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106th Congress 
 1st Session                COMMITTEE PRINT
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                    RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEES
                    OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                             106th Congress

                               1999-2000

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                            compiled by the

                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

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             Printed for the use of the Committee on Rules
                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                   DAVID DREIER, California, Chairman
PORTER GOSS, Florida                 JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY, Massachusetts
JOHN LINDER, Georgia                 MARTIN FROST, Texas
DEBORAH PRYCE, Ohio                  TONY HALL, Ohio
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida         LOUISE SLAUGHTER, New York
DOC HASTINGS, Washington
SUE MYRICK, North Carolina
PETE SESSIONS, Texas
THOMAS REYNOLDS, New York
                  Vincent D. Randazzo, Staff Director
                George Crawford, Minority Staff Director
            Bryan H. Roth, Printing Clerk and Office Manager
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             Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process

                     PORTER GOSS, Florida, Chairman
DEBORAH PRYCE, Ohio                  MARTIN FROST, Texas
DOC HASTINGS, Washington             JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY, Massachusetts
SUE MYRICK, North Carolina
DAVID DREIER, California
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          Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House

                     JOHN LINDER, Georgia, Chairman
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida         TONY P. HALL, Ohio
PETE SESSIONS, Texas                 LOUISE SLAUGHTER, New York
THOMAS REYNOLDS, New York
DAVID DREIER, California





                            C O N T E N T S

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               Part I.--Standing Committees of the House

                                                                   Page
Committee on Agriculture.........................................     3
Committee on Appropriations......................................    23
Committee on Armed Services......................................    33
Committee on Banking and Financial Services......................    41
Committee on the Budget..........................................    61
Committee on Commerce............................................    69
Committee on Education and Workforce.............................    77
Committee on Government Reform...................................    93
Committee on House Administration................................    99
Committee on International Relations.............................   109
Committee on the Judiciary.......................................   125
Committee on Resources...........................................   129
Committee on Rules...............................................   143
Committee on Science.............................................   151
Committee on Small Business......................................   167
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.......................   175
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...................   199
Committee on Veterans' Affairs...................................   213
Committee on Ways and Means......................................   219

           Part II.--Permanent Select Committee of the House

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.......................   233

               Part III.--Congressional Joint Committees

Joint Economic Committee.........................................   251
Joint Committee on the Library...................................   255
Joint Committee on Printing......................................   259
Joint Committee on Taxation......................................   265

                                Appendix

Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives..............   268
Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Represenatives..............   294
Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives...........   307
      




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                PART I. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

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                        Committee on Agriculture

                     LARRY COMBEST, Texas, Chairman

BILL BARRETT, Nebraska               CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas
JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio                GEORGE E. BROWN, Jr., California
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois            GARY A. CONDIT, California
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia              COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota
RICHARD W. POMBO, California         CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California
CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida           EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina
NICK SMITH, Michigan                 DAVID MINGE, Minnesota
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho               TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana          SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois                 JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
JERRY MORAN, Kansas                  MARION BERRY, Arkansas
BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado               VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota          MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee        DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan
JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana              BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
KEN CALVERT, California              CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana
GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota             LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
BOB RILEY, Alabama                   DAVID D. PHELPS, Illinois
GREG WALDEN, Oregon                  KEN LUCAS, Kentucky
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            MIKE THOMPSON, California
DOUG OSE, California                 BARON P. HILL, Indiana
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky

         (Adopted January 20, 1999, Amended February 10, 1999)


                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--(1) The Rules of the 
House shall govern the procedure of the Committee and its 
subcommittees, and the rules of the Committee on Agriculture so 
far as applicable shall be interpreted in accordance with the 
Rules of the House, except that a motion to recess from day to 
day, and a motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) 
of a bill or resolution, if printed copies are available, are 
non-debatable privileged motions in the Committee and its 
subcommittees. (See Appendix A for the applicable Rules of the 
U.S. House of Representatives.)
    (2) As provided in clause 1(a)(2) of House Rule XI, each 
subcommittee is part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and its rules so far 
as applicable. (See also Committee rules III, IV, V, VI, VII 
and X, infra.)
    (b) Authority to Conduct Investigations.--The Committee and 
its subcommittees, after consultation with the Chairman of the 
Committee, may conduct such investigations and studies as they 
may consider necessary or appropriate in the exercise of their 
responsibilities under Rule X of the Rules of the House and in 
accordance with clause 2(m) of House Rule XI.
    (c) Authority to Print.--The Committee is authorized by the 
Rules of the House to have printed and bound testimony and 
other data presented at hearings held by the Committee and its 
subcommittees. All costs of stenographic services and 
transcripts in connection with any meeting or hearing of the 
Committee and its subcommittees shall be paid from applicable 
accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) of House Rule 
X in accordance with clause 1(c) of House Rule XI. (See also 
paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of Committee rule VIII.)
    (d) Vice Chairman.--The Member of the majority party on the 
Committee or subcommittee designated by the Chairman of the 
full Committee shall be the vice chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee in accordancewith clause 2(d) of House Rule XI.
    (e) Presiding Member.--If the Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee is not present at any Committee or subcommittee 
meeting or hearing, the vice chairman shall preside. If the 
Chairman and vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee are 
not present at a Committee or subcommittee meeting or hearing 
the ranking Member of the majority party who is present shall 
preside in accordance with clause 2(d), House Rule XI.
    (f) Activities Report.--(1) The Committee shall submit to 
the House, not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, 
a report on the activities of the Committee under Rules X and 
XI of the Rules of the House during the Congress ending on 
January 3 of such year. (See also Committee rule VIII(h)(2).)
    (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing 
the legislative and oversight activities of the 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 House 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 the Committee, and any recommendations made or 
actions taken with respect thereto.
    (g) Publication of Rules.--The Committee's rules shall be 
published in the Congressional Record not later than thirty 
days after the Committee is elected in each odd-numbered year 
as provided in clause 2(a) of House Rule XI.
    (h) Joint Committee Reports of Investigation or Study.--A 
report of an investigation or study conducted jointly by more 
than one committee may be filed jointly, provided that each of 
the committees complies independently with all requirements for 
approval and filing of the report.

 Rule 2.--Committee Business Meetings--Regular, Additional and Special

    (a) Regular Meetings.--(1) Regular meetings of the 
Committee, in accordance with clause 2(b) of House Rule XI, 
shall be held on the first Wednesday of every month to transact 
its business unless such day is a holiday, or Congress is in 
recess or is adjourned, in which case the Chairman shall 
determine the regular meeting day of the Committee, if any, for 
that month. The Chairman shall provide each member of the 
Committee, as far in advance of the day of the regular meeting 
as practicable, a written agenda of such meeting. Items may be 
placed on the agenda by the Chairman or a majority of the 
Committee. If the Chairman believes that there will not be any 
bill, resolution or other matter considered before the full 
Committee and there is no other business to be transacted at a 
regular meeting, the meeting may be cancelled or it may be 
deferred until such time as, in the judgment of the Chairman, 
there may be matters which require the Committee's 
consideration. This paragraph shall not apply to meetings of 
any subcommittee. (See paragraph (f) of Committee rule X for 
provisions that apply to meetings of subcommittees.)
    (b) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman may call and 
convene, as he or she considers necessary, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee, additional 
meetings of the Committee for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution pending before the Committee or for the conduct of 
other Committee business. The Committee shall meet for such 
additional meetings pursuant to a notice from the Chairman.
    (c) Special Meetings.--If at least three members of the 
Committee desire that a special meeting of the Committee be 
called by the Chairman, those members may file in the offices 
of the Committee their written request to the Chairman for such 
special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure or 
matters to be considered. Immediately upon the filing of the 
request, the Majority Staff Director (serving as the clerk of 
the Committee for such purpose) shall notify the Chairman of 
the filing of the request. If, within three calendar days after 
the filing of the request, the Chairman does not call the 
requested special meeting to be held within 7 calendar days 
after the filing of the request, a majority of the members of 
the Committee may file in the offices of the Committee their 
written notice that a special meeting of the Committee will be 
held, specifying the date and hour thereof, and the measures or 
matter to be considered at that special meeting in accordance 
with clause 2(c)(2) of House Rule XI. The Committee shall meet 
on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the 
notice, the Majority Staff Director (serving as the clerk) of 
the Committee shall notify all members of the Committee that 
such meeting will be held and inform them of its date and hour 
and the measure or matter to be considered, and only the 
measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered at 
that special meeting.

           Rule 3.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting

    (a) Open Meetings and Hearings.--Each meeting for the 
transaction of business, including the markup of legislation, 
and each hearing by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be 
open to the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) 
of House Rule XI. (See Appendix A.)
    (b) Broadcasting and Photography.--Whenever a Committee or 
subcommittee meeting for the transaction of business, including 
the markup of legislation, or a hearing is open to the public, 
that meeting or hearing shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography in accordance with 
clause 4 of House Rule XI (See Appendix A). When such radio 
coverage is conducted in the Committee or subcommittee, written 
notice to that effect shall be placed on the desk of each 
Member. The Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, shall 
not limit the number of television or still cameras permitted 
in a hearing or meeting room to fewer than two representatives 
from each medium (except for legitimate space or safety 
considerations, in which case pool coverage shall be 
authorized).
    (c) Closed Meetings--Attendees.--No person other than 
Members of the Committee or subcommittee and such congressional 
staff and departmental representatives as the Committee or 
subcommittee may authorize shall be present at any business or 
markup session that has been closed to the public as provided 
in clause 2(g)(1) of House Rule XI.
    (d) Addressing the Committee.--A Committee member may 
address the Committee or a subcommittee on any bill, motion, or 
other matter under consideration (See Committee rule VII (e) 
relating to questioning a witness at a hearing). The time a 
member may address the Committee or subcommittee for any such 
purpose shall be limited to five minutes, except that this time 
limit may be waived by unanimous consent. A member shall also 
be limited in his or her remarks to the subject matter under 
consideration, unless the Member receives unanimous consent to 
extend his or her remarks beyond such subject.
    (e) Meetings to Begin Promptly.--Subject to the presence of 
a quorum, each meeting or hearing of the Committee and its 
subcommittees shall begin promptly at the time so stipulated in 
the public announcement of the meeting or hearing.
    (f) Prohibition on Proxy Voting.--No vote by any Member of 
the Committee or subcommittee with respect to any measure or 
matter may be cast by proxy.
    (g) Location of Persons at Meetings.--No person other than 
the Committee or subcommittee Members and Committee or 
subcommittee staff may be seated in the rostrum area during a 
meeting of the Committee or subcommittee unless by unanimous 
consent of Committee or subcommittee.
    (h) Consideration of Amendments and Motions.--A Member, 
upon request, shall be recognized by the Chairman to address 
the Committee or subcommittee at a meeting for a period limited 
to five minutes on behalf of an amendment or motion offered by 
the Member or another Member, or upon any other matter under 
consideration, unless the Member receives unanimous consent to 
extend the time limit. Every amendment or motion made in 
Committee or subcommittee shall, upon the demand of any Member 
present, be reduced to writing, and a copy thereof shall be 
made available to all Members present. Such amendment or motion 
shall not be pending before the Committee or subcommittee or 
voted on until the requirements of this paragraph have been 
met.
    (i) Demanding Record Vote.--A record vote of the Committee 
or subcommittee on a question or action shall be ordered on a 
demand by one-fifth of the Members present.
    (j) Submission of Motions or Amendments In Advance of 
Business Meetings.--The Committee and subcommittee Chairman may 
request and Committee and subcommittee Members should, insofar 
as practicable, cooperate in providing copies of proposed 
amendments or motions to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee or the subcommittee twenty-four hours 
before a Committee or subcommittee business meeting.
    (k) Points of Order.--No point of order against the hearing 
or meeting procedures of the Committee or subcommittee shall be 
entertained unless it is made in a timely fashion.
    (l) Limitation on Committee Sittings.--The Committee or 
subcommittees may not 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.

                            Rule 4.--Quorums

    (a) Working Quorum.--One-third of the members of the 
Committee or a subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for 
taking any action, other than as noted in paragraphs (b) and 
(c).
    (b) Majority Quorum.--A majority of the members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for:
          (1) the reporting of a bill, resolution or other 
        measure (See clause 2(h)(1) of House Rules XI, and 
        Committee rule VIII);
          (2) the closing of a meeting or hearing to the public 
        pursuant to clauses 2(g) and 2(k)(5) of the Rule XI of 
        the Rules of the House; and
          (3) the authorizing of a subpoena as provided in 
        clause 2(m)(3), of House Rule XI. (See also Committee 
        rule VI.)
    (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony.--Two members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the 
purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence.
    (d) Unanimous Consent Agreement on Voting.--Whenever a 
record vote is ordered on a question other than a motion to 
recess or adjourn and debate has concluded thereon, the 
Committee or Subcommittee by unanimous consent may postpone 
further proceedings on such question to a designated time.

                            Rule 5.--Records

    (a) Maintenance of Records.--The Committee shall keep a 
complete record of all Committee and subcommittee action which 
shall include--
          (1) in the case of any meeting or hearing 
        transcripts, 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
          (2) written minutes shall include a record of all 
        Committee and subcommittee action and a record of all 
        votes on any question and a tally on all record votes.
    The result of each such record vote shall be made available 
by the Committee for inspection by the public at reasonable 
times in the offices of the Committee and by telephone request. 
Information so available for public inspection shall include a 
description of the amendment, motion, order or other 
proposition and the name of each member voting for and each 
member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition, and the names of those members present but not 
voting.
    (b) Access to and Correction of Records.--Any public 
witness, or person authorized by such witness, during Committee 
office hours in the Committee offices and within two weeks of 
the close of hearings, may obtain a transcript copy of that 
public witness's testimony and make such technical, grammatical 
and typographical corrections as authorized by the person 
making the remarks involved as will not alter the nature of 
testimony given. There shall be prompt return of such corrected 
copy of the transcript to the Committee. Members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall receive copies of transcripts 
for their prompt review and correction and prompt return to the 
Committee. The Committee or subcommittee may order the printing 
of a hearing record without the corrections of any Member or 
witness if it determines that such Member or witness has been 
afforded a reasonable time in which to make such corrections 
and further delay would seriously impede the consideration of 
the legislative action that is subject of the hearing. The 
record of a hearing shall be closed ten calendar days after the 
last oral testimony, unless the Committee or subcommittee 
determines otherwise. Any person requesting to file a statement 
for the record of a hearing must so request before the hearing 
concludes and must file the statement before the record is 
closed unless the Committee or subcommittee determines 
otherwise. The Committee or subcommittee may reject any 
statement in light of its length or its tendency to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person.
    (c) Property of the House.--All Committee and subcommittee 
hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept 
separate and distinct from the congressional office records of 
the Members serving as Chairman and such records shall be the 
property of the House and all Members of the House shall have 
access thereto. The Majority Staff Director shall promptly 
notify the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of any 
request for access to such records.
    (d) Availability of Archived Records.--The records of the 
Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration 
shall be made available for public use in accordance with House 
Rule VII. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority Member 
of the Committee of the need for a Committee order pursuant to 
clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of such House Rule, to withhold a 
record otherwise available.
    (e) Special Rules for Certain Records and Proceedings.--A 
stenographic record of a business meeting of the Committee or 
subcommittee may be kept and thereafter may be published if the 
Chairman of the Committee, after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member, determines there is need for such a record. 
The proceedings of the Committee or subcommittee in a closed 
meeting, evidence or testimony in such meeting, shall not be 
divulged unless otherwise determined by a majority of the 
Committee or subcommittee.
    (f) Electronic Availability of Committee Publications.--To 
the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall make its 
publications available in electronic form.

             Rule 6.--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) Authority to Sit and Act.--For the purpose of carrying 
out any of its function and duties under House Rules X and XI, 
the Committee and each of its subcommittees is authorized 
(subject to paragraph (b)(1) of this rule)--
          (1) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned and to hold such hearings, 
        and
          (2) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, papers and documents, as it deems necessary. 
        The Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, or any 
        member designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths 
        to any witness.
    (b) Issuance of Subpoenas.--(1) A subpoena may be 
authorized and issued by the Committee or subcommittee under 
paragraph (a)(2) in the conduct of any investigation or series 
of investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
majority of the members voting, a majority being present, as 
provided in clause 2(m)(3)(A) of House Rule XI. Such authorized 
subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee or 
by any member designated by the Committee. As soon as 
practicable after a subpoena is issued under this rule, the 
Chairman shall notify all members of the Committee of such 
action.
    (2) Notice of a meeting to consider a motion to authorize 
and issue a subpoena should be given to all Members of the 
Committee by 5 p.m. of the day preceding such meeting.
    (3) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
subcommittee under paragraph (a)(2) may be enforced only as 
authorized or directed by the House.
    (4) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee or 
subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.
    (c) Expenses of Subpoenaed Witnesses.--Each witness who has 
been subpoenaed, upon the completion of his or her testimony 
before the Committee or any subcommittee, may report to the 
offices of the Committee, and there sign appropriate vouchers 
for travel allowances and attendance fees to which he or she is 
entitled. If hearings are held in cities other than Washington 
D.C., the subpoenaed witness may contact the Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee, or his or her representative, before 
leaving the hearing room.

                      Rule 7.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) Power to Hear.--For the purpose of carrying out any of 
its functions and duties under House Rule X and XI, the 
Committee and its subcommittees are authorized to sit and hold 
hearings at any time or place within the United States whether 
the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned. (See 
paragraph (a) of Committee rule VI and paragraph (f) of 
Committee rule X for provisions relating to subcommittee 
hearings and meetings.)
    (b) Announcement.--The Chairman of the Committee shall 
after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee, make a public announcement of the date, place and 
subject matter of any Committeehearing at least one week before 
the commencement of the hearing. The Chairman of a subcommittee shall 
schedule a hearing only after consultation with the Chairman of the 
Committee and after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of 
the subcommittee, and the Chairmen of the other subcommittees after 
such consultation with the Committee Chairman, and shall request the 
Majority Staff Director to make a public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of such hearing at least one week before the 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee or the subcommittee, with 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee or 
subcommittee, determines there is good cause to begin the hearing 
sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee so determines by majority 
vote, a quorum being present for the transaction of business, the 
Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, shall 
request the Majority Staff Director to make such public announcement at 
the earliest possible date. The clerk of the Committee shall promptly 
notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional Record, and shall 
promptly enter the appropriate information into the Committee 
scheduling service of the House Information Systems as soon as possible 
after such public announcement is made.
    (c) Scheduling of Witnesses.--Except as otherwise provided 
in this rule, the scheduling of witnesses and determination of 
the time allowed for the presentation of testimony at hearings 
shall be at the discretion of the Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee, unless a majority of the Committee or 
subcommittee determines otherwise.
    (d) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.--(1) Each witness 
who is to appear before the Committee or a subcommittee, shall 
insofar as practicable file with the Majority Staff Director of 
the Committee, at least two working days before day of his or 
her appearance, a written statement of proposed testimony. 
Witnesses shall provide sufficient copies of their statement 
for distribution to Committee or subcommittee Members, staff, 
and the news media. Insofar as practicable, the Committee or 
subcommittee staff shall distribute such written statements to 
all Members of the Committee or subcommittee as soon as they 
are received as well as any official reports from departments 
and agencies on such subject matter. All witnesses may be 
limited in their oral presentations to brief summaries of their 
statements within the time allotted to them, at the discretion 
of the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, in light of 
the nature of the testimony and the length of time available.
    (2) As noted in paragraph (a) of Committee rule VI, the 
Chairman of the Committee or one of its subcommittees, or any 
Member designated by the Chairman, may administer an oath to 
any witness.
    (3) To the greatest extent practicable, each witness 
appearing in a non-governmental capacity shall include with the 
written statement of proposed testimony a curriculum vitae and 
disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and program) of 
any Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or 
either of the two preceding fiscal years.
    (e) Questioning of Witnesses.--Committee or subcommittee 
Members may question witnesses only when they have been 
recognized by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee for 
that purpose. Each Member so recognized shall be limited to 
questioning a witness for five minutes until such time as each 
Member of the Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had 
an opportunity to question the witness for five minutes; and 
thereafter the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee may 
limit the time of a further round of questioning after giving 
due consideration to the importance of the subject matter and 
the length of time available. All questions put to witnesses 
shall be germane to the measure or matter under consideration. 
Unless a majority of the Committee or subcommittee determines 
otherwise, no person shall interrogate witnesses other than 
Committee and subcommittee Members.
    (f) Extended Questioning for Designated Members.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority member may designate an equal number of Members from 
each party to question a witness for a period not longer than 
60 minutes.
    (g) Witnesses for the Minority.--When any hearing is 
conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee upon any measure 
or matter, the minority party members on the Committee or 
subcommittee shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by 
a majority of those minority members before the completion of 
such hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to 
testify with respect to that measure or matter during at least 
one day of hearing thereon as provided in clause 2(j)(1) of 
House Rule XI.
    (h) Summary of Subject Matter.--Upon announcement of a 
hearing, to the extent practicable, the Committee shall make 
available immediately to all members of the Committee a concise 
summary of the subject matter (including legislative reports 
and other material) under consideration. In addition, upon 
announcement of a hearing and subsequently as they are 
received, the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee shall, 
to the extent practicable, make available to the members of the 
Committee any official reports from departments and agencies on 
such matter. (See Committee rule X(f).)
    (i) Participation of Committee Members in subcommittees.--
All members of the Committee may attend any subcommittee 
hearing in accordance with clause 2(g)(2) of House Rule XI, but 
a member who is not a member of the subcommittee may not vote 
on any matter before the subcommittee nor offer any amendments 
or motions and shall not be counted for purposes of 
establishing a quorum for the subcommittee and may not question 
witnesses without the unanimous consent of the subcommittee.
    (j) Open Hearings.--Each hearing conducted by the Committee 
or subcommittee shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage, except as provided 
in clause 4 of House Rule XI (see also Committee rule III 
(b).). In any event, no Member of the House may be excluded 
from nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing unless the 
House by majority vote shall authorize the Committee or 
subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of hearings 
on a particular bill or resolution or on a particular subject 
of investigation, to close its hearings to Members by means of 
the above procedure.
    (k) Investigative Hearings and Reports.--(1)(i) The 
Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee at an investigative 
hearing shall announce in an opening statement the subject of 
the investigation. A copy of the Committee rules (and the 
applicable provisions of clause 2 of House Rule XI, regarding 
investigative hearing procedures, an excerpt of which appears 
in Appendix A thereto) shall be made available to each witness. 
Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied by their 
own counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their 
constitutional rights. The Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee may punish breaches of order and decorum, and of 
professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure and 
exclusion from the hearings; but only the full Committee may 
cite the offender to the House for contempt.
          (ii) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or 
        testimony at an investigative hearing may tend to 
        defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, such 
        testimony or evidence shall be presented in executive 
        session, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 
        (j) of this rule, if by a majority of those present, 
        there being in attendance the requisite number required 
        under the rules of the Committee to be present for the 
        purpose of taking testimony, the Committee or 
        subcommittee determines that such evidence or testimony 
        may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person. 
        The Committee or subcommittee shall afford a person an 
        opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness; and the 
        Committee or subcommittee shall receive and shall 
        dispose of requests from such person to subpoena 
        additional witnesses.
          (iii) No evidence or testimony taken in executive 
        session may be released or used in public sessions 
        without the consent of the Committee or subcommittee. 
        In the discretion of the Committee or subcommittee, 
        witnesses may submit brief and pertinent statements in 
        writing for inclusion in the record. The Committee or 
        subcommittee is the sole judge of the pertinency of 
        testimony and evidence adduced at its hearings. A 
        witness may obtain a transcript copy of his or her 
        testimony given at a public session or, if given at an 
        executive session, when authorized by the Committee or 
        subcommittee. (See paragraph (c) of Committee rule V.)
    (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read if it has been available to the members of 
the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such day) in advance of their consideration.

