H. Res. 5 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 6, 2015. 
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, including ap-
plicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that con-
stituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 
Thirteenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House 
of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourteenth 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) COMMITTEES.— 
(1) DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN PAYMENTS TO WIT-
NESSES.—Amend clause 2(g)(5) of rule XI to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(5)(A) Each committee shall, to the greatest 
extent practicable, require witnesses who appear be-
fore it to submit in advance written statements of 
proposed testimony and to limit their initial presen-
tations to the committee to brief summaries thereof.
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‘‘(B) In the case of a witness appearing in a 
nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of 
proposed testimony shall include a curriculum vitae 
and a disclosure of any Federal grants or contracts, 
or contracts or payments originating with a foreign 
government, received during the current calendar 
year or either of the two previous calendar years by 
the witness or by an entity represented by the wit-
ness and related to the subject matter of the hear-
ing. 
‘‘(C) The disclosure referred to in subdivision 
(B) shall include— 
‘‘(i) the amount and source of each Fed-
eral grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
subcontract thereof) related to the subject mat-
ter of the hearing; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount and country of origin of 
any payment or contract related to the subject 
matter of the hearing originating with a for-
eign government. 
‘‘(D) 
Such 
statements, 
with 
appropriate 
redactions to protect the privacy or security of the 
witness, shall be made publicly available in elec-
tronic form not later than one day after the witness 
appears.’’.
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(2) JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES.— 
(A) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
JUDICIARY.—In 
clause 1(l)(7) of rule X, insert before the period 
‘‘and criminalization’’. 
(B) COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
clause 1(b) of rule X, add the following: 
‘‘(5) Bills and joint resolutions that provide 
new budget authority, limitation on the use of 
funds, or other authority relating to new direct loan 
obligations and new loan guarantee commitments 
referencing section 504(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974.’’. 
(3) CLARIFYING THE JURISDICTION OF THE COM-
MITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) Clause 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X is amended by 
striking ‘‘for the’’ and inserting ‘‘for the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer and the’’. 
(B) Clause 4(a) of rule II is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the oversight’’ and inserting ‘‘the policy direc-
tion and oversight’’. 
(4) COMMITTEE
ACTIVITY
REPORTS.—In clause 
1(d) of rule XI— 
(A) in subparagraph (1), insert ‘‘odd-num-
bered’’ after ‘‘each’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (2)(A), strike ‘‘applicable 
period’’ and insert ‘‘Congress’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (2)(B), strike ‘‘in the case 
of the first such report in each Congress,’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (3), strike ‘‘a regular ses-
sion of Congress, or after December 15’’ and insert 
‘‘the last regular session of a Congress, or after De-
cember 15 of an even-numbered year’’. 
(5) DISSENTING
VIEWS.—In the standing rules, 
strike ‘‘supplemental, minority, or additional’’ each place 
it appears and insert (in each instance) ‘‘supplemental, 
minority, additional, or dissenting’’. 
(6) CONSOLIDATING REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN 
RULES.— 
(A) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule XI— 
(i) in subdivision (B) after the semicolon, 
strike ‘‘and’’; 
(ii) in subdivision (C), strike the period 
and insert ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) add the following new subdivision: 
‘‘(D) shall include provisions to govern the 
implementation of clause 4 as provided in 
paragraph (f) of such clause.’’. 
(B) In clause 4(f) of rule XI, strike ‘‘Each 
committee shall adopt written rules to govern its
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implementation of this clause. Such rules shall con-
tain provisions to the following effect’’ and insert 
‘‘Written rules adopted by each committee pursuant 
to clause 2(a)(1)(D) shall contain provisions to the 
following effect’’. 
(7) CONFORMING COMMITTEE AND HOUSE BROAD-
CAST
STANDARDS.—In clause 4(b) of rule XI, strike 
‘‘used, or made available for use, as partisan political 
campaign material to promote or oppose the candidacy 
of any person for elective public office’’ and insert ‘‘used 
for any partisan political campaign purpose or be made 
available for such use’’. 
(8) ELIMINATING THE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST 
CONSIDERING
APPROPRIATIONS
MEASURES
WITHOUT 
PRINTED HEARINGS.—In clause 4 of rule XIII, strike 
paragraph (c). 
