House Calendar No. 1

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 19

[Report No. 103–1]

RESOLUTION

To establish the Select Committee on Aging.

JANUARY 25, 1993

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House

Calendar, and ordered to be printed
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House Calendar No. 1

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 19

[Report No. 103–1]

To establish the Select Committee on Aging.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mrs. LLOYD (for herself and Mr. HUGHES) submitted the following resolution;

which was referred to the Committee on Rules

JANUARY 25, 1993

Additional sponsors: Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.

FORD of Tennessee, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GORDON, Mr.

KENNEDY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. RICHARDSON,

Mr. SISISKY, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. VENTO, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. WISE, Mr.

WYDEN, Mrs. BENTLEY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut,

Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.

REGULA, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SNOWE, Mr.

SPENCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. MANTON,

Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COLEMAN of Texas, Mr. COYNE, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr.

DIXON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.

LAROCCO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. POMEROY,

Mr. REED, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr.

BARTLETT, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. KING,

Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.

ACKERMAN, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr.

BECERRA, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. COSTELLO, Ms.

DELAURO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. NEAL

of North Carolina, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. SWETT,

Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mrs. UNSOELD, Ms.

VELAZQUEZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. QUINN,

Ms. FURSE, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. STUDDS

JANUARY 25, 1993

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered

to be printed
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RESOLUTION

To establish the Select Committee on Aging.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON

3 AGING.

4 There is hereby established in the House of Rep5 resentatives a select committee to be known as the Select

6 Committee on Aging (hereinafter in this resolution re7 ferred to as the ‘‘select committee’’).

8 SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS.

9 The select committee shall not have legislative juris10 diction. The select committee shall have authority—

11 (1) to conduct a continuing comprehensive

12 study and review of the problems of the older Amer13 ican, including but not limited to income mainte14 nance, housing, health (including medical research),

15 welfare, employment, education, recreation, and par16 ticipation in family and community life as self17 respecting citizens;

18 (2) to study the use of all practicable means

19 and methods of encouraging the development of pub20 lic and private programs and policies which will as-
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1 sist the older American in taking a full part in na2 tional life and which will encourage the utilization of

3 the knowledge, skills, special aptitudes, and abilities

4 of older Americans to contribute to a better quality

5 of life for all Americans;

6 (3) to develop policies that would encourage the

7 coordination of both governmental and private pro8 grams designed to deal with problems of aging; and

9 (4) to review any recommendations made by the

10 President or by the White House Conference on

11 Aging relating to programs or policies affecting older

12 Americans.

13 SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.

14 (a) The select committee shall be composed of not

15 more than 67 Members, who shall be appointed by the

16 Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman.

17 (b) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the

18 select committee shall be filled in the same manner in

19 which the original appointment was made.

20 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Members’’

21 shall include any Representative in, or Delegate or Resi22 dent Commissioner to, the House of Representatives.

23 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES.

24 (a) For the purpose of carrying out this resolution,

25 the select committee is authorized to sit and act during
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1 the present Congress at such times and places within the

2 United States, including any Commonwealth or possession

3 thereof, or elsewhere, whether the House is in session, has

4 recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as

5 it deems necessary.

6 (b) The provisions of clauses 1, 2, and 3 of rule XI

7 of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply

8 to the select committee.

9 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

10 (a) Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as

11 required by clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House

12 of Representatives, the select committee may incur ex13 penses in connection with its duties under this resolution.

14 (b) In carrying out its functions under this resolution,

15 the select committee is authorized—

16 (1) to appoint, either on a permanent basis or

17 as experts or consultants, such staff as the select

18 committee considers necessary;

19 (2) to prescribe the duties and responsibilities

20 of such staff;

21 (3) to fix the compensation of such staff at a

22 single per annum gross rate as provided by clause

23 6(c) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep24 resentatives;
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1 (4) to terminate the employment of any such

2 staff as the select committee considers appropriate;

3 and

4 (5) to reimburse members of the select commit5 tee and of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other

6 necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform7 ance of their duties and responsibilities for the select

8 committee, other than expenses in connection with

9 any meeting of the select committee held in the Dis10 trict of Columbia.

11 SEC. 6. REPORTS.

12 (a)(1) The select committee shall report to the House

13 with respect to the results of any investigation or study

14 it conducts.

15 (2) The select committee shall submit an annual re16 port to the House which shall include a summary of the

17 activities of the select committee during the calendar year

18 to which the report applies.

19 (b) Any such report which is made when the House

20 is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.