IV

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 90

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Standing

Rules of the Senate to abolish the requirement that appropriations be

authorized by law, and to eliminate unnecessary duplication in the functions of the standing committees of the House and Senate, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 29, 1993

Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. MCCURDY,

and Mr. MCKEON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which

was referred to the Committee on Rules

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and

the Standing Rules of the Senate to abolish the requirement that appropriations be authorized by law, and to

eliminate unnecessary duplication in the functions of the

standing committees of the House and Senate, and for

other purposes.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),
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1 TITLE I—JURISDICTIONS OF

2 STANDING COMMITTEES OF

3 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA4 TIVES

5 SECTION 101. ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF

6 STANDING COMMITTEES.

7 Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep8 resentatives is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘RULE X

10 ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF STANDING

11 COMMITTEES

12 ‘‘1. There shall be in the House the following stand13 ing committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction

14 and related functions assigned to it by this clause and

15 clauses 2, 3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other

16 matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any

17 standing committee as listed in this clause shall (in ac18 cordance and subject to clause 5) be referred to such com19 mittees, as follows:

20 ‘‘(a)(1) Committee on Agriculture:

21 ‘‘(A) Agricultural economics and research.

22 ‘‘(B) Agricultural extension services and experi23 ment stations.

24 ‘‘(C) Agricultural production, marketing, and

25 stabilization of prices.
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1 ‘‘(D) Agriculture and agricultural commodities.

2 ‘‘(E) Animal industry and diseases.

3 ‘‘(F) Crop insurance and soil conservation.

4 ‘‘(G) Farm credit and farm security.

5 ‘‘(H) Food from fresh waters.

6 ‘‘(I) Food stamp programs.

7 ‘‘(J) Forestry, and forest reserves and wilder8 ness areas other than those created from the public

9 domain.

10 ‘‘(K) Home economics.

11 ‘‘(L) Human nutrition.

12 ‘‘(M) Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricul13 tural products.

14 ‘‘(N) Pests and pesticides.

15 ‘‘(O) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural en16 gineering.

17 ‘‘(P) Rural development, rural electrification,

18 and watersheds.

19 ‘‘(Q) School nutrition programs.

20 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

21 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition,

22 and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign

23 countries, and rural affairs, and report thereon from time

24 to time.

25 ‘‘(b)(1) Committee on Armed Services:
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1 ‘‘(A) Aeronautical and space activities peculiar

2 to or primarily associated with the development of

3 weapons systems or military operations.

4 ‘‘(B) Common defense.

5 ‘‘(C) Department of Defense, the Department

6 of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the

7 Department of the Air Force, generally.

8 ‘‘(D) Maintenance and operation of the Panama

9 Canal, including administration, sanitation, and

10 government of the Canal Zone.

11 ‘‘(E) Military research and development.

12 ‘‘(F) National security aspects of nuclear en13 ergy.

14 ‘‘(G) Naval petroleum reserves, except those in

15 Alaska.

16 ‘‘(H) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other

17 benefits and privileges of members of the Armed

18 Forces, including overseas education of civilian and

19 military dependents.

20 ‘‘(I) Selective service system.

21 ‘‘(J) Strategic and critical materials necessary

22 for the common defense.

23 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

24 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common de-
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1 fense policy of the United States, and report thereon from

2 time to time.

3 ‘‘(c)(1) Committee on Banking, Finance

4 and Urban Affairs:

5 ‘‘(A) Banks, banking, and financial institutions.

6 ‘‘(B) Control of prices of commodities, rents,

7 and services.

8 ‘‘(C) Deposit insurance.

9 ‘‘(D) Economic stabilization and defense pro10 duction.

11 ‘‘(E) Export and foreign trade promotion.

12 ‘‘(F) Export controls.

13 ‘‘(G) Federal monetary policy, including Fed14 eral Reserve System.

15 ‘‘(H) Financial aid to commerce and industry.

16 ‘‘(I) Issuance and redemption of notes.

17 ‘‘(J) Money and credit, including currency and

18 coinage.

19 ‘‘(K) Nursing home construction.