(9) PERMANENT
SELECT
COMMITTEE
ON
INTEL-
LIGENCE.—In clause 11(a)(1) of rule X, strike ‘‘20’’ and 
insert ‘‘22’’ and strike ‘‘12’’ and insert ‘‘13’’. 
(10) COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—Clause 3 of rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(s) The committee may not take any action that would 
deny any person any right or protection provided under the 
Constitution of the United States.’’.
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(b) BIPARTISAN
LEGAL
ADVISORY
GROUP.—Amend 
clause 8 of rule II to read as follows: 
‘‘8.(a) There is established an Office of General Counsel 
for the purpose of providing legal assistance and representa-
tion to the House. Legal assistance and representation shall 
be provided without regard to political affiliation. The Speak-
er shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees 
of the Office of General Counsel. The Office of General Coun-
sel shall function pursuant to the direction of the Speaker, 
who shall consult with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. 
‘‘(b) There is established a Bipartisan Legal Advisory 
Group composed of the Speaker and the majority and minor-
ity leaderships. Unless otherwise provided by the House, the 
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group speaks for, and articulates 
the institutional position of, the House in all litigation mat-
ters.’’. 
(c) COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO IN-
CORPORATE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS.— 
(1) Amend rule XIII by adding the following: 
‘‘Estimates of major legislation 
‘‘8.(a) An estimate provided by the Congressional Budg-
et Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in eco-
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nomic output, employment, capital stock, and other macro-
economic variables resulting from such legislation. 
‘‘(b) An estimate provided by the Joint Committee on 
Taxation to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
under section 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent practicable, 
incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in economic out-
put, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic 
variables resulting from such legislation. 
‘‘(c) An estimate referred to in this clause shall, to the 
extent practicable, include— 
‘‘(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary ef-
fects (including macroeconomic variables described in 
paragraphs (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 20-fis-
cal year period beginning after the last fiscal year of the 
most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 
budget that set forth appropriate levels required by sec-
tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 
‘‘(2) an identification of the critical assumptions 
and the source of data underlying that estimate. 
‘‘(d) As used in this clause— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘major legislation’ means any bill or 
joint resolution— 
‘‘(A) for which an estimate is required to be 
prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congres-
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sional Budget Act of 1974 and that causes a gross 
budgetary effect (before incorporating macro-
economic effects) in any fiscal year over the years 
of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution 
on the budget equal to or greater than 0.25 percent 
of the current projected gross domestic product of 
the United States for that fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) designated as such by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget for all direct spending 
legislation other than revenue legislation or the 
Member who is chair or vice chair, as applicable, of 
the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue legis-
lation; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘budgetary effects’ means changes in 
revenues, outlays, and deficits.’’. 
(2) Amend clause 3(h) of rule XIII— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’, by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1)’’, and by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(2)’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (2). 
(d) PROVIDING
FOR RECONVENING AUTHORITY
FOR 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In clause 12 of rule I, 
add the following: 
‘‘(e) During any recess or adjournment of not more 
than three days, if in the opinion of the Speaker the
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public interest so warrants, then the Speaker, after con-
sultation with the Minority Leader, may reconvene the 
House at a time other than that previously appointed, 
within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the 
Constitution, and notify Members accordingly. 
‘‘(f) The Speaker may name a designee for purposes 
of paragraphs (c), (d), and (e).’’. 
(e) PROVIDING CONFERENCE COMMITTEES WITH TIME 
TO REACH AGREEMENT.—In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, 
strike ‘‘20’’ and insert ‘‘45’’ and strike ‘‘10’’ and insert ‘‘25’’. 
(f) CONTENTS
OF
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
SHOWING 
CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW.—Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII is 
amended by striking ‘‘accompanying document—’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘accompanying document— 
‘‘(A) the entire text of each section of a statute that 
is proposed to be repealed or amended; and 
‘‘(B) a comparative print of each amendment to a 
section of a statute that the bill or joint resolution pro-
poses to make, showing by appropriate typographical de-
vices the omissions and insertions proposed.’’. 
(g) MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING
FOR NEW MEM-
BERS.—Clause 3(a)(6)(B)(i) of rule XI is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘new officer or employee’’ and inserting ‘‘new Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES.—
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(1) UPDATING REFERENCES TO THE JOINT COM-
MITTEE ON TAXATION.— 
(A) In clause 3(h) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘Joint 
Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation’’ each 
place it appears and insert (in each instance) ‘‘Joint 
Committee on Taxation’’; and 
(B) In clause 11(a) of rule XXII, strike ‘‘Joint 
Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation’’ and in-
sert ‘‘Joint Committee on Taxation’’. 
(2) UPDATING CROSS-REFERENCES.— 
(A) In clause 2(i)(2) of rule II, strike ‘‘31b-5’’ 
and insert ‘‘5128’’. 
(B) In clause 3 of rule XXVI, strike ‘‘pursuant 
to clause 1’’ and insert ‘‘by August 1 of each year’’. 
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 Fourteenth Congress. 
(b) STAFF DEPOSITION AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN COM-
MITTEES.— 
(1) During the first session of the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress, the chair of a committee des-
ignated in paragraph (3), upon consultation with the 
ranking minority member of such committee, may order
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the taking of depositions, including pursuant to sub-
poena, by a member or counsel of such committee. 
(2) Depositions taken under the authority pre-
scribed in this subsection shall be subject to regulations 
issued by the chair of the Committee on Rules and print-
ed in the Congressional Record. 
(3) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are 
as follows: the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on 
Ways and Means. 
(c) PROVIDING FOR TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.—With respect to 
any memorial presented under clause 3 of rule XII pur-
porting to be an application of the legislature of a State call-
ing for a convention for proposing amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States pursuant to Article V, or a re-
scission of any such prior application— 
(1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary 
shall, in the case of such a memorial presented in the 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, and may, in the 
case of such a memorial presented prior to the One 
Hundred Fourteenth Congress, designate any such me-
morial for public availability by the Clerk; and
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(2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) publicly available in 
electronic form, organized by State of origin and year of 
receipt. 
(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 
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
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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 
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) BUDGET MATTERS.— 
(1)(A) During the first session of the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress, pending the adoption of a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015—
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(i) the provisions of titles III, IV, and VI 
of House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hun-
dred Thirteenth Congress, as adopted by the 
House, shall have force and effect in the House 
as though Congress has adopted such concur-
rent resolution; 
(ii) the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels as contained in the state-
ment of the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives in the 
Congressional Record of April 29, 2014, as ad-
justed in the One Hundred Thirteenth Con-
gress, shall be considered for all purposes in 
the House to be the allocations, aggregates, 
and other appropriate levels under titles III 
and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974; 
(iii) all references in titles IV and VI of 
House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hun-
dred Thirteenth Congress, to a fiscal year shall 
be considered for all purposes in the House to 
be references to the succeeding fiscal year; and 
(iv) all references in titles IV and VI of 
House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hun-
dred Thirteenth Congress, to allocations, ag-
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gregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this 
concurrent resolution’’ (or, in the case of sec-
tion 408 of such concurrent resolution, ‘‘this 
resolution’’) shall be considered for all pur-
poses in the House to be references to the allo-
cations, aggregates, or other appropriate levels 
contained in the statement of the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives printed in the Congressional 
Record of April 29, 2014, as adjusted in the 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. 
(B) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels provided for in subparagraph (A)(ii) for any bill 
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, if such measure maintains the solvency 
of the Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure 
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal 
years 2015 through 2025. 
(C) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels provided for in subparagraph (A)(ii) to take into 
account the most recent baseline published by the Con-
gressional Budget Office.
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(2)(A) During the One Hundred Fourteenth 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 
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.
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(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. 
(f) CONTINUING LITIGATION AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) 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 Four-
teenth Congress to act as the successor in in-
terest to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress and the One Hundred Twelfth 
Congress with respect to the civil action Com-
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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-
tion into the United States Department of Justice 
operation known as ‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related 
matters.
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(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 Thir-
teenth Congress or the One Hundred Twelfth Con-
gress 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. 
