H. Res. 5 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 5, 2011. 
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, including appli-
cable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that con-
stituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 
Eleventh Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of 
Representatives of the One Hundred Twelfth 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) CITING AUTHORITY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.— 
(1) In clause 7 of rule XII, add the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(c)(1) A bill or joint resolution may not be intro-
duced unless the sponsor submits for printing in the 
Congressional Record a statement citing as specifically 
as practicable the power or powers granted to Congress 
in the Constitution to enact the bill or joint resolution. 
The statement shall appear in a portion of the Record
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designated for that purpose and be made publicly avail-
able in electronic form by the Clerk. 
‘‘(2) Before consideration of a Senate bill or joint 
resolution, the chair of a committee of jurisdiction may 
submit the statement required under subparagraph (1) 
as though the chair were the sponsor of the Senate bill 
or joint resolution.’’. 
(2) In clause 3(d) of rule XIII— 
(A) strike subparagraph (1) (and redesignate 
the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly); and 
(B) in subparagraph (2), as redesignated, 
strike ‘‘subparagraph (2)’’ each place it appears 
and insert (in each instance) ‘‘subparagraph (1)’’. 
(b) THREE-DAY AVAILABILITY FOR UNREPORTED MEAS-
URES.—In rule XXI, add the following new clause: 
‘‘11. It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
resolution which has not been reported by a committee until 
the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or 
legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
a day) on which such measure has been available to Mem-
bers, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.’’. 
(c) TRANSPARENCY FOR HOUSE AND COMMITTEE OPER-
ATIONS.— 
(1) STANDARDS FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS.—In 
clause 4(d)(1) of rule X—
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(A) in subdivision (C), strike ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in subdivision (D), strike the period and 
insert ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) add the following new subdivision: 
‘‘(E) establish and maintain standards for 
making documents publicly available in elec-
tronic form by the House and its committees.’’. 
(2) ENSURING THAT TEXT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE 
IN ELECTRONIC FORM.—In rule XXIX, add the following 
new clause: 
‘‘3. If a measure or matter is publicly available in elec-
tronic form at a location designated by the Committee on 
House Administration, it shall be considered as having been 
available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commis-
sioner for purposes of these rules.’’. 
(3) MINIMUM
NOTICE
PERIOD
FOR
COMMITTEE 
MEETINGS AND HEARINGS.—In rule XI, amend clause 
2(g)(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) The chair of a committee shall an-
nounce the date, place, and subject matter of— 
‘‘(i) a committee hearing, which may not com-
mence earlier than one week after such notice; or 
‘‘(ii) a committee meeting, which may not com-
mence earlier than the third day on which members 
have notice thereof.
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‘‘(B) A hearing or meeting may begin sooner than 
specified in subdivision (A) in either of the following cir-
cumstances (in which case the chair shall make the an-
nouncement specified in subdivision (A) at the earliest 
possible time): 
‘‘(i) the chair of the committee, with the con-
currence of the ranking minority member, deter-
mines that there is good cause; or 
‘‘(ii) the committee so determines by majority 
vote in the presence of the number of members re-
quired under the rules of the committee for the 
transaction of business. 
‘‘(C) An announcement made under this subpara-
graph shall be published promptly in the Daily Digest 
and made publicly available in electronic form. 
‘‘(D) This subparagraph and subparagraph (4) 
shall not apply to the Committee on Rules.’’. 
(4) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR AVAILABILITY OF COM-
MITTEE MARKUP TEXT.—In clause 2(g) of rule XI, in-
sert the following new subparagraph, and redesignate 
the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly: 
‘‘(4) At least 24 hours prior to the commence-
ment of a meeting for the markup of legislation, or 
at the time of an announcement under subpara-
graph (3)(B) made within 24 hours before such
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meeting, the chair of the committee shall cause the 
text of such legislation to be made publicly available 
in electronic form.’’. 
(5) AVAILABILITY
OF
VOTES
IN
ELECTRONIC 
FORM.—In clause 2(e)(1)(B)(i) of rule XI— 
(A) in the first sentence, before the period at 
the end thereof insert ‘‘and also made publicly 
available in electronic form within 48 hours of such 
record vote’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, strike ‘‘for public 
inspection’’. 
(6) AVAILABILITY OF THE TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 
IN ELECTRONIC FORM.—In clause 2(e) of rule XI, add 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(6) Not later than 24 hours after the adop-
tion of any amendment to a measure or matter con-
sidered by a committee, the chair of such committee 
shall cause the text of each such amendment to be 
made publicly available in electronic form.’’. 
