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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 36

To amend House Rules and direct certain committees to report legislation

to reform the House, restore its committee system, and make the legislative process more rational, deliberative, representative, and accountable.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 21, 1993

Mr. MICHEL (for himself, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. HYDE, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DELAY, Mr. PAXON, and Mr. SOLOMON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

Rules

RESOLUTION

To amend House Rules and direct certain committees to

report legislation to reform the House, restore its committee system, and make the legislative process more

rational, deliberative, representative, and accountable.

1 Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as, ‘‘A

2 Mandate for Change in the People’s House’’.

3 PRESENTMENT OF BILLS TO THE PRESIDENT

4 SEC. 101. In rule I of the Rules of the House, clause

5 4 is amended by adding the following sentence at the end

6 thereof: ‘‘In the case of a bill originating in the House

7 of Representatives, he shall take care that the bill is pre-
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1 sented to the President not later than the tenth calendar

2 day beginning after the date upon which a bill has been

3 agreed to in identical form by the House of Representa4 tives and the Senate.’’.

5 VETO MESSAGES

6 SEC. 102. In rule I of the Rules of the House, clause

7 5 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(c) He shall, immediately after the reading of a veto

9 message from the President, and without intervening mo10 tion or business, state the question on reconsideration of

11 the vetoed measure, and no motion shall have precedence

12 over a demand for the previous question on such question

13 except one motion to postpone the vote on reconsideration

14 to a date certain which shall not be later than the tenth

15 legislative day thereafter.’’.

16 BROADCAST COVERAGE

17 SEC. 103. In rule I, clause 9(b)(1) is amended by in18 serting after the first sentence the following new sentence:

19 ‘‘He shall provide for the visual coverage of the proceed20 ings of the House on a uniform basis throughout each

21 day’s session, and any such coverage may include periodic

22 views of the entire Chamber, Provided That it is uniform

23 throughout the day and does not detract from the visual

24 coverage of any person who is speaking.’’.

25 HOUSE SCHEDULING

26 SEC. 104. In rule I, add the following new clause:
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1 ‘‘11. (a) At the beginning of each session of the Con2 gress the Speaker shall, after consultation with the minor3 ity leader and the chairmen of the committees of the

4 House, announce a legislative program for the session

5 which shall include: (1) target dates for the consideration

6 of specified major budgetary, authorization and appropria7 tions bills; (2) an indication of those weeks during which

8 the House will be in session (which, unless otherwise indi9 cated, shall be assumed to be full, five-day work weeks

10 for the conduct of committee and House floor business);

11 (3) those weeks set aside for district work periods (which

12 shall be scheduled at periodic intervals), holidays and

13 other recesses; and (4) the target date for the adjourn14 ment of that session.

15 ‘‘(b) the Speaker shall ensure that the minority leader

16 is fully consulted in developing the legislative program for

17 the House each week.’’.

18 ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF DOORKEEPER

19 SEC. 105. (a) Rule V, relating to the ‘‘Duties of the

20 Doorkeeper,’’ is repealed; the provisions of clauses 1 and

21 2 of rule V are redesignated as clauses 3 and 4 of rule

22 IV (‘‘Duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms;’’) and the words

23 ‘‘The Doorkeeper’’ in clause 3 (as redesignated) are strick24 en and replaced by the word ‘‘He’’.

25 (b) In rule II (‘‘Election of Officers’’) the word

26 ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ is stricken wherever it appears, and, after
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1 the words ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ where it first appears, the

2 following is inserted: ‘‘, who should be a nationally-re3 spected law enforcement professional’’.

4 (c) In rule XIV, clause 7 is amended by striking the

5 words ‘‘and the Doorkeeper are’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof the word ‘‘is’’.

7 OVERSIGHT REFORM

8 SEC. 106. (a) In rule X, clause 2 is amended by add9 ing the following new paragraphs:

10 ‘‘(d)(1) Not later than March 1 of the first session

11 of a Congress, each standing committee of the House

12 shall, in a meeting which is open to the public and with

13 a quorum present, adopt its oversight plans for that Con14 gress, and such plans shall be submitted to the Committee

15 on House Administration. In developing such plans each

16 committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible—

17 ‘‘(A) consult with other committees of the

18 House which have jurisdiction over the same or re19 lated laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdic20 tion with the objective of ensuring that such laws,

21 programs, or agencies are reviewed in the same Con22 gress and that there is maximum coordination be23 tween such committees in the conduct of such re24 views; and such plans shall include an explanation of

25 what steps have been and will be taken to assure

26 such coordination and cooperation;
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1 ‘‘(B) give priority consideration to including in

2 its plans the review of those laws, programs, or

3 agencies operating under permanent budget author4 ity or permanent statutory authority;

5 ‘‘(C) have a view toward insuring that all sig6 nificant laws, programs, or agencies within its juris7 dictions are subject to review at least once every ten

8 years.

9 ‘‘(2) It shall not be in order to consider any commit10 tee expense resolution, or any amendment thereto, pursu11 ant to clause 5 of rule XI for any committee which has

12 not submitted its oversight plans as required by this para13 graph.

14 ‘‘(3) Not later than March 15 in the first session of

15 a Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the ma16 jority leader, and the minority leader, the Committee on

17 House Administration shall report to the House the over18 sight plans submitted by each committee together with

19 any recommendations which it, or the House leadership

20 group referred to above, may make to assure the most ef21 fective coordination of such plans and otherwise achieve

22 the objectives of this clause.

23 ‘‘(e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House,

24 may appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the
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1 purpose of reviewing specific matters within the jurisdic2 tion of two or more standing committees.’’.

3 (b) In rule XI of the Rules of the House, clause 1(d)

4 is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House

6 not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a

7 report on the activities of that committee under this rule

8 and rule X during the Congress ending on January 3 of

9 each year.

10 ‘‘(2) Such report shall include separate sections sum11 marizing the legislative and oversight activities of that

12 committee during that Congress.

13 ‘‘(3) The oversight section of such report shall in14 clude a summary of the oversight plans submitted by the

15 committee pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule X, a summary

16 of the actions taken and recommendations made with re17 spect to each such plan, and a summary of any additional

18 oversight activities undertaken by that committee, and any

19 recommendations made or actions taken thereon.’’.

