H. Res. 11 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 10, 2023. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COMPETI-
TION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE 
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
in the House of Representatives a Select Committee on 
the Strategic Competition Between the United States 
and the Chinese Communist Party (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Select Committee’’). 
(2) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Select Committee shall 
be composed of not more than 16 Members, Dele-
gates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by 
the Speaker, not more than 7 of whom shall be ap-
pointed after consultation with the minority leader. 
The Speaker shall designate one member of the Se-
lect Committee as its chair. A vacancy in the mem-
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bership of the Select Committee shall be filled in 
the same manner as the original appointment. 
(B) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Speaker and 
the minority leader shall be ex officio members of 
the Select Committee but shall have no vote in the 
Select Committee and may not be counted for pur-
poses of determining a quorum. 
(C) DESIGNATION
OF
LEADERSHIP
STAFF 
MEMBER.—The Speaker and the minority leader 
each may designate a leadership staff member to 
assist in their capacity as ex officio members, with 
the same access to Select Committee meetings, 
hearings, briefings, and materials as employees of 
the Select Committee and subject to the same secu-
rity clearance and confidentiality requirements as 
staff of the Select Committee. 
(b) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Select Com-
mittee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall 
have no authority to take legislative action on any bill 
or resolution. 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE
JURISDICTION.—The sole au-
thority of the Select Committee shall be to investigate 
and submit policy recommendations on the status of the 
Chinese Communist Party’s economic, technological, and
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security progress and its competition with the United 
States. The Select Committee may, at its discretion, hold 
public hearings in connection with any aspect of its in-
vestigative functions. 
(c) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select Com-
mittee is authorized to study the sources and methods 
of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X inso-
far as such study is related to the matters described in 
subsection (b)(2). 
(2) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sen-
tence of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select 
Committee. 
(3) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select 
Committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities 
of, and shall be subject to the same limitations and re-
strictions as, a standing committee of the House, and 
shall be deemed a committee of the House for all pur-
poses of law or rule. 
(4)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select 
Committee where not inconsistent with this subsection. 
(B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count 
against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
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(C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Se-
lect Committee. 
(D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the 
Select Committee in the same manner as it applies to 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 
(d) RECORDS; STAFF; TRAVEL; FUNDING.— 
(1) The appointment and the compensation of staff 
for the Select Committee shall be subject to regulations 
issued by the Committee on House Administration. 
(2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House or 
a joint committee may be detailed to the Select Com-
mittee to carry out this resolution and shall be deemed 
to be staff of the Select Committee. 
(B) The Select Committee may request the head of 
any Federal agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable 
basis, any of the personnel of the agency to the Select 
Committee. 
(3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect 
to the Select Committee in the same manner as such 
section applies with respect to a standing committee, ex-
cept that the selection of any consultant or organization 
under such section shall be subject to approval by the 
Speaker.
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(e) REPORTING.—The Select Committee may report to 
the House or any committee from time to time the results of 
its investigations and studies, together with such detailed 
findings, policy recommendations, and legislative proposals as 
it may deem advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to 
the House by December 31, 2024. All policy recommenda-
tions shall be submitted to the relevant standing committees 
not later than December 31, 2023. The Select Committee 
shall submit all legislative proposals to the relevant standing 
committees not later than 30 days after their adoption by the 
Select Committee. 
(f) PUBLICATION.— 
(1) The Select Committee shall ensure that reports 
and proposals prepared in accordance with this sub-
section shall, upon completion, be made available to the 
general public in widely accessible formats not later than 
30 calendar days following the respective dates for com-
pletion set forth in subsection (e). 
(2) Any report issued by the Select Committee shall 
be issued in unclassified form but may include a classi-
fied annex, a law enforcement-sensitive annex, or both. 
Attest: 
Clerk.