shall not constitute a calendar day for
                                                        purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50
                                                        U.S.C. 1546).
Privileged Report Filing Authority:
                 H. Res. 178       ..................  Allows the Committee on Education and the Workforce may,
                                                        at any time before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013,
                                                        file a report to accompany H.R. 1406.
                 H. Res. 232       ..................  Allows for the Committee on Appropriations may, at any
                                                        time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, file
                                                        privileged reports to accompany measures making
                                                        appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
                                                        2014. The Committee on Agriculture may, at any time
                                                        before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, file a report
                                                        to accompany H.R. 1947.
                 H. Res. 256       ..................  Allows for the chair of the Committee on Agriculture, on
                                                        behalf of the committee, to file a supplemental report
                                                        to accompany H.R. 1947.
                 H. Res. 274       ..................  Allows for the Committee on Appropriations may, at any
                                                        time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, file
                                                        privileged reports to accompany measures making
                                                        appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
                                                        2014.
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                                                            B. Table 2.--Resolutions Reported
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               Rule                          Bill                      Title and Floor Action                    Date                  Managers
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H. Res. 23, H. Rept. 113-1........  H.R. 152.............  Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.....  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  1/14/2013          Cole/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 293-128.......  1/15/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 367-52...........  1/15/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 39, H. Rept. 113-2........  H.R. 325.............  To ensure the complete and timely payment of   .................  ...........................
                                                            the obligations of the United States
                                                            Government until May 19, 2013, and for other
                                                            purposes.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  1/22/2013          Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 232-193.......  1/23/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 234-190..........  1/23/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 48, H. Rept. 113-8........  H.R. 444.............  Require a PLAN Act...........................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  2/4/2013           Woodall/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-188.......  2/5/2013           ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-189..........  2/5/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 66, H. Rept. 113-9........  H.R. 273.............  To eliminate the 2013 statutory pay            .................  ...........................
                                                            adjustment for Federal employees..
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  2/13/2013          Woodal/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-194.......  2/14/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 227-192..........  2/14/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 83, H. Rept. 113-10.......  S. 47................  To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act  .................  ...........................
                                                            of 1994.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  2/26/2013          Nugent/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-196.......  2/27/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 414-9............  2/27/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 99, H. Rept. 113-12.......  H.R. 933.............  Department of Defense, Military Construction   .................  ...........................
                                                            and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year
                                                            Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  3/5/2013           Cole/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 227-188.......  3/6/2013           ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 212-197..........  3/6/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 107, H. Rept. 113-15......  H.R. 890.............  Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare       .................  ...........................
                                                            Programs Act of 2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  3/12/2013          Cole/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 233-195.......  3/13/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 233-194..........  3/13/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 113, H. Rept. 113-16......  H.R. 803.............  SKILLS Act...................................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  3/13/2013          Foxx/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 225-191.......  3/14/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-191..........  3/14/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 122, H. Rept. 113-21......  H. Con. Res. 25......  Establishing the budget for the United States  .................  ...........................
                                                            Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting
                                                            forth appropriate budgetary levels for
                                                            fiscal years 2015 through 2023.
                                    H. Res. 115..........  Providing for the expenses of certain          .................  ...........................
                                                            committees of the House of Representatives
                                                            in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  3/18/2013          Woodall/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 223-189.......  3/19/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 224-189..........  3/19/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 140, H. Rept. 113-31......  H.R. 678.............  Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit            .................  ...........................
                                                            Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  4/9/2013           Bishop (UT)/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 236-189.......  4/10/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted by voice vote................  4/10/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 146, H. Rept. 113-32......  H.R. 1120............  Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-       .................  ...........................
                                                            Management Relations Act.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  4/10/2013          Foxx/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 226-192.......  4/11/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-194..........  4/11/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 164, H. Rept. 113-41......  H.R. 624.............  Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  4/16/2013          Woodall/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Amendment agreed to by voice vote.........  4/17/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 227-192..........  4/17/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 175, H. Rept. 113-46......  H.R. 1549............  Helping Sick Americans Now Act...............  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  4/23/2013          Burgess/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 228-192.......  4/24/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 225-189..........  4/24/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 178, H. Rept. 113-47......  H.R. 527.............  Responsible Helium Administration and          .................  ...........................
                                                            Stewardship Act.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  4/24/2013          Bishop (UT)/McGovern
                                                              Amendment agreed to by voice vote.........  4/25/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 231-177..........  4/25/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 198, H. Rept. 113-51......  H.R. 1406............  Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013.....  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  5/6/2013           Foxx/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 230-198.......  5/7/2013           ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-199..........  5/7/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 202, H. Rept. 113-52......  H.R. 807.............  Full Faith and Credit Act....................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  5/7/2013           Sessions/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 227-199.......  5/8/2013           ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-199..........  5/8/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 215, H. Rept. 113-59......  H.R. 45..............  To repeal the Patient Protection and           .................  ...........................
                                                            Affordable Care Act and health care-related
                                                            provisions in the Health Care and Education
                                                            Reconciliation Act of 2010.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  5/15/2013          Burgess/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 228-193.......  5/16/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-192..........  5/16/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 216, H. Rept. 113-60......  H.R. 1062............  SEC Regulatory Accountability Act............  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  5/15/2013          Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 221-181.......  5/17/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 223-180..........  5/17/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 228, H. Rept. 113-88......  H.R. 3...............  Northern Route Approval Act..................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  5/21/2013          Webster/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 223-194.......  5/22/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-185..........  5/22/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 232, H. Rept. 113-89......  H.R. 1911............  Smarter Solutions for Students Act...........  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  5/22/2013          Foxx/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 224-195.......  5/23/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 224-193..........  5/23/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 243, H. Rept. 113-95......  H.R. 2216............  Military Construction and Veterans Affairs,    .................  ...........................