20 ‘‘(L) Public and private housing (including vet21 erans’ housing).

22 ‘‘(M) Renegotiation of Government contracts.

23 ‘‘(N) Urban development and urban mass tran24 sit.
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1 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

2 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to international

3 economic policy as it affects United States monetary af4 fairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic growth,

5 urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from time

6 to time.

7 ‘‘(d)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting

8 of the following Members:

9 ‘‘(A) Members who are members of other stand10 ing committees, including five Members who are

11 members of the Committee on Ways and Means;

12 ‘‘(B) one Member from the leadership of the

13 majority party; and

14 ‘‘(C) one Member from the leadership of the

15 minority party.

16 No Member other than the representative from the leader17 ship of the majority party and the representative from the

18 leadership of the minority party, shall serve as a member

19 of the Committee on the Budget during more than three

20 Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses

21 (disregarding for this purpose any service performed as

22 a member of such committee for less than a full session

23 in any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman hav24 ing served on the committee for three Congresses and hav25 ing served as chairman of the committee for not more than
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1 one Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the commit2 tee as chairman for one additional Congress. A minority

3 Member having served on the committee for three Con4 gresses and having served as the ranking minority Mem5 ber in the last such Congress shall be eligible for reelection

6 to the committee as ranking minority Member for one ad7 ditional Congress. All selections of Members to serve on

8 the committee shall be made without regard to seniority.

9 ‘‘(2) All joint resolutions continuing appropriations.

10 ‘‘(3) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as de11 fined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of

12 1974) and other matters required to be referred to the

13 committee under titles III and IV of that Act.

14 ‘‘(4) The committee shall have the duty—

15 ‘‘(A) to report the matters required to be re16 ported by it under titles III and IV of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974;

18 ‘‘(B) to make continuing studies of the effect

19 on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed

20 legislation and to report the results of such studies

21 to the House on a recurring basis;

22 ‘‘(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies

23 of tax expenditures, to devise methods of coordinat24 ing tax expenditures, policies, and programs with di-
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1 rect budget outlays, and to report the results of such

2 studies to the House on a recurring basis; and

3 ‘‘(D) to review, on a continuing basis, the con4 duct by the Congressional Budget Office of its func5 tions and duties.

6 ‘‘(e)(1) Committee on Commerce, Science,

7 and Transportation:

8 ‘‘(A) Coast Guard.

9 ‘‘(B) Coastal zone management.

10 ‘‘(C) Communications.

11 ‘‘(D) Highway safety.

12 ‘‘(E) Inland waterways, except construction.

13 ‘‘(F) Interstate commerce.

14 ‘‘(G) Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and

15 transportation, including navigational aspects of

16 deepwater ports.

17 ‘‘(H) Marine fisheries.

18 ‘‘(I) Merchant marine and navigation.

19 ‘‘(J) Nonmilitary aeronautical and space

20 sciences.

21 ‘‘(K) Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activi22 ties.

23 ‘‘(L) Panama Canal and interoceanic canals

24 generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c).
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1 ‘‘(M) Regulation of consumer products and

2 services, including testing related to toxic sub3 stances, other than pesticides, and except for credit,

4 financial services, and housing.

5 ‘‘(N) Regulation of interstate common carriers,

6 including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines,

7 and civil aviation.

8 ‘‘(O) Science, engineering, and technology re9 search and development and policy.

10 ‘‘(P) Sports.

11 ‘‘(Q) Standards and measurement.

12 ‘‘(R) Transportation.

13 ‘‘(S) Transportation and commerce aspects of

14 Outer Continental Shelf lands.

15 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

16 a comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and

17 technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications,

18 and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to

19 time.

20 ‘‘(f)(1) Committee on Education and

21 Labor:

22 ‘‘(A) Measures relating to education, labor,

23 health, and public welfare.

24 ‘‘(B) Aging.

25 ‘‘(C) Agricultural colleges.
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1 ‘‘(D) Arts and humanities.

2 ‘‘(E) Biomedical research and development.

3 ‘‘(F) Child labor.

