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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 11

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the total number

of committee staff personnel employed during the One Hundred Third

Congress to one-half of the number employed at the end of the One

Hundred Second Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mr. BARTLETT (for himself and Mr. SHAYS) submitted the following

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to

limit the total number of committee staff personnel employed during the One Hundred Third Congress to onehalf of the number employed at the end of the One

Hundred Second Congress.

1 Resolved, That clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of

2 the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating

3 paragraphs (a) through (f) as paragraphs (b) through (g),

4 respectively, and by inserting at the beginning the follow5 ing new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any pri7 mary expense resolution until the Committee on House
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1 Administration has reported, and the House has adopted,

2 a resolution establishing an overall ceiling for House com3 mittee staff personnel for that year, and any such resolu4 tion shall be privileged.

5 ‘‘(2) In developing any primary expense resolution,

6 the Committee on House Administration shall specify in

7 the resolution the number of staff positions authorized by

8 the resolution. The committee shall verify in the report

9 accompanying any such primary expense resolution that

10 the number of staff positions authorized by such resolution

11 is in conformity with the overall ceiling on such positions

12 established by the House.

13 ‘‘(3) In no event shall the total number of additional

14 staff positions authorized by all such primary expense res15 olutions, taken together with the number of staff positions

16 authorized by clause 6 of this rule (providing for profes17 sional and clerical staff), exceed the ceiling established by

18 the House for that year.

19 ‘‘(4) In allocating staff positions pursuant to the

20 overall ceiling established by the House, the committee

21 shall take into account the past and anticipated legislative

22 and oversight activities of each committee.

23 ‘‘(5) In any supplemental expense resolution, and in

24 any amendment thereto, the committee shall specify the

25 number of additional staff positions, if any, authorized by
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1 such resolution, and shall indicate in the report accom2 panying any such resolution whether the additional staff

3 positions are in conformity with or exceed the overall ceil4 ing established by the House.

5 ‘‘(6) It shall not be in order to consider any supple6 mental expense resolution, or any amendment thereto, au7 thorizing additional staff positions in excess of the overall

8 ceiling established by the House except by a vote of two9 thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present.

10 ‘‘(7) It shall not be in order to consider any primary

11 or supplemental expense resolution for one or more com12 mittees unless the report on such resolution includes a

13 statement verifying that each such committee has adopted

14 and complied with a committee rule entitling the minority

15 party on such committee, upon the request of a majority

16 of such minority, to not less than one-third of the funds

17 provided for committee staff pursuant to each primary or

18 supplemental expense resolution.

19 ‘‘(8) For the purposes of the One Hundred Third

20 Congress, the overall ceiling for committee staff in a reso21 lution reported by the committee pursuant to subpara22 graph (1), or contained in any amendment thereto, shall

23 not exceed 50 percent of the total committee staff person24 nel employed at the end of the One Hundred Second

25 Congress.’’.
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