                                                            and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                            2014.
                                    H.R. 2217............  Department of Homeland Security                .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Act, 2014.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  6/3/2013           Webster/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-193.......  6/4/2013           ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 227-194..........  6/4/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 256, H. Rept. 113-104.....  H.R. 1960............  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal  .................  ...........................
                                                            Year 2014 [General Debate].
                                    H.R. 1256............  Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act..............  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  6/11/2013          Nugent/McGovern
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 239-184..........  6/12/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 260, H. Rept. 113-108.....  H.R. 1960............  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal  .................  ...........................
                                                            Year 2014 [Amendment Consideration].
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  6/12/2013          Nugent/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 233-195.......  6/13/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 238-189..........  6/13/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 266, H. Rept. 113-114.....  H.R. 1947............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk            .................  ...........................
                                                            Management Act of 2013 [General Debate].
                                    H.R. 1797............  Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.....  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  6/17/2013          Foxx/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-196.......  6/18/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 232-193..........  6/18/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 271, H. Rept. 113-117.....  H.R. 1947............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk            .................  ...........................
                                                            Management Act of 2013 [Amendment
                                                            Consideration].
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  6/18/2013          Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 233-187.......  6/19/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 239-177..........  6/19/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 274, H. Rept. 113-131.....  H.R. 1613............  Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary          .................  ...........................
                                                            Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act.
                                    H.R. 2231............  Offshore Energy and Jobs Act.................  .................  ...........................
                                    H.R. 2410............  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug  .................  ...........................
                                                            Administration, and Related Agencies
                                                            Appropriations Act, 2014.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  6/25/2013          Bishop (UT)/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 228-194.......  6/26/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 235-187..........  6/26/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 288, H. Rept. 113-144.....  H.R. 2609............  Energy and Water Development and Related       .................  ...........................
                                                            Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/8/2013           Burgess/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 220-182.......  7/9/2013           ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-178..........  7/9/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 292, H. Rept. 113-147.....  H.R. 761.............  National Strategic and Critical Minerals       .................  ...........................
                                                            Production Act of 2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/9/2013           Bishop (UT)/Hastings (FL)
H. Res. 295, H. Rept. 113-149.....  H.R. 2642............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk            .................  ...........................
                                                            Management Act of 2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/10/2013          Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling    7/11/2013          ...........................
                                                               of the chair 226-196.
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 223-195..........  7/11/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 300, H. Rept. 113-157.....  H.R. 2667............  Authority for Mandate Delay Act..............  .................  ...........................
                                    H.R. 2668............  Fairness for American Families Act...........  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/16/2013          Burgess/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 230-192.......  7/17/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 232-183..........  7/17/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 303, H. Rept. 113-158.....  H.R. 5...............  Student Success Act..........................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/17/2013          Foxx/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 232-192.......  7/18/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 230-190..........  7/18/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 312, H. Rept. 113-170.....  H.R. 2397............  Department of Defense Appropriations Act,      .................  ...........................
                                                            2014.
                                    H.R. 2610............  Transportation, Housing and Urban              .................  ...........................
                                                            Development, and Related Agencies
                                                            Appropriations Act, 2014.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/22/2013          Nugent/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-190.......  7/23/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-194..........  7/23/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 315, H. Rept. 113-174.....  H.R. 2218............  Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of     .................  ...........................
                                                            2013.
                                    H.R. 1582............  Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013..........  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/23/2013          Burgess/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 224-191.......  7/24/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 232-188..........  7/24/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 322, H. Rept. 113-187.....  H.R. 367.............  Regulations From the Executive in Need of      .................  ...........................
                                                            Scrutiny Act of 2013.
                                    H.R. 2009............  Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013  .................  ...........................
                                    H.R. 2879............  Stop Government Abuse Act....................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  7/31/2013          Cole/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 222-191H. Res.  8/1/2013           ...........................
                                                               339, H. Rept. 113-206.
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 223-189..........  8/1/2013           ...........................
H. Res. 339, H. Rept. 113-206.....  H.R. 2775............  To condition the provision of premium and      .................  ...........................
                                                            cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient
                                                            Protection and Affordable Care Act upon a
                                                            certification that a program to verify
                                                            household income and other qualifications
                                                            for such subsidies is operational, and for
                                                            other purposes.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/10/2013          Burgess/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 227-196.......  9/11/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-195..........  9/11/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 347, H. Rept. 113-214.....  H.R. 761.............  National Strategic and Critical Minerals       .................  ...........................
                                                            Production Act of 2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/17/2013          Bishop/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-192.......  9/18/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 231-190..........  9/18/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 351, H. Rept. 113-215.....  H.R. 687.............  Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and            .................  ...........................
                                                            Conservation Act of 2013.
                                    H.R. 1526............  Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy          .................  ...........................
                                                            Communities Act.
                                    H.R. 3102............  Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of   .................  ...........................