4 ‘‘(G) Convict labor and the entry of goods made

5 by convicts into interstate commerce.

6 ‘‘(H) Domestic activities of the American Na7 tional Red Cross.

8 ‘‘(I) Equal employment opportunity.

9 ‘‘(J) Gallaudet College, Howard University, and

10 Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

11 ‘‘(K) Handicapped individuals.

12 ‘‘(L) Labor standards and labor statistics.

13 ‘‘(M) Mediation and arbitration of labor dis14 putes.

15 ‘‘(N) Occupational safety and health, including

16 the welfare of miners.

17 ‘‘(O) Private pension plans.

18 ‘‘(P) Public health.

19 ‘‘(Q) Railway labor and retirement.

20 ‘‘(R) Regulation of foreign laborers.

21 ‘‘(S) Student loans.

22 ‘‘(T) Wages and hours of labor.

23 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

24 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, edu-
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1 cation and training, and public welfare, and report thereon

2 from time to time.

3 ‘‘(g)(1) Committee on Energy and Natural

4 Resources:

5 ‘‘(A) Coal production, distribution, and utiliza6 tion.

7 ‘‘(B) Energy policy.

8 ‘‘(C) Energy regulation and conservation.

9 ‘‘(D) Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.

10 ‘‘(E) Energy research and development.

11 ‘‘(F) Extraction of minerals from oceans and

12 Outer Continental Shelf lands.

13 ‘‘(G) Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and rec14 lamation.

15 ‘‘(H) Mining education and research.

16 ‘‘(I) Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and

17 mineral conservation.

18 ‘‘(J) National parks, recreation areas, wilder19 ness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites,

20 military parks and battlefields, and on the public do21 main, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of

22 interest.

23 ‘‘(K) Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.

24 ‘‘(L) Nonmilitary development of nuclear en25 ergy.
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1 ‘‘(M) Oil and gas production and distribution.

2 ‘‘(N) Public lands and forests, including farm3 ing and grazing thereon, and mineral extraction

4 therefrom.

5 ‘‘(O) Solar energy systems.

6 ‘‘(P) Territorial possessions of the United

7 States, including trusteeships.

8 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

9 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and re10 sources development, and report thereon from time to

11 time.

12 ‘‘(h)(1) Committee on Environment and

13 Public Works:

14 ‘‘(A) Air pollution.

15 ‘‘(B) Construction and maintenance of high16 ways.

17 ‘‘(C) Environmental aspects of Outer Continen18 tal Shelf lands.

19 ‘‘(D) Environmental effects of toxic substances,

20 other than pesticides.

21 ‘‘(E) Environmental policy.

22 ‘‘(F) Environmental research and development.

23 ‘‘(G) Fisheries and wildlife.
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1 ‘‘(H) Flood control and improvements of rivers

2 and harbors, including environmental aspects of

3 deepwater ports.

4 ‘‘(I) Noise pollution.

5 ‘‘(J) Nonmilitary environmental regulation and

6 control of nuclear energy.

7 ‘‘(K) Ocean dumping.

8 ‘‘(L) Public buildings and improved grounds of

9 the United States generally, including Federal build10 ings in the District of Columbia.

11 ‘‘(M) Public works, bridges, and dams.

12 ‘‘(N) Regional economic development.

13 ‘‘(O) Solid waste disposal and recycling.

14 ‘‘(P) Water pollution.

15 ‘‘(Q) Water resources.

16 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

17 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental

18 protection and resource utilization and conservation, and

19 report thereon from time to time.

20 ‘‘(i)(1) Committee on Foreign Affairs:

21 ‘‘(A) Acquisition of land and buildings for em22 bassies and legations in foreign countries.

23 ‘‘(B) Boundaries of the United States.

24 ‘‘(C) Diplomatic service.
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1 ‘‘(D) Foreign economic, military, technical, and

2 humanitarian assistance.

3 ‘‘(E) Foreign loans.

4 ‘‘(F) International activities of the American

5 National Red Cross and the International Commit6 tee of the Red Cross.

7 ‘‘(G) International aspects of nuclear energy,

8 including nuclear transfer policy.

