H. Res. 5 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 6, 2015. 

Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 

Thirteenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House 

of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, 

with amendments to the standing rules as provided in section 

2, and with other orders as provided in sections 3, 4, and 5. 

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES. 

(a) COMMITTEES.— 

(1) DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN PAYMENTS TO WITNESSES.—Amend clause 2(g)(5) of rule XI to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(5)(A) Each committee shall, to the greatest 

extent practicable, require witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance written statements of 

proposed testimony and to limit their initial presentations to the committee to brief summaries thereof. 
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‘‘(B) In the case of a witness appearing in a 

nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of 

proposed testimony shall include a curriculum vitae 

and a disclosure of any Federal grants or contracts, 

or contracts or payments originating with a foreign 

government, received during the current calendar 

year or either of the two previous calendar years by 

the witness or by an entity represented by the witness and related to the subject matter of the hearing. 

‘‘(C) The disclosure referred to in subdivision 

(B) shall include— 

‘‘(i) the amount and source of each Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 

subcontract thereof) related to the subject matter of the hearing; and 

‘‘(ii) the amount and country of origin of 

any payment or contract related to the subject 

matter of the hearing originating with a foreign government. 

‘‘(D) Such statements, with appropriate 

redactions to protect the privacy or security of the 

witness, shall be made publicly available in electronic form not later than one day after the witness 

appears.’’. 
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(2) JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES.— 

(A) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—In 

clause 1(l)(7) of rule X, insert before the period 

‘‘and criminalization’’. 

(B) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

clause 1(b) of rule X, add the following: 

‘‘(5) Bills and joint resolutions that provide 

new budget authority, limitation on the use of 

funds, or other authority relating to new direct loan 

obligations and new loan guarantee commitments 

referencing section 504(b) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974.’’. 

(3) CLARIFYING THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.— 

(A) Clause 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X is amended by 

striking ‘‘for the’’ and inserting ‘‘for the Chief Administrative Officer and the’’. 

(B) Clause 4(a) of rule II is amended by striking ‘‘the oversight’’ and inserting ‘‘the policy direction and oversight’’. 

(4) COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS.—In clause 

1(d) of rule XI— 

(A) in subparagraph (1), insert ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (2)(A), strike ‘‘applicable 

period’’ and insert ‘‘Congress’’; 

(C) in subparagraph (2)(B), strike ‘‘in the case 

of the first such report in each Congress,’’; and 

(D) in subparagraph (3), strike ‘‘a regular session of Congress, or after December 15’’ and insert 

‘‘the last regular session of a Congress, or after December 15 of an even-numbered year’’. 

(5) DISSENTING VIEWS.—In the standing rules, 

strike ‘‘supplemental, minority, or additional’’ each place 

it appears and insert (in each instance) ‘‘supplemental, 

minority, additional, or dissenting’’. 

(6) CONSOLIDATING REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN

RULES.— 

(A) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule XI— 

(i) in subdivision (B) after the semicolon, 

strike ‘‘and’’; 

(ii) in subdivision (C), strike the period 

and insert ‘‘; and’’; and 

(iii) add the following new subdivision: 

‘‘(D) shall include provisions to govern the 

implementation of clause 4 as provided in 

paragraph (f) of such clause.’’. 

(B) In clause 4(f) of rule XI, strike ‘‘Each 

committee shall adopt written rules to govern its 
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implementation of this clause. Such rules shall contain provisions to the following effect’’ and insert 

‘‘Written rules adopted by each committee pursuant 

to clause 2(a)(1)(D) shall contain provisions to the 

following effect’’. 

(7) CONFORMING COMMITTEE AND HOUSE BROADCAST STANDARDS.—In clause 4(b) of rule XI, strike 

‘‘used, or made available for use, as partisan political 

campaign material to promote or oppose the candidacy 

of any person for elective public office’’ and insert ‘‘used 

for any partisan political campaign purpose or be made 

available for such use’’. 

(8) ELIMINATING THE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST

CONSIDERING APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES WITHOUT

PRINTED HEARINGS.—In clause 4 of rule XIII, strike 

paragraph (c). 

(9) PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE.—In clause 11(a)(1) of rule X, strike ‘‘20’’ and 

insert ‘‘22’’ and strike ‘‘12’’ and insert ‘‘13’’. 