                                                            2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/18/2013          Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 231-193..........  9/19/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 352, H. Rept. 113-216 &...  H.J. Res. 59.........  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014...  .................  ...........................
 H. Rept. 113-216 Part 2                                      Reported from Rules.......................  9/18/2013          ...........................
                                                              Previous question agreed to 232-193.......  9/19/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 230-192..........  9/19/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 361, H. Rept. 113-231.....  H. Res. 361..........  Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule   .................  ...........................
                                                            XIII with respect to consideration of
                                                            certain resolutions reported from the
                                                            Committee on Rules, and relating to
                                                            consideration of the Senate amendment to the
                                                            bill (H.R. 2642) to provide for the reform
                                                            and continuation of agricultural and other
                                                            programs of the Department of Agriculture
                                                            through fiscal year 2018, and for other
                                                            purposes.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/26/2013          Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-191..........  9/28/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 366, H. Rept. 113-238.....  H.J. Res. 59.........  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014     .................  ...........................
                                                            [Senate Amendment].
                                    H.R. 3210............  Pay Our Military Act.........................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/28/2013          Sessions/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-192.......  9/28/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 231-191..........  9/28/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 367, H. Rept. 113-239.....  H.J. Res. 59.........  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014     .................  ...........................
                                                            (Meeting II) [Senate Amendment].
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/30/2013          Sessions/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 229-198.......  9/30/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 225-204..........  9/30/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 368, H. Rept. 113-240.....  H.J. Res. 59.........  Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014     .................  ...........................
                                                            (Meeting III) [Senate Amendment].
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  9/30/2013          Sessions/Slaughter
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-199..........  10/1/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 370, H. Rept. 113-241.....  H.J. Res. 70.........  National Park Service Operations, Smithsonian  .................  ...........................
                                                            Institution, National Gallery of Art, and
                                                            United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
                                                            Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 71.........  District of Columbia Continuing                .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 72.........  Veterans Benefits Continuing Appropriations    .................  ...........................
                                                            Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 73.........  National Institutes of Health Continuing       .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.R. 3230............  Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  10/2/2013          Woodall/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 227-197.......  10/2/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-198..........  10/2/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 371, H. Rept. 113-242.....  H.J. Res. 75.........  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for     .................  ...........................
                                                            Women, Infants, and Children Continuing
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 76.........  National Nuclear Security Administration       .................  ...........................
                                                            Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 77.........  Food and Drug Administration Continuing        .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 78.........  National Intelligence Program Operations       .................  ...........................
                                                            Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 79.........   Border Security and Enforcement Continuing    .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 80.........  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian     .................  ...........................
                                                            Education, and Indian Health Service
                                                            Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 82.........  National Weather Service Continuing            .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 83.........  Impact Aid Continuing Appropriations           .................  ...........................
                                                            Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 84.........  Head Start Continuing Appropriations           .................  ...........................
                                                            Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 85.........  Federal Emergency Management Agency            .................  ...........................
                                                            Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.R. 3223............   Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness     .................  ...........................
                                                            Act.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  10/3/2013          Cole/Slaughter
                                                              Amendment agreed to by unanimous consent..  10/4/2013          ...........................
                                                              Previous question agreed to 223-184.......  10/4/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 222-183..........  10/4/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 373, H. Rept. 113-243.....  H.J. Res. 89.........  Excepted Employees' Pay Continuing             .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.J. Res. 90.........  Federal Aviation Administration Continuing     .................  ...........................
                                                            Appropriations Resolution, 2014.
                                    H.R. 3273............  To establish a bicameral working group on      .................  ...........................
                                                            deficit reduction and economic growth.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  10/8/13            Sessions/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 226-186.......  10/8/13            ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 227-186..........  10/8/13            ...........................
H. Res. 380, H. Rept. 113-244.....  H.R. 2642............  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk            .................  ...........................
                                                            Management Act of 2013 [Senate Amendment].
                                    H. Res. 378..........  Expressing the sense of the House of           .................  ...........................
                                                            Representatives regarding certain provisions
                                                            of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2642
                                                            relating to the Secretary of Agriculture's
                                                            administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw
                                                            and refined sugar.
                                    H. Res. 379..........  Expressing the sense of the House of           .................  ...........................
                                                            Representatives regarding certain provisions
                                                            of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2642
                                                            relating to crop insurance..
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  10/11/2013         Foxx/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 219-193.......  10/11/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 223-189..........  10/11/2013         ...........................
H. Res. 385, H. Rept. 113-251.....  H.R. 3080............  Water Resources Reform and Development Act of  .................  ...........................
                                                            2013.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  10/22/2013         Webster/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 225-194.......  10/23/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 271-147..........  10/2320/13         ...........................
H. Res. 391, H. Rept. 113-253.....  H.R. 992.............  Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act.............  .................  ...........................
                                    H.R. 2374............  Retail Investor Protection Act...............  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  10/28/2013         Sessions/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 226-193.......  10/29/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 230-188..........  10/29/2013         ...........................
H. Res. 403, H. Rept. 113-264.....  H.R. 2655............  Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT)  .................  ...........................
                                                            Act of 2013.
                                    H.R. 982.............  Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013..........  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  11/12/2013         Woodall/Hastings (FL)
                                                              Previous question agreed to 224-195.......  11/13/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 223-194..........  11/13/2013         ...........................
H. Res. 413, H. Rept. 113-265.....  H.R. 3350............  Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013............  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  11/14/2013         Burgess/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 225-193.......  11/15/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 228-189..........  11/15/2013         ...........................
H. Res. 419, H. Rept. 113-271.....  H.R. 1965............  Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of  .................  ...........................
                                                            2013.
                                    H.R. 2728............  Protecting States' Rights to Promote American  .................  ...........................
                                                            Energy Security Act.
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  11/18/2013         Bishop/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 223-194.......  11/19/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 222-196..........  11/19/2013         ...........................
H. Res. 420, H. Rept. 113-272.....  H.R. 1900............  Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act...  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  11/19/2013         Burgess/McGovern
                                                              Previous question agreed to 223-195.......  11/20/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 225-194..........  11/20/2013         ...........................
H. Res. 429, H. Rept. 113-283.....  H.R. 1105............  Small Business Capital Access and Job          .................  ...........................
                                                            Preservation Act.
                                    H.R. 3309............  Innovation Act...............................  .................  ...........................
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  12/3/2013          Nugent/Polis
                                                              Previous question agreed to 220-194.......  12/4/2013          ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 229-185..........  12/4/2013          ...........................
H. Res. 438, H. Rept. 113-290.....  H.J. Res. 59.........  Continuning Appropriations Resolution, 2014    .................  ...........................
                                                            [Senate Amendment].
                                    H.R. 3695............  To provide a temporary extension of the Food,  .................  ...........................
                                                            Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and
                                                            amendments made by that Act, as previously
                                                            extended and amended and with certain
                                                            additional modifications and exceptions, to
                                                            suspend permanent price support authorities,
                                                            and for other purposes..
                                                              Reported from Rules.......................  12/11/2013         Woodall/Slaughter
                                                              Previous question agreed to 227-195.......  12/12/2013         ...........................
                                                              Rule adopted record vote 226-195..........  12/12/2013         ...........................
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                                       C. Table 3.--Resolutions Discharged
The Committee was not discharged from the consideration of any resolution.



                                   D. Table 4.--Resolutions Laid on the Table
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          Resolution                 Bill                                     Title
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H. Res. 292..................  H.R. 761.......  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 761) to require
                                                 the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
                                                 to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals
                                                 and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to
                                                 United States economic and national security and manufacturing
                                                 competitiveness.
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                                        E. Table 5.--Resolutions Amended
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          Resolution                 Bill                                     Title
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H. Res. 164..................  H.R. 624.......  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 624) to provide
                                                 for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber
                                                 threat information between the intelligence community and
                                                 cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 178..................  H.R. 527.......  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend the
                                                 Helium Act to complete the privatization of the Federal helium
                                                 reserve in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability
                                                 in the helium markets while protecting the interests of
                                                 American taxpayers, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 371..................  H.J. Res. 75,    Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res.
                                H.J. Res. 76,    75) making continuing appropriations for the Special
                                H.J. Res. 77,    Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
                                H.J. Res. 78,    for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; providing for
                                H.J. Res 79,     consideration of motions to suspend the rules; waiving a
                                H.J. Res. 80,    requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to
                                H.J. Res. 82,    consideration of certain resolutions reported from the
                                H.J. Res. 83,    Committee on Rules; and for other purposes.
                                H.J. Res. 84,
                                H.J. Res. 85,
                                H.R. 3223.
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                                          Table 6a.--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals--House Resolutions
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H. Res. 11......................................  Representative Welch of Vermont, January 3, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule".
H. Res. 12......................................  Representative Welch of Vermont, January 3, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that any extension of the public debt limit only be considered in a
                                                   standalone bill.
H. Res. 13......................................  Representative Gingrey of Georgia, January 3, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans'
                                                   affairs be considered as stand-alone measures.
H. Res. 14......................................  Representative Hoyer of Maryland, January 3, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in
                                                   the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
H. Res. 16......................................  Representative Schweikert of Arizona, January 3, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution carrying more than one
                                                   subject.
H. Res. 36......................................  Representative Wolf of Virginia, January 18, 2013. A resolution establishing a select committee to
                                                   investigate and report on the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
H. Res. 88......................................  Representative Poe of Texas, February 27, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution that appropriates
                                                   foreign assistance for more than one country.
H. Res. 119.....................................  Representative Duncan of South Carolina, March 15, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House
                                                   of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs.
H. Res. 137.....................................  Representative Pearce of New Mexico, March 21, 2013. A resolution recognizing the security challenges
                                                   of convening government officials in one specific place and directing the House of Representatives to
                                                   take appropriate steps so that the House of Representatives can meet in a virtual setting.
H. Res. 160.....................................  Representative Gardner of Colorado, April 15, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative
                                                   reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.
H. Res. 213.....................................  Representative McCollum of Minnesota, May 14, 2013. A resolution establishing the Special Committee on
                                                   Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces to conduct oversight, ensure accountability, and report
                                                   on the activities of the Department of Defense to prevent, reduce, prosecute, and provide victims'
                                                   services for cases of sexual assault and abuse in the Armed Forces.
H. Res. 225.....................................  Representative Grayson of Florida, May 20, 2013. A resolution raising a question of the privileges of
                                                   the House.
H. Res. 231.....................................  Representative Bachmann of Minnesota, May 22, 2013. A resolution establishing a Select Committee on
                                                   POW and MIA Affairs.
H. Res. 258.....................................  Representative Esty of Connecticut, June 12, 2013. A resolution providing for the consideration of the
                                                   bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be
                                                   prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System,
                                                   and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.
H. Res. 269.....................................  Representative Braley of Iowa, June 18, 2013. A resolution providing for consideration of the bill
                                                   (H.R. 1947) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the
                                                   Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 287.....................................  Representative Swalwell of California, June 28, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to permit absent Members to participate in committee hearings using video
                                                   conferencing and related technologies and to establish a remote voting system under which absent
                                                   Members may cast votes in the House on motions to suspend the rules.
H. Res. 306.....................................  Representative Stockman of Texas, July 18, 2013. A resolution providing for the consideration of the
                                                   resolution (H. Res. 36) establishing a select committee to investigate and report on the attack on
                                                   the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
H. Res. 323.....................................  Representative Jones of North Carolina, August 1, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House
                                                   of Representatives to observe a moment of silence in the House on the first legislative day of each
                                                   month for those killed or wounded in the United States engagement in Afghanistan.
H. Res. 330.....................................  Representative Gohmert of Texas, August 2, 2013. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of
                                                   Representatives that until the United States southern border is secured as confirmed by the governors
                                                   and the legislatures jointly of the four southern border states, the House of Representatives shall
                                                   not bring any legislation including any conference report regarding immigration to the floor of the
                                                   House for a vote.
H. Res. 350.....................................  Representative Rokita of Indiana, September 18, 2013. A resolution establishing a select committee to
                                                   investigate and report on the surveillance operations of the National Security Agency.
H. Res. 372.....................................  Representative Van Hollen of Maryland, October 4, 2013. A resolution providing for the consideration
                                                   of legislation to reopen the Government.
H. Res. 374.....................................  Delegate Pierluisi of Puerto Rico, October 8, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to allow Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to file, sign, and call up discharge
                                                   petitions.
H. Res. 376.....................................  Representative Honda of California, October 10, 2013. A resolution providing for the consideration of
                                                   the bill (H.R. 233) to amend chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for an orderly
                                                   process by which the debt ceiling is increased.
H. Res. 412.....................................  Representative Cartwright of Pennsylvania, November 14, 2013. A resolution amending the Rules of the
                                                   House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in
                                                   the previous month as a result of combat operations.
H. Res. 424.....................................  Representative Slaughter of New York, November 20, 2013. A resolution prohibiting the consideration of
                                                   a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on
                                                   the budget resolution.
H. Res. 442.....................................  Representative Rice of South Carolina, December 12, 2013. A resolution directing the House of
                                                   Representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain
                                                   policies and actions taken by the executive branch.
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                                             Table 6b.--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals--House Bills
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H.R. 37.........................................  Representative Barrow of Georgia, January 3, 2013. A bill to repeal portions of the Patient Protection
                                                   and Affordable Care Act, to reduce Federal Government spending and to reduce the salaries of Members
                                                   of Congress, and for other purposes.
H.R. 45.........................................  Representative Bachmann of Minnesota, January 3, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education
                                                   Reconciliation Act of 2010.
H.R. 109........................................  Representative Gingrey of Georgia, January 3, 2013. A bill to require Congress to specify the source
                                                   of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other purposes.
H.R. 132........................................  Representative King of Iowa, January 3, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable
                                                   Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
H.R. 201........................................  Representative Lee of California, January 4, 2013. A bill to require poverty impact statements for
                                                   certain legislation.
H.R. 233........................................  Representative Honda of California, January 14, 2013. A bill to amend chapter 31 of title 31, United
                                                   States Code, to provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased.
H.R. 243........................................  Representative Ross of Florida, January 14, 2013. A bill to adopt the seven immediate reforms
                                                   recommended by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to reduce spending and
                                                   make the Federal Government more efficient.
H.R. 292........................................  Representative Norton of the District of Columbia, January 15, 2013. A bill to provide for the
                                                   admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.
H.R. 319........................................  Representative Issa of California, January 18, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
                                                   1974 to provide for an expedited process for increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.
H.R. 326........................................  Representative Lamborn of Colorado, January 22, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
                                                   1974 to establish a point of order to prohibit the extension of the public debt limit unless a
                                                   concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect.
H.R. 335........................................  Representative Boustany of Louisiana, January 22, 2013. A bill to ensure that amounts credited to the
                                                   Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
H.R. 351........................................  Representative Roe of Tennessee, January 23, 2013. A bill to repeal the provisions of the Patient
                                                   Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
H.R. 352........................................  Representative Goodlatte of Virginia, January 23, 2013. A bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code
                                                   of 1986.
H.R. 367........................................  Representative Young of Indiana, January 23, 2013. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States
                                                   Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a
                                                   joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
H.R. 372........................................  Representative Broun of Georgia, January 23, 2013. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to
                                                   eliminate the requirement that the President submit a budget to the Congress each year, and for other
                                                   purposes.
H.R. 381........................................  Representative Fattah of Pennsylvania, January 23, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act
                                                   of 1974 to require long-term cost benefit analyses of introduced bills.
H.R. 383........................................  Representative Gibson of New York, January 23, 2013. A bill to amend the War Powers Resolution to
                                                   limit the use of funds for introduction of the Armed Forces into hostilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 530........................................  Representative Bustos of Illinois, February 6, 2013. A bill to establish the Independent Government
                                                   Waste Reduction Board.
H.R. 567........................................  Representative Rokita of Indiana, February 6, 2013. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to replace
                                                   the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance program with a block grant to the States,
                                                   and for other purposes.
H.R. 607........................................  Representative Thornberry of Texas, February 8, 2013. A bill to delay until 2016 provisions of the
                                                   Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act scheduled to take effect in 2014 or 2015 and to delay the
                                                   application of sequestration until 2014.
H.R. 695........................................  Representative Denham of Texas, February 14, 2013. A bill to decrease the deficit by realigning,
                                                   consolidating, selling, disposing, and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other
                                                   civilian real property, and for other purposes.
H.R. 779........................................  Representative Issa of California, February 15, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education
                                                   Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health
                                                   program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits
                                                   plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
H.R. 787........................................  Representative Murphy of Pennsylvania, February 15, 2013. A bill to greatly enhance America's path
                                                   toward energy independence and economic and national security, to rebuild our Nation's aging roads,
                                                   bridges, locks, and dams, and for other purposes.
H.R. 879........................................  Representative Wilson of South Carolina, February 28, 2013. A bill to provide for a biennial budget
                                                   process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the
                                                   Federal Government.
H.R. 884........................................  Representative Chaffetz of Utah, February 28, 2013. A bill to require Members of Congress to disclose
                                                   delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of,
                                                   a Member with Federal tax liability.
H.R. 899........................................  Representative Foxx of North Carolina, February 28, 2013. A bill to provide for additional safeguards
                                                   with respect to imposing Federal mandates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1040.......................................  Representative Burgess of Texas, March 11, 2013. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                   provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system.
H.R. 1165.......................................  Representative Calvert of California, March 14, 2013. A bill to greatly enhance the Nation's
                                                   environmental, energy, economic, and national security by terminating long-standing Federal
                                                   prohibitions on the domestic production of abundant offshore supplies of oil and natural gas, and for
                                                   other purposes.
H.R. 1202.......................................  Representative Scott of Georgia, March 14, 2013. A bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting
                                                   legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending.
H.R. 1270.......................................  Representative Roby of Alabama, March 19, 2013. A bill to provide for greater transparency and honesty
                                                   in the Federal budget process.
H.R. 1475.......................................  Representative Jenkins of Kansas, April 10, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
                                                   to provide for supplemental estimates of certain revenue bills or joint resolutions that incorporates
                                                   the macroeconomic effects of that measure.
H.R. 1624.......................................  Representative Poe of Texas, April 18, 2013. A bill to safeguard the Crime Victims Fund.
H.R. 1654.......................................  Representative Renacci of Ohio, April 18, 2013. A bill to improve the accuracy and transparency of the
                                                   Federal budget process.
H.R. 1713.......................................  Representative Murphy of Pennsylvania, April 24, 2013. A bill to establish a procedure to safeguard
                                                   the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.
H.R. 1715.......................................  Representative Peters of Michigan, April 24, 2013. A bill to establish procedures for the expedited
                                                   consideration by Congress of the recommendations set forth in the Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings
                                                   report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget.
H.R. 1762.......................................  Representative Thornberry of Texas, April 25, 2013. A bill to provide a biennial budget for the United
                                                   States Government.
H.R. 1793.......................................  Representative Connolly of Virginia, April 26, 2013. A bill to establish a framework for effective,
                                                   transparent, and accountable United States foreign assistance, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1831.......................................  Representative Bentivolio of Michigan, May 6, 2013. A bill to preserve the constitutional authority of
                                                   Congress and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation.
H.R. 1868.......................................  Representative Black of Tennessee, May 8, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
                                                   to establish joint resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1869.......................................  Representative Ribble of Wisconsin, May 8, 2013. A bill to establish biennial budgets for the United
                                                   States Government.
H.R. 1870.......................................  Representative Ryan of Wisconsin, May 8, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and
                                                   Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration
                                                   of rescissions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1873.......................................  Representative Chaffetz of Utah, May 8, 2013. A bill to require greater accountability in
                                                   discretionary and direct spending programs, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1874.......................................  Representative Price of Georgia, May 8, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to
                                                   provide for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation.
H.R. 1922.......................................  Representative Gosar of Arizona, May 9, 2013. A bill to limit assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria,
                                                   Egypt, and Pakistan, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1954.......................................  Representative Hudson of North Carolina, May 13, 2013. A bill to amend chapter 7 of title 31, United
                                                   States Code, to require the Comptroller General to assist Congress and the President in eliminating
                                                   agencies and programs in Executive departments that no longer serve a public need, and for other
                                                   purposes.
H.R. 2220.......................................  Representative Poe of Texas, June 3, 2013. A bill to provide for operational control of the
                                                   international border of the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2250.......................................  Representative Owens of New York, June 4, 2013. A bill to require the head of each executive agency to
                                                   submit a report on the implementation of Government Accountability Office reports on reducing
                                                   duplication, achieving savings, and enhancing revenue within the Federal Government.
H.R. 2300.......................................  Representative Price of Georgia, June 4, 2013. A bill to provide for incentives to encourage health
                                                   insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2506.......................................  Representative Dent of Pennsylvania, June 26, 2013. A bill to amend the Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010 to
                                                   create an expedited procedure to enact recommendations of the Government Accountability Office for
                                                   consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication.
H.R. 2518.......................................  Representative Kinzinger of Illinois, June 26, 2013. A bill to increase the long-term fiscal
                                                   accountability of direct spending legislation.
H.R. 2675.......................................  Representative Bustos of Illinois, July 11, 2013. A bill to establish the Commission on Government
                                                   Transformation to make recommendations to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, of
                                                   Federal programs, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2809.......................................  Representative Blackburn Tennessee, July 24, 2013. A bill to delay the application of the Patient
                                                   Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R. 2900.......................................  Representative Broun of Georgia, August 1, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; to amend the
                                                   Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage floor on medical expense deductions, expand
                                                   the use of tax-preferred health care accounts, and establish a charity care credit; to amend the
                                                   Social Security Act to create a Medicare Premium Assistance Program, reform EMTALA requirements, and
                                                   to replace the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance program with a block grant to the
                                                   States; to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual and
                                                   group health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; and for other purposes.
H.R. 2916.......................................  Representative Shuster of Pennsylvania, August 1, 2013. A bill to require congressional review of
                                                   certain rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
H.R. 3059.......................................  Representative Whitfield of Kentucky, August 2, 2013. A bill to provide a biennial budget for the
                                                   United States Government.
H.R. 3065.......................................  Representative Garrett of New Jersey, September 9, 2013. A bill to repeal the War Powers Resolution.
H.R. 3121.......................................  Representative Roe of Tennessee, September 18, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and related reconciliation provisions, to promote patient-centered health care,
                                                   and for other purposes.
H.R. 3146.......................................  Representative Murphy of Florida, September 19, 2013. A bill to take steps to reduce the deficit of
                                                   the Federal Government.
H.R. 3149.......................................  Representative Peters of California, September 19, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act
                                                   of 1974 to provide for a debt stabilization process, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3165.......................................  Representative Latham of Iowa, September 20, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and to take meaningful steps to lower health care costs and increase access to
                                                   health insurance coverage without raising taxes, cutting Medicare benefits for seniors, adding to the
                                                   national deficit, intervening in the doctor-patient relationship, or instituting a government
                                                   takeover of health care.
H.R. 3218.......................................  Representative Nugent of Florida, September 28, 2013. A bill to delay increases in flood insurance
                                                   premium rates under the national flood insurance program until completion of the pending study
                                                   regarding the affordability of such rates and congressional consideration of reforms to make such
                                                   rates affordable, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3273.......................................  Representative Sessions of Texas, October 8, 2013. A bill to establish a bicameral working group on
                                                   deficit reduction and economic growth.
H.R. 3355.......................................  Representative Guthrie of Kentucky, October 28, 2013. A bill to increase the competitiveness of
                                                   American manufacturing by reducing regulatory and other burdens, encouraging greater innovation and
                                                   investment, and developing a stronger workforce for the twenty-first century, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3370.......................................  Representative Grimm of New York, October 29, 2013. A bill to delay the implementation of certain
                                                   provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3372.......................................  Representative Honda of California, October 29, 2013. A bill to provide a process for ensuring the
                                                   United States does not default on its obligations.
H.R. 3412.......................................  Representative Gowdy of South Carolina, October 30, 2013. A bill to establish the Higher Education
                                                   Regulatory Reform Task Force, to expand the experimental sites initiative under the Higher Education
                                                   Act of 1965 to reduce college costs for students, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3417.......................................  Representative Johnson of Texas, October 30, 2013. A bill to prohibit the consideration of any bill by
                                                   Congress unless a statement on tax transparency is provided in the bill.
H.R. 3511.......................................  Representative Capuano of Massachusetts, November 15, 2013. A bill to delay the implementation of
                                                   certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3592.......................................  Representative Cicilline of Rhode Island, November 21, 2013. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget
                                                   Act of 1974 to require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress.
H.R. 3622.......................................  Representative Duffy of Wisconsin, November 22, 2013. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and provide for comprehensive health reform, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3645.......................................  Representative Kuster of New Hampshire, December 3, 2013. A bill to require the Comptroller General of
                                                   the United States to submit a legislative proposal to Congress to reorganize executive branch
                                                   agencies, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3766.......................................  Representative Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, December 12, 2013. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of
                                                   1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign
                                                   countries, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3784.......................................  Representative Yoho of Florida, December 16, 2013. A bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act unless the
                                                   initial enrollment target for Exchanges has been met, and for other purposes.
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H. Con. Res. 9..................................  Representative Rigell of Virginia, January 22, 2013. A resolution prohibiting the House or Senate from
                                                   adjourning for a period of more than 5 days during a fiscal year unless the House involved has
                                                   adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year and has approved legislation to
                                                   provide funding for the operations of the government for the entire fiscal year.
H. Con. Res. 45.................................  Representative Garrett of New Jersey, July 10, 2013. A resolution expressing the sense of Congress
                                                   that President Barack Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to
                                                   enforce the employer mandate provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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                                       Table 6d.--Original Jurisdiction Measures Referred--House Joint Resolutions
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H.J. Res. 60....................................  Representative DeFazio of Oregon, September 11, 2013. A joint resolution to amend the War Powers
                                                   Resolution.
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                           IX. MINORITY VIEWS

    It is increasingly evident that Congress has become 
polarized to the point of paralysis. It is now a rare moment 
when gridlock, dysfunction and partisanship do not rule the 
day. Unfortunately, nowhere has this been truer than in the 
House of Representatives during the 113th Congress.
