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Recognition
2. When two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resi-
dent Commissioner rise at once, the Speaker shall name the
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is first to
speak. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may
not occupy more than one hour in debate on a question in
the House or in the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union except as otherwise provided in this rule.
Managing Debate
3. (a) The Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
who calls up a measure may open and close debate thereon.
When general debate extends beyond one day, that Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be entitled to one
hour to close without regard to the time used in opening.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a Member, Del-
egate, or Resident Commissioner may not speak more than
once to the same question without leave of the House.
(c) A manager of a measure who opposes an amendment
thereto is entitled to close controlled debate thereon.
Call to order
4. (a) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner,
in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the Rules of the
House, the Speaker shall, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner may, call to order the offending Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner, who shall immediately sit
down unless permitted on motion of another Member, Dele-
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gate, or the Resident Commissioner to explain. If a Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is called to order, the
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the call
to order shall indicate the words excepted to, which shall be
taken down in writing at the Clerk’s desk and read aloud to
the House.
(b) The Speaker shall decide the validity of a call to
order. The House, if appealed to, shall decide the question
without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner called to order, the
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be at lib-
erty to proceed, but not otherwise. If the case requires it, an
offending Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall
be liable to censure or such other punishment as the House
may consider proper. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner may not be held to answer a call to order, and may
not be subject to the censure of the House therefor, if further
debate or other business has intervened.
Comportment
5. When the Speaker is putting a question or addressing
the House, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
may not walk out of or across the Hall. When a Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is speaking, a Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not pass between
the person speaking and the Chair. During the session of the
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House, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may
not wear a hat or remain by the Clerk’s desk during the call
of the roll or the counting of ballots. A person may not smoke
or use any personal, electronic office equipment, including
cellular phones and computers, on the floor of the House.
The Sergeant-at-Arms is charged with the strict enforcement
of this clause.
Exhibits
6. When the use of an exhibit in debate is objected to
by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, its use
shall be decided without debate by a vote of the House.
Galleries
7. During a session of the House, it shall not be in order
for a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to intro-
duce to or to bring to the attention of the House an occupant
in the galleries of the House. The Speaker may not entertain
a request for the suspension of this rule by unanimous con-
sent or otherwise.
Congressional Record
8. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially
verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of
the House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typo-
graphical corrections authorized by the Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner making the remarks.
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(b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by
permission or order of the House.
(c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within
the meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.
Secret sessions
9. When confidential communications are received from
the President, or when the Speaker or a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner informs the House that he has
communications that he believes ought to be kept secret for
the present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except
the Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers
of the House for the reading of such communications, and de-
bates and proceedings thereon, unless otherwise ordered by
the House.
RULE XVIII.
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF
THE UNION.
Resolving into the Committee of the Whole
1. Whenever the House resolves into the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker shall
leave the chair after appointing a Chairman to preside. In
case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or
lobby, the Chairman may cause the same to be cleared.
2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and in clause
7 of rule XV, the House resolves into the Committee of the
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Whole House on the state of the Union by motion. When
such a motion is entertained, the Speaker shall put the ques-
tion without debate: ‘‘Shall the House resolve itself into the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for
consideration of this matter?’’, naming it.
(b) After the House has adopted a resolution reported
by the Committee on Rules providing a special order of busi-
ness for the consideration of a measure in the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union, the Speaker may
at any time, when no question is pending before the House,
declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole
for the consideration of that measure without intervening mo-
tion, unless the special order of business provides otherwise.
Measures requiring initial consideration in the Commit-
tee of the Whole
3. All bills, resolutions, or Senate amendments (as pro-
vided in clause 3 of rule XXII) involving a tax or charge on
the people, raising revenue, directly or indirectly making ap-
propriations of money or property or requiring such appro-
priations to be made, authorizing payments out of appropria-
tions already made, releasing any liability to the United
States for money or property, or referring a claim to the
Court of Claims, shall be first considered in the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A bill, resolu-
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tion, or Senate amendment that fails to comply with this
clause is subject to a point of order against its consideration.
Order of business
4. (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) business on the cal-
endar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union may be taken up in regular order, or in such order
as the Committee may determine, unless the measure to be
considered was determined by the House at the time of re-
solving into the Committee of the Whole.
(b) Motions to resolve into the Committee of the Whole
for consideration of bills and joint resolutions making general
appropriations have precedence under this clause.
Reading for amendment
5. (a) Before general debate commences on a measure
in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union, it shall be read in full. When general debate is con-
cluded or closed by order of the House, the measure under
consideration shall be read for amendment. A Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner who offers an amendment
shall be allowed five minutes to explain it, after which the
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who shall first
obtain the floor shall be allowed five minutes to speak in op-
position to it. There shall be no further debate thereon, but
the same privilege of debate shall be allowed in favor of and
against any amendment that may be offered to an amend-
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(2) After a quorum has once been established on a day,
the Chairman may entertain a point of order that a quorum
is not present only when the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union is operating under the five-minute
rule and the Chairman has put the pending proposition to a
vote.
(3) Upon sustaining a point of order that a quorum is
not present, the Chairman may announce that, following a
regular quorum call under paragraph (a), the minimum time
for electronic voting on the pending question shall be five
minutes.
(c) When ordering a quorum call in the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union, the Chairman
may announce an intention to declare that a quorum is con-
stituted at any time during the quorum call when he deter-
mines that a quorum has appeared. If the Chairman inter-
rupts the quorum call by declaring that a quorum is con-
stituted, proceedings under the quorum call shall be consid-
ered as vacated, and the Committee of the Whole shall con-
tinue its sitting and resume its business.
(d) A quorum is not required in the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for adoption of a mo-
tion that the Committee rise.
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(e) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union, the Chairman shall order a recorded vote on
a request supported by at least 25 Members.
(f) In the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union, the Chairman may reduce to five minutes the
minimum time for electronic voting without any intervening
business or debate on any or all pending amendments after
a record vote has been taken on the first pending amend-
ment.
Dispensing with the reading of an amendment
7. It shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union to move that the Committee
of the Whole dispense with the reading of an amendment that
has been printed in the bill or resolution as reported by a
committee, or an amendment that a Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner has caused to be printed in the Con-
gressional Record. Such a motion shall be decided without de-
bate.
Closing debate
8. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) at any time after the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union has
begun five-minute debate on amendments to any portion of
a bill or resolution, it shall be in order to move that the Com-
mittee of the Whole close all debate on that portion of the
bill or resolution or on the pending amendments only. Such
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a motion shall be decided without debate. The adoption of
such a motion does not preclude further amendment, to be
decided without debate.
(b) If the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union closes debate on any portion of a bill or resolu-
tion before there has been debate on an amendment that a
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has caused to
be printed in the Congressional Record at least one day be-
fore its consideration, the Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner who caused the amendment to be printed in
the Record shall be allowed five minutes to explain it, after
which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who
shall first obtain the floor shall be allowed five minutes to
speak in opposition to it. There shall be no further debate
thereon.
(c) Material submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record under this rule shall indicate the full text of the pro-
posed amendment, the name of the Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner proposing it, the number of the bill
or resolution to which it will be offered, and the point in the
bill or resolution or amendment thereto where the amendment
is intended to be offered. The amendment shall appear in a
portion of the Record designated for that purpose. Amend-
ments to a specified measure submitted for printing in that
portion of the Record shall be numbered in the order printed.
