H. Res. 5 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 3, 2013. 
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, including appli-
cable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that con-
stituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 
Twelfth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of 
Representatives of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 
with amendments to the standing rules as provided in section 
2, and with other orders as provided in sections 3, 4, and 5. 
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES. 
(a) COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS.—In clause 1(d) of 
rule XI— 
(1) in subparagraph (1), strike ‘‘the 30th day after 
June 1 and December 1’’ and insert ‘‘January 2 of each 
year’’ and strike ‘‘semiannual’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (2)(B), insert ‘‘in each Con-
gress’’ after ‘‘first such report’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (3), strike ‘‘second or fourth 
semiannual’’.
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(b) VOTING.— 
(1) In clause 6 of rule XVIII— 
(A) in subparagraph (b)(3), strike ‘‘five min-
utes’’ and insert ‘‘not less than two minutes’’; and 
(B) amend paragraph (g) to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) The Chair may postpone a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment. The Chair may resume 
proceedings on a postponed request at any time. The 
Chair may reduce to not less than two minutes the min-
imum time for electronic voting— 
‘‘(1) on any postponed question that follows 
another electronic vote without intervening business, 
provided that the minimum time for electronic vot-
ing on the first in any series of questions shall be 
15 minutes; or 
‘‘(2) on any postponed question taken without 
intervening debate or motion after the Committee of 
the Whole resumes its sitting if in the discretion of 
the Chair Members would be afforded an adequate 
opportunity to vote.’’. 
(2) In rule XX— 
(A) amend clause 8(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the 
minimum time for electronic voting on a question post-
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poned under this clause, or on a question incidental 
thereto, that— 
‘‘(1) follows another electronic vote without in-
tervening business, so long as the minimum time for 
electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions is 15 minutes; or 
‘‘(2) follows a report from the Committee of 
the Whole without intervening debate or motion if 
in the discretion of the Speaker Members would be 
afforded an adequate opportunity to vote.’’; and 
(B) amend clause 9 to read as follows: 
‘‘9. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the min-
imum time for electronic voting— 
‘‘(a) on any question arising without intervening 
business after an electronic vote on another question if 
notice of possible five-minute voting for a given series of 
votes was issued before the preceding electronic vote; 
‘‘(b) on any question arising after a report from the 
Committee of the Whole without debate or intervening 
motion; or 
‘‘(c) on the question of adoption of a motion to re-
commit (or ordering the previous question thereon) aris-
ing without intervening motion or debate other than de-
bate on the motion.’’.
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(c) CLARIFICATIONS IN RULE X.—In clause 1 of rule 
X— 
(1) in paragraph (j)(2), strike ‘‘Organization and 
administration’’ and insert ‘‘Organization, administra-
tion, and general management’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (m)(9), strike ‘‘Insular posses-
sions’’ and insert ‘‘Insular areas’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION
OF
THE
RAMSEYER
RULE.—In 
clause 3(e)(1)(B) of rule XIII, insert ‘‘and adjacent provi-
sions if useful to enable the intent and effect of the amend-
ment to be clearly understood,’’ before ‘‘showing’’. 
(e) CHANGES TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE 
COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.— 
(1) In clause 3(b)(8) of rule XI— 
(A) amend subdivision (A)(ii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(ii) upon the day of such decision or 
vote, make a public statement that the 
matter, relating to the referral made by 
the board of the Office of Congressional 
Ethics regarding the Member, officer, or 
employee of the House who is the subject 
of the applicable referral, has been ex-
tended.’’; and 
(B) in subdivision (B)(ii)—
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(i) strike ‘‘the committee votes to extend 
the matter’’ and insert ‘‘the matter is ex-
tended’’; and 
(ii) strike ‘‘the committee has voted to ex-
tend the matter’’ and insert ‘‘the matter has 
been extended’’. 
(2) In clause 8(c) of rule XXIII— 
(A) strike ‘‘spouse’’ in each place it appears 
and insert (in each instance) ‘‘relative’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (2), strike ‘‘One Hundred 
Seventh Congress’’ and insert ‘‘One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress’’; and 
(C) add the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘rel-
ative’ means an individual who is related to the 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner as fa-
ther, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, 
aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, fa-
ther-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in- 
law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, step-
mother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, step-
sister, half brother, half sister, grandson, or grand-
daughter.’’. 
(3) In clause 13 of rule XXIII, strike ‘‘Copies of 
the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be retained by
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the Clerk as part of the records of the House.’’ and in-
sert ‘‘Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall 
be retained as part of the records of the House, in the 
case of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commis-
sioner, by the Clerk, and in the case of an officer or em-
ployee of the House, by the Sergeant-at-Arms.’’. 
(4) In clause 15 of rule XXIII— 
(A) in paragraph (a), strike ‘‘paragraph (b)’’ 
and insert ‘‘paragraphs (b) and (c)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (b)— 
(i) amend subparagraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) the flight consists of the personal use of 
an aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
Commissioner that is supplied by— 
‘‘(A) an individual on the basis of personal 
friendship; or 
‘‘(B) another Member, Delegate, or the 
Resident Commissioner;’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (4), strike the period 
and insert ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) add the following: 
‘‘(5) the owner or operator of the aircraft is 
paid a pro rata share of the fair market value of 
the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge
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for a comparable plane of comparable size as deter-
mined by dividing such cost by the number of Mem-
bers, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, offi-
cers, or employees of Congress on the flight.’’; and 
(C) redesignate paragraph (c) as paragraph (d) 
and insert after paragraph (b) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(c) An advance written request for a waiver of the 
restriction in paragraph (a) may be granted jointly by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Ethics, subject to such conditions as they may 
prescribe.’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING CHANGES.— 
(1) In clause 12(b)(2) of rule I, strike ‘‘Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole’’ and insert ‘‘chair of the Com-
mittee of the Whole’’. 
(2) In clause 6(c)(4) of rule II, before ‘‘the Com-
mittee on House Administration’’ insert ‘‘the Committee 
on Appropriations and’’. 
(3) In rule V— 
(A) in clause 1, strike ‘‘telecommunications’’ 
each place it appears and insert (in each instance) 
‘‘communications’’;
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(B) in clause 2(a), strike ‘‘recording of the 
proceedings’’ and insert ‘‘recording of the floor pro-
ceedings’’; and 
(C) in clause 2(c)(1), strike ‘‘political purpose’’ 
and insert ‘‘partisan political campaign purpose’’. 
(4) In clause 2(b) of rule XI, strike ‘‘unless other-
wise provided by written rule adopted by the committee’’ 
and insert ‘‘if notice is given pursuant to paragraph 
(g)(3)’’. 
(5) In clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI, before the last sen-
tence, insert ‘‘Such notice shall also be made publicly 
available in electronic form and shall be deemed to sat-
isfy paragraph (g)(3)(A)(ii).’’. 
(6) In clause 2(e)(1)(A)(ii) of rule XI, strike 
‘‘record vote is demanded’’ and insert ‘‘record vote is 
taken’’. 
(7) In clause 2(e)(2)(A) of rule XI, strike ‘‘all com-
mittee hearings, records, data, charts, and files’’ and in-
sert ‘‘all committee records (including hearings, data, 
charts, and files)’’. 
(8) In clause 2(l) of rule XI— 
(A) strike ‘‘that member shall be entitled’’ and 
insert ‘‘all members shall be entitled’’; and
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(B) strike ‘‘to file such views, in writing and 
signed by that member,’’ and insert ‘‘to file such 
written and signed views’’. 
(9) In clause 3(h) of rule XI— 
(A) strike ‘‘(h)(1)’’ and insert ‘‘(h)’’; and 
(B) redesignate subdivisions (A) and (B) as 
subparagraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
(10) In clause 6(g) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘it shall (to 
the maximum extent possible) specify in the resolution 
the object of’’ and insert ‘‘it shall to the maximum ex-
tent possible specify in the accompanying report’’. 
(11) In clause 2 of rule XV, strike ‘‘standing’’ each 
place it appears. 
(12) In clause 6 of rule XV, add the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(d) Precedents, rulings, or procedures in effect be-
fore the One Hundred Eleventh Congress regarding the 
priority of business and the availability of other business 
on Wednesday shall be applied only to the extent con-
sistent with this clause.’’. 
(13) In clause 5(c)(3)(B) of rule XX, after ‘‘Minor-
ity Leader’’ each place it appears insert (in each in-
stance) ‘‘(or their respective designees)’’. 
(14) In clause 8(a)(1) of rule XXII—
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(A) in subdivision (A), after ‘‘in the Congres-
sional Record’’ insert ‘‘or pursuant to clause 3 of 
rule XXIX’’; and 
(B) in subdivision (B), before ‘‘copies’’ insert 
‘‘printed or electronic’’. 
(15) In clause 2 of rule XXIV, strike ‘‘Clerk’’ and 
insert ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’. 
(16) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike the second 
sentence. 
SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD.—Sec-
tion 1899A(d) of the Social Security Act shall not apply in 
the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. 
(b) BUDGET MATTERS.— 
(1) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 
references in section 306 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in the 
House of Representatives as references to a joint resolu-
tion. 
(2) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 
in the case of a reported bill or joint resolution consid-
ered 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
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the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the 
previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the 
case may be. 
(3) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 
a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amend-
ment thereto or a conference report thereon, that estab-
lishes prospectively for a Federal office or position a 
specified or minimum level of compensation to be funded 
by annual discretionary appropriations shall not be con-
sidered as providing new entitlement authority within 
the meaning of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(4)(A) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Con-
gress, except as provided in subparagraph (C), a motion 
that the Committee of the Whole rise and report a bill 
to the House shall not be in order if the bill, as amend-
ed, exceeds an applicable allocation of new budget au-
thority under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, as estimated by the Committee on the 
Budget. 
(B) If a point of order under subparagraph (A) 
is sustained, the Chair shall put the question: 
‘‘Shall the Committee of the Whole rise and report 
the bill to the House with such amendments as may 
have been adopted notwithstanding that the bill ex-
ceeds its allocation of new budget authority under
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section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974?’’. Such question shall be debatable for 10 
minutes equally divided and controlled by a pro-
ponent of the question and an opponent but shall 
be decided without intervening motion. 
(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply— 
(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) 
of rule XXI; or 
(ii) after disposition of a question under 
subparagraph (B) on a given bill. 
(D) If a question under subparagraph (B) is 
decided in the negative, no further amendment shall 
be in order except— 
(i) one proper amendment, which shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole; and 
(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by 
the chair or ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their des-
ignees, for the purpose of debate.
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(5) During the first session of the One Hundred 
Thirteenth Congress, pending the adoption of a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014, the 
provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 112, One 
Hundred Twelfth Congress, as adopted by the House, 
shall have force and effect in the House as though Con-
gress has adopted such concurrent resolution, and the 
allocations of spending authority printed in tables 11 
and 12 of House Report 112–421 (One Hundred 
Twelfth Congress) shall be considered for all purposes in 
the House to be the allocations under section 302(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(c) DETERMINATIONS
FOR PAYGO ACTS.—In deter-
mining the budgetary effects of any legislation for the pur-
poses of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010 (including the required designation in PAYGO Acts), 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget may make adjust-
ments to take into account the exemptions and adjustments 
set forth in section 503(b)(1) of House Concurrent Resolu-
tion 112, One Hundred Twelfth Congress. 
(d) SPENDING REDUCTION AMENDMENTS
IN APPRO-
PRIATIONS BILLS.— 
(1) During the reading of a general appropriation 
bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union, it shall be in order to
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consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer 
appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a 
spending reduction account. When considered en bloc 
under this paragraph, such amendments may amend 
portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (fol-
lowing disposition of any points of order against such 
portions) and are not subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. 
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall 
not be in order to consider an amendment to a spending 
reduction account in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union. 
(3) It shall not be in order to consider an amend-
ment to a general appropriation bill proposing a net in-
crease in budget authority in the bill (unless considered 
en bloc with another amendment or amendments pro-
posing an equal or greater decrease in such budget au-
thority pursuant to clause 2(f) of rule XXI). 
(4) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI 
shall not apply to a spending reduction account. 
(5) A general appropriation bill may not be consid-
ered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state 
of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction ac-
count as the last section of the bill. An order to report
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a general appropriation bill to the House shall constitute 
authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropria-
tions to add such a section to the bill or modify the fig-
ure contained therein. 
(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘‘spending reduction account’’ means an account in a 
general appropriation bill that bears that caption and 
contains only a recitation of the amount by which an ap-
plicable allocation of new budget authority under section 
302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds 
the amount of new budget authority proposed by the bill. 
(e) ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING.— 
(1) It shall not be in order to consider any concur-
rent resolution on the budget, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, unless it contains a separate 
heading entitled ‘‘Direct Spending’’, which shall include 
a category for ‘‘Means-Tested Direct Spending’’ and a 
category for ‘‘Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending’’ and 
sets forth— 
(A) the average rate of growth for each cat-
egory in the total amount of outlays during the 10- 
year period preceding the budget year; 
(B) estimates for each such category under 
current law for the period covered by the concurrent 
resolution; and
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(C) information on proposed reforms in such 
categories. 
(2) Before the consideration of a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget by the Committee on the Budget for 
a fiscal year, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
shall submit for printing in the Congressional Record a 
description of programs which shall be considered 
means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct 
spending for purposes of this subsection. 
(f) CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 
5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Thirteenth Con-
gress— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services may have not 
more than seven subcommittees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not 
more than seven subcommittees; and 
(3) the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure may have not more than six subcommittees. 
(g) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 
During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress— 
(1) The House of Representatives may not provide 
access to any exercise facility which is made available ex-
clusively to Members and former Members, officers and 
former officers of the House of Representatives, and 
their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or
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spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or agent 
of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Member’’ in-
cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress. 
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(h) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 
through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the 
Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 
through H.R. 20) shall be reserved for assignment by the Mi-
nority Leader. 
(i) INCLUSION OF UNITED STATES CODE CITATIONS.— 
To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with es-
tablished drafting conventions, an instruction in a bill or joint 
resolution proposing to repeal or amend any law or part 
thereof not contained in a codified title of the United States 
Code shall include, if available, the applicable United States 
Code citation in parenthesis immediately following the des-
ignation of the matter proposed to be repealed or amended. 
(j) DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) The chair of a committee may request that the 
General Accountability Office perform a duplication
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analysis of any bill or joint resolution referred to that 
committee. Any such analysis shall assess whether, and 
the extent to which, the bill or joint resolution creates 
a new Federal program, office, or initiative that dupli-
cates or overlaps with any existing Federal program, of-
fice, or initiative. 
(2) The report of a committee on a bill or joint res-
olution shall include a statement, as though under clause 
3(c) of rule XIII, indicating whether any provision of the 
measure establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 
Federal Government known to be duplicative of another 
Federal program. The statement shall at a minimum ex-
plain whether— 
(A) any such program was included in any re-
port from the Government Accountability Office to 
Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 
111–139; or 
(B) the most recent Catalog of Federal Domes-
tic Assistance, published pursuant to the Federal 
Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, as 
amended by Public Law 98–169), identified other 
programs related to the program established or re-
authorized by the measure. 
(k) DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS.—
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(1) The report of a committee on a bill or joint res-
olution shall include a statement, as though under clause 
3(c) of rule XIII, estimating the number of directed rule 
makings required by the measure. 
(2) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘‘directed rule making’’ means a specific rule making 
within the meaning of section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code, specifically directed to be completed by a 
provision in the measure, but does not include a grant 
of discretionary rule making authority. 
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 
(a) LITIGATION MATTERS.— 
(1) CONTINUING AUTHORITY FOR THE BIPARTISAN 
LEGAL ADVISORY GROUP.— 
(A) The House authorizes the Bipartisan Legal 
Advisory Group of the One Hundred Thirteenth 
Congress— 
(i) to act as successor in interest to the 
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the One 
Hundred Twelfth Congress with respect to civil 
actions in which it intervened in the One Hun-
dred Twelfth Congress to defend the constitu-
tionality of section 3 of the Defense of Mar-
riage Act (1 U.S.C. 7) or related provisions of 
titles 10, 31, and 38, United States Code, in-
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cluding in the case of Windsor v. United 
States, 833 F. Supp.2d 394 (S.D.N.Y. June 6, 
2012), aff’d, 699 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. Oct. 18, 
2012), cert. granted, No. 12–307 (Dec. 7, 
2012), cert. pending No. 12–63 (July 16, 
2012) and 12–785 (Dec. 28, 2012); 
(ii) to take such steps as may be appro-
priate to ensure continuation of such civil ac-
tions; and 
(iii) to intervene in other cases that in-
volve a challenge to the constitutionality of sec-
tion 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act or re-
lated provisions of titles 10, 31, and 38, 
United States Code. 
(B) Pursuant to clause 8 of rule II, the Bipar-
tisan Legal Advisory Group continues to speak for, 
and articulate the institutional position of, the 
House in all litigation matters in which it appears, 
including in Windsor v. United States. 
(2) CONTINUING
AUTHORITIES
FOR
THE
COM-
MITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM AND 
THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.— 
(A) The House authorizes— 
(i) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the One Hundred Thir-
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teenth Congress to act as the successor in in-
terest to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the One Hundred Twelfth 
Congress with respect to the civil action Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
United States House of Representatives v. Eric 
H. Holder, Jr., in his official capacity as Attor-
ney General of the United States, filed by the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
pursuant to House Resolution 706; and 
(ii) the chair of the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform (when elected), 
on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and the Office of General 
Counsel to take such steps as may be appro-
priate to ensure continuation of such civil ac-
tion, including amending the complaint as cir-
cumstances may warrant. 
(B) The House authorizes the chair of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform and until such com-
mittee has adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of 
rule XI, to issue subpoenas related to the investiga-
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tion into the United States Department of Justice 
operation known as ‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related 
matters. 
(C) The House authorizes the chair of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and the Office of 
General Counsel to petition to join as a party to the 
civil action referenced in paragraph (1) any indi-
vidual subpoenaed by the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the One Hundred 
Twelfth Congress as part of its investigation into 
the United States Department of Justice operation 
known as ‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related matters 
who failed to comply with such subpoena, or any 
successor to such individual. 
(D) The House authorizes the chair of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and the Office of 
General Counsel, at the authorization of the Speak-
er after consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Ad-
visory Group, to initiate judicial proceedings con-
cerning the enforcement of subpoenas issued to 
such individuals.
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(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP.—House Resolu-
tion 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in the same manner as 
such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress 
except that the commission concerned shall be known as the 
House Democracy Partnership. 
(c) TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.—Sec-
tions 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred 
Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Thirteenth 
Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in 
the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— 
(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission 
may, in addition to collaborating closely with other pro-
fessional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members 
of other relevant committees; and 
(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs which the Commission may use shall include all re-
sources which the Committee is authorized to obtain 
from other offices of the House of Representatives. 
(d) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS.—Section 1 of 
House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall 
apply in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in the same 
manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, except that—
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(1) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be 
treated as a standing committee of the House for pur-
poses of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)); 
(2) references to the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct shall be construed as references to the 
Committee on Ethics; 
(3) the second sentence of section 1(b)(6)(A) shall 
not apply; and 
(4) members subject to section 1(b)(6)(B) may be 
reappointed for a second additional term. 
(e) EMPANELING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
OF 
THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.— 
The text of House Resolution 451, One Hundred Tenth Con-
gress, shall apply in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
in the same manner as such provision applied in the One 
Hundred Tenth Congress. 
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 
(a) READING
OF
THE CONSTITUTION.—The Speaker 
may recognize a Member for the Reading of the Constitution 
on any legislative day through January 15, 2013. 
(b) MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES.—It shall be in 
order at any time on the legislative day of January 4, 2013, 
for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend
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the rules, as though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to 
a measure addressing flood insurance. 
Attest: 
Clerk.