20 MULTIPLE REFERRAL REFORM

21 SEC. 107. In rule X, clause 5(c) is amended to read

22 as follows:

23 ‘‘(c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with re24 spect to any matter, the Speaker shall initially refer the

25 matter to one committee which he shall designate as the

26 committee of principal jurisdiction; but, he may also refer
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1 the matter to one or more additional committees, for con2 sideration in sequence (subject to appropriate time limita3 tions), either on its initial referral or after the matter has

4 been reported by the committee of principal jurisdiction;

5 or refer portions of the matter to one or more additional

6 committees (reflecting different subjects and jurisdictions)

7 for the exclusive consideration of such portion or portions;

8 or refer the matter to a special ad hoc committee ap9 pointed by the Speaker, with the approval of the House,

10 from the members of the committees having legislative ju11 risdiction, for the specific purpose of considering that mat12 ter and reporting to the House thereon; or make such

13 other provisions as may be considered appropriate.’’.

14 EARLY ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES

15 SEC. 108. In rule X, the first sentence of clause

16 6(a)(1) is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall be

18 elected by the House within the seventh calendar day after

19 the commencement of each Congress, from nominations

20 submitted by the respective party caucuses, and said com21 mittees shall hold their organizational meetings beginning

22 not later than four calendar days after their election and

23 concluding not later than seven calendar days after their

24 election.’’.
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1 EQUITABLE PARTY RATIOS ON COMMITTEES

2 SEC. 109. (a) In rule X, clause 6(a) is amended by

3 adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:

4 ‘‘(3) The membership of each committee (and each

5 subcommittee, task force, or other subunit thereof) shall

6 reflect the ratio of majority to minority party Members

7 of the House at the beginning of the Congress (unless oth8 erwise provided by House Rules). For the purposes of this

9 clause, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and

10 the Delegates to the House shall not be counted in deter11 mining the party ratio of the House.’’.

12 (b) In rule X, clause 6(f) is amended by inserting

13 after the first sentence the following: ‘‘The membership

14 of each such select committee (and of any subcommittee,

15 task force or subunit thereof), and of each such conference

16 committee, shall reflect the ratio of the majority to minor17 ity party Members of the House at the time of its appoint18 ment.’’.

19 CONTROL OF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

20 SEC. 110. In rule X, clause 6(a) is amended by add21 ing the following new subparagraph:

22 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding

23 paragraph, the majority of the membership, including the

24 chairman, of the Committee on Government Operations,

25 shall be composed of Members of a major political party
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1 other than the political party of which the President of

2 the United States is a member.’’.

3 TERMS LIMITS FOR CHAIRMEN AND RANKING MINORITY

4 MEMBERS

5 SEC. 111. In rule X, clause 6(c) is amended by insert6 ing after the first sentence the following: ‘‘The terms of

7 the chairman and ranking minority member of each stand8 ing committee shall not exceed three executive Congresses,

9 beginning with the One Hundred Third Congress.’’.

10 SUBCOMMITTEE LIMITS

11 SEC. 112. In rule X, clause 6(d) is amended to read

12 as follows:

13 ‘‘(d)(1) No committee of the House shall have more

14 than five subcommittees except the Committee on Appro15 priations, which shall have not more than 13 subcommit16 tees, and the following committees which shall have not

17 more than six subcommittees: Ways and Means; Agri18 culture; Armed Services; Banking, Finance and Urban Af19 fairs; Education and Labor; Foreign Affairs; Energy and

20 Commerce; the Judiciary; and Public Works and Trans21 portation.

22 ‘‘(2) No Member may serve at any one time as a

23 member of more than four subcommittees of the commit24 tees of the House.

25 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term

26 ‘subcommittee’ includes any panel, task force, special sub-
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1 committee, or any subunit of a standing committee, or any

2 select committee, which is established for a period of

3 longer than six months in any Congress.’’.

4 PROXY VOTING BAN

5 SEC. 113. In rule XI, clause 2(f) if amended to read

6 as follows:

7 ‘‘(f) No vote by any member of any committee or sub8 committee with respect to any measure or matter may be

9 cast by proxy.’’.

10 OPEN MEETINGS

11 SEC. 114. In rule XI, clause 2(g)(1) is amended—

12 (a) by inserting before the colon in the first

13 sentence the following: ‘‘because disclosure of mat14 ters to be considered would endanger national secu15 rity, would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate

16 any person or otherwise would violate any law or

17 rule of the House, or involves committee personnel

18 matters.’’; and,

19 (b) by inserting in the second sentence a period

20 after the word ‘‘paragraph’’ and striking all that fol21 lows through the end of the sentence.

22 MAJORITY QUORUMS

23 SEC. 115. In rule XI, clause 2(h)(2) is amended to

24 read as follows:

25 ‘‘(2) A majority of the members of each committee

26 or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
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1 action of any business, including the markup of legisla2 tion.’’.

3 REPORT ACCOUNTABILITY

4 SEC. 116. (a) In rule XI, clause 2(l)(2)(B) is amend5 ed to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion

7 to report any bill, resolution or matter of a public char8 acter, the total number of votes cast for and against re9 porting, and the names of those members voting for and

10 against, shall be included in the committee report on the

11 measure or matter.’’.

12 (b) In rule XI, clause 2(l)(2) is further amended by

13 adding at the end thereof the following:

14 ‘‘(C) With respect to each nonrecord vote on a motion

15 to report any measure or matter of a public character,

16 the names of those members of the committee actually

17 present at the time the measure or matter is ordered re18 ported shall be included in the committee report.’’.

19 COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS

20 SEC. 117. In rule XI, clause 2(l) is amended by in21 serting after subparagraph (5) the following new subpara22 graph, and by redesignating subparagraphs (6) and (7)

23 as (7) and (8), respectively:

24 ‘‘(6)(A) Any committee or subcommittee print, docu25 ment, or other material, other than reports subject to the

26 preceding provisions of this clause, prepared for public dis-
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1 tribution, shall either be approved by the committee or

2 subcommittee prior to such public distribution, and oppor3 tunity shall be afforded for the inclusion of supplemental,

4 minority, or additional views in accordance with the provi5 sions of subparagraph (5), or such print, document or

6 other material shall contain on its cover the following dis7 claimer in bold face type:

8 This material has not been officially

9 approved by the committee [or subcommit10 tee, as the case may be] on [name of the committee

11 or subcommittee] and may not therefore nec12 essarily reflect the views of its members.’

