[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 4, Chapters 15 - 17]
[Chapter 17. Committees]
[A. Creating and Organizing Committees]
[Â§ 6. Subjects of Investigation or Study]
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                               CHAPTER 17
 
                               Committees
 
                 A. CREATING AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
 
Sec. 6. --Subjects of Investigation or Study

    Select or special committees are usually created for one of four

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purposes: (1) to investigate conditions or events about which 
allegations have been made; (2) to study and report on a particular 
matter with a view toward subsequent legislative action by standing 
committees; (3) to report to the House on the merits of specific 
legislative proposals and to encourage coordinated legislative 
decisions; and (4) to supervise certain routine housekeeping 
functions.(8)
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 8. ``Guidelines for the Establishment of Select Committees,'' report 
        of the Subcommittee on the Rules and Organization of the House, 
        Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives, 95th Cong. 
        (Oct. 31, 1977), p. 18.
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    The distinction between a select and special committee is merely 
one of emphasis. A ``select'' committee is so designated to emphasize 
the manner of the appointment of its membership (usually by the 
Speaker). In the case of a ``special'' committee, the designation 
emphasizes its purpose of performing a specific function. In fact, most 
special committees are select committees, and vice versa.
    Arguments that were advanced in support of creating select 
committees usually contended: (1) that the matter which the select 
committee would study was of major and immediate national importance; 
(2) that it required a comprehensive inquiry by Congress as a necessary 
precursor to legislation; (3) that the jurisdictional alinements of the 
standing committees were such that no one standing committee could 
examine the matter fully; and (4) that, therefore, a select committee 
would be the most appropriate mechanism available in that its mandate 
and authority could be carefully drawn to conform with the requirements 
of its inquiry, and in that it could provide the House with the 
information it required without encroaching on the established 
legislative prerogatives of the standing committees.(9) In 
addition, it was sometimes argued that particular standing committees 
were simply too overburdened with current responsibilities to delve 
into the subject matter of a particular investigation.
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 9. Id. at p. 23.
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    Generally speaking, most select committees have been authorized to 
make legislative recommendations although few, until recently, have 
been empowered to report legislation directly to the House. Another 
general rule is that committee composition usually reflects the 
prevailing party ratios at the time of the select committee's 
creation.(10)
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10. Exceptions to this custom include the Select Committee on Standards 
        and Conduct and the Select Committee on Committees. In each 
        case the unique importance of the mission of the committee, 
        i.e., ethics in the first instance and House organization in 
        the second, seemed to warrant avoidance of even the appearance 
        of partisanship.

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    The following information provides data on each select and special 
committee created by the House of Representatives from 1947 through 
1977. Excluded from the list are select or special committees in 
existence prior to 1947, but which were subsequently 
recreated.(11)
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11. Between the 74th and 79th Congresses, the House continued, 
        reconstituted, or created the following select committees: 
        Special Committee on Wild Life Resources, Special Committee on 
        Un-American Activities, Select Committee to Investigate Real 
        Estate Bondholders' Reorganization, Special Investigating 
        Committee on Cross Licensing and Pooling of Patents, Special 
        Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures, Special 
        Committee Investigating American Retail Federation and Trade 
        Practices of Big Scale Wholesale and Retail Buying and Selling 
        Organizations and Their Associations, Special Committee to 
        Investigate Old-Age Pension Plans, Select Committee to 
        Investigate Executive Agencies of the Government, Select 
        Committee on Government Organization, Special Committee to 
        Investigate Un-American Activities, Special Committee to 
        Investigate the National Labor Relations Board, Select 
        Committee to Investigate the Interstate Migration of Destitute 
        Citizens, Special Committee to Study the Anthracite Emergency 
        Program, Select Committee Investigating National Defense 
        Migration, Select Committee to Investigate Air Accidents, 
        Select Committee on Small Business, Select Committee to 
        Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, Select 
        Committee to Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond the 
        Scope of Their Authority, Special Committee on Post-War 
        Economic Policy and Planning, Select Committee on Post-War 
        Military Policy, Select Committee to Investigate Seizure of 
        Montgomery Ward & Company, Select Committee to Investigate and 
        Study Small Business, Select Committee to Investigate Acts of 
        Executive Agencies Which Exceed Their Authority, Select 
        Committee to Investigate Supplies and Shortages of Food, 
        Particularly Meat, Special Committee on Reconstruction of House 
        Roofs and Skylights, and Select Committee to Investigate 
        Disposition of Surplus Property.
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    The information on each select committee includes its date of 
creation, authorizing resolution, number of members, functions and 
mandate, presence or absence of subpena and/or legislative authority, 
authority to report, special authority, extensions, and termination 
date.(12)
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12. ``Guidelines for the Establishment of Select Committees,'' report 
        of the Subcommittee on the Rules and Organization of the House, 
        Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives, 95th Cong. 
        (Oct. 31, 1977), pp. 30-87.

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       Select Committee To Conduct a Study and Investigation of All 
      Matters Related to the Need for Adequate Supplies of Newsprint, 
       Printing, and Wrapping Paper, Paper Products, Paper Pulp and 
                                  Pulpwood

             (Also known as the Select Committee on Newsprint)

        Date of creation.--February 26, 1947.
        Citation.--H. Res. 58, 80th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    record vote of 269-100).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized to 
    conduct a study and investigation of all matters related to the 
    need for adequate supplies, for use in the United States (including 
    use in time of war), of newsprint, printing and wrapping paper, 
    paper products, paper pulp and pulpwood, and of all matters related 
    to means by which adequate supplies thereof may be produced or 
    secured, with particular references to--
        ``(1) The short-range and long-range possibilities of increased 
    production thereof in the continental United States (including 
    Alaska);
        ``(2) The short-range and long-range prospects of securing 
    increased supplies thereof from Canada and other sources outside 
    the United States; and
        ``(3) The extent to which agencies or officers of the United 
    States may be able to assist in furthering the objective of 
    securing increased production and supplies thereof.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    submit preliminary reports to the House from time to time as it 
    deemed advisable. The Select Committee was ordered to submit its 
    final report to the House together with any recommendations as soon 
    as practicable during the 80th Congress, upon completion of its 
    investigation.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 80th Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on 
    December 31, 1948. . . .

                      Select Committee on Foreign Aid

        Date of creation.--July 22, 1947.
        Citation.--H. Res. 296; 80th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 19. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to make a study of: (1) Actual and prospective needs of 
    foreign nations and peoples, including those within United States 
    military zones, both for relief in terms of food, clothing, and so 
    forth, and of economic rehabilitation; (2) resources and facilities 
    available to meet such needs within and without the continental 
    United States; (3) existing or contemplated agencies, whether 
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    mestic, or international, qualified to deal with such needs; (4) 
    any or all measures which might assist in assessing relative needs 
    and in correlating such assistance as the United States can 
    properly make without weakening its domestic economy.''
        Significant changes in form or mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House was 
    not in session) from time to time as it deemed appropriate, but not 
    later than March 1, 1948 (later extended to May 1, 1948).
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: None. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: March 1, 1948 (H. Res. 
    296).
        Extensions: Extended to May 1, 1948 by H. Res. 476 on February 
    24, 1948.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on May 
    3, 1948. On June 8, 1948 the House passed H. Res. 601 which 
    transferred all records of the Select Committee on Foreign Aid to 
    the Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation created by 
    section 124 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948 (Public Law 472). 
    . . .

     Select Committee To Investigate Transactions on Commodity Exchange

        Date of creation.--December 18, 1947.
        Citation.--H. Res. 404; 80th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized to 
    conduct a full and complete investigation of purchases and sales of 
    commodities for future delivery and including: (a) The activities 
    of any department or agency of the United States Government in 
    connection with the purchase and sale of commodities, and into any 
    other activities of any such agency or department that may have 
    heretofore affected, or may hereafter affect. the price of food and 
    other commodities; (b) the private acts, and official activities of 
    any individual in the United States Government in connection with 
    the purchase or sale of commodities.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    submit a report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the 
    House was not in session) upon completion of its investigation as 
    soon as practicable during the 80th Congress.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes.
        Termination.--Orginal termination date: End of 80th Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: End of 80th Congress; final report 
    submitted to the House on December 31, 1948. . . .

                  Select Committee on Lobbying Activities

        Date of creation.--August 12, 1949.
        Citation.--H. Res. 298, 81st Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
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    rected to conduct a study and investigation of: (1) All lobbying 
    activities intended to influence, encourage, promote, or retard 
    legislation; and (2) all activities of agencies of the Federal 
    Government intended to influence, encourage, promote, or retard 
    legislation.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.

        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    submit preliminary reports to the House from time to time as it 
    deemed advisable; and to submit its final report on the results of 
    its study and investigations prior to the close of the 81st 
    Congress.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 81st Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination date: End of 81st Congress. . . .

     Select Committee To Investigate the Use of Chemicals, Pesticides, 
           and Insecticides in and With Respect to Food Products

        Date of creation.--June 20, 1950.
        Citation.--H. Res. 323; 81st Congress, 2d Session, adopted by a 
    voice vote. H. Res. 74; 82d Congress, 1st Session, February 2, 1951 
    (adopted by voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study 
    of--
        ``(1) The nature, extent, and effect of the use of chemicals, 
    compounds, and synthetics in the production, processing, 
    preparation and packaging of food products to determine the effect 
    of the use of such chemicals, compounds, and synthetics: (a) upon 
    the health and welfare of the Nation; and (b) upon the stability 
    and well-being of our agricultural economy;
        ``(2) The nature, extent, and effect of the use of pesticides 
    and insecticides with respect to food and food products, 
    particularly the effect of such use of pesticides and insecticides 
    upon the health and welfare of the consumer by reason of toxic 
    residues remaining on such food and food products as a result of 
    such use; and
        ``(3) The nature, effect, and extent of the use of chemicals, 
    compounds, and synthetics in the manufacture of fertilizer, 
    particularly the effect of such use of chemicals, compounds, and 
    synthetics upon: (a) The condition of the soil as a result of the 
    use of such fertilizer; (b) the quantity and quality of the 
    vegetation growing from such soil; (c) the health of animals 
    consuming such vegetation; (d) the quantity and quality of food 
    produced from such soil; and (e) the public health and welfare 
    generally.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: During the 82d 
    Congress, 1st Session, on October 15, 1951, the House agreed to H. 
    Res. 447 which expanded the mandate of the Committee to include ``. 
    . . an investigation and study of the nature, extent, and effect of 
    the use of chemicals, compounds, and synthetics in the production, 
    processing, preparation, and packaging of cosmetics to determine 
    the effect of the use of such chemicals, compounds, and synthetics 
    upon the health and welfare of the Nation.''

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        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was originally 
    authorized to report to the House (or the Clerk of the House if the 
    House was not in session) as soon as practicable during the 81st 
    Congress on the result of its investigation, together with any 
    recommendations for legislation. The reporting date was later 
    extended to the end of the 82d Congress by H. Res. 74, adopted on 
    February 2, 1951.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 81st Congress.
        Extensions: Extended to end of 82d Congress by H. Res. 74 on 
    February 2, 1951.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on 
    January 3, 1953. . . .

     Select Committee To Investigate Abuses in Education, Training and 
              Loan Guaranty Programs of World War II Veterans

        Date of creation.--August 28, 1950.
        Citation.--H. Res. 474, 81st Congress, 2d session (adopted by a 
    voice vote). H. Res. 93, 82d Congress, 1st session, February 2, 
    1951 (adopted by a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 9. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    the alleged abuses in the education and training program of World 
    War II veterans, and of action taken or the lack of action taken by 
    the responsible officers and employees of the Veterans' 
    Administration and State approving authorities to prevent abuses 
    under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, as amended.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: H. Res. 93, 
    adopted on February 2, 1951, to reestablish the Select Committee 
    for the 82d Congress, expanded the mandate of the Select Committee 
    to include loan guaranty programs for veterans.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The original establishing resolution 
    authorized the Select Committee to submit a report on the results 
    of its investigation, as soon as practicable during the 81st 
    Congress. H. Res. 93, reauthorized the Committee and extended the 
    reporting date to the end of the 82d Congress.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 81st Congress.
        Extensions: Reestablished by H. Res. 93 for the 82d Congress on 
    February 2, 1951.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on 
    September 11, 1952. . . .

