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H. RES. XX
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One
Hundred Fourth Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 1995
Mr. XXXXXX submitted the following resolution.
RESOLUTION
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One
Hundred Fourth Congress.
Resolved,
TITLE I. CONTRACT WITH AMERICA: A BILL OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Sec. 101. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the
One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of
law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House
at the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, AND STAFF REFORMS
(a) Committee Staff Reductions.--In the One Hundred Fourth
Congress, the total number of staff of House committees shall be
at least one-third less than the corresponding total in the One
Hundred Third Congress.
(b) Subcommittee Reductions.--In clause 6 of rule X, amend
paragraph (d) to read as follows:
``(d) No committee of the House shall have more than five
subcommittees (except the Committee on Appropriations, which
shall have no more than thirteen; the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight, which shall have no more than seven; and
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which shall
have no more than six).''.
(c) Consolidated Committee Staff and Biennial Funding.--
(1) In clause 5(a) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence to read as follows: ``Whenever any committee,
commission, or other entity (except the Committee on
Appropriations) is to be granted authorization for the
payment of its expenses (including all staff salaries)
for a Congress, such authorization initially shall be
procured by one primary expense resolution reported by
the Committee on House Oversight.''.
(2)(A) In clause 5(b) of rule XI, amend the
first sentence to read as follows: ``After the date
of adoption by the House of any such primary expense
resolution for any such committee, commission, or
other entity for any Congress, authorization for the
payment of additional expenses (including staff
salaries) in that Congress may be procured by one or
more supplemental expense resolutions reported by the
Committee on House Oversight, as necessary.''.
(B) In clause 5(c)(1) of rule XI--
(i) strike ``the contingent fund'' and
insert ``committee salary and expense
accounts'';
(ii) strike ``any year'' and insert
``any odd-numbered year''; and
(iii) strike ``for that year'' and
insert ``for that Congress''.
(C) In clause 5(c)(2) of rule XI, strike ``the
contingent fund'' and insert ``committee salary and
expense accounts''.
(D) In clause 5(f)(1) of rule XI--
(i) strike ``the contingent fund'' and
insert ``committee salary and expense
accounts''; and
(ii) strike ``of each year'' and
insert ``in each odd-numbered year''.
(3)(A) Interim funding rule.--For the purposes of
implementing this section, and notwithstanding the
provisions of clause 5(f) of rule XI, at the beginning
of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the committees
established by this resolution are authorized, pending
the adoption of the primary expense resolution for the
One Hundred Fourth Congress, to expend such sums as
are necessary to pay compensation for staff services
performed for, or to pay other expenses of, the
committee consistent with its planned reductions in
committee staff.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of clause 5(f)
of rule XI, payments thereunder during the One Hundred
Fourth Congress may be made only on vouchers signed by
a Member elected as chairman of the committee
concerned in the One Hundred Fourth Congress and
approved by the Committee on House Oversight, or, in
the case of late expenses of any committee from the
One Hundred Third Congress not reestablished by the
Rules of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, on vouchers
signed by the chairman of the Committee on House
Oversight.
(4) In clause 5 of rule XI, amend
paragraph (d) to read as follows:
``(d) From the funds made available for the appointment of
committee staff pursuant to any primary or additional expense
resolution, the chairman of each committee shall ensure that
sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to carry
out its responsibilities under the rules of the committee, and
that the minority party is fairly treated in the appointment of
such staff.''.
(5)(A) In clause 6(a)(1) of rule XI, amend the
first sentence to read as follows: ``Subject to
subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), each standing
committee may appoint, by majority vote of the
committee, not more than thirty professional staff
members from the funds provided for the appointment of
committee staff pursuant to primary and additional
expense resolutions.''.
(B) In clause 6(a)(2) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence by striking ``six persons'' and inserting
``ten persons (or one-third of the total professional
committee staff appointed under this clause, whichever
is less)''.
(C) In clause 6(a) of rule XI, strike
subparagraphs (3) through (5);
(D) In clause 6 of rule XI, amend paragraph (b)
to read as follows:
``(b)(1) The professional staff members of each
standing committee--
``(A) may not engage in any work other
than committee business during
congressional working hours; and
``(B) may not be assigned any duties
other than those pertaining to committee
business.
``(2) This paragraph does not apply to any staff
designated by a committee as `associate' or `shared' staff who
are not paid exclusively by the committee, provided that the
chairman certifies that the compensation paid by the committee
for any such employee is commensurate with the work performed
for the committee, in accordance with the provisions of clause 8
of rule XLIII.
``(3) The use of any `associate' or `shared' staff by any
committee shall be subject to the review of, and to any terms,
conditions, or limitations established by, the Committee on
House Oversight in connection with the reporting of any primary
or additional expense resolution.
``(4) The foregoing provisions of this clause do not apply
to the Committee on Appropriations.''.
(E) In clause 6(c) of rule XI strike ``, clerical and
investigating'' and insert ``and investigative''.
(F) In clause 6(d) of rule XI, strike ``and the
Committee on Budget''.
(G)(i) In clause 6(f) of rule XI, strike ``,
or a minority clerical staff member under paragraph
(b),'' and strike ``or paragraph (b), as applicable''.
(ii) In clause 6(f) of rule XI, strike ``or the
clerical staff, as the case may be,''.
(H) In clause 6(g) of rule XI, strike ``or (b)''
in both places it appears.
(I) In clause 6 of rule XI, amend paragraph (h)
to read as follows:
``(h) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to authorize
the appointment of additional professional staff members of a
committee pursuant to a request under such paragraph by the
minority party members of that committee if ten or more
professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1) who
are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party members,
are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party members.''.
(J) In clause 6(i) of rule XI, strike
``paragraphs (a)(2) and (b)(2)'' and insert
``paragraph (a)(2)''.
Sec. 102. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
TRUTH-IN-BUDGETING BASELINE REFORM
(a) In clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI (relating to cost estimates
in committee reports) insert before the semicolon the following:
``, except that the estimates with respect to new budget
authority shall include, when practicable, a comparison of the
total estimated funding level for the relevant program (or
programs) to the appropriate levels under current law''.
