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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 5

Adopting rules for the One Hundred Seventh Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 3, 2001

Mr. ARMEY submitted the following resolution; which was considered and

agreed to

RESOLUTION

Adopting rules for the One Hundred Seventh Congress.

1 Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa2 tives of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, including appli3 cable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that con4 stituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred

5 Sixth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House

6 of Representatives of the One Hundred Seventh Congress,

7 with amendments to the standing rules, as provided in sec8 tion 2, and with other orders as provided in section 3.

9 SEC. 2. CHANGES IN STANDING RULES.

10 (a) PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS.—

11 (1) In clause 2(b) of rule II, strike ‘‘printed

12 and’’.
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1 (2) In clause 2(c)(3) of rule II, strike ‘‘printing

2 and’’.

3 (3) In clause 2(c)(4) of rule II, strike ‘‘print4 ed’’.

5 (4) In clause 2(e) of rule II, strike ‘‘printed

6 and’’.

7 (5) In clause 2(f)(2) of rule II, strike ‘‘or

8 mail’’.

9 (6) In clause 2(f)(2) of rule II, strike ‘‘, in

10 binding of good quality,’’.

11 (b) PREPARATION OF ENROLLED BILLS.—

12 (1) In clause 2(d) of rule II, designate the ex13 isting text as subparagraph (1) and insert thereafter

14 the following new subparagraph:

15 ‘‘(2) The Clerk shall examine all bills, amendments,

16 and joint resolutions after passage by the House and, in

17 cooperation with the Senate, examine all bills and joint

18 resolutions that have passed both Houses to see that they

19 are correctly enrolled and forthwith present those bills and

20 joint resolutions that originated in the House to the Presi21 dent in person after their signature by the Speaker and

22 the President of the Senate, and report to the House the

23 fact and date of their presentment.’’.

24 (2) In clause 4(d)(1) of rule X, strike subdivi25 sion (A), redesignate the succeeding subdivisions ac-
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1 cordingly (and conform the subdivision-reference in

2 subdivision (C), as redesignated.

3 (c) RESPONDING TO SUBPOENAS.—In rule VIII,

4 strike ‘‘subpoena or other judicial order’’ in each of the

5 nine places it appears and insert in lieu thereof (in each

6 instance) ‘‘judicial or administrative subpoena or judicial

7 order’’.

8 (d) RENAMING OF COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE; ES9 TABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERV10 ICES.—In clause 1 of rule X—

11 (1) strike paragraph (d);

12 (2) redesignate paragraph (e) as paragraph (d);

13 (3) redesignate paragraph (g) as paragraph (e)

14 and transfer that paragraph before paragraph (f);

15 (4) in paragraph (f)—

16 (A) strike ‘‘Commerce’’ and insert in lieu

17 thereof ‘‘Energy and Commerce’’ (and conform

18 the reference in clause 3(c) of rule X); and

19 (B) strike subparagraph (15) and redesig20 nate the succeeding subparagraph accordingly;

21 and

22 (5) insert the following new paragraph after

23 paragraph (f):

24 ‘‘(g) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) Banks and banking, including deposit in2 surance and Federal monetary policy.

3 ‘‘(2) Economic stabilization, defense production,

4 renegotiation, and control of the price of commod5 ities, rents, and services.

6 ‘‘(3) Financial aid to commerce and industry

7 (other than transportation).

8 ‘‘(4) Insurance generally.

9 ‘‘(5) International finance.

10 ‘‘(6) International financial and monetary orga11 nization.

12 ‘‘(7) Money and credit, including currency and

13 the issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold

14 and silver, including the coinage thereof; valuation

15 and revaluation of the dollar.

16 ‘‘(8) Public and private housing.

17 ‘‘(9) Securities and exchanges.

18 ‘‘(10) Urban development.’’.

19 (e) ENHANCED OVERSIGHT PLANNING.—In clause

20 2(d)(1) of rule X, insert after subdivision (A) the following

21 new subdivision (and redesignate the succeeding subdivi22 sions accordingly):

23 ‘‘(B) review specific problems with federal rules, reg24 ulations, statutes, and court decisions that are ambiguous,
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1 arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose severe financial

2 burdens on individuals;’’.

3 (f) INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT.—In clause 3 of rule

4 X, add the following new paragraph at the end:

5 ‘‘(l) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

6 shall review and study on a continuing basis laws, pro7 grams, and activities of the intelligence community and

8 shall review and study on an exclusive basis the sources

9 and methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A).’’.