    Select Committee To Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Katyn 
                              Forest Massacre

        Date of creation.--September 18, 1951.
        Citation.--H. Res. 390; 82d Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    the facts,

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    evidence, and extenuating circumstances both before and after the 
    massacre of thousands of Polish officers buried in a mass grave in 
    the Katyn Forest on the banks of the Dnieper in the vicinity of 
    Smolensk, which was then a Nazi-occupied territory formerly having 
    been occupied and under the control of the Union of Soviet 
    Socialist Republics.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: H. Res. 539 of 
    March 11, 1952 amended H. Res. 390 to permit the Select Committee 
    to hold hearings outside the United States.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was ordered to 
    report, upon completion of its hearings, to the House (or to the 
    Clerk of the House if the House was not in session) before the 
    adjournment of the 82d Congress. The reporting date was later 
    extended to January 3, 1953 (commencement of the 83d Congress) by 
    H. Res. 539.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 82d Congress.
        Extensions: Extended by H. Res. 539 to January 3, 1953.
        Actual termination: December 22, 1952. . . .

     Select Committee To Investigate Tax Exempt Foundations and Other 
                               Organizations

        Date of creation.--April 4, 1952.
        Citation.--H. Res. 561, 82d Congress, 2d Session (adopted by a 
    record vote of 194-158). H. Res. 217, 83d Congress, 1st Session, 
    July 27, 1953 (adopted by a vote of 209-163).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    educational and philanthropic foundations and other comparable 
    organizations which are exempt from Federal income taxation to 
    determine which such foundations and organizations are using their 
    resources for purposes other than the purposes for which they were 
    established, and especially to determine which such foundations and 
    organizations are using their resources for un-American and 
    subversive activities or for purposes not in the interest or 
    tradition of the United States.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: H. Res. 217 of 
    July 27, 1953, which reestablished the Select Committee for the 83d 
    Congress expanded the Select Committee's jurisdiction; authorizing 
    it to investigate tax exempt foundations and organizations to 
    determine if any such organizations were using their resources for 
    political purposes, propaganda, or attempts to influence 
    legislation.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House was 
    not in session) on the results of its investigations on or before 
    January 1, 1953. The reporting date was later extended by H. Res. 
    217 to January 3, 1955.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: January 1, 1953.
        Extensions: Extended to January 3, 1955 by H. Res. 217 on July 
    27, 1953.
        Actual termination: December 16, 1954. . . .

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    Select Committee To Conduct an Investigation and Study of Offensive 
             and Undesirable Books, Magazines, and Comic Books

        Date of creation.--May 12, 1952.
        Citation.--H. Res. 596; 82d Congress, 2d Session (adopted by a 
    voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 9. . . .
        Mode of selecting members: H. Res. 596 specified that the 
    members of the Select Committee ``be appointed by the Speaker, 
    three from the Committee on the Judiciary, three from the Committee 
    on Post Office and Civil Service, and three from the membership of 
    the House without reference to any committee.'' The resolution also 
    specified that not more than five members of the Select Committee 
    were to be appointed from the same political party. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study: 
    (1) To determine the extent to which current literature-books, 
    magazines, and comic books-containing immoral, obscene, or 
    otherwise offensive matter, or placing improper emphasis on crime, 
    violence, and corruption, are being made available to the people of 
    the United States through the United States mails and otherwise; 
    and (2) to determine the adequacy of existing law to prevent the 
    publication and distribution of books containing immoral, 
    offensive, and other undesirable matter.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House was 
    not in session) as soon as practicable during the 82d Congress, on 
    the results of its investigations and study, together with any 
    recommendations, including recommendations for legislation as it 
    deemed advisable.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 82d Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: December 31, 1952. . . .

    Select Committee To Investigate Incorporation of Lithuania, Latvia, 
                       and Estonia Into The U.S.S.R.

          (Also known as Select Committee on Communist Aggression)

        Date of creation.--July 27, 1953.
        Citation.--H. Res. 346; 83d Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 7 (increased to 9 by H. Res. 
    438 on March 4, 1954). . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    said seizure and forced `incorporation' of Lithuania, Latvia, and 
    Estonia by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the 
    treatment of the said Baltic peoples during and following said 
    seizure and `incorporation'.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: H. Res. 438 on 
    March 4, 1954, amended the establishing resolution by expanding the 
    mandate of the Select Committee, increasing its mem

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    bership, and authorizing it to conduct hearings outside the United 
    States after March 1, 1954. The Committee's expanded mandate is as 
    follows:

            The committee is authorized and directed to conduct a full 
        and complete investigation and study of: (1) The seizure and 
        forced ``incorporation'' of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia by 
        the Union of Soviet Socia]ist Republics and the treatment of 
        the said Baltic peoples during and following said seizure and 
        ``incorporation''; and (2) the subversion and destruction of 
        free institutions and human liberties in all other areas 
        controlled, directly or indirectly, by world communism, 
        including the treatment of the peoples in such areas.

        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House was 
    not in session) as soon as practicable during the 83d Congress on 
    the results of its investigation and study together with such 
    recommendations as it deemed advisable.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 83d Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual Termination: December 31, 1954. . . .

      Select Committee To Investigate and Study Certain Benefits for 
    Surviving Dependents of Deceased Members and Former Members of The 
                                Armed Forces

        Date of creation.--August 4, 1954.
        Citation.--H. Res. 549, 83d Congress, 2d Session (adopted by a 
    voice vote).
        H. Res. 35; 84th Congress, 1st Session, February 2, 1955 
    (adopted by a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members:
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed: (1) To conduct a full and complete investigation and 
    study of the benefits provided under Federal law for the surviving 
    dependents of deceased members and former members of the Armed 
    Forces; and (2) on the basis of such investigation, and study, to 
    make such recommendations as it may deem advisable and to prepare 
    such legislation as it may consider appropriate to carry out such 
    recommendations. ''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes, 84th Congress only.
        The establishing resolution, H. Res. 549 authorized the Select 
    Committee ``to prepare such legislation as it may consider 
    appropriate to carry out such recommendations.'' H. Res. 35, 
    approved February 2, 1955, which reauthorized the Select Committee 
    during the 84th Congress, expanded the authority of the Committee 
    by authorizing it to ``report to the House, by bill or otherwise .
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House on the results of its investigations as soon as 
    practicable during the 83d Congress. The reporting date was later 
    extended to January 15, 1956 by H. Res. 35, adopted on February 2, 
    1955.

        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: No. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 83d Congress.

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        Extensions: Extended to January 15, 1956 by H. Res. 35 on 
    February 2, 1955.
        Actual termination: January 15, 1956. . . .

    Select Committee To Investigate and Study The Financial Position of 
                     The White County Bridge Commission

        Date of creation.--May 25, 1955.
        Citation.--H. Res. 244; 84th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a record vote of 205-166).
        Membership.--Number of members: 3. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    the financial position of the White County Bridge Commission 
    established by Public Law 37, 77th Congress, with a view to 
    ascertaining when it may be expected that the bridge and approaches 
    thereto operated by such commission near New Harmony, Ind., will 
    become free of tolls, and what money has been received, and what 
    expenditures have been made, by such commission since its 
    establishment in 1941.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House was 
    not in session) as soon as practicable during the 84th Congress on 
    the results of its investigation and study, together with its 
    recommendations.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 84th Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Report submitted to the House on April 25, 
    1956. . . .

               Select Committee on the Houserecording Studio

        Date of creation.--June 27, 1956.
        Citation.--Public Law 84-624; 84th Congress, 2d Session (2 
    U.S.C. 123b) (H.R. 11473, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 
    1957, approved June 27, 1956).
        Membership.--Number of members: 3. . . .
        Mode of selecting members: The law directed that the Select 
    Committee be composed of three Members of the House, two from the 
    majority party and one from the minority party, to be appointed by 
    the Speaker. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: Public Law 84-624 directed that the House 
    Recording Studio be operated by the ``Clerk of the House of 
    Representatives under the direction and control of a committee 
    which is hereby created . . . composed of three members. . . .'' 
    The Select Committee was ``authorized to issue such rules and 
    regulations relating to operation of the House Recording Studio as 
    it may deem necessary.'' The law directed that price fixing of 
    disk, film, and recordings by the Clerk of the House of 
    Representatives be subject to approval by the Select Committee. 
    Expenditures by the House Recording Studio are subject to 
    regulations approved by the Select Committee. The Clerk of the 
    House of Representatives was authorized, subject to the approval of 
    the Select Committee,

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    to fix the compensation of a Director of the House Recording Studio 
    and such other employees as are deemed necessary to its operation.
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Not specified.
        Authority to report: Not specified.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: None. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: Not specified.
        Actual termination: Still in existence [Speaker appoints 
    members each Congress].

           Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration

        Date of creation.--March 5, 1958.
        Citation.--H. Res. 496; 85th Congress, 2d Session (adopted by a 
    voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 13. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a thorough and complete study and investigation 
    with respect to all aspects and problems relating to the 
    exploration of outer space and the control, development, and use of 
    astronautical resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes, the Select Committee was authorized 
    to consider all bills and resolutions proposing legislation in the 
    field of astronautics and space exploration.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House by bill or otherwise by June 1, 1958, or the 
    earliest date thereafter, but by no later than January 3, 1959.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subponeas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: January 3, 1959.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: On July 21, 1958, the House approved H. 
    Res. 580 which established a standing Committee on Science and 
    Astronautics to continue the work of the Select Committee. On 
    January 7, 1959, the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space 
    Exploration issued two reports. . . .

    Select Committee To Investigate and Study the Administration of the 
                         Export Control Act of 1949

        Date of creation.--September 7, 1961.
        Citation.--H. Res. 403, 87th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a division of 90-1).
        Membership.--Number of members: 5. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    the administration, operation, and enforcement of the Export 
    Control Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 7), as amended, with a view to 
    assessing the accomplishments under that Act, determining whether 
    improvements can be made in the administration, operation, or 
    enforcement thereof, and improving congressional oversight and 
    guidance over the formation of United States policies involved in 
    such Act. In carrying out such investigation and study, the 
    committee shall give particular attention to the following matters:
        ``(1) The problems involved in the control of trade between the 
    United

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    States and foreign countries comprising the Sino-Soviet bloc.
        ``(2) Present methods and procedures in the formulation of 
    policy with respect to the determination of which articles, 
    materials, supplies, and technical data shall be controlled under 
    such Act, and the extent of such control.
        ``(3) Procedures followed under such Act in obtaining 
    information, advice, and opinions with respect to determination of 
    which articles, materials, supplies, and technical data shall be 
    controlled under such Act, from departments and agencies of the 
    United States which are concerned with aspects of our domestic or 
    foreign policies and operations which have a bearing on exports.
        ``(4) The extent to which decisions heretofore made under such 
    Act concerning the control of exports have adversely affected the 
    security of the United States.
        ``(5) Whether or not such Act is being administered by the 
    appropriate department of the Federal Government.
        ``(6) The interrelationship between such Act and related Acts 
    (such as the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951, and the 
    Trading With the Enemy Act) and other discussions or agreements 
    entered into by the United States (such as the coordinating 
    committee (COCOM) discussions and agreements) which affect or 
    relate to the control of trade between the United States and 
    foreign countries.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None. ''
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House was 
    not in session) the results of its investigation and study, 
    together with any recommendations it deemed advisable.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 87th Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Report submitted to the House on May 31, 
    1962. . . .

    Select Committee To Investigate Expenditures for Research Programs 
     Conducted by or Sponsored by the Departments and Agencies of the 
                             Federal Government

        (Also known as the Select Committee on Government Research)

        Date of creation.--September 11, 1963.
        Citation.--H. Res. 504; 88th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 336 to 0).
        Membership.--Number of members: 9. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``directed to 
    make a complete, full, and thorough investigation of the numerous 
    research programs being conducted by sundry departments and 
    agencies of the Federal Government and, without limiting the 
    generality of the foregoing, the committee shall give special 
    attention to the following: (1) The overall total amount of annual 
    expenditures on research programs; (2) what departments and 
    agencies of the Government are conducting research and at what 
    costs; (3) the amounts being expended by the

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    various agencies and departments in grants and contracts for 
    research to colleges, private industry, and every form of student 
    scholarships; (4) what facilities, if any, exist for coordinating 
    the various and sundry research programs, including grants to 
    colleges and universities as well as scholarship grants.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report ``its findings to the House with such recommended 
    legislation as the committee may deem appropriate to correct any 
    deficiencies. `` The Select Committee was authorized to submit 
    interim reports, and its final report prior to December 1, 1964.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authorities: H. Res. 504 provided the following: ``In 
    order that this investigation of the numerous research programs may 
    be better coordinated, without limiting the scope of the same 
    committee's investigation, it is directed, among other 
    investigative procedures, to make use of information currently 
    available to the various committees of Congress which have 
    legislative jurisdiction over Government research activities to the 
    end that the said select committee may be able to recommend the 
    necessary legislation to coordinate and prevent justifiable 
    duplication in the numerous projects and activities of the 
    Government relating to scientific research.''. . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: December 1, 1964.
        Extensions: Extended to January 3, 1965, by H. Res. 810 on 
    August 5,1964.
        Actual termination: January 3, 1965. . . .

       Select Committee To Study the Factors Relating to the General 
                Welfare and Education of Congressional Pages

        Date of creation.--September 30, 1964.
        Citation.--H. Res. 847; 88th Congress, 2d Session (adopted by a 
    voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 5. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    all of the factors relating to the general welfare and education of 
    congressional pages, including, but not limited to, a study and 
    investigation of the residential, dining, recreational, 
    educational, and physical training facilities and opportunities for 
    such pages, and rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions 
    governing the employment of such pages.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.

        Authority to report: The Select Committee was directed to 
    report to the House as soon as practicable during the 88th Congress 
    on the results of its investigation and study. The Select Committee 
    was authorized to make ``recommendations regarding the feasibility 
    and desirability of raising the minimum age for Capitol pages to 
    eighteen years, of requiring secondary school graduation as a 
    prerequisite for appointment as a Capitol page, and of providing 
    for the establishment and

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    construction of a Capitol page school and residence, and such other 
    recommendations as it deems advisable.''
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Not specified in 
    establishing resolution. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 88th Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Report submitted to the House on January 4, 
    1965. . . .

                 Select Committee on Standards and Conduct

        Date of creation.--October 19, 1966.
        Citation.--H. Res. 1013; 89th Congress, 2d Session (adopted by 
    a recorded vote of 256-0).
        Membership.--Number of members: 12. . . .
        Mode of selecting members: The establishing resolution 
    stipulated that the twelve members of the Committee be appointed by 
    the Speaker as follows: six from the majority party and six from 
    the minority party. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee on Standards and 
    Conduct, was authorized to:
        ``(1) Recommend to the House, by report or resolution such 
    additional rules or regulations as the Select Committee shall 
    determine to be necessary or desirable to insure proper standards 
    of conduct by Members of the House and by officers or employees of 
    the House, in the performance of their duties and the discharge of 
    their responsibilities; and
        ``(2) Report violations, by a majority vote of the Select 
    Committee, of any law to the proper Federal and State 
    authorities.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    make recommendations to the House by report or resolution on the 
    subjects under its jurisdiction. No reporting date was specified in 
    the establishing resolution.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 89th Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on 
    December 27, 1966. On April 13, 1967 the House agreed to H. Res. 
    418 creating a standing Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. 
    . . .

     Special Committee To Report to the House Upon the Question of the 
      Right of Adam Clayton Powell To Be Sworn In as a Representative 
              From the State of New York in the 90th Congress

        Date of creation.--January 10, 1967.
        Citation.--H. Res. 1, 90th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    vote of 363-65).
        Membership.--Number of members: 9. . . .
        Mode of selecting members: All members of the Special Committee 
    were appointed by the Speaker. H. Res. 1 specified that four of the 
    nine members be members of the minority party and appointed after 
    consultation with the Minority Leader. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Special Committee was appointed to 
    consider the ``question of the right of Adam Clayton Powell to be 
    sworn in as a

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    Representative from the State of New York in the Ninetieth 
    Congress, as well as his final right to a seat therein as 
    Representative. . . .''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Special Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House within five weeks after the appointment of the 
    members of the Special Committee.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: Five weeks after the 
    appointment of the members of the Special Committee, who were 
    appointed January 19, 1967.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: February 23, 1967. . . .

                 Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop

        Date of creation.--December 6, 1967.
        Citation.--H. Res. 1000; 90th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote). H. Res. 258; 91st Congress, 1st Session, February 
    19, 1969 (adopted by a voice vote). Public Law 91-145, December 12, 
    1969, Legislative Branch Appropriations for fiscal year 1970.
        Membership.--Number of members: 3. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The establishing resolution directed that 
    ``until otherwise ordered by the House, the management of the House 
    Beauty Shop and all matters connected therewith shall be under the 
    direction of the Select Committee . . . and shall be operated under 
    such rules and regulations as such Committee may prescribe for the 
    operation and the employment of necessary assistance for the 
    conduct of said Beauty Shop by such business methods as may produce 
    the best results consistent with economical and modern 
    management.'' The Select Committee was authorized by H. Res. 1000 
    of the 90th Congress to purchase equipment and materials for 
    initial operations of the shop at a cost not to exceed $15,000, to 
    be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: The Legislative 
    Branch Appropriations Act Approved on December 12, 1969, authorized 
    the establishment of a Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop. 
    The jurisdiction and membership of the Select Committee was not 
    changed. However, the law provided for the establishment of a 
    revolving fund for the House Beauty Shop in the United States 
    Treasury. The General Accounting Office was authorized to audit the 
    activities of the Beauty Shop when directed to do so by the Select 
    Committee.
        Legislative authority: Not specified.
        Authority to report: Not specified.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: No. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 90th Congress.
        Extensions: Extended by H. Res. 258, 90th Congress, 1st Session 
    on February 19, 1969, to the end of the 91st Congress; and 
    reauthorized by Public Law 91-145 on December 12, 1969.
        Actual termination: Still in existence.

       Select Committee To Regulate Parking on the House Side of the 
                                  Capitol

        Date of creation.--March 13, 1969.

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        Citation.--H. Res. 282; 91st Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote). H. Res. 24; 92d Congress, 1st Session, February 10, 
    1971 (adopted by a voice vote). H. Res. 145; 93d Congress, 1st 
    Session, February 7, 1973 (adopted by a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 3. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized to 
    exercise direction over the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
    Representatives in the assignment of space for outdoor parking of 
    automobiles in squares 639, south of 635, and 692, located adjacent 
    to the House Office Buildings, and for all other outdoor parking of 
    automobiles on the House side of the United States Capitol 
    Grounds.'' The establishing resolution also directed the House 
    Office Building Commission ``to delegate so much of such duties as 
    pertain to the direction and supervision of the Architect of the 
    Capitol in the assignment of space for parking of automobiles in 
    the garages in the Rayburn House Office Building, the Cannon House 
    Office Building, and the two underground garages in squares 637 and 
    691, located adjacent to the House Office Buildings, and the 
    issuance of regulations governing such assignments, to the select 
    committee. . . .''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: Not specified in establishing resolution.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: None. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination: End of 91st Congress.
        Extensions: Reauthorized by H. Res. 24 for the 92d Congress on 
    February 10, 1971, and by H. Res. 145 for the 93d Congress on 
    February 7, 1973.
        Actual termination: End of the 93d Congress. At the beginning 
    of the 94th Congress, the Committee on House Administration created 
    a Subcommittee on Parking [having been given jurisdiction effective 
    Jan. 4, 1975, over parking facilities of the House (H. Res. 988, 
    93d Cong.)].

                         Select Committee on Crime

        Date of creation.--May 1, 1969.
        Citation.--H. Res. 17; 91st Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    vote of 34518). H. Res. 115; 92d Congress, 1st Session, March 9, 
    1971 (adopted by a voice vote). H. Res. 256; 93d Congress, 1st 
    Session, February 28, 1973 (adopted by a vote of 317-75).

        Membership.--Number of members: 7 (increased to 11 by H. Res. 
    115 on March 9, 1971). . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of 
    all aspects of crime in the United States, including: (1) Its 
    elements, causes, and extent; (2) the preparation, collection, and 
    dissemination of statistics thereon, and the availability of 
    reciprocity of information among law enforcement agencies, Federal, 
    State, and local, including exchange of information with foreign 
    nations; (3) the adequacy of law enforcement and the administration 
    of justice, including constitutional issues pertaining thereto; (4) 
    the effect of crime and disturbances in the metropolitan urban 
    areas; (5) the effect, directly or indirectly, of crime on the 
    commerce of the Nation; (6) the treatment and rehabilitation of 
    persons con

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    victed of crimes; (7) measures for the reduction, control, or 
    prevention of crime; (8) measures for the improvement of (a) 
    detection of crime, (b) law enforcement, including increased 
    cooperation among the agencies thereof, (c) the administration of 
    justice; and (9) measures and programs for increased respect for 
    the law.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: The membership 
    of the Select Committee was increased to eleven by H. Res. 115, 
    March 9, 1971 which reauthorized the Select Committee for the 92d 
    Congress.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House as soon as practicable during the 91st Congress 
    on the results of its investigation together with any 
    recommendations it deemed advisable. This date was later extended 
    to June 30, 1973.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 91st Congress.
        Extensions: H. Res. 115 on March 9, 1971 extended the Committee 
    for the duration of the 92d Congress, H. Res. 256 on February 28, 
    1973, extended the Select Committee to June 30, 1973.
        Actual termination: June 30, 1973 [records, files, and all 
    current material transferred to Committee on the Judiciary pursuant 
    to H. Res. 256, Feb. 28, 1973].

                  Select Committee on the House Restaurant

        Date of creation.--July 10, 1969.
        Citation.--H. Res. 472; 91st Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote). H. Res. 317; 92d Congress, 1st Session, March 25, 
    1971 (adopted by a voice vote). H. Res. 111; 93d Congress, 1st 
    Session, February 7, 1973 (adopted by voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 5. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was established to 
    supervise the operation of the House Restaurant. The establishing 
    resolution directed that ``[O]n and after July 15, 1969, until 
    otherwise ordered by the House, the Architect of the Capitol shall 
    perform the duties vested in him by section 208 of Public Law 812, 
    76th Congress (40 U.S.C. 174K) under the direction of the Select 
    Committee. . . .''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: H. Res. 317, on 
    March 25, 1971, reauthorized the Select Committee for the 92d 
    Congress and expanded its jurisdiction. The Committee on House 
    Administration was delegated authority over the direction and 
    supervision of the House Restaurant and facilities. The Select 
    Committee was authorized to ``exercise direction and supervision 
    over immediate management and operation of the House Restaurant and 
    the cafeteria and other food service facilities of the House of 
    Representatives, subject to the authority of the Committee on House 
    Administration. . . .''
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: Not specified in establishing resolution.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: None. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 91st Congress.
        Extensions: Extended to end of 92d Congress by H. Res. 317 on 
    March 25,

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    1971. Extended to end of 93d Congress by H. Res. 111 on February 7, 
    1973.
        Actual termination: End of 93d Congress. At the beginning of 
    the 94th Congress, the House Committee on House Administration 
    [which, since abolition of the Committee on Accounts in 1946, has 
    possessed legislative jurisdiction over measures relating to the 
    House restaurant] created an Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Restaurant.

