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House Calendar No. 1
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 19
[Report No. 103–1]
To establish the Select Committee on Aging.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. LLOYD (for herself and Mr. HUGHES) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Rules
JANUARY 25, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.
FORD of Tennessee, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GORDON, Mr.
KENNEDY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. RICHARDSON,
Mr. SISISKY, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. VENTO, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. WISE, Mr.
WYDEN, Mrs. BENTLEY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut,
Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.
REGULA, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SNOWE, Mr.
SPENCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. MANTON,
Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COLEMAN of Texas, Mr. COYNE, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr.
DIXON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.
LAROCCO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. POMEROY,
Mr. REED, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr.
BARTLETT, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. KING,
Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.
ACKERMAN, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr.
BECERRA, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. COSTELLO, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. NEAL
of North Carolina, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. SWETT,
Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR
of Mississippi, Mrs. UNSOELD, Ms.
VELAZQUEZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. QUINN,
Ms. FURSE, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. STUDDS
JANUARY 25, 1993
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered
to be printed
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RESOLUTION
To establish the Select Committee on Aging.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON
AGING.
There is hereby established in the House of Rep-
resentatives a select committee to be known as the Select
Committee on Aging (hereinafter in this resolution re-
ferred to as the ‘‘select committee’’).
SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS.
The select committee shall not have legislative juris-
diction. The select committee shall have authority—
(1) to conduct a continuing comprehensive
study and review of the problems of the older Amer-
ican, including but not limited to income mainte-
nance, housing, health (including medical research),
welfare, employment, education, recreation, and par-
ticipation in family and community life as self-
respecting citizens;
(2) to study the use of all practicable means
and methods of encouraging the development of pub-
lic and private programs and policies which will as-
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sist the older American in taking a full part in na-
tional life and which will encourage the utilization of
the knowledge, skills, special aptitudes, and abilities
of older Americans to contribute to a better quality
of life for all Americans;
(3) to develop policies that would encourage the
coordination of both governmental and private pro-
grams designed to deal with problems of aging; and
(4) to review any recommendations made by the
President or by the White House Conference on
Aging relating to programs or policies affecting older
Americans.
SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.
(a) The select committee shall be composed of not
more than 67 Members, who shall be appointed by the
Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman.
(b) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the
select committee shall be filled in the same manner in
which the original appointment was made.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Members’’
shall include any Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the House of Representatives.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES.
(a) For the purpose of carrying out this resolution,
the select committee is authorized to sit and act during
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the present Congress at such times and places within the
United States, including any Commonwealth or possession
thereof, or elsewhere, whether the House is in session, has
recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as
it deems necessary.
(b) The provisions of clauses 1, 2, and 3 of rule XI
of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply
to the select committee.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as
required by clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the select committee may incur ex-
penses in connection with its duties under this resolution.
(b) In carrying out its functions under this resolution,
the select committee is authorized—
(1) to appoint, either on a permanent basis or
as experts or consultants, such staff as the select
committee considers necessary;
(2) to prescribe the duties and responsibilities
of such staff;
(3) to fix the compensation of such staff at a
single per annum gross rate as provided by clause
6(c) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives;
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(4) to terminate the employment of any such
staff as the select committee considers appropriate;
and
(5) to reimburse members of the select commit-
tee and of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other
necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform-
ance of their duties and responsibilities for the select
committee, other than expenses in connection with
any meeting of the select committee held in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
SEC. 6. REPORTS.
(a)(1) The select committee shall report to the House
with respect to the results of any investigation or study
it conducts.
(2) The select committee shall submit an annual re-
port to the House which shall include a summary of the
activities of the select committee during the calendar year
to which the report applies.
(b) Any such report which is made when the House
is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.