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

                      Rule 23.--Hearing Procedures

    Clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.
                        Committee on the Budget

    JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South 
        Carolina, Chairman

PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin,                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut,
  Ranking Member                       Vice Chair
JO BONNER, Alabama                   CHET EDWARDS, Texas
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey            JIM COOPER, Tennessee
J. GRESHAM BARRETT,                  THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
  South Carolina                     ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida           MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
JEB HENSARLING, Texas                XAVIER BECERRA, California
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   MARION BERRY, Arkansas
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
JOHN CAMPBELL, California            ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio              ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, 
JON C. PORTER, Nevada                Virginia
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon
[VACANCY]*                           BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
                                     DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
                                     TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
                                     GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin**
                                     [VACANCY]***

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*Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Thaddeus McCotter on May 
15, 2007.
**Appointed to the Budget Committee on March 19, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the February 16, 2007 resignation of Rep. Lois 
Capps.
***Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Betty Sutton on July 12, 
2007.

                       (Adopted January 18, 2007)

                         GENERAL APPLICABILITY

                 Rule 1.--Applicability of House Rules

    Except as otherwise specified herein, the Rules of the 
House are the rules of the committee so far as applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day is a motion of 
high privilege.

                                MEETINGS

                       Rule 2.--Regular Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting day of the committee shall be the 
second Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m., while the House is 
in session.
    (b) The chairman is authorized to dispense with a regular 
meeting when the chairman determines there is no business to be 
considered by the committee. The chairman shall give written 
notice to that effect to each member of the committee as far in 
advance of the regular meeting day as the circumstances permit.
    (c) Regular meetings shall be canceled when they conflict 
with meetings of either party's caucus or conference.

                Rule 3.--Additional and Special Meetings

    (a) The chairman may call and convene additional meetings 
of the committee as the chairman considers necessary, or 
special meetings at the request of a majority of the members of 
the committee in accordance with House rule XI, clause 2(c).
    (b) In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the 
chairman shall provide written notice of additional meetings to 
the office of each member at least 24 hours in advance while 
Congress is in session, and at least 3 days in advance when 
Congress is not in session.

                    Rule 4.--Open Business Meetings

    (a) Each meeting for the transaction of committee business, 
including the markup of measures, shall be open to the public 
except when the committee, in open session and with a quorum 
present, determines by roll call vote that all or part of the 
remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the 
public in accordance with House rule XI, clause 2(g)(1).
    (b) No person other than members of the committee and such 
congressional staff and departmental representatives as the 
committee may authorize shall be present at any business or 
markup session which has been closed to the public.

                            Rule 5.--Quorums

    A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum. No 
business shall be transacted and no measure or recommendation 
shall be reported unless a quorum is actually present.

                          Rule 6.--Recognition

    Any member, when recognized by the chairman, may address 
the committee on any bill, motion, or other matter under 
consideration before the committee. The time of such member 
shall be limited to 5 minutes until all members present have 
been afforded an opportunity to comment.

                   Rule 7.--Consideration of Business

    Measures or matters may be placed before the committee, for 
its consideration, by the chairman or by a majority vote of the 
members of the committee, a quorum being present.

                  Rule 8.--Availability of Legislation

    The committee shall consider no bill, joint resolution, or 
concurrent resolution unless copies of the measure have been 
made available to all committee members at least [4] 6 hours 
prior to the time at which such measure is to be considered. 
When considering concurrent resolutions on the budget, this 
requirement shall be satisfied by making available copies of 
the complete chairman's mark (or such material as will provide 
the basis for committee consideration). The provisions of this 
rule may be suspended with the concurrence of the chairman and 
ranking minority member.

       Rule 9.--Procedure for Consideration of Budget Resolution

    (a) It shall be the policy of the committee that the 
starting point for any deliberations on a concurrent resolution 
on the budget should be the estimated or actual levels for the 
fiscal year preceding the budget year.
    (b) In the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget, the committee shall first proceed, unless otherwise 
determined by the committee, to consider budget aggregates, 
functional categories, and other appropriate matters on a 
tentative basis, with the document before the committee open to 
amendment. Subsequent amendments may be offered to aggregates, 
functional categories, or other appropriate matters, which have 
already been amended in their entirety.
    (c) Following adoption of the aggregates, functional 
categories, and other matters, the text of a concurrent 
resolution on the budget incorporating such aggregates, 
functional categories, and other appropriate matters shall be 
considered for amendment and a final vote.

                        Rule 10.--Rollcall Votes

    A rollcall of the members may be had upon the request of at 
least one-fifth of those present. In the apparent absence of a 
quorum, a rollcall may be had on the request of any member.

                                HEARINGS


                   Rule 11.--Announcement of Hearings

    The chairman shall make a public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at least 1 
week before the hearing, beginning with the day in which the 
announcement is made and ending the day preceding the scheduled 
hearing unless the chairman, with the concurrence of the 
ranking minority member, or the committee by majority vote with 
a quorum present for the transaction of business, determines 
there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, in which case 
the chairman shall make the announcement at the earliest 
possible date.

                        Rule 12.--Open Hearings

    (a) Each hearing conducted by the committee or any of its 
task forces shall be open to the public except when the 
committee or task force, in open session and with a quorum 
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 compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or 
would violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives. 
The committee or task forces may by the same procedure vote to 
close one subsequent day of hearing.
    (b) For the purposes of House rule XI, clause 2(g)(2), the 
task forces of the committee are considered to be 
subcommittees.

                           Rule 13.--Quorums

    For the purpose of hearing testimony, not less than two 
members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

                    Rule 14.--Questioning Witnesses

    (a) Questioning of witnesses will be conducted under the 5-
minute rule unless the committee adopts a motion pursuant to 
House rule XI clause 2(j).
    (b) In questioning witnesses under the 5-minute rule:
          (1) First, the chairman and the ranking minority 
        member shall be recognized;
          (2) Next, the members present at the time the hearing 
        is called to order shall be recognized in order of 
        seniority; and
          (3) Finally, members not present at the time the 
        hearing is called to order may be recognized in the 
        order of their arrival at the hearing. In recognizing 
        members to question witnesses, the chairman may take 
        into consideration the ratio of majority members to 
        minority members and the number of majority and 
        minority members present and shall apportion the 
        recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
        disadvantage the members of the majority.

                     Rule 15.--Subpoenas and Oaths

    (a) In accordance with House rule XI, clause 2(m) subpoenas 
authorized by a majority of the committee may be issued over 
the signature of the chairman or of any member of the committee 
designated by him, and may be served by any person designated 
by the chairman or such member.
    (b) The chairman, or any member of the committee designated 
by the chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.

                    Rule 16.--Witnesses' Statements

    (a) So far as practicable, any prepared statement to be 
presented by a witness shall be submitted to the committee at 
least 24 hours in advance of presentation, and shall be 
distributed to all members of the committee in advance of 
presentation.
    (b) To the greatest extent possible, each witness appearing 
in a nongovernmental capacity shall include with the written 
statement of proposed testimony a curriculum vitae and a 
disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and program) of 
any Federal grant (or sub-grant thereof) or contract (or 
subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or 
either of the two preceding fiscal years.

                        PRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS


                       Rule 17.--Committee Prints

    All committee prints and other materials prepared for 
public distribution shall be approved by the committee prior to 
any distribution, unless such print or other material shows 
clearly on its face that it has not been approved by the 
committee.

            Rule 18.--Committee Publications on the Internet

    To the maximum extent feasible, the committee shall make 
its publications available in electronic form.

                                 STAFF


                       Rule 19.--Committee Staff

    (a) Subject to approval by the committee, and to the 
provisions of the following paragraphs, the professional and 
clerical staff of the committee shall be appointed, and may be 
removed, by the chairman.
    (b) Committee staff shall not be assigned any duties other 
than those pertaining to committee business, and shall be 
selected without regard to race, creed, sex, or age, and solely 
on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their 
respective positions.
    (c) All committee staff shall be entitled to equitable 
treatment, including comparable salaries, facilities, access to 
official committee records, leave, and hours of work.
    (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs a, b, and c, staff shall be 
employed in compliance with House rules, the Employment and 
Accountability Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and 
any other applicable Federal statutes.

                      Rule 20.--Staff Supervision

    (a) Staff shall be under the general supervision and 
direction of the chairman, who shall establish and assign their 
duties and responsibilities, delegate such authority as he 
deems appropriate, fix and adjust staff salaries (in accordance 
with House rule X, clause 9(c)) and job titles, and, at his 
discretion, arrange for their specialized training.
    (b) Staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
general supervision and direction of the minority members of 
the committee, who may delegate such authority, as they deem 
appropriate.

                                RECORDS


       Rule 21.--Preparation and Maintenance of Committee Records

    (a) A substantially verbatim account of remarks actually 
made during the proceedings shall be made of all hearings and 
business meetings subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
typographical corrections.
    (b) The proceedings of the committee shall be recorded in a 
journal, which shall among other things, include a record of 
the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded.
    (c) Members of the committee shall correct and return 
transcripts of hearings as soon as practicable after receipt 
thereof, except that any changes shall be limited to technical, 
grammatical, and typographical corrections.
    (d) Any witness may examine the transcript of his own 
testimony and make grammatical, technical, and typographical 
corrections.
    (e) The chairman may order the printing of a hearing record 
without the corrections of any member or witness if he 
determines that such member or witness has been afforded a 
reasonable time for correction, and that further delay would 
seriously impede the committee's responsibility for meeting its 
deadlines under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (f) Transcripts of hearings and meetings may be printed if 
the chairman decides it is appropriate, or if a majority of the 
members so request.

                 Rule 22.--Access to Committee Records

    (a)(1) The chairman shall promulgate regulations to provide 
for public inspection of roll call votes and to provide access 
by members to committee records (in accordance with House rule 
XI, clause 2(e)).
    (2) Access to classified testimony and information shall be 
limited to Members of Congress and to House Budget Committee 
staff and staff of the Office of Official Reporters who have 
appropriate security clearance.
    (3) Notice of the receipt of such information shall be sent 
to the committee members. Such information shall be kept in the 
committee safe, and shall be available to members in the 
committee office.
    (b) The records of the committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The chairman shall notify the ranking minority 
member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the committee for a 
determination on the written request of any member of the 
committee.

                               OVERSIGHT


                      Rule 23.--General Oversight

    (a) The committee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject of 
which is within its jurisdiction.
    (b) The committee is authorized at any time to conduct such 
investigations and studies as it may consider necessary or 
appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under 
clause (1)(d) of rule X of the Rules of the House, and, subject 
to the adoption of expense resolutions as required by clause 6 
of rule X, to incur expenses (including travel expenses) in 
connection therewith.
    (c) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform in accordance with the 
provisions of clause (2)(d) of House rule X.

                                REPORTS


                  Rule 24.--Availability Before Filing

    (a) Any report accompanying any bill or resolution ordered 
reported to the House by the committee shall be available to 
all committee members at least 36 hours prior to filing with 
the House.
    (b) No material change shall be made in any report made 
available to members pursuant to section (a) without the 
concurrence of the ranking minority member or by a majority 
vote of the committee.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other rule of the committee, either 
or both subsections (a) and (b) may be waived by the chairman 
or with a majority vote by the committee.

               Rule 25.--Report on the Budget Resolution

    The report of the committee to accompany a concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include a comparison of the 
estimated or actual levels for the year preceding the budget 
year with the proposed spending and revenue levels for the 
budget year and each out year along with the appropriate 
percentage increase or decrease for each budget function and 
aggregate. The report shall include any roll call vote on any 
motion to amend or report any measure.

Rule 26.--Parliamentarian's Status Report and Section 302 Status Report

    (a)(1) In order to carry out its duty under sections 311 
and 312 of the Congressional Budget Act to advise the House of 
Representatives as to the current level of spending and 
revenues as compared to the levels set forth in the latest 
agreed-upon concurrent resolution on the budget, the committee 
shall advise the Speaker on at least a monthly basis when the 
House is in session as to its estimate of the current level of 
spending and revenue. Such estimates shall be prepared by the 
staff of the committee, transmitted to the Speaker in the form 
of a Parliamentarian's Status Report, and printed in the 
Congressional Record.
    (2) The committee authorizes the chairman, in consultation 
with the ranking minority member, to transmit to the Speaker 
the Parliamentarian's Status Report described above.
    (b)(1) In order to carry out its duty under sections 302 
and 312 of the Congressional Budget Act to advise the House of 
Representatives as to the current level of spending within the 
jurisdiction of committees as compared to the appropriate 
allocations made pursuant to the Budget Act in conformity with 
the latest agreed-upon concurrent resolution on the budget, the 
committee shall, as necessary, advise the Speaker as to its 
estimate of the current level of spending within the 
jurisdiction of appropriate committees. Such estimates shall be 
prepared by the staff of the committee and transmitted to the 
Speaker in the form of a Section 302 Status Report.
    (2) The committee authorizes the chairman, in consultation 
with the ranking minority member, to transmit to the Speaker 
the Section 302 Status Report described above.

                       Rule 27.--Activity Report

    After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, the Chair of the committee may file 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, if 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.

                             MISCELLANEOUS


            Rule 28.--Broadcasting of Meetings and Hearings

    (a) It shall be the policy of the committee to give all 
news media access to open hearings of the committee, subject to 
the requirements and limitations set forth in House rule XI, 
clause 4.
    (b) Whenever any committee business meeting is open to the 
public, that meeting may be covered, in whole or in part, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, still photography, or by 
any of such methods of coverage, in accordance with House rule 
XI, clause 4.

                   Rule 29.--Appointment of Conferees

    (a) Majority party members recommended to the Speaker as 
conferees shall be recommended by the chairman subject to the 
approval of the majority party members of the committee.
    (b) The chairman shall recommend such minority party 
members as conferees as shall be determined by the minority 
party; the recommended party representation shall be in 
approximately the same proportion as that in the committee.

