    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [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.

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                            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
                countries, 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.

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                            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.
                    (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.

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         25.1e      (e)(1) \12\ 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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                was modified by S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004; however,
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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;
                            (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).

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                            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.
                    (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.

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                            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.
                            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
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                            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, 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.

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                            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 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) \13\ 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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                    \13\ 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 modified the jurisdiction of
                the Committee. However, the Standing Rules of the Senate
                were not amended.
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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.

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                            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;
                            (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) \14\ 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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                    \14\ Name changed by 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.
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                    \15\ As amended by 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.

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                            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.
         25.1m      (m) \16\ 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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                    \16\ 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:

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                            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.
                            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
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                            (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) \17\ 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 by Senate officers
                        and others in accordance with the strategic planning
                        process.
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                    \17\ As added by S. Res. 151, 105-1, Nov. 9, 1997.

         25.1o      (o)(1) \18\ 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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                    \18\ As added by S. Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; name
                changed by 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) \19\ 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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                    \19\ Redesignated as subparagraph (p) by S. Res. 101,
                97-1, Mar. 25, 1981.
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                            1. Compensation of veterans.

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                            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.
                            9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of
                        veterans.
          25.2      2. \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 by 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 by 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) \21\ 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

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                table on the line on which the name of that committee
                appears:
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                    \21\ As amended by 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) \22\ 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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                    \22\ As amended by 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: \23\
                                                                      Members

                        Aging.........................................    18
                        Intelligence..................................    19
                        Joint Economic Committee......................    10
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                    \23\ 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 amend
                the Standing Rules of the Senate.
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         25.3c      (c) \24\ 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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                    \24\ As amended by 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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                        Committee:
                                                                      Members

                        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.

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                    (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
                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.

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                    (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 committee, 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.\25\
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                    \25\ As amended by 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

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                date on which the appointment of the majority and minority
                members of the Committee on Governmental Affairs is
                initially completed.\26\
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                    \26\ As amended by S. Res. 12, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981;
                Subparagraph (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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