10 (g) OVERSIGHT OF OFFICERS.—

11 (1) In clause 4(d) of rule X, amend subdivision

12 (A) (as redesignated) to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(A) provide policy direction for the Inspector

14 General and oversight of the Clerk, Sergeant-at15 Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and Inspector

16 General;’’.

17 (2) In clause 4(a) of rule II strike ‘‘policy direc18 tion and’’.

19 (h) SIZE OF INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.—In the

20 second sentence of clause 11(a)(1) of rule X—

21 (1) strike ‘‘not more than 16’’ and insert in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘not more than 18’’; and

23 (2) strike ‘‘not more than nine’’ and insert in

24 lieu thereof ‘‘not more than 10’’.
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1 (i) PRESERVING MAJORITY QUORUM REQUIRE2 MENTS.—In clause 2(h)(3) of rule XI, strike ‘‘the report3 ing of a measure or recommendation’’ and insert in lieu

4 thereof ‘‘one for which the presence of a majority of the

5 committee is otherwise required’’.

6 (j) CLARIFICATION OF HEARING PROCEDURES.—In

7 clause 2(k) of rule XI—

8 (1) in the caption, strike ‘‘investigative’’;

9 (2) in subparagraph (1)—

10 (A) strike ‘‘an investigative hearing’’ and

11 insert in lieu thereof ‘‘a hearing’’; and

12 (B) strike ‘‘investigation’’ and insert in

13 lieu thereof ‘‘hearing’’;

14 (3) in subparagraph (2), strike ‘‘to each wit15 ness’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘to each witness on

16 request’’;

17 (4) in subparagraph (3), strike ‘‘investigative’’;

18 and

19 (5) in subparagraph (5)—

20 (A) strike ‘‘an investigative hearing’’ and

21 insert in lieu thereof ‘‘a hearing’’;

22 (B) strike ‘‘asserted’’ and insert in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘asserted by a member of the com24 mittee’’; and
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1 (C) strike ‘‘any person’’ and insert in lieu

2 thereof ‘‘any person, or it is asserted by a wit3 ness that the evidence or testimony that the

4 witness would give at a hearing may tend to de5 fame, degrade, or incriminate the witness’’.

6 (k) CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS WITHOUT

7 ADDITIONAL LAYOVER.—In clause 3(a)(2) of rule XIII,

8 add the following new sentence at the end: ‘‘A supple9 mental report only correcting errors in the depiction of

10 record votes under paragraph (b) may be filed under this

11 subparagraph and shall not be subject to the requirement

12 in clause 4 concerning the availability of reports.’’.

13 (l) PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.—

14 (1) In clause 3(c) of rule XIII, amend subpara15 graph (4) to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(4) A statement of general performance

17 goals and objectives, including outcome-related

18 goals and objectives, for which the measure au19 thorizes funding.’’.

20 (2) In clause 4(c)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘matter

21 involved’’ and all that follows and insert in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘matter involved.’’.

23 (m) REPORT DETAIL ON UNAUTHORIZED APPRO24 PRIATIONS.—In clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII, amend sub25 division (B) to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(B) a list of all appropriations contained in

2 the bill for expenditures not currently authorized by

3 law for the period concerned (excepting classified in4 telligence or national security programs, projects, or

5 activities), along with a statement of the last year

6 for which such expenditures were authorized, the

7 level of expenditures authorized for that year, the

8 actual level of expenditures for that year, and the

9 level of appropriations in the bill for such expendi10 tures.’’.

11 (n) CORRECTIONS CALENDAR.—

12 (1) In clause 4(a)(2) of rule XIII, insert after

13 subdivision (B) the following new subdivision (and

14 redesignate the succeeding subdivisions accordingly):

15 ‘‘(C) a bill called from the Corrections Cal16 endar under clause 6 of rule XV;’’.

17 (2) In clause 6(a) of rule XV, strike ‘‘that has

18 been on the Corrections Calendar for three legisla19 tive days’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘that is printed

20 on the Corrections Calendar’’.

21 (o) OBJECTIONS TO EXHIBITS.—In clause 6 of rule

22 XVII, strike ‘‘its use shall be decided without debate by

23 a vote of the House’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chair,

24 in his discretion, may submit the question of its use to

25 the House without debate’’.
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1 (p) POSTPONING REQUESTS FOR RECORDED VOTES

2 ON AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.—In clause

3 6 of rule XVIII, add the following new paragraph at the

4 end:

5 ‘‘(g) The Chairman may postpone a request for a re6 corded vote on any amendment. The Chairman may re7 sume proceedings on a postponed request at any time. The

8 Chairman may reduce to five minutes the minimum time

9 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol10 lows another electronic vote without interviewing business,

11 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on

12 the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.’’.