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Striking the enacting clause
9. A motion that the Committee of the Whole House on
the state of the Union rise and report a bill or resolution to
the House with the recommendation that the enacting or re-
solving clause be stricken shall have precedence of a motion
to amend, and, if carried in the House, shall constitute a re-
jection of the bill or resolution. Whenever a bill or resolution
is reported from the Committee of the Whole with such ad-
verse recommendation and the recommendation is rejected by
the House, the bill or resolution shall stand recommitted to
the Committee of the Whole without further action by the
House. Before the question of concurrence is submitted, it
shall be in order to move that the House refer the bill or res-
olution to a committee, with or without instructions. If a bill
or resolution is so referred, then when it is again reported to
the House it shall be referred to the Committee of the Whole
without debate.
Concurrent resolution on the budget
10. (a) At the conclusion of general debate in the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on a
concurrent resolution on the budget under section 305(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the concurrent resolu-
tion shall be considered as read for amendment.
(b) It shall not be in order in the House or in the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to con-
sider an amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget,
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or an amendment thereto, unless the concurrent resolution,
as amended by such amendment or amendments—
(1) would be mathematically consistent except as
limited by paragraph (c); and
(2) would contain all the matter set forth in para-
graphs (1) through (5) of section 301(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
(c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall
not be in order in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union to consider an
amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget, or an
amendment thereto, that proposes to change the amount of
the appropriate level of the public debt set forth in the con-
current resolution, as reported.
(2) Amendments to achieve mathematical consistency
under section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, if offered by direction of the Committee on the Budget,
may propose to adjust the amount of the appropriate level of
the public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution, as re-
ported, to reflect changes made in other figures contained in
the concurrent resolution.
Unfunded mandates
11. (a) In the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union, an amendment proposing only to strike
an unfunded mandate from the portion of the bill then open
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to amendment, if otherwise in order, may be precluded from
consideration only by specific terms of a special order of the
House.
(b) In this clause the term ‘‘unfunded mandate’’ means
a Federal intergovernmental mandate the direct costs of
which exceed the threshold otherwise specified for a reported
bill or joint resolution in section 424(a)(1) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
Applicability of Rules of the House
12. The Rules of the House are the rules of the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the state of the Union so far as
applicable.
RULE XIX.
MOTIONS FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT STAGE.
Previous question
1. (a) There shall be a motion for the previous question,
which, being ordered, shall have the effect of cutting off all
debate and bringing the House to a direct vote on the imme-
diate question or questions on which it has been ordered.
Whenever the previous question has been ordered on an oth-
erwise debatable question on which there has been no debate,
it shall be in order to debate that question for 40 minutes,
equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the question
and an opponent. The previous question may be moved and
ordered on a single question, on a series of questions allow-
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able under the rules, or on an amendment or amendments,
or may embrace all authorized motions or amendments and
include the bill or resolution to its passage, adoption, or re-
jection.
(b) Incidental questions of order arising during the
pendency of a motion for the previous question shall be de-
cided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Recommit
2. (a) After the previous question has been ordered on
passage or adoption of a measure, or pending a motion to
that end, it shall be in order to move that the House recom-
mit (or commit, as the case may be) the measure, with or
without instructions, to a standing or select committee. For
such a motion to recommit, the Speaker shall give preference
in recognition to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner who is opposed to the measure.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if a motion that
the House recommit a bill or joint resolution on which the
previous question has been ordered to passage includes in-
structions, it shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally di-
vided between the proponent and an opponent.
(c) On demand of the floor manager for the majority, it
shall be in order to debate the motion for one hour equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.
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Reconsideration
3. When a motion has been carried or lost, it shall be
in order on the same or succeeding day for a Member on the
prevailing side of the question to enter a motion for the re-
consideration thereof. The entry of such a motion shall take
precedence over all other questions except the consideration
of a conference report or a motion to adjourn, and may not
be withdrawn after such succeeding day without the consent
of the House. Once entered, a motion may be called up for
consideration by any Member. During the last six days of a
session of Congress, such a motion shall be disposed of when
entered.
4. A bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a
committee, or reported therefrom for printing and recommit-
ment, may not be brought back to the House on a motion
to reconsider.
RULE XX.
VOTING AND QUORUM CALLS.
1. (a) The House shall divide after the Speaker has put
a question to a vote by voice as provided in clause 6 of rule
I if the Speaker is in doubt or division is demanded. Those
in favor of the question shall first rise from their seats to be
counted, and then those opposed.
(b) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
requests a recorded vote, and that request is supported by at
least one-fifth of a quorum, the vote shall be taken by elec-
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tronic device unless the Speaker invokes another procedure
for recording votes provided in this rule. A recorded vote
taken in the House under this paragraph shall be considered
a vote by the yeas and nays.
(c) In case of a tie vote, a question shall be lost.
2. (a) Unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the Clerk
shall conduct a record vote or quorum call by electronic de-
vice. In such a case the Clerk shall enter on the Journal and
publish in the Congressional Record, in alphabetical order in
each category, the names of Members recorded as voting in
the affirmative, the names of Members recorded as voting in
the negative, and the names of Members answering present
as if they had been called in the manner provided in clause
3. Except as otherwise permitted under clause 9 or 10 of this
rule or under clause 6 of rule XVIII, the minimum time for
a record vote or quorum call by electronic device shall be 15
minutes.
(b) When the electronic voting system is inoperable or is
not used, the Speaker or Chairman may direct the Clerk to
conduct a record vote or quorum call as provided in clause
3 or 4.
3. The Speaker may direct the Clerk to conduct a record
vote or quorum call by call of the roll. In such a case the
Clerk shall call the names of Members, alphabetically by sur-
name. When two or more have the same surname, the name
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of the State (and, if necessary to distinguish among Members
from the same State, the given names of the Members) shall
be added. After the roll has been called once, the Clerk shall
call the names of those not recorded, alphabetically by sur-
name. Members appearing after the second call, but before
the result is announced, may vote or announce a pair.
4. (a) The Speaker may direct a record vote or quorum
call to be conducted by tellers. In such a case the tellers
named by the Speaker shall record the names of the Members
voting on each side of the question or record their presence,
as the case may be, which the Clerk shall enter on the Jour-
nal and publish in the Congressional Record. Absentees shall
be noted, but the doors may not be closed except when or-
dered by the Speaker. The minimum time for a record vote
or quorum call by tellers shall be 15 minutes.
(b) On the demand of a Member, or at the suggestion
of the Speaker, the names of Members sufficient to make a
quorum in the Hall of the House who do not vote shall be
noted by the Clerk, entered on the Journal, reported to the
Speaker with the names of the Members voting, and be
counted and announced in determining the presence of a
quorum to do business.
5. (a) In the absence of a quorum, a majority comprising
at least 15 Members, which may include the Speaker, may
compel the attendance of absent Members.
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(b) Subject to clause 7(b) a majority of those present
may order the Sergeant-at-Arms to send officers appointed by
him to arrest those Members for whom no sufficient excuse
is made and shall secure and retain their attendance. The
House shall determine on what condition they shall be dis-
charged. Unless the House otherwise directs, the Members
who voluntarily appear shall be admitted immediately to the
Hall of the House and shall report their names to the Clerk
to be entered on the Journal as present.
6. (a) When a quorum fails to vote on a question, a
quorum is not present, and objection is made for that cause
(unless the House shall adjourn)—
(1) there shall be a call of the House;
(2) the Sergeant-at-Arms shall proceed forthwith to
bring in absent Members; and
(3) the yeas and nays on the pending question shall
at the same time be considered as ordered.
(b) The Clerk shall record Members by the yeas and
nays on the pending question, using such procedure as the
Speaker may invoke under clause 2, 3, or 4. Each Member
arrested under this clause shall be brought by the Sergeant-
at-Arms before the House, whereupon he shall be noted as
present, discharged from arrest, and given an opportunity to
vote; and his vote shall be recorded. If those voting on the
question and those who are present and decline to vote to-
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gether make a majority of the House, the Speaker shall de-
clare that a quorum is constituted, and the pending question
shall be decided as the requisite majority of those voting shall
have determined. Thereupon further proceedings under the
call shall be considered as dispensed with.
