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H. Res. 6
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995.
Resolved,
TITLE I. CONTRACT WITH AMERICA: A BILL
OF ACCOUNTABILITY
SEC. 101. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendments:
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Committee, Subcommittee, and Staff Reforms
(a) COMMITTEE STAFF REDUCTIONS.—In the One Hun-
dred Fourth Congress, the total number of staff of House
committees shall be at least one-third less than the cor-
responding total in the One Hundred Third Congress.
(b) SUBCOMMITTEE REDUCTIONS.—In clause 6 of rule
X, amend paragraph (d) to read as follows:
‘‘(d) No committee of the House shall have more than
five subcommittees (except the Committee on Appropriations,
which shall have no more than thirteen; the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight, which shall have no more
than seven; and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, which shall have no more than six).’’.
(c) CONSOLIDATED COMMITTEE STAFF AND BIENNIAL
FUNDING.—
(1) In clause 5(a) of rule XI, amend the first sen-
tence to read as follows: ‘‘Whenever any committee, com-
mission, or other entity (except the Committee on Ap-
propriations) is to be granted authorization for the pay-
ment of its expenses (including all staff salaries) for a
Congress, such authorization initially shall be procured
by one primary expense resolution reported by the Com-
mittee on House Oversight.’’.
(2)(A) In clause 5(b) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence to read as follows: ‘‘After the date of adoption
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by the House of any such primary expense resolution for
any such committee, commission, or other entity for any
Congress, authorization for the payment of additional
expenses (including staff salaries) in that Congress may
be procured by one or more supplemental expense resolu-
tions reported by the Committee on House Oversight, as
necessary.’’.
(B) In clause 5(c)(1) of rule XI—
(i) strike ‘‘the contingent fund’’ and insert ‘‘com-
mittee salary and expense accounts’’;
(ii) strike ‘‘any year’’ and insert ‘‘any odd-num-
bered year’’; and
(iii) strike ‘‘for that year’’ and insert ‘‘for that Con-
gress’’.
(C) In clause 5(c)(2) of rule XI, strike ‘‘the contin-
gent fund’’ and insert ‘‘committee salary and expense ac-
counts’’.
(D) In clause 5(f)(1) of rule XI—
(i) strike ‘‘the contingent fund’’ and insert
‘‘committee salary and expense accounts’’; and
(ii) strike ‘‘of each year’’ and insert ‘‘in each
odd-numbered year’’.
(3)(A) INTERIM FUNDING RULE.—For the purposes
of implementing this section, and notwithstanding the
provisions of clause 5(f) of rule XI, at the beginning of
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the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the committees es-
tablished by this resolution are authorized, pending the
adoption of the primary expense resolution for the One
Hundred Fourth Congress, to expend such sums as are
necessary to pay compensation for staff services per-
formed for, or to pay other expenses of, the committee
consistent with its planned reductions in committee
staff.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of clause 5(f) of
rule XI, payments thereunder during the One Hundred
Fourth Congress may be made only on vouchers signed
by a Member elected as chairman of the committee con-
cerned in the One Hundred Fourth Congress and ap-
proved by the Committee on House Oversight, or, in the
case of late expenses of any committee from the One
Hundred Third Congress not reestablished by the Rules
of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, on vouchers
signed by the chairman of the Committee on House
Oversight.
(4) In clause 5 of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) to
read as follows:
‘‘(d) From the funds made available for the appointment
of committee staff pursuant to any primary or additional ex-
pense resolution, the chairman of each committee shall ensure
that sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee
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to carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the commit-
tee, and that the minority party is fairly treated in the ap-
pointment of such staff.’’.
(5)(A) In clause 6(a)(1) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence to read as follows: ‘‘Subject to subparagraph
(2) and paragraph (f), each standing committee may ap-
point, by majority vote of the committee, not more than
thirty professional staff members from the funds pro-
vided for the appointment of committee staff pursuant
to primary and additional expense resolutions.’’.
(B) In clause 6(a)(2) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence by striking ‘‘six persons’’ and inserting ‘‘ten
persons (or one-third of the total professional committee
staff appointed under this clause, whichever is less)’’.
(C) In clause 6(a) of rule XI, strike subparagraphs
(3) through (5);
(D) In clause 6 of rule XI, amend paragraph (b) to
read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing
committee—
‘‘(A) may not engage in any work other than com-
mittee business during congressional working hours; and
‘‘(B) may not be assigned any duties other than
those pertaining to committee business.
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‘‘(2) This paragraph does not apply to any staff des-
ignated by a committee as ‘associate’ or ‘shared’ staff who
are not paid exclusively by the committee, provided that the
chairman certifies that the compensation paid by the commit-
tee for any such employee is commensurate with the work
performed for the committee, in accordance with the provi-
sions of clause 8 of rule XLIII.
‘‘(3) The use of any ‘associate’ or ‘shared’ staff by any
committee shall be subject to the review of, and to any terms,
conditions, or limitations established by, the Committee on
House Oversight in connection with the reporting of any pri-
mary or additional expense resolution.
‘‘(4) The foregoing provisions of this clause do not apply
to the Committee on Appropriations.’’.
(E) In clause 6(c) of rule XI strike ‘‘, clerical and
investigating’’ and insert ‘‘and investigative’’.
(F) In clause 6(d) of rule XI, strike ‘‘and the Com-
mittee on Budget’’.
(G)(i) In clause 6(f) of rule XI, strike ‘‘, or a mi-
nority clerical staff member under paragraph (b),’’ and
strike ‘‘or paragraph (b), as applicable’’.
(ii) In clause 6(f) of rule XI, strike ‘‘or the clerical
staff, as the case may be,’’.
(H) In clause 6(g) of rule XI, strike ‘‘or (b)’’ in
both places it appears.
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(I) In clause 6 of rule XI, amend paragraph (h) to
read as follows:
‘‘(h) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to authorize
the appointment of additional professional staff members of
a committee pursuant to a request under such paragraph by
the minority party members of that committee if ten or more
professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1)
who are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party mem-
bers, are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party
members.’’.
(J) In clause 6(i) of rule XI, strike ‘‘paragraphs
(a)(2) and (b)(2)’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph (a)(2)’’.
SEC. 102. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendments:
Truth-in-Budgeting Baseline Reform
(a) In clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI (relating to cost esti-
mates in committee reports) insert before the semicolon the
following: ‘‘, except that the estimates with respect to new
budget authority shall include, when practicable, a compari-
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son of the total estimated funding level for the relevant pro-
gram (or programs) to the appropriate levels under current
law’’.