(7) AVAILABILITY OF ‘‘TRUTH IN TESTIMONY’’ IN-
FORMATION IN ELECTRONIC FORM.—In clause 2(g)(5) of 
rule XI, as redesignated, add the following new sentence: 
‘‘Such statements, with appropriate redactions to protect 
the privacy of the witness, shall be made publicly avail-
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able in electronic form not later than one day after the 
witness appears.’’. 
(8) AVAILABILITY OF COMMITTEE RULES IN ELEC-
TRONIC FORM.—In clause 2(a) of rule XI, amend sub-
paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) Each committee shall make its rules pub-
licly available in electronic form and submit such 
rules for publication in the Congressional Record 
not later than 30 days after the chair of the com-
mittee is elected in each odd-numbered year.’’. 
(9) AUDIO AND VIDEO COVERAGE OF COMMITTEE 
HEARINGS AND MEETINGS.—In clause 2(e) of rule XI, 
add the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(5) To the maximum extent practicable, each 
committee shall— 
‘‘(A) provide audio and video coverage of 
each hearing or meeting for the transaction of 
business in a manner that allows the public to 
easily listen to and view the proceedings; and 
‘‘(B) maintain the recordings of such cov-
erage in a manner that is easily accessible to 
the public.’’. 
(10) RECORD
VOTES
IN
THE
COMMITTEE
ON 
RULES.—In clause 3(b) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘a report by
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the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the 
order of business or to’’. 
(11) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE PROGRAMS.— 
In clause 2(d)(1) of rule X— 
(A) in subdivision (D), strike ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in subdivision (E), strike the period and 
insert ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) add the following new subdivision: 
‘‘(F) include proposals to cut or eliminate 
programs, including mandatory spending pro-
grams, that are inefficient, duplicative, out-
dated, or more appropriately administered by 
State or local governments.’’. 
(d) 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, 
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
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‘‘(B) the current year, the budget year, and the 
nine fiscal years following that budget year. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this clause, the terms ‘budget 
year’ and ‘current year’ have the meanings specified in sec-
tion 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 appro-
priation Acts that make outyear modifications to substantive 
law as described 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-
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;
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‘‘(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.—Rule XXVIII is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘RULE XXVIII 
‘‘(RESERVED.)’’. 
(3) CLARIFYING THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR OF THE 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET.—In rule XXIX, add the 
following new clause: 
‘‘4. Authoritative guidance from the Committee on the 
Budget concerning the impact of a legislative proposition on 
the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, 
new entitlement authority and revenues may be provided by 
the chair of the committee.’’. 
(4) HIGHWAY FUNDING.—In rule XXI— 
(A) amend clause 3 to read as follows: 
‘‘3. It shall not be in order to consider a general appro-
priation bill or joint resolution, or conference report thereon, 
that—
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‘‘(a) provides spending authority derived from receipts 
deposited in the Highway Trust Fund (excluding any trans-
fers from the General Fund of the Treasury); or 
‘‘(b) reduces or otherwise limits the accruing balances of 
the Highway Trust Fund, 
for any purpose other than for those activities authorized for 
the highway or mass transit categories.’’; and 
(B) in clause 3, strike the caption. 
(5) LIMITATION 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.’’. 
(e) OTHER CHANGES TO HOUSE OPERATIONS.— 
(1) TWO-MINUTE
VOTING.—In clause 6 of rule 
XVIII— 
(A) in paragraph (f), strike ‘‘five minutes’’ and 
insert ‘‘not less than two minutes’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (g), strike ‘‘five minutes’’ 
and insert ‘‘not less than two minutes’’. 
(2) USE
OF
ELECTRONIC
DEVICES
ON
THE 
FLOOR.—In clause 5 of rule XVII, amend the penul-
timate sentence to read as follows: ‘‘A person on the 
floor of the House may not smoke or use a mobile elec-
tronic device that impairs decorum.’’. 
(3) UPDATING RULES GOVERNING THE MEDIA.— 
(A) In clause 2 of rule VI, strike the penul-
timate sentence, and amend the last sentence to 
read as follows: ‘‘The Speaker may admit to the 
floor, under such regulations as the Speaker may 
prescribe, not more than one representative of each 
press association.’’. 
(B) In clause 3 of rule VI, strike the last sen-
tence and insert ‘‘The Speaker may admit to the 
floor, under such regulations as the Speaker may 
prescribe, not more than one representative of each 
media outlet.’’. 
(C) In clause 4(f)(7) of rule XI, strike the first 
sentence. 
