H. Res. 6
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
January 5, 2007.
Resolved, 
Title I. Adoption of Rules of One Hundred Ninth 
Congress 
SEC. 101. The Rules of the House of Representatives of 
the One Hundred Ninth Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of 
the House at the end of the One Hundred Ninth Congress, 
are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of 
the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 
Title II. Ethics 
SEC. 201. That the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Ninth Congress, including applica-
ble provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted 
rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Ninth 
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 Tenth Congress, with the following amendments:
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SEC. 202. ENDING THE K-STREET PROJECT. 
Rule XXIII is amended by redesignating clause 14 as 
clause 15, and by inserting after clause 13 the following new 
clause: 
‘‘14. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
may not, with the intent to influence on the basis of partisan 
political affiliation an employment decision or employment 
practice of any private entity—
‘‘(a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to take 
or withhold, an official act; or 
‘‘(b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, the 
official act of another.’’. 
SEC. 203. BAN ON GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS. 
(a) Clause 5(a)(1)(A) of rule XXV is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’ and adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House may not knowingly accept a 
gift from a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal 
or from a private entity that retains or employs registered 
lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal except as provided 
in subparagraph (3) of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) Clause 5(a)(1)(B) of rule XXV is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘not prohibited by subdivision (A)(ii)’’ after the par-
enthetical.
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registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal (ex-
cept as provided in subdivision (C))’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subdivi-
sion: 
‘‘(C) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) 
to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House for any purpose described in 
subdivision (A) also shall be considered as a reimburse-
ment to the House and not a gift prohibited by this 
clause (without regard to whether the source retains or 
employs registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign prin-
cipal) if it is, under regulations prescribed by the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct to implement 
this provision—
‘‘(i) directly from an institution of higher edu-
cation within the meaning of section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965; or 
‘‘(ii) provided only for attendance at or partici-
pation in a one-day event (exclusive of travel time 
and an overnight stay). 
Regulations prescribed to implement this provision may 
permit a two-night stay when determined by the com-
mittee on a case-by-case basis to be practically required 
to participate in the one-day event.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on March 1, 2007. 
SEC. 206. LOBBYIST ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN 
CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause 5 of rule XXV is further 
amended by redesignating paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (f) as 
paragraphs (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and by insert-
ing after paragraph (b) the following: 
‘‘(c)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee of the House may not accept a reimbursement (includ-
ing payment in kind) for transportation, lodging, or related 
expenses for a trip on which the traveler is accompanied on 
any segment by a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
principal. 
‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply to a trip for which 
the source of reimbursement is an institution of higher edu-
cation within the meaning of section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965. 
‘‘(2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House may not accept a reimburse-
ment (including payment in kind) for transportation, lodging, 
or related expenses under the exception in paragraph 
(b)(1)(C)(ii) of this clause for a trip that is financed in whole 
or in part by a private entity that retains or employs reg-
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istered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal unless any 
involvement of a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
principal in the planning, organization, request, or arrange-
ment of the trip is de minimis under rules prescribed by the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to implement 
paragraph (b)(1)(C) of this clause. 
‘‘(3) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House may not accept a reimburse-
ment (including payment in kind) for transportation, lodging, 
or related expenses for a trip (other than a trip permitted 
under paragraph (b)(1)(C) of this clause) if such trip is in 
any part planned, organized, requested, or arranged by a reg-
istered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal. 
