H. Res. 5 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 9, 2023. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED 
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One 
Hundred Seventeenth Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of 
the House at the end of the One Hundred Seventeenth Con-
gress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, with amend-
ments to the standing rules as provided in section 2, and with 
other orders as provided in this resolution. 
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES. 
(a) INITIATIVES TO REDUCE SPENDING AND IMPROVE 
ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(1) CUT-AS-YOU-GO.—In rule XXI, amend clause 
10 to read as follows: 
‘‘10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), 
it shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution,
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or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, if 
the provisions of such measure have the net effect of increas-
ing mandatory spending for the period of either— 
‘‘(A) the current year, the budget year, and the four 
fiscal years following that budget year; or 
‘‘(B) the current year, the budget year, and the 
nine fiscal years following that budget year. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this clause, the terms ‘budget year’ 
and ‘current year’ have the meanings specified in section 250 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, and the term ‘mandatory spending’ has the meaning 
of ‘direct spending’ specified in such section 250 except that 
such term shall also include provisions in appropriation Acts 
that make outyear modifications to substantive law as de-
scribed in section 3(4)(C) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 
Act of 2010. 
‘‘(b) If a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment there-
to, is considered pursuant to a special order of the House di-
recting the Clerk to add as new matter at the end of such 
bill or joint resolution the entire text of a separate measure 
or measures as passed by the House, the new matter pro-
posed to be added 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 ex-
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pressly designated as an emergency for the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010, 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 speci-
fied in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or joint resolution, the 
evaluation under paragraph (a) shall give no cognizance to 
any designation of emergency.’’. 
(2) REQUIRING
A
VOTE
ON
RAISING
THE
DEBT 
LIMIT.—Amend rule XXVIII to read as follows: 
‘‘RULE XXVIII 
‘‘(RESERVED.)’’. 
(3) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST AMENDMENTS TO 
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS INCREASING BUDGET AUTHOR-
ITY.—In clause 2 of rule XXI, add at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(g) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall 
not be in order if proposing a net increase in the level of 
budget authority in the bill.’’.
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(4) LIMITATIONS ON INCREASES IN DIRECT SPEND-
ING
IN
RECONCILIATION
INITIATIVES.—In rule XXI, 
amend clause 7 to read as follows: 
‘‘7. It shall not be in order to consider a concurrent res-
olution on the budget, or an amendment thereto, or a con-
ference report thereon that contains reconciliation directives 
under section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
that specify changes in law such that the reconciliation legis-
lation reported pursuant to such directives would cause an in-
crease in net direct spending (as such term is defined in 
clause 10) for the period covered by such concurrent resolu-
tion.’’. 
(b) INCREASED
THRESHOLD
FOR
TAX
RATE
IN-
CREASES.— 
(1) VOTE REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE.—In clause 5 of 
rule XXI— 
(A) redesignate paragraph (b) as paragraph 
(c); and 
(B) insert after paragraph (a) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘Passage of tax rate increases 
‘‘(b) A bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase may not 
be considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by 
a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting, a
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quorum being present. In this paragraph, the term ‘Federal 
income tax rate increase’ means any amendment to sub-
section (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 
11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that 
imposes a new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby in-
creases the amount of tax imposed by any such section.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—In clause 10 of 
rule XX, strike ‘‘appropriations,’’ and insert ‘‘ appro-
priations or increasing Federal income tax rates (within 
the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI),’’. 
(c) TWO-MINUTE VOTES.—In clause 9 of rule XX— 
(1) in the heading, strike ‘‘Five-minute’’ and in-
sert ‘‘Two-minute’’; 
(2) in paragraph (a), strike ‘‘five minutes’’ and in-
sert ‘‘not less than two minutes’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (b), strike ‘‘five-minute voting’’ 
and insert ‘‘reduced voting times’’. 
(d) MODIFICATIONS
TO CALENDAR WEDNESDAY.—In 
clause 6(a) of rule XV, strike ‘‘on the preceding legislative 
day’’ and insert ‘‘at least 72 hours in advance’’. 
