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H. Res. 5
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
January 3, 2001.
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, including applica-
ble provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted
rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Sixth Con-
gress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, with amend-
ments to the standing rules, as provided in section 2, and
with other orders as provided in section 3.
SEC. 2. CHANGES IN STANDING RULES.
(a) PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS.—
(1) In clause 2(b) of rule II, strike ‘‘printed and’’.
(2) In clause 2(c)(3) of rule II, strike ‘‘printing
and’’.
(3) In clause 2(c)(4) of rule II, strike ‘‘printed’’.
(4) In clause 2(e) of rule II, strike ‘‘printed and’’.
(5) In clause 2(f)(2) of rule II, strike ‘‘or mail’’.
(6) In clause 2(f)(2) of rule II, strike ‘‘, in binding
of good quality,’’.
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(b) PREPARATION OF ENROLLED BILLS.—
(1) In clause 2(d) of rule II, designate the existing
text as subparagraph (1) and insert thereafter the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(2) The Clerk shall examine all bills, amendments, and
joint resolutions after passage by the House and, in coopera-
tion with the Senate, examine all bills and joint resolutions
that have passed both Houses to see that they are correctly
enrolled and forthwith present those bills and joint resolu-
tions that originated in the House to the President in person
after their signature by the Speaker and the President of the
Senate, and report to the House the fact and date of their
presentment.’’.
(2) In clause 4(d)(1) of rule X, strike subdivision
(A), redesignate the succeeding subdivisions accordingly
(and conform the subdivision-reference in subdivision
(C), as redesignated.
(c) RESPONDING TO SUBPOENAS.—In rule VIII, strike
‘‘subpoena or other judicial order’’ in each of the nine places
it appears and insert in lieu thereof (in each instance) ‘‘judi-
cial or administrative subpoena or judicial order’’.
(d) RENAMING OF COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE; ESTAB-
LISHMENT
OF COMMITTEE
ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—In
clause 1 of rule X—
(1) strike paragraph (d);
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(2) redesignate paragraph (e) as paragraph (d);
(3) redesignate paragraph (g) as paragraph (e) and
transfer that paragraph before paragraph (f);
(4) in paragraph (f)—
(A) strike ‘‘Commerce’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘Energy and Commerce’’ (and con-
form the reference in clause 3(c) of rule X); and
(B) strike subparagraph (15) and redesignate
the succeeding subparagraph accordingly; and
(5) insert the following new paragraph after para-
graph (f):
‘‘(g) Committee on Financial Services.
‘‘(1) Banks and banking, including deposit insur-
ance and Federal monetary policy.
‘‘(2) Economic stabilization, defense production, re-
negotiation, and control of the price of commodities,
rents, and services.
‘‘(3) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other
than transportation).
‘‘(4) Insurance generally.
‘‘(5) International finance.
‘‘(6) International financial and monetary organiza-
tion.
‘‘(7) Money and credit, including currency and the
issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold and sil-
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ver, including the coinage thereof; valuation and revalu-
ation of the dollar.
‘‘(8) Public and private housing.
‘‘(9) Securities and exchanges.
‘‘(10) Urban development.’’.
(e) ENHANCED
OVERSIGHT
PLANNING.—In clause
2(d)(1) of rule X, insert after subdivision (A) the following
new subdivision (and redesignate the succeeding subdivisions
accordingly):
‘‘(B) review specific problems with federal rules,
regulations, statutes, and court decisions that are ambig-
uous, arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose severe fi-
nancial burdens on individuals;’’.
(f) INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT.—In clause 3 of rule X,
add the following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(l) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
shall review and study on a continuing basis laws, programs,
and activities of the intelligence community and shall review
and study on an exclusive basis the sources and methods of
entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A).’’.
(g) OVERSIGHT OF OFFICERS.—
(1) In clause 4(d) of rule X, amend subdivision (A)
(as redesignated) to read as follows:
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‘‘(A) provide policy direction for the Inspector General
and oversight of the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Adminis-
trative Officer, and Inspector General;’’.
(2) In clause 4(a) of rule II strike ‘‘policy direction
and’’.
(h) SIZE OF INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.—In the second
sentence of clause 11(a)(1) of rule X—
(1) strike ‘‘not more than 16’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘not more than 18’’; and
(2) strike ‘‘not more than nine’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘not more than 10’’.
(i) PRESERVING MAJORITY QUORUM REQUIREMENTS.—
In clause 2(h)(3) of rule XI, strike ‘‘the reporting of a meas-
ure or recommendation’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘one for
which the presence of a majority of the committee is other-
wise required’’.
(j) CLARIFICATION
OF
HEARING
PROCEDURES.—In
clause 2(k) of rule XI—
(1) in the caption, strike ‘‘investigative’’;
(2) in subparagraph (1)—
(A) strike ‘‘an investigative hearing’’ and in-
sert in lieu thereof ‘‘a hearing’’; and
(B) strike ‘‘investigation’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘hearing’’;
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(3) in subparagraph (2), strike ‘‘to each witness’’
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘to each witness on request’’;
(4) in subparagraph (3), strike ‘‘investigative’’; and
(5) in subparagraph (5)—
(A) strike ‘‘an investigative hearing’’ and in-
sert in lieu thereof ‘‘a hearing’’;
(B) strike ‘‘asserted’’ and insert in lieu thereof
‘‘asserted by a member of the committee’’; and
(C) strike ‘‘any person’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘any person, or it is asserted by a witness
that the evidence or testimony that the witness
would give at a hearing may tend to defame, de-
grade, or incriminate the witness’’.
(k) CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS WITHOUT ADDI-
TIONAL LAYOVER.—In clause 3(a)(2) of rule XIII, add the
following new sentence at the end: ‘‘A supplemental report
only correcting errors in the depiction of record votes under
paragraph (b) may be filed under this subparagraph and
shall not be subject to the requirement in clause 4 concerning
the availability of reports.’’.
(l) PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.—
(1) In clause 3(c) of rule XIII, amend subpara-
graph (4) to read as follows:
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‘‘(4) A statement of general performance goals and
objectives, including outcome-related goals and objec-
tives, for which the measure authorizes funding.’’.
(2) In clause 4(c)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘matter in-
volved’’ and all that follows and insert in lieu thereof
‘‘matter involved.’’.
(m) REPORT DETAIL ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII, amend subdivision (B)
to read as follows:
‘‘(B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill
for expenditures not currently authorized by law for the
period concerned (excepting classified intelligence or na-
tional security programs, projects, or activities), along
with a statement of the last year for which such expendi-
tures were authorized, the level of expenditures author-
ized for that year, the actual level of expenditures for
that year, and the level of appropriations in the bill for
such expenditures.’’.
(n) CORRECTIONS CALENDAR.—
(1) In clause 4(a)(2) of rule XIII, insert after sub-
division (B) the following new subdivision (and redesig-
nate the succeeding subdivisions accordingly):
‘‘(C) a bill called from the Corrections Calendar
under clause 6 of rule XV;’’.
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(2) In clause 6(a) of rule XV, strike ‘‘that has been
on the Corrections Calendar for three legislative days’’
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘that is printed on the Correc-
tions Calendar’’.
(o) OBJECTIONS
TO EXHIBITS.—In clause 6 of rule
XVII, strike ‘‘its use shall be decided without debate by a
vote of the House’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chair, in
his discretion, may submit the question of its use to the
House without debate’’.
(p) POSTPONING REQUESTS FOR RECORDED VOTES ON
AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.—In clause 6 of
rule XVIII, add the following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(g) The Chairman may postpone a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment. The Chairman may resume
proceedings on a postponed request at any time. The Chair-
man may reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting on any postponed question that follows another
electronic vote without interviewing business, provided that
the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se-
ries of questions shall be 15 minutes.’’.
(q) NAMING OF PUBLIC WORKS.—In rule XXI, add the
following new clause at the end:
‘‘Designation of public works
‘‘6. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint reso-
lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for the
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designation or redesignation of a public work in honor of an
individual then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, or Senator.’’.
(r) MOTIONS INSTRUCTING CONFEREES.—
(1) In clause 7 of rule XXII, in subparagraph
(c)(1), strike ‘‘first legislative’’.
(2) In clause 7 of rule XXII, in subparagraph
(c)(1)—
(A) strike the dash after ‘‘privileged’’;
(B) strike the designations of subdivisions (A)
and (B); and
(C) strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘,
but only’’.
(3) In clause 7 of rule XXII, after paragraph (c),
redesignate paragraph (d) as paragraph (e) and insert
the following new paragraph after paragraph (c):
‘‘(d) Instructions to conferees in a motion to instruct or
in a motion to recommit to conference may not include argu-
ment.’’.
(s) REPEAL OF AUTOMATIC PUBLIC-DEBT MEASURE.—
(1) Strike rule XXIII and redesignate the suc-
ceeding rules accordingly.
(2) In clause 4(f)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘budget’’ and
all that follows and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘budget.’’.
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(3) In clause 9(b)(2) of rule X, strike ‘‘rule XXIV’’
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule XXIII’’.
(4) In clause 3(a)(5) of rule XI, strike ‘‘rule XXIV’’
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule XXIII’’.
(5) In clause 4 of rule XXIII (as redesignated),
strike ‘‘rule XXVI’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule
XXV’’.
(6) In clause 5 of rule XXIII (as redesignated),
strike ‘‘rule XXVI’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule
XXV’’.
(7) In clause 12(a) of rule XXIII (as redesignated),
strike ‘‘rule XXVII’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘rule
XXVI’’.
(t) PROHIBITION ON PAID EMPLOYMENT OF SPOUSE.—
In clause 8 of rule XXIII (as redesignated), add the following
new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2)—
‘‘(A) a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may not retain his spouse in a paid position; and
‘‘(B) an employee of the House may not accept
compensation for work for a committee on which his
spouse serves as a member.
‘‘(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a
spouse whose pertinent employment predates the One Hun-
dred Seventh Congress.’’.
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(u) OATHS CONCERNING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—
In clause 13 of rule XXIII (as redesignated), add the fol-
lowing new sentence at the end: ‘‘The Clerk shall make signa-
tures a matter of public record, causing the names of each
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has signed
the oath during a week (if any) to be published in a portion
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose on
the last legislative day of the week and making cumulative
lists of such names available each day for public inspection
in an appropriate office of the House.’’.
(v) ACTIVITIES OF CONSULTANTS.—In clause 14(b) of
rule XXIII (as redesignated), add the following new sentences
at the end: ‘‘An individual whose services are compensated by
the House pursuant to a consultant contract may not lobby
the contracting committee or the members or staff of the con-
tracting committee on any matter. Such an individual may
lobby other Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commis-
sioner or staff of the House on matters outside the jurisdic-
tion of the contracting committee.’’.
(w) CLARIFICATION OF TERMS IN GIFT RULE.—
(1) In clause 4(a)(1) of rule XXV (as redesignated),
strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert in lieu thereof a period.
(2) In clause 4(a)(2) of rule XXV (as redesignated),
strike ‘‘(2) when’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘(2)(A)
When’’.
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(3) After clause 4(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV (as redesig-
nated), insert the following subdivision:
‘‘(B) When used in clause 5 of this rule, the
terms ‘officer’ and ‘employee’ have the same mean-
ings as in rule XXIII.’’.
(4) In clause 5(e)(1) of rule XXV (as redesignated),
strike ‘‘and’’ after subparagraph (1).
(5) At the end of clause 5(e)(2) of rule XXV (as
redesignated), strike the period and insert in lieu thereof
‘‘; and’’.
(6) After clause 5(e)(2) of rule XXV (as redesig-
nated), insert the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(3) the terms ‘officer’ and ‘employee’ have the
same meanings as in rule XXIII.’’.
(x) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN RECODIFICATION.—
(1) In clause 3(a) of rule VII, strike ‘‘paragraph
(b), clause 4,’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 4(b)’’.
(2) In clause 5(a) of rule VII, strike ‘‘clause 9’’ and
insert in lieu thereof ‘‘clause 11’’.
(3) In clause 7(b) of rule X, strike ‘‘under this
paragraph’’.
(4) In clause 7(d) of rule X, strike ‘‘this para-
graph’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.
(5) In clause 7(e) of rule X, strike ‘‘this paragraph’’
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this clause’’.