H. Res. 5 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 6, 2009. 

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

rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Tenth 

Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Eleventh 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) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS.—Amend clause 

6(c)(1) of rule II to read as follows: 

‘‘(1) provide audit, investigative, and advisory 

services to the House and joint entities in a manner 

consistent with government-wide standards;’’. 

(b) HOMELAND SECURITY.—In clause 3(g) of rule X, 

designate the existing text as subparagraph (1) and add 

thereafter the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(2) In addition, the committee shall review and 

study on a primary and continuing basis all Government 

activities, programs, and organizations related to homeland security that fall within its primary legislative jurisdiction.’’. 

(c) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—In clause 4(d)(1) of rule X— 

(1) redesignate subdivisions (B) and (C) as subdivisions (C) and (D) and insert after subdivision (A) the 

following new subdivision: 

‘‘(B) oversee the management of services 

provided to the House by the Architect of the 

Capitol, except those services that lie within 

the jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure under clause 1(r);’’; 

and 

(2) in subdivision (D) (as redesignated) strike 

‘‘(B)’’ and insert ‘‘(C)’’. 

(d) TERMS OF COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.—In clause 5 of 

rule X— 

(1) amend paragraph (a)(2)(C) to read as follows: 

‘‘(C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may exceed the limitation of subdivision (B) if 

elected to serve a second consecutive Congress as the 
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chair or a second consecutive Congress as the ranking 

minority member.’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (c)— 

(A) strike the designation of subparagraph (1); 

and 

(B) strike subparagraph (2). 

(e) CALENDAR WEDNESDAY.— 

(1) In clause 6 of rule XV— 

(A) in paragraph (a)— 

(i) strike ‘‘the committees’’ and insert 

‘‘those committees’’; and 

(ii) strike ‘‘unless two-thirds’’ and all that 

follows and insert ‘‘whose chair, or other member authorized by the committee, has announced to the House a request for such call 

on the preceding legislative day.’’; and 

(B) strike paragraphs (c), (d), and (f) (and redesignate paragraph (e) as paragraph (c)). 

(2) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike subparagraph 

(1) and the designation ‘‘(2)’’. 

(f) POSTPONEMENT AUTHORITY.—In clause 1 of rule 

XIX, add the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when the previous question is operating to adoption or passage of a 

measure pursuant to a special order of business, the 
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Chair may postpone further consideration of such measure in the House to such time as may be designated by 

the Speaker.’’. 

(g) INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—In 

clause 2(b) of rule XIX— 

(1) designate the existing sentence as subparagraph 

(1); 

(2) in subparagraph (1) (as so designated)— 

(A) strike ‘‘if’’; and 

(B) strike ‘‘includes instructions, it’’; and 

(3) add the following new subparagraph at the end: 

‘‘(2) A motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution may include instructions only in the form of 

a direction to report an amendment or amendments 

back to the House forthwith.’’. 

(h) CONDUCT OF VOTES.—In clause 2(a) of rule XX, 

strike ‘‘A record vote by electronic device shall not be held 

open for the sole purpose of reversing the outcome of such 

vote.’’. 

(i) GENERAL APPROPRIATION CONFERENCE REPORTS.—In clause 9 of rule XXI— 

(1) insert after paragraph (a) the following new 

paragraph (and redesignate succeeding paragraphs accordingly): 
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‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to consider a conference report to accompany a regular general appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory statement prepared 

by the managers on the part of the House and the managers on the part of the Senate includes— 

‘‘(1) a list of congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the conference report or joint statement (and the name of 

any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or 

Senator who submitted a request to the House or 

Senate committees of jurisdiction for each respective item included in such list) that were neither 

committed to the conference committee by either 

House nor in a report of a committee of either 

House on such bill or on a companion measure; or 

‘‘(2) a statement that the proposition contains 

no congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or 

limited tariff benefits.’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (c) (as redesignated)— 

(A) in the first sentence, after ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ 

insert ‘‘or (b)’’; and 

(B) amend the second sentence to read as follows: 

‘‘As disposition of a point of order under this paragraph 

or paragraph (b), the Chair shall put the question of consid-
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eration with respect to the rule or order or conference report, 

as applicable.’’. 