(e) COMMITTEE
AUTHORIZATION
AND
OVERSIGHT 
PLANS.— 
(1) PLANS.—In rule X, amend clause 2(d) to read 
as follows:
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‘‘(d)(1) Not later than March 1 of the first session of 
a Congress, each standing committee (other than the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Ethics, and the 
Committee on Rules) shall, in a meeting that is open to the 
public, adopt its authorization and oversight plan for that 
Congress. Such plan shall be submitted simultaneously to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
‘‘(2) Each such plan shall include, with respect to pro-
grams and agencies within the committee’s jurisdiction, and 
to the maximum extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) a list of such programs or agencies with lapsed 
authorizations that received funding in the prior fiscal 
year or, in the case of a program or agency with a per-
manent authorization, which has not been subject to a 
comprehensive review by the committee in the prior 
three Congresses; 
‘‘(B) a description of each such program or agency 
to be authorized in the current Congress; 
‘‘(C) a description of each such program or agency 
to be authorized in the next Congress, if applicable; 
‘‘(D) a description of any oversight to support the 
authorization of each such program or agency in the cur-
rent Congress; and
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‘‘(E) recommendations for changes to existing law 
for moving such programs or agencies from mandatory 
funding to discretionary appropriations, where appro-
priate. 
‘‘(3) Each such plan may include, with respect to the 
programs and agencies within the committee’s jurisdiction— 
‘‘(A) recommendations for the consolidation or ter-
mination of such programs or agencies that are duplica-
tive, unnecessary, or inconsistent with the appropriate 
roles and responsibilities of the Federal Government; 
‘‘(B) recommendations for changes to existing law 
related to Federal rules, regulations, statutes, and court 
decisions affecting such programs and agencies that are 
inconsistent with the authorities of the Congress under 
Article I of the Constitution; and 
‘‘(C) a description of such other oversight activities 
as the committee may consider necessary. 
‘‘(4) In the development of such plan, the chair of each 
committee shall coordinate with other committees of jurisdic-
tion to ensure that programs and agencies are subject to rou-
tine, comprehensive authorization efforts. 
‘‘(5) Not later than April 15 in the first session of a 
Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority 
Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability shall report to the House the au-
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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 legis-
lation; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘budgetary effects’ means changes in 
revenues, outlays, and deficits.’’. 
(g) ETHICS REFORM.—In clause 3(r) of rule XI— 
(1) strike ‘‘(r) Upon receipt’’ and insert ‘‘(r)(1) 
Upon receipt’’; and 
(2) add at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(2) In addition to receiving written notifications from 
the Office of Congressional Ethics under subparagraph (1), 
the committee shall adopt rules providing for a process to re-
ceive from the public outside information offered as a com-
plaint. The process shall include the establishment of a meth-
od for the submission of such information to the committee 
in electronic form.’’. 
(h) EMPANELING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
OF 
COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—In clause 3(b) of rule XI, add at 
the end the following:
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‘‘(9) Whenever a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
Commissioner is indicted or otherwise formally charged with 
criminal conduct in a court of the United States or any 
State, the Committee on Ethics shall, not later than 30 days 
after the date of such indictment or charge— 
‘‘(A) empanel an investigative subcommittee to re-
view the allegations; or 
‘‘(B) submit a report to the House describing its 
reasons for not empaneling such an investigative sub-
committee, together with the actions, if any, the com-
mittee has taken in response to the allegations.’’. 
(i) TREATMENT OF EVIDENCE IN COMMITTEE AND SUB-
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS.—In clause 3(p) of rule XI— 
(1) in subparagraph (5)(C), strike the semicolon at 
the end and insert ‘‘; or’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (5)(D), strike ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(3) strike subparagraph (5)(E); 
(4) in subparagraph (7), strike the semicolon at the 
end and insert ‘‘; and’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (8), strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert 
a period; and 
(6) strike subparagraph (9). 
(j) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND AC-
COUNTABILITY.—In the standing rules, strike ‘‘Committee on
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Oversight and Reform’’ each place it appears and insert (in 
each instance) ‘‘Committee on Oversight and Accountability’’. 
(k) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE 
WORKFORCE.—In rule X— 
(1) in clause 1(e), strike ‘‘Committee on Education 
and Labor’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Education and 
the Workforce’’; and 
(2) in clause 3(d), strike ‘‘Committee on Education 
and Labor’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Education and 
the Workforce’’. 
(l) 
SUBCOMMITTEES
OF
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRI-
CULTURE.—In clause 5(d)(2) of rule X— 
(1) redesignate subdivisions (B) through (F) as 
subdivisions (C) through (G), respectively; and 
(2) insert after subdivision (A) the following new 
subdivision: 
‘‘(B) The Committee on Agriculture may have not more 
than six subcommittees.’’. 
(m) CYBERSECURITY.—In clause 1(j)(3) of rule X, add 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) Cybersecurity.’’. 
(n) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY TO ACT IN CONTINUING LITI-
GATION MATTERS.—In clause 8(c) of rule II, strike ‘‘, includ-
ing, but not limited to, the issuance of subpoenas,’’.
