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                    RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEES
                    OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                             110th Congress
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                    OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                             110th Congress

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                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

            LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New York, Chairwoman
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts     DAVID DREIER, California,
ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida             Ranking Member
DORIS O. MATSUI, California          LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California        DOC HASTINGS, Washington
PETER WELCH, Vermont                 PETE SESSIONS, Texas
KATHY CASTOR, Florida
MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
BETTY SUTTON, Ohio
                       Dan Turton, Staff Director
            Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Minority Staff Director
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             Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process

                  ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida, Chairman
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California,       LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida
PETER WELCH, Vermont                 DAVID DREIER, California
BETTY SUTTON, Ohio
LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER,
  New York
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          Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House

               JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts, Chairman
DORIS O. MATSUI, California,         DOC HASTINGS, Washington
KATHY CASTOR, Florida                PETE SESSIONS, Texas
MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER,
  New York
                            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 the Budget..........................................    45
Committee on Education and Labor.................................    53
Committee on Energy and Commerce.................................    67
Committee on Financial Services..................................    77
Committee on Foreign Affairs.....................................    91
Committee on Homeland Security...................................   109
Committee on House Administration................................   121
Committee on the Judiciary.......................................   131
Committee on Natural Resources...................................   137
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.....................   151
Committee on Rules...............................................   161
Committee on Science and Technology..............................   171
Committee on Small Business......................................   189
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.......................   199
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...................   223
Committee on Veterans' Affairs...................................   239
Committee on Ways and Means......................................   247

           Part II.--Permanent Select Committee of the House

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.......................   259

               Part III.--Select Committees of the House

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.......   279
Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of Aug. 
  2, 2007........................................................   285

                Part IV.--Congressional Joint Committees

Joint Economic Committee.........................................   289
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.......................   295
Joint Committee on Printing......................................   299
Joint Committee on Taxation......................................   305

                                Appendix

Rule X. Organization of Committees...............................   307
Rule XI. Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business........   334
Rule XIII. Calendars and Committee Reports.......................   353
      
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                PART I--STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

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                        Committee on Agriculture

  COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, 
             Chairman

BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia,             TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
  Ranking Member                     MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JERRY MORAN, Kansas                  JOE BACA, California
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina          DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois         DAVID SCOTT, Georgia
SAM GRAVES, Missouri                 JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
JO BONNER, Alabama                   STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama                 Dakota
STEVE KING, Iowa                     HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado        JIM COSTA, California
RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas              JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr.,            BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana
  Louisiana                          NANCY E. BOYDA, Kansas
JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr.,         ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio
  New York                           TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina        KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska           EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio                   LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               JOHN BARROW, Georgia
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                NICK LAMPSON, Texas
[VACANCY]*                           JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
                                     TIM MAHONEY, Florida
*Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

                       (Adopted January 23, 2007)

                      Rule I.--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 
nondebatable 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 accordance with 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 II.--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 III.--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.--(1) 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.
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment. If the Chairman postpones further proceedings:
          (A) the Chairman may resume such postponed 
        proceedings, after giving Members adequate notice, at a 
        time chosen in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
        Member; and
          (B) notwithstanding any intervening order for the 
        previous question, the underlying proposition on which 
        proceedings were postponed shall remain subject to 
        further debate or amendment to the same extent as when 
        the question was postponed.
    (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.
    (m) Prohibition of Wireless Telephones.--Use of wireless 
phones during a committee or subcommittee hearing or meeting is 
prohibited.

                           Rule IV.--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.