9 ‘‘(H) International conferences and congresses.

10 ‘‘(I) International law as it relates to foreign

11 policy.

12 ‘‘(J) International Monetary Fund and other

13 international organizations established primarily for

14 international monetary purposes (except that, at the

15 request of the Committee on Banking, Finance and

16 Urban Affairs, any proposed legislation relating to

17 such subjects reported by the Committee on Foreign

18 Affairs shall be referred to the Committee on Bank19 ing, Finance and Urban Affairs).

20 ‘‘(K) Intervention abroad and declarations of

21 war.

22 ‘‘(L) Measures to foster commercial intercourse

23 with foreign nations and to safeguard American

24 business interests abroad.
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1 ‘‘(M) National security and international as2 pects of trusteeships of the United States.

3 ‘‘(N) Oceans and international environmental

4 and scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy.

5 ‘‘(O) Protection of United States citizens

6 abroad and expatriation.

7 ‘‘(P) Relations of the United States with for8 eign nations generally.

9 ‘‘(Q) Treaties and executive agreements, except

10 reciprocal trade agreements.

11 ‘‘(R) United Nations and its affiliated organiza12 tions.

13 ‘‘(S) World Bank group, the regional develop14 ment banks, and other international organizations

15 established primarily for development assistance pur16 poses.

17 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on

18 a comprehensive basis, matters relating to the national se19 curity policy, foreign policy, and international economic

20 policy as it relates to foreign policy of the United States,

21 and matters relating to food, hunger, and nutrition in for22 eign countries, and report thereon from time to time.

23 ‘‘(j)(1) Committee on Governmental Af24 fairs:

25 ‘‘(A) Archives of the United States.
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1 ‘‘(B) Budget and accounting measures, except

2 as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of

3 1974.

4 ‘‘(C) Census and collection of statistics, includ5 ing economic and social statistics.

6 ‘‘(D) Congressional organization, except for any

7 part of the matter that amends the rules or orders

8 of the House.

9 ‘‘(E) Federal Civil Service.

10 ‘‘(F) Government information.

11 ‘‘(G) Intergovernmental relations.

12 ‘‘(H) Municipal affairs of the District of Co13 lumbia.

14 ‘‘(I) Organization and management of United

15 States nuclear export policy.

16 ‘‘(J) Organization and reorganization of the ex17 ecutive branch of the Government.

18 ‘‘(K) Postal Service.

19 ‘‘(L) Status of officers and employees of the

20 United States, including their classification, com21 pensation, and benefits.

22 ‘‘(2) Such committee shall have the duty of—

23 ‘‘(A) receiving and examining reports of the

24 Comptroller General of the United States and of

25 submitting such recommendations to the House as it
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1 deems necessary or desirable in connection with the

2 subject matter of such reports;

3 ‘‘(B) studying the efficiency, economy, and ef4 fectiveness of all agencies and departments of the

5 Government;

6 ‘‘(C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to

7 reorganize the legislative and executive branches of

8 the Government; and

9 ‘‘(D) studying the intergovernmental relation10 ships between the United States and the States and

11 municipalities, and between the United States and

12 international organizations of which the United

13 States is a member.

14 ‘‘(k) Committee on House Administration:

15 ‘‘(1) Appropriations from the contingent fund.

16 ‘‘(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts which

17 may be charged to the contingent fund.

18 ‘‘(3) Employment of persons by the House, in19 cluding clerks for Members and committees, and re20 porters of debates.

21 ‘‘(4) Matters relating to the Library of Con22 gress and the House Library; statuary and pictures;

23 acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Cap24 itol; the Botanic Gardens; management of the Li25 brary of Congress, purchase of books and manu-
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1 scripts; erection of monuments to the memory of in2 dividuals; except for construction or reconstruction,

3 maintenance, and care of the buildings and grounds.

4 ‘‘(5) Matters relating to the Smithsonian Insti5 tution and the incorporation of similar institutions,

6 except for construction or reconstruction, mainte7 nance, and care of the buildings and grounds.

8 ‘‘(6) Expenditure of contingent fund of the

9 House.

10 ‘‘(7) Matters relating to printing and correction

11 of the Congressional Record.