(j) PAYGO.— 

(1) Amend clause 10 of rule XXI to read as follows: 

‘‘10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), 

it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, or conference report if the provisions of such 

measure affecting direct spending and revenues have the net 

effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for either the period comprising— 

‘‘(A) the current fiscal year, the budget year 

set forth in the most recently completed concurrent 

resolution on the budget, and the four fiscal years 

following that budget year; or 

‘‘(B) the current fiscal year, the budget year 

set forth in the most recently completed concurrent 

resolution on the budget, and the nine fiscal years 

following that budget year. 

‘‘(2) The effect of such measure on the deficit or 

surplus shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

made by the Committee on the Budget relative to baseline estimates supplied by the Congressional Budget Office consistent with section 257 of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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‘‘(b) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is considered pursuant to a special order of the House directing the 

Clerk to add as new matter at the end of such measure the 

provisions of a separate measure as passed by the House, the 

provisions of such separate measure as passed by the House 

shall be included in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the 

bill, joint resolution, or amendment. 

‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 

evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision expressly designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-asyou-go principles in the case of a point of order under this 

clause against consideration of— 

‘‘(A) a bill or joint resolution; 

‘‘(B) an amendment made in order as original text 

by a special order of business; 

‘‘(C) a conference report; or 

‘‘(D) an amendment between the Houses. 

‘‘(2) In the case of an amendment (other than one specified in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or joint resolution, the 

evaluation under paragraph (a) shall give no cognizance to 

any designation of emergency. 

‘‘(3) If a bill, a joint resolution, an amendment made in 

order as original text by a special order of business, a conference report, or an amendment between the Houses includes a provision expressly designated as an emergency for 
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purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the Chair shall put the 

question of consideration with respect thereto.’’. 

(2) In clause 7 of rule XXI, strike ‘‘the period comprising the current fiscal year and the five fiscal years 

beginning with the fiscal year that ends in the following 

calendar year or the period comprising the current fiscal 

year and the ten fiscal years beginning with the fiscal 

year that ends in the following calendar year’’ and insert 

‘‘period described in clause 10(a)’’. 

(k) DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS.—In clause 1 of rule XXVII, strike ‘‘until after his 

or her successor has been elected,’’. 

(l) GENDER NEUTRALITY.— 

(1) In the standing rules— 

(A) strike ‘‘chairman’’ each place it appears 

and insert ‘‘chair’’; and 

(B) strike ‘‘Chairman’’ each place it appears 

and insert ‘‘Chair’’ (except in clause 4(a)(1)(B) of 

rule X). 

(2) In rule I— 

(A) in clause 1 strike ‘‘his’’; 

(B) in clause 7, strike ‘‘his’’ and insert ‘‘such’’; 

(C) in clause 8— 

(i) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘‘his’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (b)(3)(B), strike ‘‘his 

election and whenever he deems’’ and insert 

‘‘the election of the Speaker and whenever’’; 

and 

(D) in clause 12— 

(i) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert 

‘‘the Speaker’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (d) strike ‘‘his opinion’’ 

and insert ‘‘the opinion of the Speaker’’. 

(3) In rule II— 

(A) in clause 1— 

(i) strike ‘‘his office’’ and insert ‘‘the office’’; 

(ii) strike ‘‘his knowledge and ability’’ and 

insert ‘‘the knowledge and ability of the officer’’; and 

(iii) strike ‘‘his department’’ and insert 

‘‘the department concerned’’; 

(B) in clause 2— 

(i) in paragraph (b) strike ‘‘he is required 

to make’’ and insert ‘‘required to be made by 

such officer’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (g) strike ‘‘his temporary 

absence or disability’’ and insert ‘‘the temporary absence or disability of the Clerk’’; and 
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(iii) in paragraph (i)(1) strike ‘‘Whenever 

the Clerk is acting as a supervisory authority 

over such staff, he’’ and insert ‘‘When acting 

as a supervisory authority over such staff, the 

Clerk’’; and 

(C) in clause 3— 

(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘him’’ and insert ‘‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (b) strike ‘‘him’’ and insert ‘‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’’; 

(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘his employees’’ and insert ‘‘employees of the office of the 

Sergeant-at-Arms’’; and 

(iv) in paragraph (d)— 

(I) strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert ‘‘and,’’; 

and 

(II) strike ‘‘he’’. 

