IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 443 
Establishing the House of Representatives Summer Internship Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2011 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing the House of Representatives Summer 
Internship Program. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUMMER INTERNSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the House of Representatives Summer Internship Pro-
gram (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Program’’), under 
which eligible students who are selected to serve as Interns 
under the Program shall assist Members of the House 
during the summer internship period with legislative du-
ties, including preparing the House chamber for session, 
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answering phones in the Member cloakrooms, and deliv-
ering correspondence and packages. 
(b) PERIOD OF SERVICE.—The summer internship 
period for a year shall begin on Monday of the third week 
of June and shall end on Friday of the first week of Au-
gust. 
(c) NO COMPENSATION OR HOUSING PROVIDED.— 
Interns under the Program shall serve without pay and 
shall not be provided with housing. 
(d) ATTENDANCE IN WEEKLY CLASS.—Each Intern 
under the Program shall attend a weekly one-hour class 
sponsored by the Clerk on executive branch, judicial 
branch, or legislative branch policies and procedures. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION BY CLERK.—The Clerk of the 
House of Representatives shall administer the Program. 
SEC. 2. SELECTION OF INTERNS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS.—For purposes of 
this resolution, an individual is an eligible student if the 
individual meets each of the following requirements: 
(1) The individual will be at least 18 years of 
age as of the first day of the summer internship pe-
riod. 
(2) The individual is a citizen of the United 
States, a national of the United States (as defined 
in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Na-
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tionality Act), or an individual lawfully admitted for 
permanent 
residence 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
101(a)(20) of such Act). 
(3) The individual is enrolled in an educational 
program for which an institution of higher education 
(as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965) awards a bachelor’s degree or an equiv-
alent degree, or will be enrolled in such a program 
as of the first academic year that begins after the 
completion of the summer internship period. 
(4) The individual maintained a grade point av-
erage of at least 3.0 in core academic subjects over 
the previous 2 academic years. 
(5) The individual has not served previously as 
an Intern under the Program or as a Page under 
the House of Representatives Page Program. 
(6) The individual submits to a Member of the 
House an application to serve as an Intern under 
the Program during the summer internship period 
that includes such information as the Clerk may re-
quire. 
(b) SELECTION OF INTERNS FROM ELIGIBLE STU-
DENTS.— 
(1) FORWARDING OF APPLICATIONS BY MEM-
BERS.—Any Member of the House who receives an 
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application under subsection (a)(6) from an eligible 
student to serve as an Intern under the Program 
during the summer internship period may forward 
the application to the Speaker (in the case of a 
Member who is associated with the majority party in 
the House) or the minority leader (in the case of a 
Member who is associated with the minority party in 
the House). 
(2) SELECTION.—From the applications for-
warded under paragraph (1), the Speaker and mi-
nority leader (working jointly) shall select not fewer 
than 70 eligible students to serve as Interns for the 
period, such that— 
(A) 2⁄3 of the Interns selected had their ap-
plications forwarded by Members associated 
with the majority party and 1⁄3 of the Interns 
selected had their applications forwarded by 
Members associated with the minority party; 
and 
(B) not more than 1 Intern may have had 
an application forwarded by the same Member 
unless there were Members who did not forward 
any applications from eligible students for the 
period. 
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