13 (q) NAMING OF PUBLIC WORKS.—In rule XXI, add

14 the following new clause at the end:

15 ‘‘Designation of public works

16 ‘‘6. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint

17 resolution, amendment, or conference report that provides

18 for the designation or redesignation of a public work in

19 honor of an individual then serving as a Member, Dele20 gate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator.’’.

21 (r) MOTIONS INSTRUCTING CONFEREES.—

22 (1) In clause 7 of rule XXII, in subparagraph

23 (c)(1), strike ‘‘first legislative’’.

24 (2) In clause 7 of rule XXII, in subparagraph

25 (c)(1)—
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1 (A) strike the dash after ‘‘privileged’’;

2 (B) strike the designations of subdivisions

3 (A) and (B); and

4 (C) strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert in lieu there5 of ‘‘, but only’’.

6 (3) In clause 7 of rule XXII, after paragraph

7 (c), redesignate paragraph (d) as paragraph (e) and

8 insert the following new paragraph after paragraph

9 (c):

10 ‘‘(d) Instructions to conferees in a motion to instruct

11 or in a motion to recommit to conference may not include

12 argument.’’.

13 (s) REPEAL OF AUTOMATIC PUBLIC-DEBT MEAS14 URE.—

15 (1) Strike rule XXIII and redesignate the suc16 ceeding rules accordingly.

17 (2) In clause 4(f)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘budget’’

18 and all that follows and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘budg19 et.’’.

20 (3) In clause 9(b)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘rule

21 XXIV’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule XXIII’’.

22 (4) In clause 3(a)(5) of rule XI, strike ‘‘rule

23 XXIV’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule XXIII’’.
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1 (5) In clause 4 of rule XXIII (as redesignated),

2 strike ‘‘rule XXVI’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule

3 XXV’’.

4 (6) In clause 5 of rule XXIII (as redesignated),

5 strike ‘‘rule XXVI’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule

6 XXV’’.

7 (7) In clause 12(a) of rule XXIII (as redesig8 nated), strike ‘‘rule XXVII’’ and insert in lieu there9 of ‘‘rule XXVI’’.

10 (t) PROHIBITION ON PAID EMPLOYMENT OF

11 SPOUSE.—In clause 8 of rule XXIII (as redesignated),

12 add the following new paragraph at the end:

13 ‘‘(c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2)—

14 ‘‘(A) a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis15 sioner may not retain his spouse in a paid position;

16 and

17 ‘‘(B) an employee of the House may not accept

18 compensation for work for a committee on which his

19 spouse serves as a member.

20 ‘‘(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply in the case of

21 a spouse whose pertinent employment predates the One

22 Hundred Seventh Congress.’’.

23 (u) OATHS CONCERNING CLASSIFIED INFORMA24 TION.—In clause 13 of rule XXIII (as redesignated), add

25 the following new sentence at the end: ‘‘The Clerk shall
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1 make signatures a matter of public record, causing the

2 names of each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis3 sioner who has signed the oath during a week (if any)

4 to be published in a portion of the Congressional Record

5 designated for that purpose on the last legislative day of

6 the week and making cumulative lists of such names avail7 able each day for public inspection in an appropriate office

8 of the House.’’.

9 (v) ACTIVITIES OF CONSULTANTS.—In clause 14(b)

10 of rule XXIII (as redesignated), add the following new

11 sentences at the end: ‘‘An individual whose services are

12 compensated by the House pursuant to a consultant con13 tract may not lobby the contracting committee or the

14 members or staff of the contracting committee on any

15 matter. Such an individual may lobby other Members, Del16 egates, or the Resident Commissioner or staff of the

17 House on matters outside the jurisdiction of the con18 tracting committee.’’.

19 (w) CLARIFICATION OF TERMS IN GIFT RULE.—

20 (1) In clause 4(a)(1) of rule XXV (as redesig21 nated), strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert in lieu thereof a

22 period.

23 (2) In clause 4(a)(2) of rule XXV (as redesig24 nated), strike ‘‘(2) when’’ and insert in lieu thereof

25 ‘‘(2)(A) When’’.
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1 (3) After clause 4(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV (as re2 designated), insert the following subdivision:

3 ‘‘(B) When used in clause 5 of this rule,

4 the terms ‘‘officer’’ and ‘‘employee’’ have the

5 same meanings as in rule XXIII.’’.