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(o) RECORD VOTES ON MEASURES REPORTED BY THE 
COMMITTEE ON RULES.—In clause 3(b) of rule XIII, strike 
‘‘, and applies only to the maximum extent practicable to a 
report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or 
the order of business’’. 
(p) ACCESS
TO HALL
OF
THE HOUSE.—In clause 
2(a)(14) of rule IV, strike ‘‘and of the Territories and the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
(q) RESOLUTION DECLARING THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER 
VACANT.—In clause 2(a) of rule IX, strike subparagraph (3). 
SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 
(a) HOLMAN RULE.—During the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule XXI to a 
provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures by a re-
duction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be con-
strued as applying to any provision or amendment (offered 
after the bill has been read for amendment) that retrenches 
expenditures by— 
(1) reduction of amounts of money in the bill; 
(2) the reduction of the number and salary of the 
officers of the United States; or 
(3) the reduction of the compensation of any person 
paid out of the Treasury of the United States. 
(b) 
RESTORING
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—The regulations adopted pursuant to House Reso-
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lution 1096, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have 
no force or effect during the One Hundred Eighteenth Con-
gress. 
(c) REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO SINGLE-SUBJECT 
BILLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress, a bill or joint resolution may not be in-
troduced unless the sponsor submits for printing in the 
Congressional Record a statement setting forth the sin-
gle subject of the bill or joint resolution. Such statement 
shall be included with the statement required by clause 
7(c) of rule XII, and shall appear in a portion of the 
Record designated for that purpose and be made publicly 
available in electronic form by the Clerk. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall be-
come effective on February 1, 2023. 
(3) TRANSITION.—On any bill or joint resolution in-
troduced prior to the effective date of this subsection, 
the statement required under paragraph (1) shall, to the 
extent practicable, be submitted by the sponsor prior to 
committee or House consideration. 
(d) QUESTION
OF
CONSIDERATION
FOR
GERMANE-
NESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress, it shall not be in order to consider a
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rule or order that waives all points of order against an 
amendment submitted to the Committee on Rules other-
wise in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI. 
(2) DISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER.—As disposi-
tion of a point of order under paragraph (1), the Chair 
shall put the question of consideration with respect to 
the rule or order, as applicable. The question of consid-
eration shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member 
initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an 
opponent, but shall otherwise be decided without inter-
vening motion. 
(e) BUDGET MATTERS.— 
(1) INTERIM ENFORCEMENT OF ALLOCATIONS, AG-
GREGATES, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE LEVELS PENDING 
ADOPTION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDG-
ET.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—During the first session of 
the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress— 
(i) the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget shall be considered for all 
purposes in the House to be the allocations, 
aggregates, and other appropriate levels under
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titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974; and 
(ii) the provisions of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 14, One Hundred Seventeenth Con-
gress, shall have no force or effect. 
(B) REVISIONS BY CHAIR OF COMMITTEE ON 
THE BUDGET IN CERTAIN CASES.— 
(i) The chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations of a com-
mittee or committees, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels referred to in subparagraph 
(A) for any bill or joint resolution, or amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, if 
such measure would not increase direct spend-
ing in either the period of— 
(I) fiscal years 2023 to 2028; and 
(II) fiscal years 2023 to 2033. 
(ii) The chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations of a com-
mittee or committees, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels referred to in subparagraph 
(A) to take into account the most recent base-
line published by the Congressional Budget Of-
fice.
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(C) AUTHORITY FOR INTERIM ENFORCEMENT 
PRIOR TO ELECTION OF CHAIR OF COMMITTEE ON 
THE BUDGET.—Prior to the election of a chair of 
the Committee on the Budget, the Majority Leader 
or his designee may submit the matter referred to 
in subparagraph (A) or make such revisions re-
ferred to in subparagraph (B). 
(D) EXEMPTION.—The chair of the Committee 
on the Budget or, prior to the election of the chair, 
the Majority Leader or his designee may adjust an 
estimate under clause 4 of rule XXIX to exempt the 
budgetary effects of measures to protect taxpayers 
with taxable incomes below $400,000 from an in-
crease in audits above the most recent tax year 
from the Internal Revenue Service. 
(2) LONG TERM SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.— 
(A) CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET
OFFICE
ANAL-
YSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, 
prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint reso-
lution reported by a committee (other than the 
Committee on Appropriations), or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, would cause, 
relative to current law, a net increase in direct 
spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the
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4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with 
the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the 
current fiscal year. 
(B) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order 
to consider any bill or joint resolution reported by 
a committee, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that would cause a net increase in 
direct spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any 
of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(C) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the levels of net in-
creases in direct spending shall be determined on 
the basis of estimates provided by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget. 