(c) At any time after Members have had the requisite
opportunity to respond by the yeas and nays, but before a re-
sult has been announced, the Speaker may entertain a motion
that the House adjourn if seconded by a majority of those
present, to be ascertained by actual count by the Speaker. If
the House adjourns on such a motion, all proceedings under
this clause shall be considered as vacated.
7. (a) The Speaker may not entertain a point of order
that a quorum is not present unless a question has been put
to a vote.
(b) Subject to paragraph (c) the Speaker may recognize
a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to move a
call of the House at any time. When a quorum is established
pursuant to a call of the House, further proceedings under
the call shall be considered as dispensed with unless the
Speaker recognizes for a motion to compel attendance of
Members under clause 5(b).
(c) A call of the House shall not be in order after the
previous question is ordered unless the Speaker determines by
actual count that a quorum is not present.
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Postponement of proceedings
8. (a)(1) When a recorded vote is ordered, or the yeas
and nays are ordered, or a vote is objected to under clause
6 on any of the questions specified in subparagraph (2), the
Speaker may postpone further proceedings on that question
to a designated place in the legislative schedule on that legis-
lative day (in the case of the question of agreeing to the
Speaker’s approval of the Journal) or within two legislative
days (in the case of any other question).
(2) The questions described in the subparagraph (1) are
as follows:
(A) The question of passing a bill or joint resolu-
tion.
(B) The question of adopting a resolution or con-
current resolution.
(C) The question of agreeing to a motion to instruct
managers on the part of the House (except that proceed-
ings may not resume on such a motion under clause 7(c)
of rule XXII if the managers have filed a report in the
House).
(D) The question of agreeing to a conference re-
port.
(E) The question of agreeing to a motion to recom-
mit a bill considered under clause 6 of rule XV.
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(F) The question of ordering the previous question
on a question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), (D),
or (E).
(G) The question of agreeing to an amendment to
a bill considered under clause 6 of rule XV.
(H) The question of agreeing to a motion to sus-
pend the rules.
(b) At the time designated by the Speaker for further
proceedings on questions postponed under paragraph (a), the
Speaker shall resume proceedings on each postponed question
in the order in which it was considered.
(c) The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the mini-
mum time for electronic voting on a question postponed
under this clause, or on a question incidental thereto, that
follows another electronic vote without intervening business,
so long as the minimum time for electronic voting on the first
in any series of questions is 15 minutes.
(d) If the House adjourns on a legislative day designated
for further proceedings on questions postponed under this
clause without disposing of such questions, then on the next
legislative day the unfinished business is the disposition of
such questions in the order in which they were considered.
Five-minute votes
9. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting—
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(a) after a record vote on a motion for the previous
question, on any underlying question that follows with-
out intervening business, or on a question incidental
thereto;
(b) after a record vote on an amendment reported
from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union, on any subsequent amendment to that bill or
resolution reported from the Committee of the Whole, or
on a question incidental thereto;
(c) after a record vote on a motion to recommit a
bill, resolution, or conference report, on the question of
passage or adoption, as the case may be, of such bill,
resolution, or conference report, or on a question inci-
dental thereto, if the question of passage or adoption fol-
lows without intervening business the vote on the motion
to recommit; or
(d) as provided in clause 6(b)(3) of rule XVIII,
clause 6(f) of rule XVIII, or clause 8 of this rule.
Automatic yeas and nays
10. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered
when the Speaker puts the question on passage of a bill or
joint resolution, or on adoption of a conference report, mak-
ing general appropriations, or increasing Federal income tax
rates (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI), or on
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final adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget or
conference report thereon.
Ballot votes
11. In a case of ballot for election, a majority of the
votes shall be necessary to an election. When there is not
such a majority on the first ballot, the process shall be re-
peated until a majority is obtained. In all balloting blanks
shall be rejected, may not be counted in the enumeration of
votes, and may not be reported by the tellers.
RULE XXI.
RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN BILLS.
Reservation of certain points of order
1. At the time a general appropriation bill is reported,
all points of order against provisions therein shall be consid-
ered as reserved.
General appropriation bills and amendments
2. (a)(1) An appropriation may not be reported in a gen-
eral appropriation bill, and may not be in order as an amend-
ment thereto, for an expenditure not previously authorized by
law, except to continue appropriations for public works and
objects that are already in progress.
(2) A reappropriation of unexpended balances of appro-
priations may not be reported in a general appropriation bill,
and may not be in order as an amendment thereto, except to
continue appropriations for public works and objects that are
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already in progress. This subparagraph does not apply to
transfers of unexpended balances within the department or
agency for which they were originally appropriated that are
reported by the Committee on Appropriations.
(b) A provision changing existing law may not be re-
ported in a general appropriation bill, including a provision
making the availability of funds contingent on the receipt or
possession of information not required by existing law for the
period of the appropriation, except germane provisions that
retrench expenditures by the reduction of amounts of money
covered by the bill (which may include those recommended to
the Committee on Appropriations by direction of a legislative
committee having jurisdiction over the subject matter) and
except rescissions of appropriations contained in appropria-
tion Acts.
(c) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall
not be in order if changing existing law, including an amend-
ment making the availability of funds contingent on the re-
ceipt or possession of information not required by existing
law for the period of the appropriation. Except as provided
in paragraph (d), an amendment proposing a limitation not
specifically contained or authorized in existing law for the pe-
riod of the limitation shall not be in order during consider-
ation of a general appropriation bill.
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(d) After a general appropriation bill has been read for
amendment, a motion that the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union rise and report the bill to
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted
shall, if offered by the Majority Leader or a designee, have
precedence over motions to amend the bill. If such a motion
to rise and report is rejected or not offered, amendments pro-
posing limitations not specifically contained or authorized in
existing law for the period of the limitation or proposing ger-
mane amendments that retrench expenditures by reductions
of amounts of money covered by the bill may be considered.
(e) A provision other than an appropriation designated
an emergency under section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, a
rescission of budget authority, or a reduction in direct spend-
ing or an amount for a designated emergency may not be re-
ported in an appropriation bill or joint resolution containing
an emergency designation under section 251(b)(2) or section
252(e) of such Act and may not be in order as an amend-
ment thereto.
(f) During the reading of an 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 among
objects in the bill without increasing the levels of budget au-
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thority or outlays in the bill. When considered en bloc under
this paragraph, such amendments may amend portions of the
bill not yet read for amendment (following disposition of any
points of order against such portions) and is not subject to
a demand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole.
Transportation obligation limitations
3. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, or conference report that would cause obli-
gation limitations to be below the level for any fiscal year set
forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century, as adjusted, for the highway category or
the mass transit category, as applicable.
Appropriations on legislative bills
4. A bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation
may not be reported by a committee not having jurisdiction
to report appropriations, and an amendment proposing an
appropriation shall not be in order during the consideration
of a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not hav-
ing that jurisdiction. A point of order against an appropria-
tion in such a bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto
may be raised at any time during pendency of that measure
for amendment.
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Tax and tariff measures and amendments
5. (a) A bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff
measure may not be reported by a committee not having ju-
risdiction to report tax or tariff measures, and an amendment
in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying a tax or tar-
iff measure shall not be in order during the consideration of
a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not having
that jurisdiction. A point of order against a tax or tariff
measure in such a bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto
may be raised at any time during pendency of that measure
for amendment.
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
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.