‘‘(d) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House shall, before accepting travel 
otherwise permissible under paragraph (b)(1) of this clause 
from any private source—
‘‘(1) provide to the Committee on Standards of Of-
ficial Conduct before such trip a written certification 
signed by the source or (in the case of a corporate per-
son) by an officer of the source—
‘‘(A) that the trip will not be financed in any 
part by a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
principal; 
‘‘(B) that the source either—
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‘‘(i) does not retain or employ registered 
lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal; or 
‘‘(ii) is an institution of higher education 
within the meaning of section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965; or 
‘‘(iii) certifies that the trip meets the re-
quirements specified in rules prescribed by the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to 
implement paragraph (b)(1)(C)(ii) of this 
clause and specifically details the extent of any 
involvement of a registered lobbyist or agent of 
a foreign principal in the planning, organiza-
tion, request, or arrangement of the trip con-
sidered to qualify as de minimis under such 
rules; 
‘‘(C) that the source will not accept from an-
other source any funds earmarked directly or indi-
rectly for the purpose of financing any aspect of the 
trip; 
‘‘(D) that the traveler will not be accompanied 
on any segment of the trip by a registered lobbyist 
or agent of a foreign principal (except in the case 
of a trip for which the source of reimbursement is 
an institution of higher education within the mean-
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ing of section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965); and 
‘‘(E) that (except as permitted in paragraph 
(b)(1)(C) of this clause) the trip will not in any 
part be planned, organized, requested, or arranged 
by a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign prin-
cipal; and 
‘‘(2) after the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct has promulgated the regulations mandated in 
paragraph (i)(1)(B) of this clause, obtain the prior ap-
proval of the committee for such trip.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES IN CROSS-REFERENCES.—
Clause 5 of rule XXV is further amended by—
(1) in clause 5(a)(3)(E), striking ‘‘paragraph 
(c)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (e)(3)’’; and 
(2) in clause 5(e)(2) (as redesignated), striking 
‘‘paragraph (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (f)’’. 
(c) 
TIMELINESS
OF
INFORMATION.—Clause 
5(b)(1)(A)(ii) of rule XXV is amended by striking ‘‘30 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘15 days’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 5(b)(3) of rule 
XXV is amended by striking ‘‘of expenses reimbursed or to 
be reimbursed’’. 
(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Clause 5(b)(5) of rule XXV 
is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(5) The Clerk of the House shall make all advance au-
thorizations, certifications, and disclosures filed pursuant to 
this paragraph available for public inspection as soon as pos-
sible after they are received.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on March 1, 2007. 
SEC. 207. FURTHER LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR 
TRAVEL. 
Rule XXIII is further amended by redesignating clause 
15 (as earlier redesignated) as clause 16, and by inserting 
after clause 14 the following new clause: 
‘‘15. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
may not use personal funds, official funds, or campaign funds 
for a flight on a non-governmental airplane that is not li-
censed by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate for 
compensation or hire. 
‘‘(b) In this clause, the term ‘campaign funds’ includes 
funds of any political committee under the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971, without regard to whether the com-
mittee is an authorized committee of the Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner involved under such Act.’’. 
SEC. 208. EXPENSES FOR OFFICIALLY CONNECTED TRAVEL. 
Clause 5 of rule XXV is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:
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‘‘(i)(1) Not later than 45 days after the date of adoption 
of this paragraph and at annual intervals thereafter, the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall develop 
and revise, as necessary—
‘‘(A) guidelines on judging the reasonableness of an 
expense or expenditure for purposes of this clause, in-
cluding the factors that tend to establish—
‘‘(i) a connection between a trip and official 
duties; 
‘‘(ii) the reasonableness of an amount spent by 
a sponsor; 
‘‘(iii) a relationship between an event and an 
officially connected purpose; and 
‘‘(iv) a direct and immediate relationship be-
tween a source of funding and an event; and 
‘‘(B) regulations describing the information it will 
require individuals subject to this clause to submit to the 
committee in order to obtain the prior approval of the 
committee for any travel covered by this clause, includ-
ing any required certifications. 
‘‘(2) In developing and revising guidelines under para-
graph (1)(A), the committee shall take into account the max-
imum per diem rates for official Government travel published 
annually by the General Services Administration, the Depart-
ment of State, and the Department of Defense.’’.
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SEC. 209. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE. 
Clause 5(b)(3) of rule XXV is further amended—
(a) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end 
of subdivision (E); 
(b) by redesignating subdivision (F) as subdivision 
(G); and 
(c) by inserting after subdivision (E) the following 
new subdivision: 
‘‘(F) a description of meetings and events attended; 
and’’. 
SEC. 210. CLERICAL CORRECTION. 
Clause 5(f)(1) of rule XXV (as earlier redesignated) is 
amended by striking ‘‘are’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’. 
SEC. 211. ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING FOR MEMBERS, OFFICERS 
AND EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE. 