(4) In rule III— 

(A) in clause 1 strike ‘‘he has’’ and insert 

‘‘having’’; and 

(B) in clause 2(a)— 

(i) strike ‘‘his vote’’ and insert ‘‘the vote 

of such Member’’; and 

(ii) strike ‘‘his presence’’ and insert ‘‘the 

presence of such Member’’. 
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(5) In rule IV— 

(A) in clause 4(a) strike ‘‘he or she’’ and insert 

‘‘such individual’’; and 

(B) in clause 6(b) strike ‘‘his family’’ and insert ‘‘the family of such individual’’. 

(6) In rule V— 

(A) strike ‘‘administer a system subject to his 

direction and control’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘administer, direct, and control a system’’; 

(B) strike ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘the Speaker’’; and 

(C) in clause 3 strike ‘‘his’’ and insert ‘‘the’’. 

(7) In rule VI, strike ‘‘he’’ each place it appears 

and insert ‘‘the Speaker’’. 

(8) In clause 7 of rule VII, strike ‘‘his office’’ each 

place it appears and insert ‘‘the office of the Clerk’’. 

(9) In clause 6(b) of rule VIII, strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the Speaker’’. 

(10) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, strike ‘‘his’’ and 

insert ‘‘an’’. 

(11) In rule X— 

(A) in clause 4(f)(1), strike ‘‘President submits 

his budget’’ and insert ‘‘submission of the budget 

by the President’’; 

(B) in clause 5— 
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(i) in paragraph (a)(4)— 

(I) strike ‘‘his designee’’ each place it 

appears and insert ‘‘a designee’’; and 

(II) strike ‘‘his respective party’’ each 

place it appears and insert ‘‘the respective 

party of such individual’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘‘he was’’; 

and 

(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘chairmanship’’ and insert ‘‘chair’’; 

(C) in clause 8— 

(i) strike ‘‘his expenses’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘the expenses of such individual’’; and 

(ii) strike ‘‘he’’ each place it appears; 

(D) in clause 10(a) strike ‘‘he is’’; and 

(E) in clause 11— 

(i) in paragraph (a)(3) strike ‘‘member of 

his leadership staff to assist him in his capacity’’ and insert ‘‘respective leadership staff 

member to assist in the capacity of the Speaker or Minority Leader’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (e)(1) strike ‘‘his employment or contractual agreement’’ and insert 
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‘‘the employment or contractual agreement of 

such employee or person’’; and 

(iii) in paragraph (g)(2)— 

(I) in subdivision (B)— 

(aa) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the 

President’’; and 

(bb) strike ‘‘his’’; and 

(II) in subdivision (C) strike ‘‘his’’. 

(12) In rule XI— 

(A) in clause 2— 

(i) in paragraph (c)(1) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the chair’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (k)(9) strike ‘‘his testimony’’ and insert ‘‘the testimony of such witness’’; 

(B) in clause 3— 

(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘his duties or 

the discharge of his responsibilities’’ each place 

it appears and insert ‘‘the duties or the discharge of the responsibilities of such individual’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (b)— 

(I) in subparagraph (2)(B) strike 

‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘such Member, Delegate, 

or Resident Commissioner’’; and 
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(II) in subparagraph (5) strike ‘‘disqualify himself’’ and insert ‘‘seek disqualification’’; 

(iii) in paragraph (g)— 

(I) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike ‘‘he 

is’’; 

(II) in subparagraph (1)(E) strike 

‘‘his or her employment or duties with the 

committee’’ and insert ‘‘the employment 

or duties with the committee of such individual’’; and 

(III) in subparagraph (4)— 

(aa) strike ‘‘his or her personal 

staff’’ and insert ‘‘the respective personal staff of the chair or ranking 

minority member’’; and 

(bb) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the 

chair or ranking minority member’’; 

(iv) in paragraph (p)— 

(I) in subparagraph (2) strike ‘‘his 

counsel’’ and insert ‘‘the counsel of the respondent’’; 

(II) in subparagraph (4)— 
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(aa) strike ‘‘his or her counsel’’ 

and insert ‘‘the counsel of the respondent’’; and 

(bb) strike ‘‘his counsel’’ and insert ‘‘the counsel of the respondent’’; 

(III) in subparagraph (7) strike ‘‘his 

counsel’’ and insert ‘‘the counsel of a respondent’’; and 

(IV) in subparagraph (8) strike 

‘‘him’’ and insert ‘‘the respondent’’; and 

(v) in paragraph (q) strike ‘‘his or her’’ 

and insert ‘‘the’’. 

