IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 25
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing 
Committee on Homeland Security and a standing Committee on Intel-
ligence and to allow the Committee on Appropriations to have 14 sub-
committees (of which one is a Subcommittee on Intelligence), and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LEACH, Mr. CASE, 
and Ms. WATSON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
establish a standing Committee on Homeland Security 
and a standing Committee on Intelligence and to allow 
the Committee on Appropriations to have 14 subcommit-
tees (of which one is a Subcommittee on Intelligence), 
and for other purposes.
Resolved, That clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (i) through (s) as paragraphs (j) through (t), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (h) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(i) Committee on Homeland Security. 
‘‘(1) The Department of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(2) Homeland security, generally. 
The committee shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the 
matters referred to in subparagraphs (1) and (2).’’. 
COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE 
SEC. 2. (a) Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives (as amended by the first section 
of this resolution) is further amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (k) through (t) as paragraphs (l) through (u), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (j) (as re-
designated by such first section) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(k) Committee on Intelligence. 
‘‘(1) The Director of National Intelligence, the 
Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of Central 
Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence 
Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National 
Security Act of 1947. 
‘‘(2) Intelligence and intelligence-related activi-
ties of all other departments and agencies of the 
Government, including the tactical intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the Department of 
Defense. 
‘‘(3) The organization or reorganization of a de-
partment or agency of the Government to the extent
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that the organization or reorganization relates to a 
function or activity involving intelligence or intel-
ligence-related activities. 
‘‘(4) Authorizations for appropriations, both di-
rect and indirect, for the following: 
‘‘(A) The Director of National Intelligence, 
the Central Intelligence Agency, the 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 
activities of all other departments and agencies 
of the Government, including the tactical intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(C) A department, agency, subdivision, or 
program that is a successor to an agency or 
program named or referred to in subdivision 
(A) or (B). 
The committee shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the 
matters referred to in subparagraphs (1) through (4).’’. 
(b) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: