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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1421

To provide that references in the statutes of the United States to any

committee or officer of the House of Representatives the name or jurisdiction of which was changed as part of the reorganization of the House

of Representatives at the beginning of the One Hundred Fourth Congress

shall be treated as referring to the currently applicable committee or

officer of the House of Representatives.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 6, 1995

Mr. THOMAS introduced the following bill; which was considered and passed

A BILL

To provide that references in the statutes of the United

States to any committee or officer of the House of Representatives the name or jurisdiction of which was

changed as part of the reorganization of the House of

Representatives at the beginning of the One Hundred

Fourth Congress shall be treated as referring to the

currently applicable committee or officer of the House

of Representatives.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. REFERENCES IN LAW TO COMMITTEES OF THE

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

3 (a) REFERENCES TO COMMITTEES WITH NEW

4 NAMES.—Except as provided in subsection (c), any ref5 erence in any provision of law enacted before January 4,

6 1995, to—

7 (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the

8 House of Representatives shall be treated as refer9 ring to the Committee on National Security of the

10 House of Representatives;

11 (2) the Committee on Banking, Finance and

12 Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives shall

13 be treated as referring to the Committee on Banking

14 and Financial Services of the House of Representa15 tives;

16 (3) the Committee on Education and Labor of

17 the House of Representatives shall be treated as re18 ferring to the Committee on Economic and Edu19 cational Opportunities of the House of Representa20 tives;

21 (4) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of

22 the House of Representatives shall be treated as re23 ferring to the Committee on Commerce of the House

24 of Representatives;

25 (5) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the

26 House of Representatives shall be treated as refer-
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1 ring to the Committee on International Relations of

2 the House of Representatives;

3 (6) the Committee on Government Operations

4 of the House of Representatives shall be treated as

5 referring to the Committee on Government Reform

6 and Oversight of the House of Representatives;

7 (7) the Committee on House Administration of

8 the House of Representatives shall be treated as re9 ferring to the Committee on House Oversight of the

10 House of Representatives;

11 (8) the Committee on Natural Resources of the

12 House of Representatives shall be treated as refer13 ring to the Committee on Resources of the House of

14 Representatives;

15 (9) the Committee on Public Works and Trans16 portation of the House of Representatives shall be

17 treated as referring to the Committee on Transpor18 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent19 atives; and

20 (10) the Committee on Science, Space, and

21 Technology of the House of Representatives shall be

22 treated as referring to the Committee on Science of

23 the House of Representatives.
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1 (b) REFERENCES TO ABOLISHED COMMITTEES.—

2 Any reference in any provision of law enacted before Janu3 ary 4, 1995, to—

4 (1) the Committee on District of Columbia of

5 the House of Representatives shall be treated as re6 ferring to the Committee on Government Reform

7 and Oversight of the House of Representatives;

8 (2) the Committee on Post Office and Civil

9 Service of the House of Representatives shall be

10 treated as referring to the Committee on Govern11 ment Reform and Oversight of the House of Rep12 resentatives, except that a reference with respect to

13 the House Commission on Congressional Mailings

14 Standards (the ‘‘Franking Commission’’) shall be

15 treated as referring to the Committee on House

16 Oversight of the House of Representatives; and

17 (3) the Committee on Merchant Marine and

18 Fisheries of the House of Representatives shall be

19 treated as referring to—

20 (A) the Committee on Agriculture of the

21 House of Representatives, in the case of a pro22 vision of law relating to inspection of seafood or

23 seafood products;

24 (B) the Committee on National Security of

25 the House of Representatives, in the case of a
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1 provision of law relating to interoceanic canals,

2 the Merchant Marine Academy and State Mari3 time Academies, or national security aspects of

4 merchant marine;

5 (C) the Committee on Resources of the

6 House of Representatives, in the case of a pro7 vision of law relating to fisheries, wildlife, inter8 national fishing agreements, marine affairs (in9 cluding coastal zone management) except for

10 measures relating to oil and other pollution of

11 navigable waters, or oceanography;

12 (D) the Committee on Science of the

13 House of Representatives, in the case of a pro14 vision of law relating to marine research; and

15 (E) the Committee on Transportation and

16 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives,

17 in the case of a provision of law relating to a

18 matter other than a matter described in any of

19 subparagraphs (A) through (D).

20 (c) REFERENCES TO COMMITTEES WITH JURISDIC21 TION CHANGES.—Any reference in any provision of law

22 enacted before January 4, 1995, to—

23 (1) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of

24 the House of Representatives shall be treated as re25 ferring to—
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1 (A) the Committee on Agriculture of the

2 House of Representatives, in the case of a pro3 vision of law relating to inspection of seafood or

4 seafood products;

5 (B) the Committee on Banking and Finan6 cial Services of the House of Representatives, in

7 the case of a provision of law relating to bank

8 capital markets activities generally or to deposi9 tory institution securities activities generally;

10 and

11 (C) the Committee on Transportation and

12 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives,

13 in the case of a provision of law relating to rail14 roads, railway labor, or railroad retirement and

15 unemployment (except revenue measures related

16 thereto); and

17 (2) the Committee on Government Operations

18 of the House of Representatives shall be treated as

19 referring to the Committee on the Budget of the

20 House of Representatives in the case of a provision

21 of law relating to the establishment, extension, and

22 enforcement of special controls over the Federal

23 budget.
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1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES IN LAW TO OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE

2 OF REPRESENTATIVES.

3 Any reference in any provision of law enacted before

4 January 4, 1995, to a function, duty, or authority—

5 (1) of the Clerk of the House of Representa6 tives shall be treated as referring, with respect to

7 that function, duty, or authority, to the officer of the

8 House of Representatives exercising that function,

9 duty, or authority, as determined by the Committee

10 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives;

11 (2) of the Doorkeeper of the House of Rep12 resentatives shall be treated as referring, with re13 spect to that function, duty, or authority, to the offi14 cer of the House of Representatives exercising that

15 function, duty, or authority, as determined by the

16 Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep17 resentatives;

18 (3) of the Postmaster of the House of Rep19 resentatives shall be treated as referring, with re20 spect to that function, duty, or authority, to the offi21 cer of the House of Representatives exercising that

22 function, duty, or authority, as determined by the

23 Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep24 resentatives; and

25 (4) of the Director of Non-legislative and Fi26 nancial Services of the House of Representatives
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1 shall be treated as referring, with respect to that

2 function, duty, or authority, to the officer of the

3 House of Representatives exercising that function,

4 duty, or authority, as determined by the Committee

5 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.

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