H. Res. 11 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 10, 2023. 

Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COMPETITION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE 

CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

in the House of Representatives a Select Committee on 

the Strategic Competition Between the United States 

and the Chinese Communist Party (hereinafter in this 

section referred to as the ‘‘Select Committee’’). 

(2) COMPOSITION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Select Committee shall 

be composed of not more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by 

the Speaker, not more than 7 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader. 

The Speaker shall designate one member of the Select Committee as its chair. A vacancy in the mem-
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bership of the Select Committee shall be filled in 

the same manner as the original appointment. 

(B) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Speaker and 

the minority leader shall be ex officio members of 

the Select Committee but shall have no vote in the 

Select Committee and may not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum. 

(C) DESIGNATION OF LEADERSHIP STAFF

MEMBER.—The Speaker and the minority leader 

each may designate a leadership staff member to 

assist in their capacity as ex officio members, with 

the same access to Select Committee meetings, 

hearings, briefings, and materials as employees of 

the Select Committee and subject to the same security clearance and confidentiality requirements as 

staff of the Select Committee. 

(b) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.— 

(1) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Select Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall 

have no authority to take legislative action on any bill 

or resolution. 

(2) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION.—The sole authority of the Select Committee shall be to investigate 

and submit policy recommendations on the status of the 

Chinese Communist Party’s economic, technological, and 
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security progress and its competition with the United 

States. The Select Committee may, at its discretion, hold 

public hearings in connection with any aspect of its investigative functions. 

(c) PROCEDURE.— 

(1) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee is authorized to study the sources and methods 

of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in 

subsection (b)(2). 

(2) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select 

Committee. 

(3) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select 

Committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities 

of, and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of the House, and 

shall be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule. 

(4)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select 

Committee where not inconsistent with this subsection. 

(B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count 

against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X. 
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(C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Select Committee. 

(D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the 

Select Committee in the same manner as it applies to 

the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 

(d) RECORDS; STAFF; TRAVEL; FUNDING.— 

(1) The appointment and the compensation of staff 

for the Select Committee shall be subject to regulations 

issued by the Committee on House Administration. 

(2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House or 

a joint committee may be detailed to the Select Committee to carry out this resolution and shall be deemed 

to be staff of the Select Committee. 

(B) The Select Committee may request the head of 

any Federal agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable 

basis, any of the personnel of the agency to the Select 

Committee. 

(3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 

Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect 

to the Select Committee in the same manner as such 

section applies with respect to a standing committee, except that the selection of any consultant or organization 

under such section shall be subject to approval by the 

Speaker. 
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(e) REPORTING.—The Select Committee may report to 

the House or any committee from time to time the results of 

its investigations and studies, together with such detailed 

findings, policy recommendations, and legislative proposals as 

it may deem advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to 

the House by December 31, 2024. All policy recommendations shall be submitted to the relevant standing committees 

not later than December 31, 2023. The Select Committee 

shall submit all legislative proposals to the relevant standing 

committees not later than 30 days after their adoption by the 

Select Committee. 

(f) PUBLICATION.— 

(1) The Select Committee shall ensure that reports 

and proposals prepared in accordance with this subsection shall, upon completion, be made available to the 

general public in widely accessible formats not later than 

30 calendar days following the respective dates for completion set forth in subsection (e). 

(2) Any report issued by the Select Committee shall 

be issued in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, a law enforcement-sensitive annex, or both. 

Attest: 

Clerk.