12 ‘‘(8) Measures relating to accounts of the

13 House generally.

14 ‘‘(9) Measures relating to assignment of office

15 space for Members and committees.

16 ‘‘(10) Measures relating to the disposition of

17 useless executive papers.

18 ‘‘(11) Measures relating to the election of the

19 President, Vice President, or Members of Congress;

20 corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials

21 and qualifications; and Federal elections generally.

22 ‘‘(12) Measures relating to services to the

23 House, including the House Restaurant, parking fa24 cilities and administration of the House Office

25 Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
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1 ‘‘(13) Measures relating to the travel of Mem2 bers of the House.

3 ‘‘(14) Measures relating to the raising, report4 ing and use of campaign contributions for can5 didates for office of Representative in the House of

6 Representatives and of Resident Commissioner to

7 the United States from Puerto Rico.

8 ‘‘(15) Measures relating to the compensation,

9 retirement and other benefits of the Members, offi10 cers, and employees of the Congress.

11 In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preced12 ing provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight

13 function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have

14 the function of performing the duties which are provided

15 for in clause 4(d).

16 ‘‘(l)(1) Committee on Intelligence, including

17 at least one Member from—

18 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services;

19 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and

20 ‘‘(C) the Committee on the Judiciary.

21 ‘‘(2) The majority leader of the House and the minor22 ity leader of the House shall be ex officio members of the

23 committee, but shall have no vote in the committee and

24 shall not be counted for purposes of determining a

25 quorum.
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1 ‘‘(3) No Member may serve on the committee for

2 more than six years of continuous service. To the greatest

3 extent practicable, at least four of the Members of the

4 House appointed to the committee at the beginning of

5 each Congress shall be Members of the House who did

6 not serve on such committee during the preceding Con7 gress.

8 ‘‘(4) There shall be referred to the committee meas9 ures and other matters relating to the following:

10 ‘‘(A) The Central Intelligence Agency and the

11 Director of Central Intelligence.

12 ‘‘(B) The Defense Intelligence Agency.

13 ‘‘(C) The National Security Agency.

14 ‘‘(D) The intelligence and intelligence-related

15 activities of other agencies and subdivisions of the

16 Department of Defense.

17 ‘‘(E) The intelligence and intelligence-related

18 activities of the Department of State.

19 ‘‘(F) The intelligence and intelligence-related

20 activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in21 cluding all activities of the Intelligence Division.

22 ‘‘(G) Any department, agency, or subdivision

23 which is the successor to any agency named in sub24 paragraph (A), (B), or (C); and the activities of any

25 department, agency, or subdivision which is the suc-
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1 cessor to any department, agency, bureau, or sub2 division named in subparagraph (D), (E), or (F), to

3 the extent that the activities of such successor de4 partment, agency, or subdivision are activities de5 scribed in subdivision (D), (E), or (F).

6 ‘‘(H) The organization or reorganization of any

7 department or agency of the Government to the ex8 tent that the organization or reorganization relates

9 to a function or activity involving intelligence or in10 telligence-related activities.

11 ‘‘(m) Committee on the Judiciary:

12 ‘‘(1) Apportionment of Representatives.

13 ‘‘(2) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and coun14 terfeiting.

15 ‘‘(3) Civil liberties.

16 ‘‘(4) Constitutional amendments.

17 ‘‘(5) Federal courts and judges.

18 ‘‘(6) Government information.

19 ‘‘(7) Holidays and celebrations.

20 ‘‘(8) Immigration and naturalization.

21 ‘‘(9) Interstate compacts generally.

22 ‘‘(10) Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal,

23 generally.

24 ‘‘(11) Local courts in the territories and posses25 sions.
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1 ‘‘(12) Measures relating to claims against the

2 United States.

3 ‘‘(13) National penitentiaries.

4 ‘‘(14) Patent Office.

5 ‘‘(15) Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

6 ‘‘(16) Protection of trade and commerce against

7 unlawful restraints and monopolies.

8 ‘‘(17) Revision and codification of the statutes

9 of the United States.