(10) COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—Clause 3 of rule XI 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 

by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(s) The committee may not take any action that would 

deny any person any right or protection provided under the 

Constitution of the United States.’’. 
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(b) BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY GROUP.—Amend 

clause 8 of rule II to read as follows: 

‘‘8.(a) There is established an Office of General Counsel 

for the purpose of providing legal assistance and representation to the House. Legal assistance and representation shall 

be provided without regard to political affiliation. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees 

of the Office of General Counsel. The Office of General Counsel shall function pursuant to the direction of the Speaker, 

who shall consult with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. 

‘‘(b) There is established a Bipartisan Legal Advisory 

Group composed of the Speaker and the majority and minority leaderships. Unless otherwise provided by the House, the 

Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group speaks for, and articulates 

the institutional position of, the House in all litigation matters.’’. 

(c) COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS.— 

(1) Amend rule XIII by adding the following: 

‘‘Estimates of major legislation 

‘‘8.(a) An estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in eco-
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nomic output, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such legislation. 

‘‘(b) An estimate provided by the Joint Committee on 

Taxation to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

under section 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent practicable, 

incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic 

variables resulting from such legislation. 

‘‘(c) An estimate referred to in this clause shall, to the 

extent practicable, include— 

‘‘(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects (including macroeconomic variables described in 

paragraphs (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 20-fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year of the 

most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

budget that set forth appropriate levels required by section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

‘‘(2) an identification of the critical assumptions 

and the source of data underlying that estimate. 

‘‘(d) As used in this clause— 

‘‘(1) the term ‘major legislation’ means any bill or 

joint resolution— 

‘‘(A) for which an estimate is required to be 

prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congres-
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sional Budget Act of 1974 and that causes a gross 

budgetary effect (before incorporating macroeconomic effects) in any fiscal year over the years 

of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution 

on the budget equal to or greater than 0.25 percent 

of the current projected gross domestic product of 

the United States for that fiscal year; or 

‘‘(B) designated as such by the chair of the 

Committee on the Budget for all direct spending 

legislation other than revenue legislation or the 

Member who is chair or vice chair, as applicable, of 

the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue legislation; and 

‘‘(2) the term ‘budgetary effects’ means changes in 

revenues, outlays, and deficits.’’. 

(2) Amend clause 3(h) of rule XIII— 

(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’, by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘(1)’’, and by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting 

‘‘(2)’’; and 

(B) by striking subparagraph (2). 

(d) PROVIDING FOR RECONVENING AUTHORITY FOR

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In clause 12 of rule I, 

add the following: 

‘‘(e) During any recess or adjournment of not more 

than three days, if in the opinion of the Speaker the 
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public interest so warrants, then the Speaker, after consultation with the Minority Leader, may reconvene the 

House at a time other than that previously appointed, 

within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the 

Constitution, and notify Members accordingly. 

‘‘(f) The Speaker may name a designee for purposes 

of paragraphs (c), (d), and (e).’’. 

(e) PROVIDING CONFERENCE COMMITTEES WITH TIME

TO REACH AGREEMENT.—In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, 

strike ‘‘20’’ and insert ‘‘45’’ and strike ‘‘10’’ and insert ‘‘25’’. 

(f) CONTENTS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS SHOWING

CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW.—Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII is 

amended by striking ‘‘accompanying document—’’ and all 

that follows and inserting ‘‘accompanying document— 

‘‘(A) the entire text of each section of a statute that 

is proposed to be repealed or amended; and 

‘‘(B) a comparative print of each amendment to a 

section of a statute that the bill or joint resolution proposes to make, showing by appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions proposed.’’. 

(g) MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR NEW MEMBERS.—Clause 3(a)(6)(B)(i) of rule XI is amended by striking ‘‘new officer or employee’’ and inserting ‘‘new Member, 

Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee’’. 

(h) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES.— 
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(1) UPDATING REFERENCES TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.— 

(A) In clause 3(h) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘Joint 

Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation’’ each 

place it appears and insert (in each instance) ‘‘Joint 

Committee on Taxation’’; and 

(B) In clause 11(a) of rule XXII, strike ‘‘Joint 

Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation’’ and insert ‘‘Joint Committee on Taxation’’. 