(b) In clause 7(a) of rule XIII (relating to required cost
estimates in committee reports)—
(1) strike ‘‘and’’ at the end of the subparagraph
(1);
(2) strike the period at the end of the paragraph
and insert ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) add the following new subparagraph at the end:
‘‘(3) when practicable, a comparison of the total es-
timated funding level for the relevant program (or pro-
grams) with the appropriate levels under current law.’’.
SEC. 103. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendments:
Term Limits for Speaker, Committee and
Subcommittee Chairmen
(a) In clause 7 of rule I, insert ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘7.’’ and add
the following new paragraph at the end:
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‘‘(b) No person may serve as Speaker for more than four
consecutive Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred
Fourth Congress (disregarding for this purpose any service
for less than a full session in any Congress).’’.
(b) In clause 6(c) of rule X, insert after the first sen-
tence the following: ‘‘No Member may serve as the chairman
of the same standing committee, or as the chairman of the
same subcommittee thereof, for more than three consecutive
Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Con-
gress (disregarding for this purpose any service for less than
a full session in any Congress).’’.
SEC. 104. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendments:
Proxy Voting Ban
(a) In clause 2 of rule XI, amend paragraph (f) to read
as follows:
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‘‘Prohibition against proxy voting
‘‘(f) No vote by any member of any committee or sub-
committee with respect to any measure or matter may be cast
by proxy.’’.
(b) In clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI, strike ‘‘and whether by
proxy or in person,’’ in the third sentence.
SEC. 105. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendments:
Committee Sunshine Rules
(a) In rule clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI—
(1) insert ‘‘, including to radio, television, and still
photography coverage, except as provided by clause
3(f)(2),’’ after ‘‘public’’ the first place it appears;
(2) insert ‘‘because disclosure of matters to be con-
sidered would endanger national security, would com-
promise sensitive law enforcement information, would
tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person, or
otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House’’
after ‘‘public’’ the second place it appears; and
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(3) strike ‘‘, or to any meeting that relates solely
to internal budget or personnel matters’’.
(b) In clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI—
(1) insert ‘‘, including to radio, television, and still
photography coverage,’’ after ‘‘public’’ the first place it
appears; and
(2) insert ‘‘, would compromise sensitive law en-
forcement information,’’ after ‘‘would endanger national
security’’ in both places it appears.
(c) In clause 3(d) of rule XI strike ‘‘is a privilege made
available by the House and’’.
(d) In clause 3 of rule XI, amend paragraph (e) to read
as follows:
‘‘(e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by any
committee or subcommittee of the House is open to the pub-
lic, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by television,
radio, and still photography, except as provided in paragraph
(f)(2). A committee or subcommittee chairman may not limit
the number of television or still cameras to fewer than two
representatives from each medium (except for legitimate
space or safety considerations, in which case pool coverage
shall be authorized).’’.
SEC. 106. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
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the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendments:
Limitations on Tax Increases
(a) THREE-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIRED
FOR TAX IN-
CREASE MEASURES AND AMENDMENTS.—In clause 5 of rule
XXI, add the following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(c) No bill or joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase
shall be considered as passed or agreed to unless so deter-
mined by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members
voting.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION ON RETROACTIVE TAX INCREASES.—
In clause 5 of rule XXI (as amended by (a) above), add the
following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(d) It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a retro-
active Federal income tax rate increase. For purposes of this
paragraph a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive
if it applies to a period beginning prior to the enactment of
the provision.’’.
SEC. 107. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
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sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendment:
Comprehensive House Audit
During the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the Inspec-
tor General, in consultation with the Speaker and the Com-
mittee on House Oversight, shall coordinate, and as needed
contract with independent auditing firms to complete, a com-
prehensive audit of House financial records and administra-
tive operations, and report the results in accordance with rule
VI.
SEC. 108. The Rules of the House of Representatives of
the One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress,
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as
may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, with the following amendment:
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Consideration of the ‘‘Congressional
Accountability Act’’
It shall be in order at any time after the adoption of this
resolution to consider in the House, any rule of the House
to the contrary notwithstanding, the bill (H.R. 1) to make
certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Fed-
eral Government, if offered by the majority leader or a des-
ignee. The bill shall be debatable for not to exceed one hour,
to be equally divided and controlled by the majority leader
and the minority leader or their designees. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final
passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit.
TITLE II. GENERAL
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Third Congress, including applica-
ble provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted
rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third
Congress, together with such amendments thereto in this res-
olution as may otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as
the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hun-
dred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:
Administrative Reforms
SEC. 201. (a) ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF DOOR-
KEEPER; ELECTION OF CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—
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In rule II, strike ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ each place it appears and in-
sert ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’ .
(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF CLERK.—In rule III (‘‘Du-
ties of Clerk’’), add the following new clauses at the end:
‘‘7. In addition to any other reports required by the
Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the Clerk
shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later
than forty-five days following the close of each semiannual
period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial
and operational status of each function under the jurisdiction
of the Clerk. Each report shall include financial statements,
a description or explanation of current operations, the imple-
mentation of new policies and procedures, and future plans
for each function.
‘‘8. The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate
offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits
of financial records and administrative operations.’’.
(c) Amend rules IV, V, and VI to read as follows:
‘‘RULE IV.
‘‘DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.
‘‘1. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to at-
tend the House during its sittings, to maintain order under
the direction of the Speaker or Chairman, and, pending the
election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, under the di-
rection of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House, and
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all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by
the Speaker.
‘‘2. The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which
shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.
‘‘3. He shall enforce strictly the rules relating to the
privileges of the Hall and be responsible to the House for the
official conduct of his employees.
‘‘4. He shall allow no person to enter the room over the
Hall of the House during its sittings; and fifteen minutes be-
fore the hour of the meeting of the House each day he shall
see that the floor is cleared of all persons except those privi-
leged to remain, and kept so until ten minutes after adjourn-
ment.
‘‘5. In addition to any other reports required by the
Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-
at-Arms shall report to the Committee on House Oversight
not later than forty-five days following the close of each semi-
annual period ending June 30 or on December 31 on the fi-
nancial and operational status of each function under the ju-
risdiction of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall include
financial statements, a description or explanation of current
operations, the implementation of new policies and proce-
dures, and future plans for each function.
