IV
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 331
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for mandatory
drug testing of Members, officers, and employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 14, 1999
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. STEARNS,
Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. COBURN, Mr. MICA, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr.
PETERSON of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
provide for mandatory drug testing of Members, officers,
and employees of the House of Representatives.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. MANDATORY DRUG TESTING OF MEMBERS, OF-
FICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives are amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new Rule:
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‘‘RULE XXIX.
‘‘DRUG TESTING.
‘‘1. Each Member, officer, and employee of the House
of Representatives shall participate in accordance with
this rule in a program for testing for illegal use of con-
trolled substances, and participation in the program shall
be considered a condition of new and continuing employ-
ment for officers and employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
‘‘2. Not later than 3 months after the date on which
the resolution enacting this rule is agreed to, the Clerk
of the House of Representatives shall contract with a pri-
vate, nongovernmental entity to carry out the drug testing
program under this rule.
‘‘3. The drug testing program under this rule shall
include the following features:
‘‘(a) The program shall be mandatory for each
Member, officer, and employee of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
‘‘(b) Except as otherwise provided in this rule,
the program shall be conducted in accordance with
the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace
Drug Testing Programs, as prescribed pursuant to
section 503 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1987 (5 U.S.C. 7301 note).
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‘‘(c) Members, officers, and employees of the
House of Representatives shall be assigned to a pool,
with one pool consisting of all Members and a sec-
ond pool consisting of all officers and employees. All
individuals in a pool shall be subject to random drug
testing on a neutral selection basis, in an appro-
priate testing frequency and ratio (as described in
clause 9).
‘‘(d) In addition to any methods prescribed
under the Guidelines referred to in paragraph (b),
the program shall provide for testing using urinal-
ysis, hair testing, and other appropriate methods of
testing for illegal use of controlled substances.
‘‘(e) Each confirmed positive result (as de-
scribed in clause 9) under the program shall be pro-
vided as follows:
‘‘(1) To the Member, officer, or employee
involved.
‘‘(2) In the case of a Member, to the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct, which
shall take such action as may be necessary
under the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives.
‘‘(3) In the case of an employee of a Mem-
ber, to the Member involved.
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‘‘(4) In the case of an employee of a com-
mittee, to the Chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the committee involved.
‘‘(5) In the case of an officer or employee
not described in subparagraph (3) or (4), to the
Speaker, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, Mi-
nority Leader, and Minority Whip.
‘‘(f) The final results of each test of Members
shall be included in a biennial report of the Clerk of
the House of Representatives and printed as a
House document in October of each even-numbered
year.
‘‘4. (a) At the request of the supervising Member of
an officer or employee of the House of Representatives,
such officer or employee of the House shall be subject to
a drug test under any of the following conditions:
‘‘(1) Evidence exists that supports a reasonable
suspicion that the officer or employee may be engag-
ing in or has engaged in the illegal use of controlled
substances, or is otherwise in violation of a policy of
the supervising Member regarding the illegal use of
controlled substances.
‘‘(2) The officer or employee is participating in
or has participated in a substance abuse treatment
program under an employee assistance program, or