(13) In rule XII— 

(A) in clause 2(c)(1) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert 

‘‘the Speaker’’; and 

(B) in clause 3 strike ‘‘he shall endorse his 

name’’ and insert ‘‘the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall sign it’’. 

(14) In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘his’’. 

(15) In clause 4(c)(1) of rule XVI strike ‘‘his discretion’’ and insert ‘‘the discretion of the Speaker’’. 

(16) In rule XVII— 

(A) in clause 1(a) strike ‘‘himself to ‘Mr. 

Speaker’ ’’ and insert ‘‘the Speaker’’; 
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(B) in clause 6 strike ‘‘his discretion’’ and insert ‘‘the discretion of the Chair’’; and 

(C) in clause 9 strike ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘such individual’’. 

(17) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, strike ‘‘he’’ each 

place it appears and insert ‘‘the Chair’’. 

(18) In rule XX— 

(A) in clause 5— 

(i) in paragraph (b) strike ‘‘him’’ and insert ‘‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (c)(3)(B)(I) strike ‘‘his’’ 

and insert ‘‘a’’; and 

(iii) in paragraph (d) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the Speaker’’; and 

(B) in clause 6(b)— 

(i) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the Member’’; 

and 

(ii) strike ‘‘his’’ and insert ‘‘such’’. 

(19) In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, strike ‘‘his’’. 

(20) In rule XXIII— 

(A) in clause 1 strike ‘‘conduct himself’’ and 

insert ‘‘behave’’; 

(B) in clause 3— 
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(i) strike ‘‘his beneficial interest’’ and insert ‘‘the beneficial interest of such individual’’; 

and 

(ii) strike ‘‘his position’’ and insert ‘‘the 

position of such individual’’; 

(C) in clause 6— 

(i) in paragraph (a)— 

(I) strike ‘‘his campaign funds’’ and 

insert ‘‘the campaign funds of such individual’’; and 

(II) strike ‘‘his personal funds’’ and 

insert ‘‘the personal funds of such individual’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘his campaign 

account’’ and insert ‘‘a campaign accounts of 

such individual’’; 

(D) in clause 8— 

(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert 

‘‘such employee’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (c)— 

(I) in subparagraph (1)(A) after ‘‘his 

spouse’’ insert ‘‘the spouse of such individual’’; and 
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(II) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike 

‘‘his spouse’’ and insert ‘‘the spouse of 

such employee’’; 

(E) in clause 10— 

(i) strike ‘‘he is a’’ and insert ‘‘such individual is a’’; 

(ii) strike ‘‘his innocence’’ and insert ‘‘the 

innocence of such Member’’; and 

(iii) strike ‘‘he is reelected’’ and insert 

‘‘the Member is reelected’’; and 

(F) in clause 12(b)— 

(i) strike ‘‘advises his employing authority’’ and insert ‘‘advises the employing authority of such employee’’; and 

(ii) strike ‘‘from his’’ and insert ‘‘from 

such’’; and 

(G) in clause 15 strike ‘‘his or her family member’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘a family 

member of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner’’. 

(21) In rule XXIV— 

(A) in clause 1— 

(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘his use’’ and 

insert ‘‘the use of such individual’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘‘his principal campaign committee’’ and insert ‘‘the 

principal campaign committee of such individual’’; 

(B) in clause 7 strike ‘‘he was’’; 

(C) in clause 8 strike ‘‘he is’’ and insert ‘‘such 

individual is’’; and 

(D) in clause 10 strike ‘‘he was’’ and insert 

‘‘such individual was’’. 