‘‘6. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the
appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews
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and audits of financial records and administrative oper-
ations.’’.
‘‘RULE V.
‘‘CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
‘‘1. The Chief Administrative Officer of the House shall
have operational and financial responsibility for functions as
assigned by the Speaker and the Committee on House Over-
sight, and shall be subject to the policy direction and over-
sight of the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight.
‘‘2. In addition to any other reports required by the
Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the Chief
shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later
than forty-five days following the close of each semiannual
period ending on June 30 or December 31 on the financial
and operational status of each function under the jurisdiction
of the Chief. Each report shall include financial statements,
a description or explanation of current operations, the imple-
mentation of new policies and procedures, and future plans
for each function.
‘‘3. The Chief shall fully cooperate with the appropriate
offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits
of financial records and administrative operations.
‘‘RULE VI.
‘‘OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
‘‘1. There is established an Office of Inspector General.
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‘‘2. The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Con-
gress by the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority
leader, acting jointly.
‘‘3. Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the
Committee on House Oversight, the Inspector General shall
be responsible only for—
‘‘(a) conducting periodic audits of the financial and
administrative functions of the House and joint entities;
‘‘(b) informing the Officers or other officials who
are the subject of an audit of the results of that audit
and suggesting appropriate curative actions;
‘‘(c) simultaneously notifying the Speaker, the ma-
jority leader, the minority leader, and the chairman and
ranking minority party member of the Committee on
House Oversight in the case of any financial irregularity
discovered in the course of carrying out responsibilities
under this rule;
‘‘(d) simultaneously submitting to the Speaker, the
majority leader, and the chairman and ranking minority
party member of the Committee on House Oversight a
report of each audit conducted under this rule; and
‘‘(e) reporting to the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct information involving possible violations
by any Member, officer, or employee of the House of any
rule of the House or of any law applicable to the per-
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formance of official duties or the discharge of official re-
sponsibilities which may require referral to the appro-
priate Federal or State authorities pursuant to clause
4(e)(1)(C) of rule X.’’.
(d) In clause 3 of rule X, strike paragraph (j).
(e) In clause 4(d) of rule X—
(1) strike ‘‘Committee on House Administration’’
and insert ‘‘Committee on House Oversight’’;
(2) strike subparagraphs (2) and (3), insert ‘‘and’’
after ‘‘House;’’ in subparagraph (1), redesignate para-
graph (4) as paragraph (2), and amend paragraph (2),
as so redesignated, to read as follows:
‘‘(2) providing policy direction for, and oversight of,
the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Offi-
cer, and Inspector General.’’.
(f) In clause 7 of rule XIV, strike ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms
and Doorkeeper are’’ and insert ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms is’’.
Changes in Committee System
SEC. 202. (a) THE COMMITTEES AND THEIR JURISDIC-
TION.—Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended to read as follows:
‘‘1. There shall be in the House the following standing
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and re-
lated functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2,
3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating
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to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing committee
as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with and subject
to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as follows:
‘‘(a) Committee on Agriculture.
‘‘(1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protec-
tion of birds and animals in forest reserves.
‘‘(2) Agriculture generally.
‘‘(3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
‘‘(4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
‘‘(5) Agricultural economics and research.
‘‘(6) Agricultural education extension services.
‘‘(7) Agricultural production and marketing and
stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and com-
modities (not including distribution outside of the United
States).
‘‘(8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
‘‘(9) Commodities exchanges.
‘‘(10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
‘‘(11) Dairy industry.
‘‘(12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
‘‘(13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
‘‘(14) Inspection of livestock, and poultry, and meat
products, and seafood and seafood products.
‘‘(15) Forestry in general, and forest reserves other
than those created from the public domain.
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ver, including the coinage thereof; valuation and revalu-
ation of the dollar.
‘‘(9) Public and private housing.
‘‘(10) Urban development.
‘‘(d)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting of
the following Members:
‘‘(A) Members who are members of other standing
committees, including five Members who are members of
the Committee on Appropriations, and five Members who
are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
‘‘(B) one Member from the leadership of the major-
ity party; and
‘‘(C) one Member from the leadership of the minor-
ity party.
No Member other than a representative from the leadership
of a party may serve as a member of the Committee on the
Budget during more than four Congresses in any period of
six successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any
service performed as a member of such committee for less
than a full session in any Congress), except that an incum-
bent chairman or ranking minority member having served on
the committee for four Congresses and having served as
chairman or ranking minority member of the committee for
not more than one Congress shall be eligible for reelection to
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the committee as chairman or ranking minority member for
one additional Congress.
‘‘(2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined
in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles
III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth ap-
propriate levels of budget totals for the United States Gov-
ernment.
‘‘(3) Measures relating to the congressional budget proc-
ess, generally.
‘‘(4) Measures relating to the establishment, extension,
and enforcement of special controls over the Federal budget,
including the budgetary treatment of off-budget Federal
agencies and measures providing exemption from reduction
under any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
‘‘(5) The committee shall have the duty—
‘‘(A) to report the matters required to be reported
by it under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974;
‘‘(B) to make continuing studies of the effect on
budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legisla-
tion and to report the results of such studies to the
House on a recurring basis;
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‘‘(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of
tax expenditures; to devise methods of coordinating tax
expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget
outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the
House on a recurring basis; and
‘‘(D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct
by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and
duties.
‘‘(e) Committee on Commerce.
‘‘(1) Biomedical research and development.
‘‘(2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
‘‘(3) Health and health facilities, except health care
supported by payroll deductions.
‘‘(4) Interstate energy compacts.
‘‘(5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
‘‘(6) Measures relating to the exploration, produc-
tion, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation
of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar en-
ergy, and other unconventional or renewable energy re-
sources.
‘‘(7) Measures relating to the conservation of en-
ergy resources.
‘‘(8) Measures relating to energy information gen-
erally.
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‘‘(9) Measures relating to (A) the generation and
marketing of power (except by federally chartered or
Federal regional power marketing authorities), (B) the
reliability and interstate transmission of, and rate-
making for, all power, and (C) the siting of generation
facilities; except the installation of interconnections be-
tween Government waterpower projects.
‘‘(10) Measures relating to general management of
the Department of Energy, and the management and all
functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
‘‘(11) National energy policy generally.
‘‘(12) Public health and quarantine.
‘‘(13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy in-
dustry, including regulation of research and development
reactors and nuclear regulatory research.
‘‘(14) Regulation of interstate and foreign commu-
nications.
‘‘(15) Securities and exchanges.
‘‘(16) Travel and tourism.
The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect
to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy
as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities
and of use of nonnuclear energy. In addition to its legislative
jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph
(and its general oversight functions under clause 2(b)(1)),
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such committee shall have the special oversight functions pro-
vided for in clause (3)(h) with respect to all laws, programs,
and Government activities affecting nuclear and other energy,
and nonmilitary nuclear energy and research and develop-
ment including the disposal of nuclear waste.
‘‘(f) Committee on Economic and Educational
Opportunities.
‘‘(1) Child labor.
‘‘(2) Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and
Blind; Howard University; Freedmen’s Hospital.
‘‘(3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by
convicts into interstate commerce.
‘‘(4) Food programs for children in schools.
‘‘(5) Labor standards and statistics.
‘‘(6) Measures relating to education or labor gen-
erally.
‘‘(7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
‘‘(8) Regulation or prevention of importation of for-
eign laborers under contract.
‘‘(9) United States Employees’ Compensation Com-
mission.
‘‘(10) Vocational rehabilitation.
‘‘(11) Wages and hours of labor.
‘‘(12) Welfare of miners.
‘‘(13) Work incentive programs.
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In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the spe-
cial oversight function provided for in clause 3(c) with respect
to domestic educational programs and institutions, and pro-
grams of student assistance, which are within the jurisdiction
of other committees.
‘‘(g) Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight.
‘‘(1) The Federal Civil Service, including intergov-
ernmental personnel; the status of officers and employ-
ees of the United States, including their compensation,
classification, and retirement.
‘‘(2) Measures relating to the municipal affairs of
the District of Columbia in general, other than appro-
priations.
‘‘(3) Federal paperwork reduction.
‘‘(4) Budget and accounting measures, generally.
‘‘(5) Holidays and celebrations.
‘‘(6) The overall economy, efficiency and manage-
ment of government operations and activities, including
Federal procurement.
‘‘(7) National archives.
‘‘(8) Population and demography generally, includ-
ing the Census.
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‘‘(9) Postal service generally, including the trans-
portation of the mails.
‘‘(10) Public information and records.
‘‘(11) Relationship of the Federal Government to
the States and municipalities generally.
‘‘(12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of
the Government.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its oversight functions
under clause 2(b) (1) and (2)), the committee shall have the
function of performing the duties and conducting the studies
which are provided for in clause 4(c).
‘‘(h) Committee on House Oversight.
‘‘(1) Appropriations from accounts for committee
salaries and expenses (except for the Committee on Ap-
propriations), House Information Systems, and allow-
ances and expenses of Members, House officers and ad-
ministrative offices of the House.
‘‘(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described
in subparagraph (1).
‘‘(3) Employment of persons by the House, includ-
ing clerks for Members and committees, and reporters of
debates.
‘‘(4) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters
relating to the Library of Congress and the House Li-
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brary; statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of
works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic Gardens; man-
agement of the Library of Congress; purchase of books
and manuscripts.
‘‘(5) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters
relating to the Smithsonian Institution and the incorpo-
ration of similar institutions.
‘‘(6) Expenditure of accounts described in subpara-
graph (1).
‘‘(7) Franking Commission.
‘‘(8) Matters relating to printing and correction of
the Congressional Record.
‘‘(9) Measures relating to accounts of the House
generally.
‘‘(10) Measures relating to assignment of office
space for Members and committees.
‘‘(11) Measures relating to the disposition of useless
executive papers.
‘‘(12) Measures relating to the election of the Presi-
dent, Vice President, or Members of Congress; corrupt
practices; contested elections; credentials and qualifica-
tions; and Federal elections generally.
‘‘(13) Measures relating to services to the House,
including the House Restaurant, parking facilities and
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administration of the House office buildings and of the
House wing of the Capitol.
‘‘(14) Measures relating to the travel of Members of
the House.
‘‘(15) Measures relating to the raising, reporting
and use of campaign contributions for candidates for of-
fice of Representative in the House of Representatives,
of Delegate, and of Resident Commissioner to the Unit-
ed States from Puerto Rico.
‘‘(16) Measures relating to the compensation, re-
tirement and other benefits of the Members, officers,
and employees of the Congress.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the func-
tion of performing the duties which are provided for in clause
4(d).
‘‘(i) Committee on International Relations.
‘‘(1) Relations of the United States with foreign na-
tions generally.
‘‘(2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies
and legations in foreign countries.
‘‘(3) Establishment of boundary lines between the
United States and foreign nations.
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‘‘(4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of
nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
‘‘(5) Foreign loans.
‘‘(6) International commodity agreements (other
than those involving sugar), including all agreements for
cooperation in the export of nuclear technology and nu-
clear hardware.
‘‘(7) International conferences and congresses.
‘‘(8) International education.
‘‘(9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
‘‘(10) Measures relating to the diplomatic service.
‘‘(11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse
with foreign nations and to safeguard American business
interests abroad.
‘‘(12) Measures relating to international economic
policy.
‘‘(13) Neutrality.
‘‘(14) Protection of American citizens abroad and
expatriation.
‘‘(15) The American National Red Cross.
‘‘(16) Trading with the enemy.
‘‘(17) United Nations organizations.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the spe-
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cial oversight functions provided for in clause 3(d) with re-
spect to customs administration, intelligence activities relat-
ing to foreign policy, international financial and monetary or-
ganizations, and international fishing agreements.
‘‘(j) Committee on the Judiciary.
‘‘(1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil
and criminal.
‘‘(2) Administrative practice and procedure.
‘‘(3) Apportionment of Representatives.
‘‘(4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counter-
feiting.
‘‘(5) Civil liberties.
‘‘(6) Constitutional amendments.
‘‘(7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in
the Territories and possessions.
‘‘(8) Immigration and naturalization.
‘‘(9) Interstate compacts, generally.
‘‘(10) Measures relating to claims against the Unit-
ed States.
‘‘(11) Meetings of Congress, attendance of Members
and their acceptance of incompatible offices.
‘‘(12) National penitentiaries.
‘‘(13) Patents, the Patent Office, copyrights, and
trademarks.
‘‘(14) Presidential succession.
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‘‘(15) Protection of trade and commerce against un-
lawful restraints and monopolies.
‘‘(16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of
the United States.
‘‘(17) State and territorial boundaries.
‘‘(18) Subversive activities affecting the internal se-
curity of the United States.
‘‘(k) Committee on National Security.
‘‘(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army,
Navy, and Air Force reservations and establishments.
‘‘(2) Common defense generally.
‘‘(3) Conservation, development, and use of naval
petroleum and oil shale reserves.
‘‘(4) The Department of Defense generally, includ-
ing the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
generally.
‘‘(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including meas-
ures relating to the maintenance, operation, and admin-
istration of interoceanic canals.
‘‘(6) Merchant Marine Academy, and State Mari-
time Academies.
‘‘(7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
‘‘(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence related
activities of the Department of the Defense.
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‘‘(9) National security aspects of merchant marine,
including financial assistance for the construction and
operation of vessels, the maintenance of the U.S. ship-
building and ship repair industrial base, cabotage, cargo
preference and merchant marine officers and seamen as
these matters relate to the national security.
‘‘(10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other bene-
fits and privileges of members of the armed forces.
‘‘(11) Scientific research and development in sup-
port of the armed services.
‘‘(12) Selective service.
‘‘(13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Ma-
rine Corps, and Air Force.
‘‘(14) Soldiers’ and sailors’ homes.
‘‘(15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for
the common defense.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the spe-
cial oversight function provided for in clause 3(a) with re-
spect to international arms control and disarmament, and
military dependents education.
‘‘(l) Committee on Resources.
‘‘(1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, res-
toration, refuges, and conservation.
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‘‘(2) Forest reserves and national parks created
from the public domain.
‘‘(3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership,
including alien ownership of mineral lands.
‘‘(4) Geological Survey.
‘‘(5) International fishing agreements.
‘‘(6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment
of waters for irrigation purposes.
‘‘(7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water
supply for reclamation projects, and easements of public
lands for irrigation projects, and acquisition of private
lands when necessary to complete irrigation projects.
‘‘(8) Measures relating to the care and management
of Indians, including the care and allotment of Indian
lands and general and special measures relating to
claims which are paid out of Indian funds.
‘‘(9) Measures relating generally to the insular pos-
sessions of the United States, except those affecting the
revenue and appropriations.
‘‘(10) Military parks and battlefields, national
cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior,
parks within the District of Columbia, and the erection
of monuments to the memory of individuals.
‘‘(11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries
thereunder.
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‘‘(12) Mineral resources of the public lands.
‘‘(13) Mining interests generally.
‘‘(14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
‘‘(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone man-
agement), except for measures relating to oil and other
pollution of navigable waters.
‘‘(16) Oceanography.
‘‘(17) Petroleum conservation on the public lands
and conservation of the radium supply in the United
States.
‘‘(18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects
of interest on the public domain.
‘‘(19) Public lands generally, including entry, ease-
ments, and grazing thereon.
‘‘(20) Relations of the United States with the Indi-
ans and the Indian tribes.
‘‘(21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except rate-
making).
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the spe-
cial oversight functions provided for in clause 3(e) with re-
spect to all programs affecting Indians.
‘‘(m) Committee on Rules.
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‘‘(1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules or
joint rules relating to the Code of Official Conduct), and
order of business of the House.
‘‘(2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
The Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act whether
or not the House is in session.
‘‘(n) Committee on Science.
‘‘(1) All energy research, development, and dem-
onstration, and projects therefor, and all federally owned
or operated nonmilitary energy laboratories.
‘‘(2) Astronautical research and development, in-
cluding resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
‘‘(3) Civil aviation research and development.
‘‘(4) Environmental research and development.
‘‘(5) Marine research.
‘‘(6) Measures relating to the commercial applica-
tion of energy technology.
‘‘(7) National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, standardization of weights and measures and the
metric system.
‘‘(8) National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion.
‘‘(9) National Space Council.
‘‘(10) National Science Foundation.
‘‘(11) National Weather Service.
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‘‘(12) Outer space, including exploration and con-
trol thereof.
‘‘(13) Science Scholarships.
‘‘(14) Scientific research, development, and dem-
onstration, and projects therefor.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the spe-
cial oversight function provided for in clause 3(f) with respect
to all nonmilitary research and development.
‘‘(o) Committee on Small Business.
‘‘(1) Assistance to and protection of small business,
including financial aid, regulatory flexibility and paper-
work reduction.
‘‘(2) Participation of small-business enterprises in
Federal procurement and Government contracts.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph and (its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the spe-
cial oversight function provided for in clause 3(g) with re-
spect to the problems of small business.
‘‘(p) Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct.
‘‘(1) Measures relating to the Code of Official Con-
duct.
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In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provision of this paragraph (and its general oversight func-
tion under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the func-
tions with respect to recommendations, studies, investiga-
tions, and reports which are provided for in clause 4(e), and
the functions designated in titles I and V of the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 and sections 7342, 7351, and 7353
of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(q) Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure.
‘‘(1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, light-
houses, lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard
Academy.
‘‘(2) Federal management of emergencies and natu-
ral disasters.
‘‘(3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and
harbors.
‘‘(4) Inland waterways.
‘‘(5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights
and signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on
such vessels.
‘‘(6) Navigation and the laws relating thereto, in-
cluding pilotage.
‘‘(7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small
boats.
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‘‘(8) Rules and international arrangements to pre-
vent collisions at sea.
‘‘(9) Measures relating to the Capitol Building and
the Senate and House office buildings.
‘‘(10) Measures relating to the construction or
maintenance of roads and post roads, other than appro-
priations therefor; but it shall not be in order for any
bill providing general legislation in relation to roads to
contain any provision for any specific road, nor for any
bill in relation to a specific road to embrace a provision
in relation to any other specific road.
‘‘(11) Measures relating to the construction or re-
construction, maintenance, and care of the buildings and
grounds of the Botanic Gardens, the Library of Con-
gress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
‘‘(12) Measures relating to merchant marine, except
for national security aspects of merchant marine.
‘‘(13) Measures relating to the purchase of sites
and construction of post offices, customhouses, Federal
courthouses, and Government buildings within the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
‘‘(14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters,
including inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
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‘‘(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone man-
agement) as they relate to oil and other pollution of nav-
igable waters.
‘‘(16) Public buildings and occupied or improved
grounds of the United States generally.
‘‘(17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, in-
cluding bridges and dams (other than international
bridges and dams).
‘‘(18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.
‘‘(19) Roads and the safety thereof.
‘‘(20) Transportation, including civil aviation, rail-
roads, water transportation, transportation safety (ex-
cept automobile safety), transportation infrastructure,
transportation labor, and railroad retirement and unem-
ployment (except revenue measures related thereto).
‘‘(21) Water power.
‘‘(r) Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
‘‘(1) Veterans’ measures generally.
‘‘(2) Cemeteries of the United States in which vet-
erans of any war or conflict are or may be buried,
whether in the United States or abroad, except ceme-
teries administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and
education of veterans.
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‘‘(4) Life insurance issued by the Government on
account of service in the Armed Forces.
‘‘(5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States,
general and special.
‘‘(6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
‘‘(7) Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil relief.
‘‘(8) Veterans’ hospitals, medical care, and treat-
ment of veterans.
‘‘(s) Committee on Ways and Means.
‘‘(1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of
entry and delivery.
‘‘(2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
‘‘(3) Revenue measures generally.
‘‘(4) Revenue measures relating to the insular pos-
sessions.
‘‘(5) The bonded debt of the United States (subject
to the last sentence of clause 4(g) of this rule).
‘‘(6) The deposit of public moneys.
‘‘(7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
‘‘(8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
‘‘(9) National social security, except (A) health care
and facilities programs that are supported from general
revenues as opposed to payroll deductions and (B) work
incentive programs.’’.
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(b) Any reference in the rules of the House at the end
of the One Hundred Third Congress to the following standing
committees of the House: the Committee on Armed Services;
the Committee on the District of Columbia; the Committee on
Education and Labor; the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce; the Committee on Foreign Affairs; the Committee on
Government Operations; the Committee on House Adminis-
tration; the Committee on Natural Resources; and the Com-
mittee on Science, Space and Technology; shall be amended
to be a reference to the following standing committees of the
House, respectively: the Committee on National Security; the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight; the Com-
mittee on Economic and Educational Opportunities; the Com-
mittee on Commerce; the Committee on International Rela-
tions; the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight;
the Committee on House Oversight; the Committee on Re-
sources; and the Committee on Science.
(c) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget, when
elected, may revise (within the appropriate levels established
in House Concurrent Resolution 218 of the One Hundred
Third Congress) allocations of budget outlays, new budget
authority, and entitlement authority among committees of the
House in the One Hundred Fourth Congress to reflect
changes in jurisdiction under clause 1 of rule X. He shall
publish the revised allocations in the Congressional Record.
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Once published, the revised allocations shall be effective in
the House as though made pursuant to sections 302(a) and
602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(d) In clause 8 of rule XXIV, strike ‘‘the Committee on
the District of Columbia’’ through the end of the sentence
and insert: ‘‘the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight, be set apart for the consideration of such business
relating to the District of Columbia as may be presented by
said committee.’’.
Oversight Reform
SEC. 203. (a) In clause 2 of rule X, add the following
new paragraphs at the end:
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session
of a Congress, each standing committee of the House shall,
in a meeting that is open to the public and with a quorum
present, adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. Such
plans shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on
House Oversight. In developing such plans each committee
shall, to the maximum extent feasible—
‘‘(A) consult with other committees of the House
that have jurisdiction over the same or related laws, pro-
grams, or agencies within its jurisdiction, with the objec-
tive of ensuring that such laws, programs, or agencies
are reviewed in the same Congress and that there is a
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maximum of coordination between such committees in
the conduct of such reviews; and such plans shall include
an explanation of what steps have been and will be taken
to ensure such coordination and cooperation;
‘‘(B) give priority consideration to including in its
plans the review of those laws, programs, or agencies op-
erating under permanent budget authority or permanent
statutory authority; and
‘‘(C) have a view toward ensuring that all signifi-
cant laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdictions
are subject to review at least once every ten years.
‘‘(2) It shall not be in order to consider any committee
expense resolution (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule
XI), or any amendment thereto, for any committee that has
not submitted its oversight plans as required by this para-
graph.
‘‘(3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a
Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the majority
leader, and the minority leader, the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight shall report to the House the
oversight plans submitted by each committee together with
any recommendations that it, or the House leadership group
referred to above, may make to ensure the most effective co-
ordination of such plans and otherwise achieve the objectives
of this clause.
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‘‘(e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may
appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose
of reviewing specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or
more standing committees.’’.
(b) In clause 1 of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) to read
as follows:
‘‘(d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not
later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a report on
the activities of that committee under this rule and rule X
during the Congress ending on January 3 of such year.
‘‘(2) Such report shall include separate sections summa-
rizing the legislative and oversight activities of that commit-
tee during that Congress.
‘‘(3) The oversight section of such report shall include
a summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee
pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions
taken and recommendations made with respect to each such
plan, and a summary of any additional oversight activities
undertaken by that committee, and any recommendations
made or actions taken thereon.’’.
Member Assignment Limits
SEC. 204. In clause 6(b) of rule X, insert ‘‘(1)’’ after
‘‘(b)’’ and add the following new subparagraph at the end:
‘‘(2)(A) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may serve simultaneously as a member of more than
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two standing committees or four subcommittees of the stand-
ing committees of the House, except that ex officio service by
a chairman and ranking minority member of a committee on
each of its subcommittees by committee rule shall not be
counted against the limitation on subcommittee service. Any
other exception to these limitations must be approved by the
House upon the recommendation of the respective party cau-
cus or conference.
‘‘(B) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term
‘subcommittee’ includes any panel (other than a special over-
sight panel of the Committee on National Security), task
force, special subcommittee, or any subunit of a standing
committee that is established for a cumulative period longer
than six months in any Congress.’’.
Multiple Referral Reform
SEC. 205. In clause 5 of rule X, amend paragraph (c)
to read as follows:
‘‘(c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect
to any matter, the Speaker shall designate a committee of
primary jurisdiction; but also may refer the matter to one or
more additional committees, for consideration in sequence
(subject to appropriate time limitations), either on its initial
referral or after the matter has been reported by the commit-
tee of primary jurisdiction; or may refer portions of the mat-
ter to one or more additional committees (reflecting different
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subjects and jurisdictions) for the consideration only of des-
ignated portions; or may refer the matter to a special ad hoc
committee appointed by the Speaker with the approval of the
House (with members from the committees having jurisdic-
tion) for the specific purpose of considering that matter and
reporting to the House thereon; or may make such other pro-
visions as may be considered appropriate.’’.
Accuracy of Committee Transcripts
SEC. 206. In clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence to read as follows: ‘‘Each committee shall keep a
complete record of all committee action which shall include—
‘‘(A) in the case of any meeting or hearing tran-
script, a substantially verbatim account of remarks actu-
ally made during the proceedings, subject only to tech-
nical, grammatical, and typographical corrections au-
thorized by the person making the remarks involved; and
‘‘(B) a record of the votes on any question on which
a rollcall vote is demanded.’’.
Elimination of ‘‘Rolling Quorums’’
SEC. 207. In clause 2(l)(2)(A) of rule XI, strike ‘‘was
actually present’’ and all that follows through the end of the
subdivision and insert ‘‘was actually present.’’.
Limitation on Committees’ Sittings
SEC. 208. In clause 2 of rule XI, amend paragraph (i)
to read as follows:
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‘‘Limitation on committees’ sittings
‘‘(i)(1) No committee of the House (except the Commit-
tee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, the
Committee on Rules, the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct, and the Committee on Ways and Means) may sit,
without special leave, while the House is reading a measure
for amendment under the five-minute rule. For purposes of
this paragraph, special leave will be granted unless ten or
more Members object; and shall be granted upon the adoption
of a motion, which shall be highly privileged if offered by the
majority leader, granting such leave to one or more commit-
tees.
‘‘(2) No committee of the House may sit during a joint
session of the House and Senate or during a recess when a
joint meeting of the House and Senate is in progress.’’.
Accountability for Committee Votes
SEC. 209. In clause 2(l)(2) of rule XI amend subdivision
(B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to
report any measure or matter of a public character, and on
any amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total
number of votes cast for and against, and the names of those
members voting for and against, shall be included in the com-
mittee report on the measure or matter.’’.
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Affirming Minority’s Right on Motions to
Recommit
SEC. 210. In clause 4(b) of rule XI, insert before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, including a motion to recom-
mit with instructions to report back an amendment otherwise
in order (if offered by the minority leader or a designee), ex-
cept with respect to a Senate bill or resolution for which the
text of a House-passed measure has been substituted’’.
Waiver Policy for Special Rules
SEC. 211. In clause 4 of rule XI, add the following new
paragraph at the end:
‘‘(e) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolu-
tion providing for the consideration of any measure, it shall,
to the maximum extent possible, specify in the resolution the
object of any waiver of a point of order against the measure
or against its consideration.’’.
Prohibition on Delegate Voting in Committee of
the Whole
SEC. 212. (a) In rule XII, strike clause 2 and the des-
ignation of the remaining clause.
(b) In clause 1 of rule XXIII, strike ‘‘, Resident Com-
missioner, or Delegate’’.
(c) In clause 2 of rule XXIII, strike paragraph (d).
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Accuracy of the Congressional Record
SEC. 213. In rule XIV, add the following new clause at
the end:
‘‘9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substan-
tially verbatim account of remarks made during the proceed-
ings of the House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and
typographical corrections authorized by the Member making
the remarks involved.
‘‘(b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by
permission or order of the House.
‘‘(c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within
the meaning of clause 4(e)(1)(B) of rule X.’’.
Automatic Rollcall Votes
SEC. 214. In rule XV, add the following new clause at
the end:
‘‘7. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered
when the Speaker puts the question on final passage or adop-
tion of any bill, joint resolution, or conference report making
general appropriations or increasing Federal income tax
rates, or on final adoption of any concurrent resolution on
the budget or conference report thereon.’’.
Appropriations Reforms
SEC. 215. (a) CONSIDERATION OF LIMITATION AMEND-
MENTS.—In clause 2(d) of rule XXI, strike ‘‘shall have prece-
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dence’’ and insert ‘‘shall, if offered by the majority leader or
a designee, have precedence’’.
(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST NON-EMERGENCY ITEMS IN
EMERGENCY SPENDING BILLS.—In clause 2 of rule XXI,
add the following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(e) No provision shall be reported in any appropriation
bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation
for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D) or section 252(e) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, or
shall be in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision
or amendment is not designated as an emergency, unless the
provision or amendment rescinds budget authority or reduces
direct spending, or reduces an amount for a designated emer-
gency.’’.
(c) PERMITTING OFFSETTING AMENDMENTS.—In clause
2 of rule XXI (as amended by (b) above), add the following
new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(f) During the reading of any appropriation bill for
amendment in the Committee of the Whole, it shall be in
order to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to
transfer appropriations among objects in the bill without in-
creasing the levels of budget authority or outlays in the bill.
When considered en bloc pursuant to this paragraph, such
amendments may amend portions of the bill not yet read for
amendment (following the disposition of any points of order
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against such portions) and shall not be subject to a demand
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole.’’.
(d) LISTING
OF UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS
IN
REPORTS.—In clause 3 of rule XXI, insert before the period
the following: ‘‘, and shall contain a list of all appropriations
contained in the bill for any expenditure not previously au-
thorized by law (except for classified intelligence or national
security programs, projects, or activities)’’.
(e) AUTOMATIC RESERVATION OF POINTS OF ORDER.—
In rule XXI, add the following new clause at the end:
‘‘8. At the time any appropriation bill is reported, all
points of order shall be considered as reserved.’’.
Ban on Commemoratives
SEC. 216. (a) In rule XXII—
(1) amend clause 2 by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘2.’’
and by adding the following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(b)(1) No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any
bill or resolution, establishing or expressing any commemora-
tion may be introduced or considered in the House.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘com-
memoration’ means any remembrance, celebration, or rec-
ognition for any purpose through the designation of a speci-
fied period of time.’’.
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(2) amend clause 3 by striking ‘‘or private bill’’ and
inserting ‘‘or bill or resolution’’.
(b) The Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight shall consider alternative means for establishing com-
memorations, including the creation of an independent or Ex-
ecutive branch commission for such purpose, and to report to
the House any recommendations thereon.
Numerical Designation of Amendments
SEC. 217. In clause 6 of rule XXIII, add the following
new sentence at the end: ‘‘All amendments to a specified
measure submitted for printing in that portion of the Record
shall be given numerical designations in the order printed.’’.
Pledge of Allegiance
SEC. 218. In clause 1 of rule XXIV—
(a) insert after the second order of business the fol-
lowing new order of business: ‘‘Third. The Pledge of Al-
legiance to the Flag.’’; and
(b) redesignate succeeding orders accordingly.
Discharge Petitions
SEC. 219. In clause 3 of rule XXVII, insert the following
three new sentences after the fifth sentence: ‘‘The Clerk shall
cause the names of the Members who have signed a discharge
motion during any week to be published in a portion of the
Congressional Record designated for that purpose on the last
legislative day of that week. The Clerk shall make available
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each day for public inspection in an appropriate office of the
House cumulative lists of such names. The Clerk shall devise
a means by which to make such lists available to offices of
the House and to the public in electronic form.’’.
Protection of Classified Materials
SEC. 220. In rule XLIII (‘‘Code of Official Conduct’’)
insert the following new clause before the two undesignated
paragraphs at the end:
‘‘13. Before any Member, officer, or employee of the
House of Representatives may have access to classified infor-
mation, the following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose
any classified information received in the course of my
service with the House of Representatives, except as au-
thorized by House of Representatives or in accordance
with its Rules.’
Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk of
the House as part of the records of the House.’’.
Select Committee on Intelligence
SEC. 221. (a) In clause 1(a) of rule XLVIII (relating to
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) strike
‘‘nineteen Members with representation to’’ and insert ‘‘six-
teen Members, of whom not more than nine may be from the
same party. The select committee shall’’.
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(b)(1) In clause 1(b) of rule XLVIII, insert ‘‘(1)’’ after
‘‘(b)’’, strike ‘‘majority leader’’, and insert ‘‘Speaker’’.
(2) In clause 1(b) of rule XLVIII, add the following new
subparagraph at the end:
‘‘(2) The Speaker and minority leader each may des-
ignate a member of their leadership staff to assist them in
their capacity as ex officio members, with the same access to
committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as if
employees of the select committee, and subject to the same
security clearance and confidentiality requirements as em-
ployees of the select committee under this rule.’’.
(3) In clause 7(c) of rule XLVIII, strike subparagraph
(3).
(c) In clause 1 of rule XLVIII, amend paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
‘‘(c) No Member of the House other than the Speaker
and the minority leader may serve on the select committee
during more than four Congresses in any period of six succes-
sive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for
less than a full session in any Congress), except that the in-
cumbent chairman or ranking minority member having served
on the select committee for four Congresses and having
served as chairman or ranking minority member for not more
than one Congress shall be eligible for reappointment to the
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select committee as chairman or ranking minority member
for one additional Congress.’’.
(d) In clause 2(a) of rule XLVIII—
(1) insert the following before the period in sub-
paragraph (1): ‘‘, and the National Foreign Intelligence
Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947’’;
(2) strike all after ‘‘but not limited to,’’ in subpara-
graph (2) and insert the following: ‘‘the tactical intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense.’’; and
(3) amend subparagraph (4) to read as follows:
‘‘(4) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct
and indirect, for the following:
‘‘(A) The Central Intelligence Agency, Director
of Central Intelligence, and the National Foreign
Intelligence Program as defined in section 3(6) of
the National Security Act of 1947.
‘‘(B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activi-
ties of all other departments and agencies of the
Government, including, but not limited to, the tac-
tical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
the Department of Defense.
‘‘(C) Any department, agency, or subdivision,
or program that is a successor to any agency or
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program named or referred to in subdivision (A) or
(B).’’.
Abolition of Legislative Service Organizations
SEC. 222. The establishment or continuation of any leg-
islative service organization (as defined and authorized in the
One Hundred Third Congress) shall be prohibited in the One
Hundred Fourth Congress. The Committee on House Over-
sight shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure an or-
derly termination and accounting for funds of any legislative
service organization in existence on January 3, 1995.
Miscellaneous Provisions and Clerical
Corrections
SEC. 223. (a) SPEAKER’S AUTHORITY TO POSTPONE
VOTES.—In clause 5(b)(1) of rule I, amend the matter after
‘‘questions listed herein:’’ to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the question of adopting a resolution;
‘‘(B) the question of passing a bill;
‘‘(C) the question of agreeing to a motion to in-
struct conferees as provided in clause 1(c) of rule
XXVIII: Provided, however, That proceedings shall not
resume on said question if the conferees have filed a re-
port in the House;
‘‘(D) the question of agreeing to a conference re-
port;
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‘‘(E) the question of ordering the previous question
on a question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), or
(D); and
‘‘(F) the question of agreeing to a motion to sus-
pend the rules.’’.
(b) OFFICE OF FLOOR ASSISTANTS.—There is estab-
lished in the House of Representatives an office to be known
as the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities. The
Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for em-
ployees of the Office. The Office shall have the responsibility
of assisting the Speaker in the management of legislative
floor activity.
(c) VICE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE.—In clause 2(d) of
rule XI—
(1) strike ‘‘The member’’ and insert ‘‘A member’’;
and
(2) strike ‘‘ranking immediately after the chair-
man’’ and insert ‘‘designated by the chairman of the full
committee’’.
(d) PROHIBITION AGAINST MEMBERS’ USE
OF PER-
SONAL, ELECTRONIC
OFFICE
EQUIPMENT
ON
HOUSE
FLOOR.—In clause 7 of rule XIV, insert ‘‘or to use any per-
sonal, electronic office equipment (including cellular phones
and computers)’’ after ‘‘to smoke’’.
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(e) SPEAKER’S AUTHORITY TO REDUCE TO FIVE-MIN-
UTES A VOTE FOLLOWING A PREVIOUS QUESTION VOTE.—
In clause 5(b) of rule XV, amend subparagraph (1) to read
as follows:
‘‘(1) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on a mo-
tion for the previous question, on any underlying ques-
tion that follows without intervening business;’’.
(f) CLERICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) In clause 3 of rule III, insert ‘‘; and’’ before
‘‘certify’’.
(2) In clause 2(l)(1)(B) of rule XI, strike ‘‘does not
apply to the reporting’’ and all that follows through
‘‘subdivision (C) and’’.
(g) SPECIAL RULE FOR BILL SPONSORSHIP ON OPEN-
ING DAY.—In the One Hundred Fourth Congress, each of
the first 20 bills introduced in the House (H.R. 1 through
H.R. 20), and each of the first two joint resolutions intro-
duced in the House (H.J. Res. 1 and H.J. Res. 2), may have
more than one Member reflected as a first sponsor.
Attest:
Clerk.