13 and any such print, document, or other material not ap14 proved by the committee or subcommittee may not include

15 the names of its members, other than the name of the

16 committee or subcommittee chairman releasing the docu17 ment, but shall be made available to all of the members

18 of the committee not less than three calendar days (ex19 cluding Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays) prior to

20 its being made public, and in no event shall any such un21 approved material be made public following the adjourn22 ment of a Congress sine die.

23 ‘‘(B) The provisions of this subparagraph do not

24 apply to prints of bills or resolutions, summaries thereof,

25 or prints containing the names of committee of sub-
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1 committee members, staff, or other factual information re2 garding the committees or its subcommittees, their juris3 dictions or rules, or any matters pending before such com4 mittee or its subcommittees, provided, that such docu5 ments do not also contain opinions, views, findings or rec6 ommendations.

7 ‘‘(C) Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed

8 to authorize any subcommittee or chairman thereof to

9 issue any print, document or other material not otherwise

10 authorized by the rules of the committee.’’.

11 OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL REPORTING

12 SEC. 118. In rule XI of the Rules of the House,

13 clause 2(n)(1)(B) is amended by inserting after the first

14 sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘All such individual

15 reports shall also include a listing of all official meetings,

16 interviews, inspection tours or other functions in which the

17 individual participated, by country and date.’’.

18 SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF RULES COMMITTEE

19 REPORTS

20 SEC. 119. In rule XI, the first sentence of clause 4(b)

21 is amended by substituting the following for the matter

22 in parenthesis: ‘‘(except that it shall not be called up for

23 consideration on the same calendar day, nor on the subse24 quent calendar day of the same legislative day, that it is

25 presented to the House, unless so determined by vote of

26 not less than two-thirds of the members voting, but this
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1 provision shall not apply during the last three days of the

2 session)’’.

3 AFFIRMING MINORITY’S RIGHT ON MOTIONS TO

4 RECOMMIT

5 SEC. 120. In rule XI, the second sentence in clause

6 4(b) is amended by substituting the following for the final

7 clause: ‘‘nor shall it report any rule or order which would

8 prevent the motion to recommit from being made as pro9 vided in clause 4 of rule XVI, including a motion with

10 amendatory instructions (except in the case of a Senate

11 measure for which the language of a House-passed meas12 ure has been proposed to be substituted).’’.

13 RESTRICTIVE RULE LIMITATION

14 SEC. 121. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding

15 the following new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(e) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution

17 reported from the Committee on Rules providing for the

18 consideration of any bill or resolution otherwise subject to

19 amendment under House Rules if that resolution limits

20 the right of Members to offer germane amendments to

21 such bill or resolution unless the chairman of the Commit22 tee on Rules has orally announced to the House, at least

23 four legislative days prior to the scheduled consideration

24 of such matter by the Committee on Rules, that less than

25 an open amendment process might be recommended by the
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1 Committee for the consideration of such bill or resolu2 tion.’’.

3 LIMITATION ON SELF-EXECUTING RULES

4 SEC. 122. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding

5 the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(f) It shall not be in order to consider any order

7 of business resolution reported from the Committee on

8 Rules which provides that, upon the adoption of such reso9 lution, the House shall be considered to have automatically

10 adopted a motion (other than for the previous question),

11 amendment, or resolution, or to have passed a bill, joint

12 resolution, or conference report thereon, unless the consid13 eration of such order of business resolution is agreed to

14 by not less than two-thirds of the members voting, and

15 the yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when

16 the Speaker puts the question on consideration.’’.

17 BUDGET WAIVER LIMITATION

18 SEC. 123. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding

19 at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(g)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any resolu21 tion reported from the Committee on Rules for the consid22 eration of any measure which waives any specified provi23 sions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend24 ed, unless the report accompanying such resolution in25 cludes an explanation of, and justification for, any such

26 waiver, an estimated cost of the provisions to which the
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1 waiver applies, and a summary or text of any written com2 ments on the proposed waiver received by the committee

3 from the Committee on the Budget.

4 ‘‘(2) It shall be in order after the previous question

5 has been ordered on any such resolution, to offer motions

6 proposing to strike one or more such waivers from the res7 olution, and each such motion shall be decided without de8 bate and shall require for adoption the requisite number

9 of affirmative votes as required by the Budget Act or the

10 rules of the House. After disposition of any and all such

11 motions, the House shall proceed to an immediate vote

12 on adoption of the resolution.’’.

13 COMMITTEE STAFFING REFORM

14 SEC. 124. (a) In rule XI, clause 5 is amended by in15 serting the following new paragraph and by redesignating

16 existing paragraphs accordingly:

17 ‘‘(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any pri18 mary expense resolution until the Committee on House

19 Administration has reported, and the House has adopted,

20 a resolution establishing an overall ceiling for the House

21 on the total number of statutory and investigative staff

22 personnel for that year for committees requiring such ex23 pense resolutions, and any such staff ceiling resolution

24 shall be privileged for consideration by the House.

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

26 the Committee on House Administration shall specify in
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1 the resolution the number of staff positions authorized by

2 the resolution. The committee shall verify in the report

3 accompanying any such primary expense resolution that

4 the number of staff positions authorized by such resolution

5 is in conformity with the overall ceiling on such positions

6 established by the House.

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

8 staff positions authorized by all such primary expense res9 olutions, taken together with the number of staff positions

10 authorized by clause 6 of this rule (providing for profes11 sional and clerical staff), exceed the ceiling established by

12 the House for that year.

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

14 overall ceiling established by the House, the committee

15 shall take into account the past and anticipated legislative

16 and oversight activities of each committee.

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

18 any amendment thereto, the committee shall specify the

19 number of additional staff positions, if any, authorized by

20 such resolution, and shall indicate in the report accom21 panying any such resolution whether the additional staff

22 positions are in conformity with or exceed the overall ceil23 ing established by the House.

24 ‘‘(6) It shall not be in order to consider any supple25 mental expense resolution, or any amendment thereto, au-
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1 thorizing additional staff positions in excess of the overall

2 ceiling established by the House except by a vote of two3 thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present.