(22) In rule XXV— 

(A) in clause 2(b) strike ‘‘his name’’ and insert 

‘‘the name of such individual’’; 

(B) in clause 4— 

(i) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘his residence 

or principal place of employment’’ and insert 

‘‘the residence or principal place of employment of such individual’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (d)(1)— 

(I) in subdivision (B) strike ‘‘he’’ and 

insert ‘‘such individual’’; 

(II) in subdivision (C) strike ‘‘him’’ 

and insert ‘‘such individual’’; and 

(III) in subdivision (D)— 
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(aa) strike ‘‘he or his family’’ 

and insert ‘‘such individual or the 

family of such individual’’; and 

(bb) strike ‘‘him’’ and insert 

‘‘such individual’’; 

(C) in clause 5— 

(i) strike ‘‘his official position’’ each place 

it appears and insert ‘‘the official position of 

such individual’’; 

(ii) strike ‘‘his actual knowledge’’ each 

place it appears and insert ‘‘the actual knowledge of such individual’’; 

(iii) strike ‘‘his duties’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘the duties of such individual’’; 

(iv) in paragraph (a)(3)(D)(ii)(I) strike 

‘‘his relationship’’ and insert ‘‘the relationship 

of such individual’’; and 

(v) in paragraph (a)(3)(G)(i) strike ‘‘his 

spouse’’ and insert ‘‘the spouse of such individual’’; 

(D) in clause 6— 

(i) strike ‘‘he acts’’ and insert ‘‘acting’’; 

and 

(ii) strike ‘‘he is’’; and 
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(E) in clause 8 strike ‘‘his or her’’ and insert 

‘‘the’’. 

(23) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike ‘‘him’’ and insert ‘‘the Clerk’’. 

(24) In clause 2 of rule XXVII, strike ‘‘he or she’’ 

and insert ‘‘such individual’’. 

(25) In clause 2 of rule XXIX, strike ‘‘the masculine gender include the feminine’’ and insert ‘‘one gender include the other’’. 

(m) TECHNICAL AND CODIFYING CHANGES.— 

(1) In clause 2(h) of rule II, strike ‘‘not in session’’ 

and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘in recess or adjournment’’. 

(2) In clause 4(b) of rule IV, strike ‘‘regulations 

that exempt’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘regulations to 

carry out this rule including regulations that exempt’’. 

(3) In clause 5(c) of rule X— 

(A) strike ‘‘temporary absence of the chairman’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘absence of the 

member serving as chair’’; and 

(B) strike ‘‘permanent’’. 

(4) In clause 7(e) of rule X, strike ‘‘signed by’’ and 

all that follows, and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘signed by the 

ranking member of the committee as it was constituted 

at the expiration of the preceding Congress who is a 

member of the majority party in the present Congress.’’. 
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(5) In clause 8(a) of rule X, strike ‘‘clauses 6 and 

8’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 6’’. 

(6) In clause 2(a) of rule XIII— 

(A) in subparagraph (1), strike ‘‘as privileged’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (2), insert ‘‘(other than 

those filed as privileged)’’ after ‘‘reported adversely’’. 

(7) In clause 5(c)(3) of rule XX, strike ‘‘clause 5(a) 

of rule XX’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph (a)’’. 

(8) In clause 6(c) of rule XX, after ‘‘yeas and 

nays’’ insert ‘‘ordered under this clause’’. 

(9) In clause 7(c)(3) of rule XXII, strike ‘‘motion 

meets’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘proponent meets’’. 

(10) In clause 1(b)(2) of rule XXIV, strike ‘‘office 

space, furniture, or equipment, and’’ and insert in lieu 

thereof ‘‘office space, office furniture, office equipment, 

or’’. 

(11) In clause 5(i)(2) of rule XXV, strike ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and insert ‘‘subparagraph (1)(A)’’. 

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 

(a) BUDGET MATTERS.— 

(1) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, 

references in section 306 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in the 
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House of Representatives as references to a joint resolution. 

(2) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, in 

the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered 

pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order 

under section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 shall be determined on the basis of the text made 

in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the 

purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case 

may be. 

(3) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, a 

provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, that establishes prospectively for a Federal office or position a 

specified or minimum level of compensation to be funded 

by annual discretionary appropriations shall not be considered as providing new entitlement authority within 

the meaning of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

(4)(A) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, 

except as provided in subsection (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 
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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 subsection (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) Subsection (A) shall not apply— 

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

rule XXI; or 

(ii) after disposition of a question under subsection (B) on a given bill. 

(D) If a question under subsection (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 
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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. 