(2) UPDATING CROSS-REFERENCES.— 

(A) In clause 2(i)(2) of rule II, strike ‘‘31b-5’’ 

and insert ‘‘5128’’. 

(B) In clause 3 of rule XXVI, strike ‘‘pursuant 

to clause 1’’ and insert ‘‘by August 1 of each year’’. 

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 

(a) INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 1899A(d) of the Social Security Act shall not apply in 

the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 

(b) STAFF DEPOSITION AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN COMMITTEES.— 

(1) During the first session of the One Hundred 

Fourteenth Congress, the chair of a committee designated in paragraph (3), upon consultation with the 

ranking minority member of such committee, may order 
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the taking of depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a member or counsel of such committee. 

(2) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in this subsection shall be subject to regulations 

issued by the chair of the Committee on Rules and printed in the Congressional Record. 

(3) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are 

as follows: the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 

Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 

Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on 

Ways and Means. 

(c) PROVIDING FOR TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO

MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.—With respect to 

any memorial presented under clause 3 of rule XII purporting to be an application of the legislature of a State calling for a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V, or a rescission of any such prior application— 

(1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary 

shall, in the case of such a memorial presented in the 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, and may, in the 

case of such a memorial presented prior to the One 

Hundred Fourteenth Congress, designate any such memorial for public availability by the Clerk; and 
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(2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are designated pursuant to paragraph (1) publicly available in 

electronic form, organized by State of origin and year of 

receipt. 

(d) SPENDING REDUCTION AMENDMENTS IN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.— 

(1) During the reading of a general appropriation 

bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union, it shall be in order to 

consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer 

appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a 

spending reduction account. When considered en bloc 

under this paragraph, such amendments may amend 

portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (following disposition of any points of order against such 

portions) and are not subject to a demand for division 

of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

Whole. 

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall 

not be in order to consider an amendment to a spending 

reduction account in the House or in the Committee of 

the Whole House on the state of the Union. 

(3) It shall not be in order to consider an amendment to a general appropriation bill proposing a net increase in budget authority in the bill (unless considered 
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en bloc with another amendment or amendments proposing an equal or greater decrease in such budget authority pursuant to clause 2(f) of rule XXI). 

(4) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI 

shall not apply to a spending reduction account. 

(5) A general appropriation bill may not be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state 

of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction account as the last section of the bill. An order to report 

a general appropriation bill to the House shall constitute 

authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to add such a section to the bill or modify the figure contained therein. 

(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term 

‘‘spending reduction account’’ means an account in a 

general appropriation bill that bears that caption and 

contains only a recitation of the amount by which an applicable allocation of new budget authority under section 

302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds 

the amount of new budget authority proposed by the bill. 

(e) BUDGET MATTERS.— 

(1)(A) During the first session of the One Hundred 

Fourteenth Congress, pending the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015— 
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(i) the provisions of titles III, IV, and VI 

of House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, as adopted by the 

House, shall have force and effect in the House 

as though Congress has adopted such concurrent resolution; 

(ii) the allocations, aggregates, and other 

appropriate levels as contained in the statement of the chair of the Committee on the 

Budget of the House of Representatives in the 

Congressional Record of April 29, 2014, as adjusted in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, shall be considered for all purposes in 

the House to be the allocations, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels under titles III 

and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974; 

(iii) all references in titles IV and VI of 

House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, to a fiscal year shall 

be considered for all purposes in the House to 

be references to the succeeding fiscal year; and 

(iv) all references in titles IV and VI of 

House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, to allocations, ag-
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gregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this 

concurrent resolution’’ (or, in the case of section 408 of such concurrent resolution, ‘‘this 

resolution’’) shall be considered for all purposes in the House to be references to the allocations, aggregates, or other appropriate levels 

contained in the statement of the chair of the 

Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives printed in the Congressional 

Record of April 29, 2014, as adjusted in the 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. 

(B) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 

levels provided for in subparagraph (A)(ii) for any bill 

or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

report thereon, if such measure maintains the solvency 

of the Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure 

would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal 

years 2015 through 2025. 