(4) VOTING BY DELEGATES AND THE RESIDENT 
COMMISSIONER IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.— 
(A) In clause 3(a) of rule III, strike the first 
sentence.
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(B) In rule XVIII— 
(i) in clause 1, strike ‘‘, Delegate, or the 
Resident Commissioner’’; and 
(ii) in clause 6, strike paragraph (h). 
(5) MOTIONS TO STRIKE IN THE COMMITTEE OF 
THE WHOLE.—In rule XVIII, strike clause 11 (and re-
designate the succeeding clause accordingly). 
(6) CLARIFYING
JURISDICTION
OVER
CERTAIN 
CEMETERIES.—In clause 1(c) of rule X, add the fol-
lowing subparagraph: 
‘‘(16) Cemeteries administered by the Depart-
ment of Defense.’’. 
(7) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND 
THE WORKFORCE.—In rule X— 
(A) in clause 1(e), strike ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce’’; and 
(B) in clause 3(d), strike ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce’’. 
(8) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.— 
(A) In the standing rules, strike ‘‘Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct’’ each place it ap-
pears and insert (in each instance) ‘‘Committee on 
Ethics’’.
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(B) In clause 1 of rule X, insert paragraph (q) 
after paragraph (f) (and redesignate the succeeding 
paragraphs accordingly). 
(C) In the standing rules, strike ‘‘clause 
1(j)(1) of rule X’’ each place it appears and insert 
(in each instance) ‘‘clause 1(k)(1) of rule X’’. 
(9) DESIGNATING
THE
COMMITTEE
ON
SCIENCE, 
SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY.—In rule X— 
(A) in clause 1(p), as redesignated, strike 
‘‘Committee on Science and Technology’’ and insert 
‘‘Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’’; 
and 
(B) in clause 3(k), strike ‘‘Committee on 
Science and Technology’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology’’. 
(10) ELIMINATING
THE
SELECT
INTELLIGENCE 
OVERSIGHT PANEL.—In clause 4(a) of rule X, strike 
subparagraph (5). 
(11) ADJUSTING THE SIZE OF THE PERMANENT SE-
LECT
COMMITTEE
ON
INTELLIGENCE.—In 
clause 
11(a)(1) of rule X, strike ‘‘22’’ and insert ‘‘20’’ and 
strike ‘‘13’’ and insert ‘‘12’’. 
(12) RESTORING THE TERM LIMIT RULE FOR COM-
MITTEE
CHAIRS.—In clause 5 of rule X, redesignate
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paragraph (c) as subparagraph (c)(1) and add the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(2) Except in the case of the Committee on 
Rules, a member of a standing committee may not 
serve as chair of the same standing committee, or 
of the same subcommittee of a standing committee, 
during more than three consecutive Congresses (dis-
regarding for this purpose any service for less than 
a full session in a Congress).’’. 
(13) COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS.—In clause 1 
of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than the 30th day after June 1 
and December 1, a committee shall submit to the House 
a semiannual report on the activities of that committee. 
‘‘(2) Such report shall include— 
‘‘(A) separate sections summarizing the legisla-
tive and oversight activities of that committee under 
this rule and rule X during the applicable period; 
‘‘(B) in the case of the first such report, a 
summary of the oversight plans submitted by the 
committee under clause 2(d) of rule X; 
‘‘(C) a summary of the actions taken and rec-
ommendations made with respect to the oversight 
plans specified in subdivision (B);
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‘‘(D) a summary of any additional oversight 
activities undertaken by that committee and any 
recommendations made or actions taken thereon; 
and 
‘‘(E) a delineation of any hearings held pursu-
ant to clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of this rule. 
‘‘(3) After an adjournment sine die of a regular ses-
sion of a Congress, or after December 15, whichever oc-
curs first, the chair of a committee may file the second 
or fourth semiannual report described in subparagraph 
(1) with the Clerk at any time and without approval of 
the committee, provided that— 
‘‘(A) a copy of the report has been available to 
each member of the committee for at least seven 
calendar days; and 
‘‘(B) the report includes any supplemental, mi-
nority, or additional views submitted by a member 
of the committee.’’. 
(14) MODIFYING STAFF DEPOSITION AUTHORITY.— 
In clause 4(c)(3)(B) of rule X— 
(A) in item (i), strike ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in item (ii), strike the period and insert ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(C) add at the end the following new item:
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‘‘(iii) shall, unless waived by the de-
ponent, require the attendance of a mem-
ber of the committee.’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING CHANGES.— 
(1) In clause 3(a) of rule III, strike ‘‘of the House’’. 
(2) In rule IV— 
(A) in clause 1, strike ‘‘The Speaker may not 
entertain a motion for the suspension of this 
clause.’’; and 
(B) in clause 2(b), after ‘‘clause’’ insert ‘‘or 
clauses 1, 3, 4, or 5’’. 
(3) In clause 3(o)(2) of rule XI, after ‘‘investiga-
tion’’ insert ‘‘when’’. 
(4) In clause 7 of rule XII, strike ‘‘primary spon-
sor’’ each place it appears and insert (in each instance) 
‘‘sponsor’’. 
(5) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘Senate bill 
or resolution’’ and insert ‘‘Senate bill or joint resolu-
tion’’. 
(6) In clause 2(c) of rule XV— 
(A) strike ‘‘Clerk shall make signatures’’ and 
insert ‘‘Clerk shall make the signatories’’; and 
(B) strike ‘‘published with the signatures’’ and 
insert ‘‘published with the signatories’’.
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(D) If a question under subparagraph (B) is de-
cided in the negative, no further amendment shall be in 
order except— 
(i) one proper amendment, which shall be de-
batable for 10 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not 
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole; and 
(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by the 
chair or ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Appropriations or their designees, for the pur-
pose of debate. 
(b) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) The chair of the Committee on the Budget 
(when elected) shall include in the Congressional Record 
budget aggregates and allocations contemplated by sec-
tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 
allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of that Act 
for fiscal year 2011, and the period of fiscal years 2011 
through 2015. 
(2) The aggregates and allocations specified in sub-
section (1) shall be considered as contained in a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011 and 
the submission thereof into the Congressional Record
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shall be considered as the completion of congressional 
action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2011. 
(c) EMERGENCIES AND CONTINGENCIES.— 
(1) EMERGENCIES.—Until adoption of a concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012, if a bill or 
joint resolution is reported, or amendment thereto is of-
fered or a conference report thereon is filed, that pro-
vides new budget authority and outlays or reduces rev-
enue, and such provision is designated as an emergency 
pursuant to this section, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget shall not count the budgetary effects of such 
provision for purposes of titles III and IV of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Rules of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) EXEMPTION OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS RE-
LATED TO THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—For any 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, that makes appropriations for 
fiscal year 2011 for contingency operations directly re-
lated to the global war on terrorism, then the new budg-
et authority or outlays resulting therefrom shall not 
count for purposes of titles III or IV of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
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(d) DEFICIT-NEUTRAL REVENUE RESERVE.—Until the 
adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2012, if any bill reported by the Committee on Ways 
and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report there-
on, decreases revenue, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the allocations, the revenue levels, and 
other aggregates referred to in subsection (b)(1), provided 
that such measure would not increase the deficit over the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2011 through 2021. 
(e) LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), any gen-
eral appropriation bill or joint resolution continuing ap-
propriations, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, may not provide advance appropriations. 
(2) Advance appropriations may be provided— 
(A) for fiscal year 2012 for programs, projects, 
activities, or accounts identified in the Congres-
sional Record under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identi-
fied for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new 
budget authority, and for 2013, an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 for accounts 
separately identified under the same heading; and 
(B) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compli-
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ance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet-
erans Health Administration. 
(3) In this subsection, the term ‘‘advance appro-
priation’’ means any new discretionary budget authority 
provided in a general appropriation bill or any new dis-
cretionary budget authority provided in a joint resolution 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 
that first becomes available for a fiscal year after fiscal 
2011. 
(f) COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT OF ACT OF 1990.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding 
section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1989, the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation 
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for 
the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social 
Security Administration and of the Postal Service. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying sec-
tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, es-
timates of the level of total new budget authority and
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total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 
off-budget discretionary amounts. 
(g) LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.— 
(1) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
resolution reported by a committee (other than the Com-
mittee on Appropriations), or an amendment thereto or 
a conference report thereon, if the provisions of such 
measure have the net effect of increasing mandatory 
spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for any period de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
(2)(A) The applicable periods for purposes of this 
clause are any of the first four consecutive 10-fiscal-year 
periods beginning with the first fiscal year following the 
last fiscal year for which the applicable concurrent reso-
lution on the budget sets forth appropriate budgetary 
levels. 
(B) In this paragraph, the applicable concurrent 
resolution on the budget is the one most recently adopt-
ed before the date on which a committee first reported 
the bill or joint resolution described in paragraph (a). 
(h) EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) Until the adoption of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2012, the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget may adjust an estimate under 
clause 4 of rule XXIX to—