(a) TRAINING PROGRAM.—Clause 3(a) of rule XI is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(6)(A) The committee shall offer annual ethics training 
to each Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
and employee of the House. Such training shall—
‘‘(i) involve the classes of employees for whom the 
committee determines such training to be appropriate; 
and
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‘‘(ii) include such knowledge of the Code of Official 
Conduct and related House rules as may be determined 
appropriate by the committee. 
‘‘(B)(i) A new officer or employee of the House shall re-
ceive training under this paragraph not later than 60 days 
after beginning service to the House. 
‘‘(ii) Not later than January 31 of each year, each offi-
cer and employee of the House shall file a certification with 
the committee that the officer or employee attended ethics 
training in the last year as established by this subpara-
graph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on March 1, 2007. 
SEC. 212. DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND 
LABOR. 
(a) Clause 1(e) of rule X is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Committee on Education and Labor’’. 
(b) Clause 3(d) of rule X is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce’’ and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Education and Labor’’. 
SEC. 213. DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
(a) Clause 1 of rule X is amended by—
(1) redesignating the existing paragraphs (h) 
through (m), as paragraphs (m), (i), (j), (h), (k), and
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(l), respectively (inserting paragraph (h), as redesig-
nated, after paragraph (g)); and 
(2) in paragraph (h), as redesignated, striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
(b) Clause 3 of rule X is amended by—
(1) redesignating the existing paragraphs (b) 
through (i) as paragraphs (c), (e), (d), (i), (g), (f), (b) 
and (h), respectively (inserting paragraph (b), as redes-
ignated, after paragraph (a); inserting paragraph (d), as 
redesignated, after paragraph (c); and inserting para-
graph (f), as redesignated, after paragraph (e)); and 
(2) in paragraph (f), as redesignated, striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
(c) Clause 11(a)(1)(C) of rule X is amended by striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
(d) Clause 2(d) of rule XII is amended by striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
SEC. 214. DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES. 
(a) Clause 1(l) of rule X (as earlier redesignated) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Resources’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Committee on Natural Resources’’.
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(b) Clause 3(h) of rule X (as earlier redesignated) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Resources’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Committee on Natural Resources’’. 
SEC. 215. DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOV-
ERNMENT REFORM. 
(a) Clause 1 of rule X is further amended by—
(1) inserting paragraph (m) (as earlier redesig-
nated), after paragraph (l) (as earlier redesignated); and 
(2) in paragraph (m) (as earlier redesignated), 
striking ‘‘Committee on Government Reform’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform’’. 
(b) Clause 2 of rule X is amended by—
(1) in paragraph (d)(1), striking ‘‘Committee on 
Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (d)(2), striking ‘‘Committee on 
Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform’’. 
(c) Clause 3 of rule X is further amended by—
(1) inserting paragraph (i) (as earlier redesignated) 
after paragraph (h) (as earlier redesignated); and 
(2) in paragraph (i), (as earlier redesignated), strik-
ing ‘‘Committee on Government Reform’’ and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’’.
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(d) Clause 4 of rule X is amended by—
(1) in paragraph (c)(1), striking ‘‘Committee on 
Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (c)(2), striking ‘‘Committee on 
Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform’’. 
(e) Clause 5(d)(2) of rule X is amended by striking 
‘‘Committee on Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform’’. 
(f) Clause 4 of rule XV is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform’’. 
SEC. 216. DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) Clause 1(o) of rule X is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Science’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Science and Technology’’. 
(b) Clause 3(k) of rule X is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Science’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Science and 
Technology’’. 
SEC. 217. SEPARATE ORDER: NUMBERING OF BILLS 
In the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the first 10 num-
bers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for
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assignment by the Speaker to such bills as she may des-
ignate. 
Title III. Civility 
SEC. 301. The Rules of the House of Representatives of 
the One Hundred Ninth Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of 
the House at the end of the One Hundred Ninth 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 Tenth 
Congress, with the following amendments: 
SEC. 302. PROPER CONDUCT OF VOTES. 
Clause 2(a) of rule XX is amended by inserting after the 
second sentence the following sentence: ‘‘A record vote by 
electronic device shall not be held open for the sole purpose 
of reversing the outcome of such vote.’’. 