                            Rule V.--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 VI.--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 VII.--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 Committee hearing 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 committee or subcommittee staff shall interrogate 
witnesses.
    (f) Extending Questioning for Designed 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) 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.
    (j) Hearings and Reports.--(1)(i) The Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee at a 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 hearing procedures, an excerpt of 
which appears in Appendix A thereto) shall be made available to 
each witness upon request. Witnesses at 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 by a member of the committee 
that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a 
witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness would 
give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
the witness, 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 VIII.--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. The Majority 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) a statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding;
          (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 by the committee 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) a list of congressional earmarks, limited tax 
        benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the bill or in 
        the report (and the name of any Member, Delegate, or 
        Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to the 
        committee for each respective item included in such 
        list) or a statement that the proposition contains no 
        congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or 
        limited tariff benefits;
          (12) the changes in existing law (if any) shown in 
        accordance with clause 3 of House rule XIII;
          (13) 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
          (14) 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).
          (15) a statement regarding the applicability of 
        section 102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability 
        Act, Public Law 104-1.
    (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(l) 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.
    (i) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                  Rule IX.--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) review specific problems with federal rules, 
regulations, statutes, and court decisions that are ambiguous, 
arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose severe financial 
burdens on individuals; and
    (3) give priority consideration to including in its plans 
the review of those laws, programs, or agencies operating under 
permanent budget authority or permanent statutory authority; 
and
    (4) 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).--Not later than six weeks after the President 
submits his budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
State Code, or at such time as the Committee on the Budget may 
request, 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 X.--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. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
the Committee serve as ex officio Members of the Subcommittees. 
(See paragraph (e) of this rule.) 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.
    (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: 
Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research (28 Members, 15 
Majority and 13 Minority).--Soil, water, and resource 
conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased 
energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credit, 
and agricultural research, education and extension services. 
Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry (13 
Members, 7 Majority and 6 Minority).--Agency oversight, review 
and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition 
and consumer programs, forestry in general, and forest reserves 
other than those created from the public domain. General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management (20 Members, 11 Majority and 9 
Minority).--Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, 
wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, 
lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, crop insurance, and 
commodity exchanges. Horticulture and Organic Agriculture (13 
Members, 7 Majority and 6 Minority).--Fruits and vegetables, 
honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant 
pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect 
pests, and organic agriculture. Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry 
(20 Members, 11 Majority and 9 Minority).--Livestock, dairy, 
poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, 
marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, 
animal welfare, and grazing. Specialty Crops, Rural Development 
and Foreign Agriculture (13 Members, 7 Majority and 6 
Minority).--Peanuts, sugar, tobacco, marketing orders relating 
to such commodities, rural development, farm security and 
family farming matters, biotechnology, foreign agricultural 
assistance, and trade promotion programs, generally.
    (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) Participation and Service of Committee Members 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 and 
nonparticipatory attendance at subcommittee hearings or 
meetings 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;
          (iii) participate in questioning a witness under the 
        five minute rule, unless permitted to do so by the 
        subcommittee Chairman in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member 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 make recommendations 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 forwarded to the Committee by a 
subcommittee shall be promptly forwarded by the subcommittee 
Chairman or any subcommittee member authorized to do so by the 
subcommittee.
    (2) Upon receipt of such recommendation, 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 
recommended by subcommittees until two calendar days have 
elapsed from the date of action, 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 XI.--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 is 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 XII.--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

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman

JERRY LEWIS, California,             JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
  Ranking Member                     NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida            ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                   MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky              PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia              NITA M. LOWEY, New York
JAMES T. WALSH, New York             JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan            JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN,             ED PASTOR, Arizona
  New Jersey                         DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         CHET EDWARDS, Texas
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                   Alabama
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                     PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama          MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri             LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
KAY GRANGER, Texas                   SAM FARR, California
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania       JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia       CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
DAVE WELDON, Florida                 CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas          SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois           MARION BERRY, Arkansas
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida              BARBARA LEE, California
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana           TOM UDALL, New Mexico
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
KEN CALVERT, California*             BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
                                     STEVE ISRAEL, New York
                                     TIM RYAN, Ohio
                                     C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER,
                                       Maryland
                                     BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
                                     DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ,
                                       Florida
                                     CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas

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*Appointed to the Appropriations Committee on May 10, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the April 20, 2007 resignation of Rep. John 
Doolittle.

                       (Adopted January 16, 2007)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Ninth 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 Tenth Congress.
    The foregoing resolution adopts the following rules:

                      Sec. 1: Power To Sit and Act

    (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 each of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
          (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 
        as it deems necessary; and
          (2) 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.
    (b) 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 (a)(2) 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 (a)(2) 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.

                         Sec. 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 sub committee 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 each authorized to sit as a member of all 
subcommittees and to participate, including voting, in all of 
the work of the subcommittees.

                            Sec. 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 maxi mum 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.--(1) 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. Effective as of such date as the 
Chairman may determine, all other Members of the Committee may 
also each select and designate one such staff member.
    (2) Effective as of such date as the Chairman may 
determine, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
committee and of each subcommittee may each select and 
designate one staff member, in addition to the staff member 
designated under the preceding paragraph, who shall serve at 
the pleasure of the Member making the designation.
    (3) Staff members designated under this subsection 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. Effective 
as of such date as the Chairman may determine, the limit on 
compensation under this subsection shall be increased to 80 per 
centum of such maximum.
    (4) 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.

                       Sec. 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 Commit tee be called by the Chairman, 
those Members may file in the Committee Offices a written 
request to the Chairman for that 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 the subcommittee concerned, 
in open session and with a majority present, deter mines 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 depart mental 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 Mem ber 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.