(b) CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 

5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress— 

(1) the Committee on Armed Services may have not 

more than seven subcommittees; 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not 

more than seven subcommittees; and 

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

(c) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 

During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress— 

(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’’ in-
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cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 

promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 

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

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

(e) MEDICARE COST CONTAINMENT.—Section 803 of 

the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 shall not apply during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. 

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

(a) SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

AND GLOBAL WARMING.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a Select Committee on Energy Independence 

and Global Warming (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘select committee’’). 

(B) COMPOSITION.—The select committee shall 

be composed of 15 members appointed by the 

Speaker, of whom 6 shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Minority Leader. The Speaker 

shall designate one member of the select committee 

as its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the se-
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lect committee shall be filled in the same manner as 

the original appointment. 

(2) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.— 

(A) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The select 

committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and 

shall have no authority to take legislative action on 

any bill or resolution. 

(B) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION.—The sole 

authority of the select committee shall be to investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, technologies 

and other innovations, intended to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of 

energy and achieve substantial and permanent reductions in emissions and other activities that contribute to climate change and global warming. 

(3) PROCEDURE.—(A) Except as specified in paragraph (2), the select committee shall have the authorities 

and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same 

limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of 

the House, and shall be deemed a committee of the 

House for all purposes of law or rule. 

(B)(i) Rules X and XI shall apply to the select committee where not inconsistent with this resolution. 
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(ii) Service on the select committee shall not count 

against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X. 

(4) FUNDING.—To enable the select committee to 

carry out the purposes of this section— 

(A) the select committee may use the services 

of staff of the House; and 

(B) the select committee shall be eligible for interim funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X. 

(5) REPORTING.—The select committee may report 

to the House from time to time the results of its investigations and studies, together with such detailed findings and recommendations as it may deem advisable. All 

such reports shall be submitted to the House by December 31, 2010. 

(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.— 

House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall 

apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same 

manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth 

Congress. 

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

Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh 

Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in 

the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— 
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(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 Eleventh Congress in the same 

manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth 

Congress, except that 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)). 

(e) EMPANELLING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF

THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.— 

The text of House Resolution 451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 

the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 

(f) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES FOR THE COMMITTEE ON

THE JUDICIARY AND THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.— 
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(1) The House authorizes— 

(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

111th Congress to act as the successor in interest 

to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 110th 

Congress with respect to the civil action Committee 

on the Judiciary v. Harriet Meirs et al., filed by the 

Committee on the Judiciary in the 110th Congress 

pursuant to House Resolution 980; and 

(B) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on 

the Judiciary, 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. 

(2)(A) The House authorizes— 

(i) the Committee on the Judiciary to take 

depositions by a member or counsel of the committee related to the investigation into the firing of 

certain United States Attorneys and related matters; and 

(ii) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on 

the Judiciary, to issue subpoenas related to the investigation into the firing of certain United States 

Attorneys and related matters including for the 
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purpose of taking depositions by a member or counsel of the committee. 

(B) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

by the chair of the Committee on Rules (when elected) 

or by such other procedures as the Committee on the 

Judiciary shall prescribe. 

(3) The House authorizes the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the 

Committee on the Judiciary, 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 the Judiciary of the 110th Congress as part of its investigation into the firing of certain 

United States Attorneys and related matters who failed 

to comply with such subpoena or, 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. 

SEC. 5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 

(a) LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT.—Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the 

House the bill (H.R. 11) to amend title VII of the Civil 
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Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment 

Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 

and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid 

pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or 

other practice, and for other purposes. All points of order 

against the bill and against its consideration are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill 

shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be 

considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority 

Leader or their designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 

(b)(1) PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT.—Upon the adoption 

of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House 

the bill (H.R. 12) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act 

of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and 

for other purposes. All points of order against the bill and 

against its consideration are waived except those arising 

under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered 

as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 

on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except: 

(1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
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Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; 

and (2) one motion to recommit. 

(2) In the engrossment of H.R. 11, the Clerk shall— 

(A) add the text of H.R. 12, as passed by the 

House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 11; 

(B) conform the title of H.R. 11 to reflect the addition to the engrossment of H.R. 12; 

(C) assign appropriate designations to provisions 

within the engrossment; and 

(D) conform provisions for short titles within the 

engrossment. 

(3) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 12 to the engrossment of H.R. 11, H.R. 12 shall be laid on the table. 

Attest: 

Clerk.