[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 25-41]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        25                            RULE XXV

                                 STANDING COMMITTEES

      25.1      1. The following standing committees shall be appointed 
            at the commencement of each Congress, and shall continue and 
            have the power to act until their successors are appointed, 
            with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within 
            their respective jurisdictions:
     25.1a      (a)(1) Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
            Forestry, to which committee shall be referred all proposed 
            legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
            matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
                        1. Agricultural economics and research.
                        2. Agricultural extension services and 
                    experiment stations.
                        3. Agricultural production, marketing, and 
                    stabilization of prices.
                        4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
                        5. Animal industry and diseases.
                        6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
                        7. Farm credit and farm security.
                        8. Food from fresh waters.
                        9. Food stamp programs.
                        10. Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness 
                    areas other than those created from the public 
                    domain.
                        11. Home economics.
                        12. Human nutrition.
                        13. Inspection of livestock, meat, and 
                    agricultural products.
                        14. Pests and pesticides.
                        15. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural 
                    engineering.
                        16. Rural development, rural electrification, 
                    and watersheds.
                        17. School nutrition programs.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition, 
            and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign coun

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            tries, and rural affairs, and report thereon from time to 
            time.
     25.1b      (b) Committee on Appropriations, to which committee 
            shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
                        1. Appropriation of the revenue for the support 
                    of the Government, except as provided in 
                    subparagraph (e).
                        2. Rescission of appropriations contained in 
                    appropriation Acts (referred to in section 105 of 
                    Title 1, United States Code).
                        3. The amount of new spending authority 
                    described in section 401(c)(2) (A) and (B) of the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 which is to be 
                    effective for a fiscal year.
                        4. New spending authority described in section 
                    401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
                    provided in bills and resolutions referred to the 
                    committee under section 401(b)(2) of that Act (but 
                    subject to the provisions of section 401(b)(3) of 
                    that Act).

     25.1c      (c)(1) Committee on Armed Services, to which committee 
            shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
                        1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to 
                    or primarily associated with the development of 
                    weapons systems or military operations.
                        2. Common defense.
                        3. Department of Defense, the Department of the 
                    Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department 
                    of the Air Force, generally.
                        4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama 
                    Canal, including administration, sanitation, and 
                    government of the Canal Zone.
                        5. Military research and development.
                        6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
                        7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in 
                    Alaska.
                        8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other 
                    benefits and privileges of members of the Armed 
                    Forces, including overseas education of civilian and 
                    military dependents.
                        9. Selective service system.
                        10. Strategic and critical materials necessary 
                    for the common defense.

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                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common defense 
            policy of the United States, and report thereon from time to 
            time.
     25.1d      (d)(1) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
            to which committee shall be referred all proposed 
            legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
            matters relating to the following subjects:
                        1. Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
                        2. Control of prices of commodities, rents, and 
                    services.
                        3. Deposit insurance.
                        4. Economic stabilization and defense 
                    production.
                        5. Export and foreign trade promotion.
                        6. Export controls.
                        7. Federal monetary policy, including Federal 
                    Reserve System.
                        8. Financial aid to commerce and industry.
                        9. Issuance and redemption of notes.
                        10. Money and credit, including currency and 
                    coinage.
                        11. Nursing home construction.
                        12. Public and private housing (including 
                    veterans' housing).
                        13. Renegotiation of Government contracts.
                        14. Urban development and urban mass transit.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to international 
            economic policy as it affects United States monetary 
            affairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic 
            growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from 
            time to time.
     25.1e      (e)(1) \11\ Committee on the Budget, to which committee 
            shall be referred all concurrent resolutions on the budget 
            (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget 
            Act of 1974) and all other matters required to be referred 
            to that committee under Titles III and IV of that Act, and 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            thereto.
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                \11\ Pursuant to S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004, the 
            Committee on Budget's jurisdiction was amended although the 
            Standing Rules were not modified. (See appendix for Titles 
            I, III and V of S. Res. 445, 108-2).
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                (2) Such committee shall have the duty--
                        (A) to report the matters required to be 
                    reported by it under titles III and IV of the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974;

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                        (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on 
                    budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed 
                    legislation and to report the results of such 
                    studies to the Senate on a recurring basis;
                        (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies 
                    of tax expenditures, to devise methods of 
                    coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and 
                    programs with direct budget outlays, and to report 
                    the results of such studies to the Senate on a 
                    recurring basis; and
                        (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the 
                    conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its 
                    functions and duties.

