H. Res. 5 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 6, 2009. 
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, including applica-
ble provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted 
rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives of the One Hundred Eleventh 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) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
AUDITS.—Amend clause 
6(c)(1) of rule II to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) provide audit, investigative, and advisory 
services to the House and joint entities in a manner 
consistent with government-wide standards;’’. 
(b) HOMELAND SECURITY.—In clause 3(g) of rule X, 
designate the existing text as subparagraph (1) and add 
thereafter the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(2) In addition, the committee shall review and 
study on a primary and continuing basis all Government 
activities, programs, and organizations related to home-
land security that fall within its primary legislative juris-
diction.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—In clause 4(d)(1) of rule X— 
(1) redesignate subdivisions (B) and (C) as subdivi-
sions (C) and (D) and insert after subdivision (A) the 
following new subdivision: 
‘‘(B) oversee the management of services 
provided to the House by the Architect of the 
Capitol, except those services that lie within 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure under clause 1(r);’’; 
and 
(2) in subdivision (D) (as redesignated) strike 
‘‘(B)’’ and insert ‘‘(C)’’. 
(d) TERMS OF COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.—In clause 5 of 
rule X— 
(1) amend paragraph (a)(2)(C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may exceed the limitation of subdivision (B) if 
elected to serve a second consecutive Congress as the
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chair or a second consecutive Congress as the ranking 
minority member.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (c)— 
(A) strike the designation of subparagraph (1); 
and 
(B) strike subparagraph (2). 
(e) CALENDAR WEDNESDAY.— 
(1) In clause 6 of rule XV— 
(A) in paragraph (a)— 
(i) strike ‘‘the committees’’ and insert 
‘‘those committees’’; and 
(ii) strike ‘‘unless two-thirds’’ and all that 
follows and insert ‘‘whose chair, or other mem-
ber authorized by the committee, has an-
nounced to the House a request for such call 
on the preceding legislative day.’’; and 
(B) strike paragraphs (c), (d), and (f) (and re-
designate paragraph (e) as paragraph (c)). 
(2) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike subparagraph 
(1) and the designation ‘‘(2)’’. 
(f) POSTPONEMENT AUTHORITY.—In clause 1 of rule 
XIX, add the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when the pre-
vious question is operating to adoption or passage of a 
measure pursuant to a special order of business, the
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Chair may postpone further consideration of such meas-
ure in the House to such time as may be designated by 
the Speaker.’’. 
(g) INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—In 
clause 2(b) of rule XIX— 
(1) designate the existing sentence as subparagraph 
(1); 
(2) in subparagraph (1) (as so designated)— 
(A) strike ‘‘if’’; and 
(B) strike ‘‘includes instructions, it’’; and 
(3) add the following new subparagraph at the end: 
‘‘(2) A motion to recommit a bill or joint reso-
lution may include instructions only in the form of 
a direction to report an amendment or amendments 
back to the House forthwith.’’. 
(h) CONDUCT OF VOTES.—In clause 2(a) of rule XX, 
strike ‘‘A record vote by electronic device shall not be held 
open for the sole purpose of reversing the outcome of such 
vote.’’. 
(i) 
GENERAL
APPROPRIATION
CONFERENCE
RE-
PORTS.—In clause 9 of rule XXI— 
(1) insert after paragraph (a) the following new 
paragraph (and redesignate succeeding paragraphs ac-
cordingly):
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‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to consider a con-
ference report to accompany a regular general appropria-
tion bill unless the joint explanatory statement prepared 
by the managers on the part of the House and the man-
agers on the part of the Senate includes— 
‘‘(1) a list of congressional earmarks, limited 
tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the con-
ference report or joint statement (and the name of 
any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or 
Senator who submitted a request to the House or 
Senate committees of jurisdiction for each respec-
tive item included in such list) that were neither 
committed to the conference committee by either 
House nor in a report of a committee of either 
House on such bill or on a companion measure; or 
‘‘(2) a statement that the proposition contains 
no congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or 
limited tariff benefits.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (c) (as redesignated)— 
(A) in the first sentence, after ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ 
insert ‘‘or (b)’’; and 
(B) amend the second sentence to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘As disposition of a point of order under this paragraph 
or paragraph (b), the Chair shall put the question of consid-
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eration with respect to the rule or order or conference report, 
as applicable.’’. 
(j) PAYGO.— 
(1) Amend clause 10 of rule XXI to read as follows: 
‘‘10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), 
it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report if the provisions of such 
measure affecting direct spending and revenues have the net 
effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for ei-
ther the period comprising— 
‘‘(A) the current fiscal year, the budget year 
set forth in the most recently completed concurrent 
resolution on the budget, and the four fiscal years 
following that budget year; or 
‘‘(B) the current fiscal year, the budget year 
set forth in the most recently completed concurrent 
resolution on the budget, and the nine fiscal years 
following that budget year. 
‘‘(2) The effect of such measure on the deficit or 
surplus shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
made by the Committee on the Budget relative to base-
line estimates supplied by the Congressional Budget Of-
fice consistent with section 257 of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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‘‘(b) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is consid-
ered pursuant to a special order of the House directing the 
Clerk to add as new matter at the end of such measure the 
provisions of a separate measure as passed by the House, the 
provisions of such separate measure as passed by the House 
shall be included in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the 
bill, joint resolution, or amendment. 
‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision ex-
pressly designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as- 
you-go principles in the case of a point of order under this 
clause against consideration of— 
‘‘(A) a bill or joint resolution; 
‘‘(B) an amendment made in order as original text 
by a special order of business; 
‘‘(C) a conference report; or 
‘‘(D) an amendment between the Houses. 
‘‘(2) In the case of an amendment (other than one speci-
fied in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or joint resolution, the 
evaluation under paragraph (a) shall give no cognizance to 
any designation of emergency. 
‘‘(3) If a bill, a joint resolution, an amendment made in 
order as original text by a special order of business, a con-
ference report, or an amendment between the Houses in-
cludes a provision expressly designated as an emergency for
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purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the Chair shall put the 
question of consideration with respect thereto.’’. 
(2) In clause 7 of rule XXI, strike ‘‘the period com-
prising the current fiscal year and the five fiscal years 
beginning with the fiscal year that ends in the following 
calendar year or the period comprising the current fiscal 
year and the ten fiscal years beginning with the fiscal 
year that ends in the following calendar year’’ and insert 
‘‘period described in clause 10(a)’’. 
(k) DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF EMPLOYMENT NEGO-
TIATIONS.—In clause 1 of rule XXVII, strike ‘‘until after his 
or her successor has been elected,’’. 
(l) GENDER NEUTRALITY.— 
(1) In the standing rules— 
(A) strike ‘‘chairman’’ each place it appears 
and insert ‘‘chair’’; and 
(B) strike ‘‘Chairman’’ each place it appears 
and insert ‘‘Chair’’ (except in clause 4(a)(1)(B) of 
rule X). 
(2) In rule I— 
(A) in clause 1 strike ‘‘his’’; 
(B) in clause 7, strike ‘‘his’’ and insert ‘‘such’’; 
(C) in clause 8— 
(i) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘‘his’’; and
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(ii) in paragraph (b)(3)(B), strike ‘‘his 
election and whenever he deems’’ and insert 
‘‘the election of the Speaker and whenever’’; 
and 
(D) in clause 12— 
(i) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert 
‘‘the Speaker’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (d) strike ‘‘his opinion’’ 
and insert ‘‘the opinion of the Speaker’’. 
(3) In rule II— 
(A) in clause 1— 
(i) strike ‘‘his office’’ and insert ‘‘the of-
fice’’; 
(ii) strike ‘‘his knowledge and ability’’ and 
insert ‘‘the knowledge and ability of the offi-
cer’’; and 
(iii) strike ‘‘his department’’ and insert 
‘‘the department concerned’’; 
(B) in clause 2— 
(i) in paragraph (b) strike ‘‘he is required 
to make’’ and insert ‘‘required to be made by 
such officer’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (g) strike ‘‘his temporary 
absence or disability’’ and insert ‘‘the tem-
porary absence or disability of the Clerk’’; and
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(iii) in paragraph (i)(1) strike ‘‘Whenever 
the Clerk is acting as a supervisory authority 
over such staff, he’’ and insert ‘‘When acting 
as a supervisory authority over such staff, the 
Clerk’’; and 
(C) in clause 3— 
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘him’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (b) strike ‘‘him’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘his employ-
ees’’ and insert ‘‘employees of the office of the 
Sergeant-at-Arms’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (d)— 
(I) strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert ‘‘and,’’; 
and 
(II) strike ‘‘he’’. 
(4) In rule III— 
(A) in clause 1 strike ‘‘he has’’ and insert 
‘‘having’’; and 
(B) in clause 2(a)— 
(i) strike ‘‘his vote’’ and insert ‘‘the vote 
of such Member’’; and 
(ii) strike ‘‘his presence’’ and insert ‘‘the 
presence of such Member’’.
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(i) in paragraph (a)(4)— 
(I) strike ‘‘his designee’’ each place it 
appears and insert ‘‘a designee’’; and 
(II) strike ‘‘his respective party’’ each 
place it appears and insert ‘‘the respective 
party of such individual’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘‘he was’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘chairman-
ship’’ and insert ‘‘chair’’; 
(C) in clause 8— 
(i) strike ‘‘his expenses’’ each place it ap-
pears and insert ‘‘the expenses of such indi-
vidual’’; and 
(ii) strike ‘‘he’’ each place it appears; 
(D) in clause 10(a) strike ‘‘he is’’; and 
(E) in clause 11— 
(i) in paragraph (a)(3) strike ‘‘member of 
his leadership staff to assist him in his capac-
ity’’ and insert ‘‘respective leadership staff 
member to assist in the capacity of the Speak-
er or Minority Leader’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (e)(1) strike ‘‘his em-
ployment or contractual agreement’’ and insert
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‘‘the employment or contractual agreement of 
such employee or person’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (g)(2)— 
(I) in subdivision (B)— 
(aa) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the 
President’’; and 
(bb) strike ‘‘his’’; and 
(II) in subdivision (C) strike ‘‘his’’. 
(12) In rule XI— 
(A) in clause 2— 
(i) in paragraph (c)(1) strike ‘‘he’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the chair’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (k)(9) strike ‘‘his testi-
mony’’ and insert ‘‘the testimony of such wit-
ness’’; 
(B) in clause 3— 
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘his duties or 
the discharge of his responsibilities’’ each place 
it appears and insert ‘‘the duties or the dis-
charge of the responsibilities of such indi-
vidual’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (b)— 
(I) in subparagraph (2)(B) strike 
‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘such Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner’’; and
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(II) in subparagraph (5) strike ‘‘dis-
qualify himself’’ and insert ‘‘seek disquali-
fication’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (g)— 
(I) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike ‘‘he 
is’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (1)(E) strike 
‘‘his or her employment or duties with the 
committee’’ and insert ‘‘the employment 
or duties with the committee of such indi-
vidual’’; and 
(III) in subparagraph (4)— 
(aa) strike ‘‘his or her personal 
staff’’ and insert ‘‘the respective per-
sonal staff of the chair or ranking 
minority member’’; and 
(bb) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the 
chair or ranking minority member’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (p)— 
(I) in subparagraph (2) strike ‘‘his 
counsel’’ and insert ‘‘the counsel of the re-
spondent’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (4)—
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(aa) strike ‘‘his or her counsel’’ 
and insert ‘‘the counsel of the re-
spondent’’; and 
(bb) strike ‘‘his counsel’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the counsel of the respondent’’; 
(III) in subparagraph (7) strike ‘‘his 
counsel’’ and insert ‘‘the counsel of a re-
spondent’’; and 
(IV) in subparagraph (8) strike 
‘‘him’’ and insert ‘‘the respondent’’; and 
(v) in paragraph (q) strike ‘‘his or her’’ 
and insert ‘‘the’’. 
(13) In rule XII— 
(A) in clause 2(c)(1) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert 
‘‘the Speaker’’; and 
(B) in clause 3 strike ‘‘he shall endorse his 
name’’ and insert ‘‘the Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner shall sign it’’. 
(14) In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘his’’. 
(15) In clause 4(c)(1) of rule XVI strike ‘‘his dis-
cretion’’ and insert ‘‘the discretion of the Speaker’’. 
(16) In rule XVII— 
(A) in clause 1(a) strike ‘‘himself to ‘Mr. 
Speaker’ ’’ and insert ‘‘the Speaker’’;
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(B) in clause 6 strike ‘‘his discretion’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the discretion of the Chair’’; and 
(C) in clause 9 strike ‘‘he’’ each place it ap-
pears and insert ‘‘such individual’’. 
(17) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, strike ‘‘he’’ each 
place it appears and insert ‘‘the Chair’’. 
(18) In rule XX— 
(A) in clause 5— 
(i) in paragraph (b) strike ‘‘him’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (c)(3)(B)(I) strike ‘‘his’’ 
and insert ‘‘a’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (d) strike ‘‘he’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the Speaker’’; and 
(B) in clause 6(b)— 
(i) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert ‘‘the Member’’; 
and 
(ii) strike ‘‘his’’ and insert ‘‘such’’. 
(19) In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, strike ‘‘his’’. 
(20) In rule XXIII— 
(A) in clause 1 strike ‘‘conduct himself’’ and 
insert ‘‘behave’’; 
(B) in clause 3—
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(i) strike ‘‘his beneficial interest’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the beneficial interest of such individual’’; 
and 
(ii) strike ‘‘his position’’ and insert ‘‘the 
position of such individual’’; 
(C) in clause 6— 
(i) in paragraph (a)— 
(I) strike ‘‘his campaign funds’’ and 
insert ‘‘the campaign funds of such indi-
vidual’’; and 
(II) strike ‘‘his personal funds’’ and 
insert ‘‘the personal funds of such indi-
vidual’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘his campaign 
account’’ and insert ‘‘a campaign accounts of 
such individual’’; 
(D) in clause 8— 
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘he’’ and insert 
‘‘such employee’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (c)— 
(I) in subparagraph (1)(A) after ‘‘his 
spouse’’ insert ‘‘the spouse of such indi-
vidual’’; and
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(II) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike 
‘‘his spouse’’ and insert ‘‘the spouse of 
such employee’’; 
(E) in clause 10— 
(i) strike ‘‘he is a’’ and insert ‘‘such indi-
vidual is a’’; 
(ii) strike ‘‘his innocence’’ and insert ‘‘the 
innocence of such Member’’; and 
(iii) strike ‘‘he is reelected’’ and insert 
‘‘the Member is reelected’’; and 
(F) in clause 12(b)— 
(i) strike ‘‘advises his employing author-
ity’’ and insert ‘‘advises the employing author-
ity of such employee’’; and 
(ii) strike ‘‘from his’’ and insert ‘‘from 
such’’; and 
(G) in clause 15 strike ‘‘his or her family mem-
ber’’ each place it appears and insert ‘‘a family 
member of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner’’. 
(21) In rule XXIV— 
(A) in clause 1— 
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘‘his use’’ and 
insert ‘‘the use of such individual’’; and
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(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘‘his prin-
cipal campaign committee’’ and insert ‘‘the 
principal campaign committee of such indi-
vidual’’; 
(B) in clause 7 strike ‘‘he was’’; 
(C) in clause 8 strike ‘‘he is’’ and insert ‘‘such 
individual is’’; and 
(D) in clause 10 strike ‘‘he was’’ and insert 
‘‘such individual was’’. 
(22) In rule XXV— 
(A) in clause 2(b) strike ‘‘his name’’ and insert 
‘‘the name of such individual’’; 
(B) in clause 4— 
(i) in paragraph (c) strike ‘‘his residence 
or principal place of employment’’ and insert 
‘‘the residence or principal place of employ-
ment of such individual’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (d)(1)— 
(I) in subdivision (B) strike ‘‘he’’ and 
insert ‘‘such individual’’; 
(II) in subdivision (C) strike ‘‘him’’ 
and insert ‘‘such individual’’; and 
(III) in subdivision (D)—
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(aa) strike ‘‘he or his family’’ 
and insert ‘‘such individual or the 
family of such individual’’; and 
(bb) strike ‘‘him’’ and insert 
‘‘such individual’’; 
(C) in clause 5— 
(i) strike ‘‘his official position’’ each place 
it appears and insert ‘‘the official position of 
such individual’’; 
(ii) strike ‘‘his actual knowledge’’ each 
place it appears and insert ‘‘the actual knowl-
edge of such individual’’; 
(iii) strike ‘‘his duties’’ each place it ap-
pears and insert ‘‘the duties of such indi-
vidual’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (a)(3)(D)(ii)(I) strike 
‘‘his relationship’’ and insert ‘‘the relationship 
of such individual’’; and 
(v) in paragraph (a)(3)(G)(i) strike ‘‘his 
spouse’’ and insert ‘‘the spouse of such indi-
vidual’’; 
(D) in clause 6— 
(i) strike ‘‘he acts’’ and insert ‘‘acting’’; 
and 
(ii) strike ‘‘he is’’; and
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(E) in clause 8 strike ‘‘his or her’’ and insert 
‘‘the’’. 
(23) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike ‘‘him’’ and in-
sert ‘‘the Clerk’’. 
(24) In clause 2 of rule XXVII, strike ‘‘he or she’’ 
and insert ‘‘such individual’’. 
(25) In clause 2 of rule XXIX, strike ‘‘the mas-
culine gender include the feminine’’ and insert ‘‘one gen-
der include the other’’. 
(m) TECHNICAL AND CODIFYING CHANGES.— 
(1) In clause 2(h) of rule II, strike ‘‘not in session’’ 
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘in recess or adjournment’’. 
(2) In clause 4(b) of rule IV, strike ‘‘regulations 
that exempt’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘regulations to 
carry out this rule including regulations that exempt’’. 
(3) In clause 5(c) of rule X— 
(A) strike ‘‘temporary absence of the chair-
man’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘absence of the 
member serving as chair’’; and 
(B) strike ‘‘permanent’’. 
(4) In clause 7(e) of rule X, strike ‘‘signed by’’ and 
all that follows, and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘signed by the 
ranking member of the committee as it was constituted 
at the expiration of the preceding Congress who is a 
member of the majority party in the present Congress.’’.
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(5) In clause 8(a) of rule X, strike ‘‘clauses 6 and 
8’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 6’’. 
(6) In clause 2(a) of rule XIII— 
(A) in subparagraph (1), strike ‘‘as privi-
leged’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (2), insert ‘‘(other than 
those filed as privileged)’’ after ‘‘reported ad-
versely’’. 
(7) In clause 5(c)(3) of rule XX, strike ‘‘clause 5(a) 
of rule XX’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph (a)’’. 
(8) In clause 6(c) of rule XX, after ‘‘yeas and 
nays’’ insert ‘‘ordered under this clause’’. 
(9) In clause 7(c)(3) of rule XXII, strike ‘‘motion 
meets’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘proponent meets’’. 
(10) In clause 1(b)(2) of rule XXIV, strike ‘‘office 
space, furniture, or equipment, and’’ and insert in lieu 
thereof ‘‘office space, office furniture, office equipment, 
or’’. 
(11) In clause 5(i)(2) of rule XXV, strike ‘‘para-
graph (1)(A)’’ and insert ‘‘subparagraph (1)(A)’’. 
SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 
(a) BUDGET MATTERS.— 
(1) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, 
references in section 306 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in the
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House of Representatives as references to a joint resolu-
tion. 
(2) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, in 
the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered 
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 pre-
vious question is ordered directly to passage, as the case 
may be. 
(3) During the One Hundred Eleventh 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 Eleventh Congress, 
except as provided in subsection (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 amended, ex-
ceeds an applicable allocation of new budget authority
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under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as estimated by the Committee on the Budget. 
(B) If a point of order under subsection (A) is sus-
tained, the Chair shall put the question: ‘‘Shall the Com-
mittee of the Whole rise and report the bill to the House 
with such amendments as may have been adopted not-
withstanding that the bill exceeds its allocation of new 
budget authority under section 302(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974?’’. Such question shall be de-
batable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
a proponent of the question and an opponent but shall 
be decided without intervening motion. 
(C) Subsection (A) shall not apply— 
(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) of 
rule XXI; or 
(ii) after disposition of a question under sub-
section (B) on a given bill. 
(D) If a question under subsection (B) is decided 
in the negative, no further amendment shall be in order 
except— 
(i) one proper amendment, which shall be de-
batable for 10 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not 
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject
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to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole; and 
(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by the 
chair or ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Appropriations or their designees, for the pur-
pose of debate. 
(b) CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 
5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress— 
(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. 
(c) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 
During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress— 
(1) The House of Representatives may not provide 
access to any exercise facility which is made available ex-
clusively to Members and former Members, officers and 
former officers of the House of Representatives, and 
their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or 
spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or agent 
of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Member’’ in-
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cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress. 
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(d) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Elev-
enth Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through 
H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the Speaker. 
(e) MEDICARE COST CONTAINMENT.—Section 803 of 
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod-
ernization Act of 2003 shall not apply during the One Hun-
dred Eleventh Congress. 
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 
(a) SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE 
AND GLOBAL WARMING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished a Select Committee on Energy Independence 
and Global Warming (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘select committee’’). 
(B) COMPOSITION.—The select committee shall 
be composed of 15 members appointed by the 
Speaker, of whom 6 shall be appointed on the rec-
ommendation of the Minority Leader. The Speaker 
shall designate one member of the select committee 
as its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the se-
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lect committee shall be filled in the same manner as 
the original appointment. 
(2) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.— 
(A) LEGISLATIVE
JURISDICTION.—The select 
committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and 
shall have no authority to take legislative action on 
any bill or resolution. 
(B) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION.—The sole 
authority of the select committee shall be to inves-
tigate, study, make findings, and develop rec-
ommendations on policies, strategies, technologies 
and other innovations, intended to reduce the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign sources of 
energy and achieve substantial and permanent re-
ductions in emissions and other activities that con-
tribute to climate change and global warming. 
(3) PROCEDURE.—(A) Except as specified in para-
graph (2), the select committee shall have the authorities 
and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same 
limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of 
the House, and shall be deemed a committee of the 
House for all purposes of law or rule. 
(B)(i) Rules X and XI shall apply to the select com-
mittee where not inconsistent with this resolution.
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(ii) Service on the select committee shall not count 
against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X. 
(4) FUNDING.—To enable the select committee to 
carry out the purposes of this section— 
(A) the select committee may use the services 
of staff of the House; and 
(B) the select committee shall be eligible for in-
terim funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X. 
(5) REPORTING.—The select committee may report 
to the House from time to time the results of its inves-
tigations and studies, together with such detailed find-
ings and recommendations as it may deem advisable. All 
such reports shall be submitted to the House by Decem-
ber 31, 2010. 
(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.— 
House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall 
apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same 
manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress. 
(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 Eleventh 
Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in 
the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that—
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(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 Eleventh Congress in the same 
manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, except that the Office of Congressional Ethics shall 
be treated as a standing committee of the House for purposes 
of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)). 
(e) EMPANELLING 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 Eleventh Congress in 
the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hun-
dred Tenth Congress. 
(f) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES FOR THE COMMITTEE ON 
THE JUDICIARY AND THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.—
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(1) The House authorizes— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
111th Congress to act as the successor in interest 
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 110th 
Congress with respect to the civil action Committee 
on the Judiciary v. Harriet Meirs et al., filed by the 
Committee on the Judiciary in the 110th Congress 
pursuant to House Resolution 980; and 
(B) the chair of the Committee on the Judici-
ary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and the Office of General Counsel to 
take such steps as may be appropriate to ensure 
continuation of such civil action, including amend-
ing the complaint as circumstances may warrant. 
(2)(A) The House authorizes— 
(i) the Committee on the Judiciary to take 
depositions by a member or counsel of the com-
mittee related to the investigation into the firing of 
certain United States Attorneys and related mat-
ters; and 
(ii) the chair of the Committee on the Judici-
ary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, to issue subpoenas related to the in-
vestigation into the firing of certain United States 
Attorneys and related matters including for the
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purpose of taking depositions by a member or coun-
sel of the committee. 
(B) Depositions taken under the authority pre-
scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the proce-
dures submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the chair of the Committee on Rules (when elected) 
or by such other procedures as the Committee on the 
Judiciary shall prescribe. 
(3) The House authorizes the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Office of General 
Counsel to petition to join as a party to the civil action 
referenced in paragraph (1) any individual subpoenaed 
by the Committee on the Judiciary of the 110th Con-
gress as part of its investigation into the firing of certain 
United States Attorneys and related matters who failed 
to comply with such subpoena or, at the authorization of 
the Speaker after consultation with the Bipartisan Legal 
Advisory Group, to initiate judicial proceedings con-
cerning the enforcement of subpoenas issued to such in-
dividuals. 
SEC. 5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 
(a) LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT.—Upon the adop-
tion of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the 
House the bill (H.R. 11) to amend title VII of the Civil
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Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 
and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discrimi-
natory compensation decision or other practice that is unlaw-
ful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid 
pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or 
other practice, and for other purposes. All points of order 
against the bill and against its consideration are waived ex-
cept those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill 
shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without in-
tervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally di-
vided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader or their designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
(b)(1) PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT.—Upon the adoption 
of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House 
the bill (H.R. 12) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of dis-
crimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and 
for other purposes. All points of order against the bill and 
against its consideration are waived except those arising 
under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered 
as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except: 
(1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the
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Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; 
and (2) one motion to recommit. 
(2) In the engrossment of H.R. 11, the Clerk shall— 
(A) add the text of H.R. 12, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 11; 
(B) conform the title of H.R. 11 to reflect the addi-
tion to the engrossment of H.R. 12; 
(C) assign appropriate designations to provisions 
within the engrossment; and 
(D) conform provisions for short titles within the 
engrossment. 
(3) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 12 to the en-
grossment of H.R. 11, H.R. 12 shall be laid on the table. 
Attest: 
Clerk.