(2) THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE 
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.—
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(A) The House of Representatives of the One 
Hundred Fourteenth Congress is authorized to act 
as the successor in interest to the House of Rep-
resentatives of the One Hundred Thirteenth Con-
gress with respect to the civil action United States 
House of Representatives v. Sylvia Mathews 
Burwell, in her official capacity as the Secretary of 
the United States Department of Health and 
Human Services, et al., filed by the House of Rep-
resentatives in the One Hundred Thirteenth Con-
gress pursuant to House Resolution 676. 
(B) The House authorizes the Speaker, on be-
half of the House of Representatives, and the Office 
of General Counsel to take such steps as may be 
appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil ac-
tion, including amending the complaint as cir-
cumstances may warrant. 
(C) The authorities provided by House Resolu-
tion 676 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
remain in full force and effect in the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress. 
(3) AUTHORITY
TO
PROVIDE
TESTIMONY.—The 
House authorizes Michael W. Sheehy to provide testi-
mony in the criminal action United States v. Jeffrey 
Sterling in accordance with the authorizations provided
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to Mr. Sheehy by the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
and the One Hundred Twelfth Congress. 
(g) DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) The chair of a committee may request that the 
Government Accountability Office perform a duplication 
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 that establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 
Federal Government shall include a statement, as 
though under clause 3(c) of rule XIII, indicating wheth-
er any such program is known to be duplicative of an-
other such program. The statement shall at a minimum 
explain 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
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means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct 
spending for purposes of this subsection. 
(i) DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULEMAKINGS.— 
(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. 
(j) SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of 
rule X, during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress— 
(1) the Committee on Agriculture may have not 
more than six subcommittees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services may have not 
more than seven subcommittees; 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not 
more than seven subcommittees; and 
(4) the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure may have not more than six subcommittees. 
(k) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 
During the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress—
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(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-
cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress. 
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(l) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Four-
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. 
(m) INCLUSION OF CITATIONS FOR PROPOSED REPEALS 
AND AMENDMENTS.—To the maximum extent practicable 
and consistent with established drafting conventions, an in-
struction 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, in parentheses
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immediately following the designation of the matter proposed 
to be repealed or amended, the applicable United States Code 
citation (which may be a note in the United States Code), or, 
if no such citation is available, an appropriate alternative ci-
tation to the applicable law or part. 
(n) BROADENING AVAILABILITY OF LEGISLATIVE DOCU-
MENTS IN MACHINE READABLE FORMATS.—The Committee 
on House Administration, the Clerk, and other officers and 
officials of the House shall continue efforts to broaden the 
availability of legislative documents in machine readable for-
mats in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in further-
ance of the institutional priority of improving public avail-
ability and use of legislative information produced by the 
House and its committees. 
(o) TEMPORARY DESIGNATION.—Pending the designa-
tion of a location by the Committee on House Administration 
pursuant to clause 3 of rule XXIX, documents may be made 
publicly available in electronic form at an electronic document 
repository operated by the Clerk. 
(p) CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION TRANS-
PARENCY REFORM.— 
(1) 
PAYMENT
OF
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES 
THROUGH ACCOUNT OF ORGANIZATION.—A Member of 
the House of Representatives and an eligible Congres-
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sional Member Organization may enter into an agree-
ment under which— 
(A) an employee of the Member’s office may 
carry out official and representational duties of the 
Member by assignment to the Organization; and 
(B) to the extent that the employee carries out 
such duties under the agreement, the Member shall 
transfer the portion of the Members’ Representation 
Allowance of the Member which would otherwise be 
used for the salary and related expenses of the em-
ployee to a dedicated account in the House of Rep-
resentatives which is administered by the Organiza-
tion, in accordance with the regulations promul-
gated by the Committee on House Administration 
under paragraph (2). 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’) 
shall promulgate regulations as follows: 
(A) USE OF MRA.—Pursuant to the authority 
of section 101(d) of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee shall prescribe reg-
ulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 
Member Organization may use the amounts trans-
ferred to the Organization’s dedicated account
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under paragraph (1)(B) for the same purposes for 
which a Member of the House of Representatives 
may use the Members’ Representational Allowance, 
except that the Organization may not use such 
amounts for franked mail, official travel, or leases 
of space or vehicles. 