              Sec. 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, deter mines 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 sub committees, 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 pro cedure 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 subsection shall be promptly 
published in the Daily Digest and promptly entered into the 
Committee scheduling service of the House Information Systems.

         Sec. 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) Rollcall Votes.--With respect to each rollcall vote on 
a motion to report any measure or matter of a public character, 
and on any amendment offered to the measure 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.--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 appropriation bill shall contain a list of 
all appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure 
not currently authorized by law for the period concerned 
(except for classified intelligence or national security 
programs, projects, or activities) along with a statement of 
the last year for which such expenditures were authorized, the 
level of expenditures authorized for that year, the actual 
level of expenditures for that year, and the level of 
appropriations in the bill for such expenditures.
    (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) This subsection 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.
    (k) Performance Goals and Objectives.--Each Committee 
report shall contain a statement of general performance goals 
and objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, 
for which the measure authorizes funding.
    (l) Motion To Go to Conference.--The Chairman is directed 
to offer a motion under clause 1 of rule XXII of the Rules of 
the House whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

                             Sec. 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.
    (c) The Chairman of the Committee or the chairman of any of 
its subcommittees may--
          (1) postpone further proceedings when a record vote 
        is ordered on the question of approving a measure or 
        matter or on adopting an amendment;
          (2) resume proceedings on a postponed question at any 
        time after reasonable notice. When proceedings resume 
        on a postponed question, notwithstanding any 
        intervening order for the previous question, an 
        underlying proposition shall remain subject to further 
        debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
        question was postponed.

                    Sec. 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.

                        Sec. 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 
Administration pertaining to such travel, and as promulgated 
from time to time by the Chairman.
                      Committee on Armed Services

  IKE SKELTON, Missouri, Chairman

DUNCAN HUNTER, California,           JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South 
  Ranking Member                     Carolina
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey               SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         SILVESTRE REYES, Texas
HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,           VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
  California                         ADAM SMITH, Washington
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas                LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina          ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia            ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
JEFF MILLER, Florida                 SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           RICK LARSEN, Washington
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey        JIM COOPER, Tennessee
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              MARK UDALL, Colorado
JOHN KLINE, Minnesota                DAN BOREN, Oklahoma
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan          BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia                NANCY E. BOYDA, Kansas
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama                 PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona                HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, Jr., 
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania*          Georgia
THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia            CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire
CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS,              JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut
  Washington                         DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky                JOE SESTAK, Pennsylvania
[VACANCY]***                         GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona
                                     ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
                                     KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida
                                     KATHY CASTOR, Florida
                                     JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode 
                                     Island****

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*Appointed to the Armed Services Committee on May 10, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the May 16, 2007 resignation of Rep. Ken Calvert 
(CA).
**Vacancy created by the resignation from Congress of Rep. Martin 
Meehan (MA) on July 1, 2007.
***Vacancy created by the death of Rep. Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 
2007.
****Appointed to the Armed Services Committee on September 20, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the resignation from Congress of Rep. 
Martin Meehan (MA) on July 1, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 10, 2007)

                  Rule 1.--Application of House Rules

    The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of 
the Committee on Armed Services (hereinafter 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 Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., 
when the House of Representatives is in session, and at such 
other times as may be fixed by the Chairman of the Committee 
(hereinafter referred to 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 Wednesday 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, other subcommittee Chairmen, and the Ranking Minority 
Member of the subcommittee with a view toward avoiding, 
whenever possible, simultaneous scheduling of committee and 
subcommittee meetings or hearings.