10 ‘‘(18) State and territorial boundary lines.

11 ‘‘(n) Committee on Rules:

12 ‘‘(1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules

13 or joint rules relating to the Code of Official Con14 duct), and order of business of the House.

15 ‘‘(2) Recesses and final adjournments of Con16 gress.

17 The Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act

18 whether or not the House is in session.

19 ‘‘(o) Committee on Small Business:

20 ‘‘(1) Matters relating to the Small Business Ad21 ministration.

22 ‘‘(2) Any proposed legislation reported by such

23 committee which relates to matters other than the

24 functions of the Small Business Administration

25 shall, at the request of the chairman of any standing
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1 committee having jurisdiction over the subject mat2 ter extraneous to the functions of the Small Busi3 ness Administration, be considered and reported by

4 such standing committee prior to its consideration

5 by the House; and likewise measures reported by

6 other committees directly relating to the Small Busi7 ness Administration shall, at the request of the

8 chairman of the Committee on Small Business, be

9 referred to the Committee on Small Business for its

10 consideration of any portions of the measure dealing

11 with the Small Business Administration, and be re12 ported by this committee prior to its consideration

13 by the House.

14 ‘‘(3) Such committee shall also study and sur15 vey by means of research and investigation all prob16 lems of American small business enterprises, and re17 port thereon from time to time.

18 ‘‘(p) Committee on Standards of Official

19 Conduct:

20 ‘‘(1) Measures relating to the Code of Official

21 Conduct.

22 ‘‘In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under

23 the preceding provision of this paragraph (and its

24 general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the

25 committee shall have the functions with respect to
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1 recommendations, studies, investigations, and re2 ports which are provided for in clause 4(e), and the

3 functions designated in titles I and V of the Ethics

4 in Government Act of 1978 and sections 7342,

5 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code.

6 ‘‘(q) Committee on Veterans’ Affairs:

7 ‘‘(1) Compensation of veterans.

8 ‘‘(2) Life insurance issued by the Government

9 on account of service in the Armed Forces.

10 ‘‘(3) National cemeteries.

11 ‘‘(4) Pensions of all wars of the United States,

12 general and special.

13 ‘‘(5) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.

14 ‘‘(6) Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil relief.

15 ‘‘(7) Veterans’ hospitals, medical care and

16 treatment of veterans.

17 ‘‘(8) Veterans’ measures generally.

18 ‘‘(9) Vocational rehabilitation and education of

19 veterans.

20 ‘‘(r) Committee on Ways and Means:

21 ‘‘(1) Bonded debt of the United States, except

22 as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of

23 1974.

24 ‘‘(2) Customs, collection districts, and ports of

25 entry and delivery.
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1 ‘‘(3) Deposit of public moneys.

2 ‘‘(4) General revenue sharing.

3 ‘‘(5) Health programs under the Social Security

4 Act and health programs financed by a specific tax

5 or trust fund.

6 ‘‘(6) National social security.

7 ‘‘(7) Reciprocal trade agreements.

8 ‘‘(8) Revenue measures generally, except as

9 provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

10 ‘‘(9) Revenue measures relating to the insular

11 possessions.

12 ‘‘(10) Tariffs and import quotas, and matters

13 related thereto.

14 ‘‘(11) Transportation of dutiable goods.’’.

15 SEC. 102. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF

16 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

17 (a) RULE X.—(1) Clause 2 of rule X of the Rules

18 of the House of Representatives is amended—

19 (A) in paragraph (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the Com20 mittee on Appropriations and’’;

21 (B) in paragraph (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Govern22 ment Operations’’ and by inserting ‘‘Governmental

23 Affairs’’; and

24 (C) by repealing paragraph (3).
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1 (2) Clause 3 of rule X of the Rules of the House of

2 Representatives is amended—

3 (A) in paragraph (e), by inserting ‘‘Energy

4 and’’ before ‘‘Natural Resources’’;

5 (B) in paragraph (f), by striking ‘‘Science,

6 Space, and Technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Commerce,

7 Science, and Transportation’’; and

8 (C) in paragraph (h), by striking ‘‘Commerce’’

9 and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources’’.