(b) In clause 7(a) of rule XIII (relating to required cost
estimates in committee reports)--
(1) strike ``and'' at the end of the
subparagraph (1);
(2) strike the period at the end of the
paragraph and insert ``; and''; and
(3) add the following new subparagraph at the
end:
``(3) when practicable, a comparison of the
total estimated funding level for the relevant program
(or programs) with the appropriate levels under
current law.''.
Sec. 103. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
TERM LIMITS FOR SPEAKER, COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
(a) In clause 7 of rule I, insert ``(a)'' after ``7.'' and
add the following new paragraph at the end:
``(b) No person may serve as Speaker for more than four
consecutive Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth
Congress (disregarding for this purpose any service for less
than a full session in any Congress).''.
(b) In clause 6(c) of rule X, insert after the first
sentence the following: ``No Member may serve as the chairman
of the same standing committee, or as the chairman of the same
subcommittee thereof, for more than three consecutive
Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress
(disregarding for this purpose any service for less than a full
session in any Congress).''.
Sec. 104. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
PROXY VOTING BAN
(a) In clause 2 of rule XI, amend paragraph (f) to read
as follows:
``Prohibition against proxy voting
``(f) No vote by any member of any committee or
subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter may
be cast by proxy.''.
(b) In clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI, strike ``and whether by
proxy or in person,'' in the third sentence.
Sec. 105. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
COMMITTEE SUNSHINE RULES
(a) In rule clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI--
(1) insert ``, including to radio, television,
and still photography coverage, except as provided by
clause 3(f)(2),'' after ``public'' the first place it
appears;
(2) insert ``because disclosure of matters to
be considered would endanger national security, would
compromise sensitive law enforcement information,
would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any
person, or otherwise would violate any law or rule of
the House'' after ``public'' the second place it
appears; and
(3) strike ``, or to any meeting that relates solely
to internal budget or personnel matters''.
(b) In clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI--
(1) insert ``, including to radio, television,
and still photography coverage,'' after ``public'' the
first place it appears; and (2) insert ``, would
compromise sensitive law enforcement information,''
after ``would endanger national security'' in both
places it appears.
(c) In clause 3(d) of rule XI strike ``is a
privilege made available by the House and''.
(d) In clause 3 of rule XI, amend paragraph (e)
to read as follows:
``(e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by
any committee or subcommittee of the House is open to
the public, those proceedings shall be open to
coverage by television, radio, and still photography,
except as provided in paragraph (f)(2). A committee
or subcommittee chairman may not limit the number of
television or still cameras to fewer than two
representatives from each medium (except for
legitimate space or safety considerations, in which
case pool coverage shall be authorized).''.
Sec. 106. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
LIMITATIONS ON TAX INCREASES
(a) Three-Fifths Vote Required for Tax Increase Measures
and Amendments.--In clause 5 of rule XXI, add the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(c) No bill or joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase
shall be considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined
by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members
voting.''.
(b) Prohibition on Retroactive Tax Increases.--In clause 5
of rule XXI (as amended by (a) above), add the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(d) It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a
retroactive Federal income tax rate increase. For purposes of
this paragraph a Federal income tax rate increase is retroactive
if it applies to a period beginning prior to the enactment of
the provision.''.
Sec. 107. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendment:
COMPREHENSIVE HOUSE AUDIT
During the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the Inspector General,
in consultation with the Speaker and the Committee on House
Oversight, shall coordinate, and as needed contract with
independent auditing firms to complete, a comprehensive audit of
House financial records and administrative operations, and
report the results in accordance with rule VI.
Sec. 108. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law
or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at
the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendment:
CONSIDERATION OF THE ``CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT''
It shall be in order at any time after the adoption of this
resolution to consider in the House, any rule of the House to
the contrary notwithstanding, the bill (H.R. 1) to make certain
laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Federal
Government, if offered by the majority leader or a designee.
The bill shall be debatable for not to exceed one hour, to be
equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the
minority leader or their designees. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
TITLE II. GENERAL
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the
One Hundred Third Congress, including applicable provisions of
law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the
House at the end of the One Hundred Third 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 Fourth Congress, with the
following amendments:
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
Sec. 201. (a) Abolition of the Office of Doorkeeper;
Election of Chief Administrative Officer.--In rule II, strike
``Doorkeeper'' each place it appears and insert ``Chief
Administrative Officer'' .
(b) Additional Duties of Clerk.--In rule III (``Duties of
Clerk''), add the following new clauses at the end:
``7. In addition to any other reports required by
the Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the
Clerk shall report to the Committee on House Oversight
not later than forty-five days following the close of
each semiannual period ending on June 30 or on
December 31 on the financial and operational status of
each function under the jurisdiction of the Clerk.
Each report shall include financial statements, a
description or explanation of current operations, the
implementation of new policies and procedures, and
future plans for each function.
``8. The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the
appropriate offices and persons in the performance of
reviews and audits of financial records and
administrative operations.''.
(c) Amend rules IV, V, and VI to read as follows:
``RULE IV.``DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.
``1. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to
attend the House during its sittings, to maintain order under
the direction of the Speaker or Chairman, and, pending the
election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, under the
direction of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House, and
all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by
the Speaker.
``2. The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which
shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.
``3. He shall enforce strictly the rules relating to the
privileges of the Hall and be responsible to the House for the
official conduct of his employees.
``4. He shall allow no person to enter the room over the
Hall of the House during its sittings; and fifteen minutes
before the hour of the meeting of the House each day he shall
see that the floor is cleared of all persons except those
privileged to remain, and kept so until ten minutes after
adjournment.
``5. In addition to any other reports required by the
Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-at-
Arms shall report to the Committee on House Oversight not later
than forty-five days following the close of each semiannual
period ending June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and
operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of
the Sergeant-at-Arms. Each report shall include financial
statements, a description or explanation of current operations,
the implementation of new policies and procedures, and future
plans for each function.
``6. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the
appropriate offices and persons in the performance of reviews
and audits of financial records and administrative
operations.''.
``RULE V.``CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
``1. The Chief Administrative Officer of the House shall
have operational and financial responsibility for functions as
assigned by the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight,
and shall be subject to the policy direction and oversight of
the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight.
``2. In addition to any other reports required by the
Speaker or the Committee on House Oversight, the Chief shall
report to the Committee on House Oversight not later than forty-
five days following the close of each semiannual period ending
on June 30 or December 31 on the financial and operational
status of each function under the jurisdiction of the Chief.
Each report shall include financial statements, a description or
explanation of current operations, the implementation of new
policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.
``3. The Chief shall fully cooperate with the appropriate
offices and persons in the performance of reviews and audits of
financial records and administrative operations.
``RULE VI.``OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
``1. There is established an Office of Inspector General.
``2. The Inspector General shall be appointed for a
Congress by the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority
leader, acting jointly.
``3. Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the
Committee on House Oversight, the Inspector General shall be
responsible only for--
``(a) conducting periodic audits of the financial
and administrative functions of the House and joint
entities;
``(b) informing the Officers or other officials
who are the subject of an audit of the results of that
audit and suggesting appropriate curative actions;
``(c) simultaneously notifying the Speaker, the
majority leader, the minority leader, and the chairman
and ranking minority party member of the Committee on
House Oversight in the case of any financial
irregularity discovered in the course of carrying out
responsibilities under this rule;
``(d) simultaneously submitting to the Speaker,
the majority leader, and the chairman and ranking
minority party member of the Committee on House
Oversight a report of each audit conducted under this
rule; and
``(e) reporting to the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct information involving possible
violations by any Member, officer, or employee of the
House of any rule of the House or of any law
applicable to the performance of official duties or
the discharge of official responsibilities which may
require referral to the appropriate Federal or State
authorities pursuant to clause 4(e)(1)(C) of rule
X.''.
(d) In clause 3 of rule X, strike paragraph (j).
(e) In clause 4(d) of rule X--
(1) strike ``Committee on House Administration''
and insert ``Committee on House Oversight'';
(2) strike subparagraphs (2) and (3),
redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph (2), and amend
paragraph (2), as so redesignated, to read as follows:
``(2) providing policy direction for, and
oversight of, the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief
Administrative Officer, and Inspector General.''.
(f) In clause 7 of rule XIV, strike ``Sergeant-at-Arms and
Doorkeeper are'' and insert ``Sergeant-at-Arms is''.
CHANGES IN COMMITTEE SYSTEM
Sec. 202. (a) The Committees and Their Jurisdiction.--Clause 1
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is
amended to read as follows:
``1. There shall be in the House the following standing
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and
related functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2,
3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating
to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing committee as
listed in this clause shall (in accordance with and subject to
clause 5) be referred to such committees, as follows:
``(a) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
``(1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and
protection of birds and animals in forest reserves.
``(2) Agriculture generally.
``(3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
``(4) Agricultural colleges and
experiment stations.
``(5) Agricultural economics and research.
``(6) Agricultural education extension services.
``(7) Agricultural production and
marketing and stabilization of prices of
agricultural products, and commodities (not
including distribution outside of the United
States).
``(8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
``(9) Commodities exchanges.
``(10) Crop insurance and soil
conservation. ``(11) Dairy
industry.
``(12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
``(13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
``(14) Food inspection, including inspection of
livestock, and poultry, and meat products, and seafood
and seafood products.
``(15) Forestry in general, and forest reserves
other than those created from the public domain.
``(16) Human nutrition and home
economics. ``(17)
Plant industry, soils,
and agricultural
engineering. ``(18)
Rural electrification.
``(19) Rural development.
``(20) Water conservation related to activities
of the Department of Agriculture.
``(b) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
``(1) Appropriation of the revenue for the
support of the Government.
``(2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in
appropriation Acts.
``(3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
``(4) The amount of new spending authority (as
described in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
which is to be effective for a fiscal year, including
bills and resolutions (reported by other committees)
which provide new spending authority and are referred
to the committee under clause 4(a).
The committee shall include separate headings for `Rescissions'
and `Transfers of Unexpended Balances' in any bill or resolution
as reported from the committee under its jurisdiction specified
in subparagraph (2) or (3), with all proposed rescissions and
proposed transfers listed therein; and shall include a separate
section with respect to such rescissions or transfers in the
accompanying committee report. In addition to its jurisdiction
under the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the committee
shall have the fiscal oversight function provided for in clause
2(b)(3) and the budget hearing function provided for in clause
4(a).
``(c) COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.
``(1) Banks and banking, including deposit
insurance and Federal monetary policy.
``(2) Bank capital markets activities generally.
``(3) Depository institution securities
activities generally, including the activities of any
affiliates, except for the functional regulation of
broker/dealer activities not involving safety and
soundness.
``(4) Economic stabilization, defense production,
renegotiation, and control of the price of
commodities, rents, and services.
``(5) Financial aid to commerce and industry
(other than transportation).
``(6) International finance.
``(7) International financial and monetary
organizations.
``(8) Money and credit, including currency and
the issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold and
silver, including the coinage thereof; valuation and
revaluation of the dollar.
``(9) Public and private housing.
``(10) Urban development.
``(d)(1) COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, consisting of the following
Members:
``(A) Members who are members of other standing
committees, including five Members who are members of
the Committee on Appropriations, and five Members who
are members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
``(B) one Member from the leadership of the
majority party; and
``(C) one Member from the leadership of the
minority party.
No Member other than a representative from the leadership of a
party may serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget
during more than four Congresses in any period of six successive
Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service performed
as a member of such committee for less than a full session in
any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman or ranking
minority member having served on the committee for four
Congresses and having served as chairman or ranking minority
member of the committee for not more than one Congress shall be
eligible for reelection to the committee as chairman or ranking
minority member for one additional Congress.
``(2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined
in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles
III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth
appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States
Government.
``(3) Measures relating to the congressional budget
process, generally.
``(4) Measures relating to the establishment, extension,
and enforcement of special controls over the Federal budget,
including the budgetary treatment of off-budget Federal agencies
and measures providing exemption from reduction under any order
issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
``(5) The committee shall have the duty--
``(A) to report the matters required to be
reported by it under titles III and IV of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
``(B) to make continuing studies of the effect on
budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed
legislation and to report the results of such studies
to the House on a recurring basis;
``(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies
of tax expenditures; to devise methods of coordinating
tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct
budget outlays, and to report the results of such
studies to the House on a recurring basis; and
``(D) to review, on a continuing basis, the
conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its
functions and duties.
``(e) COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE.
``(1) Biomedical research and development.
``(2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
``(3) Health and health facilities, except
health care supported by payroll deductions.
``(4) Interstate energy compacts.
``(5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
'`(6) Measures relating to the exploration,
production, storage, supply, marketing,
pricing, and regulation of energy resources,
including all fossil fuels, solar energy,
and other unconventional or renewable energy
resources.
``(7) Measures relating to the conservation of
energy resources.
``(8) Measures relating to energy information
generally.
``(9) Measures relating to (A) the generation and
marketing of power (except by federally chartered or
Federal regional power marketing authorities), (B) the
reliability and interstate transmission of, and
ratemaking for, all power, and (C) the siting of
generation facilities; except the installation of
interconnections between Government waterpower
projects.
``(10) Measures relating to general management of
the Department of Energy, and the management and all
functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
``(11) National energy policy generally.
``(12) Public health and quarantine.
``(13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy
industry, including regulation of research and
development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.
``(14) Regulation of interstate and foreign
communications.
``(15) Securities and exchanges.
``(16) Travel and tourism.
The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to
regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as
it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities and
of use of nonnuclear energy. In addition to its legislative
jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph
(and its general oversight functions under clause 2(b)(1)), such
committee shall have the special oversight functions provided
for in clause (3)(h) with respect to all laws, programs, and
Government activities affecting nuclear and other energy, and
nonmilitary nuclear energy and research and development
including the disposal of nuclear waste.
``(f) COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
``(1) Child labor.
``(2) Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind; Howard University; Freedmen's Hospital.
``(3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made
by convicts into interstate commerce.
``(4) Food programs for children in schools.
``(5) Labor standards and statistics.
``(6) Measures relating to education or labor
generally.
``(7) Mediation and arbitration of labor
disputes.
``(8) Regulation or prevention of importation of
foreign laborers under contract.
``(9) United States Employees' Compensation
Commission.
``(10) Vocational rehabilitation.
``(11) Wages and hours of labor.
``(12) Welfare of miners.
``(13) Work incentive programs.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function
under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special
oversight function provided for in clause 3(c) with respect to
domestic educational programs and institutions, and programs of
student assistance, which are within the jurisdiction of other
committees.
``(g) COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT.
``(1) The Federal Civil Service, including
intergovernmental personnel; the status of officers
and employees of the United States, including their
compensation, classification, and retirement.
``(2) Measures relating to the municipal affairs
of the District of Columbia in general, other than
appropriations.
``(3) Federal paperwork reduction.
``(4) Budget and accounting measures, generally.
``(5) Holidays and celebrations.
``(6) The overall economy, efficiency and
management of government operations and activities,
including Federal procurement.
``(7) National archives.
``(8) Population and demography generally,
including the Census.
``(9) Postal service generally, including the
transportation of the mails.
``(10) Public information and records.
``(11) Relationship of the Federal Government to
the States and municipalities generally.
``(12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of
the Government.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its oversight functions under
clause 2(b) (1) and (2)), the committee shall have the function
of performing the duties and conducting the studies which are
provided for in clause 4(c).
``(h) COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.
``(1) Appropriations from accounts for committee
salaries and expenses (except for the Committee on
Appropriations), House Information Systems, and
allowances and expenses of Members, House officers and
administrative offices of the House.
``(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts which
may be charged to the accounts for committee salaries
and expenses described in subparagraph (1).
``(3) Employment of persons by the House,
including clerks for Members and committees, and
reporters of debates.
``(4) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11),
matters relating to the Library of Congress and the
House Library; statuary and pictures; acceptance or
purchase of works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic
Gardens; management of the Library of Congress;
purchase of books and manuscripts.
``(5) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11),
matters relating to the Smithsonian Institution and
the incorporation of similar institutions.
``(6) Expenditure of accounts described in
subparagraph (1).
``(7) Franking Commission.
``(8) Matters relating to printing and correction
of the Congressional Record.
``(9) Measures relating to accounts of the House
generally.
``(10) Measures relating to assignment of office
space for Members and committees.
``(11) Measures relating to the disposition of
useless executive papers.
``(12) Measures relating to the election of the
President, Vice President, or Members of Congress;
corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials
and qualifications; and Federal elections generally.
``(13) Measures relating to services to
the House, including the House Restaurant,
parking facilities and administration of the
House office buildings and of the House wing
of the Capitol.
``(14) Measures relating to the travel of Members
of the House.
``(15) Measures relating to the raising,
reporting and use of campaign contributions for
candidates for office of Representative in the House
of Representatives, of Delegate, and of Resident
Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico.
``(16) Measures relating to the compensation,
retirement and other benefits of the Members,
officers, and employees of the Congress. In addition
to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general
oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the
committee shall have the function of performing the
duties which are provided for in clause 4(d).
``(i) COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
``(1) Relations of the United States with foreign
nations generally.
``(2) Acquisition of land and buildings for
embassies and legations in foreign countries.
``(3) Establishment of boundary lines between the
United States and foreign nations.
``(4) Export controls, including nonproliferation
of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
``(5) Foreign loans.
``(6) International commodity agreements (other
than those involving sugar), including all agreements
for cooperation in the export of nuclear technology
and nuclear hardware.
``(7) International conferences and congresses.
``(8) International education.
``(9) Intervention abroad and declarations of
war.
``(10) Measures relating to the diplomatic
service.
``(11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse
with foreign nations and to safeguard American
business interests abroad.
``(12) Measures relating to international
economic policy.
``(13) Neutrality.
``(14) Protection of American citizens abroad and
expatriation.
``(15) The American National Red Cross.
``(16) Trading with the enemy.
``(17) United Nations organizations.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function
under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special
oversight functions provided for in clause 3(d) with respect to
customs administration, intelligence activities relating to
foreign policy, international financial and monetary
organizations, and international fishing agreements.
``(j) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
``(1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings,
civil and criminal.
``(2) Administrative practice and procedure.
``(3) Apportionment of Representatives.
``(4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and
counterfeiting.
``(5) Civil liberties.
``(6) Constitutional amendments.
``(7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts
in the Territories and possessions.
``(8) Immigration and naturalization.
``(9) Interstate compacts, generally.
``(10) Measures relating to claims against the
United States.
``(11) Meetings of Congress, attendance of
Members and their acceptance of incompatible offices.
``(12) National penitentiaries.
``(13) Patents, the Patent Office, copyrights,
and trademarks.
``(14) Presidential succession.
``(15) Protection of trade and commerce against
unlawful restraints and monopolies.
``(16) Revision and codification of the Statutes
of the United States.
``(17) State and territorial boundaries.
``(18) Subversive activities affecting the
internal security of the United States.
``(k) COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY.
```(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army,
Navy, and Air Force reservations and establishments.
``(2) Common defense generally.
``(3) Conservation, development, and use of naval
petroleum and oil shale reserves.
``(4) The Department of Defense generally,
including the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air
Force generally.
``(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including
measures relating to the maintenance, operation, and
administration of interoceanic canals.
``(6) Merchant Marine Academy, and State Maritime
Academies.
``(7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
``(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence
related activities of the Department of the Defense.
``(9) National security aspects of merchant
marine, including financial assistance for the
construction and operation of vessels, the maintenance
of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial
base, cabotage, cargo preference and merchant marine
officers and seamen as these matters relate to the
national security.
``(10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other
benefits and privileges of members of the armed
forces.
``(11) Scientific research and development in
support of the armed services.
``(12) Selective service.
``(13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, and Air Force.
``(14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
``(15) Strategic and critical materials necessary
for the common defense.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function
under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special
oversight function provided for in clause 3(a) with respect to
international arms control and disarmament, and military
dependents education.
``(l) COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES.
``(1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research,
restoration, refuges, and conservation.
``(2) Forest reserves and national parks created
from the public domain.
``(3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien
ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands.
``(4) Geological Survey.
``(5) International fishing agreements.
``(6) Interstate compacts relating to
apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes.
``(7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water
supply for reclamation projects, and easements of
public lands for irrigation projects, and acquisition
of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation
projects.
``(8) Measures relating to the care and
management of Indians, including the care and
allotment of Indian lands and general and special
measures relating to claims which are paid out of
Indian funds.
``(9) Measures relating generally to the insular
possessions of the United States, except those
affecting the revenue and appropriations.
``(10) Military parks and battlefields, national
cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the
Interior, parks within the District of Columbia, and
the erection of monuments to the memory of
individuals.
``(11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries
thereunder.
``(12) Mineral resources of the public lands.
``(13) Mining interests generally.
``(14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
``(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone
management), except for measures relating to oil and
other pollution of navigable waters.
``(16) Oceanography.
``(17) Petroleum conservation on the public lands
and conservation of the radium supply in the United
States.
``(18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and
objects of interest on the public domain.
``(19) Public lands generally, including entry,
easements, and grazing thereon.
``(20) Relations of the United States with the
Indians and the Indian tribes.
``(21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function
under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special
oversight functions provided for in clause 3(e) with respect to
all programs affecting Indians.
``(m) COMMITTEE ON RULES.
``(1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules
or joint rules relating to the Code of Official
Conduct), and order of business of the House.
``(2) Recesses and final adjournments of
Congress.
The Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act whether or
not the House is in session.
``(n) COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE.
``(1) All energy research, development, and
demonstration, and projects therefor, and all
federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy
laboratories.
``(2) Astronautical research and development,
including resources, personnel, equipment, and
facilities.
``(3) Civil aviation research and development.
``(4) Environmental research and development.
``(5) Marine research.
``(6) Measures relating to the commercial
application of energy technology.
``(7) National Institute of Standards and
Technology, standardization of weights and measures
and the metric system.
``(8) National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
``(9) National Space Council.
``(10) National Science Foundation.
``(11) National Weather Service.
``(12) Outer space, including exploration and
control thereof.
``(13) Science Scholarships.
``(14) Scientific research, development, and
demonstration, and projects therefor.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function
under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special
oversight function provided for in clause 3(f) with respect to
all nonmilitary research and development.
``(o) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.
``(1) Assistance to and protection of small
business, including financial aid, regulatory
flexibility and paperwork reduction.
``(2) Participation of small-business enterprises
in Federal procurement and Government contracts.In
addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the
preceding provisions of this paragraph and (its
general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the
committee shall have the special oversight function
provided for in clause 3(g) with respect to the
problems of small business.
``(p) COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.
``(1) Measures relating to the Code of Official
Conduct.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding
provision of this paragraph (and its general oversight function
under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the functions
with respect to recommendations, studies, investigations, and
reports which are provided for in clause 4(e), and the functions
designated in titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 and sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States
Code.
``(q) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
``(1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service,
lighthouses, lightships, ocean derelicts, and the
Coast Guard Academy.
``(2) Federal management of emergencies and
natural disasters.
``(3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and
harbors.
``(4) Inland waterways.
``(5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels,
lights and signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire
protection on such vessels.
``(6) Navigation and the laws relating thereto,
including pilotage.
``(7) Registering and licensing of vessels and
small boats.
``(8) Rules and international arrangements to
prevent collisions at sea.
``(9) Measures relating to the Capitol Building
and the Senate and House office buildings.
``(10) Measures relating to the construction or
maintenance of roads and post roads, other than
appropriations therefor; but it shall not be in order
for any bill providing general legislation in relation
to roads to contain any provision for any specific
road, nor for any bill in relation to a specific road
to embrace a provision in relation to any other
specific road.
``(11) Measures relating to the construction or
reconstruction, maintenance, and care of the buildings
and grounds of the Botanic Gardens, the Library of
Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
``(12) Measures relating to merchant marine,
except for national security aspects of merchant
marine.
``(13) Measures relating to the purchase of sites
and construction of post offices, customhouses,
Federal courthouses, and Government buildings within
the District of Columbia.
``(14) Oil and other pollution of navigable
waters, including inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
``(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone
management) as they relate to oil and other pollution
of navigable waters.
``(16) Public buildings and occupied or improved
grounds of the United States generally.
``(17) Public works for the benefit of
navigation, including bridges and dams (other than
international bridges and dams).
``(18) Related transportation regulatory
agencies.
``(19) Roads and the safety thereof.
``(20) Transportation, including civil aviation,
railroads, water transportation, transportation safety
(except automobile safety), transportation
infrastructure, transportation labor, and railroad
retirement and unemployment (except revenue measures
related thereto).
``(21) Water power.
``(r) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
``(1) Veterans' measures generally.
``(2) Cemeteries of the United States in which
veterans of any war or conflict are or may be buried,
whether in the United States or abroad, except
cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the
Interior.
``(3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation,
and education of veterans.
``(4) Life insurance issued by the Government on
account of service in the Armed Forces.
``(5) Pensions of all the wars of the United
States, general and special.
``(6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
``(7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
``(8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and
treatment of veterans.
``(s) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
``(1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of
entry and delivery.
``(2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
``(3) Revenue measures generally.
``(4) Revenue measures relating to the insular
possessions.
``(5) The bonded debt of the United States
(subject to the last sentence of clause 4(g) of this
rule).
``(6) The deposit of public moneys.
``(7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
``(8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable
trusts.
``(9) National social security, except (A) health
care and facilities programs that are supported from
general revenues as opposed to payroll deductions and
(B) work incentive programs.''.
(b) Any reference in the rules of the House at the end of
the One Hundred Third Congress to the following standing
committees of the House: the Committee on Armed Services; the
Committee on the District of Columbia; the Committee on
Education and Labor; the Committee on Energy and Commerce; the
Committee on Foreign Affairs; the Committee on Government
Operations; the Committee on House Administration; the Committee
on Natural Resources; and the Committee on Science, Space and
Technology; shall be amended to be a reference to the following
standing committees of the House, respectively: the Committee on
National Security; the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight; the Committee on Economic and Educational
Opportunities; the Committee on Commerce; the Committee on
International Relations; the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight; the Committee on House Oversight; the Committee on
Resources; and the Committee on Science.
(c) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget, when
elected, may revise (within the appropriate levels established
in House Concurrent Resolution 218 of the One Hundred Third
Congress) allocations of budget outlays, new budget authority,
and entitlement authority among committees of the House in the
One Hundred Fourth Congress to reflect changes in jurisdiction
under clause 1 of rule X. He shall publish the revised
allocations in the Congressional Record. Once published, the
revised allocations shall be effective in the House as though
made pursuant to sections 302(a) and 602(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
(d) In clause 8 of rule XXIV, strike ``the Committee on
the District of Columbia'' through the end of the sentence and
insert: ``the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, be
set apart for the consideration of such business relating to the
District of Columbia as may be presented by said committee.''.
OVERSIGHT REFORM
Sec. 203. (a) In clause 2 of rule X, add the following new
paragraphs at the end:
``(d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session
of a Congress, each standing committee of the House shall, in a
meeting that is open to the public and with a quorum present,
adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. Such plans shall
be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight.
In developing such plans each committee shall, to the maximum
extent feasible--
``(A) consult with other committees of the House
that have jurisdiction over the same or related laws,
programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction, with
the objective of ensuring that such laws, programs, or
agencies are reviewed in the same Congress and that
there is a maximum of coordination between such
committees in the conduct of such reviews; and such
plans shall include an explanation of what steps have
been and will be taken to ensure such coordination
and cooperation;
``(B) give priority consideration to including
in its plans the review of those laws, programs, or
agencies operating under permanent budget authority or
permanent statutory authority; and
``(C) have a view toward ensuring that all
significant laws, programs, or agencies within its
jurisdictions are subject to review at least once
every ten years.
``(2) It shall not be in order to consider any committee
expense resolution (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XI),
or any amendment thereto, for any committee that has not
submitted its oversight plans as required by this paragraph.
``(3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a
Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the majority
leader, and the minority leader, the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight shall report to the House the oversight
plans submitted by each committee together with any
recommendations that it, or the House leadership group referred
to above, may make to ensure the most effective coordination of
such plans and otherwise achieve the objectives of this clause.
``(e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may
appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose of
reviewing specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or
more standing committees.''.
(b) In clause 1 of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) to read as
follows:
``(d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not
later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a report on the
activities of that committee under this rule and rule X during
the Congress ending on January 3 of such year.
``(2) Such report shall include separate sections
summarizing the legislative and oversight activities of that
committee during that Congress.
``(3) The oversight section of such report shall include a
summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee
pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions
taken and recommendations made with respect to each such plan,
and a summary of any additional oversight activities undertaken
by that committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken
thereon.''.
MEMBER ASSIGNMENT LIMITS
Sec. 204. In clause 6(b) of rule X, insert ``(1)'' after
``(b)'' and add the following new subparagraph at the end:
``(2)(A) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may
serve simultaneously as a member of more than two standing
committees or four subcommittees of the standing committees of
the House, except that ex officio service by a chairman and
ranking minority member of a committee on each of its
subcommittees by committee rule shall not be counted against the
limitation on subcommittee service. Any other exception to
these limitations must be approved by the House upon the
recommendation of the respective party caucus or conference.
``(B) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term
`subcommittee' includes any panel (other than a special
oversight panel of the Committee on National Security), task
force, special subcommittee, or any subunit of a standing
committee that is established for a cumulative period longer
than six months in any Congress.''.
MULTIPLE REFERRAL REFORM
Sec. 205. In clause 5 of rule X, amend paragraph (c) to read as
follows:
``(c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect
to any matter, the Speaker shall designate a committee of
primary jurisdiction; but also may refer the matter to one or
more additional committees, for consideration in sequence
(subject to appropriate time limitations), either on its initial
referral or after the matter has been reported by the committee
of primary jurisdiction; or may refer portions of the matter to
one or more additional committees (reflecting different subjects
and jurisdictions) for the consideration only of designated
portions; or may refer the matter to a special ad hoc committee
appointed by the Speaker with the approval of the House (with
members from the committees having jurisdiction) for the
specific purpose of considering that matter and reporting to the
House thereon; or may make such other provisions as may be
considered appropriate.''.
ACCURACY OF COMMITTEE TRANSCRIPTS
Sec. 206. In clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI, amend the first
sentence to read as follows: ``Each committee shall keep a
complete record of all committee action which shall include--
``(A) in the case of any meeting or hearing transcript, a
substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made during
the proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and
typographical corrections authorized by the person making the
remarks involved; and
``(B) a record of the votes on any question on which a
rollcall vote is demanded.''.
ELIMINATION OF ``ROLLING QUORUMS''
Sec. 207. In clause 2(l)(2)(A) of rule XI, strike ``was
actually present'' and all that follows through the end of the
subdivision and insert ``was actually present.''.
LIMITATION ON COMMITTEES' SITTINGS
Sec. 208. In clause 2 of rule XI, amend paragraph (i) to read
as follows:
``Limitation on committees' sittings
``(i)(1) No committee of the House (except the Committee
on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on
Rules, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and the
Committee on Ways and Means) may sit, without special leave,
while the House is reading a measure for amendment under the
five-minute rule. For purposes of this paragraph, special
leave will be granted unless ten or more Members object; and
shall be granted upon the adoption of a motion, which shall be
highly privileged if offered by the majority leader, granting
such leave to one or more committees.
``(2) No committee of the House may sit during a joint
session of the House and Senate or during a recess when a joint
meeting of the House and Senate is in progress.''.
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR COMMITTEE VOTES
Sec. 209. In clause 2(l)(2) of rule XI amend subdivision (B) to
read as follows:
``(B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to
report any measure or matter of a public character, and on any
amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total number of
votes cast for and against, and the names of those members
voting for and against, shall be included in the committee
report on the measure or matter.''.
AFFIRMING MINORITY'S RIGHT ON MOTIONS TO RECOMMIT
Sec. 210. In clause 4(b) of rule XI, insert before the period
at the end the following:
``, including a motion to recommit with instructions to
report back an amendment otherwise in order (if offered by the
minority leader or a designee), except with respect to a Senate
bill or resolution for which the text of a House-passed measure
has been substituted''.
WAIVER POLICY FOR SPECIAL RULES
Sec. 211. In clause 4 of rule XI, add the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(e) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution
providing for the consideration of any measure, it shall, to the
maximum extent possible, specify in the resolution the object of
any waiver of a point of order against the measure or against
its consideration.''.
PROHIBITION ON DELEGATE VOTING IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Sec. 212. (a) In rule XII, strike clause 2 and the designation
of the remaining clause.
(b) In clause 1 of rule XXIII, strike ``, Resident
Commissioner, or Delegate''. (c) In clause 2 of rule XXIII,
strike paragraph (d).
ACCURACY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Sec. 213. In rule XIV, add the following new clause at the end:
``9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially
verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of the
House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical
corrections authorized by the Member making the remarks
involved.
``(b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by
permission or order of the House.
``(c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within
the meaning of clause 4(e)(1)(B) of rule X.''.
AUTOMATIC ROLLCALL VOTES
Sec. 214. In rule XV, add the following new clause at the end:
``7. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when
the Speaker puts the question on final passage or adoption of
any bill, joint resolution, or conference report making general
appropriations or increasing Federal income tax rates, or on
final adoption of any concurrent resolution on the budget or
conference report thereon.''.
APPROPRIATIONS REFORMS
Sec. 215. (a) Consideration of Limitation Amendments.--In clause
2(d) of rule XXI, strike ``shall have precedence'' and insert
``shall, if offered by the majority leader or a designee, have
precedence''.
(b) Prohibition Against Non-Emergency Items in Emergency
Spending Bills.--In clause 2 of rule XXI, add the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(e) No provision shall be reported in any appropriation
bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation for
purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D) or section 252(e) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, or shall be
in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision or amendment
is not designated as an emergency, unless the provision or
amendment rescinds budget authority or reduces direct spending,
or reduces an amount for a designated emergency.''.
(c) Permitting Offsetting Amendments.--In clause 2 of rule
XXI (as amended by (b) above), add the following new paragraph
at the end:
``(f) During the reading of any appropriation bill for
amendment in the Committee of the Whole, it shall be in order to
consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer
appropriations among objects in the bill without increasing the
levels of budget authority or outlays in the bill. When
considered en bloc pursuant to this paragraph, such amendments
may amend portions of the bill not yet read for amendment
(following the disposition of any points of order against such
portions) and shall not be subject to a demand for division of
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.''.
(d) Listing of Unauthorized Appropriations in Reports.--In
clause 3 of rule XXI, insert before the period the following:
``, and shall contain a list of all appropriations contained in
the bill for any expenditure not previously authorized by law
(except for classified intelligence or national security
programs, projects, or activities)''.
(e) Automatic Reservation of Points of Order.--In rule
XXI, add the following new clause at the end:
``8. At the time any appropriation bill is reported, all
points of order shall be considered as reserved.''.
BAN ON COMMEMORATIVES
Sec. 216. (a) In rule XXII--
(1) amend clause 2 by inserting ``(a)'' after
``2.'' and by adding the following new paragraph at
the end:
``(b)(1) No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any
bill or resolution, establishing or expressing any commemoration
may be introduced or considered in the House.
``(2) For purposes of this paragraph, the term
`commemoration' means any remembrance, celebration, or
recognition for any purpose through the designation of a
specified period of time.''.
