[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
[104th Congress]
[House Document 103-342]
[Rules of the House of Representatives]
[Pages 346-347]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 

                                 Rule V.


                      CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.



Sec. 651a. Duties.

  1.  The Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House shall have operational and financial responsibility for 
functions as assigned by the Speaker and the Committee on House 
Oversight, and shall be subject to the policy direction and oversight of 
the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight.-




Sec. 651b. Semiannual reports.

  2.  In addition to any other 
reports required by the Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the 
Chief shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later than 
forty-five days following the close of each semiannual period ending on 
June 30 or December 31 on the financial and operational status of each 
function under the jurisdiction of the Chief. Each report shall include 
financial statements, a description or explanation of current 
operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures, and 
future plans for each function.



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of financial records and administrative operations.



Sec. 651c. Cooperation with others.

  3.  The Chief shall fully 
cooperate with the appropriate offices and persons in the performance of 
reviews and audits 


  This form of rule V was adopted in the 104th Congress (sec. 201(c), H. 
Res. 6, Jan. 4, 1995, p. ----). The earlier form of the rule enumerated 
the duties of the Doorkeeper, which were transferred to the Sergeant-at-
Arms incident to the abolishment of the Office of the Doorkeeper (id.).



Sec. 651d. Former Office of Doorkeeper.

  Before  the 104th 
Congress (sec. 201(c), H. Res. 6, Jan. 4, 1995, p. ----), rule V 
enumerated the duties of the Doorkeeper, who enforced the rules relating 
to the privileges of the Hall of the House. The earlier form of the rule 
was adopted in 1838 and amended in 1869, 1880 (I, 260), and 1890 (V, 
7295). By law the Doorkeeper was assigned certain administrative duties 
(I, 262), including certain housekeeping functions. Through his 
employees and appointees, the Doorkeeper also discharged various duties 
not enumerated in the law or in the rules, such as announcing at the 
door of the Hall of the House all messengers from the President and the 
Senate (V, 6591). The Clerk having died, and the Sergeant-at-Arms having 
been absent, the Doorkeeper of the 79th Congress presided at the 
organization of the 80th Congress (Jan. 3, 1947, p. 33). In the 78th 
Congress, the House adopted a resolution on the death of the Doorkeeper 
and appointed a committee to attend his funeral (Jan. 28, 1943, pp. 421-
22).-










Sec. 651e. Former Director of Nonlegislative and 
Financial Services.

  The Chief  Administrative Officer supplanted the Director of 
Non-legislative and Financial Services formerly provided for under 
clause 1 of rule VI in the 103d Congress, which corresponded to an 
erstwhile rule LII of the 102d Congress (see Sec. 654, infra). Certain 
functions and entities formerly within the purview of elected officers 
were transferred to the Director of Non-legislative and Financial 
Services pursuant to section 7 of the House Administrative Reform 
Resolution of 1992 (H. Res. 423, Apr. 9, 1992, p. ----). Section 7(b) of 
that resolution vested the Committee on House Administration (now House 
Oversight) with authority to prescribe regulations providing for the 
orderly transfer of such functions and entities and any other transfers 
necessary for the improvement of non-legislative and financial services 
in the House, so long as not transferring a function or entity within 
the jurisdiction of the Committee under rule X. Section 13 of the 
resolution provided that previous responsibility for a function or 
entity would remain fixed until such function or entity were 
transferred. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule VI of the 103d Congress (then 
still designated as rule LII of the 102d Congress), the Speaker, the 
Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader jointly appointed the first 
Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services of the House on 
October 23, 1992 (Oct. 29, 1992, p. ----).