IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 11 

Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between 

the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. MCCARTHY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COM3 PETITION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 

4 AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab7 lished in the House of Representatives a Select Com8 mittee on the Strategic Competition Between the 

9 United States and the Chinese Communist Party 


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1 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Select 

2 Committee’’). 

3 (2) COMPOSITION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Select Committee 

5 shall be composed of not more than 16 Mem6 bers, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 

7 appointed by the Speaker, not more than 7 of 

8 whom shall be appointed after consultation with 

9 the minority leader. The Speaker shall des10 ignate one member of the Select Committee as 

11 its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the 

12 Select Committee shall be filled in the same 

13 manner as the original appointment. 

14 (B) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Speaker 

15 and the minority leader shall be ex officio mem16 bers of the Select Committee but shall have no 

17 vote in the Select Committee and may not be 

18 counted for purposes of determining a quorum. 

19 (C) DESIGNATION OF LEADERSHIP STAFF

20 MEMBER.—The Speaker and the minority lead21 er each may designate a leadership staff mem22 ber to assist in their capacity as ex officio mem23 bers, with the same access to Select Committee 

24 meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as 

25 employees of the Select Committee and subject 


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1 to the same security clearance and confiden2 tiality requirements as staff of the Select Com3 mittee. 

4 (b) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.— 

5 (1) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Select 

6 Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and 

7 shall have no authority to take legislative action on 

8 any bill or resolution. 

9 (2) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION.—The sole 

10 authority of the Select Committee shall be to inves11 tigate and submit policy recommendations on the 

12 status of the Chinese Communist Party’s economic, 

13 technological, and security progress and its competi14 tion with the United States. The Select Committee 

15 may, at its discretion, hold public hearings in con16 nection with any aspect of its investigative functions. 

17 (c) PROCEDURE.— 

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

19 the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Se20 lect Committee is authorized to study the sources 

21 and methods of entities described in clause 

22 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar as such study is re23 lated to the matters described in subsection (b)(2). 


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1 (2) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first 

2 sentence of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the 

3 Select Committee. 

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

5 Select Committee shall have the authorities and re6 sponsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same 

7 limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee 

8 of the House, and shall be deemed a committee of 

9 the House for all purposes of law or rule. 

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

11 Committee where not inconsistent with this sub12 section. 

13 (B) Service on the Select Committee shall not 

14 count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of 

15 rule X. 

16 (C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the 

17 Select Committee. 

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

19 the Select Committee in the same manner as it ap20 plies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel21 ligence. 

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

23 (1) The appointment and the compensation of 

24 staff for the Select Committee shall be subject to 


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1 regulations issued by the Committee on House Ad2 ministration. 

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

4 or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select 

5 Committee to carry out this resolution and shall be 

6 deemed to be staff of the Select Committee. 

7 (B) The Select Committee may request the 

8 head of any Federal agency to detail, on a nonreim9 bursable basis, any of the personnel of the agency to 

10 the Select Committee. 

11 (3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorga12 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply 

13 with respect to the Select Committee in the same 

14 manner as such section applies with respect to a 

15 standing committee, except that the selection of any 

16 consultant or organization under such section shall 

17 be subject to approval by the Speaker. 

18 (e) REPORTING.—The Select Committee may report 

19 to the House or any committee from time to time the re20 sults of its investigations and studies, together with such 

21 detailed findings, policy recommendations, and legislative 

22 proposals as it may deem advisable. All such reports shall 

23 be submitted to the House by December 31, 2024. All pol24 icy recommendations shall be submitted to the relevant 

25 standing committees not later than December 31, 2023. 


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1 The Select Committee shall submit all legislative proposals 

2 to the relevant standing committees not later than 30 days 

3 after their adoption by the Select Committee. 

4 (f) PUBLICATION.— 

5 (1) The Select Committee shall ensure that re6 ports and proposals prepared in accordance with this 

7 subsection shall, upon completion, be made available 

8 to the general public in widely accessible formats not 

9 later than 30 calendar days following the respective 

10 dates for completion set forth in subsection (e). 

11 (2) Any report issued by the Select Committee 

12 shall be issued in unclassified form but may include 

13 a classified annex, a law enforcement-sensitive 

14 annex, or both. 

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