(C) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 

levels provided for in subparagraph (A)(ii) to take into 

account the most recent baseline published by the Congressional Budget Office. 
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(2)(A) During the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, except as provided in subparagraph (C), a motion 

that the Committee of the Whole rise and report a bill 

to the House shall not be in order if the bill, as amended, exceeds an applicable allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as estimated by the Committee on the 

Budget. 

(B) If a point of order under subparagraph (A) 

is sustained, the Chair shall put the question: 

‘‘Shall the Committee of the Whole rise and report 

the bill to the House with such amendments as may 

have been adopted notwithstanding that the bill exceeds its allocation of new budget authority under 

section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974?’’. Such question shall be debatable for 10 

minutes equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the question and an opponent but shall 

be decided without intervening motion. 

(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply— 

(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) 

of rule XXI; or 

(ii) after disposition of a question under 

subparagraph (B) on a given bill. 
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(D) If a question under subparagraph (B) is 

decided in the negative, no further amendment shall 

be in order except— 

(i) one proper amendment, which shall be 

debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 

controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

not be subject to a demand for division of the 

question in the House or in the Committee of 

the Whole; and 

(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by 

the chair or ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Appropriations or their designees, for the purpose of debate. 

(f) CONTINUING LITIGATION AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM AND

THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.— 

(A) The House authorizes— 

(i) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress to act as the successor in interest to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress and the One Hundred Twelfth 

Congress with respect to the civil action Com-
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mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, 

United States House of Representatives v. Eric 

H. Holder, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, filed by the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress 

pursuant to House Resolution 706; and 

(ii) the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (when elected), 

on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, and the Office of General 

Counsel to take such steps as may be appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil action, including amending the complaint as circumstances may warrant. 

(B) The House authorizes the chair of the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and until such committee has adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of 

rule XI, to issue subpoenas related to the investigation into the United States Department of Justice 

operation known as ‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related 

matters. 
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(C) The House authorizes the chair of the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of 

General Counsel to petition to join as a party to the 

civil action referenced in paragraph (1) any individual subpoenaed by the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress or the One Hundred Twelfth Congress as part of its investigation into the United 

States Department of Justice operation known as 

‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related matters who failed 

to comply with such subpoena, or any successor to 

such individual. 

(D) The House authorizes the chair of the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of 

General Counsel, at the authorization of the Speaker after consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, to initiate judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of subpoenas issued to 

such individuals. 

(2) THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.— 
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(A) The House of Representatives of the One 

Hundred Fourteenth Congress is authorized to act 

as the successor in interest to the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress with respect to the civil action United States 

House of Representatives v. Sylvia Mathews 

Burwell, in her official capacity as the Secretary of 

the United States Department of Health and 

Human Services, et al., filed by the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress pursuant to House Resolution 676. 

(B) The House authorizes the Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, and the Office 

of General Counsel to take such steps as may be 

appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil action, including amending the complaint as circumstances may warrant. 

(C) The authorities provided by House Resolution 676 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

remain in full force and effect in the One Hundred 

Fourteenth Congress. 

(3) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.—The 

House authorizes Michael W. Sheehy to provide testimony in the criminal action United States v. Jeffrey 

Sterling in accordance with the authorizations provided 
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to Mr. Sheehy by the Permanent Select Committee on 

Intelligence of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

and the One Hundred Twelfth Congress. 

(g) DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— 

(1) The chair of a committee may request that the 

Government Accountability Office perform a duplication 

analysis of any bill or joint resolution referred to that 

committee. Any such analysis shall assess whether, and 

the extent to which, the bill or joint resolution creates 

a new Federal program, office, or initiative that duplicates or overlaps with any existing Federal program, office, or initiative. 

(2) The report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution that establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 

Federal Government shall include a statement, as 

though under clause 3(c) of rule XIII, indicating whether any such program is known to be duplicative of another such program. The statement shall at a minimum 

explain whether— 

(A) any such program was included in any report from the Government Accountability Office to 

Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 

111–139; or 

(B) the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, published pursuant to the Federal 
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Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, as 

amended by Public Law 98–169), identified other 

programs related to the program established or reauthorized by the measure. 

