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which may have been disclosed in a Commission in-
vestigation; and 
‘‘(4) to adopt rules governing its procedures to 
provide protections to respondents comparable to 
those that were provided by clause 3 of rule XI in 
effect immediately before the amendments to such 
rule before the date of adoption of this rule. 
‘‘4. (a) The Commission or, on the authority of the 
Commission, the chairman or vice chairman, may, for the 
purpose of carrying out its duties— 
‘‘(1) hold such hearings and sit and act at such 
times and places, take such testimony, receive such 
evidence, administer such oaths; and 
‘‘(2) subject to paragraph (b), require, by sub-
poena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of 
such witnesses and the production of such books, 
records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 
documents, as the Commission or the chairman or 
vice chairman may determine advisable. 
‘‘(b) A subpoena may be issued only under the signa-
ture of the chairman or the vice chairman, and may be 
served by any person designated by the chairman or the 
vice chairman. 
‘‘(c) Upon request of the Commission, the head of 
any agency or instrumentality of the Government shall 
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furnish information deemed necessary by the panel to en-
able it to carry out its duties. 
‘‘5. (a) No report or recommendation relating to the 
official conduct of a Member, officer, or employee of the 
House shall be made by the Commission, and no investiga-
tion of such conduct shall be undertaken by the Commis-
sion, unless approved by the affirmative vote of a majority 
of the members of the Commission. 
‘‘(b) Except in the case of an investigation under-
taken by the Commission on its own initiative, the Com-
mission may undertake an investigation relating to the of-
ficial conduct of an individual Member, officer, or em-
ployee of the House only— 
‘‘(1) upon receipt of a complaint, in writing and 
under oath, made by or submitted to a Member and 
transmitted to the Commission by such Member, 
‘‘(2) upon receipt of a complaint from the 
chairman of the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct, in writing and under oath, made by that 
committee, or 
‘‘(3) upon receipt of a complaint from four of 
its members of whom two are Democratic and two 
are Republican. 
‘‘(c) No investigation shall be undertaken by the 
Commission of any alleged violation of a law, rule, regula-
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tion, or standard of conduct not in effect at the time of 
the alleged violation. 
‘‘(d) No information or testimony received, or the 
contents of a complaint or the fact of its filing, shall be 
publicly disclosed by any member of the Commission or 
staff of the Commission unless specifically authorized in 
each instance by a vote of the Commission. 
‘‘6. The Commission may appoint and fix the com-
pensation of such staff as the Commission considers nec-
essary to perform its duties. The director shall be ap-
pointed jointly by the Speaker and minority leader and 
shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay 
payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule. 
‘‘7. (a) Upon receipt by the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct of any report of the Commission, the 
Speaker shall have the report printed in the Congressional 
Record. 
‘‘(b) Within 14 calendar days after a report referred 
to in paragraph (a) is printed in the Congressional Record, 
that portion of the report recommending action by the 
House respecting any alleged violation, by a Member, offi-
cer, or employee of the House, of any law, rule, regulation, 
or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of 
such Member, officer, or employee in the performance of 
his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities shall be 
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introduced (by request) in the House by the Speaker, for 
himself and the minority leader in the form of a resolution. 
This resolution shall constitute a question of privilege 
under rule IX. Any Member favoring the resolution may 
call it up as a question of privilege but only on the third 
day after the calendar date upon which such Member an-
nounces to the House his intention to do so. 
‘‘8. As used in this rule, the term ‘Member’ means 
any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress.’’. 
AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE TO CHANGE 
THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF 
OFFICIAL CONDUCT 
SEC. 2. Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (a), strike subparagraphs (1), 
(2), and (3), and redesignate subparagraphs (4), 
(5), and (6), as subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), re-
spectively. 
(2)(A) Paragraph (b)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘(A)’’, by striking ‘‘a resolution, report, rec-
ommendation, or’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’, and by strik-
ing ‘‘, or, except as provided in subparagraph (2), 
undertake an investigation’’, and by striking subdivi-
sion (B). 
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(B) Paragraph (b) is further amended by strik-
ing subparagraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) and by re-
designating subparagraphs (6) and (7) as subpara-
graphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
(3) Strike paragraphs (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), 
(p), and (q). 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 3. This resolution and the amendments made 
by it shall take effect immediately before noon January 
3, 2009. 
Æ 
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