Consideration of retroactive tax rate increases
(c) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, or conference report carrying a retroactive
Federal income tax rate increase. In this paragraph—
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(1) the term ‘‘Federal income tax rate increase’’
means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or
(e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new per-
centage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the
amount of tax imposed by any such section; and
(2) a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive
if it applies to a period beginning before the enactment
of the provision.
RULE XXII.
HOUSE AND SENATE RELATIONS.
Senate amendments
1. A motion to disagree to Senate amendments to a
House bill or resolution and to request or agree to a con-
ference with the Senate, or a motion to insist on House
amendments to a Senate bill or resolution and to request or
agree to a conference with the Senate, shall be privileged in
the discretion of the Speaker if offered by direction of the
primary committee and of all reporting committees that had
initial referral of the bill or resolution.
2. A motion to dispose of House bills with Senate
amendments not requiring consideration in the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union shall be privi-
leged.
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3. Except as permitted by clause 1, before the stage of
disagreement, a Senate amendment to a House bill or resolu-
tion shall be subject to the point of order that it must first
be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union if, originating in the House, it would be
subject to such a point under clause 3 of rule XVIII.
4. When the stage of disagreement has been reached on
a bill or resolution with House or Senate amendments, a mo-
tion to dispose of any amendment shall be privileged.
5. (a) Managers on the part of the House may not agree
to a Senate amendment described in paragraph (b) unless
specific authority to agree to the amendment first is given by
the House by a separate vote with respect thereto. If specific
authority is not granted, the Senate amendment shall be re-
ported in disagreement by the conference committee back to
the two Houses for disposition by separate motion.
(b) The managers on the part of the House may not
agree to a Senate amendment described in paragraph (a)
that—
(1) would violate clause 2(a)(1) or (c) of rule XXI
if originating in the House; or
(2) proposes an appropriation on a bill other than
a general appropriation bill.
6. A Senate amendment carrying a tax or tariff measure
in violation of clause 5(a) of rule XXI may not be agreed to.
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Conference reports; amendments reported in disagree-
ment
7. (a) The presentation of a conference report shall be
in order at any time except during a reading of the Journal
or the conduct of a record vote, a vote by division, or a
quorum call.
(b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) the time allotted for
debate on a motion to instruct managers on the part of the
House shall be equally divided between the majority and mi-
nority parties.
(2) If the proponent of a motion to instruct managers
on the part of the House and the Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner of the other party identified under sub-
paragraph (1) both support the motion, one-third of the time
for debate thereon shall be allotted to a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner who opposes the motion on de-
mand of that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
(c)(1) A motion to instruct managers on the part of the
House, or a motion to discharge all managers on the part of
the House and to appoint new conferees, shall be privileged—
(A) after a conference committee has been ap-
pointed for 20 calendar days without making a report;
and
(B) on the first legislative day after the calendar
day on which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
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missioner offering the motion announces to the House
his intention to do so and the form of the motion.
(2) The Speaker may designate a time in the legislative
schedule on that legislative day for consideration of a motion
described in subparagraph (1).
(3) During the last six days of a session of Congress, the
period of time specified in subparagraph (1)(A) shall be 36
hours.
(d) Each conference report to the House shall be printed
as a report of the House. Each such report shall be accom-
panied by a joint explanatory statement prepared jointly by
the managers on the part of the House and the managers on
the part of the Senate. The joint explanatory statement shall
be sufficiently detailed and explicit to inform the House of
the effects of the report on the matters committed to con-
ference.
8. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it
shall not be in order to consider a conference report until—
(A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in
session on such a day) on which the conference report
and the accompanying joint explanatory statement have
been available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident
Commissioner in the Congressional Record; and
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(B) copies of the conference report and the accom-
panying joint explanatory statement have been available
to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner
for at least two hours.
(2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last
six days of a session of Congress.
(b)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall
not be in order to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate
amendment reported in disagreement by a conference com-
mittee until—
(A) the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in
session on such a day) on which the report in disagree-
ment and any accompanying statement have been avail-
able to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commis-
sioner in the Congressional Record; and
(B) copies of the report in disagreement and any
accompanying statement, together with the text of the
Senate amendment, have been available to Members,
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for at least
two hours.
(2) Subparagraph (1)(A) does not apply during the last
six days of a session of Congress.
(3) During consideration of a Senate amendment re-
ported in disagreement by a conference committee on a gen-
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eral appropriation bill, a motion to insist on disagreement to
the Senate amendment shall be preferential to any other mo-
tion to dispose of that amendment if the original motion of-
fered by the floor manager proposes to change existing law
and the motion to insist is offered before debate on the origi-
nal motion by the chairman of the committee having jurisdic-
tion of the subject matter of the amendment or a designee.
Such a preferential motion shall be separately debatable for
one hour equally divided between its proponent and the pro-
ponent of the original motion. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the preferential motion to its adop-
tion without intervening motion.
(c) A conference report or a Senate amendment reported
in disagreement by a conference committee that has been
available as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) shall be consid-
ered as read when called up.
(d)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the time allotted for
debate on a conference report or on a motion to dispose of
a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a con-
ference committee shall be equally divided between the major-
ity and minority parties.
(2) If the floor manager for the majority and the floor
manager for the minority both support the conference report
or motion, one-third of the time for debate thereon shall be
allotted to a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
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who opposes the conference report or motion on demand of
that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
(e) Under clause 6(a)(2) of rule XIII, a resolution pro-
posing only to waive a requirement of this clause concerning
the availability of reports to Members, Delegates, and the
Resident Commissioner may be considered by the House on
the same day it is reported by the Committee on Rules.
9. Whenever a disagreement to an amendment has been
committed to a conference committee, the managers on the
part of the House may propose a substitute that is a germane
modification of the matter in disagreement. The introduction
of any language presenting specific additional matter not
committed to the conference committee by either House does
not constitute a germane modification of the matter in dis-
agreement. Moreover, a conference report may not include
matter not committed to the conference committee by either
House and may not include a modification of specific matter
committed to the conference committee by either or both
Houses if that modification is beyond the scope of that spe-
cific matter as committed to the conference committee.
10. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may raise a point of order against nongermane matter,
as specified in subparagraph (2), before the commencement
of debate on—
(A) a conference report;
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(B) a motion that the House recede from its dis-
agreement to a Senate amendment reported in disagree-
ment by a conference committee and concur therein,
with or without amendment; or
(C) a motion that the House recede from its dis-
agreement to a Senate amendment on which the stage
of disagreement has been reached and concur therein,
with or without amendment.
(2) A point of order against nongermane matter is one
asserting that a proposition described in subparagraph (1)
contains specified matter that would violate clause 7 of rule
XVI if it were offered in the House as an amendment to the
underlying measure in the form it was passed by the House.
(b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained,
a motion that the House reject the nongermane matter iden-
tified by the point of order shall be privileged. Such a motion
is debatable for 40 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion
and one-half in opposition thereto.
(c) After disposition of a point of order under paragraph
(a) or a motion to reject under paragraph (b), any further
points of order under paragraph (a) not covered by a previous
point of order, and any consequent motions to reject under
paragraph (b), shall be likewise disposed of.
(d)(1) If a motion to reject under paragraph (b) is
adopted, then after disposition of all points of order under
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paragraph (a) and any consequent motions to reject under
paragraph (b), the conference report or motion, as the case
may be, shall be considered as rejected and the matter re-
maining in disagreement shall be disposed of under subpara-
graph (2) or (3), as the case may be.
(2) After the House has adopted one or more motions
to reject nongermane matter contained in a conference report
under the preceding provisions of this clause—
(A) if the conference report accompanied a House
measure amended by the Senate, the pending question
shall be whether the House shall recede and concur in
the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting of
so much of the conference report as was not rejected;
and
(B) if the conference report accompanied a Senate
measure amended by the House, the pending question
shall be whether the House shall insist further on the
House amendment.