(2) amend clause 3 by striking ``or private
bill'' and inserting ``or bill or resolution''.
(b) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall
consider alternative means for establishing commemorations,
including the creation of an independent or Executive branch
commission for such purpose, and to report to the House any
recommendations thereon.
NUMERICAL DESIGNATION OF AMENDMENTS
Sec. 217. In clause 6 of rule XXIII, add the following new
sentence at the end: ``All amendments to a specified measure
submitted for printing in that portion of the Record shall be
given numerical designations in the order printed.''.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Sec. 218. In clause 1 of rule XXIV-- (a) insert after the
second order of business the following new order of business:
``Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.''; and (b)
redesignate succeeding orders accordingly.
DISCHARGE PETITIONS
Sec. 219. In clause 3 of rule XXVII, insert the following three
new sentences after the fifth sentence: ``The Clerk shall cause
the names of the Members who have signed a discharge motion
during any week to be published in a portion of the
Congressional Record designated for that purpose on the last
legislative day of that week. The Clerk shall make available
each day for public inspection in an appropriate office of the
House cumulative lists of such names. The Clerk shall devise a
means by which to make such lists available to offices of the
House and to the public in electronic form.''.
PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED MATERIALS
Sec. 220. In rule XLIII (``Code of Official Conduct'') insert
the following new clause before the two undesignated paragraphs
at the end:
``13. Before any Member, officer, or employee of the House
of Representatives may have access to classified information,
the following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
`I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not
disclose any classified information received in the
course of my service with the House of
Representatives, except as authorized by House of
Representatives or in accordance with its Rules.'
Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the
Clerk of the House as part of the records of the
House.''.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
Sec. 221. (a) In clause 1(a) of rule XLVIII (relating to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) strike ``nineteen
Members with representation to'' and insert ``sixteen Members,
of whom not more than nine may be from the same party. The
select committee shall''.
(b)(1) In clause 1(b) of rule XLVIII, insert ``(1)'' after
``(b)'', strike ``majority leader'', and insert ``Speaker''.
(2) In clause 1(b) of rule XLVIII, add the following new
subparagraph at the end:
``(2) The Speaker and minority leader each may designate
a member of their leadership staff to assist them in their
capacity as ex officio members, with the same access to
committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as if
employees of the select committee, and subject to the same
security clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees
of the select committee under this rule.''.
(3) In clause 7(c) of rule XLVIII, strike subparagraph
(3).
(c) In clause 1 of rule XLVIII, amend paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
``(c) No Member of the House other than the Speaker and
the minority leader may serve on the select committee during
more than four Congresses in any period of six successive
Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for less
than a full session in any Congress), except that the incumbent
chairman or ranking minority member having served on the select
committee for four Congresses and having served as chairman or
ranking minority member for not more than one Congress shall be
eligible for reappointment to the select committee as chairman
or ranking minority member for one additional Congress.''.
(d) In clause 2(a) of rule XLVIII--
(1) insert the following before the period in
subparagraph (1): ``, and the National Foreign
Intelligence Program as defined in section 3(6) of the
National Security Act of 1947'';
(2) strike all after ``but not limited to,'' in
subparagraph (2) and insert the following: ``the
tactical intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of the Department of Defense.''.
(3) amend subparagraph (4) to read as follows:
``(4) Authorizations for appropriations, both
direct and indirect, for the following:
``(A) The Central Intelligence Agency,
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,
but not limited to, the tactical
intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of the Department of Defense.
``(C) Any department, agency, or
subdivision, or program that is a successor
to any agency or program named or referred
to in subdivision (A) or (B).''.
ABOLITION OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 222. The establishment or continuation of any legislative
service organization (as defined and authorized in the One
Hundred Third Congress) shall be prohibited in the One Hundred
Fourth Congress. The Committee on House Oversight shall take
such steps as are necessary to ensure an orderly termination and
accounting for funds of any legislative service organization in
existence on January 3, 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND CLERICAL CORRECTIONS
Sec. 223. (a) Speaker's Authority To Postpone Votes.--In clause
5(b)(1) of rule I, amend the matter after ``questions listed
herein:'' to read as follows:
``(A) the question of adopting a resolution;
``(B) the question of passing a bill;
``(C) the question of agreeing to a motion to
instruct conferees as provided in clause 1(c) of rule
XXVIII: Provided, however, That proceedings shall not
resume on said question if the conferees have filed a
report in the House;
``(D) the question of agreeing to a conference
report;
``(E) the question or ordering the previous question
on a question described in subdivision (A), (B), (C),
or (D); and
``(F) the question of agreeing to a motion to suspend
the rules.''.
(b) Office of Floor Assistants.--There is established in
the House of Representatives an office to be known as the
Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities. The Speaker
shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees of
the Office. The Office shall have the responsibility of
assisting the Speaker in the management of legislative floor
activity.
(c) Vice Chairman of Committee.--In clause 2(d) of rule XI-
(1) strike ``The member'' and insert ``A
member''; and
(2) strike ``ranking immediately after'' and
insert ``designated by''.
(d) Prohibition Against Members' Use of Personal,
Electronic Office Equipment on House Floor.--In clause 7 of
rule XIV, insert ``or to use any personal, electronic office
equipment (including cellular phones and computers)'' after ``to
smoke''.
(e) Speaker's Authority To Reduce to Five-Minutes a Vote
Following a Previous Question Vote.--In clause 5(b) of rule XV,
amend subparagraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on
a motion for the previous question, on any underlying
question that follows without intervening business;''.
(f) Clerical Corrections.--
(1) In clause 3 of rule III, insert ``; and''
before ``certify''.
(2) In clause 2(l)(1)(B) of rule XI, strike
``does not apply to the reporting'' and all that
follows through ``subdivision (C) and''.
(g) Special Rule for Bill Sponsorship on Opening Day.--In
the One Hundred Fourth Congress, each of the first 20 bills
introduced in the House (H.R. 1 through H.R. 20), and each of
the first two joint resolutions introduced in the House (H.J.
Res. 1 and H.J. Res. 2), may have more than one Member reflected
as a first sponsor.
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