(h) ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) It shall not be in order to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget, or amendment thereto or 

conference report thereon, unless it contains a separate 

heading entitled ‘‘Direct Spending’’, which shall include 

a category for ‘‘Means-Tested Direct Spending’’ and a 

category for ‘‘Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending’’ and 

sets forth— 

(A) the average rate of growth for each category in the total amount of outlays during the 10- 

year period preceding the budget year; 

(B) estimates for each such category under 

current law for the period covered by the concurrent 

resolution; and 

(C) information on proposed reforms in such 

categories. 

(2) Before the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget by the Committee on the Budget for 

a fiscal year, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

shall submit for printing in the Congressional Record a 

description of programs which shall be considered 
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means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct 

spending for purposes of this subsection. 

(i) DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULEMAKINGS.— 

(1) The report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution shall include a statement, as though under clause 

3(c) of rule XIII, estimating the number of directed rule 

makings required by the measure. 

(2) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 

‘‘directed rule making’’ means a specific rule making 

within the meaning of section 551 of title 5, United 

States Code, specifically directed to be completed by a 

provision in the measure, but does not include a grant 

of discretionary rule making authority. 

(j) SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of 

rule X, during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress— 

(1) the Committee on Agriculture may have not 

more than six subcommittees; 

(2) the Committee on Armed Services may have not 

more than seven subcommittees; 

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not 

more than seven subcommittees; and 

(4) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may have not more than six subcommittees. 

(k) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 

During the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress— 
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(1) The House of Representatives may not provide 

access to any exercise facility which is made available exclusively to Members and former Members, officers and 

former officers of the House of Representatives, and 

their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or 

spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 

Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or agent 

of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. 

For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 

promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 

(l) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 

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

Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 

through H.R. 20) shall be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader. 

(m) INCLUSION OF CITATIONS FOR PROPOSED REPEALS

AND AMENDMENTS.—To the maximum extent practicable 

and consistent with established drafting conventions, an instruction in a bill or joint resolution proposing to repeal or 

amend any law or part thereof not contained in a codified 

title of the United States Code shall include, in parentheses 
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immediately following the designation of the matter proposed 

to be repealed or amended, the applicable United States Code 

citation (which may be a note in the United States Code), or, 

if no such citation is available, an appropriate alternative citation to the applicable law or part. 

(n) BROADENING AVAILABILITY OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS IN MACHINE READABLE FORMATS.—The Committee 

on House Administration, the Clerk, and other officers and 

officials of the House shall continue efforts to broaden the 

availability of legislative documents in machine readable formats in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in furtherance of the institutional priority of improving public availability and use of legislative information produced by the 

House and its committees. 

(o) TEMPORARY DESIGNATION.—Pending the designation of a location by the Committee on House Administration 

pursuant to clause 3 of rule XXIX, documents may be made 

publicly available in electronic form at an electronic document 

repository operated by the Clerk. 

(p) CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION TRANSPARENCY REFORM.— 

(1) PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES

THROUGH ACCOUNT OF ORGANIZATION.—A Member of 

the House of Representatives and an eligible Congres-
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sional Member Organization may enter into an agreement under which— 

(A) an employee of the Member’s office may 

carry out official and representational duties of the 

Member by assignment to the Organization; and 

(B) to the extent that the employee carries out 

such duties under the agreement, the Member shall 

transfer the portion of the Members’ Representation 

Allowance of the Member which would otherwise be 

used for the salary and related expenses of the employee to a dedicated account in the House of Representatives which is administered by the Organization, in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Committee on House Administration 

under paragraph (2). 

(2) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’) 

shall promulgate regulations as follows: 

(A) USE OF MRA.—Pursuant to the authority 

of section 101(d) of the House of Representatives 

Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 

U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee shall prescribe regulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 

Member Organization may use the amounts transferred to the Organization’s dedicated account 
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under paragraph (1)(B) for the same purposes for 

which a Member of the House of Representatives 

may use the Members’ Representational Allowance, 

except that the Organization may not use such 

amounts for franked mail, official travel, or leases 

of space or vehicles. 