6 (4) In clause 5(e)(1) of rule XXV (as redesig7 nated), strike ‘‘and’’ after subparagraph (1).

8 (5) At the end of clause 5(e)(2) of rule XXV

9 (as redesignated), strike the period and insert in lieu

10 thereof ‘‘; and’’.

11 (6) After clause 5(e)(2) of rule XXV (as redes12 ignated), insert the following new subparagraph:

13 ‘‘(3) the terms ‘officer’ and ‘employee’ have the

14 same meanings as in rule XXIII.’’.

15 (x) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN RECODIFICA16 TION.—

17 (1) In clause 3(a) of rule VII, strike ‘‘para18 graph (b), clause 4,’’ and insert in lieu thereof

19 ‘‘clause 4(b)’’.

20 (2) In clause 5(a) of rule VII, strike ‘‘clause 9’’

21 and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 11’’.

22 (3) In clause 7(b) of rule X, strike ‘‘under this

23 paragraph’’.

24 (4) In clause 7(d) of rule X, strike ‘‘this para25 graph’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.
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1 (5) In clause 7(e) of rule X, strike ‘‘this para2 graph’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.

3 (6) In clause 7(f)(1) of rule X, strike ‘‘this

4 paragraph’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.

5 (7) In clause 7(f)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘this

6 paragraph’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.

7 (8) In clause 9(g) of rule X, strike ‘‘paragraph

8 (a) of clause 6’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause

9 6(a)’’.

10 (9) In clause 11(d)(1) of rule X, strike ‘‘clauses

11 6(a), (b), and (c) and 8(a), (b), and (c) of this rule’’

12 and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clauses 8(a), (b), and (c)

13 and 9(a), (b), and (c) of this rule’’.

14 (10) In clause 2(m)(1) of rule XI, strike ‘‘sub15 paragraph (2)(A)’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘sub16 paragraph (3)(A)’’.

17 (11) In clause 7(a) of rule XII, strike ‘‘All

18 other bills’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘Bills’’.

19 (12) In clause 1 of rule XIV, strike ‘‘clause

20 9(a)’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 8’’.

21 (13) In clause 3 of rule XIV, strike ‘‘clause 9’’

22 and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 8’’.

23 (14) In clause 2(c) of rule XV, strike ‘‘printed

24 with the signatures’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘pub25 lished with the signatures’’.
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1 (15) In clause 8(c) of rule XVIII, strike ‘‘this

2 rule’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.

3 (16) In clause 8(b) of rule XXIII (as redesig4 nated), strike ‘‘clause 7’’ and insert in lieu thereof

5 ‘‘clause 9’’ in both places where it appears.

6 SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.

7 (a) STANDARDS COMMITTEE RULES.—For the One

8 Hundred Seventh Congress, each provision of House Reso9 lution 168 of the One Hundred Fifth Congress that was

10 not executed as a change in the standing rules is hereby

11 reaffirmed (except that, notwithstanding section 13 of

12 that resolution, the chairman and ranking minority mem13 ber of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

14 may consult with an investigative subcommittee either on

15 their own initiative or on the initiative of the sub16 committee, shall have access to information before a sub17 committee with which they so consult, and shall not there18 by be precluded from serving as full, voting members of

19 any adjudicatory subcommittee).

20 (b) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.—

21 (1) During the One Hundred Seventh Congress,

22 references in section 306 of the Congressional Budg23 et Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in

24 the House of Representatives as references to a joint

25 resolution.
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1 (2) During the One Hundred Seventh Congress,

2 in the case of a reported bill or joint resolution con3 sidered pursuant to a special order of business, a

4 point of order under section 303 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974 shall be determined on

6 the basis of the text made in order as an original bill

7 or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or

8 to the text on which the previous question is ordered

9 directly to passage, as the case may be.

10 (3) During the One Hundred Seventh Congress,

11 a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an

12 amendment thereto or a conference report thereon,

13 that establishes prospectively for a Federal office or

14 position a specified or minimum level of compensa15 tion to be funded by annual discretionary appropria16 tions shall not be considered as providing new enti17 tlement authority within the meaning of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

19 (c) CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding

20 clause 5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Seventh

21 Congress—

22 (1) the Committee on Government Reform may

23 have not more than eight subcommittees;

24 (2) the Committee on International Relations

25 may have not more than six subcommittees; and
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1 (3) the Committee on Transportation and In2 frastructure may have not more than six subcommit3 tees.

4 (d) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred

5 Seventh Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1

6 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the

7 Speaker to such bills as he may designate when introduced

8 during the first session.

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