10 (3) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of

11 Representatives is amended—

12 (A) in paragraph (a), by striking ‘‘Appropria13 tions’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the

14 Budget’’; and

15 (B) in paragraph (c), by striking ‘‘Government

16 Operations’’ each place it appears and inserting

17 ‘‘Governmental Affairs’’.

18 (b) RULE XI.—(1) Clause 1 of rule XI of the Rules

19 of the House of Representatives is amended—

20 (A) in paragraph (g)(2), by striking ‘‘the Com21 mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed

22 Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on

23 Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘the Committee on

24 Armed Services and the Committee on Intelligence’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (h)(2), by striking ‘‘the Com2 mittee on Appropriations,’’ and by striking the

3 comma after ‘‘Budget’’; and

4 (C) in paragraph (l)(1)(B), by striking the fol5 lowing: ‘‘does not apply to the reporting of a regular

6 appropriation bill by the Committee on Appropria7 tions prior to compliance with subdivision (C) and’’.

8 (2) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House

9 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘The Commit10 tee on Appropriations’’ and all that follows through the

11 first semicolon and by inserting after ‘‘1974’’ the follow12 ing: ‘‘and on joint resolutions continuing appropriations

13 for a fiscal year if reported after September 15 preceding

14 the beginning of such fiscal year’’.

15 (3) Clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House

16 of Representatives is amended—

17 (A) in paragraph (a), by striking ‘‘the Commit18 tee on Appropriations and’’; and

19 (B) in paragraph (d)(4), by striking ‘‘, except

20 for the Committee on Appropriations,’’.

21 (4) Clause 6 of rule XI of the Rules of the House

22 of Representatives is amended—

23 (A) in paragraph (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Perma24 nent Select’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (a)(5), by striking ‘‘to the

2 Committee on Appropriations and’’;

3 (C) in paragraph (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Perma4 nent Select’’;

5 (D) in paragraph (b)(4), by striking ‘‘to the

6 Committee on Appropriations and’’; and

7 (E) in paragraph (d), by striking ‘‘hereby au8 thorized the Committee on Appropriations and’’.

9 (c) RULE XIII.—(1) Clause 1 of rule XIII of the

10 Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by

11 striking ‘‘general appropriation bills,’’.

12 (2) Clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House

13 of Representatives is amended—

14 (A) in paragraph (A)(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year

15 in which it is reported’’ and inserting ‘‘first fiscal

16 year to which it applies’’; and

17 (B) in paragraph (d), by striking ‘‘the Commit18 tee on Appropriations,’’.

19 (d) RULE XX.—Rule XX of the Rules of the House

20 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘1.’’ and by re21 pealing clause 2.

22 (e) RULE XXI.—Rule XXI of the Rules of the House

23 of Representatives is amended—

24 (1) by repealing clauses 2, 3, and 6;
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1 (2) by redesignating clauses 4, 5, and 7 as

2 clauses 2, 3, and 4, respectively;

3 (3) by repealing paragraph (a) of clause 3 (as

4 redesignated) and by striking ‘‘(b)’’ in that clause;

5 and

6 (4) by striking ‘‘general appropriation bill’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘bill containing appropriations’’ in clause 4

8 (as redesignated).

9 (f) RULE XXVIII.—Clause 1(b) of rule XXVIII of

10 the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by

11 striking ‘‘(1)’’ and by repealing subparagraph (2).

12 (g) RULE XLVIII.—Rule XLVIII of the Rules of the

13 House of Representatives is repealed.

14 TITLE II—JURISDICTIONS OF

15 STANDING COMMITTEES OF

16 THE SENATE

17 SEC. 201. ELIMINATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPRO18 PRIATIONS.

19 Paragraph 1(b) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules

20 of the Senate is repealed.

21 SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE STANDING

22 RULES OF THE SENATE.

23 øLANGUAGE TO BE SUPPLIED.¿
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1 TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE

2 SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.

3 The amendments made by this resolution shall take

4 effect immediately before noon January 3, 1995.

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