    Authors, journalists and politicians alike now look back in 
wonder at the late 1970s and early 1980s, when relationships 
like the respectful friendship of Speaker Tip O'Neill and 
President Ronald Reagan resulted in a Congress that took pride 
in shaping major legislation and passing it into law.\1\
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    In the years since, Congress has increasingly abandoned the 
spirit of bipartisan cooperation and our ability to function 
has suffered as a result. Many have speculated on the forces 
that are driving this polarization--from the rise of the Tea 
Party, to the dominating influence of outside groups and a 
Majority whose agenda is at odds with the views of the American 
people. However, many have overlooked the degree to which a 
manipulation of the legislative process itself has enabled each 
of these forces to take root and grow.
    In particular, the use of ``closed rules'' has excluded the 
Minority party from fully participating in the legislative 
process. Under a closed rule, no amendments are allowed on the 
House Floor. As a result, the Majority is able to pursue a 
politically-driven agenda without the Minority being able to 
offer commonsense amendments that could achieve bipartisan 
compromise.
    This approach has also empowered the most extreme members 
of the Majority Party to pursue narrow policy goals at all 
costs, and resulted in a government shutdown, debt limit 
brinksmanship and partisan stalemates that are seemingly the 
new norm.
    While closing down the legislative process has become more 
common under the leadership of both parties over the last two 
decades, the current Majority has broken all previous records 
and has presided over the most closed Session of Congress in 
American history. Over the last twelve months, the Majority 
adopted 44 closed rules, the highest number on record.
          
        
        

    In addition, almost half of all bills considered by the 
Rules Committee this year (46 percent) were considered under 
emergency procedures, which prevented members of the Minority 
from having ample time to read bills before being forced to 
vote.
    Under this closed regime, the Majority pursued a partisan 
agenda with vigor, holding 46 votes to undermine the Affordable 
Care Act, taking the full faith and credit of the United States 
hostage and shutting down the government in order to placate an 
extreme faction. Meanwhile, important national priorities such 
as reforming a broken immigration system, preventing gun 
violence and extending emergency unemployment benefits went 
unaddressed.
    The Majority's ``my way or the highway'' approach not only 
earned them the dubious distinction of presiding over the least 
productive Congress in history,\2\ but inflicted pain on 
millions of Americans. The impact of the Majority's failures 
has been borne by the families in Newtown, CT and Webster NY 
who have lost loved ones due to gun violence, the 18.4 million 
children of immigrant families who have fallen through the 
cracks of our broken immigration system, and the 1.3 million 
Americans who were kicked off of unemployment insurance this 
holiday season.
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    \2\``This Congress Going Down as Least Productive.'' Matt Viser, 
Boston Globe. December 4, 2013. http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/
politics/2013/12/04/congress-course-make-history-least-productive/
kGAVEBskUeqCB0htOUG9GI/story.html.
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    Even when the stakes were the highest, the Majority closed 
down the legislative process to pursue partisan gridlock over 
bipartisan compromise. On the evening of September 30, 2013 the 
House Rules Committee convened with a chance to avert a 
government shutdown by allowing a vote on a compromise spending 
bill that had passed the Senate just days prior. Instead, the 
Majority members of the Rules Committee changed the rules of 
the House to prevent a vote on the Senate-passed compromise. As 
a result of their actions, our nation endured a 16-day 
government shutdown that cost the economy more than $24 
billion.\3\
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    \3\``Here's How Much the Government Shutdown Cost the Economy.'' 
Eliana Dockterman, TIME. October 17, 2013. http://swampland.time.com/
2013/10/17/heres-what-the-government-shutdown-cost-the-economy/.
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    During that September 30th meeting, Ranking Member 
Slaughter rightfully labeled this manipulation of the House 
Rules an ``atrocity,'' a position that we reiterate today. 
Without this rule change members of the Minority--who were 
already clamoring for a vote on the Senate bill--would have 
been able to call for an immediate vote and avert a government 
shutdown.
    Once the government shutdown commenced, we members of the 
Minority repeatedly declared our willingness to find a 
compromise agreement and accept provisions demanded by the 
Majority in order to reopen the government as soon as possible. 
Yet, the Majority's same ``no compromise'' agenda that led to 
the government shutdown, kept our government closed for more 
than two weeks.
    Repeatedly during 2013, the Majority only allowed 
bipartisan legislation to pass after exhausting their pursuit 
of a partisan agenda. From providing relief aid to victims of 
Hurricane Sandy to reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act 
and keeping our government funded, the Majority prevented 
Congress from passing bipartisan solutions until their pursuit 
of partisan goals had failed, often in spectacular and costly 
ways.
    After a record-breaking year of closed rules, it is clear 
that a willingness to work together in a divided government is 
the only way to end the partisanship, gridlock and dysfunction 
that has plagued the House of Representatives. With major 
policy debates on the horizon, it is our sincere hope that the 
leaders of the Majority stand up to their most extreme 
factions, finally open the legislative process, and allow 
bipartisanship to take hold. We are confident that if they do, 
Congress can once again work on behalf of the American people.
                                        Louise M. Slaughter
                                          James P. McGovern
                                          Alcee L. Hastings
                                               Jared Polis.

                                  
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