IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 11
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the total number
of committee staff personnel employed during the One Hundred Third
Congress to one-half of the number employed at the end of the One
Hundred Second Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. BARTLETT (for himself and Mr. SHAYS) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
limit the total number of committee staff personnel em-
ployed during the One Hundred Third Congress to one-
half of the number employed at the end of the One
Hundred Second Congress.
Resolved, That clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating
paragraphs (a) through (f) as paragraphs (b) through (g),
respectively, and by inserting at the beginning the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any pri-
mary expense resolution until the Committee on House
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Administration has reported, and the House has adopted,
a resolution establishing an overall ceiling for House com-
mittee staff personnel for that year, and any such resolu-
tion shall be privileged.
‘‘(2) In developing any primary expense resolution,
the Committee on House Administration shall specify in
the resolution the number of staff positions authorized by
the resolution. The committee shall verify in the report
accompanying any such primary expense resolution that
the number of staff positions authorized by such resolution
is in conformity with the overall ceiling on such positions
established by the House.
‘‘(3) In no event shall the total number of additional
staff positions authorized by all such primary expense res-
olutions, taken together with the number of staff positions
authorized by clause 6 of this rule (providing for profes-
sional and clerical staff), exceed the ceiling established by
the House for that year.
‘‘(4) In allocating staff positions pursuant to the
overall ceiling established by the House, the committee
shall take into account the past and anticipated legislative
and oversight activities of each committee.
‘‘(5) In any supplemental expense resolution, and in
any amendment thereto, the committee shall specify the
number of additional staff positions, if any, authorized by
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such resolution, and shall indicate in the report accom-
panying any such resolution whether the additional staff
positions are in conformity with or exceed the overall ceil-
ing established by the House.
‘‘(6) It shall not be in order to consider any supple-
mental expense resolution, or any amendment thereto, au-
thorizing additional staff positions in excess of the overall
ceiling established by the House except by a vote of two-
thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present.
‘‘(7) It shall not be in order to consider any primary
or supplemental expense resolution for one or more com-
mittees unless the report on such resolution includes a
statement verifying that each such committee has adopted
and complied with a committee rule entitling the minority
party on such committee, upon the request of a majority
of such minority, to not less than one-third of the funds
provided for committee staff pursuant to each primary or
supplemental expense resolution.
‘‘(8) For the purposes of the One Hundred Third
Congress, the overall ceiling for committee staff in a reso-
lution reported by the committee pursuant to subpara-
graph (1), or contained in any amendment thereto, shall
not exceed 50 percent of the total committee staff person-
nel employed at the end of the One Hundred Second
Congress.’’.