    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 105th Congress]
    [105th Congress]
    [House Document 104-272]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 351-353]
    [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 Committee on House Oversight, and shall be
    subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on House
    Oversight.-

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    mittee 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.

    Sec. 651b. Semiannual reports.

      2.  In addition to any other
    reports required by the Committee on House Oversight, the Chief shall
    report to the Com-

    Sec. 651c. Cooperation with others.

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

      This form of rule V was adopted in the 104th Congress (sec. 201(c), H.
    Res. 6, Jan. 4, 1995, p. ----). It was amended in the 105th Congress to
    eliminate the supervisory role of the Speaker over the Chief
    Administrative Officer (H. Res. 5, Jan. 7, 1997, 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.).

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    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. ----).