  Rule 4.--Jurisdiction and Membership of Committee and Subcommittees

    (a) Jurisdiction.--(1) The Committee retains jurisdiction 
of all subjects listed in clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives and retains exclusive jurisdiction 
for: defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the 
organization and reform of the Department of Defense and 
Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and 
industrial base policy, technology transfer and export 
controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat 
Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation 
programs, and detainee affairs and policy. While subcommittees 
are provided jurisdictional responsibilities in subparagraph 
(2), the Committee retains the right to exercise oversight and 
legislative jurisdiction over all subjects within its purview 
under rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (2) The Committee shall be organized to consist of seven 
standing subcommittees with the following jurisdictions:
          Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces: All Army and Air 
        Force acquisition programs (except strategic missiles, 
        special operations and information technology 
        programs). In addition, the subcommittee will be 
        responsible for deep strike bombers and related 
        systems, National Guard and Army and Air Force reserve 
        modernization, and ammunition programs.
          Subcommittee on Readiness: Military readiness, 
        training, logistics and maintenance issues and 
        programs. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
        responsible for all military construction, 
        installations and family housing issues, including the 
        base closure process.
          Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
        Capabilities: Department of Defense counter-
        proliferation and counter-terrorism programs and 
        initiatives. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
        responsible for Special Operations Forces; science and 
        technology policy, including the Defense Advanced 
        Research Projects Agency and information technology 
        programs; force protection policy and oversight; 
        homeland defense and consequence management programs 
        within the committee's jurisdiction; and related 
        intelligence support.
          Subcommittee on Military Personnel: Military 
        personnel policy, reserve component integration and 
        employment issues, military health care, military 
        education and POW/MIA issues. In addition, the 
        subcommittee will be responsible for Morale, Welfare 
        and Recreation issues and programs.
          Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Strategic Forces 
        (except deep strike systems), space programs, ballistic 
        missile defense, intelligence policy and national 
        programs and Department of Energy national security 
        programs (except non-proliferation programs).
          Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces: 
        Navy and Marine Corps programs (except strategic 
        weapons, space, special operations and information 
        technology programs) and Naval Reserve equipment. In 
        addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for 
        Maritime programs under the jurisdiction of the 
        Committee as delineated in rule X, clauses 5, 6, and 9 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
          Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: Any 
        matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee, 
        subject to the concurrence of the Chairman of the 
        Committee and, as appropriate, affected subcommittee 
        chairmen. The subcommittee shall have no legislative 
        jurisdiction.
    (b) Membership of the Subcommittees.--(1) Subcommittee 
memberships, with the exception of membership on the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, shall be filled 
in accordance with the rules of the Majority party's caucus and 
the Minority party's conference, respectively.
    (2) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations shall be filled in 
accordance with the rules of the Majority party's caucus and 
the Minority party's conference, respectively. Consistent with 
the party ratios established by the Majority party, all other 
Majority members of the subcommittee shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee, and all other Minority members shall 
be appointed by the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

               Rule 5.--Committee Panels and Task Forces

    (a) Committee Panels.--(1) The Chairman may designate a 
panel of the Committee consisting of 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.
    (2) No panel appointed by the Chairman shall continue in 
existence for more than six months after the appointment. A 
panel so appointed may, upon the expiration of six months, be 
reappointed by the Chairman for a period of time which is not 
to exceed six months.
    (3) Consistent with the party ratios established by the 
Majority party, all Majority members of the panels shall be 
appointed by the Chairman of the Committee, and all Minority 
members shall be appointed by the Ranking Minority Member of 
the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall choose one 
of the Majority members so appointed who does not currently 
chair another subcommittee of the Committee to serve as 
Chairman of the panel. The Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee shall similarly choose the Ranking Minority Member of 
the panel.
    (4) No panel shall have legislative jurisdiction.
    (b) Committee and Subcommittee Task Forces.--(1) The 
Chairman of the Committee, or a Chairman of a subcommittee with 
the concurrence of the Chairman of the Committee, may designate 
a task force to inquire into and take testimony on a matter 
that falls within the jurisdiction of the Committee or 
subcommittee, respectively. The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee or subcommittee shall each appoint an 
equal number of members to the task force. The Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall choose one of the members so 
appointed, who does not currently chair another subcommittee of 
the Committee, to serve as Chairman of the task force. The 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee or subcommittee shall 
similarly appoint the Ranking Minority Member of the task 
force.
    (2) No task force appointed by the Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall continue in existence for more 
than three months. A task force may only be reappointed for an 
additional three months with the written concurrence of the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee or 
subcommittee whose Chairman appointed the task force.
    (3) No task force shall have legislative jurisdiction.

          Rule 6.--Reference and Consideration of Legislation

    (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 a hearing or markup 
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 
three 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, panel, or task force shall make public 
announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of any 
hearing before that body at least one week before the 
commencement of the hearing. However, if the Chairman of the 
Committee, or of any subcommittee, panel, or task force, with 
the concurrence of the respective Ranking Minority Member, 
determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing 
sooner, or if the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force 
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, promptly entered into the committee scheduling service 
of the House Information Resources, and promptly posted to the 
internet web page maintained by the Committee.