SEC. 303. FULL AND OPEN DEBATE IN CONFERENCE. 
In rule XXII—
(a) clause 12(a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(3) In conducting conferences with the Senate, 
managers on the part of the House should endeavor to 
ensure—
‘‘(A) that meetings for the resolution of dif-
ferences between the two Houses occur only under
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circumstances in which every manager on the part 
of the House has notice of the meeting and a rea-
sonable opportunity to attend; 
‘‘(B) that all provisions on which the two 
Houses disagree are considered as open to discus-
sion at any meeting of a conference committee; and 
‘‘(C) that papers reflecting a conference agree-
ment are held inviolate to change without renewal 
of the opportunity of all managers on the part of 
the House to reconsider their decisions to sign or 
not to sign the agreement. 
‘‘(4) Managers on the part of the House shall be 
provided a unitary time and place with access to at least 
one complete copy of the final conference agreement for 
the purpose of recording their approval (or not) of the 
final conference agreement by placing their signatures 
(or not) on the sheets prepared to accompany the con-
ference report and joint explanatory statement of the 
managers.’’. 
(b) add the following new clause at the end: 
‘‘13. It shall not be in order to consider a conference re-
port the text of which differs in any way, other than clerical, 
from the text that reflects the action of the conferees on all 
of the differences between the two Houses, as recorded by 
their placement of their signatures (or not) on the sheets pre-
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pared to accompany the conference report and joint explana-
tory statement of the managers.’’. 
Title IV. Fiscal Responsibility 
SEC. 401. The Rules of the House of Representatives of 
the One Hundred Ninth Congress, including applicable provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of 
the House at the end of the One Hundred Ninth 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 Tenth 
Congress, with the following amendments: 
SEC. 402. RECONCILIATION. 
Rule XXI is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘7. It shall not be in order to consider a concurrent res-
olution on the budget, or an amendment thereto, or a con-
ference report thereon that contains reconciliation directives 
under section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
that specify changes in law reducing the surplus or increasing 
the deficit for either the period comprising the current fiscal 
year and the five fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year 
that ends in the following calendar year or the period com-
prising the current fiscal year and the ten fiscal years begin-
ning with the fiscal year that ends in the following calendar 
year. In determining whether reconciliation directives specify
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changes in law reducing the surplus or increasing the deficit, 
the sum of the directives for each reconciliation bill (under 
section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) envi-
sioned by that measure shall be evaluated.’’. 
SEC. 403. APPLYING POINTS OF ORDER UNDER BUDGET ACT TO 
BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED 
UNDER SPECIAL RULES. 
Rule XXI is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘8. With respect to measures considered pursuant to a 
special order of business, points of order under title III of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall operate without re-
gard to whether the measure concerned has been reported 
from committee. Such points of order shall operate with re-
spect to (as the case may be)—
‘‘(a) the form of a measure recommended by the re-
porting committee where the statute uses the term ‘‘as 
reported’’ (in the case of a measure that has been so re-
ported); 
‘‘(b) the form of the measure made in order as an 
original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amend-
ment; or 
‘‘(c) the form of the measure on which the previous 
question is ordered directly to passage.’’.
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‘‘(2) in the case of a congressional earmark, 
the name and address of the intended recipient or, 
if there is no specifically intended recipient, the in-
tended location of the activity; 
‘‘(3) in the case of a limited tax or tariff ben-
efit, identification of the individual or entities rea-
sonably anticipated to benefit, to the extent known 
to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner; 
‘‘(4) the purpose of such congressional ear-
mark or limited tax or tariff benefit; and 
‘‘(5) a certification that the Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner or spouse has no finan-
cial interest in such congressional earmark or lim-
ited tax or tariff benefit. 
‘‘(b) Each committee shall maintain the information 
transmitted under paragraph (a), and the written disclo-
sures for any congressional earmarks, limited tax bene-
fits, or limited tariff benefits included in any measure 
reported by the committee or conference report filed by 
the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee 
thereof shall be open for public inspection.’’. 
SEC. 405. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER. 
Rule XXI is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: