IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 835 
Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 
transparency in the committee amendment process. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
PAULSEN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. LATTA, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 
MANZULLO, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. DENT, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KLINE of Min-
nesota, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. FOXX, Mr. 
TERRY, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MICA, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. SAM 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. SCALISE, 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. COBLE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Mr. CARTER, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. THORN-
BERRY, Mr. DREIER, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAMP, Mr. POSEY, Mr. SESSIONS, 
Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 
MCCARTHY of California, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 
CAMPBELL, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. LANCE, Mr. BUCHANAN, 
Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 
GOODLATTE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. 
GALLEGLY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. ADERHOLT, 
Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. ISSA, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, 
Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. MCCAUL, 
Mr. HARPER, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. 
WALDEN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. BONO 
MACK, Mr. MACK, Mr. FORBES, Mr. JONES, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and Mr. BARRETT of 
South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules 
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RESOLUTION 
Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to pro-
vide for transparency in the committee amendment proc-
ess. 
Resolved, That— 
(a) Clause 2(e) of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding the following 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) Not later than 24 hours after com-
mencing a meeting to consider a measure or 
matter, the chair of such committee shall cause 
the text of such measure or matter to be made 
publicly available in an electronic form. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 24 hours after the 
adoption of any amendment to a measure or 
matter considered by a committee, the chair of 
such committee shall cause the text of each 
such amendment to be made publicly available 
in an electronic form.’’. 
(b) Clause 3(a)(1) of rule XIII is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of subdivision (A), striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon at the end of subdivision (B), 
and adding the following subdivision: 
‘‘(C) shall not include recommended 
amendments made to such measure or 
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matter after it was ordered reported except 
technical and conforming changes author-
ized by the committee to correct section 
numbers, 
cross-references, 
punctuation, 
grammar, spelling, or to maintain mathe-
matical consistency.’’. 
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