(3) After the House has adopted one or more motions
to reject nongermane matter contained in a motion that the
House recede and concur in a Senate amendment, with or
without amendment, the following motions shall be privileged
and shall have precedence in the order stated:
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(A) A motion that the House recede and concur in
the Senate amendment with an amendment in writing
then available on the floor.
(B) A motion that the House insist on its disagree-
ment to the Senate amendment and request a further
conference with the Senate.
(C) A motion that the House insist on its disagree-
ment to the Senate amendment.
(e) If, on a division of the question on a motion de-
scribed in paragraph (a)(1)(B) or (C), the House agrees to
recede, then a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
may raise a point of order against nongermane matter, as
specified in paragraph (a)(2), before the commencement of
debate on concurring in the Senate amendment, with or with-
out amendment. A point of order under this paragraph shall
be disposed of according to the preceding provisions of this
clause in the same manner as a point of order under para-
graph (a).
11. It shall not be in order to consider a conference re-
port to accompany a bill or joint resolution that proposes to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless—
(a) the joint explanatory statement of the managers
includes a tax complexity analysis prepared by the Joint
Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation in accordance
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with section 4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Re-
structuring and Reform Act of 1998; or
(b) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means causes such a tax complexity analysis to be print-
ed in the Congressional Record before consideration of
the conference report.
12. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a meeting of
each conference committee shall be open to the public.
(2) In open session of the House, a motion that man-
agers on the part of the House be permitted to close to the
public a meeting or meetings of their conference committee
shall be privileged, shall be decided without debate, and shall
be decided by a record vote.
(b) A point of order that a conference committee failed
to comply with paragraph (a) may be raised immediately
after the conference report is read or considered as read. If
such a point of order is sustained, the conference report shall
be considered as rejected, the House shall be considered to
have insisted on its amendments or on disagreement to the
Senate amendments, as the case may be, and to have re-
quested a further conference with the Senate, and the Speak-
er may appoint new conferees without intervening motion.
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RULE XXIII.
STATUTORY LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT.
1. Upon adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution
on the budget under section 301 or 304 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 that sets forth, as the appropriate level
of the public debt for the period to which the concurrent reso-
lution relates, an amount that is different from the amount
of the statutory limit on the public debt that otherwise would
be in effect for that period, the Clerk shall prepare an en-
grossment of a joint resolution increasing or decreasing, as
the case may be, the statutory limit on the public debt in the
form prescribed in clause 2. Upon engrossment of the joint
resolution, the vote by which the concurrent resolution on the
budget was finally agreed to in the House shall also be con-
sidered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution in the
House, and the joint resolution shall be considered as passed
by the House and duly certified and examined. The engrossed
copy shall be signed by the Clerk and transmitted to the Sen-
ate for further legislative action.
2. The matter after the resolving clause in a joint resolu-
tion described in clause 1 shall be as follows: ‘‘That sub-
section (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in
such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$
’.’’, with
the blank being filled with a dollar limitation equal to the ap-
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propriate level of the public debt set forth pursuant to section
301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the
relevant concurrent resolution described in clause 1. If an
adopted concurrent resolution under clause 1 sets forth dif-
ferent appropriate levels of the public debt for separate peri-
ods, only one engrossed joint resolution shall be prepared
under clause 1; and the blank referred to in the preceding
sentence shall be filled with the limitation that is to apply for
each period.
3. (a) The report of the Committee on the Budget on
a concurrent resolution described in clause 1 and the joint ex-
planatory statement of the managers on a conference report
to accompany such a concurrent resolution each shall contain
a clear statement of the effect the eventual enactment of a
joint resolution engrossed under this rule would have on the
statutory limit on the public debt.
(b) It shall not be in order for the House to consider a
concurrent resolution described in clause 1, or a conference
report thereon, unless the report of the Committee on the
Budget or the joint explanatory statement of the managers
complies with paragraph (a).
4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting or
otherwise affecting—
(a) the power of the House or the Senate to con-
sider and pass bills or joint resolutions, without regard
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to the procedures under clause 1, that would change the
statutory limit on the public debt; or
(b) the rights of Members, Delegates, the Resident
Commissioner, or committees with respect to the intro-
duction, consideration, and reporting of such bills or
joint resolutions.
5. In this rule the term ‘‘statutory limit on the public
debt’’ means the maximum face amount of obligations issued
under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code,
and obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the
United States (except such guaranteed obligations as may be
held by the Secretary of the Treasury), as determined under
section 3101(b) of such title after the application of section
3101(a) of such title, that may be outstanding at any one
time.
RULE XXIV.
CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.
There is hereby established by and for the House the fol-
lowing code of conduct, to be known as the ‘‘Code of Official
Conduct’’:
1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House shall conduct himself at
all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the
House.
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2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House shall adhere to the spirit
and the letter of the Rules of the House and to the rules
of duly constituted committees thereof.
3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not receive com-
pensation and may not permit compensation to accrue to
his beneficial interest from any source, the receipt of
which would occur by virtue of influence improperly ex-
erted from his position in Congress.
4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not accept gifts ex-
cept as provided by clause 5 of rule XXVI.
5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not accept an hono-
rarium for a speech, a writing for publication, or other
similar activity, except as otherwise provided under rule
XXVI.
6. 
A 
Member, 
Delegate, 
or 
Resident
Commissioner—
(a) shall keep his campaign funds separate
from his personal funds;
(b) may not convert campaign funds to per-
sonal use in excess of an amount representing reim-
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bursement for legitimate and verifiable campaign
expenditures; and
(c) may not expend funds from his campaign
account that are not attributable to bona fide cam-
paign or political purposes.
7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
shall treat as campaign contributions all proceeds from
testimonial dinners or other fund-raising events.
8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
or officer of the House may not retain an employee who
does not perform duties for the offices of the employing
authority commensurate with the compensation he re-
ceives.
(b) In the case of a committee employee who works
under the direct supervision of a member of the commit-
tee other than a chairman, the chairman may require
that such member affirm in writing that the employee
has complied with clause 8(a) (subject to clause 7 of rule
X) as evidence of compliance by the chairman with this
clause and with clause 7 of rule X.
9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not discharge and
may not refuse to hire an individual, or otherwise dis-
criminate against an individual with respect to com-
pensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employ-
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ment, because of the race, color, religion, sex (including
marital or parental status), disability, age, or national
origin of such individual, but may take into consider-
ation the domicile or political affiliation of such individ-
ual.
10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
who has been convicted by a court of record for the com-
mission of a crime for which a sentence of two or more
years’ imprisonment may be imposed should refrain from
participation in the business of each committee of which
he is a member, and a Member should refrain from vot-
ing on any question at a meeting of the House or of the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union, unless or until judicial or executive proceedings
result in reinstatement of the presumption of his inno-
cence or until he is reelected to the House after the date
of such conviction.
11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
may not authorize or otherwise allow an individual,
group, or organization not under the direction and con-
trol of the House to use the words ‘‘Congress of the
United States,’’ ‘‘House of Representatives,’’ or ‘‘Official
Business,’’ or any combination of words thereof, on any
letterhead or envelope.
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12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an em-
ployee of the House who is required to file a report
under rule XXVII may not participate personally and
substantially as an employee of the House in a contact
with an agency of the executive or judicial branches of
Government with respect to nonlegislative matters affect-
ing any nongovernmental person in which the employee
has a significant financial interest.
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee
first advises his employing authority of a significant fi-
nancial interest described in paragraph (a) and obtains
from his employing authority a written waiver stating
that the participation of the employee in the activity de-
scribed in paragraph (a) is necessary. A copy of each
such waiver shall be filed with the Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct.
13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may have ac-
cess to classified information, the following oath (or af-
firmation) shall be executed:
‘‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not
disclose any classified information received in the
course of my service with the House of Representa-
tives, except as authorized by the House of Rep-
resentatives or in accordance with its Rules.’’
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Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be re-
tained by the Clerk as part of the records of the House.
14. (a) In this Code of Official Conduct, the term
‘‘officer or employee of the House’’ means an individual
whose compensation is disbursed by the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer.
(b) An individual whose services are compensated
by the House pursuant to a consultant contract shall be
considered an employee of the House for purposes of
clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 13 of this rule.
RULE XXV.
LIMITATIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL FUNDS.
Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts
1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may
not maintain, or have maintained for his use, an unofficial
office account. Funds may not be paid into an unofficial of-
fice account.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an
amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is paid into the House
Recording Studio revolving fund for telecommunications sat-
ellite services, the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may accept reimbursement from nonpolitical entities in
that amount for transmission to the Clerk for credit to the
Official Expenses Allowance.
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3. In this rule the term ‘‘unofficial office account’’
means an account or repository in which funds are received
for the purpose of defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses
allowable under section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 as ordinary and necessary in the operation of a con-
gressional office, and includes a newsletter fund referred to
in section 527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Limitations on use of the frank
4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall
mail franked mail under section 3210(d) of title 39, United
States Code at the most economical rate of postage prac-
ticable.
5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner shall submit a sample or descrip-
tion of the mail matter involved to the House Commission on
Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as
to whether the proposed mailing is in compliance with appli-
cable provisions of law, rule, or regulation.
6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a Mem-
ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner under the provisions
of section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, is not
frankable unless the cost of preparing and printing it is de-
frayed exclusively from funds made available in an appropria-
tion Act.
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7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may
not send a mass mailing outside the congressional district
from which he was elected.
8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner, a mass mailing is not frankable under section
3210 of title 39, United States Code, when it is postmarked
less than 60 days before the date of a primary or general
election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which he is
a candidate for public office. If the mail matter is of a type
that is not customarily postmarked, the date on which it
would have been postmarked, if it were of a type customarily
postmarked, applies.
9. In this rule the term ‘‘mass mailing’’ means, with re-
spect to a session of Congress, a mailing of newsletters or
other pieces of mail with substantially identical content
(whether such pieces of mail are deposited singly or in bulk,
or at the same time or different times), totaling more than
500 pieces of mail in that session, except that such term does
not include a mailing—
(a) of matter in direct response to a communication
from a person to whom the matter is mailed;
(b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner to other Members, Delegates, the Resident Com-
missioner, or Senators, or to Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment officials; or
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(c) of a news release to the communications media.
Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to suc-
ceeding Congress
10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in
clause 1(i)(1) of rule X, including funds from committee ex-
pense resolutions, and funds in any local currencies owned by
the United States may not be made available for travel by a
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator after
the date of a general election in which he was not elected to
the succeeding Congress or, in the case of a Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner who is not a candidate in a
general election, after the earlier of the date of such general
election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular ses-
sion of the Congress.
RULE XXVI.
LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.
Outside earned income; honoraria
1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House may not—
(1) have outside earned income attributable to a
calendar year that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate
of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under
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section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as of Janu-
ary 1 of that calendar year; or
(2) receive any honorarium, except that an officer
or employee of the House who is paid at a rate less than
120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-
15 of the General Schedule may receive an honorarium
unless the subject matter is directly related to the offi-
cial duties of the individual, the payment is made be-
cause of the status of the individual with the House, or
the person offering the honorarium has interests that
may be substantially affected by the performance or non-
performance of the official duties of the individual.
(b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House, such individual may not have outside earned income
attributable to the portion of a calendar year that occurs
after such individual becomes a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee that exceeds 15 percent
of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code,
as of January 1 of that calendar year multiplied by a frac-
tion, the numerator of which is the number of days the indi-
vidual is a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee during that calendar year and the denomina-
tor of which is 365.
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(c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made to
a charitable organization on behalf of a Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House
may not be received by that Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee. Such a payment may not
exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from
which the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent
relative of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee, derives a financial benefit.
2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee of the House may not—
(a) receive compensation for affiliating with or
being employed by a firm, partnership, association, cor-
poration, or other entity that provides professional serv-
ices involving a fiduciary relationship;
(b) permit his name to be used by such a firm,
partnership, association, corporation, or other entity;
(c) receive compensation for practicing a profession
that involves a fiduciary relationship;
(d) serve for compensation as an officer or member
of the board of an association, corporation, or other en-
tity; or
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(e) receive compensation for teaching, without the
prior notification and approval of the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct.
Copyright royalties
3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House may not receive an advance
payment on copyright royalties. This paragraph does not pro-
hibit a literary agent, researcher, or other individual (other
than an individual employed by the House or a relative of a
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee) working on behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee with respect to a publica-
tion from receiving an advance payment of a copyright roy-
alty directly from a publisher and solely for the benefit of
that literary agent, researcher, or other individual.
(b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee of the House may not receive copyright royalties
under a contract entered into on or after January 1, 1996,
unless that contract is first approved by the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct as complying with the require-
ment of clause 4(d)(1)(E) (that royalties are received from an
established publisher under usual and customary contractual
terms).
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Definitions
4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subpara-
graph (2), the term ‘‘officer or employee of the House’’
means an individual (other than a Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal to or
greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay
for GS-15 of the General Schedule, and who is so employed
for more than 90 days in a calendar year; and
(2) when used with respect to an honorarium, the term
‘‘officer or employee of the House’’ means an individual
(other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner)
whose salary is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer.
(b) In this rule the term ‘‘honorarium’’ means a pay-
ment of money or a thing of value for an appearance, speech,
or article (including a series of appearances, speeches, or arti-
cles) by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee of the House, excluding any actual and necessary
travel expenses incurred by that Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee (and one relative) to the
extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any
other person. The amount otherwise determined shall be re-
duced by the amount of any such expenses to the extent that
such expenses are not so paid or reimbursed.
(c) In this rule the term ‘‘travel expenses’’ means, with
respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
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cer or, employee of the House, or a relative of such Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, the
cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals
while away from his residence or principal place of employ-
ment.
(d)(1) In this rule the term ‘‘outside earned income’’
means, with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Com-
missioner, officer, or employee of the House, wages, salaries,
fees, and other amounts received or to be received as com-
pensation for personal services actually rendered, but does
not include —
(A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee;
(B) any compensation derived by a Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House for personal services actually rendered before the
adoption of this rule or before he became a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee;
(C) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of
the House to a tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing, or
stock bonus plan and received by him from such a plan;
(D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House engaged
in a trade or business in which he or his family holds
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a controlling interest and in which both personal services
and capital are income-producing factors, any amount
received by the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee, so long as the personal serv-
ices actually rendered by him in the trade or business do
not generate a significant amount of income; or
(E) copyright royalties received from established
publishers under usual and customary contractual terms;
and
(2) outside earned income shall be determined without
regard to community property law.
(e) In this rule the term ‘‘charitable organization’’
means an organization described in section 170(c) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986.
Gifts
5. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House may not knowingly accept
a gift except as provided in this clause.
(2)(A) In this clause the term ‘‘gift’’ means a gratuity,
favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance,
or other item having monetary value. The term includes gifts
of services, training, transportation, lodging, and meals,
whether provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment
in advance, or reimbursement after the expense has been in-
curred.
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(B)(i) A gift to a family member of a Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, or
a gift to any other individual based on that individual’s rela-
tionship with the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee, shall be considered a gift to the Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee if it is
given with the knowledge and acquiescence of the Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee and
the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee has reason to believe the gift was given because of
his official position.
(ii) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time
and place to both a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House and the spouse or
dependent thereof, only the food or refreshment provided to
the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee shall be treated as a gift for purposes of this clause.
(3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not apply to
the following:
(A) Anything for which the Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House pays the market value, or does not use and
promptly returns to the donor.
(B) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
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431 et seq.) that is lawfully made under that Act, a law-
ful contribution for election to a State or local govern-
ment office, or attendance at a fundraising event spon-
sored by a political organization described in section
527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(C) A gift from a relative as described in section
109(16) of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 (2 U.S.C. App. 109(16)).
(D)(i) Anything provided by an individual on the
basis of a personal friendship unless the Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House has reason to believe that, under the cir-
cumstances, the gift was provided because of his official
position and not because of the personal friendship.
(ii) In determining whether a gift is provided on the
basis of personal friendship, the Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House
shall consider the circumstances under which the gift
was offered, such as:
(I) The history of his relationship with the in-
dividual giving the gift, including any previous ex-
change of gifts between them.
(II) Whether to his actual knowledge the indi-
vidual who gave the gift personally paid for the gift
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or sought a tax deduction or business reimburse-
ment for the gift.
(III) Whether to his actual knowledge the indi-
vidual who gave the gift also gave the same or simi-
lar gifts to other Members, Delegates, the Resident
Commissioners, officers, or employees of the House.
(E) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3), a con-
tribution or other payment to a legal expense fund estab-
lished for the benefit of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House that is
otherwise lawfully made in accordance with the restric-
tions and disclosure requirements of the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct.
(F) A gift from another Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House or
Senate.
(G) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation,
and other benefits—
(i) resulting from the outside business or em-
ployment activities of the Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House (or other outside activities that are not con-
nected to his duties as an officeholder), or of his
spouse, if such benefits have not been offered or en-
hanced because of his official position and are cus-
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tomarily 
provided 
to 
others 
in 
similar 
cir-
cumstances;
(ii) customarily provided by a prospective em-
ployer in connection with bona fide employment dis-
cussions; or
(iii) provided by a political organization de-
scribed in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 in connection with a fundraising or
campaign event sponsored by such organization.
(H) Pension and other benefits resulting from con-
tinued participation in an employee welfare and benefits
plan maintained by a former employer.
(I) Informational materials that are sent to the of-
fice of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House in the form of books,
articles, periodicals, other written materials, audiotapes,
videotapes, or other forms of communication.
(J) Awards or prizes that are given to competitors
in contests or events open to the public, including ran-
dom drawings.
(K) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food,
refreshments, and entertainment) and other bona fide,
nonmonetary awards presented in recognition of public
service (and associated food, refreshments, and enter-
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tainment provided in the presentation of such degrees
and awards).
(L) Training (including food and refreshments fur-
nished to all attendees as an integral part of the train-
ing) if such training is in the interest of the House.
(M) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at
death.
(N) An item, the receipt of which is authorized by
the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act, or any other stat-
ute.
(O) Anything that is paid for by the Federal Gov-
ernment, by a State or local government, or secured by
the Government under a Government contract.
(P) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in sec-
tion 109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) of an in-
dividual other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a
foreign principal.
(Q) Free attendance at a widely attended event per-
mitted under subparagraph (4).
(R) Opportunities and benefits that are—
(i) available to the public or to a class consist-
ing of all Federal employees, whether or not re-
stricted on the basis of geographic consideration;
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(ii) offered to members of a group or class in
which membership is unrelated to congressional em-
ployment;
(iii) offered to members of an organization,
such as an employees’ association or congressional
credit union, in which membership is related to con-
gressional employment and similar opportunities are
available to large segments of the public through or-
ganizations of similar size;
(iv) offered to a group or class that is not de-
fined in a manner that specifically discriminates
among Government employees on the basis of
branch of Government or type of responsibility, or
on a basis that favors those of higher rank or rate
of pay;
(v) in the form of loans from banks and other
financial institutions on terms generally available to
the public; or
(vi) in the form of reduced membership or
other fees for participation in organization activities
offered to all Government employees by professional
organizations if the only restrictions on membership
relate to professional qualifications.
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(S) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substan-
tially commemorative in nature and that is intended for
presentation.
(T) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiv-
er is granted by the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct.
(U) Food or refreshments of a nominal value of-
fered other than as a part of a meal.
(V) Donations of products from the district or State
that the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
represents that are intended primarily for promotional
purposes, such as display or free distribution, and are of
minimal value to any single recipient.
(W) An item of nominal value such as a greeting
card, baseball cap, or a T-shirt.
(4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may accept an offer of free
attendance at a widely attended convention, conference, sym-
posium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, viewing, reception,
or similar event, provided by the sponsor of the event, if—
(i) the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House participates in the
event as a speaker or a panel participant, by presenting
information related to Congress or matters before Con-
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gress, or by performing a ceremonial function appro-
priate to his official position; or
(ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to the
performance of the official duties or representative func-
tion of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House.
(B) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House who attends an event described
in subdivision (A) may accept a sponsor’s unsolicited offer of
free attendance at the event for an accompanying individual.
(C) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House, or the spouse or dependent
thereof, may accept a sponsor’s unsolicited offer of free at-
tendance at a charity event, except that reimbursement for
transportation and lodging may not be accepted in connection
with the event.
(D) In this paragraph the term ‘‘free attendance’’ may
include waiver of all or part of a conference or other fee, the
provision of local transportation, or the provision of food, re-
freshments, entertainment, and instructional materials fur-
nished to all attendees as an integral part of the event. The
term does not include entertainment collateral to the event,
nor does it include food or refreshments taken other than in
a group setting with all or substantially all other attendees.
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(5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee of the House may not accept a gift the value of
which exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal friendship
exception in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct issues a written determination
that such exception applies. A determination under this sub-
paragraph is not required for gifts given on the basis of the
family relationship exception in subparagraph (3)(C).
(6) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item
because it is perishable, the item may, at the discretion of the
recipient, be given to an appropriate charity or destroyed.
(b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in kind)
to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee of the House from a private source other than a
registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal for nec-
essary transportation, lodging, and related expenses for travel
to a meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or simi-
lar event in connection with his duties as an officeholder shall
be considered as a reimbursement to the House and not a
gift prohibited by this clause, if the Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commissioner, officer, or employee—
(i) in the case of an employee, receives advance au-
thorization, from the Member, Delegate, Resident Com-
missioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the
employee works, to accept reimbursement; and
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(ii) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be reim-
bursed and the authorization to the Clerk within 30 days
after the travel is completed.
(B) For purposes of subdivision (A), events, the activi-
ties of which are substantially recreational in nature, are not
considered to be in connection with the duties of a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House as an officeholder.
(2) Each advance authorization to accept reimbursement
shall be signed by the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, or officer of the House under whose direct supervision
the employee works and shall include—
(A) the name of the employee;
(B) the name of the person who will make the reim-
bursement;
(C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; and
(D) a determination that the travel is in connection
with the duties of the employee as an officeholder and
would not create the appearance that the employee is
using public office for private gain.
(3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph (1)(A) of
expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed by
the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer (in
the case of travel by that Member, Delegate, Resident Com-
missioner, or officer) or by the Member, Delegate, Resident
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Commissioner, or officer under whose direct supervision the
employee works (in the case of travel by an employee) and
shall include—
(A) a good faith estimate of total transportation ex-
penses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(B) a good faith estimate of total lodging expenses
reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(C) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses re-
imbursed or to be reimbursed;
(D) a good faith estimate of the total of other ex-
penses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(E) a determination that all such expenses are nec-
essary transportation, lodging, and related expenses as
defined in subparagraph (4); and
(F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer, a deter-
mination that the travel was in connection with his du-
ties as an officeholder and would not create the appear-
ance that the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, or officer is using public office for private gain.
(4) In this paragraph the term ‘‘necessary transpor-
tation, lodging, and related expenses’’—
(A) includes reasonable expenses that are necessary
for travel for a period not exceeding four days within the
United States or seven days exclusive of travel time out-
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side of the United States unless approved in advance by
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct;
(B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for trans-
portation, lodging, conference fees and materials, and
food and refreshments, including reimbursement for nec-
essary transportation, whether or not such transpor-
tation occurs within the periods described in subdivision
(A);
(C) does not include expenditures for recreational
activities, nor does it include entertainment other than
that provided to all attendees as an integral part of the
event, except for activities or entertainment otherwise
permissible under this clause; and
(D) may include travel expenses incurred on behalf
of either the spouse or a child of the Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.
(5) The Clerk shall make available to the public all ad-
vance authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement filed
under subparagraph (1) as soon as possible after they are re-
ceived.
(c) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the
following:
(1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist or an
agent of a foreign principal to an entity that is main-
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tained or controlled by a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.
(2) A charitable contribution (as defined in section
170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by
a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal
on the basis of a designation, recommendation, or other
specification of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House (not including
a mass mailing or other solicitation directed to a broad
category of persons or entities), other than a charitable
contribution permitted by paragraph (d).
(3) A contribution or other payment by a registered
lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal to a legal ex-
pense fund established for the benefit of a Member, Del-
egate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of
the House.
(4) A financial contribution or expenditure made by
a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal
relating to a conference, retreat, or similar event, spon-
sored by or affiliated with an official congressional orga-
nization, for or on behalf of Members, Delegates, the
Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of the
House.
(d)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section
170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a reg-
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istered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in lieu of
an honorarium to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House are not considered
a gift under this clause if it is reported as provided in sub-
paragraph (2).
(2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee who designates or recommends a contribution to
a charitable organization in lieu of an honorarium described
in subparagraph (1) shall report within 30 days after such
designation or recommendation to the Clerk—
(A) the name and address of the registered lobbyist
who is making the contribution in lieu of an honorarium;
(B) the date and amount of the contribution; and
(C) the name and address of the charitable organi-
zation designated or recommended by the Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner.
The Clerk shall make public information received under this
subparagraph as soon as possible after it is received.
(e) In this clause—
(1) the term ‘‘registered lobbyist’’ means a lobbyist
registered under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
or any successor statute; and
(2) the term ‘‘agent of a foreign principal’’ means
an agent of a foreign principal registered under the For-
eign Agents Registration Act.
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(f) All the provisions of this clause shall be interpreted
and enforced solely by the Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct is authorized to issue guidance on any matter contained
in this clause.
Claims against the Government
6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the
House, or continue in its employment, if he acts as an agent
for the prosecution of a claim against the Government or if
he is interested in such claim, except as an original claimant
or in the proper discharge of official duties.
RULE XXVII.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed with
the Clerk under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 within the seven-day period beginning on the date on
which the report is filed to the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall
compile all such reports sent to him by Members within the
period beginning on January 1 and ending on June 15 of
each year and have them printed as a House document,
which shall be made available to the public.
2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title
I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be consid-
ered Rules of the House as they pertain to Members, Dele-
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gates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of
the House.
RULE XXVIII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1. The provisions of law that constituted the Rules of
the House at the end of the previous Congress shall govern
the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and the
rules of parliamentary practice comprised by Jefferson’s
Manual shall govern the House in all cases to which they are
applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the
Rules and orders of the House.
2. In these rules words importing the masculine gender
include the feminine as well.
SEC. 2. SEPARATE ORDERS.
(a) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.—(1) Pending the adoption
by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 1999—
(A) the chairman of the Committee on the Budget,
when elected, shall publish in the Congressional Record
budget totals contemplated by section 301 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 and allocations con-
templated by section 302(a) of that Act for each of the
fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
(B) those totals and levels shall be effective in the
House as though established under a concurrent resolu-
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tion on the budget and sections 301 and 302 of that
Act; and
(C) the publication of those totals and levels shall
be considered as the completion of Congressional action
on a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
1999.
(2) Pending the adoption by the Congress of a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000, 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 appropria-
tions shall not be considered as providing new entitlement au-
thority within the meaning of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974.
(3) In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution con-
sidered 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.
(b) TENURE ON BUDGET COMMITTEE.—Notwithstand-
ing clause 5(a)(2)(B) of rule X, during the One Hundred
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Sixth Congress tenure on the Committee on the Budget shall
not be limited.
(c) STANDARDS COMMITTEE RULES.—Each provision of
House Resolution 168 of the One Hundred Fifth Congress
that was not executed as a change in the standing rules is
hereby reaffirmed for the One Hundred Sixth Congress.
(d) CENSUS SUBCOMMITTEE.—Notwithstanding clause
5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Sixth Congress the
Committee on Government Reform may have not more than
eight subcommittees.
(e) EXPLANATORY MATERIAL RELATING TO CODIFICA-
TION OF RULES.—Upon the adoption of this resolution, the
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees
may submit for inclusion in the Congressional Record as part
of the debate hereon such extraneous and tabular matter as
they may consider to constitute legislative history concerning
the codification of the standing rules.
(f) CONTINUATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Solely for the purpose of com-
pleting activities directly associated with the declassifica-
tion and public release of its report, the Select Commit-
tee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial
Concerns With the People’s Republic of China (hereafter
referred to as the ‘‘Select Committee’’), created by
House Resolution 463, One Hundred Fifth Congress,
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agreed to June 18, 1998 (hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Authorizing Resolution’’), may sit and act during the
One Hundred Sixth Congress at any time prior to April
1, 1999, as it may deem appropriate, without regard to
whether or not the House of Representatives is in ses-
sion at the time.
(2) CONTINUATION
OF
POWERS
AND
JURISDIC-
TION.—Solely for the purpose described in paragraph
(1), the Select Committee’s jurisdiction, and all other
powers, authorities, responsibilities, and procedures of
the Select Committee and of other Committees of the
House of Representatives, shall remain as set forth in
the Authorizing Resolution, except as follows:
(A) Section 10 of the Authorizing Resolution
shall not be continued.
(B) Sections 8 and 9 of the Authorizing Reso-
lution shall apply only to the enforcement of re-
quests for information which are issued prior to
January 3, 1999, and to issuing and enforcing re-
quests for information directly related to the declas-
sification and public release of the Select Commit-
tee’s report.
(3) DISPOSITION OF RECORDS.—In addition to the
powers and authorities extended under paragraph (2),
upon the termination of the Select Committee, all
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records of the Select Committee shall be transferred to
other committees of the House of Representatives, stored
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or other-
wise disposed of as the Select Committee may direct,
consistent with applicable rules and laws concerning
classified information.
(4) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Funds for the Select
Committee for carrying out activities under this sub-
section during the One Hundred Sixth Congress shall be
derived solely from amounts provided pursuant to the
Authorizing Resolution which remain unobligated and
unexpended as of the end of the One Hundred Fifth
Congress.
(g) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Sixth
Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through
H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the Speaker to
such bills as he may designate when introduced before March
1, 1999.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order
to consider in the House a resolution amending clause 5 of
rule XXVI, if offered by the Majority Leader or his designee.
The resolution shall be considered as read for amendment.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
resolution to final adoption without intervening motion or de-
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mand for division of the question except one hour of debate
equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the
Minority Leader or their designees.
Attest:
Clerk.