       Select Committee To Investigate All Aspects of United States 
                  Military Involvement in South-east Asia

        Date of creation.--June 8, 1970.
        Citation.--H. Res. 976; 91st Congress, 2d Session (adopted by a 
    vote of 224-101).
        Membership.--Number of members: 12. [Majority]: 6. [Minority]: 
    6.
        Mode of selecting members: The establishing resolution 
    specified that the members of the Select Committee be chosen as 
    follows: ``two from the Armed Services Committee, two from the 
    Foreign Affairs Committee, and eight from the House at large. . . 
    .'' Appointed by the Speaker. . . .''
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    ``immediately proceed to Southeast Asia to investigate all aspects 
    of the United States military involvement in Southeast Asia.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House on the results of its investigation within 
    forty-five days after adoption of the authorizing resolution.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: No. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: July 23, 1970.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Report submitted to the House on July 6, 
    1970. . . .

                       Select Committee on Committees

        Date of creation.--January 31, 1973.
        Citation.--H. Res. 132; 93d Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    vote of 282-91).
        Membership.--Number of members: 10. [Majority]: 5, [Minority]: 
    5.
        Mode of selecting members: Appointed by the Speaker as 
    authorized in the establishing resolution: five members from the 
    majority and five from the minority. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a thorough and complete study with respect to 
    the operation and implementation of rules X and XI of the Rules of 
    the House of Representatives, including committee structure of the 
    House, the number and optimum size of committees, their 
    jurisdiction, the number of subcommittees, committee rules and 
    procedures, media coverage of meetings, staffing, space, equipment, 
    and other committee facilities.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized and 
    ``directed to report to the House by bill, resolution, or 
    otherwise, with respect to any matters covered by this 
    resolution.''
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: None. . . .

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        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 93d Congress.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: December 20, 1974 (end of 93d Congress). . 
    . .

                         Select Committee on Aging

        Date of creation.--January 3, 1975.
        Citation.--H. Res. 988; 93d Congress, 2d Session (amendment 
    adopted by a vote of 323-84, on October 2, 1974).
        Membership.--Not specified in establishing resolution. 
    [Appointed by Speaker each Congress.]

        Number of members: Not specified in establishing resolution.
        94th Congress: 28. . . .
        95th Congress: 34. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The permanent Select Committee on Aging is 
    authorized--
        ``(1) To conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review of 
    the problems of the older American, including but not limited to 
    income maintenance, housing, health (including medical research), 
    welfare, employment, education, recreation, and participation in 
    family and community life as self-respecting citizens;
        ``(2) To study the use of all practicable means and methods of 
    encouraging the development of public and private programs and 
    policies which will assist the older American in taking a full part 
    in national life and which will encourage the utilization of the 
    knowledge, skills, special aptitudes, and abilities of older 
    Americans to contribute to a better quality of life for all 
    Americans;
        ``(3) To develop policies that would encourage the coordination 
    of both governmental and private programs designed to deal with 
    problems of aging; and
        ``(4) To review any recommendations made by the President or by 
    the White House Conference on Aging relating to programs or 
    policies affecting older Americans.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: Not specified in the establishing 
    resolution. Each House standing committee is required under rule 
    XI, clause 1(d) of the House Rules to submit to the House a report 
    on the activities of that committee no later than January 2 of each 
    odd-numbered year. To date, the House permanent Select Committee on 
    Aging has submitted annual reports to the House for 1975 and 1976.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--The Select Committee is a permanent Select 
    Committee [established under the standing rules of the House 
    pursuant to H. Res. 988, 93d Cong. See Rule X clause 6(g), House 
    Rules and Manual Sec. 702 (1979)].
        H. Res. 988, including the provision creating the Select 
    Committee, became effective on January 3, 1975.

                      Select Committee on Intelligence

        Date of creation.--February 19, 1975 and July 17, 1975.
        [On July 17, 1975, the House abolished the first Select 
    Committee on Intelligence established by H. Res. 138, and created a 
    second Select Committee on Intelligence with the same mandate, but 
    with its membership increased by three.]

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        Citation.--H. Res. 138; 94th Congress, 1st Session (adopted on 
    a vote of 286-120). H. Res. 591; 94th Congress, 1st Session 
    (Adopted by a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 10 (increased to 13 by H. Res. 
    591). . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The House Select Committee on Intelligence 
    was established ``to conduct an inquiry into the organization, 
    operations, and oversight of the intelligence community of the 
    United States Government.'' The Select Committee was ``authorized 
    and directed to conduct an inquiry into--
        ``(1) The collection, analysis, use, and cost of intelligence 
    information and allegations of illegal or improper activities of 
    intelligence agencies in the United States and abroad;
        ``(2) The procedures and effectiveness of coordination among 
    and between the various intelligence components of the United 
    States Government;
        ``(3) The nature and extent of executive branch oversight and 
    control of United States intelligence activities;
        ``(4) The need for improved or reorganized oversight by the 
    Congress of United States intelligence activities;
        ``(5) The necessity, nature, and extent of overt and covert 
    intelligence activities by United States intelligence 
    instrumentalities in the United States and abroad;
        ``(6) The procedures for and means of the protection of 
    sensitive intelligence information;
        ``(7) Procedures for and means of the protection of rights and 
    privileges of citizens of the United States from illegal or 
    improper intelligence activities; and
        ``(8) Such other related matters as the select committee shall 
    deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution.''
        In carrying out the purposes of the establishing resolutions 
    the Select Committee on Intelligence was further ``authorized to 
    inquire into the activities of the following:
        ``(1) the National Security Council;
        ``(2) the United States Intelligence Board;

        ``(3) the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board;
        ``(4) the Central Intelligence Agency;
        ``(5) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
        ``(6) the intelligence components of the Departments of the 
    Army, Navy, and the Air Force;
        ``(7) the National Security Agency;
        ``(8) the Intelligence and Research Bureau of the Department of 
    State;
        ``(9) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
        ``(10) the Department of the Treasury and the Department of 
    Justice;
        ``(11) the Energy Research and Development Administration; and
        ``(12) any other instrumentalities of the United States 
    Government engaged in or otherwise responsible for intelligence 
    operations in the United States and abroad.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The House Select Committee on Intelligence 
    was ``authorized and directed to report to the House with respect 
    to the matters covered . . . as soon as practicable but no later 
    than January 31, 1976.'' The establishing resolution also stated 
    that the authority granted to the Select Committee ``shall expire 
    three months

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    after the filing of the report with the House of Representatives.'' 
    On January 29, 1970, the House adopted H. Res. 982 by a vote of 246 
    to 129, which reversed the decision of the Select Committee to make 
    its final report public, and prohibited the release of the report 
    so long as it contained information that the President believed 
    would jeopardize the national security. The resolution directed 
    that ``the Select Committee on Intelligence shall not release any 
    report containing materials, information, data, or subjects that 
    presently bear security classification, unless and until such 
    reports are published with appropriate security markings and 
    distributed only to persons authorized to receive such classified 
    information, or until the report has been certified by the 
    President as not containing information which would adversely 
    affect the intelligence activities of the CIA in foreign countries 
    or the intelligence activities in foreign countries of any other 
    department or agency of the Federal Government. The resolution also 
    authorized the Select Committee to file a supplemental report 
    containing its recommendations by midnight on Wednesday, February 
    11, 1976.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authorities: Section 6 of the establishing resolution 
    authorized the Select Committee to ``institute and carry out such 
    rules and procedures as it may deem necessary to prevent: (1) The 
    disclosure, outside the select committee, of any information 
    relating to the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency or 
    any other department or agency of the Federal Government engaged in 
    intelligence activities, obtained by the select committee during 
    the course of its study and investigation, not authorized by the 
    select committee to be disclosed; and (2) the disclosure, outside 
    the select committee, of any information which would adversely 
    affect the intelligence activities of the Central Intelligence 
    Agency in foreign countries or the intelligence activities in 
    foreign countries of any other department or agency of the Federal 
    Government.''. . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: The Select Committee 
    was authorized to submit a report by January 31, 1976. The 
    authority granted the Select Committee was to expire three months 
    after the report was filed.
        Extensions: H. Res. 982 on January 29, 1976, granted Select 
    Committee until February 11, 1976, to file a supplemental report 
    containing its recommendations.
        Actual termination: February 11, 1976, report submitted to 
    House. [Rule XLVIII, House Rules and Manual (1979) established a 
    permanent select committee to be known as the permanent Select 
    Committee on Intelligence. The resolution creating the permanent 
    select committee directed the committee to make a study with 
    respect to intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
    United States and to report thereon, together with appropriate 
    recommendations, not later than the close of the 95th Congress (H. 
    Res. 658, section 3; see H. Rept. 95-1795, Oct. 14, 1978), and 
    transferred to the permanent Select Committee on Intelligence all 
    records, files, documents and other materials of the Select 
    Committee on Intelligence of the 94th Congress in the possession, 
    custody, or control of the Clerk of the House.]

           Ad Hoc Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf

        Date of creation.--April 22, 1975.

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        Citation.--H. Res. 412; 94th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote). H. Res. 97; 95th Congress, 1st Session, January 11, 
    1977 [adopted by a voice vote upon being called up as privileged 
    from the floor pursuant to the Speaker's authority under Rule X 
    clause 5 (c) to create ad hoc select committees with approval of 
    the House].
        Membership.--Number of members: 16 (increased to 19 by the 
    Speaker on May 6, 1975). . . .
        Mode of selecting members: Appointed by the Speaker from the 
    following committees: (1) The Committee on Interior and Insular 
    Affairs; (2) the Committee on the Judiciary; (3) the Committee on 
    Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Res. 97 which reauthorized the 
    Committee for the 95th Congress, also specified that the Select 
    Committee be composed of ``other members from other committees as 
    the Speaker may appoint so as to insure the expeditious 
    consideration ancl reporting of appropriate legislation.''
        Function.--Mandate: The ad hoc Select Committee on the Outer 
    Continental Shelf was authorized to consider and report to the 
    House on H.R. 6218, ``a bill to establish a policy for the 
    management of oil and natural gas in the Outer Continental Shelf; 
    to protect the marine and coastal environment; to amend the Outer 
    Continental Shelf Lands Act; and for other purposes, and on any 
    related matter on this subject within the jurisdiction . . .'' of 
    the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs, Merchant Marine and 
    Fisheries, and the Judiciary which may be referred to it by the 
    Speaker.
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes.

        Authority to report: The ad hoc Select Committee on the Outer 
    Continental Shelf was originally directed to transmit its findings 
    and make a full report to the House on January 31, 1976. The 
    reporting date was extended to March 31, 1976, by H. Res. 977 and 
    to May 4, 1976, by H. Res. 1121. H. Res. 97 reestablished the 
    Select Committee and extended its reporting date to the end of the 
    first session of the 95th Congress. Unless extended further, the 
    Committee was to expire ``upon completion of the legislative 
    process, including final disposition of any veto message with 
    respect to all legislation reported by the Committee.'' (H. Res. 
    97, 95th Congress, 1st Session, January 11, 1977 p. 3).
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authorities: Section 2 of the establishing resolution 
    provides that ``[I]nsofar as applicable, the provisions of rule XI, 
    clauses 1 and 2 shall apply to the Select Committee.'' Rule XI of 
    the Rules of the House relate to the rules of procedures for 
    standing committees, and clauses 1 and 2 focus on the following: 
    adoption of written rules for committees, regular meeting days, 
    additional and special meetings, absence of chairman, committee 
    records, open meetings and hearings, quorum for taking testimony 
    and certain other actions, prohibition against committee meetings 
    during five minute rule, calling and interrogation of witnesses, 
    investigative hearing procedures, committee procedures for 
    reporting bills and resolutions, power to sit and act, subpoena 
    power, and use of committee funds for travel. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: January 31, 1976.

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        Extensions: Extended to March 31, 1976 by H. Res. 977 on 
    January 26, 1976. Extended to May 4, 1976, by H. Res. 1121 on March 
    31, 1976. [Since H.R. 6218 did not become law in the 94th Congress, 
    the Committee was reestablished in the 95th Congress by H. Res. 97 
    on Jan. 11, 1977, for purposes of considering H.R. 1614, the new 
    version of the bill. Upon submission of the final report of the 
    Committee, it was authorized to continue until completion of the 
    legislative process, ``including final disposition of any veto 
    message, with respect to all legislation reported by the 
    Committee.'']
        Actual termination: Still in existence during 1st Session of 
    the 95th Congress. . . .

     Select Committee To Study the Problem of United States Servicemen 
                    Missing in Action in Southeast Asia

        Date of creation.--September 11, 1975.
        Citation.--H. Res. 335; 94th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 395-3).
        Membership.--Number of members: 10. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was ``authorized and 
    directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study 
    of--
        ``(1) The problem of United States servicemen still identified 
    as missing in action, as well as those known dead whose bodies have 
    not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North 
    Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and the problem of 
    United States civilians identified as missing or unaccounted for, 
    as well as those known dead whose bodies have not been recovered in 
    North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia;
        ``(2) The need for additional international inspection teams to 
    determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoners of 
    war or civilians held captive or unwillingly detained in the 
    aforementioned areas.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was directed to 
    submit a report to the House with respect to the results of its 
    investigation as soon as practicable, but not later than one year 
    after the adoption of the resolution establishing it (September 11, 
    1976). Extended to January 3, 1977 by H. Res. 1454 on August 2, 
    1976.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authorities: The Select Committee and its staff were 
    authorized to conduct field hearings and investigations and to 
    travel to Southeast Asia if necessary. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: The Select Committee 
    was directed to report not later than one year after adoption of 
    the establishing resolution (September 11, 1976). The authority of 
    the Select Committee was scheduled to expire ninety days after 
    submission of the final report.
        Extensions: Extended to January 3, 1977, by H. Res. 1454 on 
    August 2, 1976.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on 
    December 13, 1976. [Authority of Select Committee expired prior to 
    noon on Jan. 3, 1977, under terms of H. Res. 1454.]

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                  Select Committee on Professional Sports

        Date of creation.--May 18, 1976.
        Citation.--H. Res. 1186; 94th Congress, 2d Session (adopted by 
    a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 13. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee on Professional 
    Sports was authorized ``to conduct an inquiry into the need for 
    legislation with respect to professional sports.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was directed to 
    report to the House on the results of its inquiry as soon as 
    practicable during the 94th Congress.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination: End of 94th Congress.
        Extensions: None. On January 13, 1977, Mr. Sisk and others 
    introduced H. Res. 111, a resolution to reestablish the Select 
    Committee on Professional Sports for the 95th Congress. The House 
    Committee on Rules reported favorably on this resolution on March 
    3, 1977. However, on March 7, 1977, the measure was rejected by the 
    House on a rollcall vote of 75-271.
        Actual termination: Final report submitted to the House on 
    January 3, 1977. . . .

              Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control

        Date of creation.--July 29, 1976.
        Citation.--H. Res. 1350; 94th Congress, 2d Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 360-10). H. Res. 77; 95th Congress, 1st Session, January 
    11, 1977 (adopted by a voice vote).
        Membership.--Number of members: 18. . . .
        Mode of selecting members: The establishing resolution 
    specified that the members of the Select Committee be appointed by 
    the Speaker and that at least one member be chosen from each by the 
    following committees: the Committee on Armed Services, the 
    Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on International 
    Relations, the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
    Fisheries, and the Committee on Ways and Means. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse 
    and Control was authorized: ``(1) To conduct a continuing 
    comprehensive study and review of the problems of narcotics abuse 
    and control, including, but not limited to, international 
    trafficking, enforcement, prevention, narcotics-related violations 
    of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, international treaties, 
    organized crime, drug abuse in the Armed Forces of the United 
    States, treatment and rehabilitation, and the approach of the 
    criminal justice system with respect to narcotics law violations 
    and crimes relating to drug abuse; and (2) to review any 
    recommendations made by the President, or by any department or 
    agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, relating 
    to programs or policies affecting narcotics abuse or control.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None to date.
        Legislative authority: None.

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        Authority to report: The Select Committee was directed to 
    submit an annual report to the House summarizing its activities and 
    to submit additional reports on the results of its investigations.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
    Special authorities: The Select Committee was authorized to hold 
field hearings and inspections. . . .

        Termination.--Original termination date: Not specified in 
    establishing resolution.
        Extensions: Reauthorized by H. Res. 77 on January 11, 1977, for 
    the 95th Congress.
        Actual termination: Still in existence in the 95th Congress. . 
    . .

     Select Committee To Investigate the Circumstances Surrounding the 
        Death of John F. Kennedy and the Death of Martin Luther King

           (Also known as the Select Committee on Assassinations)

        Date of creation.--September 17, 1976.
        Citation.--H. Res. 1540; 94th Congress, 2d Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 280-65). H. Res. 222; 95th Congress, 1st Session, 
    February 2, 1977 (adopted by vote of 237-164). H. Res. 433, 95th 
    Congress, 1st Session, March 30, 1977 (adopted by vote of 230-181).
        Membership.--Number of members: 12. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    ``conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the 
    circumstances surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy and the 
    death of Martin Luther King, Junior, and of any others the select 
    committee shall determine.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: H. Res. 222, 
    which reauthorized the Select Committee for the 95th Congress, 
    expanded its jurisdiction to include an ``investigation and study 
    of the circumstances surrounding the assassination and death of 
    President John F. Kennedy and the assassination and death of Martin 
    Luther King, Junior, and of any other persons the select committee 
    shall determine might be related to either death in order to 
    ascertain: (1) Whether the existing laws relating to the safety and 
    protection of the President of the United States, assassinations of 
    the President of the United States, deprivation of civil rights, 
    and conspiracies related thereto, as well as the investigatory 
    jurisdiction and capability of agencies and departments of the 
    United States Government, are adequate either in their provisions 
    or in the manner of their enforcement; and (2) whether there was 
    full disclosure and sharing of information and evidence among 
    agencies and departments of the United States Government during the 
    course of all prior investigations into those deaths; and whether 
    any evidence or information which was not in the possession of any 
    agency or department of the United States Government investigating 
    either death would have been of assistance to that agency or 
    department, and why such information was not provided to or 
    collected by the appropriate agency or department; and shall make 
    recommendations to the House, if the select committee deems it 
    appropriate, for the amendments of existing legisla

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    tion or the enactment of new legislation.'' H. Res. 222 also 
    directed that the Select Committee adopt written rules of procedure 
    consistent with the House Rules and the establishing resolution.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The establishing resolution directed the 
    Select Committee to submit a report to the House on the results of 
    its investigation as soon as practicable during the 94th Congress. 
    H. Res. 222 extended the life of the Select Committee to March 31, 
    1977. On March 30, 1977, the House approved H. Res. 433 which 
    extended the life of the Select Committee for the duration of the 
    95th Congress.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authorities: The Select Committee was authorized by H. 
    Res. 222 to ``take testimony on oath anywhere within the United 
    States or in any other country and to authorize designated counsel 
    for the select committee to obtain statements from any witness who 
    is placed under oath by an authority who is authorized to 
    administer oaths in accordance with the applicable laws of the 
    United States or of any State . . . .'' [The House by resolution 
    authorized a select committee to make applications to courts and to 
    bring and defend lawsuits arising out of witnesses' refusals to 
    comply with committee subpenas and court immunity orders. In this 
    instance, where the Select Committee on Assassinations had been 
    established by resolution and given the authority conferred on 
    standing committees by law to request immunity orders in court for 
    witnesses, the Committee on Rules reported as privileged and the 
    House adopted a subsequent resolution permitting that committee to 
    make applications to courts and to bring and defend, but not to 
    intervene in, lawsuits in support of committee subpenas and court 
    immunity orders, when authorized by a majority of the committee. H. 
    Res. 760, 95th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 28, 1977.] The chairman of 
    the Select Committee was authorized to establish subcommittees as 
    he considers appropriate. H. Res. 222 also specified that ``[T]he 
    select committee shall be considered a committee of the House of 
    Representatives for all purposes of law, including but not limited 
    to section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 
    U.S.C. 192); and sections 6002 and 6005 of title 18, United States 
    Code, or any other Act of Congress regulating the granting of 
    immunity to witnesses.''. . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 94th Congress.
        Extensions: Extended to March 31, 1977, by H. Res. 222 on 
    February 2 1977. Extended to the end of the 95th Congress by H. 
    Res. 433 on March 30, 1977.
        Actual termination: Still in existence in the 95th Congress. . 
    . .

                         Select Committee on Ethics

        Date of creation.--March 9, 1977.
        Citation.--H. Res. 383; 95th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 410-1).

        Membership.--Number of members: 19. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee on Ethics was 
    authorized to ``consider and . . . report to the House on any bills 
    or resolutions which may

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    include provisions incorporating and integrating into permanent law 
    applicable provisions and appropriate modifications of rule XLIII, 
    rule XLIV, rule XLV, rule XLVI, and rule XLVII of the Rules of the 
    House of Representatives, and which may hereafter be referred to 
    the Select Committee by the Speaker. The select committee shall 
    have jurisdiction over the bills and resolutions referred to it.'' 
    The Select Committee was also authorized ``to adopt regulations, 
    and issue advisory opinions, regarding the application of rules 
    XLIII-XLVII of the Rules of the House.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes.
        Authority to report: The establishing resolution specified that 
    the authority of the Select Committee on Ethics to report bills and 
    resolutions referred to it shall expire on September 30, 1977. The 
    Select Committee is scheduled to expire on December 31, 1977. Its 
    records will be transferred to the House Committee on Standards of 
    Official Conduct.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authority: Whenever appropriate, clauses 1, 2, and 3 of 
    rule XI of the House rules apply to the Select Committee on Ethics. 
    Rule XI governs rules of procedures for House committees generally 
    and clauses 1, 2, and 3 relate to committee rules, committee 
    records, and broadcasting of committee hearings. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: The authority to 
    report bills and resolutions expires on September 30, 1977. The 
    establishing resolution specified that the Select Committee shall 
    adopt regulations necessary for the application of rules XLIII-
    XLVII by December 1, 1977. The Select Committee on Ethics is 
    scheduled to expire on December 31, 1977.
        Extensions: [The committee and its functions were extended 
    through the ``completion of its official business'' in the 95th 
    Congress (H. Res. 871, Oct. 31, 1977).]
        Actual termination: Still in existence.

                Select Committee on Congressional Operations

        Date of creation.--March 28, 1977.
        Citation.--H. Res. 420; 95th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 211-147.)
        Membership.--Number of members: 7. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    continue the work of the Joint Committee on Congressional 
    Operations for the House, by:
        ``(1) Making a continuing study of the organization and 
    operation of the Congress of the United States and recommending 
    improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward 
    strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, developing 
    cooperation between the Houses of Congress, improving its 
    relationship with other branches of the United States Government, 
    and enabling it to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution 
    of the United States.
        ``(2) Identifying any court proceeding or action which, in the 
    opinion of the select committee, is of vital interest to the 
    Congress, or to the House of Representatives as a constitutionally 
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    tablished institution of the Federal Government, and calling such 
    proceeding or action to the attention of the House.
        ``(3) Conducting a continuing study of the jurisdiction of the 
    various standing committees of the House of Representatives and 
    their relative workloads, and of ways of rationalizing committee 
    jurisdictions between the two Houses of Congress, and reporting to 
    the Committee on Rules any recommendations on the more equitable 
    distribution of workload or the more rational combination of 
    jurisdictional responsibilities.''
        The Select Committee on Congressional Operations is directed to 
    ``avoid conflict or duplication with the activities of other 
    committees, commissions, or other entities established by the 
    House.''
        The Select Committee is also authorized to ``supervise and 
    control the functions, as they relate to the House, of the Office 
    of Placement and Office Management established by section 406 of 
    the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None. H. Res. 420 provides that nothing 
    in the resolution except as specifically provided in subsection (a) 
    (3) ``shall be construed to authorize the Select Committee to make 
    any recommendations with respect to the rules, parliamentary 
    procedure, practices, or precedents of the House, or the 
    consideration of any matter on the floor of the House, nor shall 
    anything . . . be construed to authorize the Select Committee to 
    operate or supervise a permanent system for the broadcast coverage 
    of the proceedings of the House without the express and prior 
    approval of the House.''
        Authority to report: The Select Committee was authorized to 
    report its recommendations on ``the more equitable distribution of 
    workload or the more rational combination of jurisdictional 
    responsibilities.''
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpenas: [A committee amendment 
    to II. Res. 420 removed the subpena power granted to the select 
    committee in the original resolution as introduced, by making 
    clauses 1 through 3 of Rule XI applicable ``insofar as 
    applicable,'' inasmuch as clause 2(m)(1) [Sec. 718, House Rules and 
    Manual, (1977)] only authorizes subpena power to committees in 
    carrying out functions under Rules X and XI, and the select 
    committee was not incorporated into the provisions of Rule X.]
        Special authorities: The provisions of rule XI, clauses 1, 2, 
    and 3, whenever applicable, shall apply to the Select Committee. 
    The Select Committee is directed to adopt written rules of 
    procedure which shall not be inconsistent with the House rules. . . 
    .
        Termination.--Original termination date: Not specified. 
    Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Still in existence in the 95th Congress. . 
    . .

                         AD Hoc Committee on Energy

        Date of creation.--April 21, 1977.
        Citation.--H. Res. 508; 95th Congress, 1st Session [adopted by 
    a voice vote upon being called up as privileged from the floor 
    pursuant to the Speaker's authority under Rule X clause 5(c) to 
    create ad hoc select committees with approval of the House].

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        Membership.--Number of members: 37 (increased to 40 by H. Res. 
    509). . . .
        Mode of selecting members: H. Res. 508 directed that the Ad Hoc 
    Committee on Energy be composed of members appointed by the Speaker 
    ``from those committees of the House which he determines have 
    subject-matter jurisdiction over the substance of the President's 
    Message, and from such other committees as the Speaker may 
    determine so as to insure the expeditious consideration and 
    reporting of appropriate legislation.''. . .
        Functions.--Mandate: The Ad Hoc Committee on Energy was 
    authorized ``to consider and report to the House on the Message of 
    the President dated April 20, 1977 (H. Doc. 95-128), on other 
    messages or communications related thereto, and on any bill or 
    resolution which the Speaker may sequentially refer thereto which 
    the Speaker determines relates to the substance of the President's 
    Message: Provided, however, that this paragraph shall not preclude 
    initial reference to the ad hoc Committee of a bill or resolution 
    incorporating the recommendations of the committees with subject-
    matter jurisdiction over the substance of the President's 
    Message.''

        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: Yes.
        Authority to report: The Ad Hoc Committee was authorized to 
    report to the House by bill or otherwise and shall expire ``upon 
    completion of the legislative process, including final disposition 
    of any veto message, with respect to all legislation referred to 
    the ad hoc Committee.''
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes.
        Provisions regarding staffing: The Ad Hoc Committee on Energy 
    was authorized by H. Res. 508 to ``utilize the services of the 
    staffs of those committees of the House from which Members have 
    been selected for membership on the ad hoc Committee.''. . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: Not specified in 
    establishing resolution; however, subsequent funding resolutions 
    contained expiration dates for the authorization granted to the 
    committee. Thus, H. Res. 1051 (95th Cong. 2d Sess.) stipulated that 
    such authorization would expire just prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1979, 
    or upon completion of the legislative process with respect to 
    legislation referred to the committee.
        Extensions: None.
        Actual termination: Still in existence as of 95th Cong. 2d 
    Sess. . . .

                 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

        Date of creation.--July 14, 1977.
        Citation.--H. Res. 658; 95th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by 
    a vote of 229-169); adding new Rule XLVIII to standing rules.
        Membership.--Number of members: 13. . . .
        Mode of selecting members: The thirteen members of the Select 
    Committee shall include at least one member from the Committee on 
    Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
    International Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary. The 
    establishing resolution specified that the majority and minority 
    leaders of the House be ex officio members of

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    the Select Committee but shall not be counted for purposes of 
    determining a quorum. Service on the Select Committee is limited to 
    six years, exclusive of service during the 95th Congress. Beginning 
    with the 97th Congress and every Congress thereafter, at least four 
    of the members appointed to the Committee shall be Members with no 
    previous service on the Select Committee on Intelligence.
        Mode of selecting chairman: Not specified in establishing 
    resolution; however, all Select Committee appointments are made by 
    the Speaker.
        Functions.--Mandate: The House Select Committee on 
    Intelligence, established in accordance with H. Res. 591 on July 
    17, 1975, recommended that the House establish a permanent Select 
    Committee on Intelligence with legislative, budgetary, and 
    supervisory authority over all foreign and domestic intelligence 
    gathering activities of the United States Government. H. Res. 658 
    established the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to 
    oversee, make continuing studies, and reports to the House (by 
    legislation or otherwise) appropriate proposals concerning the 
    intelligence and intelligence-related programs and activities of 
    the United States Government.
        The Select Committee was authorized to consider ''all proposed 
    legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters 
    relating to the following:
        ``(1) The Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of 
    Central Intelligence.
        ``(2) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all 
    other departments and agencies of the Government, including, but 
    not limited to, the intelligence and intelligence-related 
    activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National 
    Security Agency, and other agencies of the Department of Defense; 
    the Department of State; the Department of Justice; and the 
    Department of the Treasury.
        ``(3) The organization or reorganization of any department or 
    agency of the Government to the extent that the organization or 
    reorganization related to a function or activity involving 
    intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
        ``(4) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and 
    indirect, for the following: (a) the Central Intelligence Agency 
    and Director of Central Intelligence; (b) the Defense Intelligence 
    Agency; (c) the National Security Agency; (d) the intelligence and 
    intelligence-related activities of other agencies and subdivisions 
    of the Department of Defense; (e) the intelligence and 
    intelligence-related activities of the Department of State; and (f) 
    the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Federal 
    Bureau of Investigation including all activities of the 
    Intelligence Division.''
        These provisions also apply to successors of the above-named 
    agencies. The Select Committee was directed to report to the House 
    on the nature and extent of the intelligence and intelligence-
    related activities of Federal Departments and agencies. The Select 
    Committee was also directed to conduct a study regarding specified 
    aspects of intelligence and intelligence-related activities.
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.

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        Legislative authority: Yes.
        Authority to report: For the purposes of accountability to the 
    House, the Select Committee is authorized to ``make regular and 
    periodic reports to the House on the nature and extent of the 
    intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the various 
    departments and agencies of the United States.'' The Select 
    Committee is directed to call to the attention of the House or any 
    House Committee appropriate matters requiring the attention of the 
    House of Representatives. In making these reports to the House, the 
    Select Committee should follow procedures consistent with section 7 
    of H. Res. 658 concerning the public disclosure of information. The 
    Select Committee is directed to report on the study performed in 
    accordance with section 3 of H. Res. 658 no later than the close of 
    the 95th Congress.
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: Yes. . . .
        Special authorities: Section 7 established procedures by which 
    the Committee can recommend public disclosure of information 
    previously considered classified. [Special authority was also given 
    to determine Members' access to executive session records on an ad 
    hoc basis, as an exception from Rule XI clause 2 which gives all 
    Members access to other committees' files.]
        Termination.--Original termination date: As a permanent Select 
    Committee, it may only be terminated by an amendment to the House 
    rules.
        Extension: None.
        Actual termination: Still in existence.

                       Select Committee on Population

        Date of creation.--September 28, 1977.
        Citation.--H. Res. 70; 95th Congress, 1st Session (adopted by a 
    recorded vote of 258-147).
        Membership.--Number of members: 16. . . .
        Functions.--Mandate: H. Res. 70 authorized the creation of the 
    Select Committee ``to conduct a full and complete investigation and 
    study of--
        ``(1) The causes of changing population conditions and their 
    consequences for the United States and the world;
        ``(2) National, regional, and global population characteristics 
    relative to the demands on limited resources and ability of nations 
    to feed, clothe, house, educate, employ, and govern their citizens 
    and otherwise afford them an improved standard of living;
        ``(3) Various approaches to population planning (including the 
    study of family planning technology, with emphasis on measures 
    designed to reduce the frequency of conception rather than the 
    termination of pregnancy, and the relationship of improved economic 
    and social opportunities to family size) in order to ascertain 
    those policies and programs, within the United States as well as 
    other nations, which would be most effective in coping with 
    unplanned population change; and
        ``(4) The means by which the United States Government can most 
    effectively cooperate with and assist nations and international 
    agencies in addressing successfully, in a noncoercive manner, 
    various national, regional, and global population-related issues.''
        Significant changes in mandate during lifetime: None.
        Legislative authority: None.
        Authority to report: The Select Committee on Population is 
    authorized by

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    H. Res. 70 to make a report on the results of its investigation and 
    study as soon as practicable during the 95th Congress. H. Res. 70 
    also directs that any report of the Select Committee ``be referred 
    to the committee or committees which have jurisdiction over the 
    subject matter. . . .''
        Authority.--Authority to issue subpoenas: No. . . .
        Special authorities: The provisions of rule XI, clauses 1, 2, 
    and 3 of the rules of the House which relate to rules of procedures 
    for House committees also to apply to the Select Committee. 
    However, clause 2(m) of the House rules relating to subpoena power 
    does not apply to the Select Committee on Population. . . .
        Termination.--Original termination date: End of 95th Congress.
        Extensions: None.                          -------------------

Campaign Practices and Expenditures

Sec. 6.1 In a number of Congresses, the House has by a privileged 
    resolution established a special committee to investigate campaign 
    practices and expenditures.

    On Aug. 4, 1970,(13) by direction of the Committee on 
Rules, Mr. Thomas P.O'Neill, Jr., of Massachusetts, called up and asked 
for immediate consideration of the following resolution (H. Res. 1062):
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        Resolved, That a special committee of five Members be appointed 
    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to investigate and 
    report to the House not later than January 11, 1971, with respect 
    to the following matters:
        (1) The extent and nature of expenditures made by all 
    candidates for the House of Representatives in connection with 
    their campaign for nomination and election to such office.
        (2) The amount subscribed, contributed, or expended, and the 
    value of services rendered, and facilities made available 
    (including personal services, use of advertising space, radio and 
    television time, office space, moving picture films, and automobile 
    and any other transportation facilities) by any individual, 
    individuals, or group of individuals, committee, partnership, 
    corporation, or labor union, to or on behalf of each such candidate 
    in connection with any such campaign or for the purpose of 
    influencing the votes cast or to be cast at any convention or 
    election held in 1970 to which a candidate for the House of 
    Representatives is to be nominated or elected.
        (3) The use of any other means or influence (including the 
    promise or use of patronage) for the purpose of aiding or 
    influencing the nomination or election of any such candidates.
        (4) The amounts, if any, raised, contributed, and expended by 
    any individual, individuals, or group of individuals, committee, 
    partnership, corporation, or labor union, including any political 
    committee thereof, in connection with any such election, and the 
    amounts received by any political committee from any corporation, 
    labor union, individual, individuals, or group of individuals, 
    committee, or partnership.

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        (5) The violations, if any, of the following statutes of the 
    United States:
        (a) The Federal Corrupt Practices Act.
        (b) The Act of August 2, 1939, as amended, relating to 
    pernicious political activities, commonly referred to as the Hatch 
    Act.
        (c) The provisions of section 304, chapter 120, Public Law 101, 
    Eightieth Congress, first session, referred to as the Labor-
    Management Relations Act, 1947.
        (d) Any statute or legislative Act of the United States or of 
    the State within which a candidate is seeking nomination or 
    reelection to the House of Representatives, the violation of which 
    Federal or State statute, or statutes, would affect the 
    qualification of a Member of the House of Representatives within 
    the meaning of article I, section 5, of the Constitution of the 
    United States.
        (6) Such other matters relating to the election of Members of 
    the House of Representatives in 1970, and the campaigns of 
    candidates in connection therewith, as the committee deems to be of 
    public interest, and which, in its opinion, will aid the House of 
    Representatives in enacting remedial legislation, or in deciding 
    contests that may be instituted involving the right to a seat in 
    the House of Representatives.
        (7) The committee is authorized to act upon its own motion and 
    upon such information as in its judgment may be reasonable or 
    reliable. Upon complaint being made to the committee under oath, by 
    any person, candidate or political committee, setting forth 
    allegations as to facts which, under this resolution, it would be 
    the duty of said committee to investigate, the committee shall 
    investigate such charges as fully as though it were acting upon its 
    own motion, unless, after a hearing upon such complaint, the 
    committee shall find that the allegations in such complaint are 
    immaterial or untrue. All hearings before the committee, and before 
    any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, shall be public, and all 
    orders and decisions of the committee, and of any such 
    subcommittee, shall be public.
        For the purpose of this resolution, the committee or any duly 
    authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such public 
    hearings, to sit and act at such times and places during the 
    sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Ninety-first 
    Congress, to employ such attorneys, experts, clerical, and other 
    assistants, to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance of 
    such witnesses and the production of such correspondence, books, 
    papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, and to take such 
    testimony as it deems advisable. Subpeonas may be issued under the 
    signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or 
    by any member designated by such chairman, and may be served by any 
    person designated by any such chairman or member.
        (8) The committee is authorized and directed to report promptly 
    any and all violations of any Federal or State statutes in 
    connection with the matters and things mentioned herein to the 
    Attorney General of the United States in order that he may take 
    such official action as may be proper.
        (9) Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by 
    authority of said committee or any subcommittee

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    thereof, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses 
    to answer any question pertinent to the investigation heretofore 
    authorized, shall be held to the penalties prescribed by law.
        That said committee is authorized and directed to file interim 
    reports whenever in the judgment of the majority of the committee, 
    or of the subcommittee conducting portions of said investigation, 
    the public interest will be best served by the filing of said 
    interim reports, and in no event shall the final report of said 
    committee be filed later than January 11, 1971, as hereinabove 
    provided.

    Shortly thereafter,(14) the resolution was agreed to.
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    Parliamentarian's Note: In recent years no such committee has been 
established,(15) since the Committee on House Administration 
(with jurisdiction over campaign activities) now has standing 
investigatory and subpena authority (see Ch. 8, Sec. 14, supra). In the 
past, however, resolutions to establish such special committees had 
been a common occurrence.(16)
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15. See Sec. 5.6, supra, however, where a select committee was 
        authorized to investigate certain campaign violations jointly 
        with the Clerk of the House. See also Ch. 8, Sec. 14, supra.
16. See, for example, 114 Cong. Rec. 25065, 90th Cong. 2d Sess., Aug. 
        2, 1968 [resolution providing for payment from the contingent 
        fund of expenses of the Select Committee to Investigate 
        Campaign Expenditures]; 114 Cong. Rec. 24770, 90th Cong. 2d 
        Sess., Aug. 1, 1968 [H. Res. 1239, authorizing the Speaker to 
        appoint a Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures]; 112 
        Cong. Rec. 19080, 89th Cong. 2d Sess., Aug. 11, 1966 [H. Res. 
        929, authorizing the Speaker to appoint a Special Committee on 
        Campaign Expenditures]; and 108 Cong. Rec. 16000, 16012, 87th 
        Cong. 2d Sess., Aug. 9, 1962 [H. Res. 753].
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Crime Affecting the United States

Sec. 6.2 By resolution reported from the Committee on Rules, the House 
    created a select committee to investigate crime affecting the 
    United States.

    On Mar. 9, 1971,(17) Speaker Carl Albert, of Oklahoma, 
recognized Mr. John A. Young, of Texas, who stated:
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        Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up 
    House Resolution 115 and ask for its immediate consideration.

    The Clerk then read House Resolution 115, as follows: 
(18)
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        Resolved, That, effective January 3, 1971, there is hereby 
    created a select committee to be composed of seven Members of the 
    House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker,

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    one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Any vacancy occurring 
    in the membership of the select committee shall be filled in the 
    same manner in which the original appointment was made.
        Sec. 2. The select committee is authorized and directed to 
    conduct a full and complete investigation and study of all aspects 
    of crime affecting the United States, including, but not limited 
    to, (1) its elements, causes, and extent; (2) the preparation, 
    collection, and dissemination of statistics and data; (3) the 
    sharing of information, statistics, and data among law enforcement 
    agencies, Federal, State, and local, including the exchange of 
    information, statistics, and data with foreign nations; (4) the 
    adequacy of law enforcement and the administration of justice, 
    including constitutional issues and problems pertaining thereto; 
    (5) the effect of crime and disturbances in the metropolitan urban 
    areas; (6) the effect, directly or indirectly, of crime on the 
    commerce of the Nation; (7) the treatment and rehabilitation of 
    persons convicted of crimes; (8) measures relating to the 
    reduction, control, or prevention of crime; (9) measures relating 
    to the improvement of (A) investigation and detection of crime, (B) 
    law enforcement techniques, including, but not limited to, 
    increased cooperation among the law enforcement agencies, and (C) 
    the effective administration of justice; and (10) measures and 
    programs for increased respect for the law and constituted 
    authority.
        Sec. 3. For the purpose of carrying out this resolution the 
    select committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the 
    select committee, is authorized to sit and act during the present 
    Congress at such times and places within the United States, 
    including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House 
    is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such 
    hearings and conduct such investigations, and to require, by 
    subpena, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
    production of such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, 
    papers, and documents, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be 
    issued under the signature of the chairman of the select committee 
    or any member of the select committee designated by him, and may be 
    served by any person designated by such chairman or member.
        Sec. 4. The select committee shall report to the House as soon 
    as practicable during the present Congress the results of its 
    investigations, hearings, and studies, together with such 
    recommendations as it deems advisable. Any such report or reports 
    which are made when the House is not in session shall be filed with 
    the Clerk of the House.
        With the following committee amendments:
        On page 1, line 2, strike the word ``seven'' and insert in lieu 
    thereof the word ``eleven''.
        Beginning on page 2, line 19, strike all through page 3, line 
    9, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
        ``Sec. 3. For the purpose of making such investigations and 
    studies, the committee or any subcommittee thereof is authorized to 
    sit and act, subject to clause 31 of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
    House of Representatives, during the present Congress at such times 
    and places within the United States,

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    including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House 
    is meeting, has recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such 
    hearings and require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and 
    testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, 
    records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and documents, as it 
    deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the 
    chairman of the committee or any member designated by him and may 
    be served by any person designated by such chairman or member.''

    As the ensuing discussion revealed, the select committee was 
initially created on May 1, 1969,(19) and proceeded to 
investigate, hold hearings, and publish reports for the remaining 20 
months of that Congress. The crux of the debate centered on whether the 
nature of the committee's investigation warranted the costs involved. 
When the previous question on the resolution was 
ordered,(20) however, the House agreed to adopt the 
resolution by voice vote.(1)
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19. See 115 Cong. Rec. 11101, 91st Cong. 1st Sess.
20. 117 Cong. Rec. 5610, 92d Cong. 1st Sess., Mar. 9, 1971.
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Conduct of House Members, Officers and Employees

Sec. 6.3 By resolution reported from the Committee on Rules, the House 
    created a Select Committee on Standards and Conduct.

    On Sept. 7, 1966,(2) Mr. Claude D. Pepper, of Florida, a 
member of the Committee on Rules, reported the following privileged 
resolution (H. Res. 1013) which was referred to the House Calendar and 
ordered to be printed:
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        Resolved, That (a) there is hereby established a select 
    committee of the House of Representatives to be known as the Select 
    Committee on Standards and Conduct (referred to hereinafter as the 
    ``Select Committee'') consisting of twelve Members of the House of 
    whom six shall be selected from members of the majority party and 
    six shall be selected from members of the minority party. The 
    chairman and other members thereof shall be appointed by the 
    Speaker of the House of Representatives.
        (b) Vacancies in the membership of the Select Committee shall 
    not affect the authority of the remaining members to execute the 
    functions of the Select Committee, and shall be filled in the same 
    manner as original appointments thereto are made.
        (c) A majority of the members of the Select Committee shall 
    constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that 
    the Select Committee may fix a lesser number as a quorum for the 
    purpose of taking sworn testimony. The Select Committee shall adopt 
    rules of procedure not inconsistent with the

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    rules of the House governing standing committees of the House.
        Sec. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the Select Committee in its 
    discretion to--
        (1) investigate allegations of improper conduct which may 
    reflect upon the House, violations of law, and violations of rules 
    and regulations of the House, relating to the conduct of 
    individuals in the performance of their duties as Members of the 
    House, or as officers or employees of the House, and to make 
    appropriate findings of fact and conclusions with respect thereto;
        (2) recommend to the House, by report or resolution by a two-
    thirds vote (eight members) of the Select Committee, disciplinary 
    action to be taken with respect to such violations which the Select 
    Committee shall determine, after according to the individuals 
    concerned due notice and opportunity for hearing, to have occurred;
        (b) the Select Committee from time to time shall transmit to 
    the House its recommendations as to any legislative measures which 
    it may consider to be necessary for the effective discharge of its 
    duties.
        Sec. 3. For the purpose of this resolution the Select Committee 
    or any subcommittee thereof is authorized to sit and act during the 
    present Congress at such times and places within the United States, 
    whether or not the House has recessed or adjourned, to hold such 
    hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the 
    production of such books, papers, and documents, and to take such 
    testimony as the Select Committee deems necessary. Subpenas may be 
    issued under the signature of the chairman of the Select Committee 
    or by any member designated by such chairman and may be served by 
    any person designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of 
    the Select Committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to 
    witnesses.
        Sec. 4. As used in this resolution, the term ``officer or 
    employee of the House'' means--
        (a) an elected officer of the House of Representatives who is 
    not a Member of the House;
        (b) any person whose compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of 
    the House.

    Six weeks later, on Oct. 19, 1966,(3) by direction of 
the Committee on Rules, Mr. Pepper called up House Resolution 1013 and 
asked for its present consideration. A proposed committee amendment 
requiring that any allegation referred to in paragraph (1) be made 
under oath and state the facts on which it is based was agreed to by 
unanimous consent.
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    However, an additional amendment was later proposed by Mr. Wayne L. 
Hays, of Ohio, to section 2 of the resolution, which the Clerk read, as 
follows: (4)
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        Amendment offered by Mr. Hays: On page 2, strike out line 12 
    through line 25, and on page 3 lines 1, 2, and 3, and insert ``(1) 
    recommend to the House, by report or resolution such additional 
    rules or regulations as the select committee shall determine to be 
    necessary or desirable to insure proper standards

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    of conduct by Members of the House and by officers or employees of 
    the House, in the performance of their duties, and the discharge of 
    their responsibilities; and
        (2) report violations, by a majority vote of the select 
    committee, of any law to the proper Federal and State 
    authorities.''

    Discussion ensued, after which the question was put on the Hays 
amendment,(5) and it was agreed to. Immediately thereafter, 
the resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
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Government Research Investigation

Sec. 6.4 In the 88th Congress, the House established a Select Committee 
    on Research and Development.

    On Sept. 11, 1963,(6) following discussion of the 
proposal,(7) the House agreed to the following resolution 
(H. Res. 504):
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        Resolved, That there is hereby created a select committee to be 
    composed of nine Members of the House of Representatives to be 
    appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as 
    chairman. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee 
    shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was 
    made.
        The said committee is directed to make a complete, full, and 
    thorough investigation of the numerous research programs being 
    conducted by sundry departments and agencies of the Federal 
    Government and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 
    the committee shall give special attention to the following: (1) 
    the overall total amount of annual expenditures on research 
    programs; (2) what departments and agencies of the Government are 
    conducting research and at what costs; (3) the amounts being 
    expended by the various agencies and departments in grants and 
    contracts for research to colleges, private industry, and every 
    form of student scholarships; (4) what facilities, if any, exist 
    for coordinating the various and sundry research programs, 
    including grants to colleges and universities as well as 
    scholarship grants.
        In order that this investigation of the numerous research 
    programs may be better coordinated, without limiting the scope of 
    the said committee's investigation, it is directed, among other 
    investigative procedures, to make use of information currently 
    available in the various committees of Congress which have 
    legislative jurisdiction over Government research activities to the 
    end that the said select committee may be able to recommend the 
    necessary legislation to coordinate and prevent unjustifiable 
    duplication in the numerous projects and activities of the 
    Government relating to scientific research.
        The committee shall report its findings to the House with such 
    recommended legislation as the committee may deem appropriate to 
    correct any deficiencies. The committee shall make such reports to 
    the House

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    prior to December 1, 1964, and may submit such interim reports as 
    it deems advisable. Any reports submitted when the House is not in 
    session may be filed with the Clerk of the House.
        For the purposes of this resolution the committee, or any 
    subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act during the 
    present Congress at such times and places within the United States, 
    whether or not the House has recessed or adjourned, to hold such 
    hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the 
    production of such books, papers, and documents, and to take such 
    testimony as the committee deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued 
    under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any 
    properly designated chairman of a subcommittee, or any member 
    designated by him and may be served by any person designated by 
    such chairman or member. The chairman of the committee or any 
    member thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
        The majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a 
    quorum for the transaction of business, except two or more shall 
    constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking of evidence including 
    sworn testimony.

U.S. Military Involvement in Southeast Asia

Sec. 6.5 In the 91st Congress, the House agreed to establish a select 
    committee to investigate U.S. military involvement in Southeast 
    Asia.

    On June 8, 1970,(8) by direction of the Committee on 
Rules, Mr. William R. Anderson, of Tennessee, called up House 
Resolution 976. The resolution provided for the creation of a select 
committee to investigate all aspects of the U.S. military involvement 
in Southeast Asia.
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    After agreement to several committee amendments,(9) the 
resolution read as follows:
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        Resolved, That--
        (1) The Speaker of the House shall appoint a select committee 
    of twelve Members of the House, six of which shall be from the 
    majority party and six from the minority party, as follows: two 
    from the Armed Services Committee, two from the Foreign Affairs 
    Committee, and eight from the House at large and shall designate 
    one Member to serve as chairman. The select committee shall 
    immediately proceed to Southeast Asia to investigate all aspects of 
    the United States military involvement in Southeast Asia. The 
    select committee shall, within forty-five days of the adoption of 
    this resolution, report to the House the results of its 
    investigation.
        (2) For the purpose of carrying out this resolution the 
    committee is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress 
    at such times and places as it deems appropriate whether the House 
    is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned.
        (3) The select committee may appoint and fix the compensation 
    of such clerks, experts, consultants, technicians, and clerical and 
    stenographic as

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    sistants as it deems necessary and advisable. The select committee 
    is authorized to reimburse the members of its staff for travel, 
    subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the 
    performance of the duties vested in the select committee other than 
    expenses in connection with meetings of the select committee held 
    in the District of Columbia.
        (4) The expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the 
    contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers 
    signed by the chairman of the select committee.

    Following debate, the House agreed to the resolution by a yea and 
nay vote--yeas 224, nays 101.(10)
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Small Business

Sec. 6.6 By privileged resolution, reported from the Committee on 
    Rules, the House established a permanent Select Committee on Small 
    Business.

    On Mar. 2, 1971,(11) Mr. Richard Bolling, of Missouri, 
was recognized by Speaker Carl Albert, of Oklahoma, and called up House 
Resolution 19 for immediate consideration.
    The resolution, as amended by the committee, read (12) 
as follows: (13)
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12. House Resolution 19 in it original form may be found id. at pp. 
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        That, effective January 3, 1971, there is created a permanent 
    Select Committee on Small Business (which is not a standing 
    committee of the House3 to be composed of nineteen Members of the 
    House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of 
    whom he shall designate as chairman. Any vacancy occurring in the 
    membership of the committee shall be filled in the manner in which 
    the original appointment was made.
        Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of such committee to conduct 
    studies and investigations of the problems of all types of small 
    business, existing, arising, or that may arise, with particular 
    reference to--
        (1) the factors which have impeded or may impede the normal 
    operations, growth, and development of small business;
        (2) the administration of Federal laws relating specifically to 
    small business in order to determine (A) whether such laws and 
    their administration adequately serve the needs of small business, 
    and (B) whether Government agencies adequately serve and give due 
    consideration to the problems of small business; and
        (3) the problems of small business enterprises generally;
    and to obtain all facts possible in relation thereto which would 
    not only be of public interest but which would aid the Congress in 
    enacting remedial legislation. However, the committee shall not 
    undertake any investigation of any subject which is being 
    investigated for the same purpose by any other committee of the 
    House.

        Sec. 3. Such committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction 
    but is au

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    thorized to make studies, investigations, and reports; however, no 
    bills or resolutions shall be referred to the committee.
        Sec. 4. The committee may submit from time to time to the House 
    such reports as the committee considers advisable and, prior to the 
    close of the present Congress, shall submit to the House a final 
    report of the committee on the results of its studies and 
    investigations, together with such recommendations as the committee 
    considers advisable. Any report submitted when the House is not in 
    session may be filed with the Clerk of the House.
        Sec. 5. For the purpose of this resolution, the committee, or 
    any subcommittee thereof, is authorized, subject to clause 31 of 
    Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, to sit and 
    act during the present Congress at such times and places within the 
    United States, whether or not the House is meeting, has recessed, 
    or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance 
    of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and 
    documents, and to take such testimony, as the committee considers 
    necessary. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the 
    chairman of the committee, or by any member designated by such 
    chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such 
    chairman or member. The chairman of the committee or any member 
    thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
        Sec. 6. The majority of the members of the committee shall 
    constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that 
    two or more shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking 
    evidence including sworn testimony.
        Sec. 7. Funds authorized are for expenses incurred in 
    connection with the committee's activities within the United 
    States; and, notwithstanding section 502(b) of the Mutual Security 
    Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754), or any other provision of law, local 
    currencies owned by the United States in foreign countries shall 
    not be made available to the committee for expenses of its members 
    or employees, or other Members or employees, traveling abroad.''

    House Resolution 19 was discussed briefly, Mr. Bolling pointing out 
that:

        . . . The resolution before us now creates the usual Select 
    Committee on Small Business. This time it is described as a 
    permanent select committee, recognizing the fact that each 2 years 
    a new Congress establishes these select committees. So we are going 
    to accept it as a permanent select committee. But its authority is 
    not changed. The only change that takes place in its constitution 
    is its size, and at the request of the leadership on both sides it 
    has been increased from 15 to 19 in this Congress.

    After brief debate, the resolution was agreed to, as amended, by 
voice vote.(1)
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    Parliamentarian's Note: On Jan. 22, 1971,(2) the House 
had adopted rules (effective as of that date) for the 92d Congress, one 
of which established a permanent Select Committee on Small Business
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(Rule X clause 3).(3) House Resolution 19 was required to 
establish the select committee retroactively (i.e., as of Jan. 3, 1971) 
for staff salary purposes and to confer subpena power and authority to 
travel outside the United States.(4)
 3. The rules were effected by the passage of H. Res. 5, the pertinent 
        text of which may be found at 117 Cong. Rec. 14, 92d Cong. 1st 
        Sess., Jan. 21, 1971, although, as heretofore indicated, the 
        resolution, itself, was not agreed to until the following day.
            A standing Committee on Small Business was created 
        effective Jan. 3, 1975 (H. Res. 988, 93d Cong. 2d Sess.), 
        transferring legislative jurisdiction over problems of small 
        business from the Committee on Banking and Currency and from 
        the Committee on the Judiciary.
 4. While the adoption of H. Res. 5 resulted in the incorporation into 
        the rules of the Select Committee on Small Business as a 
        permanent select committee, the resolution did not grant 
        investigatory authority, per se, to that committee. As was the 
        case with the overwhelming majority of standing committees, a 
        separate investigatory authorization was required to enable the 
        select committee to actually undertake an investigation or to 
        utilize subpena power. See Sec. 3, supra.
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Welfare and Education of Congressional Pages

Sec. 6.7 The House adopted a resolution creating a select committee to 
    investigate and report on the welfare and education of 
    congressional pages.

    On Sept. 30, 1964,(5) by direction of the Committee on 
Rules, Mr. Carl A. Elliott, of Alabama, called up and asked for 
immediate consideration of the following resolution (H. Res. 847):
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        Resolved, That there is hereby created a select committee to be 
    composed of five Members of the House of Representatives to be 
    appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as 
    chairman. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee 
    shall be filled in the same manner in which the original 
    appointment was made.
        The Committee is authorized and directed to conduct a full and 
    complete investigation and study of all of the factors relating to 
    the general welfare and education of congressional pages, 
    including, but not limited to, a study and investigation of the 
    residential, dining, recreational, educational, and physical 
    training facilities and opportunities for such pages, and rates of 
    pay, hours of work, and other conditions governing the employment 
    of such pages.
        For the purpose of carrying out this resolution the Committee, 
    or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the Committee to hold 
    hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress 
    at such times and places

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    within the District of Columbia, whether the House is in session, 
    has recessed, or adjourned, and to hold such hearings as it deems 
    necessary; except that neither the Committee nor any subcommittee 
    thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to 
    sit shall have been obtained from the House.
        The Committee shall report to the House as soon as practicable 
    during the present Congress the results of its investigation and 
    study, together with recommendations regarding the feasibility and 
    desirability of raising the minimum age for Capitol pages to 
    eighteen years, of requiring secondary school graduation as a 
    prerequisite for appointment as a Capitol page, and of providing 
    for the establishment and construction of a Capitol page school and 
    residence, and such other recommendations as it deems advisable. 
    Any such report which is made when the House is not in session 
    shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.

    Shortly thereafter,(6) the resolution was agreed to.
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 6. Id. at p. 23188.
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    The Select Committee on the Welfare and Education of Congressional 
Pages filed a report (H. Rept. No. 1945) on Oct. 3, 1964 (H. Jour. 898, 
88th Cong. 2d Sess.). Continuing concern for the welfare and education 
of congressional pages became a factor during consideration of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. The report of the Joint 
Committee on the Organization of Congress on the measure which 
eventually became that act included a recommendation that the limits on 
the age of pages be raised. The report of the Committee on Rules on 
H.R. 17654 (H. Rept. No. 91-1215, 91st Cong. 2d Sess.) proposed that a 
person not serve as a page until he has completed the 12th grade of 
school. The House ultimately accepted limits on the age of pages of 16 
to 18 years; but the Senate voted to retain age limits for Senate pages 
of 14 to 17 years.
    In response to a perceived need for better supervision, housing, 
and educational facilities for the pages, the Congress also included in 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, a provision authorizing 
construction of a building to contain dormitory and classroom 
facilities for the pages, to be designated the John W. McCormack 
Residential Page School. The Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1971 
(Pub. L. No. 91-655) appropriated funds to enable the Architect of the 
Capitol to make preliminary plans for the structure. Then on July 12, 
1973 (119 Cong. Rec. 23473, 93d Cong. 1st Sess.) the Senate passed S. 
2067, the primary purpose of which was to provide for replacement of 
the existing page corps with an older group of pages who would not 
require the supervision felt to be

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necessary for younger pages, and also to eliminate the need for 
construction of the residential page classroom and dormitory building, 
and therefore to repeal authorization for such building. In the House, 
the bill was referred to the Committee on Rules on July 16, 1973; no 
further action was taken.