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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 835 

Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 

transparency in the committee amendment process. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 15, 2009 

Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 

PAULSEN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. 

HENSARLING, Mr. LATTA, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 

MANZULLO, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. DENT, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. FOXX, Mr. 

TERRY, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MICA, 

Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. SAM

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. SCALISE, 

Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. COBLE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 

GOHMERT, Mr. CARTER, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. DREIER, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAMP, Mr. POSEY, Mr. SESSIONS, 

Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 

MCCARTHY of California, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 

CAMPBELL, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. LANCE, Mr. BUCHANAN, 

Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 

GOODLATTE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. 

GALLEGLY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. ADERHOLT, 

Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. ISSA, 

Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, 

Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. MCCAUL, 

Mr. HARPER, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. 

WALDEN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. BONO

MACK, Mr. MACK, Mr. FORBES, Mr. JONES, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and Mr. BARRETT of 

South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Rules 


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RESOLUTION 

Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to provide for transparency in the committee amendment process. 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (a) Clause 2(e) of rule XI of the Rules of the House 

3 of Representatives is amended by adding the following 

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(5)(A) Not later than 24 hours after com6 mencing a meeting to consider a measure or 

7 matter, the chair of such committee shall cause 

8 the text of such measure or matter to be made 

9 publicly available in an electronic form. 

10 ‘‘(B) Not later than 24 hours after the 

11 adoption of any amendment to a measure or 

12 matter considered by a committee, the chair of 

13 such committee shall cause the text of each 

14 such amendment to be made publicly available 

15 in an electronic form.’’. 

16 (b) Clause 3(a)(1) of rule XIII is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subdivision (A), striking the period 

18 and inserting a semicolon at the end of subdivision (B), 

19 and adding the following subdivision: 

20 ‘‘(C) shall not include recommended 

21 amendments made to such measure or 


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1 matter after it was ordered reported except 

2 technical and conforming changes author3 ized by the committee to correct section 

4 numbers, cross-references, punctuation, 

5 grammar, spelling, or to maintain mathe6 matical consistency.’’. 

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