    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 51-52]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            27                           RULE XXVII

                                       COMMITTEE STAFF

          27.1      1.\33\ Staff members appointed to assist minority
                members of committees pursuant to authority of a resolution
                described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other Senate
                resolution shall be accorded equitable treatment with
                respect to the fixing of salary rates, the assignment of
                facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.
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                    \33\ As amended, S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar. 11, 1980,
                effective Feb. 28, 1981.
                    Note.--Pursuant to S. Res. 281, paragraph 1 of rule
                XXVII was repealed. Accordingly, subparagraphs (a), (b),
                (c), and (d) of paragraph 2 were renumbered as paragraphs 1,
                2, 3, and 4, respectively.
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          27.2      2. The minority shall receive fair consideration in the
                appointment of staff personnel pursuant to authority of a
                resolution described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI.

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          27.3      3. The staffs of committees (including personnel
                appointed pursuant to authority of a resolution described in
                paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other Senate resolution) should
                reflect the relative number of majority and minority members
                of committees. A majority of the minority members of any
                committee may, by resolution, request that at least one-
                third of all funds of the committee for personnel (other
                than those funds determined by the chairman and ranking
                minority member to be allocated for the administrative and
                clerical functions of the committee as a whole) be allocated
                to the minority members of such committee for compensation
                of minority staff as the minority members may decide. The
                committee shall thereafter adjust its budget to comply with
                such resolution. Such adjustment shall be equitably made
                over a four-year period, commencing July 1, 1977, with not
                less than one-half being made in two years. Upon request by
                a majority of the minority members of any committee by
                resolution, proportionate space, equipment, and facilities
                shall be provided for such minority staff.
          27.4      4. No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts
                or other personnel detailed or assigned from any department
                or agency of the Government, except with the written
                permission of the Committee on Rules and Administration.