     25.1f      (f)(1) Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
            Transportation, to which committee shall be referred all 
            proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
            other matters relating to the following subjects:
                        1. Coast Guard.
                        2. Coastal zone management.
                        3. Communications.
                        4. Highway safety.
                        5. Inland waterways, except construction.
                        6. Interstate commerce.
                        7. Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and 
                    transportation, including navigational aspects of 
                    deepwater ports.
                        8. Marine fisheries.
                        9. Merchant marine and navigation.
                        10. Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences.
                        11. Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities.
                        12. Panama Canal and interoceanic canals 
                    generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c).
                        13. Regulation of consumer products and 
                    services, including testing related to toxic 
                    substances, other than pesticides, and except for 
                    credit, financial services, and housing.
                        14. Regulation of interstate common carriers, 
                    including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, 
                    pipelines, and civil aviation.
                        15. Science, engineering, and technology 
                    research and development and policy.
                        16. Sports.
                        17. Standards and measurement.
                        18. Transportation.
                        19. Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer 
                    Continental Shelf lands.

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                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and 
            technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, 
            and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1g      (g)(1) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to 
            which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
                        1. Coal production, distribution, and 
                    utilization.
                        2. Energy policy.
                        3. Energy regulation and conservation.
                        4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
                        5. Energy research and development.
                        6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer 
                    Continental Shelf lands.
                        7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and 
                    reclamation.
                        8. Mining education and research.
                        9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and 
                    mineral conservation.
                        10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness 
                    areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, 
                    military parks and battlefields, and on the public 
                    domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and 
                    objects of interest.
                        11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
                        12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
                        13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
                        14. Public lands and forests, including farming 
                    and grazing thereon, and mineral extraction 
                    therefrom.
                        15. Solar energy systems.
                        16. Territorial possessions of the United 
                    States, including trusteeships.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and 
            resources development, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1h      (h)(1) Committee on Environment and Public Works, to 
            which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
                        1. Air pollution.
                        2. Construction and maintenance of highways.
                        3. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental 
                    Shelf lands.
                        4. Environmental effects of toxic substances, 
                    other than pesticides.

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                        5. Environmental policy.
                        6. Environmental research and development.
                        7. Fisheries and wildlife.
                        8. Flood control and improvements of rivers and 
                    harbors, including environmental aspects of 
                    deepwater ports.
                        9. Noise pollution.
                        10. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and 
                    control of nuclear energy.
                        11. Ocean dumping.
                        12. Public buildings and improved grounds of the 
                    United States generally, including Federal buildings 
                    in the District of Columbia.
                        13. Public works, bridges, and dams.
                        14. Regional economic development.
                        15. Solid waste disposal and recycling.
                        16. Water pollution.
                        17. Water resources.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental 
            protection and resource utilization and conservation, and 
            report thereon from time to time.
     25.1i      (i) Committee on Finance, to which committee shall be 
            referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
            memorials, and other matters relating to the following 
            subjects:
                        1. Bonded debt of the United States, except as 
                    provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                        2. Customs, collection districts, and ports of 
                    entry and delivery.
                        3. Deposit of public moneys.
                        4. General revenue sharing.
                        5. Health programs under the Social Security Act 
                    and health programs financed by a specific tax or 
                    trust fund.
                        6. National social security.
                        7. Reciprocal trade agreements.
                        8. Revenue measures generally, except as 
                    provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                        9. Revenue measures relating to the insular 
                    possessions.
                        10. Tariffs and import quotas, and matters 
                    related thereto.
                        11. Transportation of dutiable goods.

     25.1j      (j)(1) Committee on Foreign Relations, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages,

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            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
                        1. Acquisition of land and buildings for 
                    embassies and legations in foreign countries.
                        2. Boundaries of the United States.
                        3. Diplomatic service.
                        4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and 
                    humanitarian assistance.
                        5. Foreign loans.
                        6. International activities of the American 
                    National Red Cross and the International Committee 
                    of the Red Cross.
                        7. International aspects of nuclear energy, 
                    including nuclear transfer policy.
                        8. International conferences and congresses.
                        9. International law as it relates to foreign 
                    policy.
                        10. International Monetary Fund and other 
                    international organizations established primarily 
                    for international monetary purposes (except that, at 
                    the request of the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                    and Urban Affairs, any proposed legislation relating 
                    to such subjects reported by the Committee on 
                    Foreign Relations shall be referred to the Committee 
                    on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs).
                        11. Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
                        12. Measures to foster commercial intercourse 
                    with foreign nations and to safeguard American 
                    business interests abroad.
                        13. National security and international aspects 
                    of trusteeships of the United States.
                        14. Oceans and international environmental and 
                    scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy.
                        15. Protection of United States citizens abroad 
                    and expatriation.
                        16. Relations of the United States with foreign 
                    nations generally.
                        17. Treaties and executive agreements, except 
                    reciprocal trade agreements.
                        18. United Nations and its affiliated 
                    organizations.
                        19. World Bank group, the regional development 
                    banks, and other international organizations 
                    established primarily for development assistance 
                    purposes.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to the national 
            security policy, foreign policy, and international economic 
            policy

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            as it relates to foreign policy of the United States, and 
            matters relating to food, hunger, and nutrition in foreign 
            countries, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1k      (k)(1) \12\ Committee on Governmental Affairs, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
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                \12\ Pursuant to S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004, the 
            Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
            shall be treated as the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
            listed under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules 
            of the Senate for purposes of the Standing Rules of the 
            Senate. The resolution also amended the jurisdiction of the 
            Committee although the Standing Rules were not modified. 
            (See appendix for Titles I, III and V of S. Res. 445, 108-
            2).
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                        1. Archives of the United States.
                        2. Budget and accounting measures, other than 
                    appropriations, except as provided in the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                        3. Census and collection of statistics, 
                    including economic and social statistics.
                        4. Congressional organization, except for any 
                    part of the matter that amends the rules or orders 
                    of the Senate.
                        5. Federal Civil Service.
                        6. Government information.
                        7. Intergovernmental relations.
                        8. Municipal affairs of the District of 
                    Columbia, except appropriations therefor.
                        9. Organization and management of United States 
                    nuclear export policy.
                        10. Organization and reorganization of the 
                    executive branch of the Government.
                        11. Postal Service.
                        12. Status of officers and employees of the 
                    United States, including their classification, 
                    compensation, and benefits.
                (2) Such committee shall have the duty of--
                        (A) receiving and examining reports of the 
                    Comptroller General of the United States and of 
                    submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it 
                    deems necessary or desirable in connection with the 
                    subject matter of such reports;
                        (B) studying the efficiency, economy, and 
                    effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the 
                    Government;

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                        (C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to 
                    reorganize the legislative and executive branches of 
                    the Government; and
                        (D) studying the intergovernmental relationships 
                    between the United States and the States and 
                    municipalities, and between the United States and 
                    international organizations of which the United 
                    States is a member.
     25.1l      (l)(1) \13\ Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
            Pensions, to which committee shall be referred all proposed 
            legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
            matters relating to the following subjects:
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                \13\ Name changed pursuant to S. Res. 28, 106-1, Jan. 
            21, 1999; redesignated as subparagraph (l) by S. Res. 299, 
            106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.
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                        1. Measures relating to education, labor, 
                    health, and public welfare.
                        2. Aging.
                        3. Agricultural colleges.
                        4. Arts and humanities.
                        5. Biomedical research and development.
                        6. Child labor.
                        7. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by 
                    convicts into interstate commerce.
                        8. Domestic activities of the American National 
                    Red Cross.
                        9. Equal employment opportunity.
                        10. Gallaudet College, Howard University, and 
                    Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
                        11. Individuals with disabilities.\14\
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                \14\ As amended, S. Res. 28, 106-1, Jan. 21, 1999.
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                        12. Labor standards and labor statistics.
                        13. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
                        14. Occupational safety and health, including 
                    the welfare of miners.
                        15. Private pension plans.
                        16. Public health.
                        17. Railway labor and retirement.
                        18. Regulation of foreign laborers.
                        19. Student loans.
                        20. Wages and hours of labor.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education 
            and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from 
            time to time.

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     25.1m      (m) \15\ Committee on the Judiciary, to which committee 
            shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
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                \15\ Redesignated as subparagraph (m) by S. Res. 299, 
            106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.
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                        1. Apportionment of Representatives.
                        2. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and 
                    counterfeiting.
                        3. Civil liberties.
                        4. Constitutional amendments.
                        5. Federal courts and judges.
                        6. Government information.
                        7. Holidays and celebrations.
                        8. Immigration and naturalization.
                        9. Interstate compacts generally.
                        10. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, 
                    generally.
                        11. Local courts in the territories and 
                    possessions.
                        12. Measures relating to claims against the 
                    United States.
                        13. National penitentiaries.
                        14. Patent Office.
                        15. Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
                        16. Protection of trade and commerce against 
                    unlawful restraints and monopolies.
                        17. Revision and codification of the statutes of 
                    the United States.
                        18. State and territorial boundary lines.

     25.1n      (n)(1) Committee on Rules and Administration, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
                        1. Administration of the Senate Office Buildings 
                    and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the 
                    assignment of office space.
                        2. Congressional organization relative to rules 
                    and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, 
                    including floor and gallery rules.
                        3. Corrupt practices.
                        4. Credentials and qualifications of Members of 
                    the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of 
                    incompatible offices.
                        5. Federal elections generally, including the 
                    election of the President, Vice President, and 
                    Members of the Congress.

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                        6. Government Printing Office, and the printing 
                    and correction of the Congressional Record, as well 
                    as those matters provided for under rule XI.
                        7. Meetings of the Congress and attendance of 
                    Members.
                        8. Payment of money out of the contingent fund 
                    of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same 
                    (except that any resolution relating to substantive 
                    matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing 
                    committee of the Senate shall be first referred to 
                    such committee).
                        9. Presidential succession.
                        10. Purchase of books and manuscripts and 
                    erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
                        11. Senate Library and statuary, art, and 
                    pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.
                        12. Services to the Senate, including the Senate 
                    restaurant.
                        13. United States Capitol and congressional 
                    office buildings, the Library of Congress, the 
                    Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation of 
                    similar institutions), and the Botanic Gardens.
                (2) Such committee shall also--
                        (A) make a continuing study of the organization 
                    and operation of the Congress of the United States 
                    and shall recommend improvements in such 
                    organization and operation with a view toward 
                    strengthening the Congress, simplifying its 
                    operations, improving its relationships with other 
                    branches of the United States Government, and 
                    enabling it better to meet its responsibilities 
                    under the Constitution of the United States;
                        (B) identify any court proceeding or action 
                    which, in the opinion of the Committee, is of vital 
                    interest to the Congress as a constitutionally 
                    established institution of the Federal Government 
                    and call such proceeding or action to the attention 
                    of the Senate; and
                        (C) \16\ develop, implement, and update as 
                    necessary a strategy planning process and a 
                    strategic plan for the functional and technical 
                    infrastructure support of the Senate and provide 
                    oversight over plans developed

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                    by Senate officers and others in accordance with the 
                    strategic planning process.
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                \16\ As added, S. Res. 151, 105-1, Nov. 9, 1997.

     25.1o      (o)(1) \17\ Committee on Small Business and 
            Entrepreneurship, to which committee shall be referred all 
            proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
            other matters relating to the Small Business Administration.
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                \17\ As added, S. Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; name 
            changed pursuant to S. Res. 123, 107-1, June 29, 2001.
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                (2) Any proposed legislation reported by such committee 
            which relates to matters other than the functions of the 
            Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the 
            chairman of any standing committee having jurisdiction over 
            the subject matter extraneous to the functions of the Small 
            Business Administration, be considered and reported by such 
            standing committee prior to its consideration by the Senate; 
            and likewise measures reported by other committees directly 
            relating to the Small Business Administration shall, at the 
            request of the chairman of the Committee on Small Business, 
            be referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
            Entrepreneurship for its consideration of any portions of 
            the measure dealing with the Small Business Administration, 
            and be reported by this committee prior to its consideration 
            by the Senate.
                (3) Such committee shall also study and survey by means 
            of research and investigation all problems of American small 
            business enterprises, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1p      (p) \18\ Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
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                \18\ Redesignated as subparagraph (p) by S. Res. 101, 
            97-1, Mar. 25, 1981.
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                        1. Compensation of veterans.
                        2. Life insurance issued by the Government on 
                    account of service in the Armed Forces.
                        3. National cemeteries.
                        4. Pensions of all wars of the United States, 
                    general and special.
                        5. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
                        6. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
                        7. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and 
                    treatment of veterans.
                        8. Veterans' measures generally.

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                        9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of 
                    veterans.
      25.2      2. \19\ Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of 
            this rule, each of the following standing committees shall 
            consist of the number of Senators set forth in the following 
            table on the line on which the name of that committee 
            appears:
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                \19\ As amended, S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. Res. 
            365, 97-2, Apr. 20, 1982; S. Res. 380, 97-2, Apr. 27, 1982; 
            S. Res. 6, 98-1, Jan. 3, 1983; S. Res. 20, 98-1, Jan. 27, 
            1983; S. Res. 53, 98-1, Feb. 3, 1983; S. Res. 338, 98-2, 
            Feb. 9, 1984; S. Res. 74, 99-1, Feb. 21, 1985; S. Res. 14, 
            100-1, Jan. 6, 1987; S. Res. 211, 100-1, May 12, 1987; S. 
            Res. 43, 101-1, Feb. 2, 1989; S. Res. 43, 102-1, Feb. 5, 
            1991; S. Res. 135, 102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 4, 103-1, 
            Jan. 7, 1993; S. Res. 130, 103-1, July 1, 1993; S. Res. 132, 
            103-1, July 15, 1993; S. Res. 14, 104-1, Jan. 5, 1995; S. 
            Res. 92, 104-1, Mar. 24, 1995; S. Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 
            1997; HELP/Judiciary reversed pursuant to S. Res. 299, 106-
            2, Apr. 27, 2000; S. Res. 354, 106-2, Sept. 12, 2000.
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                    Committee:
                                                                  Members

                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry..........    20
                    Appropriations................................    28
                    Armed Services................................    18
                    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...........    22
                    Commerce, Science, and Transportation.........    20
                    Energy and Natural Resources..................    20
                    Environment and Public Works..................    18
                    Finance.......................................    20
                    Foreign Relations.............................    18
                    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions........    18
                    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs....    16
                    Judiciary.....................................    18
                  

     25.3a      3. (a) \20\ Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 
            of this rule, each of the following standing committees 
            shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the 
            following table on the line on which the name of that 
            committee appears:
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                \20\ As amended, S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. Res. 
            101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; S. Res. 6, 98-1, Jan 3, 1983; S. 
            Res. 88, 99-1, Mar. 5, 1985; S. Res. 14, 100-1, Jan. 6, 
            1987; S. Res. 211, 100-1, May 12, 1987; S. Res. 43, 101-1, 
            Feb. 2, 1989; S. Res. 85, 102-1, Mar. 19, 1991; S. Res. 135, 
            102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S. 
            Res. 130, 103-1, July 1, 1993; S. Res. 34, 104-1, Jan. 6, 
            1995; S. Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997; S. Res. 354, 106-2, 
            Sept. 12, 2000; S. Res. 123, 107-1, June 29, 2001.
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                    Committee:
                                                                  Members

                    Budget........................................    22
                    Rules and Administration......................    16
                    Veterans' Affairs.............................    14
                    Small Business and Entrepreneurship...........    18
                  

     25.3b      (b) \21\ Each of the following committees and joint 
            committees shall consist of the number of Senators (or 
            Senate

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            members, in the case of a joint committee) set forth in the 
            following table on the line on which the name of that 
            committee appears:
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                \21\ As amended, S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. Res. 
            24, 97-1, Jan. 19, 1981; S. Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; 
            S. Res. 338, 98-2, Feb. 9, 1984; S. Res. 85, 102-1, Mar. 19, 
            1991; S. Res. 135, 102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, 
            Jan. 21, 1993; S. Res. 34, 104-1, Jan. 6, 1995; S. Res. 9, 
            105-1, Jan. 9, 1997.
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                    Committee: \22\
                                                                  Members

                    Aging.........................................    18
                    Intelligence..................................    19
                    Joint Economic Committee......................    10
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                \22\ Pursuant to S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004, the 
            Select Committee on Intelligence shall be treated as a 
            committee listed under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate for purposes of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate. However, the resolution did not modify 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate. (See appendix for Titles 
            I, III and V of S. Res. 445, 108-2.)
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     25.3c      (c) \23\ Each of the following committees and joint 
            committees shall consist of the number of Senators (or 
            Senate members, in the case of a joint committee) set forth 
            in the following table on the line on which the name of that 
            committee appears:
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                \23\ As amended, S. Res. 448, 96-2, Dec. 11, 1980; S. 
            Res. 88, 99-1, Mar. 5, 1985; S. Res. 14, 100-1, Jan. 6, 
            1987; S. Res. 100, 101-1, Apr. 11, 1989; S. Res. 44, 102-1, 
            Feb. 5, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S. Res. 34, 
            104-1, Jan. 6, 1995; S. Res. 92, 104-1, Mar. 24, 1995; S. 
            Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997.
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                    Ethics........................................     6
                    Indian Affairs................................    14
                    Joint Committee on Taxation...................     5
                  

     25.4a      4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph--
                        (1) each Senator shall serve on two and no more 
                    committees listed in paragraph 2; and
                        (2) each Senator may serve on only one committee 
                    listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b).

     25.4b      (b)(1) Each Senator may serve on not more than three 
            subcommittees of each committee (other than the Committee on 
            Appropriations) listed in paragraph 2 of which he is a 
            member.
                (2) Each Senator may serve on not more than two 
            subcommittees of a committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or 
            (b) of which he is a member.
                (3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), a Senator 
            serving as chairman or ranking minority member of a 
            standing, select, or special committee of the Senate or 
            joint committee of the Congress may serve ex officio, 
            without vote, as a member of any subcommittee of such 
            committee or joint committee.
                (4) No committee of the Senate may establish any sub-
            unit of that committee other than a subcommittee, unless the 
            Senate by resolution has given permission therefor. For

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            purposes of this subparagraph, any subunit of a joint 
            committee shall be treated as a subcommittee.
     25.4c      (c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and 
            the minority leader, the membership of one or more standing 
            committees may be increased temporarily from time to time by 
            such number or numbers as may be required to accord to the 
            majority party a majority of the membership of all standing 
            committees. When any such temporary increase is necessary to 
            accord to the majority party a majority of the membership of 
            all standing committees, members of the majority party in 
            such number as may be required for that purpose may serve as 
            members of three standing committees listed in paragraph 2. 
            No such temporary increase in the membership of any standing 
            committee under this subparagraph shall be continued in 
            effect after the need therefor has ended. No standing 
            committee may be increased in membership under this 
            subparagraph by more than two members in excess of the 
            number prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2 or 3(a).
     25.4d      (d) A Senator may serve as a member of any joint 
            committee of the Congress the Senate members of which are 
            required by law to be appointed from a standing committee of 
            the Senate of which he is a member, and service as a member 
            of any such joint committee shall not be taken into account 
            for purposes of subparagraph (a)(2).
     25.4e      (e)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of 
            more than one standing, select, or special committee of the 
            Senate or joint committee of the Congress, except that a 
            Senator may serve as chairman of any joint committee of the 
            Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject 
            matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a 
            standing committee of which he is chairman.
                (2) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of 
            more than one subcommittee of each standing, select, or 
            special committee of the Senate or joint committee of the 
            Congress of which he is a member.
                (3) A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a 
            committee listed in paragraph 2 may serve at any time as the 
            chairman of only one subcommittee of all committees listed 
            in paragraph 2 of which he is a member and may serve at any 
            time as the chairman of only one subcommittee of each 
            committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b) of which he is a 
            member. A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a 
            committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b) may not serve as 
            the chairman of any subcommittee of that com

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            mittee, and may serve at any time as the chairman of only 
            one subcommittee of each committee listed in paragraph 2 of 
            which he is a member. Any other Senator may serve as the 
            chairman of only one subcommittee of each committee listed 
            in paragraph 2, 3(a), or 3(b) of which he is a member.
     25.4f      (f) A Senator serving on the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration may not serve on any joint committee of the 
            Congress unless the Senate members thereof are required by 
            law to be appointed from the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, or unless such Senator served on the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration and the Joint 
            Committee on Taxation on the last day of the Ninety-eighth 
            Congress.\24\
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                \24\ As amended, S. Res. 76, 99-1, Feb. 21, 1985.
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     25.4g      (g) A Senator who on the day preceding the effective 
            date of Title I of the Committee System Reorganization 
            Amendments of 1977 was serving as the chairman or ranking 
            minority member of the Committee on the District of Columbia 
            or the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service may serve 
            on the Committee on Governmental Affairs in addition to 
            serving on two other standing committees listed in paragraph 
            2. At the request of any such Senator, he shall be appointed 
            to serve on such committee but, while serving on such 
            committee and two other standing committees listed in 
            paragraph 2, he may not serve on any committee listed in 
            paragraph 3 (a) or (b) other than the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration. The preceding provisions of this 
            subparagraph shall apply with respect to any Senator only so 
            long as his service as a member of the Committee on 
            Governmental Affairs is continuous after the date on which 
            the appointment of the majority and minority members of the 
            Committee on Governmental Affairs is initially 
            completed.\25\
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                \25\ As amended, S. Res. 12, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; 
            Subpara. (h), omitted here, pertains to committee service of 
            Senators during the 103rd Congress. Provisions for the 104th 
            Congress were established by S. Res. 13 and 17, Jan. 4, 
            1995, and S. Res. 27 and 29, Jan. 5, 1995. In subsequent 
            Congresses, committee assignments made notwithstanding Rule 
            XXV.
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