            Rule 8.--The Reporting of Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Filing of Reports.--The Chairman shall report or cause 
to be reported promptly to the House any bill, resolution, or 
other measure approved by the Committee and shall take or cause 
to be taken all necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, 
or other measure to a vote. No bill, resolution, or measure 
shall be reported from the Committee unless a majority of 
Committee is actually present. A Committee report on any bill, 
resolution, or other measure approved by the Committee shall be 
filed within seven calendar days (not counting days on which 
the House is not in session) after the day on which there has 
been filed with the Majority Staff Director of the Committee a 
written request, signed by a majority of the Committee, for the 
reporting of that bill or resolution. TheMajority Staff 
Director of the Committee shall notify the Chairman immediately when 
such a request is filed.
    (b) Content of Reports.--Each Committee report on any bill 
or resolution approved by the Committee shall include as 
separately identified sections:
          (1) a statement of the intent or purpose of the bill 
        or resolution;
          (2) a statement describing the need for such bill or 
        resolution;
          (3) a statement of Committee and subcommittee 
        consideration of the measure including a summary of 
        amendments and motions offered and the actions taken 
        thereon;
          (4) the results of each record vote on any amendment 
        in the Committee and subcommittee and on the motion to 
        report the measure or matter, including the names of 
        those Members and the total voting for and the names of 
        those Members and the total voting against such 
        amendment or motion (See clause 3(b) of House rule 
        XIII);
          (5) the oversight findings and recommendations of the 
        Committee with respect to the subject matter of the 
        bill or resolution as required pursuant to clause 
        3(c)(1) of House Rule XIII and clause 2(b)(1) of House 
        Rule X;
          (6) the detailed statement described in section 
        308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if the 
        bill or resolution provides new budget authority (other 
        than continuing appropriations), new spending authority 
        described in section 401(c)(2) of such Act, new credit 
        authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 
        tax expenditures, 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;
          (7) the estimate of costs and comparison of such 
        estimates, if any, prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office in connection with such 
        bill or resolution pursuant to section 402 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if submitted in timely 
        fashion to the Committee;
          (8) any oversight findings and recommendations made 
        by the Committee on Government Reform under clause 
        4(c)(2) of House Rule X to the extent such were 
        available during the Committee's deliberations on the 
        bill or resolution;
          (9) a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
        the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law 
        proposed by the bill or joint resolution;
          (10) an estimate of the costs that would be incurred 
        in carrying out such bill or joint resolution in the 
        fiscal year in which it is reported and for its 
        authorized duration or for each of the five fiscal 
        years following the fiscal year of reporting, whichever 
        period is less (see Rule XIII, clause 3(d)(2), (3) and 
        (h)(2), (3)), together with--
                  (i) a comparison of these estimates with 
                those made and submitted to the Committee by 
                any Government agency when practicable, and
                  (ii) a comparison of the total estimated 
                funding level for the relevant program (or 
                programs) with appropriate levels under current 
                law (The provisions of this clause do not apply 
                if a cost estimate and comparison prepared by 
                the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
                under section 403 of the Congressional Budget 
                Act of 1974 has been timely submitted prior to 
                the filing of the report and included in the 
                report);
          (11) the changes in existing law (if any) shown in 
        accordance with clause 3 of House Rule XIII;
          (12) the determination required pursuant to section 
        5(b) of Public Law 92-463, if the legislation reported 
        establishes or authorizes the establishment of an 
        advisory committee; and
          (13) the information on Federal and intergovernmental 
        mandates required by section 423(c) and (d) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as added by the 
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4).
    (c) Supplemental, Minority, or Additional Views.--If, at 
the time of approval of any measure or matter by the Committee, 
any Member of the Committee gives notice of intention to file 
supplemental, minority, or additional views, that Member shall 
be entitled to not less than two subsequent calendar days 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such date) in which to file such 
views, in writing and signed by that Member, with the Majority 
Staff Director of the Committee. When time guaranteed by this 
paragraph has expired (or if sooner, when all separate views 
have been received), the Committee may arrange to file its 
report with the Clerk of the House not later than one hour 
after the expiration of such time. All such views (in 
accordance with House Rule XI, clause 2(1) and House Rule XIII, 
clause 3(a)(1)), as filed by one or more Members of the 
Committee, shall be included within and made a part of the 
report filed by the Committee with respect to that bill or 
resolution.
    (d) Printing of Reports.--The report of the Committee on 
the measure or matter noted in paragraph (a) above shall be 
printed in a single volume, which shall:
          (1) include all supplemental, minority or additional 
        views that have been submitted by the time of the 
        filing of the report; and
          (2) bear on its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under House Rule XII, clause 
        3(a)(1)) are included as part of the report.
    (e) Immediate Printing; Supplemental Reports.--Nothing in 
this rule shall preclude (1) the immediate filing or printing 
of a Committee report unless timely request for the opportunity 
to file supplemental, minority, or additional views has been 
made as provided by paragraph (c), or (2) the filing by the 
Committee of any supplemental report on any bill or resolution 
that may be required for the correction of any technical error 
in a previous report made by the Committee on that bill or 
resolution.
    (f) Availability of Printed Hearing Records.--If hearings 
have been held on any reported bill or resolution, the 
Committee shall make every reasonable effort to have the record 
of such hearings printed and available for distribution to the 
Members of the House prior to the consideration of such bill or 
resolution by the House. Each printed hearing of the Committee 
or any of its subcommittees shall include a record of the 
attendance of the Members.
    (g) Committee Prints.--All Committee or subcommittee prints 
or other Committee or subcommittee documents, other than 
reports or prints of bills, that are prepared for public 
distribution shall be approved by the Chairman of the Committee 
or the Committee prior to public distribution.
    (h) Post Adjournment Filing of Committee Reports.--(1) 
After an adjournment of the last regular session of a Congress 
sine die, an investigative or oversight report approved by the 
Committee may be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided 
that if a member gives notice at the time of approval of 
intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views, 
that member shall be entitled to not less than seven calendar 
days in which to submit such views for inclusion with the 
report.
    (2) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, the Chairman of the Committee may file at 
any time with the Clerk the Committee's activity report for 
that Congress pursuant to clause 1(d)(1) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House without the approval of the Committee, 
provided that a copy of the report has been available to each 
member of the Committee for at least seven calendar days and 
the report includes any supplemental, minority, or additional 
views submitted by a member of the Committee.

                  Rule 9.--Other Committee Activities

    (a) Oversight Plan.--Not later than February 15 of the 
first session of a Congress, the Chairman shall convene the 
Committee in a meeting that is open to the public and with a 
quorum present to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. 
Such plans shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee 
on Government Reform and to the Committee on House 
Administration. In developing such plans the Committee shall, 
to the maximum extent feasible--
          (1) 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;
          (2) 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;
          (3) have a view toward ensuring that all significant 
        laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction are 
        subject to review at least once every ten years.
    The Committee and its appropriate subcommittees shall 
review and study, on a continuing basis, the impact or probable 
impact of tax policies affecting subjects within its 
jurisdiction as provided in clause 2(d) of House Rule X. The 
Committee shall include in the report filed pursuant to clause 
1(d) of House Rule XI a summary of the oversight plans 
submitted by the Committee under clause 2(d) of House Rule X, a 
summary of actions taken and recommendations made with respect 
to each such plan, and a summary of any additional oversight 
activities undertaken by the Committee and any recommendations 
made or actions taken thereon.
    (b) Annual Appropriations.--The Committee shall, in its 
consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a public 
character within its jurisdiction, ensure that appropriations 
for continuing programs and activities of the Federal 
government and the District of Columbia government will be made 
annually to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the 
nature, requirements, and objectives of the programs and 
activities involved. The Committee shall review, from time to 
time, each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which 
appropriations are not made annually in order to ascertain 
whether such program could be modified so that appropriations 
therefor would be made annually.
    (c) Budget Act Compliance: Views and Estimates (See 
Appendix B).--By February 25th each year and after the 
President submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United State Code, the Committee shall, submit to the Committee 
on the Budget (1) its views and estimates with respect to all 
matters to be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for the ensuing fiscal year (under section 301 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974--see Appendix B) that are 
within its jurisdiction or functions; and (2) an estimate of 
the total amounts of new budget authority, and budget outlays 
resulting therefrom, to be provided or authorized in all bills 
and resolutions within its jurisdiction that it intends to be 
effective during that fiscal year.
    (d) Budget Act Compliance: Recommended Changes.--Whenever 
the Committee is directed in a concurrent resolution on the 
budget to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills, or 
resolutions under the reconciliation process, it shall promptly 
make such determination and recommendations, and report a 
reconciliation bill or resolution (or both) to the House or 
submit such recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, in 
accordance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (See 
Appendix B).
    (e) Conference Committees.--Whenever in the legislative 
process it becomes necessary to appoint conferees, the Chairman 
shall, after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
determine the number of conferees the Chairman deems most 
suitable and then recommend to the Speaker as conferees, in 
keeping with the number to be appointed by the Speaker as 
provided in House Rule I, clause 11, the names of those Members 
of the Committee of not less than a majority who generally 
supported the House position and who were primarily responsible 
for the legislation. The Chairman shall, to the fullest extent 
feasible, include those Members of the Committee who were the 
principal proponents of the major provisions of the bill as it 
passed the House and such other Committee Members of the 
majority party as the Chairman may designate in consultation 
with the Members of the majority party. Such recommendations 
shall provide a ratio of majority party Members to minority 
party Members no less favorable to the majority party than the 
ratio of majority party Members to minority party Members on 
the Committee. In making recommendations of Minority Party 
Members as conferees, the Chairman shall consult with the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

                        Rule 10.--Subcommittees

    (a) Number and Composition.--There shall be such 
subcommittees as specified in paragraph (c) of this rule. Each 
of such subcommittees shall be composed of the number of 
members set forth in paragraph (c) of this rule, including ex 
officio members.\1\ The Chairman may create additional 
subcommittees of an ad hoc nature as the Chairman determines to 
be appropriate subject to any limitations provided for in the 
House Rules.
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    \1\ The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee serve 
as ex officio Members of the Subcommittees. (See paragraph (e) of this 
Rule.)
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    (b) Ratios.--On each subcommittee, there shall be a ratio 
of majority party members to minority party members which shall 
be consistent with the ratio on the full Committee. In 
calculating the ratio of majority party members to minority 
party members, there shall be included the ex officio members 
of the subcommittees and ratios below reflect that fact.
    (c) Jurisdiction.--Each subcommittee shall have the 
following general jurisdiction and number of members:
          Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and 
        Forestry (21 Members, 11 majority and 10 minority).--
        Agency oversight, review and analysis, special 
        investigations, pesticide regulation, nutrition, food 
        stamps, hunger, consumer programs, and forestry.
          General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation, and 
        Credit (21 Members, 11 majority and 10 minority).--
        Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, 
        wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry 
        beans, peas, lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
        agricultural credit, natural resource conservation, 
        small watershed program, rural development, rural 
        electrification, energy, farm security and family 
        farming matters.
          Livestock and Horticulture (23 Members, 12 majority 
        and 11 minority).--Livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, 
        seafood and seafood products, the inspection of those 
        commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare, fruits and 
        vegetables, marketing orders and grazing.
          Risk Management, Research, and Specialty Crops (34 
        Members, 18 majority and 16 minority).--Commodity 
        futures, crop insurance, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, honey 
        and bees, research and education, and agricultural 
        biotechnology matters.
    (d) Referral of Legislation.--
          (1)(a) In General.--All bills, resolutions, and other 
        matters referred to the Committee shall be referred to 
        all subcommittees of appropriate jurisdiction within 2 
        weeks after being referred to the Committee. After 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, the 
        Chairman may determine that the Committee will consider 
        certain bills, resolutions, or other matters.
          (b) Trade Matters.--Unless action is otherwise taken 
        under subparagraph (3), bills, resolutions, and other 
        matters referred to the Committee relating to foreign 
        agriculture, foreign food or commodity assistance, and 
        foreign trade and marketing issues will be considered 
        by the Committee.
          (2) The Chairman, by a majority vote of the 
        Committee, may discharge a subcommittee from further 
        consideration of any bill, resolution, or other matter 
        referred to the subcommittee and have such bill, 
        resolution or other matter considered by the Committee. 
        The Committee having referred a bill, resolution, or 
        other matter to a subcommittee in accordance with this 
        rule may discharge such subcommittee from further 
        consideration thereof at any time by a vote of the 
        majority members of the Committee for the Committee's 
        direct consideration or for reference to another 
        subcommittee.
          (3) Unless the Committee, a quorum being present, 
        decides otherwise by a majority vote, the Chairman may 
        refer bills, resolutions, legislation or other matters 
        not specifically within the jurisdiction of a 
        subcommittee, or that is within the jurisdiction of 
        more than one subcommittee, jointly or exclusively as 
        the Chairman deems appropriate, including concurrently 
        to the subcommittees with jurisdiction, sequentially to 
        the subcommittees with jurisdiction (subject to any 
        time limits deemed appropriate), divided by subject 
        matter among the subcommittees with jurisdiction, or to 
        an ad hoc subcommittee appointed by the Chairman for 
        the purpose of considering the matter and reporting to 
        the Committee thereon, or make such other provisions 
        deemed appropriate.
    (e) Service on Subcommittees.--(1) The Chairman and the 
Ranking Minority Member shall serve as ex officio members of 
all subcommittees and shall have the right to vote on all 
matters before the subcommittees. The Chairman and the Ranking 
Minority Member may not be counted for the purpose of 
establishing a quorum.
    (2) Any member of the Committee who is not a member of the 
subcommittee may have the privilege of sitting in 
nonparticipatory attendance at subcommittee hearings in 
accordance with clause 2(g)(2) of House Rule XI. Such member 
may not:
          (i) vote on any matter;
          (ii) be counted for the purpose of establishing a 
        quorum for any motion, vote, or other subcommittee 
        action;
          (iii) participate in questioning a witness under the 
        five minute rule, unless permitted to do so by the 
        subcommittee Chairman or a majority of the subcommittee 
        a quorum being present;
          (iv) raise points of order; or
          (v) offer amendments or motions.
    (f) Subcommittee Hearings and Meetings.--(1) Each 
subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive 
evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters referred 
to it or under its jurisdiction after consultation by the 
subcommittee Chairmen with the Committee Chairman. (See 
Committee rule VII.)
    (2) After consultation with the Committee Chairman, 
subcommittee Chairmen shall set dates for hearings and meetings 
of their subcommittees and shall request the Majority Staff 
Director to make any announcement relating thereto. (See 
Committee rule VII(b).) In setting the dates, the Committee 
Chairman and subcommittee Chairman shall consult with other 
subcommittee Chairmen and relevant Committee and Subcommittee 
Ranking Minority Members in an effort to avoid simultaneously 
scheduling Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings to 
the extent practicable.
    (3) Notice of all subcommittee meetings shall be provided 
to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee by the Majority Staff Director.
    (4) Subcommittees may hold meetings or hearings outside of 
the House if the Chairman of the Committee and other 
subcommittee Chairmen and the Ranking Minority Member of the 
subcommittee is consulted in advance to ensure that there is no 
scheduling problem. However, the majority of the Committee may 
authorize such meeting or hearing.
    (5) The provisions regarding notice and the agenda of 
Committee meetings under Committee rule II(a) and special or 
additional meetings under Committee rule II(b) shall apply to 
subcommittee meetings.
    (6) If a vacancy occurs in a subcommittee chairmanship, the 
Chairman may set the dates for hearings and meetings of the 
subcommittee during the period of vacancy. The Chairman may 
also appoint an acting subcommittee Chairman until the vacancy 
is filled.
    (g) Subcommittee Action.--(1) Any bill, resolution, 
recommendation, or other matter ordered reported to the 
Committee by a subcommittee shall be promptly reported by the 
subcommittee Chairman or any subcommittee member authorized to 
do so by the subcommittee.
    (2) Upon receipt of such report, the Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee shall promptly advise all members of 
the Committee of the subcommittee action.
    (3) The Committee shall not consider any matters reported 
by subcommittees until two calendar days have elapsed from the 
date of reporting, unless the Chairman or a majority of the 
Committee determines otherwise.
    (h) Subcommittee Investigations.--No investigation shall be 
initiated by a subcommittee without the prior consultation with 
the Chairman of the Committee or a majority of the Committee.

             Rule 11.--Committee Budget, Staff, and Travel

    (a) Committee Budget.--The Chairman, in consultation with 
the majority members of the Committee, and the minority members 
of the Committee, shall prepare a preliminary budget for each 
session of the Congress. Such budget shall include necessary 
amounts for staff personnel, travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and subcommittees. After consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman shall include an 
amount budgeted to minority members for staff under their 
direction and supervision. Thereafter, the Chairman shall 
combine such proposals into a consolidated Committee budget, 
and shall take whatever action is necessary to have such budget 
duly authorized by the House.
    (b) Committee Staff.--(1) The Chairman shall appoint and 
determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the professional 
and clerical employees of the Committee not assigned to the 
minority. The professional and clerical staff of the Committee 
not assigned to the minority shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chairman, who shall establish 
and assign the duties and responsibilities of such staff 
members and delegate such authority as he or she determines 
appropriate. (See House Rule X, clause 9)
    (2) The Ranking Minority member of the Committee shall 
appoint and determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the 
professional and clerical staff assigned to the minority within 
the budget approved for such purposes. The professional and 
clerical staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
general supervision and direction of the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee who may delegate such authority as he 
or she determines appropriate.
    (3) From the funds made available for the appointment of 
Committee staff pursuant to any primary or additional expense 
resolution, the Chairman shall ensure that each subcommittee is 
adequately funded and staffed to discharge its responsibilities 
and that the minority party is fairly treated in the 
appointment of such staff (See House Rule X, clause 6(d)).
    (c) Committee Travel.--(1) Consistent with the primary 
expense resolution and such additional expense resolution as 
may have been approved, the provisions of this rule shall 
govern official travel of Committee members and Committee staff 
regarding domestic and foreign travel (See House rule XI, 
clause 2(n) and House Rule X, clause 8 (reprinted in Appendix 
A)). Official travel for any member or any Committee staff 
member shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
Chairman. Official travel may be authorized by the Chairman for 
any Committee Member and any Committee staff member in 
connection with the attendance of hearings conducted by the 
Committee and its subcommittees and meetings, conferences, 
facility inspections, and investigations which involve 
activities or subject matter relevant to the general 
jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such authorization is 
given there shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing the 
following:
          (i) The purpose of the official travel;
          (ii) The dates during which the official travel is to 
        be made and the date or dates of the event for which 
        the official travel is being made;
          (iii) The location of the event for which the 
        official travel is to be made; and
          (iv) The names of members and Committee staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (2) In the case of official travel of members and staff of 
a subcommittee to hearings, meetings, conferences, facility 
inspections and investigations involving activities or subject 
matter under the jurisdiction of such subcommittee to be paid 
for out of funds allocated to the Committee, prior 
authorization must be obtained from the subcommittee Chairman 
and the full Committee Chairman. Such prior authorization shall 
be given by the Chairman only upon the representation by the 
applicable subcommittee Chairman in writing setting forth those 
items enumerated in clause (1).
    (3) Within 60 days of the conclusion of any official travel 
authorized under this rule, there shall be submitted to the 
Committee Chairman a written report covering the information 
gained as a result of the hearing, meeting, conference, 
facility inspection or investigation attended pursuant to such 
official travel.
    (4) Local currencies owned by the United States shall be 
made available to the Committee and its employees engaged in 
carrying out their official duties outside the United States, 
its territories or possessions. No appropriated funds shall be 
expended for the purpose of defraying expenses of Members of 
the Committee or its employees in any country where local 
currencies are available for this purpose; and the following 
conditions shall apply with respect to their use of such 
currencies;
          (i) No Member or employee of the Committee shall 
        receive or expend local currencies for subsistence in 
        any country at a rate in excess of the maximum per diem 
        rate set forth in applicable Federal law; and
          (ii) Each Member or employee of the Committee shall 
        make an itemized report to the Chairman within 60 days 
        following the completion of travel showing the dates 
        each country was visited, the amount of per diem 
        furnished, the cost of transportation furnished, and 
        any funds expended for any other official purpose, and 
        shall summarize in these categories the total foreign 
        currencies and appropriated funds expended. All such 
        individual reports shall be filed by the Chairman with 
        the Committee on House Administration and shall be open 
        to public inspection.

                      Rule 12.--Amendment of Rules

    These rules may be amended by a majority vote of the 
Committee. A proposed change in these rules shall not be 
considered by the Committee as provided in clause 2 of House 
Rule XI, unless written notice of the proposed change has been 
provided to each Committee member two legislative days in 
advance of the date on which the matter is to be considered. 
Any such change in the rules of the Committee shall be 
published in the Congressional Record within 30 calendar days 
after its approval.
                      Committee on Appropriations

                   C.W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman

RALPH REGULA, Ohio                   DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
JERRY LEWIS, California              JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois         NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky              MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                JULIAN C. DIXON, California
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia              STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
TOM DeLAY, Texas                     ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                   MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
RON PACKARD, California              NANCY PELOSI, California
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama              PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JAMES T. WALSH, New York             NITA M. LOWEY, New York
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma      JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan            ED PASTOR, Arizona
DAN MILLER, Florida                  CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                 DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               CHET EDWARDS, Texas
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey  ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, Jr., 
ROGER WICKER, Mississippi            Alabama
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York          JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,           MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
Washington                           LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,           SAM FARR, California
California                           JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania

                       (Adopted February 2, 1999)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Fifth Congress, except as otherwise provided hereinafter, shall 
be and are hereby adopted as the rules and practices of the 
Committee on Appropriations in the One Hundred Sixth Congress.
    The foregoing resolution adopts the following rules:

                     Rule 1.--Power To Sit and Act

    For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and 
duties under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee or any of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
    (a) To sit and act at such times and places within the 
United States whether the House is in session, has recessed, or 
has adjourned, and to hold such hearings; and
    (b) To require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance 
and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such 
books, reports, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and 
documents as it deems necessary. The Chairman, or any Member 
designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to any 
witness.
    (c) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or its subcommittees under subsection 1 (b) in the 
conduct of any investigation or activity or series of 
investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
majority of the Members of the Committee voting, a majority 
being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under 
subsection 1 (b) may be delegated to the Chairman pursuant to 
such rules and under such limitations as the Committee may 
prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman 
or by any Member designated by the Committee.
    (d) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
its subcommittees may be enforced only as authorized or 
directed by the House.

                         Rule 2.--Subcommittees

    (a) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall establish 
the number of subcommittees and shall determine the 
jurisdiction of each subcommittee.
    (b) Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee all matters 
referred to it.
    (c) All legislation and other matters referred to the 
Committee shall be referred to the subcommittee of appropriate 
jurisdiction within two weeks unless, by majority vote of the 
Majority Members of the full Committee, consideration is to be 
by the full Committee.
    (d) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall determine an 
appropriate ratio of Majority to Minority Members for each 
subcommittee. The Chairman is authorized to negotiate that 
ratio with the Minority; Provided, however, That party 
representation in each subcommittee, including ex-officio 
members, shall be no less favorable to the Majority than the 
ratio for the full Committee.
    (e) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
Committee are authorized to sit as a member of all 
subcommittees and to participate, including voting, in all its 
work.

                           Rule 3.--Staffing

    (a) Committee Staff.--The Chairman is authorized to appoint 
the staff of the Committee, and make adjustments in the job 
titles and compensation thereof subject to the maximum rates 
and conditions established in Clause 9 (c) of Rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. In addition, he is 
authorized, in his discretion, to arrange for their specialized 
training. The Chairman is also authorized to employ additional 
personnel as necessary.
    (b) Assistants to Members.--Each of the top twenty-one 
senior majority and minority Members of the full Committee may 
select and designate one staff member who shall serve at the 
pleasure of that Member. Such staff members shall be 
compensated at a rate, determined by the Member, not to exceed 
75 per centum of the maximum established in Clause 9 (c) of 
Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives; Provided, 
That Members designating staff members under this subsection 
must specifically certify by letter to the Chairman that the 
employees are needed and will be utilized for Committee work.

                      Rule 4.--Committee Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Day.--The regular meeting day of the 
Committee shall be the first Wednesday of each month while the 
House is in session, unless the Committee has met within the 
past 30 days or the Chairman considers a specific meeting 
unnecessary in the light of the requirements of the Committee 
business schedule.
    (b) Additional and Special Meetings.--(1) The Chairman may 
call and convene, as he considers necessary, additional 
meetings of the Committee for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution pending before the Committee or for the conduct of 
other Committee business. The Committee shall meet for such 
purpose pursuant to that call of the Chairman.
    (2) If at least three Committee Members desire that a 
special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chairman, 
those Members may file in the Committee Offices a written 
request to the Chairman forthat special meeting. Such request 
shall specify the measure or matter to be considered. Upon the filing 
of the request, the Committee Clerk shall notify the Chairman.
    (3) If within three calendar days after the filing of the 
request, the Chairman does not call the requested special 
meeting to be held within seven calendar days after the filing 
of the request, a majority of the Committee Members may file in 
the Committee Offices their written notice that a special 
meeting will be held, specifying the date and hour of such 
meeting, and the measure or matter to be considered. The 
Committee shall meet on that date and hour.
    (4) Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the 
Committee Clerk shall notify all Committee Members that such 
special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and 
hour and the measure or matter to be considered. Only the 
measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered at 
the special meeting.
    (c) Vice Chairman To Preside in Absence of Chairman.--A 
member of the majority party on the Committee or subcommittee 
thereof designated by the Chairman of the full Committee shall 
be vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case 
may be, and shall preside at any meeting during the temporary 
absence of the chairman. If the chairman and vice chairman of 
the Committee or subcommittee are not present at any meeting of 
the Committee or subcommittee, the ranking member of the 
majority party who is present shall preside at that meeting.
    (d) Business Meetings.--(1) Each meeting for the 
transaction of business, including the markup of legislation, 
of the Committee and its subcommittees shall be open to the 
public except when the Committee or its subcommittees, in open 
session and with a majority present, determines by roll call 
vote that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that 
day shall be closed.
    (2) No person other than Committee Members and such 
congressional staff and departmental representatives as they 
may authorize shall be present at any business or markup 
session which has been closed.
    (e) Committee Records.--(1) The Committee shall keep a 
complete record of all Committee action, including a record of 
the votes on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The 
result of each roll call vote shall be available for inspection 
by the public during regular business hours in the Committee 
Offices. The information made available for public inspection 
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, or other 
proposition, and the name of each Member voting for and each 
Member voting against, and the names of those Members present 
but not voting.
    (2) All hearings, records, data, charts, and files of the 
Committee shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the Chairman of the Committee. 
Such records shall be the property of the House, and all 
Members of the House shall have access thereto.
    (3) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available in 
accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House, except that 
the Committee authorizes use of any record to which Clause 3 
(b)(4) of Rule VII of the Rules of the House would otherwise 
apply after such record has been in existence for 20 years. The 
Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
decision, pursuant to Clause 3 (b)(3) or Clause 4 (b) of Rule 
VII of the Rules of the House, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee 
for a determination upon the written request of any Member of 
the Committee.

              Rule 5.--Committee and Subcommittee Hearings

    (a) Overall Budget Hearings.--Overall budget hearings by 
the Committee, including the hearing required by Section 242 
(c) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 and Clause 4 
(a)(1) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
shall be conducted in open session except when the Committee in 
open session and with a majority present, determines by roll 
call vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on 
that day may be related to a matter of national security; 
except that the Committee may by the same procedure close one 
subsequent day of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings 
shall be printed and a copy furnished to each Member, Delegate, 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
    (b) Other Hearings.--(1) All other hearings conducted by 
the Committee or its subcommittees shall be open to the public 
except when the Committee or subcommittee in open session and 
with a majority present determines by roll call vote that all 
or part of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be 
closed to the public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, 
or other matters to be considered would endanger the national 
security or would violate any law or Rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of the 
preceding sentence, a majority of those present at a hearing 
conducted by the Committee or any of its subcommittees, there 
being in attendance the number required under Section 5 (c) of 
these Rules to be present for the purpose of taking testimony, 
(1) may vote to close the hearing for the sole purpose of 
discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received would 
endanger the national security or violate Clause 2 (k)(5) of 
Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or (2) may 
vote to close the hearing, as provided in Clause 2 (k)(5) of 
such Rule. No Member of the House of Representatives may be 
excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of the 
Committee or its subcommittees unless the House of 
Representatives shall by majority vote authorize the Committee 
or any of its subcommittees, for purposes of a particular 
series of hearings on a particular article of legislation or on 
a particular subject of investigation, to close its hearings to 
Members by the same procedures designated in this subsection 
for closing hearings to the public; Provided, however, That the 
Committee or its subcommittees may by the same procedure vote 
to close five subsequent days of hearings.
    (2) Subcommittee chairmen shall coordinate the development 
of schedules for meetings or hearings after consultation with 
the Chairman and other subcommittee chairmen with a view toward 
avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and subcommittee 
meetings or hearings.
    (3) Each witness who is to appear before the Committee or 
any of its subcommittees as the case may be, insofar as is 
practicable, shall file in advance of such appearance, a 
written statement of the proposed testimony and shall limit the 
oral presentation at such appearance to a brief summary, except 
that this provision shall not apply to any witness appearing 
before the Committee in the overall budget hearings.
    (4) Each witness appearing in a nongovernmental capacity 
before the Committee, or any of its subcommittees as the case 
may be, shall to the greatest extent practicable, submit a 
written statement including a curriculum vitae and a disclosure 
of the amount and source (by agency and program) of any Federal 
grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract 
thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either of 
the two previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity 
represented by the witness.
    (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony.--The number of Members of 
the Committee which shall constitute a quorum for taking 
testimony and receiving evidence in any hearing of the 
Committee shall be two.
    (d) Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses.--(1) The 
Minority Members of the Committee or its subcommittees shall be 
entitled, upon request to the Chairman or subcommittee 
chairman, by a majority of them before completion of any 
hearing, to call witnesses selected by the Minority to testify 
with respect to the matter under consideration during at least 
one day of hearings thereon.
    (2) The Committee and its subcommittees shall observe the 
five-minute rule during the interrogation of witnesses until 
such time as each Member of the Committee or subcommittee who 
so desires has had an opportunity to question the witness.
    (e) Broadcasting and Photographing of Committee Meetings 
and Hearings.--Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the 
full Committee or any of its subcommittees is open to the 
public, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography, as provided in Clause 
(4)(f) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
Neither the full Committee Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman 
shall limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer 
than two representatives from each medium.
    (f) Subcommittee Meetings.--No subcommittee shall sit while 
the House is reading an appropriation measure for amendment 
under the five-minute rule or while the Committee is in 
session.
    (g) Public Notice of Committee Hearings.--The Chairman of 
the Committee shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any Committee or subcommittee 
hearing at least one week before the commencement of the 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, with 
the concurrence of the ranking minority member of the Committee 
or respective subcommittee, determines there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee 
so determines by majority vote, a quorum being present for the 
transaction of business, the Chairman or subcommittee chairman 
shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any 
announcement made under this subparagraph shall be promptly 
published in the Daily Digest and promptly entered into the 
Committee scheduling service of the House Information Systems.

        Rule 6.--Procedures for Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Prompt Reporting Requirement.--(1) It shall be the duty 
of the Chairman to report, or cause to be reported promptly to 
the House any bill or resolution approved by the Committee and 
to take or cause to be taken necessary steps to bring the 
matter to a vote.
    (2) In any event, a report on a bill or resolution which 
the Committee has approved shall be filed within seven calendar 
days (exclusive of days in which the House is not in session) 
after the day on which there has been filed with the Committee 
Clerk a written request, signed by a majority of Committee 
Members, for the reporting of such bill or resolution. Upon the 
filing of any such request, the Committee Clerk shall notify 
the Chairman immediately of the filing of the request. This 
subsection does not apply to the reporting of a regular 
appropriation bill or to the reporting of a resolution of 
inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.
    (b) Presence of Committee Majority.--No measure or 
recommendation shall be reported from the Committee unless a 
majority of the Committee was actually present.
    (c) Roll Call Votes.--With respect to each roll call vote 
on a motion to report any measure or matter of a public 
character, and on any amendment offered to the measure of 
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.
    (d) Compliance With Congressional Budget Act.--A Committee 
report on a bill or resolution which has been approved by the 
Committee shall include the statement required by Section 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set 
out and clearly identified, if the bill or resolution provides 
new budget authority.
    (e) Constitutional Authority Statement.--Each report of the 
committee on a bill or joint resolution of a public character 
shall include a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by 
the bill or joint resolution.
    (f) Changes in Existing Law.--Each Committee report on a 
general appropriation bill shall contain a concise statement 
describing fully the effect of any provision of the bill which 
directly or indirectly changes the application of existing law.
    (g) Rescissions and Transfers.--Each bill or resolution 
reported by the Committee shall include separate headings for 
rescissions and transfers of unexpended balances with all 
proposed rescissions and transfers listed therein. The report 
of the Committee accompanying such a bill or resolution shall 
include a separate section with respect to such rescissions or 
transfers.
    (h) Listing of Unauthorized Appropriations.--Each Committee 
report on a general appropriations bill 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).
    (i) Supplemental or Minority Views.--(1) If, at the time 
the Committee approves any measure or matter, any Committee 
Member gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views, the Member shall be entitled to 
not less than two additional calendar days after the day of 
such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) 
in which to file such views in writing and signed by the 
Member, with the Clerk of the Committee. All such views so 
filed shall be included in and shall be a part of the report 
filed by the Committee with respect to that measure or matter.
    (2) The Committee report on that measure or matter shall be 
printed in a single volume which--
          (i) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views which have been submitted by the time 
        of the filing of the report, and
          (ii) shall have on its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views are 
        included as part of the report.
    (3) Subsection (i)(1) of this section, above, does not 
preclude--
          (i) the immediate filing or printing of a Committee 
        report unless timely request for the opportunity to 
        file supplemental, minority, or additional views has 
        been made as provided by such subsection; or
          (ii) the filing by the Committee of a supplemental 
        report on a measure or matter which may be required for 
        correction of any technical error in a previous report 
        made by the Committee on that measure or matter.
    (4) If, at the time a subcommittee approves any measure or 
matter for recommendation to the full Committee, any Member of 
that subcommittee who gives notice of intention to offer 
supplemental, minority, or additional views shall be entitled, 
insofar as is practicable and in accordance with the printing 
requirements as determined by the subcommittee, to include such 
views in the Committee Print with respect to that measure or 
matter.
    (j) Availability of Reports.--A copy of each bill, 
resolution, or report shall be made available to each Member of 
the Committee at least three calendar days (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in advance of the date 
on which the Committee is to consider each bill, resolution, or 
report; Provided, That this subsection may be waived by 
agreement between the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member 
of the full Committee.

                            Rule 7.--Voting

    (a) No vote by any Member of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees with respect to any measure or matter may be cast 
by proxy.
    (b) The vote on any question before the Committee shall be 
taken by the yeas and nays on the demand of one-fifth of the 
Members present.

                   Rule 8.--Studies and Examinations

    The following procedure shall be applicable with respect to 
the conduct of studies and examinations of the organization and 
operation of Executive Agencies under authority contained in 
Section 202 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
and in Clause (3)(a) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives:
    (a) The Chairman is authorized to appoint such staff and, 
in his discretion, arrange for the procurement of temporary 
services of consultants, as from time to time may be required.
    (b) Studies and examinations will be initiated upon the 
written request of a subcommittee which shall be reasonably 
specific and definite in character, and shall be initiated only 
by a majority vote of the subcommittee, with the chairman of 
the subcommittee and the ranking minority member thereof 
participating as part of such majority vote. When so initiated 
such request shall be filed with the Clerk of the Committee for 
submission to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member and 
their approval shall be required to make the same effective. 
Notwithstanding any action taken on such request by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the subcommittee, a 
request may be approved by a majority of the Committee.
    (c) Any request approved as provided under subsection (b) 
shall be immediately turned over to the staff appointed for 
action.
    (d) Any information obtained by such staff shall be 
reported to the chairman of the subcommittee requesting such 
study and examination and to the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member, shall be made available to the members of the 
subcommittee concerned, and shall not be released for 
publication until the subcommittee so determines.
    (e) Any hearings or investigations which may be desired, 
aside from the regular hearings on appropriation items, when 
approved by the Committee, shall be conducted by the 
subcommittee having jurisdiction over the matter.

                        Rule 9.--Official Travel

    (a) The chairman of a subcommittee shall approve requests 
for travel by subcommittee members and staff for official 
business within the jurisdiction of that subcommittee. The 
ranking minority member of a subcommittee shall concur in such 
travel requests by minority members of that subcommittee and 
the Ranking Minority Member shall concur in such travel 
requests for Minority Members of the Committee. Requests in 
writing covering the purpose, itinerary, and dates of proposed 
travel shall be submitted for final approval to the Chairman. 
Specific approval shall be required for each and every trip.
    (b) The Chairman is authorized during the recess of the 
Congress to approve travel authorizations for Committee Members 
and staff, including travel outside the United States.
    (c) As soon as practicable, the Chairman shall direct the 
head of each Government agency concerned not to honor requests 
of subcommittees, individual Members, or staff for travel, the 
direct or indirect expenses of which are to be defrayed from an 
executive appropriation, except upon request from the Chairman.
    (d) In accordance with Clause 8 of Rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives and Section 502 (b) of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1954, as amended, local currencies owned by the 
United States shall be available to Committee Members and staff 
engaged in carrying out their official duties outside the 
United States, its territories, or possessions. No Committee 
Member or staff member shall receive or expend local currencies 
for subsistence in any country at a rate in excess of the 
maximum per diem rate set forth in applicable Federal law.
    (e) Travel Reports.--(1) Members or staff shall make a 
report to the Chairman on their travel, covering the purpose, 
results, itinerary, expenses, and other pertinent comments.
    (2) With respect to travel outside the United States or its 
territories or possessions, the report shall include: (1) an 
itemized list showing the dates each country was visited, the 
amount of per diem furnished, the cost of transportation 
furnished, and any funds expended for any other official 
purpose; and (2) a summary in these categories of the total 
foreign currencies and/or appropriated funds expended. All such 
individual reports on foreign travel shall be filed with the 
Chairman no later than sixty days following completion of the 
travel for use in complying with reporting requirements in 
applicable Federal law, and shall be open for public 
inspection.
    (3) Each Member or employee performing such travel shall be 
solely responsible for supporting the amounts reported by the 
Member or employee.
    (4) No report or statement as to any trip shall be 
publicized making any recommendations in behalf of the 
Committee without the authorization of a majority of the 
Committee.
    (f) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business pertaining to the 
jurisdiction of the Committee shall be governed by applicable 
laws or regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Oversight pertaining to such travel, and as promulgated from 
time to time by the Chairman.
                      Committee on Armed Services

                 FLOYD SPENCE, South Carolina, Chairman

BOB STUMP, Arizona                   IKE SKELTON, Missouri
DUNCAN HUNTER, California            NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia
JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio                 JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South 
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia         Carolina
JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah                SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania            OWEN B. PICKETT, Virginia
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado                LANE EVANS, Illinois
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey               GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
STEPHEN E. BUYER, Indiana            NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida            MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam
JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri            PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         SILVESTRE REYES, Texas
HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,           THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
California                           VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
J. C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma           JIM TURNER, Texas
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas                ADAM SMITH, Washington
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana          LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut
VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee              MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida             CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY, Georgia
LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina    ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
JIM RYAN, Kansas                     ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania
BOB RILEY, Alabama                   ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
JIM GIBBONS, Nevada                  BARON P. HILL, Indiana
MARY BONO, California                MIKE THOMPSON, California
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania        JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California
DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania

                       (Adopted January 20, 1999)


                  Rule 1.--Application of House Rules

    The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of 
the Committee on Armed Services (hereafter referred to in these 
rules as the ``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far as 
applicable.

                  Rule 2.--Full Committee Meeting Date

    (a) The Committee shall meet every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., 
and at such other times as may be fixed by the chairman of the 
Committee (hereafter referred to in these rules as the 
``Chairman''), or by written request of members of the 
Committee pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.
    (b) A Tuesday meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with by the Chairman, but such action may be reversed by a 
written request of a majority of the members of the Committee.

                  Rule 3.--Subcommittee Meeting Dates

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters 
referred to it. Insofar as possible, meetings of the Committee 
and its subcommittees shall not conflict. A subcommittee 
chairman shall set meeting dates after consultation with the 
Chairman and the other subcommittee chairmen with a view toward 
avoiding simultaneous scheduling of committee and subcommittee 
meetings or hearings wherever possible.

                         Rule 4.--Subcommittees

    The Committee shall be organized to consist of five 
standing subcommittees with the following jurisdictions:
          Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
        Facilities: military construction; real estate 
        acquisitions and disposals; housing and support; base 
        closure; and related legislative oversight.
          Subcommittee on Military Personnel: military forces 
        and authorized strengths; integration of active and 
        reserve components; military personnel policy; 
        compensation and other benefits; and related 
        legislative oversight.
          Subcommittee on Military Procurement: the annual 
        authorization for procurement of military weapon 
        systems and components thereof, including full scale 
        development and systems transition; military 
        application of nuclear energy; and related legislative 
        oversight.
          Subcommittee on Military Readiness: the annual 
        authorization for operation and maintenance; the 
        readiness and preparedness requirements of the defense 
        establishment; and related legislative oversight.
          Subcommittee on Military Research and Development: 
        the annual authorization for military research and 
        development and related legislative oversight.

                       Rule 5.--Committee Panels

    (a) The Chairman may designate a panel of the Committee 
drawn from members of the Committee to inquire into and take 
testimony on a matter or matters that fall within the 
jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee and to report to the 
Committee.
    (b) No panel so appointed shall continue in existence for 
more than six months. A panel so appointed may, upon the 
expiration of six months, be reappointed by the Chairman.
    (c) No panel so appointed shall have legislative 
jurisdiction.

       Rule 6.--Reference of Legislation and Subcommittee Reports

    (a) The Chairman shall refer legislation and other matters 
to the appropriate subcommittee or to the full Committee.
    (b) Legislation shall be taken up for hearing only when 
called by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, as 
appropriate, or by a majority of those present and voting.
    (c) The Chairman, with approval of a majority vote of a 
quorum of the Committee, shall have authority to discharge a 
subcommittee from consideration of any measure or matter 
referred thereto and have such measure or matter considered by 
the Committee.
    (d) Reports and recommendations of a subcommittee may not 
be considered by the Committee until after the intervention of 
3 calendar days from the time the report is approved by the 
subcommittee and available to the members of the Committee, 
except that this rule may be waived by a majority vote of a 
quorum of the Committee.

         Rule 7.--Public Announcement of Hearings and meetings

    Pursuant to clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee or of 
any subcommittee or panel shall make public announcement of the 
date, place, and subject matter of any committee or 
subcommittee hearing at least one week before the commencement 
of the hearing. However, if the Chairman of the Committee or of 
any subcommittee or panel, with the concurrence of the ranking 
minority member of the Committee or of any subcommittee or 
panel, determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing 
sooner, or if the Committee, subcommittee or panel so 
determines by majority vote, a quorum being present for the 
transaction of business, such chairman shall make the 
announcement at the earliest possible date. Any announcement 
made under this rule shall be promptly published in the Daily 
Digest and promptly entered into the committee scheduling 
service of the House Information Resources.

        Rule 8.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    Clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.

           Rule 9.--Meetings and Hearings Open to the Public

    (a) Each hearing and meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, conducted by the 
Committee or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except 
when the Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a 
majority being present, determines by record vote that all or 
part of the remainder of that hearing or meeting on that day 
shall be closed to the public because disclosure of testimony, 
evidence, or other matters to be considered would endanger the 
national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would violate any law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of the 
preceding sentence, a majority of those present, there being in 
attendance no less than two members of the Committee or 
subcommittee, may vote to close a hearing or meeting for the 
sole purpose of discussing whether testimony or evidence to be 
received would endanger the national security, would compromise 
sensitive law enforcement information, or would violate any law 
or rule of the House of Representatives. If the decision is to 
close, the vote must be by record vote and in open session, 
there being a majority of the Committee or subcommittee 
present.
    (b) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony 
at a hearing or meeting may tend to defame, degrade, or 
incriminate any person, and notwithstanding the requirements of 
(a) and the provisions of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, such evidence or 
testimony shall be presented in closed session, if by a 
majority vote of those present, there being in attendance no 
less than two members of the Committee or subcommittee, the 
Committee or subcommittee determines that such evidence may 
tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person. A majority 
of those present, there being in attendance no less than two 
members of the Committee or subcommittee, may also vote to 
close the hearing or meeting for the sole purpose discussing 
whether evidence or testimony to be received would tend to 
defame, degrade or incriminate any person. The Committee or 
subcommittee shall proceed to receive such testimony in open 
session only if the Committee or subcommittee, a majority being 
present, determines that such evidence or testimony will not 
tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person.
    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and with the approval of 
the Chairman, each member of the Committee may designate by 
letter to the Chairman, a member of that member's personal 
staff with Top Secret security clearance to attend hearings of 
the Committee, or that member's subcommittee(s) which have been 
closed under the provisions of rule 9(a) above for national 
security purposes for the taking of testimony: Provided, That 
such staff member's attendance at such hearings is subject to 
the approval of the Committee or subcommittee as dictated by 
national security requirements at the time: Provided further, 
That this paragraph addresses hearings only and not briefings 
or meetings held under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this 
rule; and Provided further, That the attainment of any security 
clearances involved is the responsibility of individual 
members.
    (d) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, no Member may be excluded from 
nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of the Committee or 
a subcommittee, unless the House of Representatives shall by 
majority vote authorize the Committee or subcommittee, for 
purposes of a particular series of hearings on a particular 
article of legislation or on a particular subject of 
investigation, to close its hearings to members by the same 
procedures designated in this rule for closing hearings to the 
public: Provided, however, That the Committee or the 
subcommittee may by the same procedure vote to close up to 5 
additional consecutive days of hearings.

                            Rule 10.--Quorum

    (a) For purposes of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members shall constitute a quorum.
    (b) One-third of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action, 
with the following exceptions, in which case a majority of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum:
          (1) Reporting a measure or recommendation;
          (2) Closing committee or subcommittee meetings and 
        hearings to the public; and
          (3) Authorizing the issuance of subpoenas.
    (c) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the 
House of Representatives unless a majority of the Committee is 
actually present.

                     Rule 11.--The Five-Minute Rule

    (a) The time any one member may address the Committee or 
subcommittee on any measure or matter under consideration shall 
not exceed 5 minutes and then only when the member has been 
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as 
appropriate, except that this time limit may be exceeded by 
unanimous consent. Any member, upon request, shall be 
recognized for not to exceed 5 minutes to address the Committee 
or subcommittee on behalf of an amendment which the member has 
offered to any pending bill or resolution. The 5 minute 
limitation shall not apply to the Chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (b) Members present at a hearing of the Committee or 
subcommittee when a hearing is originally convened will be 
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as 
appropriate, in order of seniority. Those members arriving 
subsequently will be recognized in order of their arrival. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chairman and the ranking 
minority member will take precedence upon their arrival. In 
recognizing members to question witnesses in this fashion, the 
Chairman shall take into consideration the ratio of the 
majority to minority members present and shall establish the 
order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
disadvantage the members of the majority.
    (c) No person other than Members of Congress and committee 
staff may be seated in or behind the dais area during 
Committee, subcommittee or panel hearings and meetings.

                      Rule 12.--Subpoena Authority

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee and any subcommittee is 
authorized (subject to subparagraph (b)(1) of this paragraph):
          (1) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States, whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold hearings, and
          (2) to require by subpoena, or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers and documents as it deems 
        necessary. The Chairman of the Committee, or any member 
        designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to any 
        witness.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee, or any subcommittee with the concurrence of the full 
Committee Chairman, under subparagraph (a)(2) in the conduct of 
any investigation, or series of investigations or activities, 
only when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a 
majority of the Committee or subcommittee being present. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the Chairman, or 
by any member designated by the Chairman.
    (2) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, compliance with any subpoena issued 
by the Committee or any subcommittee under subparagraph (a)(2) 
may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the House.

                      Rule 13.--Witness Statements

    (a) Any prepared statement to be presented by a witness to 
the Committee or a subcommittee shall be submitted to the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 48 hours in advance of 
presentation and shall be distributed to all members of the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 24 hours in advance of 
presentation. A copy of any such prepared statement shall also 
be submitted to the Committee in electronic form. If a prepared 
statement contains security information bearing a 
classification of secret or higher, the statement shall be made 
available in the Committee rooms to all members of the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 24 hours in advance of 
presentation; however, no such statement shall be removed from 
the Committee offices. The requirement of this rule may be 
waived by a majority vote of a quorum of the Committee or 
subcommittee, as appropriate.
    (b) The Committee and each subcommittee shall require each 
witness who is to appear before it to file with the Committee 
in advance of his or her appearance a written statement of the 
proposed testimony and to limit the oral presentation at such 
appearance to a brief summary of his or her argument.

               Rule 14.--Administering Oaths to Witnesses

    (a) The Chairman, or any member designated by the Chairman, 
may administer oaths to any witness.
    (b) Witnesses, when sworn, shall subscribe to the following 
oath: Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony you 
will give before this Committee (or subcommittee) in the 
matters now under consideration will be the truth, the whole 
truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

                   Rule 15.--Questioning of Witnesses

    (a) When a witness is before the Committee or a 
subcommittee, members of the Committee or subcommittee may put 
questions to the witness only when they have been recognized by 
the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate, for that 
purpose.
    (b) Members of the Committee or subcommittee who so desire 
shall have not to exceed 5 minutes to interrogate each witness 
until such time as each member has had an opportunity to 
interrogate such witness; thereafter, additional rounds for 
questioning witnesses by members are discretionary with the 
Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate.
    (c) Questions put to witnesses before the Committee or 
subcommittee shall be pertinent to the measure or matter that 
may be before the Committee or subcommittee for consideration.

        Rule 16.--Publication of Committee Hearings and Markups

    The transcripts of those hearings and mark-ups conducted by 
the Committee or a subcommittee which are decided by the 
Chairman to be officially published will be published in 
verbatim form, with the material requested for the record 
inserted at that place requested, or at the end of the record, 
as appropriate. Any requests to correct any errors, other than 
those in transcription, or disputed errors in transcription, 
will be appended to the record, and the appropriate place where 
the change is requested will be footnoted.

                     Rule 17.--Voting and Rollcalls

    (a) Voting on a measure or matter may be by record vote, 
division vote, voice vote, or unanimous consent.
    (b) A record vote may be had upon the request of one-fifth 
of those members present.
    (c) No vote by any member of the Committee or a 
subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter may be cast 
by proxy.
    (d) In the event of a vote or votes, when a member is in 
attendance at any other committee, subcommittee, or conference 
committee meeting during that time, the necessary absence of 
that member shall be so noted in the record vote record, upon 
timely notification to the Chairman by that member.

                      Rule 18.--Committee Reports

    (a) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by 
the Committee, any member of the Committee gives timely notice 
of intention to file supplemental, minority, additional or 
dissenting views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than 2 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays) in which to file such views, in writing and signed by 
that member, with the staff director of the Committee. All such 
views so filed by one or more members of the Committee shall be 
included within, and shall be a part of, the report filed by 
the Committee with respect to that measure or matter.
    (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
any measure or matter, and on any amendment offered to the 
measure or matter, the total number of votes cast for and 
against, the names of those voting for and against, and a brief 
description of the question, shall be included in the committee 
report on the measure or matter.

                       Rule 19.--Points of Order

    No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure 
reported by the Committee or any subcommittee on the ground 
that hearings on such measure were not conducted in accordance 
with the provisions of the rules of the Committee; except that 
a point of order on that ground may be made by any member of 
the Committee or subcommittee which reported the measure if, in 
the Committee or subcommittee, such point of order was (a) 
timely made and (b) improperly overruled or not properly 
considered.

           Rule 20.--Public Inspection of Committee Rollcalls

    The result of each record vote in any meeting of the 
Committee shall be made available by the Committee for 
inspection by the public at reasonable times in the offices of 
the Committee. Information so available for public inspection 
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or 
other proposition and the name of each member voting for and 
each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition and the names of those members present but not 
voting.

         Rule 21.--Protection of National Security Information

    (a) Except as provided in clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, all national security 
information bearing a classification of secret or higher which 
has been received by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be 
deemed to have been received in executive session and shall be 
given appropriate safekeeping.
    (b) The Chairman of the Committee shall, with the approval 
of a majority of the Committee, establish such procedures as in 
his judgment may be necessary to prevent the unauthorized 
disclosure of any national security information received 
classified as secret or higher. Such procedures shall, however, 
ensure access to this information by any member of the 
Committee or any other Member of the House of Representatives 
who has requested the opportunity to review such material.

                      Rule 22.--Committee Staffing

    The staffing of the Committee and the standing 
subcommittees shall be subject to the rules of the House of 
Representatives.

                      Rule 23.--Committee Records

    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the ranking minority 
member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of rule VII, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee.

               Rule 24.--Investigative Hearing Procedures

    Clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

                     JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa, Chairman

BILL McCOLLUM, Florida               JOHN J. LaFALCE, New York
MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey            BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska              BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana          PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania
RICK LAZIO, New York                 MAXINE WATERS, California
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama              CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware          LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois
PETER T. KING, New York              NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York
TOM CAMPBELL, California             MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             KEN BENTSEN, Texas
JACK METCALF, Washington             JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio                  DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon
BOB BARR, Georgia                    JULIA CARSON, Indiana
SUE W. KELLY, New York               ROBERT A. WEYGAND, Rhode Island
RON PAUL, Texas                      BRAD SHERMAN, California
DAVE WELDON, Pennsylvania            MAX SANDLIN, Texas
JIM RYUN, Kansas                     GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
MERRILL COOK, Utah                   BARBARA LEE, California
BOB RILEY, Alabama                   VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
RICK HILL, Montana                   FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           JAY INSLEE, Washington
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois         JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
PAYL RYAN, Wisconsin                 CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas
DOUG OSE, California                 STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York            MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois
LEE TERRY, Nebraska
MARK GREEN, Wisconsin
PATRICK J. TOOMEY, Pennsylvania

                       (Adopted January 20, 1999)


                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    1. (a) The rules of the House are the rules of the 
Committee and subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a 
motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with 
the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed 
copies are available, each shall be privileged in the Committee 
and subcommittees and shall be decided without debate. A 
proposed investigative or oversight report shall be considered 
as read if it has been available to the Members of the 
Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, 
or legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
day).
    (b) Each subcommittee of the Committee is a part of the 
Committee, and is subject to the authority and direction of the 
Committee and to its rules so far as applicable.
    2. The Committee shall submit to the House, not later than 
January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a report on the activities 
of the Committee under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House 
during the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year.
    3. The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the Congress 
convenes in each odd-numbered year.

                       Rule 2.--Powers and Duties

    1. The powers and duties of the Committee are all those 
such as are enumerated or contained in the Rules of the House 
and the rulings and precedents of the House or the Committee.
    2. For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and 
duties under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House, the 
Committee, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized--
          (a) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States, whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold hearings; 
        except as provided in Rule XI, clause 2 of the Rules of 
        the House;
          (b) to conduct such investigations and studies as it 
        may consider necessary or appropriate, and (subject to 
        the adoption of expense resolutions as required by 
        clause 6 of Rule X of the Rules of the House) to incur 
        expenses (including travel expenses) in connection 
        therewith. The ranking minority Member of the full 
        Committee or the relevant subcommittee shall be 
        notified in advance at such times as any Committee 
        funds are expended for investigations and studies 
        involving international travel; and
          (c) to require, by subpoena or otherwise (subject to 
        clause 3(a)), the attendance and testimony of such 
        witnesses and the production of such books, records, 
        correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, in 
        whatever form, as it deems necessary. The Chairperson 
        of the Committee, or any Member designated by the 
        Chairperson, may administer oaths to any witness.

                               Subpoenas

    3. (a) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or a subcommittee under clause 2(c) in the conduct of 
any investigation or series of investigations or activities, 
only when authorized by a majority of the Members voting, a 
majority being present. The power to authorize and issue 
subpoenas under clause 2(c) may be delegated to the Chairperson 
of the Committee pursuant to such limitations as the Committee 
may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the 
Chairperson of the Committee or by any Member designated by the 
Committee.
    (b) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee 
under clause 2(c) may be enforced only as authorized or 
directed by the House.

                     Review of Continuing Programs

    4. The Committee shall, in its consideration of all bills 
and joint resolutions of a public character within its 
jurisdiction, insure that appropriations for continuing 
programs and activities of the Federal government and the 
District of Columbia government will be made annually to the 
maximum extent feasible and consistent with the nature, 
requirements, and objectives of the programs and activities 
involved. For the purposes of this paragraph, a government 
agency includes the organizational units of government listed 
in clause 3(d)(3)(A) of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House.
    5. The Committee shall review, from time to time, each 
continuing program within its jurisdiction for which 
appropriations are not made annually in order to ascertain 
whether such program could be modified so that appropriations 
therefore would be made annually.

                           Budget Act Reports

    6. The Committee shall, on or before February 25 of each 
year, submit to the Committee on the Budget--
          (a) the Committee's views and estimates with respect 
        to all matters to be set forth in the concurrent 
        resolution on the budget for the ensuing fiscal year 
        which are within its jurisdiction or functions; and
          (b) an estimate of the total amounts of new budget 
        authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to 
        be provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions 
        within the Committee's jurisdiction which it intends to 
        be effective during that fiscal year.
    7. As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for any fiscal year is agreed to, the Committee 
(after consulting with the appropriate Committee or Committees 
of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations made to it in 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference 
report on such resolution, and promptly report such 
subdivisions to the House, in the manner provided by section 
302 or section 602 (in the case of fiscal years 1991 through 
1995) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    8. Whenever the Committee is directed in a concurrent 
resolution on the budget to determine and recommend changes in 
laws, bills, or resolutions under the reconciliation process it 
shall promptly make such determination and recommendations, and 
report a reconciliation bill or resolution (or both) to the 
House or submit such recommendations to the Committee on the 
Budget in accordance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                            Oversight Report

    9. Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of Rule X of the Rules of the House. 
The Chairperson shall consult with the ranking minority Member 
on the formulation of the oversight plan, and the Committee may 
not meet to adopt the plan unless a copy of the plan has been 
provided to all Members not less than two days in advance of 
the Committee meeting.

                           Rule 3.--Meetings


                            Regular Meetings

    1. Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held on the 
first Tuesday of each month while the Congress is in session, 
and the Chairperson shall provide to each Member of the 
Committee, as far in advance of the day of the regular meeting 
as the circumstances make practicable, a written notice to that 
effect. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, when the 
Chairperson believes that the Committee will not be considering 
any bill or resolution before the full Committee and that there 
is no other timely business to be transacted at a regular 
meeting, then no Committee meeting shall be held on that day. 
In such instances, the Chairperson shall not issue the notice 
of the regular meeting to the Members and the failure to 
receive such notice shall be treated by the Members as a 
cancellation of the regular meeting.

                    Additional and Special Meetings

    2. (a) The Chairperson may call and convene, as the 
Chairperson considers necessary, additional meetings of the 
Committee for the consideration of any bill or resolution 
pending before the Committee or for the conduct of other 
Committee business. The Committee shall meet for such purpose 
pursuant to that call of the chair.
    (b) No bill or joint resolution shall be considered by the 
Committee unless
          (i) such measure has been made available to all 
        Members at least two calendar days (three calendar days 
        when the bill or joint resolution has not been ordered 
        reported by the subcommittee of jurisdiction) prior to 
        the meeting, accompanied by a section-by-section 
        analysis of such measure; and
          (ii) the Chairperson has notified Members of the time 
        and place of the meeting at least two calendar days 
        (three calendar days when the bill or joint resolution 
        has not been ordered reported by the subcommittee of 
        jurisdiction) before the commencement of the meeting. 
        The provisions of this paragraph may be suspended by 
        the Committee by a two-thirds vote or by the 
        Chairperson, with the concurrence of the ranking 
        minority Member of the full Committee.
    3. If at least three Members of the Committee desire that a 
special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chairperson, 
those Members may file in the offices of the Committee their 
written request to the Chairperson for that special meeting. 
Such request shall specify the measure or matter to be 
considered. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the 
clerk of the Committee shall notify the Chairperson of the 
filing of the request. If, within three calendar days after the 
filing of the request, the Chairperson does not call the 
requested special meeting, to be held within seven calendar 
days after the filing of the request, a majority of the Members 
of the Committee may file in the offices of the Committee their 
written notice that a special meeting of the Committee will be 
held specifying the date and hour thereof, and the measure or 
matter to be considered at that special meeting. The Committee 
shallmeet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of 
the notice, the clerk of the Committee shall notify all Members of the 
Committee that such special meeting will be held and inform them of its 
date and hour and the measure or matter to be considered; and only the 
measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered at that 
special meeting.

                             Open Meetings

    4. (a) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
including the markup of legislation, of the Committee or each 
subcommittee thereof, shall be open to the public including to 
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