(B) MAINTENANCE OF LIMITATIONS ON NUM-
BER OF SHARED EMPLOYEES.—Pursuant to the au-
thority of section 104(d) of the House of Represent-
atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall pre-
scribe regulations to provide that an employee of 
the office of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives who is covered by an agreement entered into 
under paragraph (1) between the Member and an 
eligible Congressional Member Organization shall be 
considered a shared employee of the Member’s of-
fice and the Organization for purposes of such sec-
tion, and shall include in such regulations appro-
priate accounting standards to ensure that a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives who enters into 
an agreement with such an Organization under 
paragraph (1) does not employ more employees 
than the Member is authorized to employ under 
such section.
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(C) PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT LOAN REPAY-
MENT PROGRAM.—Pursuant to the authority of sec-
tion 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to the 
student loan repayment program for employees of 
the House, the Committee shall promulgate regula-
tions to provide that, in the case of an employee 
who is covered by an agreement entered into under 
paragraph (1) between a Member of the House of 
Representatives and an eligible Congressional Mem-
ber Organization and who participates in such pro-
gram while carrying out duties under the agree-
ment— 
(i) any funds made available for making 
payments under the program with respect to 
the employee shall be transferred to the Orga-
nization’s dedicated account under paragraph 
(1)(B); and 
(ii) the Organization shall use the funds 
to repay a student loan taken out by the em-
ployee, under the same terms and conditions 
which would apply under the program if the 
Organization were the employing office of the 
employee.
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(D) ACCESS TO HOUSE SERVICES.—The Com-
mittee shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an 
eligible Congressional Member Organization has ap-
propriate access to services of the House. 
(E) OTHER
REGULATIONS.—The Committee 
shall promulgate such other regulations as may be 
appropriate to carry out this subsection. 
(3) ELIGIBLE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZA-
TION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible 
Congressional Member Organization’’ means, with re-
spect to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, an or-
ganization meeting each of the following requirements: 
(A) The organization is registered as a Con-
gressional Member Organization with the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
(B) The organization designates a single Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives to be respon-
sible for the administration of the organization, in-
cluding the administration of the account adminis-
tered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 
identification of such Member with the statement of 
organization that the organization files and main-
tains with the Committee on House Administration. 
(C) At least 3 employees of the House are as-
signed to work for the organization.
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(D) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Con-
gress, at least 30 Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives used a portion of the Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowance of the Member for the sal-
ary and related expenses of an employee who was 
a shared employee of the Member’s office and the 
organization. 
(E) The organization files a statement with the 
Committee on House Administration and the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives certifying that it will administer an account in 
accordance with paragraph (1)(B). 
(q) SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.— 
(1) POINT OF ORDER.—During the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress, it shall not be in order to consider 
a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, that reduces the actuarial bal-
ance by at least .01 percent of the present value of fu-
ture taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund established under section 
201(a) of the Social Security Act for the 75-year period 
utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board 
of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of 
the Social Security Act.
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
a measure that would improve the actuarial balance of 
the combined balance in the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund for the 75-year period utilized in 
the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees 
provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Se-
curity Act. 
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 
(a) SELECT
COMMITTEE
ON
THE
EVENTS
SUR-
ROUNDING THE 2012 TERRORIST ATTACK IN BENGHAZI.— 
House Resolution 567, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 
shall apply in the same manner as such resolution applied in 
the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, except that notwith-
standing clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI, the Select Committee 
on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 
Benghazi may adopt a rule or motion permitting members of 
the select committee to question a witness for ten minutes 
until such time as each member of the select committee who 
so desires has had an opportunity to question such witness. 
(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP.—House Resolu-
tion 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in the same manner as 
such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress
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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 Fourteenth 
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 Fourteenth Congress in the same 
manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, except that— 
(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));
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(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; 
(4) members subject to section 1(b)(6)(B) may be 
reappointed for a second additional term; 
(5) any individual who is the subject of a prelimi-
nary review or second-phase review by the board shall be 
informed of the right to be represented by counsel and 
invoking that right should not be held negatively against 
them; and 
(6) the Office may not take any action that would 
deny any person any right or protection provided under 
the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 5. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
The Speaker may recognize a Member for the reading of 
the Constitution on any legislative day through January 16, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.