        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 any subcommittee, panel, or task force, to the 
extent that the respective body is authorized to conduct 
markups, shall be open to the public except when the Committee, 
subcommittee, panel, or task force 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 in executive session 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 fewer than two members of the Committee, 
subcommittee, panel, or task force 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 proceed in executive 
session, the vote must be by record vote and in open session, a 
majority of the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force 
being present.
    (b) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee or 
subcommittee that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may 
tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is 
asserted by a witness that the evidence or testimony that the 
witness would give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
incriminate the witness, 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 executive session, if by a 
majority vote of those present, there being in attendance no 
fewer 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 fewer than two 
members of the Committee or subcommittee may also vote to close 
the hearing or meeting for the sole purpose of 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, only one member of that member's 
personal staff, which may include fellows, with Top Secret 
security clearance to attend hearings of the Committee, or that 
member's subcommittee(s), panel(s), or task force(s) (excluding 
briefings or meetings held under the provisions of committee 
rule 9(a)), which have been closed under the provisions of rule 
9(a) above for national security purposes for the taking of 
testimony. The attendance of such a staff member or fellow at 
such hearings is subject to the approval of the Committee, 
subcommittee, panel, or task force as dictated by national 
security requirements at that time. The attainment of any 
required security clearances is the responsibility of 
individual members of the Committee.
    (d) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner 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, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same 
procedures designated in this rule for closing hearings to the 
public.
    (e) The Committee or the subcommittee may vote, by the same 
procedure, to meet in executive session for up to five 
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;
          (3) Authorizing the issuance of subpoenas;
          (4) Authorizing the use of executive session 
        material; and
          (5) Voting to proceed in open session after voting to 
        close to discuss whether evidence or testimony to be 
        received would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
        any person.
    (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 five 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 more than five minutes to address the 
Committee or subcommittee on behalf of an amendment which the 
member has offered to any pending bill or resolution. The five-
minute limitation shall not apply to the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (b)(1) Members who are present at a hearing of the 
Committee or subcommittee when a hearing is originally convened 
shall be recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, 
as appropriate, in order of seniority. Those members arriving 
subsequently shall 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 either party.
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, with 
the concurrence of the respective Ranking Minority Member, may 
depart with the regular order for questioning which is 
specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this rule provided that 
such a decision is announced prior to the hearing or prior to 
the opening statements of the witnesses and that any such 
departure applies equally to the Majority and the Minority.
    (c) No person other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of Congress and committee staff may be seated in 
or behind the dais area during Committee, subcommittee, panel, 
or task force hearings and meetings.

             Rule 12.--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (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, including, but not 
        limited to, those in electronic form, as it considers 
        necessary.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee, or any subcommittee with the concurrence of the full 
Committee Chairman and after consultation with the Ranking 
Member of the Committee, 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 Committee.
    (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 of 
Representatives.

                      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 as soon as practicable but not less 
than 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 national 
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 as soon 
as practicable but not less than 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 the Committee or subcommittee, a 
quorum being present. In cases where a witness does not submit 
a statement by the time required under this rule, the Chairman 
of the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, with the 
concurrence of the respective Ranking Minority Member, may 
elect to exclude the witness from the hearing.
    (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 the submitted written 
statement.

               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 recognized by the Chairman 
or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate, for that purpose 
according to rule 11 of the Committee.
    (b) Members of the Committee or subcommittee who so desire 
shall have not more than five minutes to question each witness 
or panel of witnesses, the responses of the witness or 
witnesses being included in the five-minute period, until such 
time as each member has had an opportunity to question each 
witness or panel of witnesses. Thereafter, additional rounds 
for questioning witnesses by members are within the discretion 
of 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, subcommittee, or panel will be published 
officially 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. Any transcript published under this rule shall 
include the results of record votes conducted in the session 
covered by the transcript and shall also include materials that 
have been submitted for the record and are covered under rule 
19. The handling and safekeeping of these materials shall fully 
satisfy the requirements of rule 20. No transcript of an 
executive session conducted under rule 9 shall be published 
under this rule.

                     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 shall be ordered 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 shall 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.
    (e) The Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, as 
appropriate, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority 
Member or the most senior Minority member who is present at the 
time, may elect to postpone requested record votes until such 
time or point at a mark-up as is mutually decided. When 
proceedings resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any 
intervening order for the previous question, the underlying 
proposition shall remain subject to further debate or amendment 
to the same extent as when the question was postponed.

                      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 two calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays except when the House is in session on such days) 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.--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 20.--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, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the House of Representatives, staff of the 
Committee, or staff designated under rule 9(c) who have the 
appropriate security clearances and the need to know, who has 
requested the opportunity to review such material.

                      Rule 21.--Committee Staffing

    The staffing of the Committee, the standing subcommittees, 
and any panel or task force designated by the Chairman or 
chairmen of the subcommittees shall be subject to the rules of 
the House of Representatives.

                      Rule 22.--Committee Records

    The records