(3) ANALYSIS OF INFLATIONARY IMPACT FOR CER-
TAIN LEGISLATION.—During the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress, if an estimate provided by the Congres-
sional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 shows changes in mandatory 
spending that cause a gross budgetary effect in any fis-
cal year over a 10-year period that is equal to or greater 
than .25 percent of the projected gross domestic product 
(measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers) for the current fiscal year, or upon the re-
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quest of the chair of the Committee on the Budget, then 
such estimate shall include, to the extent practicable, a 
statement estimating the inflationary effects of the legis-
lation, including whether the legislation is determined to 
have no significant impact on inflation, is determined to 
have a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer 
price index, or is determined likely to have a significant 
impact on inflation but the amount cannot be deter-
mined at the time the estimate is prepared. 
(4) CONTENT OF CBO ANALYSIS FOR CERTAIN LEG-
ISLATION AFFECTING THE FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSUR-
ANCE TRUST FUND OR THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND 
DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND.—During the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress, if an estimate provided 
by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows that legis-
lation impacting either the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund or the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI) causes a gross budg-
etary effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period that 
is equal to or greater than .25 percent of the projected 
gross domestic product (measured by the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers) for the current 
fiscal year, or upon request of the chair of the Com-
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mittee on the Budget, then such estimate shall, to the 
extent practicable, display— 
(A) the impact of legislation on the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund’s unfunded liabil-
ities over a 25-year projection, solvency projections, 
and the net present value of those liabilities; and 
(B) the impact of legislation on the OASDI 
trust fund’s unfunded liabilities over a 75-year pro-
jection, solvency projections, and the net present 
value of those liabilities. 
(f) SPENDING REDUCTION AMENDMENTS
IN APPRO-
PRIATIONS 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 (fol-
lowing 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.
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(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) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI 
shall not apply to a spending reduction account. 
(4) A general appropriation bill may not be consid-
ered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state 
of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction ac-
count 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 Appropria-
tions to add such a section to the bill or modify the fig-
ure contained therein. 
(5) 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) a recitation of the amount by which an ap-
plicable 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; or 
(B) if no such allocation is in effect, ‘‘$0’’. 
(g) SCORING CONVEYANCES OF FEDERAL LAND.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress, for all purposes in the House, a provision in 
a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or 
a conference report thereon, requiring or authorizing a 
conveyance of Federal land to a State, local government, 
or tribal entity shall not be considered as providing new 
budget authority, decreasing revenues, increasing man-
datory spending, or increasing outlays. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘conveyance’’ means any meth-
od, including sale, donation, or exchange, by which 
all or any portion of the right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to Federal land is trans-
ferred to another entity. 
(B) The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means any land 
owned by the United States, including the surface 
estate, the subsurface estate, or any improvements 
thereon. 
(C) The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, or a territory (in-
cluding a possession) of the United States. 
(h) MEMBER DAY HEARING REQUIREMENT.—During 
the first session of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, 
each standing committee (other than the Committee on Eth-
ics) shall hold a hearing at which it receives testimony from
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Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on pro-
posed legislation within its jurisdiction, except that the Com-
mittee on Rules may hold such hearing during the second 
session of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 
(i) INFORMATION
TO COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS
ON 
REQUEST.—During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, 
the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
must be included as one of the seven members of the com-
mittee making any request of an Executive agency pursuant 
to section 2954 of title 5, United States Code. 
(j) REMOTE APPEARANCE OF WITNESSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress, at the discretion of the chair of a com-
mittee and in accordance with regulations submitted for 
printing in the Congressional Record by the chair of the 
Committee on Rules— 
(A) witnesses at committee or subcommittee 
proceedings may appear remotely; 
(B) counsel shall be permitted to accompany 
witnesses appearing remotely; and 
(C) an oath may be administered to a witness 
remotely for purposes of clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall apply 
only to witnesses appearing in a non-governmental ca-
pacity.
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(k) DEPOSITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress, the chair of a standing committee (other 
than the Committee on Rules), and the chair of the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence, upon consulta-
tion with the ranking minority member of such com-
mittee, may order the taking of depositions, including 
pursuant to subpoena, by a member or counsel of such 
committee. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—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) PERSONS
PERMITTED
TO
ATTEND
DEPOSI-
TIONS.—Deponents may be accompanied at a deposition 
by two designated personal, nongovernmental attorneys 
to advise them of their rights. Only members, committee 
staff designated by the chair or ranking minority mem-
ber, an official reporter, the witness, and the witness’s 
two designated attorneys are permitted to attend. Other 
persons, including government agency personnel, may 
not attend. 
(l) BROADENING AVAILABILITY AND UTILITY OF LEGIS-
LATIVE DOCUMENTS
IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMATS.— 
The Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, and
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other officers and officials of the House shall continue efforts 
to broaden the availability and utility of legislative documents 
in machine readable formats in the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress in furtherance of the institutional priorities of— 
(1) improving public availability and use of legisla-
tive information produced by the House and its commit-
tees; and 
(2) enabling all House staff to produce comparative 
prints showing the differences between versions of legis-
lation, how proposed legislation will amend existing law, 
and how an amendment may change proposed legisla-
tion. 
(m) IMPROVING THE COMMITTEE ELECTRONIC DOCU-
MENT REPOSITORY.—The Clerk, the Committee on House 
Administration, and other officers and officials of the House 
shall continue efforts to improve the electronic document re-
pository operated by the Clerk for use by committees of the 
House in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, in further-
ance of the institutional priority of increasing public avail-
ability and identification of legislative information produced 
and held by House committees, including votes, amendments, 
and witness disclosure forms. 
(n) PROVIDING FOR TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.—With respect to
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(1) AMOUNTS FOR EXPENSES OF COMMITTEE ON 
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—There shall be paid out of 
the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives 
such sums as may be necessary for further expenses of 
the Committee on House Administration for the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress for resolving contested 
elections. 
(2) SESSION LIMITATION.—The amount specified in 
paragraph (1) shall be available for expenses incurred 
during the period beginning at noon on January 3, 
2023, and ending immediately before noon on January 
3, 2024. 
(3) VOUCHERS.—Payments under this subsection 
shall be made on vouchers authorized by the Committee 
on House Administration, signed by the chair of the 
Committee, and approved in the manner directed by the 
Committee. 
(4) REGULATIONS.—Amounts made available under 
this subsection shall be expended in accordance with reg-
ulations prescribed by the Committee on House Adminis-
tration. 
(q) ETHICS REFORM.—The Speaker is directed to estab-
lish a bipartisan task force to conduct a comprehensive review 
of House ethics rules and regulations, and such task force 
shall submit recommended improvements to the Speaker, the
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Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, and the respective 
chairs and ranking minority members of the committees on 
Ethics and Rules. 
(r) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 
During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress: 
(1) The House of Representatives may not provide 
access to any exercise facility which is made available ex-
clusively 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 who 
is an agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 
of rule XXV. For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress. 
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(s) NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.—Any non-disclo-
sure agreement imposed by any employing or contracting au-
thority in the House of Representatives to which a paid or 
unpaid employee or contractor is or was required to agree as 
a term of employment shall— 
(1) provide clear guidance that the employee or con-
tractor may communicate concerning any matter with
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the Committee on Ethics, the Office of Congressional 
Workplace Rights, or any other office or entity des-
ignated by the Committee on House Administration 
without prior, concurrent, or subsequent notice or ap-
proval; and 
(2) not be binding and shall have no legal effect to 
the extent to which it requires prior, concurrent, or sub-
sequent notice or approval from anyone on any matter 
with respect to communications from an employee or 
contractor to any of the committees, offices, or entities 
described in paragraph (1). 
(t) MANDATORY ANTI-HARASSMENT AND ANTI-DISCRIMI-
NATION POLICIES FOR HOUSE OFFICES.— 
(1) REQUIRING OFFICES TO ADOPT POLICY.—Each 
employing office of the House of Representatives under 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 shall adopt 
an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the 
office’s workplace. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than April 1, 2023, 
the Committee on House Administration shall promul-
gate regulations to carry out this subsection, and shall 
ensure that such regulations are consistent with the re-
quirements of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995, rule XXIII, and other relevant laws, rules, and 
regulations.
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(u) DISPLAYING STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND PROTEC-
TIONS PROVIDED TO HOUSE EMPLOYEES.—The Committee 
on House Administration shall issue regulations to provide 
that each employing office of the House of Representatives 
shall post in a prominent location in the office (including, in 
the case of the office of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
Commissioner, a prominent location in each district office) a 
statement of the rights and protections provided to employees 
of the House of Representatives under the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995, including the procedures available 
to employees of the House under such Act for responding to 
and adjudicating allegations of violations of such rights and 
protections. 
(v) REQUIRING MEMBERS TO PAY FOR DISCRIMINATION 
SETTLEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a settlement of a 
complaint under the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 in connection with a claim alleging a violation de-
scribed in paragraph (2) which is committed personally 
by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, if 
the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is not 
required under law to reimburse the Treasury for the 
amount of the settlement, the chair and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on House Administration 
may not approve the settlement pursuant to clause
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4(d)(2) of rule X unless, under the terms and conditions 
of the settlement, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner is required to reimburse the Treasury for 
the amount of the settlement. 
(2) VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED.—A violation described 
in this paragraph is— 
(A) a violation of section 201(a) or section 
206(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995; or 
(B) a violation of section 208 of such Act 
which consists of intimidating, taking reprisal 
against, or otherwise discriminating against any 
covered employee under such Act because of a claim 
alleging a violation described in subparagraph (A). 
(w) CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION TRANS-
PARENCY REFORM.— 
(1) 
PAYMENT
OF
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES 
THROUGH ACCOUNT OF ORGANIZATION.—A Member of 
the House of Representatives and an eligible Congres-
sional Member Organization may enter into an agree-
ment 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
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(B) to the extent that the employee carries out 
such duties under the agreement, the Member shall 
transfer the portion of the Members’ Representa-
tional Allowance (MRA) of the Member which would 
otherwise be used for the salary and related ex-
penses of the employee to a dedicated account in 
the House of Representatives which is administered 
by the Organization, in accordance with the regula-
tions promulgated by the Committee on House Ad-
ministration under paragraph (2). 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration (hereafter referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘‘Committee’’) shall promulgate regulations as fol-
lows: 
(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 reg-
ulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 
Member Organization may use the amounts trans-
ferred to the Organization’s dedicated account 
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
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student loan repayment program for employees of 
the House, the Committee shall promulgate regula-
tions 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 Mem-
ber Organization and who participates in such pro-
gram while carrying out duties under the agree-
ment— 
(i) any funds made available for making 
payments under the program with respect to 
the employee shall be transferred to the Orga-
nization’s dedicated account under paragraph 
(1)(B); and 
(ii) the Organization shall use the funds 
to repay a student loan taken out by the em-
ployee, under the same terms and conditions 
which would apply under the program if the 
Organization were the employing office of the 
employee. 
(D) ACCESS TO HOUSE SERVICES.—The Com-
mittee shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an 
eligible Congressional Member Organization has ap-
propriate access to services of the House.
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(E) OTHER
REGULATIONS.—The Committee 
shall promulgate such other regulations as may be 
appropriate to carry out this subsection. 
(3) ELIGIBLE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZA-
TION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible 
Congressional Member Organization’’ means, with re-
spect to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, an or-
ganization meeting each of the following requirements: 
(A) The organization is registered as a Con-
gressional Member Organization with the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
(B) The organization designates a single Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives to be respon-
sible for the administration of the organization, in-
cluding the administration of the account adminis-
tered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 
identification of such Member with the statement of 
organization that the organization files and main-
tains with the Committee on House Administration. 
(C) At least 3 employees of the House are as-
signed to perform some work for the organization. 
(D) During the One Hundred Seventeenth 
Congress, at least 30 Members of the House of 
Representatives used a portion of the Members’ 
Representational Allowance of the Member for the
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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 Representa-
tives certifying that it will administer an account in 
accordance with paragraph (1)(B). 
(x) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT OF 
MEASURE
ON CONSENSUS CALENDAR.—During the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress, not later than 2 legislative 
days after a measure is placed on the Consensus Calendar 
pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XV, the Majority Leader 
shall, in the case such measure is not in compliance with any 
legislative protocols of the Majority Leader, submit to the 
Congressional Record a determination with respect to such 
noncompliance. 
(y) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN COMMITTEE RECORDS TO 
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) Any committee designated by the Speaker pur-
suant to section 7(b)(1) of House Resolution 503, One 
Hundred Seventeenth Congress, is directed to transfer 
any records obtained pursuant to such designation to the 
Committee on House Administration, not later than Jan-
uary 17, 2023.
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(2) The Archivist is directed to transfer any non-
current records of a committee designated by the Speak-
er pursuant to section 7(b)(1) of House Resolution 503, 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and related to the 
select committee established pursuant to such resolution 
which have been archived pursuant to rule VII to the 
Committee on House Administration not later than Jan-
uary 17, 2023. 
(3) Any records transferred or withdrawn pursuant 
to this subsection shall become the records of the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
(z) PROCEDURES DURING DISTRICT WORK PERIODS.— 
(1) On any legislative day of the One Hundred 
Eighteenth Congress occurring during a ‘‘district work 
period’’ as designated by the Speaker— 
(A) the Journal of the proceedings of the pre-
vious day shall be considered as approved; and 
(B) the Chair may at any time declare the 
House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within 
the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the 
Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment. 
(2) The Speaker may appoint Members to perform 
the duties of the Chair for the duration of a district
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work period described in paragraph (1) as though under 
clause 8(a) of rule I. 
(3) Each day during a district work period de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall not constitute— 
(A) a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546); 
(B) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 
of rule XIII; 
(C) a calendar or legislative day for purposes 
of clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII; or 
(D) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 
of rule XV. 
(aa) REDUCTION OF UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the first session of the 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, it shall not be in 
order to report an appropriation in a general appropria-
tion bill, for an expenditure not previously authorized by 
law, in excess of the most recent level at which an appro-
priation for such expenditure has been enacted into law. 
(2) ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO REDUCE APPRO-
PRIATION.—If a point of order under paragraph (1) is 
sustained, an amendment shall be considered to have 
been adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole reducing the amount of such appropriation to the
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most recent level at which such appropriation has been 
enacted in law. 
(3) REQUIREMENT
TO
ENTERTAIN
POINT
OF 
ORDER.—The Chair shall not entertain a point of order 
under paragraph (1) unless any levels described in para-
graph (2) have been submitted to the Chair. 
(bb) NUMBERING
OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred 
Eighteenth 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 Mi-
nority Leader. 
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 
(a) SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE
ON
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress a 
select investigative subcommittee of the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability called the Select 
Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (here-
inafter referred to as the ‘‘select subcommittee’’). 
(B) COMPOSITION.— 
(i) The select subcommittee shall be com-
posed of not more than 12 Members, Dele-
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gates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed 
by the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 shall 
be appointed in consultation with the Minority 
Leader. The Speaker shall designate one mem-
ber of the select subcommittee as its chair. Any 
vacancy in the select subcommittee shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original ap-
pointment. 
(ii) The chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability shall be ex officio members of the 
select subcommittee but shall have no vote in 
the select subcommittee and may not be count-
ed for purposes of determining a quorum. 
(iii) Each member appointed to the select 
subcommittee shall be treated as though a 
member of the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability for purposes of the select sub-
committee. 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.— 
(A) INVESTIGATIVE
FUNCTIONS.—The select 
subcommittee is authorized and directed to conduct 
a full and complete investigation and study and, not 
later than January 2, 2025, issue a final report to
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the House of its findings (and such interim reports 
as it may deem necessary) regarding— 
(i) the origins of the Coronavirus pan-
demic, including but not limited to the Federal 
Government’s funding of gain-of-function re-
search; 
(ii) the efficiency, effectiveness, and trans-
parency of the use of taxpayer funds and relief 
programs to address the coronavirus pandemic, 
including any reports of waste, fraud, or abuse; 
(iii) the implementation or effectiveness of 
any Federal law or regulation applied, enacted, 
or 
under 
consideration 
to 
address 
the 
coronavirus pandemic and prepare for future 
pandemics; 
(iv) the development of vaccines and treat-
ments, and the development and implementa-
tion of vaccination policies for Federal employ-
ees and members of the armed forces; 
(v) the economic impact of the coronavirus 
pandemic and associated government response 
on individuals, communities, small businesses, 
health care providers, States, and local govern-
ment entities;
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(vi) the societal impact of decisions to 
close schools, how the decisions were made and 
whether there is evidence of widespread learn-
ing loss or other negative effects as a result of 
these decisions; 
(vii) executive branch policies, delibera-
tions, decisions, activities, and internal and ex-
ternal 
communications 
related 
to 
the 
coronavirus pandemic; 
(viii) the protection of whistleblowers who 
provide information about waste, fraud, abuse, 
or other improper activities related to the 
coronavirus pandemic; and 
(ix) cooperation by the executive branch 
and others with Congress, the Inspectors Gen-
eral, the Government Accountability Office, 
and others in connection with oversight of the 
preparedness 
for 
and 
response 
to 
the 
coronavirus pandemic. 
(B) AUTHORITY.— 
(i) The select subcommittee may report to 
the House or any committee of the House from 
time to time the results of its investigations 
and studies, together with such detailed find-
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ings and legislative recommendations as it may 
deem advisable. 
(ii) The select subcommittee may not hold 
a markup of legislation. 
(3) PROCEDURE.— 
(A) Rule XI and the rules of the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability shall apply to the se-
lect subcommittee in the same manner as a sub-
committee except as follows: 
(i) The chair of the select subcommittee 
may, after consultation with the ranking mi-
nority member, recognize— 
(I) members of the select sub-
committee to question a witness for peri-
ods longer than five minutes as though 
pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of such rule 
XI; and 
(II) staff of the select subcommittee 
to question a witness as though pursuant 
to clause 2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 
(ii) The select subcommittee may not au-
thorize and issue subpoenas, but the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability (or the 
chair of the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability, if acting in accordance with clause
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2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI) may authorize and 
issue subpoenas to be returned at the select 
subcommittee. 
(B) The provisions of this resolution shall gov-
ern the proceedings of the select subcommittee in 
the event of any conflict with the rules of the House 
or of the Committee on Oversight and Account-
ability. 
(4) SERVICE.—Service on the select subcommittee 
shall not count against the limitations in clause 
5(b)(2)(A) of rule X. 
(5) SUCCESSOR.—The Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability is the ‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select 
subcommittee for purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II. 
(6) SUNSET.—The select subcommittee shall cease 
to exist 30 days after filing the final report required 
under paragraph (2). 
(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP.—House Resolu-
tion 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in the same manner as 
such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, 
except that the commission concerned shall be known as the 
House Democracy Partnership. 
(c) TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.—Sec-
tions 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred
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Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eighteenth 
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 pro-
fessional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members 
of other relevant committees; 
(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs which the Commission may use shall include all re-
sources which the Committee is authorized to obtain 
from other offices of the House of Representatives; and 
(3) any amounts authorized to provide full-time 
professional staff and resources to the Tom Lantos 
Human Rights Commission shall be in addition to and 
separate from the amounts authorized for salaries and 
expenses of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as pro-
vided by resolution of the House, shall be administered 
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and shall be dis-
tributed equally between the co-chairs of the Commis-
sion. 
(d) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS.—Section 1 of 
House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall 
apply in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in the same
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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 pur-
poses of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)); 
(2) references to the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct shall be construed as references to the 
Committee on Ethics; 
(3) any requirement for concurrence in section 
1(b)(1) shall be construed as a requirement for consulta-
tion; 
(4) any individual who is the subject of a prelimi-
nary 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 
such individual; 
(5) the Office may not take any action that would 
deny any person any right or protection provided under 
the Constitution of the United States; 
(6) any member of the board currently serving a 
term in excess of the limitations of section 1(b)(6) of 
such resolution shall be considered as removed from the 
board; and
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(7) the provision regarding appointment and com-
pensation of staff shall require an affirmative vote of at 
least 4 members of the board not later than 30 calendar 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution. 
SEC. 5. ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 
(a) At any time after the adoption of this resolution the 
Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare 
the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
21) to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil 
and gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a drawdown of pe-
troleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader 
and the Minority Leader or their respective designees. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are 
waived. No amendment shall be in order except: (1) those 
amendments to the bill received for printing in the portion of
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the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in 
clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least one day before the day 
of consideration of the amendment; and (2) up to 20 pro 
forma amendments for the purpose of debate, 10 of which 
may be offered by the Majority Leader or a designee and 10 
of which may be offered by the Minority Leader or a des-
ignee. Each amendment so received may be offered only by 
the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee and 
shall be considered as read if printed. At the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one motion 
to recommit. 
(b) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 
to consider in the House any bill specified in subsection (c). 
All points of order against consideration of each such bill are 
waived. Each such bill shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against provisions in each such bill are waived. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on each such 
bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally di-
vided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority
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Leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to 
recommit. 
(c) The bills referred to in subsection (b) are as follows: 
(1) The bill (H.R. 23) to rescind certain balances 
made available to the Internal Revenue Service. 
(2) The bill (H.R. 29) to authorize the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to suspend the entry of aliens, and 
for other purposes. 
(3) The bill (H.R. 22) to prohibit the Secretary of 
Energy from sending petroleum products from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other pur-
poses. 
(4) The bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to direct district at-
torney and prosecutors offices to report to the Attorney 
General, and for other purposes. 
(5) The bill (H.R. 28) to require the national in-
stant criminal background check system to notify U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant 
State and local law enforcement agencies whenever the 
information available to the system indicates that a per-
son illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be 
attempting to receive a firearm. 
(6) The bill (H.R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer funded 
abortions.
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(7) The bill (H.R. 26) to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from 
failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case 
of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abor-
tion. 
(d) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 
without intervention of any point of order to consider in the 
House any resolution specified in subsection (e). Each such 
resolution shall be considered as read. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on each such resolution to 
adoption without intervening motion or demand for division 
of the question except one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 
or their respective designees. 
(e) The resolutions referred to in subsection (d) are as 
follows: 
(1) The resolution (H. Res. 11) establishing the Se-
lect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between 
the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) The resolution (H. Res. 12) establishing a Se-
lect Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal 
Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the 
Committee on the Judiciary. 
(f) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 
to consider in the House the concurrent resolution (H. Con.