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

5 or supplemental expense resolution for one or more com6 mittees unless the report on such resolution includes a

7 statement verifying that each such committee has adopted

8 and complied with a committee rule entitling the minority

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

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

11 provided for committee staff pursuant to each primary or

12 supplemental expense resolution.

13 ‘‘(8)(a) For the purposes of the first and second ses14 sions of the One Hundred Third Congress, and the first

15 session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the overall

16 ceiling established for committee staff in a resolution re17 ported by the committee pursuant to subparagraph (1) or

18 contained in any amendment thereto, shall not exceed 90

19 percentum of the total of such committee staff personnel

20 employed in the previous session of Congress.

21 ‘‘(b) In order to ensure the comprehensive applicabil22 ity of the foregoing provisions, the Committee on Appro23 priations and the Committee on the Budget shall be treat24 ed the same as other standing committees under this

25 clause, subject to committee expense resolutions, and
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1 clause 6 of this rule, authorizing the appointment of a

2 specified number of professional and clerical staff.’’.

3 (b) Technical and conforming amendments:

4 (1) In rule XI, clause 5(b) (as redesignated) by

5 striking the following in the first sentence thereof:

6 ‘‘(except the Committee on Appropriations and the

7 Committee on the Budget)’’.

8 (2) In rule XI, clause 6(a)(5) is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘(5) The provisions of subparagraph (3) do not apply

11 to shared staff, or designated associate staff members of

12 committees provided that such staff engage only in official

13 business of the House and, in the case of associate staff,

14 committee rules specifically authorize them to engage in

15 other official business of the House.’’.

16 (3) In rule XI, clause 6 is amended by striking

17 subparagraph (b)(4) and subparagraph (d).

18 COMMEMORATIVE CALENDAR

19 SEC. 125. In rule XIII, insert the following new

20 clause 6 and redesignate succeeding clauses accordingly:

21 ‘‘6. There shall also be a Commemorative Calendar

22 to be comprised of unreported bills and resolutions re23 specting commemorative holidays and celebrations re24 ferred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

25 and requested by the chairman and ranking minority

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1 be placed thereon. On the first and third Tuesdays of each

2 month, after the disposal of such business on the Speak3 er’s table as requires reference only and bills and resolu4 tions called on the Private Calendar, the Speaker shall di5 rect the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Com6 memorative Calendar. Should objection be made by two

7 or more Members to the consideration of any bill or resolu8 tion so called, it shall be removed from such Calendar.

9 Such bills and resolutions, if considered, shall be consid10 ered in the House.’’.

11 ACCURACY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

12 SEC. 126. In rule XIV, add the following new clause:

13 ‘‘9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substan14 tially verbatim account of remarks made during the pro15 ceedings of the House, subject only to technical, grammat16 ical and typographical corrections authorized by the Mem17 ber making the remarks involved.

18 ‘‘(b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only

19 by unanimous consent or by order of the House.

20 ‘‘(c) The provisions of clause 4(e)(1) of rule X shall

21 apply to violations of this rule.’’.

22 AUTOMATIC ROLLCALL VOTES

23 SEC. 127. In rule XV, add the following new clause:

24 ‘‘7. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered

25 when the Speaker puts the question upon the final passage

26 of any bill, joint resolution, or conference report thereon,
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1 making general appropriations, providing revenue, or ad2 justing the statutory rate of pay of Members of Congress,

3 or on final adoption of any concurrent resolution on the

4 budget or conference report thereon which provides an in5 crease in the statutory debt limit.’’.

6 APPROPRIATION REFORMS

7 SEC. 128. (a) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by

8 striking the second sentence of paragraph (c) and para9 graph (d) in its entirety, and by inserting the following

10 new paragraph (d):

11 ‘‘(d)(1) For the purposes of House Rules, a ‘general

12 appropriation bill’ shall include any bill or joint resolution

13 making continuing appropriations in a fiscal year for a

14 period excess of thirty days, and any such measure shall

15 include the full text of the language proposed to be en16 acted (as opposed to mere references to measures, or

17 amendments thereto, which have been reported or passed

18 by either House, or agreed to by a committee of con19 ference).

20 ‘‘(2) the provisions of clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI

21 shall apply to any ‘general appropriations bill’ as defined

22 in subparagraph (1).

23 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this clause, all points of

24 order shall be considered as having been reserved against

25 any general appropriation bill at the time it was reported.
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1 (b) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by inserting

2 after subparagraph (d) the following:

3 ‘‘(e) It shall not be in order to consider any bill or

4 joint resolution making continuing appropriations for a

5 period of thirty days or less unless such measure only pro6 vides for appropriations in the lesser amount and under

7 the more restrictive authority of each pertinent appropria8 tions measure: as passed by the House; as passed by the

9 Senate; as agreed to by a committee of conference; or as

10 enacted for the preceding fiscal year.’’.

11 (c) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by inserting the

12 following new subparagraph:

13 ‘‘(f) It shall always be in order during the consider14 ation of any appropriations measure for amendment to

15 consider off-setting, deficit-neutral amendments en bloc,

16 even though they may amend portions of the bill not yet

17 read for amendment, said amendments shall be considered

18 as read when offered, and shall not be subject to a demand

19 for a division of the question in the House or in the Com20 mittee of the Whole.’’.

21 (d) In rule XXI, clause 3 is amended by inserting

22 before the period: ‘‘, and shall contain a list of all appro23 priations contained in the bill for any expenditure not pre24 viously authorized by law’’.
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1 (e) In rule XI, clause (2)(l)(3)(B) is amended by in2 serting after ‘‘(other than continuing appropriations’’ the

3 following: ‘‘except as provided by clause 2(d) of rule XXI’’.

4 (f) In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding at the

5 end thereof the following:

6 ‘‘(h) It shall not be in order, except by a vote of not

7 less than three-fifths of the Members of the House duly

8 chosen and sworn, to consider any rule or order from the

9 Committee on Rules which waives the provisions of clause

10 2(e) of rule XXI against the consideration of any short11 term continuing appropriations measure as defined there12 in; or which waives the provisions of clause 2 of rule XXI

13 against, or denies amendment to, any provision in any ap14 propriation measure if an authorization for such provision

15 has not been previously considered and agreed to by the

16 House with respect to the fiscal year to which the provi17 sion applies.’’.

18 PROHIBITION ON EXTRANEOUS MATTERS IN

19 RECONCILIATION BILLS

20 SEC. 129. In rule XXI, add the following new clause:

21 ‘‘8. (a) No provision shall be reported in the House

22 to any reconciliation bill pursuant to the most recently

23 agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget, or be in

24 order as an amendment thereto in the House or the Com25 mittee of the Whole, which is not related to achieving the
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1 purpose of the directives to House committees contained

2 in such concurrent resolution.

3 ‘‘(b) Nothing in this clause shall be construed to pre4 vent the consideration of any provision in a reconciliation

5 bill, or any amendment thereto, which achieves savings

6 greater than those directed of a committee and which con7 forms to paragraph (c) of this clause, or to prevent the

8 consideration of motions to strike made in order by the

9 Committee on Rules to achieve the purposes of the direc10 tives.

11 ‘‘(c) For the purposes of this clause, a provision shall

12 be considered related to achieving the purposes of direc13 tives contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent

14 resolution on the budget if it is estimated by the House

15 Committee on the Budget, in consultation with the Con16 gressional Budget Office, to effectuate or implement a re17 duction in budget authority or in new spending authority

18 described in section 401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional

19 Budget Act, or to raise revenues, or both, and, in the case

20 of an amendment, if it is within (in whole or in part) the

21 jurisdiction of any committee instructed in the concurrent

22 resolution.

23 ‘‘(d) The point of order provided for by this clause

24 shall not apply to Senate amendments or to conference

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1 ‘‘(e) For the purposes of this clause, all points of

2 order shall be considered as having been reserved against

3 a reconciliation bill at the time it was reported.’’.

4 AUTHORIZATION REPORTING DEADLINE

5 SEC. 130. In rule XXI, add the following new clause:

6 ‘‘9. It shall not be in order to consider in the House

7 any bill or joint resolution which directly or indirectly au8 thorizes the enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal

9 year unless that bill or joint resolution is reported in the

10 House on or before May 15 preceding the beginning of

11 such fiscal year.’’.

12 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

13 SEC. 131. In rule XXIV, clause 1 is amended by in14 serting after the second order of business the following

15 new order of business, and by redesignating succeeding or16 ders accordingly: ‘‘Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the

17 Flag.’’.

18 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

19 SEC. 132. In rule XXVII, clause 1 is amended by in20 serting after ‘‘1.’’ the designation ‘‘(a)’’, and by inserting

21 after paragraph (a) the following new paragraphs:

22 ‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to entertain a motion

23 to suspend the rules and pass or agree to any measure

24 or matter unless by direction of the committee or commit25 tees of jurisdiction over the measure or matter, or unless

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1 and ranking minority member of the committee or com2 mittees having jurisdiction over the measure or matter,

3 asking for its consideration under suspension of the rules.

4 ‘‘(c) A motion to suspend the rules and pass or agree

5 to any measure or matter shall not be in order if the meas6 ure or matter would enact or authorize the enactment of

7 new budget authority or new spending authority in excess

8 of $50,000,000 for any fiscal year; nor shall it be in order

9 to suspend the rules to pass any joint resolution which

10 proposes to amend the Constitution.

11 ‘‘(d) It shall not be in order to entertain a motion

12 to suspend the rules and pass or agree to any measure

13 or matter unless written notice is placed in the Congres14 sional Record of its scheduled consideration at least one

15 calendar day prior to its consideration, and such notifica16 tion shall include the numerical designation of the meas17 ure or matter, its short title, and the text of any amend18 ments to be offered thereto (if such amendments are not

19 printed in the measure as reported), and the date on which

20 the measure or matter is scheduled to be considered.’’.

21 DISCHARGE MOTIONS

22 SEC. 133. In rule XXVII, clause 4 is amended by in23 serting after the fourth sentence the following new sen24 tence: ‘‘When one hundred Members have signed the mo25 tion, the Clerk shall cause to be printed in the Congres26 sional Record the name of each Member who has signed
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1 or withdrawn a signature to the motion, and shall there2 after publish an updated list in the Congressional Record

3 at the end of each succeeding week the House is in ses4 sion.’’.

5 INCLUSION OF VIEWS WITH CONFERENCE REPORTS

6 SEC. 134. In rule XXVIII, clause 1 is amended by

7 adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(e) If, on the day a report of any committee of con9 ference has received the requisite number of signatures for

10 approval by House conferees, any House conferee gives no11 tice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or addi12 tional views, that Member shall be entitled to not less than

13 three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and

14 legal holidays) on which to file such views with the prin15 cipal manager on the part of the House, such views shall

16 be in writing and signed by that Member. All such views

17 so filed by one or more Members of the committee shall

18 be published in the same volume as the report of the com19 mittee of conference and the joint explanatory statement

20 filed in the House, and the volume shall bear on its cover

21 a recital that any such supplemental, minority, or addi22 tional views are included as part of that volume. This

23 paragraph shall not preclude the immediate filing or print24 ing of a conference report if a timely request to file such

25 views was not made as provided by this paragraph.’’.
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1 PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED MATERIALS

2 SEC. 135. In rule XLIII (‘‘Code of Official Con3 duct’’), add the following new clause:

4 ‘‘13. Before any Member, officer or employee of the

5 House of Representatives may have access to classified in6 formation, the following oath shall be executed:

7 ‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not dis8 close any classified information received in the

9 course of my service with the House of Representa10 tives, except as authorized by House of Representa11 tives or in accordance with its Rules.’

12 Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk

13 of the House as part of the records of the House.’’.

14 COMPOSITION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

15 SEC. 136. In rule XLVIII (‘‘Permanent Select Com16 mittee on Intelligence’’), clause 1(a) is amended by strik17 ing-out ‘‘nineteen Members with representation to’’ and

18 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘thirteen Members, of which not

19 more than seven may be from the same party. The select

20 committee shall’’.

21 ENHANCED RESCISSION AUTHORITY

22 SEC. 137(a). The Committee on Rules and the Com23 mittee on Government Operations shall, not later than

24 May 31, 1993, report legislation granting the President

25 enhanced rescission authority with respect to any discre26 tionary budget authority in any fiscal year. Such legisla-
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1 tion shall provide that any such budget authority shall be

2 considered to be permanently canceled unless a joint reso3 lution disapproving such rescission is enacted within a

4 specified number of days of continuous session of Con5 gress (as defined by section 1011 of the Congressional

6 Budget Act of 1974) after the date on which the Presi7 dent’s special rescission message is received.

8 (b) If such legislation is not reported by the commit9 tees named above by the date specified, the Committees

10 not reporting shall be considered as having been dis11 charged from the further consideration of the first such

12 bill introduced and it shall be in order on any day after

13 June 3, 1993, for any Member of the House (after con14 sultation with the Speaker as to the most appropriate time

15 for consideration), as a matter of highest privilege, to

16 move to resolve into the Committee of the Whole House

17 on the State of the Union for its consideration, and the

18 bill shall be subject to two hours of general debate to be

19 equally divided and controlled by the majority and minor20 ity leaders, or their designees, followed by consideration

21 of the measure for amendment under the five-minute rule.

22 BIENNIAL BUDGET-APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS

23 SEC. 138. The House members of the Joint Commit24 tee on the Organization of Congress are directed to re25 quest that the Joint Committee conduct a complete and

26 thorough study of the advisability and feasibility of con-
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1 verting to a biennial budget and appropriations process

2 and corresponding multi-year authorizations and that it

3 report back its findings and recommendations not later

4 than December 31, 1993.

5 REALIGNMENT OF COMMITTEE JURISDICTIONS

6 SEC. 139. The House members of the Joint Commit7 tee on the Organization of the Congress shall request that

8 the Joint Committee conduct a complete and thorough

9 study of the committees of the House and the Senate with

10 a view to realigning the jurisdictions along more functional

11 and rational lines in order to eliminate the duplication,

12 overlap, and inefficiencies in the present committee system

13 and to ensure, to the extent feasible, that the committee

14 systems of the two Houses are as parallel and compatible

15 as possible with each other and with the Executive Depart16 ments under their jurisdiction.

17 APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO THE HOUSE

18 SEC. 140. (a) It is the policy of the House that the

19 laws of the United States set forth in subparagraph (b)

20 should be amended to apply to the House of Representa21 tives in the same or similar manner as such laws apply,

22 in the case of subparagraph (b)(1)–(8), to private sector

23 employees; and, in the case of subparagraph (b)(9)–(11),

24 to the Executive Branch; and that any bill reported by

25 a committee of the House in the One Hundred Third Con26 gress shall conform to this same principle. Such applica-
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1 tion shall include, absent manifest constitutional limita2 tions, the same remedies (including, where applicable,

3 damages) and enforcement procedures (including, where

4 applicable, private law suits) as those provided under the

5 identified laws.

6 (b) Not later than June 30, 1993, the standing com7 mittees of the House with subject matter jurisdiction over

8 the following laws of the United States shall report to the

9 House legislation to implement subparagraph (a):

10 (1) The National Labor Relations Act;

11 (2) The Occupational Safety and Health Act of

12 1970;

13 (3) The Equal Pay Act of 1963;

14 (4) The Age Discrimination in Employment Act

15 of 1967;

16 (5) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

17 (relating to equal employment opportunity);

18 (6) The Fair Labor Standards Act;

19 (7) The Americans with Disabilities Act;

20 (8) The Employee Polygraph Protection Act;

21 (9) Section 552 of title 5, United States Code

22 (popularly known as the Freedom of Information

23 Act);
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1 (10) Section 552a of title 5, United States

2 Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act of 1974);

3 and);

4 (11) Chapter 39 of title 28, United States Code

5 (relating to an independent counsel).

6 (c) The Committee on Rules shall, not later than ten

7 legislative days after any such legislation has been re8 ported, report a resolution providing for the consideration

9 of such measure in the Committee of the Whole House

10 on the State of the Union under an open amendment

11 process.

12 (d) If such legislation is not reported by all the com13 mittees named above by the date specified, the first bill

14 introduced which implements the policy referred to in sub15 paragraph (a) and which encompasses all the laws referred

16 to in subparagraph (b) shall be considered as having been

17 discharged from all the committees to which it was re18 ferred. It shall be in order on any day after July 15, 1993,

19 for any Member of the House (after consultation with the

20 Speaker as to the most appropriate time for consider21 ation), as a matter of highest privilege, to move to resolve

22 into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of

23 the Union for its consideration, and the bill shall be sub24 ject to four hours of general debate to be equally divided

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1 their designees, followed by consideration of the measure

2 for amendment under the five-minute rule.

3 ABOLITION OF SELECT COMMITTEES

4 SEC. 141. (a) The following select committees shall

5 be abolished and their funding for investigations and stud6 ies is terminated for purposes of clause 5(f)(2) of House

7 Rule XI: (1) the Select Committee on Children, Youth and

8 Families; (2) the Select Committee on Hunger; and (3)

9 the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.

10 (b) Clause (6)(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House,

11 establishing a Select Committee on Aging, is repealed, the

12 select committee is abolished, and its funding for inves13 tigations and studies is terminated.

14 (c) It shall not be in order during the first session

15 of the One Hundred Third Congress to consider any reso16 lution reestablishing the above-named select committees,

17 nor shall it be in order to consider any order of business

18 resolution waiving this prohibition except by a two-thirds

19 vote of the House.

20 CAMPAIGN REFORM

21 SEC. 142. (a) The Committee on House Administra22 tion is directed to report to the House no later than June

23 30, 1993, legislation to reform Federal election law and

24 campaign practices.

25 (b) Not later than July 31, 1993, all other commit26 tees to which such bill may have been referred shall report
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1 such bill to the House with such amendments as may have

2 been recommended. Any committee which has not reported

3 as directed by such date shall be deemed to be discharged

4 from the further consideration of such bill.

5 (c) Not later than ten legislative days after the July

6 31, 1993, reporting deadline, the Committee on Rules

7 shall report a resolution providing for the consideration

8 of such campaign reform bill under an open amendment

9 process. If such a resolution is not reported by such date,

10 it shall be in order on any day thereafter for any Member

11 to move that the House resolve into the Committee of the

12 Whole House on the State of the Union for the consider13 ation of the bill.

14 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

15 SEC. 143. (a) Strike clause 1(a) of rule VI, insert

16 in lieu thereof the following, and redesignate clause 2 as

17 clause 6.

18 ‘‘RULE VI

19 ‘‘CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

20 ‘‘1. There shall be elected by not less than two-thirds

21 of Members voting, a quorum being present, the Chief Fi22 nancial Officer of the House.

23 ‘‘2. The Chief Financial Officer should have appro24 priate education and training, have demonstrated an abil25 ity to manage large and complex administrative activities
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1 and resources, and have experience that is relevant to the

2 management of the financial operations of the House.

3 ‘‘3. The Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible

4 for—

5 ‘‘(a) reviewing and analyzing the financial oper6 ations of the House, including the efficiencies of its

7 operations, the functions of its offices, and the cost8 effectiveness of its operations, and providing periodic

9 recommendations to the Speaker and minority leader

10 respecting these operations;

11 ‘‘(b) conducting periodic audits of the financial

12 operations of the House, simultaneously sending

13 audit reports to the Speaker and minority leader,

14 and making these audit reports available to the pub15 lic;

16 ‘‘(c) keeping the accounts for the pay and mile17 age of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Com18 missioner from Puerto Rico, and paying them as

19 provided by law; and

20 ‘‘(d) carrying out all other financial functions

21 and operations that were exercised by the Clerk be22 fore the date of the adoption of this rule, including,

23 but not limited to—
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1 ‘‘(1) keeping full and accurate accounts of

2 the disbursements of the contingent fund of the

3 House.

4 ‘‘(2) keeping the stationery account of the

5 Members, Delegates, and Resident Commis6 sioner of Puerto Rico.

7 ‘‘(3) paying the salaries of officers and em8 ployees of the House, and

9 ‘‘(4) making or approving all contracts,

10 bargains, or agreements relative to furnishing

11 any matter or thing, or for the performance of

12 any labor for the House of Representatives in

13 pursuance of law or order of the House.

14 ‘‘(e)(1) reviewing existing and proposed rules of

15 the House to determine the effect of such rules on

16 the economy and efficiency of the financial oper17 ations of the House, taking into consideration the

18 need to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in such op19 erations.

20 ‘‘(2) based on such review, providing periodic

21 recommendations to the Speaker and the Minority

22 Leader with respect to the Rules of the House.

23 ‘‘(f) keeping the House fully and currently in24 formed of any instance of fraud, waste, or abuse, or

25 any other serious deficiency in the financial oper-
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1 ations of the House, including corrective actions

2 taken or recommended;

3 ‘‘(g) reporting to the Speaker and the Minority

4 Leader—

5 (1) any such instance that, because of its

6 particularly serious nature, requires immediate

7 attention; and

8 ‘‘(2) any lack of cooperation by a Member,

9 officer, or employee of the House that inhibits

10 the carrying out of the responsibilities of the

11 Chief Financial Officer;

12 ‘‘(h) not later than October 31 of each year,

13 submitting to the House with respect to the financial

14 operations of the House in the preceding fiscal year

15 a report of the activities of the Chief Financial Offi16 cer, including—

17 ‘‘(1) a description of significant problems,

18 abuses, and deficiencies in the financial oper19 ations of the House, the recommendations

20 made, the corrective actions completed, and the

21 corrective actions uncompleted;

22 ‘‘(2) a summary of matters the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer referred to the Committee on

24 Standards of Official Conduct and the actions

25 which have resulted from such referrals; and
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1 ‘‘(3) a summary of each recommendation

2 by the Chief Financial Officer to the Speaker

3 and minority leader under these Rules;

4 ‘‘(i) receiving and investigating complaints from

5 employees of the House with respect to fraud, waste,

6 and abuse in the financial operations of the House,

7 if such complaints assert the existence of a violation

8 of law, a violation of these Rules, mismanagement,

9 gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority, and

10 ‘‘(j) developing and maintaining an integrated

11 accounting and financial management system for the

12 House, including financial reporting and internal

13 controls to provide performance measurement, cost

14 information, and integration of accounting and

15 budgeting information; and

16 ‘‘(k) directing, managing, providing policy guid17 ance for, and conducting oversight of financial man18 agement personnel and operations, including prepa19 ration of a 5-year financial system plan, development

20 of financial management budgets, recruitment, selec21 tion and training of personnel to carry out financial

22 management functions, and implementation of asset

23 management systems, such as cash and credit man24 agement, debt collection, and property and internal

25 controls.
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1 ‘‘4. (a) In carrying out clause 3(I), the

2 Chief Financial Officer may not disclose the

3 identity of a complaining employee without the

4 consent of the employee, unless the Chief Fi5 nancial Officer determines such disclosure is

6 unavoidable.

7 ‘‘(b) Any intimidation of, or reprisal

8 against, an employee of the House by an em9 ploying authority because of a complaint made

10 by the employee is a violation of rule LI.

11 ‘‘5. In accordance with policies and proce12 dures approved by the Committee on House Ad13 ministration, the Chief Financial Officer shall

14 appoint such employees as may be necessary for

15 the prompt and efficient performance of the du16 ties of the Chief Financial Officer under these

17 Rules. Such employees shall serve at the pleas18 ure of the Chief Financial Officer.’’.

19 (b) In the newly designated clause 6(c)(1), strike

20 ‘‘Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services’’ and

21 insert in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Financial Officer’’.

22 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 144. Clause 6(a) of rule X of the Rules of the

24 House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end

25 the following:
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1 ‘‘(5)(A) One-half of the members of the Committee

2 on House Administration shall be from the majority party

3 and one-half shall be from the minority party.

4 ‘‘(B) In the case of the Committee on House Admin5 istration, subpoenas may be authorized and issued as pro6 vided by clause 2(m) of rule XI, except that either the

7 chairman or ranking minority party member of that com8 mittee may authorize and issue subpoenas under that

9 clause.’’.

10 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION

11 APPROPRIATIONS

12 SEC. 145. (a) The membership of the Subcommittee

13 on Legislative Appropriations of the Committee on Appro14 priations shall be divided equally between the majority

15 party and the minority party. Staff positions for the sub16 committee shall be divided in the same manner.

17 LIMITATION ON REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS IN THE

18 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

19 SEC. 146. (a) No funds may be reprogrammed or oth20 erwise transferred between appropriation accounts of the

21 House of Representatives without the written approval of

22 the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Rep23 resentatives.

24 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

25 SEC. 147. (a) Strike clause 11 of rule I and insert

26 the following new rule C:
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1 ‘‘RULE V

2 ‘‘OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

3 ‘‘1. There is established in the House of Representa4 tives an office to be known as the Office of the General

5 Counsel, referred to hereinafter in this title as the

6 ‘‘Officer’’.

7 ‘‘2. ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Office shall be directly

8 accountable to the Leadership Group, composed of—(a)

9 the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (b) the ma10 jority leader and minority leader of the House of Rep11 resentatives; (c) the majority whip and minority whip of

12 the House of Representatives; (d) the chairman and rank13 ing minority party member of the Committee on the Judi14 ciary of the House of Representatives; and (e) 2 Members

15 of the House to be appointed by the Speaker of the House

16 of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed upon

17 the recommendation of the minority leader.

18 ‘‘3. PURPOSE AND POLICY.—The purpose of the Of19 fice is to provide legal assistance to Members, officer, and

20 employees of the House of Representatives on matters di21 rectly related to their duties, other than matters commit22 ted by law, rule, or other authority to the Office of the

23 Parliamentarian, the Office of the Legislative Counsel, the

24 Office of the Law Revision Counsel, the Legislative Classi25 fication Office, the Congressional Research Service, the
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1 Comptroller General, or the Office of Fair Employment

2 Practices, or to another office, officer, or employee of the

3 House of Representatives. The Office shall maintain—(1)

4 impartiality as to issues of policy to be determined by the

5 House of Representatives; and (2) the attorney-client rela6 tionship with respect to all communications between it and

7 any Member or committee of the House.

8 ‘‘4. SPECIFIC APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS.—

9 ‘‘(a) APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION.—Unless ap10 proved by unanimous vote of the Leadership Group,

11 the following actions of the Office require prior ap12 proval by resolution of the House of Representatives.

13 ‘‘(1) Entering an appearance before any

14 court.

15 ‘‘(2) Filing a brief in any court.

16 ‘‘(3) Representing any Member of the

17 House of Representatives in any contested mat18 ter that will result in formal legal proceedings.

19 ‘‘(b) APPROVAL BY THE LEADERSHIP GROUP.—

20 The following activities of the Office require prior

21 approval by the Leadership Group:

22 ‘‘(1) Preparation of any legal memoran23 dum or other item of legal research that re24 quires more than 4 hours of preparation time.
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1 ‘‘(2) Work other than in the routine course

2 of business of the office.

3 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—In carrying out any ac4 tion under this title, the Office, in the case of any

5 matter that affects an area of responsibility commit6 ted to another office, officer, or employee referred to

7 in section 123, shall consult the office, officer, or

8 employee involved and coordinate such action with

9 the office, officer, or employee.

10 ‘‘5. GENERAL COUNSEL.—The management, super11 vision, and administration of the Office are vested in the

12 General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the Speaker

13 of the House of Representatives, upon the recommenda14 tion of the majority leader and minority leader of the

15 House of Representatives, acting jointly, without regard

16 for political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness

17 to perform the duties of the position. The General Counsel

18 shall serve at the pleasure of the Leadership Group.

19 ‘‘6. STAFF.—With the approval of the Leadership

20 Group or in accordance with policies and procedures ap21 proved by the Leadership Group, the General Counsel may

22 employ such attorneys and other employees as may be nec23 essary for the performance of the functions of the Office,

24 except that not more than 4 attorneys and 3 other employ25 ees may be so employed and at least one attorney in the
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1 Office shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the

2 minority leader. Any individual employed under this sec3 tion may be removed by the General Counsel, with the ap4 proval of the Leadership Group.

5 ‘‘7. COMPENSATION.—

6 ‘‘(a) GENERAL COUNSEL.—The General Coun7 sel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate fixed by

8 the Leadership Group, but not more than the rate

9 payable for positions at level III of the Executive

10 Schedule, under section 5314 of the title 5, United

11 States Code.

12 ‘‘(b) STAFF.—Members of the staff of the Of13 fice shall be paid at per annum gross rates fixed by

14 the General Counsel, with the approval of the Lead15 ership Group or in accordance with policies and pro16 cedures approved by the Leadership Group, but not

17 more than the rate payable for positions at level IV

18 of the Executive Schedule, under section 5315 of

19 title 5, United States Code.

20 ‘‘8. EXPENDITURES.—Subject to appropriation and

21 in accordance with policies and procedures approved by

22 the Leadership Group, the General Counsel may make

23 such expenditures as may be appropriate for the function24 ing of the Office.
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1 ‘‘9. TIME SHEETS.—The Attorneys and professional

2 staff in the Office shall maintain regular, written records

3 of the time expended on legal matters, consistent with gen4 erally accepted practices in private law firms. Such time

5 records shall be maintained on forms and according to

6 procedures established by the General Counsel, and shall

7 provide for the recordation of time allotted to legal work

8 in increments of no more than one-quarter hour. The time

9 records shall be reviewable by the Leadership Group and

10 may not be made public other than by direction of the

11 Leadership Group or resolution of the House.’’.

12 REPEAL OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO RULES

13 SEC. 148. In House Resolution 5, One Hundred

14 Third Congress, adopting the Rules of the House of the

15 One Hundred Third Congress, the amendments to Rules

16 of the House of the One Hundred Second Congress made

17 by the following paragraphs are hereby repealed and, to

18 the extent applicable, the original language from the Rules

19 of the One Hundred Second Congress shall be restored

20 as the language of the Rules of the House for the One

21 Hundred Third Congress:

22 (a) paragraph (4) relating to questions of privi23 lege;

24 (b) subparagraph (7)(a), relating to the Speak25 er’s authority to appoint and remove members of se26 lect and conference committees;
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1 (c) subparagraph (8)(a) relating to the author2 ity of committees to sit when the House is consider3 ing bills for amendment under the five-minute rule;

4 (d) subparagraph (8)(b) relating to the required

5 quorum in a committee for the purpose of reporting

6 a measure or recommendation;

7 (e) paragraphs (9), (13), and (14), regarding

8 granting the right to vote in and preside over the

9 Committee of the Whole to the Resident Commis10 sioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegates from

11 American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam

12 and the Virgin Islands.

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