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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 383

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives respecting committee

staff.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 9, 1994

Mr. THOMAS of California (for himself, Mr. MICHEL, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr.

ROBERTS, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. BOEHNER, and Ms. DUNN)

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee

on Rules

RESOLUTION

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives

respecting committee staff.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. BUDGET COMMITTEE AND APPROPRIATIONS

3 COMMITTEE STAFFS.

4 (a) EXPENSE RESOLUTIONS.—The first sentence of

5 clause 5(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep6 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘(except the Commit7 tee on Appropriations and the Committee on the

8 Budget)’’.
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1 (b) NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—Clause

2 6(a)(5) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Represent3 atives is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(5) Subparagraph (3)(B) does not apply to the

5 Committee on Rules.’’.

6 (c) NUMBER OF CLERICAL STAFF.—Clause 6(b)(4)

7 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives

8 is repealed.

9 (d) APPOINTMENT POWER.—Clause 6(d) of rule XI

10 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.

11 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR STATUTORY STAFF.

12 (a) PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—(1) The first sentence of

13 clause 6(a)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of

14 Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘from the funds

15 provided for the appointment of committee staff pursuant

16 to primary and additional expense resolutions,’’ before

17 ‘‘each’’.

18 (2) The first sentence of clause 6(a)(2) of rule XI

19 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended

20 by inserting ‘‘from the funds provided for the appointment

21 of committee staff pursuant to primary and additional ex22 pense resolutions,’’ before ‘‘whenever’’.

23 (b) CLERICAL STAFF.—(1) The second sentence of

24 clause 6(b)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of

25 Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘from the funds
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1 provided for the appointment of committee staff pursuant

2 to primary and additional expense resolutions,’’ before

3 ‘‘the clerical staff’’.

4 (2) The first sentence of clause 6(b)(2) of rule XI

5 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended

6 by inserting ‘‘from the funds provided for the appointment

7 of committee staff pursuant to primary and additional ex8 pense resolutions,’’ before ‘‘whenever’’.

9 SEC. 3. MAJORITY-MINORITY COMMITTEE STAFF RATIOS.

10 (a) Clause 6 of rule XI of the Rules of the House

11 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the

12 following new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(j)(1) Not later than the beginning of the One Hun14 dred Sixth Congress, not less than one-third of the fund15 ing made available to each standing, select, special, ad hoc,

16 or other committee of the House shall be allocated to the

17 minority party. The requirement of the preceding sentence

18 shall be phased in during the One Hundred Fourth and

19 One Hundred Fifth Congresses and carried out by rule

20 of the House, regulation, or other appropriate authority

21 pursuant to a timetable agreed to by the majority leader

22 and the minority leader of the House.

23 ‘‘(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply to the Com24 mittee on Standards of Official Conduct.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 The amendments made by this resolution shall take

3 effect immediately before noon January 3, 1995.

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