(B) MAINTENANCE OF LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF SHARED EMPLOYEES.—Pursuant to the authority of section 104(d) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 

Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall prescribe regulations to provide that an employee of 

the office of a Member of the House of Representatives who is covered by an agreement entered into 

under paragraph (1) between the Member and an 

eligible Congressional Member Organization shall be 

considered a shared employee of the Member’s office and the Organization for purposes of such section, and shall include in such regulations appropriate accounting standards to ensure that a Member of the House of Representatives who enters into 

an agreement with such an Organization under 

paragraph (1) does not employ more employees 

than the Member is authorized to employ under 

such section. 
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(C) PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.—Pursuant to the authority of section 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to the 

student loan repayment program for employees of 

the House, the Committee shall promulgate regulations to provide that, in the case of an employee 

who is covered by an agreement entered into under 

paragraph (1) between a Member of the House of 

Representatives and an eligible Congressional Member Organization and who participates in such program while carrying out duties under the agreement— 

(i) any funds made available for making 

payments under the program with respect to 

the employee shall be transferred to the Organization’s dedicated account under paragraph 

(1)(B); and 

(ii) the Organization shall use the funds 

to repay a student loan taken out by the employee, under the same terms and conditions 

which would apply under the program if the 

Organization were the employing office of the 

employee. 
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(D) ACCESS TO HOUSE SERVICES.—The Committee shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an 

eligible Congressional Member Organization has appropriate access to services of the House. 

(E) OTHER REGULATIONS.—The Committee 

shall promulgate such other regulations as may be 

appropriate to carry out this subsection. 

(3) ELIGIBLE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible 

Congressional Member Organization’’ means, with respect to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, an organization meeting each of the following requirements: 

(A) The organization is registered as a Congressional Member Organization with the Committee on House Administration. 

(B) The organization designates a single Member of the House of Representatives to be responsible for the administration of the organization, including the administration of the account administered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 

identification of such Member with the statement of 

organization that the organization files and maintains with the Committee on House Administration. 

(C) At least 3 employees of the House are assigned to work for the organization. 
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(D) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, at least 30 Members of the House of Representatives used a portion of the Members’ Representational Allowance of the Member for the salary and related expenses of an employee who was 

a shared employee of the Member’s office and the 

organization. 

(E) The organization files a statement with the 

Committee on House Administration and the Chief 

Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives certifying that it will administer an account in 

accordance with paragraph (1)(B). 

(q) SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.— 

(1) POINT OF ORDER.—During the One Hundred 

Fourteenth Congress, it shall not be in order to consider 

a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or 

conference report thereon, that reduces the actuarial balance by at least .01 percent of the present value of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund established under section 

201(a) of the Social Security Act for the 75-year period 

utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board 

of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of 

the Social Security Act. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 

a measure that would improve the actuarial balance of 

the combined balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 

Insurance Trust Fund for the 75-year period utilized in 

the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees 

provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act. 

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 

(a) SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE 2012 TERRORIST ATTACK IN BENGHAZI.— 

House Resolution 567, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 

shall apply in the same manner as such resolution applied in 

the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, except that notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI, the Select Committee 

on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 

Benghazi may adopt a rule or motion permitting members of 

the select committee to question a witness for ten minutes 

until such time as each member of the select committee who 

so desires has had an opportunity to question such witness. 

(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP.—House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in the same manner as 

such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress 
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except that the commission concerned shall be known as the 

House Democracy Partnership. 

(c) TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.—Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred 

Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Fourteenth 

Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in 

the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— 

(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission 

may, in addition to collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members 

of other relevant committees; and 

(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is authorized to obtain 

from other offices of the House of Representatives. 

(d) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS.—Section 1 of 

House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall 

apply in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in the same 

manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth 

Congress, except that— 

(1) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be 

treated as a standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 

Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)); 
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(2) references to the Committee on Standards of 

Official Conduct shall be construed as references to the 

Committee on Ethics; 

(3) the second sentence of section 1(b)(6)(A) shall 

not apply; 

(4) members subject to section 1(b)(6)(B) may be 

reappointed for a second additional term; 

(5) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary review or second-phase review by the board shall be 

informed of the right to be represented by counsel and 

invoking that right should not be held negatively against 

them; and 

(6) the Office may not take any action that would 

deny any person any right or protection provided under 

the Constitution of the United States. 

SEC. 5. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The Speaker may recognize a Member for the reading of 

the Constitution on any legislative day through January 16, 

2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk.