[United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
[S. Doc. 116-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 51-52]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        27                           RULE XXVII

                                   COMMITTEE STAFF

      27.1      1.\34\ Staff members appointed to assist minority 
            members of committees pursuant to authority of a resolution 
            described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other Senate 
            resolution shall be accorded equitable treatment with 
            respect to

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            the fixing of salary rates, the assignment of facilities, 
            and the accessibility of committee records.
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                \34\ As amended by S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar. 11, 1980, 
            effective Feb. 28, 1981, paragraph 1 of rule XXVII was 
            repealed. Accordingly, subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) 
            of paragraph 2 were renumbered as paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4, 
            respectively.
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      27.2      2. The minority shall receive fair consideration in the 
            appointment of staff personnel pursuant to authority of a 
            resolution described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI.
      27.3      3. The staffs of committees (including personnel 
            appointed pursuant to authority of a resolution described in 
            paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other Senate resolution) should 
            reflect the relative number of majority and minority members 
            of committees. A majority of the minority members of any 
            committee may, by resolution, request that at least one-
            third of all funds of the committee for personnel (other 
            than those funds determined by the chairman and ranking 
            minority member to be allocated for the administrative and 
            clerical functions of the committee as a whole) be allocated 
            to the minority members of such committee for compensation 
            of minority staff as the minority members may decide. The 
            committee shall thereafter adjust its budget to comply with 
            such resolution. Such adjustment shall be equitably made 
            over a four-year period, commencing July 1, 1977, with not 
            less than one-half being made in two years. Upon request by 
            a majority of the minority members of any committee by 
            resolution, proportionate space, equipment, and facilities 
            shall be provided for such minority staff.
      27.4      4. No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts 
            or other personnel detailed or assigned from any department 
            or agency of the Government, except with the written 
            permission of the Committee on Rules and Administration.