                           Rule 30.--Waivers

    When a reported bill or joint resolution, conference 
report, or anticipated floor amendment violates any provision 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman may, if 
practical, consult with the committee members on whether the 
chairman should recommend, in writing, that the Committee on 
Rules report a special rule that enforces the Act by not 
waiving the applicable points of order during the consideration 
of such measure.
                    Committee on Education and Labor

    GEORGE MILLER, California, 
             Chairman

HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,           DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
  California, Ranking Member         DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin           ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan             ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, 
MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware          Virginia
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan           RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois               CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania    JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
RIC KELLER, Florida                  DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           DAVID WU, Oregon
JOHN KLINE, Minnesota                RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey
CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS,              SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
  Washington                         DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas                RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona
TOM PRICE, Georgia                   TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico         LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr.,            JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
  Louisiana                          JOE SESTAK, Pennsylvania
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina        DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa
JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr., New YorkMAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania
DAVID DAVIS, Tennessee               JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TIMOTHY WALBERG, Michigan            PHIL HARE, Illinois
DEAN HELLER, Nevada*                 YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York
                                     JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut
                                     CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire

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*Appointed to the Education and Labor Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the March 9, 2007 resignation of Rep. Bob 
Inglis.

                       (Adopted January 24, 2007)

   Rule 1.--Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings: Vice Chairman

    (a) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held on the 
second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., while the House is 
in session. When the Chairman believes that the Committee will 
not be considering any bill or resolution before the Committee 
and that there is no other business to be transacted at a 
regular meeting, he will give each member of the Committee, as 
far in advance of the day of the regular meeting as the 
circumstances make practicable, a written notice to that 
effect; and no regular Committee meeting shall be held on that 
day.
    (b) 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 purposes pursuant to that call of 
the Chairman.
    (c) 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 that special meeting. 
Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff director 
of the Committee 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 seven calendar days after the filing 
of the request, a majority of the members of the Committee may 
file in the offices of the Committee their written notice that 
a special meeting of the Committee will be held, specifying the 
date and hour thereof, and the measure or matter to be 
considered at that special meeting. The Committee shall meet on 
that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the notice, 
the staff director 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.
    (d) Legislative meetings of the Committee and its 
subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage, unless such meetings 
are closed pursuant to the requirements of House Rules. No 
business meeting of the Committee, other than regularly 
scheduled meetings, may be held without each member being given 
reasonable notice.
    (e) The Chairman of the Committee or of a subcommittee, as 
appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings, or, in the 
absence of the Chairman, the vice chairman, or the Chairman's 
designee shall preside.

                   Rule 2.--Questioning of Witnesses

    (a) Subject to clauses (b) and (c), Committee members may 
question witnesses only when they have been recognized by the 
Chairman for that purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until 
all members present have had an opportunity to question a 
witness. The questioning of witnesses in both Committee and 
subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the Chairman, 
followed by the ranking minority party member and all other 
members alternating between the majority and minority party. 
The Chairman shall exercise discretion in determining the order 
in which members will be recognized. In recognizing members to 
question witnesses in this fashion, the Chairman shall take 
into consideration the ratio of the majority to minority party 
members present and shall establish the order of recognition 
for questioning in such a manner as not to place the members of 
the majority party in a disadvantageous position.
    (b) The Chairman may permit a specified number of members 
to question a witness for longer than five minutes. The time 
for extended questioning of a witness under this clause shall 
be equal for the majority party and the minority party and may 
not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
    (c) The Chairman may permit Committee staff for the 
majority and the minority party members to question a witness 
for equal specified periods. The time for extended questioning 
of a witness under this clause shall be equal for the majority 
party and the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the 
aggregate.

                     Rule 3.--Records and Rollcalls

    (a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the 
Committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the 
votes on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The 
result of each such roll call vote shall be made available by 
the Committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at 
reasonable times in the offices of the Committee or 
subcommittee. 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. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the 
members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any 
one member.
    (b) In accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, any official permanent record of the 
Committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight, or 
other activity of the Committee or any subcommittee) shall be 
made available for public use if such record has been in 
existence for 30 years, except that--
          (1) any record that the Committee (or a subcommittee) 
        makes available for public use before such record is 
        delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of rule VII 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
        made available immediately, including any record 
        described in subsection (a) of this rule;
          (2) any investigative record that contains personal 
        data relating to a specific living individual (the 
        disclosure of which would be an unwarranted invasion of 
        personal privacy), any administrative record with 
        respect to personnel, and any record with respect to a 
        hearing closed pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
        available if such record has been in existence for 50 
        years; or
          (3) except as otherwise provided by order of the 
        House, any record of the Committee for which a time, 
        schedule, or condition for availability is specified by 
        order of the Committee (entered during the Congress in 
        which the record is made or acquired by the Committee) 
        shall be made available in accordance with the order of 
        the Committee.
    (c) The official permanent records of the Committee include 
noncurrent records of the Committee (including subcommittees) 
delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the 
Archivist of the United States for preservation at the National 
Archives and Records Administration, which are the property of 
and remain subject to the rules and orders of the House of 
Representatives.
    (d)(1) Any order of the Committee with respect to any 
matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be 
adopted only if the notice requirements of Committee rule 17(c) 
have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the members 
of the Committee is present at the time of the vote, and a 
majority of those present and voting approve the adoption of 
the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives, together with any accompanying report.
    (2) This subsection applies to any order of the Committee 
which--(A) provides for the non-availability of any record 
subject to subsection (b) of this rule for a period longer than 
the period otherwise applicable; or
    (B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order under 
clause 4(b) of rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, regarding a determination of the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives with respect to authorizing the 
Archivist of the United States to make available for public use 
the records delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of rule 
VII of the Rules of the House of Representatives; or
    (C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for 
availability pursuant to subsection (b) (3) of this rule.

            Rule 4.--Standing Subcommittees and Jurisdiction

    (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees. In addition 
to the conducting oversight in the area of their respective 
jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of House rule X, each 
subcommittee shall have the following jurisdictions:
          Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and 
        Secondary Education.--Including education from early 
        learning through the high school level including, but 
        not limited to, elementary and secondary education, 
        education of the disabled, the homeless and migrant and 
        agricultural labor. Also including school construction, 
        overseas dependent schools, career and technical 
        training, school safety and alcohol and drug abuse 
        prevention, educational research and improvement, 
        including the Institute of Education Sciences; and 
        early care and education programs and early learning 
        programs, including the Head Start Act and the Child 
        Care and Development Block Grant Act.
          Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning 
        and Competitiveness.--Education and training beyond the 
        high school level including, but not limited to higher 
        education generally, postsecondary student assistance 
        and employment services, the Higher Education Act; 
        postsecondary career and technical education, training 
        and apprenticeship including the Workforce Investment 
        Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic education 
        (family literacy), rehabilitation, professional 
        development, and training programs from immigration 
        funding; pre-service and in-service teacher training, 
        including Title II of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act and Title II of the Higher Education Act; 
        science and technology programs; affirmative action in 
        higher education; Title IX of the Education Amendments 
        of 1972; all welfare reform programs including, work 
        incentive programs, welfare-to-work requirements; the 
        Native American Programs Act, the Robert A. Taft 
        Institute, and Institute for Peace.
          Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.--
        Adolescent development and training programs, including 
        but not limited to those providing for the care and 
        treatment of certain at risk youth, including the 
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and the 
        Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; all matters dealing 
        with child abuse and domestic violence, including the 
        Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and child 
        adoption; school lunch and child nutrition, poverty 
        programs including the Community Services Block Grant 
        Act, and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
        (LIHEAP); all matters dealing with programs and 
        services for the elderly, including nutrition programs 
        and the Older Americans Act; environmental education; 
        all domestic volunteer programs; library services and 
        construction, and programs related to the arts and 
        humanities, museum services, and arts and artifacts 
        indemnity.
          Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and 
        hours of labor including, but not limited to, Davis-
        Bacon Act, Walsh-Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, 
        workers' compensation including, Longshore and Harbor 
        Workers' Compensation Act, Federal Employees' 
        Compensation Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
        Worker Protection Act, Service Contract Act, Family and 
        Medical Leave Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
        Notification Act, including training for dislocated 
        workers, Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, 
        trade and immigration issues as they impact employers 
        and workers, and workers' health and safety including, 
        but not limited to, occupational safety and health, 
        mine health and safety, youth camp safety, and migrant 
        and agricultural labor health and safety.
          Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and 
        Pensions.--All matters dealing with relationships 
        between employers and workers generally including, but 
        not limited to, the National Labor Relations Act, Labor 
        Management Relations Act, Labor-Management Reporting 
        and Disclosure Act, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
        employment-related retirement security, including 
        pension, health and other employee benefits, the 
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); all 
        matters related to equal employment opportunity and 
        civil rights in employment, including affirmative 
        action.
    (b) The majority party members of the Committee may provide 
for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be 
appropriate.

                     Rule 5.--Ex Officio Membership

    The Chairman of the Committee and the ranking minority 
party member shall be ex officio members, but not voting 
members, of each subcommittee to which such Chairman or ranking 
minority party member has not been assigned.

                 Rule 6.--Special Assignment of Members

    To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and 
investigative activities of the Committee, the Chairman of the 
Committee may, at the request of a subcommittee chairman, make 
a temporary assignment of any member of the Committee to such 
subcommittee for the purpose of constituting a quorum and of 
enabling such member to participate in any public hearing, 
investigation, or study by such subcommittee to be held outside 
of Washington, DC. Any member of the Committee may attend 
public hearings of any subcommittee and any member of the 
Committee may question witnesses only when they have been 
recognized by the Chairman for that purpose.

                    Rule 7.--Subcommittee Scheduling

    Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting dates after 
consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee chairmen 
with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of 
Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever 
possible. Available dates for subcommittee meetings during the 
session shall be assigned by the Chairman to the subcommittees 
as nearly as practicable in rotation and in accordance with 
their workloads. As far as practicable, the Chairman shall not 
schedule simultaneous subcommittee markups, a subcommittee 
markup during a full Committee markup, or any hearing during a 
markup.

                      Rule 8.--Subcommittee Rules

    The rules of the Committee shall be the rules of its 
subcommittees.

                        Rule 9.--Committee Staff

    (a) The employees of the Committee shall be appointed by 
the Chairman in consultation with subcommittee chairmen and 
other majority party members of the Committee within the budget 
approved for such purposes by the Committee.
    (b) The staff appointed by the minority shall have their 
remuneration determined in such manner as the minority party 
members of the Committee shall determine within the budget 
approved for such purposes by the Committee.

          Rule 10.--Supervision and Duties of Committee Staff

    The staff of the Committee 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 authority as he determines appropriate. 
The staff appointed by the minority shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the minority party members of the 
Committee, who may delegate such authority as they determine 
appropriate. All Committee staff shall be assigned to Committee 
business and no other duties may be assigned to them.

                      Rule 11.--Hearings Procedure

    (a) The Chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted 
by the Committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chairman, in 
the case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, shall 
make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter 
of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or matter at 
least one week before the commencement of that hearing unless 
the Committee or subcommittee determines that there is good 
cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. In the latter 
event, the Chairman or the subcommittee chairman, as the case 
may be, shall make such public announcement at the earliest 
possible date. To the extent practicable, the Chairman or the 
subcommittee chairman shall make public announcement of the 
final list of witnesses scheduled to testify at least 48 hours 
before the commencement of the hearing. The staff director of 
the Committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of 
the Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public 
announcement is made.
    (b) All opening statements at hearings conducted by the 
Committee or any subcommittee will be made part of the 
permanent written record. Opening statements by members may not 
be presented orally, unless the Chairman of the Committee or 
any subcommittee determines that one statement from the 
Chairman or a designee will be presented, in which case the 
ranking minority party member or a designee may also make a 
statement. If a witness scheduled to testify at any hearing of 
the Committee or any subcommittee is a constituent of a member 
of the Committee or subcommittee, such member shall be entitled 
to introduce such witness at the hearing.
    (c) To the extent practicable, witnesses who are to appear 
before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with the 
staff director of the Committee, at least 48 hours in advance 
of their appearance, a written statement of their proposed 
testimony, together with a brief summary thereof, and shall 
limit their oral presentation to a summary thereof. The staff 
director of the Committee shall promptly furnish to the staff 
director of the minority a copy of such testimony submitted to 
the Committee pursuant to this rule.
    (d) When any hearing is conducted by the Committee or any 
subcommittee upon any measure or matter, the minority party 
members on the Committee shall be entitled, upon request to the 
Chairman by a majority of those minority party 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. The minority party 
may waive this right by calling at least one witness during a 
Committee hearing or subcommittee hearing.

                  Rule 12.--Meetings--Hearings--Quorum

    (a) Subcommittees are authorized to hold hearings, receive 
exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the Committee for final 
action, together with such recommendations as may be agreed 
upon by the subcommittee. No such meetings or hearings, 
however, shall be held outside of Washington, DC, or during a 
recess or adjournment of the House without the prior 
authorization of the Committee Chairman. Where feasible and 
practicable, 14 days' notice will be given of such meeting or 
hearing.
    (b) One-third of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action 
other than amending Committee rules, closing a meeting from the 
public, reporting a measure or recommendation, or in the case 
of the Committee or a subcommittee authorizing a subpoena. For 
the enumerated actions, a majority of the Committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any two members shall 
constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and 
receiving evidence.
    (c) When a bill or resolution is being considered by the 
Committee or a subcommittee, members shall provide the clerk in 
a timely manner a sufficient number of written copies of any 
amendment offered, so as to enable each member present to 
receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. A point of order 
may be made against any amendment not reduced to writing. A 
copy of each such amendment shall be maintained in the public 
records of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.
    (d) In the conduct of hearings of subcommittees sitting 
jointly, the rules otherwise applicable to all subcommittees 
shall likewise apply to joint subcommittee hearings for 
purposes of such shared consideration.
    (e) No person other than a Member of Congress or 
Congressional staff may walk in, stand in, or be seated at the 
rostrum area during a meeting or hearing of the Committee or 
subcommittee unless authorized by the Chairman.

                      Rule 13.--Subpoena Authority

    The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to 
the Chairman of the full Committee, as provided for under 
clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the ranking minority 
member prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To 
the extent practicable, the Chairman shall consult with the 
ranking minority member at least 24 hours in advance of a 
subpoena being issued under such authority, excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. As soon as 
practicable after issuing any subpoena under such authority, 
the Chairman shall notify in writing all members of the 
Committee of the issuance of the subpoena.

                   Rule 14.--Reports of Subcommittees

    (a) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, resolution, 
or other matter to be reported to the Committee, the chairman 
of the subcommittee reporting the bill, resolution, or matter 
to the Committee, or any member authorized by the subcommittee 
to do so, may report such bill, resolution, or matter to the 
Committee. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the 
subcommittee to report or cause to be reported promptly such 
bill, resolution, or matter, and to take or cause to be taken 
the necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, or matter 
to a vote.
    (b) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in 
subsection (d) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a measure 
which has been approved by the subcommittee shall be filed 
within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the 
House is not in session) after the day on which there has been 
filed with the staff director of the Committee a written 
request, signed by a majority of the members of the 
subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the 
filing of any such request, the staff director of the Committee 
shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the subcommittee 
a notice of the filing of that request.
    (c) All Committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant 
to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, 
shall contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such 
report:

          This report has not been officially adopted by the 
        Committee on Education and Labor (or pertinent 
        subcommittee thereof) and therefore may not necessarily 
        reflect the views of its members.

    The minority party members of the Committee or subcommittee 
shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and 
holidays, to file, as part of the printed report, supplemental, 
minority, or additional views.
    (d) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported 
by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the agenda 
of the Committee as of the time they are reported. No bill or 
resolution or other matter reported by a subcommittee shall be 
considered by the full Committee unless it has been delivered 
or electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior 
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48 
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee 
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of such 
bill, resolution, or other matter reported. When a bill is 
reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be accompanied 
by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the Chairman of the 
Committee so requires (in response to a request from the 
ranking minority member of the Committee or for other reasons), 
a comparison showing proposed changes in existing law.
    (e) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant 
to a Committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall be 
available to members no later than 48 hours prior to 
consideration of any such report by the Committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be.

                            Rule 15.--Votes

    (a) With respect to each roll call vote on a motion to 
report any bill, resolution or matter of a public character, 
and on any amendment offered thereto, 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.
    (b) In accordance with clause 2(h) of House rule XI, the 
Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee is authorized to 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment. Such Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request 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.
    (c) In determining the order in which amendments to a 
matter pending before the committee will be considered, the 
Chairman may give priority to:
          (1) The Chairman's mark, and
          (2) Amendments, otherwise in order, that have been 
        filed with the Committee at least 24 hours prior to the 
        Committee or subcommittee business meeting on said 
        measure or matter.

                   Rule 16.--Authorization for Travel

    (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved; the 
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of Committee 
members and staff. Travel to be paid from funds set aside for 
the full Committee for any member or any staff member shall be 
paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chairman. Travel 
may be authorized by the Chairman for any member and any staff 
member in connection with the attendance of hearings conducted 
by the Committee or any subcommittee thereof and meetings, 
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or 
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. 
The Chairman shall review travel requests to assure the 
validity to Committee business. Before such authorization is 
given, there shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing the 
following:
          (1) The purpose of the travel;
          (2) The dates during which the travel is to be made 
        and the date or dates of the event for which the travel 
        is being made;
          (3) The location of the event for which the travel is 
        to be made; and
          (4) The names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of 
members and staff of the Committee for the purpose of 
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject matter 
under the legislative assignment of the Committee or pertinent 
subcommittees, prior authorization must be obtained from the 
Chairman, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from the 
subcommittee chairman and the Chairman. Before such 
authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the 
Chairman, in writing, a request for such authorization. Each 
request, which shall be filed in a manner that allows for a 
reasonable period of time for review before such travel is 
scheduled to begin, shall include the following:
          (A) The purpose of travel;
          (B) The dates during which the travel will occur;
          (C) The names of the countries to be visited and the 
        length of time to be spent in each;
          (D) An agenda of anticipated activities for each 
        country for which travel is authorized together with a 
        description of the purpose to be served and the areas 
        of Committee jurisdiction involved; and
          (E) The names of members and staff for whom 
        authorization is sought.
    (2) Requests for travel outside the United States may be 
initiated by the Chairman or the chairman of a subcommittee 
(except that individuals may submit a request to the Chairman 
for the purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and shall 
be limited to members and permanent employees of the Committee.
    (3) The Chairman shall not approve a request involving 
travel outside the United States while the House is in session 
(except in the case of attendance at meetings and conferences 
or where circumstances warrant an exception).
    (4) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study, 
meeting, or conference for which travel outside the United 
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, each 
subcommittee (or members and staff attending meetings or 
conferences) shall submit a written report to the Chairman 
covering the activities of the subcommittee and containing the 
results of these activities and other pertinent observations or 
information gained as a result of such travel.
    (c) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such 
travel, including rules, procedures, and limitations prescribed 
by the Committee on House Administration with respect to 
domestic and foreign expense allowances.
    (d) Prior to the Chairman's authorization for any travel, 
the ranking minority party member shall be given a copy of the 
written request therefor.

      Rule 17.--Referral of Bills, Resolutions, and Other Matters

    (a) The Chairman shall consult with subcommittee chairmen 
regarding referral, to the appropriate subcommittees, of such 
bills, resolutions, and other matters, which have been referred 
to the Committee. Once printed copies of a bill, resolution, or 
other matter are available to the Committee, the Chairman 
shall, within three weeks of such availability, provide notice 
of referral, if any, to the appropriate subcommittee.
    (b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be made until 
three days shall have elapsed after written notification of 
such proposed referral to all subcommittee chairmen, at which 
time such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more 
subcommittee chairmen shall have given written notice to the 
Chairman of the full Committee and to the chairman of each 
subcommittee that he [or she] intends to question such proposed 
referral at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the 
Committee, or at a special meeting of the Committee called for 
that purpose, at which time referral shall be made by the 
majority members of the Committee. All bills shall be referred 
under this rule to the subcommittee of proper jurisdiction 
without regard to whether the author is or is not a member of 
the subcommittee. A bill, resolution, or other matter referred 
to a subcommittee in accordance with this rule may be recalled 
therefrom 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.
    (c) All members of the Committee shall be given at least 24 
hours' notice prior to the direct consideration of any bill, 
resolution, or other matter by the Committee; but this 
requirement may be waived upon determination, by a majority of 
the members voting, that emergency or urgent circumstances 
require immediate consideration thereof.

                      Rule 18.--Committee Reports

    (a) All Committee reports on bills or resolutions shall 
comply with the provisions of clause 2 of rule XI and clauses 
2, 3, and 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) No such report shall be filed until copies of the 
proposed report have been available to all members at least 36 
hours prior to such filing in the House. No material change 
shall be made in the report distributed to members unless 
agreed to by majority vote; but any member or members of the 
Committee may file, as part of the printed report, individual, 
minority, or dissenting views, without regard to the preceding 
provisions of this rule.
    (c) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the 
end of the period provided under clause 4 of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives after the Committee 
approves a measure or matter if a member, at the time of such 
approval, gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views for inclusion as part of the 
printed report.
    (d) The report on activities of the Committee required 
under clause 1 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall include the following disclaimer in the 
document transmitting the report to the Clerk of the House:

          This report has not been officially adopted by the 
        Committee on Education and Labor or any subcommittee 
        thereof and therefore may not necessarily reflect the 
        views of its members.

Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was 
circulated to all members of the Committee at least 7 days 
prior to its submission to the House and provision is made for 
the filing by any member, as part of the printed report, of 
individual, minority, or dissenting views.

          Rule 19.--Measures To Be Considered Under Suspension

    A member of the Committee may not seek to suspend the Rules 
of the House on any bill, resolution, or other matter which has 
been modified after such measure is ordered reported, unless 
notice of such action has been given to the Chairman and 
ranking minority member of the full Committee.

                     Rule 20.--Budget and Expenses

    (a) The Chairman in consultation with the majority party 
members of the Committee shall prepare a preliminary budget. 
Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff 
personnel, for necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the committee; and, after consultation with the 
minority party membership, the Chairman shall include amounts 
budgeted to the minority party members for staff personnel to 
be under the direction and supervision of the minority party, 
travel expenses of minority party members and staff, and 
minority party office expenses. All travel expenses of minority 
party members and staff shall be paid for out of the amounts so 
set aside and budgeted. The Chairman shall take whatever action 
is necessary to have the budget as finally approved by the 
Committee duly authorized by the House. After such budget shall 
have been adopted, no change shall be made in such budget 
unless approved by the Committee. The Chairman or the chairman 
of any standing subcommittee may initiate necessary travel 
requests as provided in rule 16 within the limits of their 
portion of the consolidated budget as approved by the House, 
and the Chairman may execute necessary vouchers therefor.
    (b) Subject to the Rules of the House of Representatives 
and procedures prescribed by the Committee on House 
Administration, and with the prior authorization of the 
Chairman of the Committee in each case, there may be expended 
in any one session of Congress for necessary travel expenses of 
witnesses attending hearings in Washington, DC:
          (1) Out of funds budgeted and set aside for each 
        subcommittee, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of 
        witnesses attending hearings of each such subcommittee;
          (2) Out of funds budgeted for the full Committee 
        majority, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of 
        witnesses attending full Committee hearings; and
          (3) Out of funds set aside to the minority party 
        members,
                  (A) Not to exceed, for each of the 
                subcommittees, $5,000 for expenses of witnesses 
                attending subcommittee hearings, and
                  (B) Not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of 
                witnesses attending full Committee hearings.
    (c) A full and detailed monthly report accounting for all 
expenditures of Committee funds shall be maintained in the 
Committee office, where it shall be available to each member of 
the committee. Such report shall show the amount and purpose of 
each expenditure, and the budget to which such expenditure is 
attributed.

 Rule 21.--Appointment of Conferees, Notice of Conference Meetings and 
                           Conference Motion

    (a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes 
necessary to appoint conferees, the Chairman shall recommend to 
the Speaker as conferees the names of those members of the 
subcommittee which handled the legislation in the order of 
their seniority upon such subcommittee and such other Committee 
members as the Chairman may designate with the approval of the 
majority party members. Recommendations of the Chairman to the 
Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority party members to 
minority party members no less favorable to the majority party 
than the ratio of majority members to minority party members on 
the full committee. In making assignments of minority party 
members as conferees, the Chairman shall consult with the 
ranking minority party member of the Committee.
    (b) After the appointment of conferees pursuant to clause 
11 of rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives for 
matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, the Chairman 
shall notify all members appointed to the conference of 
meetings at least 48 hours before the commencement of the 
meeting. If such notice is not possible, then notice shall be 
given as soon as possible.
    (c) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

       Rule 22.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    (a) Television, Radio and Still Photography.--(1) Whenever 
a hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee or any 
subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall be 
open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography 
subject to the requirements of clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives and except when the hearing or 
meeting is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and of the Committee. The coverage of any 
hearing or meeting of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof 
by television, radio, or still photography shall be under the 
direct supervision of the Chairman of the Committee, the 
subcommittee chairman, or other member of the Committee 
presiding at such hearing or meeting and may be terminated by 
such member in accordance with the Rules of the House.
    (2) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and 
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (3) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall 
be then currently accredited to the Press Photographers' 
Gallery.
    (b) Internet Broadcast.--An open meeting or hearing of the 
Committee or subcommittee may be covered and recorded, in whole 
or in part, by Internet broadcast, unless such meeting or 
hearing is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House and of the 
Committee. Such coverage shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with clause 4(b) of House rule XI and other 
applicable rules of the House of Representatives and of the 
Committee. Members of the Committee shall have prompt access to 
any recording of such coverage to the extent that such coverage 
is maintained. Personnel providing such coverage shall be 
employees of the House of Representatives or currently 
accredited to the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
Galleries.

                  Rule 23.--Changes in Committee Rules

    The Committee shall not consider a proposed change in these 
rules unless the text of such change has been delivered or 
electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior 
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48 
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee 
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of the 
proposed change.
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

    JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan, 
             Chairman

JOE BARTON, Texas,                   HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
  Ranking Member                     EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
RALPH M. HALL, Texas                 RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois          EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
FRED UPTON, Michigan                 FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida               BART GORDON, Tennessee
NATHAN DEAL, Georgia                 BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois
ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky               ANNA G. ESHOO, California
BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming               BART STUPAK, Michigan
JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois               ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico           ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN, Maryland
JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona             GENE GREEN, Texas
CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING,       DIANA DeGETTE, Colorado, Vice 
  Mississippi                        Chairman
VITO FOSSELLA, New York              LOIS CAPPS, California
STEVE BUYER, Indiana                 MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania
GEORGE RADANOVICH, California        JANE HARMAN, California
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania        THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
MARY BONO, California                JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois
GREG WALDEN, Oregon                  HILDA L. SOLIS, California
LEE TERRY, Nebraska                  CHARLES A GONZALEZ, Texas
MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey            JAY INSLEE, Washington
MIKE ROGERS, Michigan                TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin
SUE WILKINS MYRICK,                  MIKE ROSS, Arkansas
  North Carolina                     DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon
JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma*             ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania             JIM MATHESON, Utah
MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas            G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina
MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee**        CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana
                                     JOHN BARROW, Georgia
                                     BARON P. HILL, Indiana

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*Appointed to the Energy and Commerce Committee June 27, 2007.
**Appointed to the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Rep. Charlie Norwood on 
February 13, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 10, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) Rules of the Committee.--The Rules of the House are the 
rules of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (hereinafter the 
``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far as is applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to 
dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or 
resolution, if printed copies are available, is nondebatable 
and privileged in the Committee and its subcommittees.
    (b) Rules of the Subcommittees.--Each subcommittee of the 
Committee is part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so 
far as applicable. Written rules adopted by the Committee, not 
inconsistent with the Rules of the House, shall be binding on 
each subcommittee of the Committee.

                  Rule 2.--Time and Place of Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Days.--The Committee shall meet on the 
fourth Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m., for the consideration 
of bills, resolutions, and other business, if the House is in 
session on that day. If the House is not in session on that day 
and the Committee has not met during such month, the Committee 
shall meet at the earliest practicable opportunity when the 
House is again in session. The chairman of the Committee may, 
at his discretion, cancel, delay, or defer any meeting required 
under this section, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member.
    (b) Additional Meetings.--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 purposes 
pursuant to that call of the chairman.
    (c) Vice Chairmen; Presiding Member.--The chairman shall 
designate a member of the majority party to serve as vice 
chairman of the Committee, and shall designate a majority 
member of each subcommittee to serve as vice chairman of each 
subcommittee. The vice chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be, shall preside at any meeting 
or hearing during the temporary absence of the chairman. If the 
chairman and vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee are 
not present at any meeting or hearing, the ranking member of 
the majority party who is present shall preside at the meeting 
or hearing.
    (d) Open Meetings and Hearings.--Except as provided by the 
Rules of the House, each meeting of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees for the transaction of business, including the 
markup of legislation, and each hearing, shall be open to the 
public including to radio, television and still photography 
coverage, consistent with the provisions of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.

                            Rule 3.--Agenda

    The agenda for each Committee or subcommittee meeting 
(other than a hearing), setting out the date, time, place, and 
all items of business to be considered, shall be provided to 
each member of the Committee at least 36 hours in advance of 
such meeting.

                           Rule 4.--Procedure

    (a)(1) Hearings.--The date, time, place, and subject matter 
of any hearing of the Committee or any of its subcommittees 
shall be announced at least one week in advance of the 
commencement of such hearing, unless the Committee or 
subcommittee determines in accordance with clause 2(g)(3) of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House that there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner.
    (2)(A) Meetings.--The date, time, place, and subject matter 
of any meeting (other than a hearing) scheduled on a Tuesday, 
Wednesday, or Thursday when the House will be in session, shall 
be announced at least 36 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such days) in advance of the commencement of such meeting.
    (3) Motions.--Pursuant to clause 1(a)(2) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House, privileged motions to recess from day to 
day, or recess subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 
hours), and to dispense with the first reading (in full) of a 
bill or resolution if printed copies are available shall be 
decided without debate.
    (B) Other Meetings.--The date, time, place, and subject 
matter of a meeting (other than a hearing or a meeting to which 
subparagraph (A) applies) shall be announced at least 72 hours 
in advance of the commencement of such meeting.
    (b)(1) Requirements for Testimony.--Each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with 
the clerk of the Committee, at least two working days in 
advance of his or her appearance, sufficient copies, as 
determined by the chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, 
of a written statement of his or her proposed testimony to 
provide to members and staff of the Committee or subcommittee, 
the news media, and the general public. Each witness shall, to 
the greatest extent practicable, also provide a copy of such 
written testimony in an electronic format prescribed by the 
chairman. Each witness shall limit his or her oral presentation 
to a brief summary of the argument. The chairman of the 
Committee or of a subcommittee, or the presiding member, may 
waive the requirements of this paragraph or any part thereof.
    (2) Additional Requirements for Testimony.--To the greatest 
extent practicable, the written testimony of each witness 
appearing in a non-governmental capacity shall include 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 preceding fiscal years 
by the witness or by an entity represented by the witness.
    (c)(1) Questioning Witnesses.--The right to interrogate the 
witnesses before the Committee or any of its subcommittees 
shall alternate between majority and minority members. Each 
member shall be limited to 5 minutes in the interrogation of 
witnesses until such time as each member who so desires has had 
an opportunity to question witnesses. No member shall be 
recognized for a second period of 5 minutes to interrogate a 
witness until each member of the Committee present has been 
recognized once for that purpose. While the Committee or 
subcommittee is operating under the 5-minute rule for the 
interrogation of witnesses, the chairman shall recognize in 
order of appearance members who were not present when the 
meeting was called to order after all members who were present 
when the meeting was called to order have been recognized in 
the order of seniority on the Committee or subcommittee, as the 
case may be.
    (2) Questions for the Record.--Each member may submit to 
the Chairman of the Committee or the subcommittee additional 
questions for the record, to be answered by the witnesses who 
have appeared. Each member shall provide a copy of the 
questions in an electronic format to the clerk of the Committee 
no later than ten business days following a hearing. The 
Chairman shall transmit all questions received from members of 
the Committee or the subcommittee to the appropriate witness, 
and include the transmittal letter and the responses from the 
witnesses in the hearing record.
    (d) Explanation of Subcommittee Action.--No bill, 
recommendation, or other matter reported by a subcommittee 
shall be considered by the full Committee unless the text of 
the matter reported, together with an explanation, has been 
available to members of the Committee for at least 36 hours. 
Such explanation shall include a summary of the major 
provisions of the legislation, an explanation of the 
relationship of the matter to present law, and a summary of the 
need for the legislation. All subcommittee actions shall be 
reported promptly by the clerk of the Committee to all members 
of the Committee.
    (e) Opening Statements.--(1) All written opening statements 
at hearings conducted by the committee or any of its 
subcommittees shall be made part of the permanent hearing 
record.
    (2) Statements shall be limited to 5 minutes each for the 
chairman and ranking minority member (or their respective 
designee) of the Committee or subcommittee, as applicable, and 
3 minutes each for all other members. With the consent of the 
Committee, prior to the recognition of the first witness for 
testimony, any Member, when recognized for an opening 
statement, may completely defer his or her opening statement 
and instead use those three minutes during the initial round of 
questioning.
    (3) At any hearing of the full Committee, the chairman may 
limit opening statements for Members (including, at the 
discretion of the Chairman, the chairman and ranking minority 
member) to one minute. At any hearing conducted by any 
subcommittee, the chairman of that subcommittee, with the 
consent of its ranking minority member, may reduce the time for 
statements by members or defer statements until the conclusion 
of testimony.

      Rule 5.--Waiver of Agenda, Notice, and Layover Requirements

    Requirements of rules 3, 4(a)(2), and 4(d) may be waived by 
a majority of those present and voting (a majority being 
present) of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.

                            Rule 6.--Quorum

    Testimony may be taken and evidence received at any hearing 
at which there are present not fewer than two members of the 
Committee or subcommittee in question. A majority of the 
members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the 
purposes of reporting any measure or matter, of authorizing a 
subpoena, or of closing a meeting or hearing pursuant to clause 
2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the House (except as provided 
in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)). For the purposes of taking any 
action other than those specified in the preceding sentence, 
one-third of the members of the Committee or subcommittee shall 
constitute a quorum.

                  Rule 7.--Official Committee Records

    (a)(1) Journal.--The proceedings of the Committee shall be 
recorded in a journal which shall, among other things, show 
those present at each meeting, and include a record of the vote 
on any question on which a record vote is demanded and a 
description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
proposition voted. A copy of the journal shall be furnished to 
the ranking minority member.
    (2) Record Votes.--A record vote may be demanded by one-
fifth of the members present or, in the apparent absence of a 
quorum, by any one member. No demand for a record vote shall be 
made or obtained except for the purpose of procuring a record 
vote or in the apparent absence of a quorum. The result of each 
record vote in any meeting of the Committee shall be made 
available in the Committee office for inspection by the public, 
as provided in rule XI, clause 2(e) of the Rules of the House.
    (b) Archived Records.--The records of the Committee at the 
National Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
available for public use in accordance with rule VII of the 
Rules of the House. The chairman shall notify the ranking 
minority member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee 
for a determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee. The chairman shall consult with the ranking minority 
member on any communication from the Archivist of the United 
States or the Clerk of the House concerning the disposition of 
noncurrent records pursuant to clause 3(b) of the rule.

                         Rule 8.--Subcommittees

    There shall be such standing subcommittees with such 
jurisdiction and size as determined by the majority party 
caucus of the Committee. The jurisdiction, number, and size of 
the subcommittees shall be determined by the majority party 
caucus prior to the start of the process for establishing 
subcommittee chairmanships and assignments.

              Rule 9.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive testimony, mark up legislation, and report to the 
Committee on all matters referred to it. Subcommittee chairmen 
shall set hearing and meeting dates only with the approval of 
the chairman of the Committee with a view toward assuring the 
availability of meeting rooms and avoiding simultaneous 
scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings 
whenever possible.

          Rule 10.--Reference of Legislation and Other Matters

    All legislation and other matters referred to the Committee 
shall be referred to the subcommittee of appropriate 
jurisdiction within two weeks of the date of receipt by the 
Committee unless action is taken by the full committee within 
those two weeks, or by majority vote of the members of the 
Committee, consideration is to be by the full Committee. In the 
case of legislation or other matter within the jurisdiction of 
more than one subcommittee, the chairman of the Committee may, 
in his discretion, refer the matter simultaneously to two or 
more subcommittees for concurrent consideration, or may 
designate a subcommittee of primary jurisdiction and also refer 
the matter to one or more additional subcommittees for 
consideration in sequence (subject to appropriate time 
limitations), either on its initial referral or after the 
matter has been reported by the subcommittee of primary 
jurisdiction. Such authority shall include the authority to 
refer such legislation or matter to an ad hoc subcommittee 
appointed by the chairman, with the approval of the Committee, 
from the members of the subcommittee having legislative or 
oversight jurisdiction.

                    Rule 11.--Ratio of Subcommittees

    The majority caucus of the Committee shall determine an 
appropriate ratio of majority to minority party members for 
each subcommittee and the chairman shall negotiate that ratio 
with the minority party, provided that the ratio of party 
members on each subcommittee shall be no less favorable to the 
majority than that of the full Committee, nor shall such ratio 
provide for a majority of less than two majority members.

                   Rule 12.--Subcommittee Membership

    (a) Selection of Subcommittee Members.--Prior to any 
organizational meeting held by the Committee, the majority and 
minority caucuses shall select their respective members of the 
standing subcommittees.
    (b) Ex Officio Members.--The chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee shall be ex officio members with voting 
privileges of each subcommittee of which they are not assigned 
as members and may be counted for purposes of establishing a 
quorum in such subcommittees.

           Rule 13.--Managing Legislation on the House Floor

    The chairman, in his discretion, shall designate which 
member shall manage legislation reported by the Committee to 
the House.

    Rule 14.--Committee Professional and Clerical Staff Appointments

    (a) Delegation of Staff.--Whenever the chairman of the 
Committee determines that any professional staff member 
appointed pursuant to the provisions of clause 9 of rule X of 
the House of Representatives, who is assigned to such chairman 
and not to the ranking minority member, by reason of such 
professional staff member's expertise or qualifications will be 
of assistance to one or more subcommittees in carrying out 
their assigned responsibilities, he may delegate such member to 
such subcommittees for such purpose. A delegation of a member 
of the professional staff pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made after consultation with subcommittee chairmen and with the 
approval of the subcommittee chairman or chairmen involved.
    (b) Minority Professional Staff.--Professional staff 
members appointed pursuant to clause 9 of rule X of the House 
of Representatives, who are assigned to the ranking minority 
member of the Committee and not to the chairman of the 
Committee, shall be assigned to such Committee business as the 
minority party members of the Committee consider advisable.
    (c) Additional Staff Appointments.--In addition to the 
professional staff appointed pursuant to clause 9 of rule X of 
the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee 
shall be entitled to make such appointments to the professional 
and clerical staff of the Committee as may be provided within 
the budget approved for such purposes by the Committee. Such 
appointee shall be assigned to such business of the full 
Committee as the chairman of the Committee considers advisable.
    (d) Sufficient Staff.--The chairman shall ensure that 
sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to 
carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
Committee.
    (e) Fair Treatment of Minority Members in Appointment of 
Committee Staff.--The chairman shall ensure that the minority 
members of the Committee are treated fairly in appointment of 
Committee staff.
    (f) Contracts for Temporary or Intermittent Services.--Any 
contract for the temporary services or intermittent service of 
individual consultants or organizations to make studies or 
advise the Committee or its subcommittees with respect to any 
matter within their jurisdiction shall be deemed to have been 
approved by a majority of the members of the Committee if 
approved by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee. Such approval shall not be deemed to have been given 
if at least one-third of the members of the Committee request 
in writing that the Committee formally act on such a contract, 
if the request is made within 10 days after the latest date on 
which such chairman or chairmen, and such ranking minority 
member or members, approve such contract.

                 Rule 15.--Supervision, Duties of Staff

    (a) Supervision of Majority Staff.--The professional and 
clerical staff of the Committee not assigned to the minority 
shall be under the supervision and direction of the chairman 
who, in consultation with the chairmen of the subcommittees, 
shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities of 
such staff members and delegate such authority as he determines 
appropriate.
    (b) Supervision of Minority Staff.--The professional and 
clerical staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
supervision and direction of the minority members of the 
Committee, who may delegate such authority as they determine 
appropriate.

                       Rule 16.--Committee Budget

    (a) Preparation of Committee Budget.--The chairman of the 
Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority member 
of the Committee and the chairmen of the subcommittees, shall 
for the 110th Congress prepare a preliminary budget for the 
Committee, with such budget including necessary amounts for 
professional and clerical staff, travel, investigations, 
equipment and miscellaneous expenses of the Committee and the 
subcommittees, and which shall be adequate to fully discharge 
the Committee's responsibilities for legislation and oversight. 
Such budget shall be presented by the chairman to the majority 
party caucus of the Committee and thereafter to the full 
Committee for its approval.
    (b) Approval of the Committee Budget.--The chairman shall 
take whatever action is necessary to have the budget as finally 
approved by the Committee duly authorized by the House. No 
proposed Committee budget may be submitted to the Committee on 
House Administration unless it has been presented to and 
approved by the majority party caucus and thereafter by the 
full Committee. The chairman of the Committee may authorize all 
necessary expenses in accordance with these rules and within 
the limits of the Committee's budget as approved by the House.
    (c) Monthly Expenditures Report.--Committee members shall 
be furnished a copy of each monthly report, prepared by the 
chairman for the Committee on House Administration, which shows 
expenditures made during the reporting period and cumulative 
for the year by the Committee and subcommittees, anticipated 
expenditures for the projected Committee program, and detailed 
information on travel.

              Rule 17.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

    Any meeting or hearing that is open to the public may be 
covered in whole or in part by radio or television or still 
photography, subject to the requirements of clause 4 of rule XI 
of the Rules of the House. The coverage of any hearing or other 
proceeding of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof by 
television, radio, or still photography shall be under the 
direct supervision of the chairman of the Committee, the 
subcommittee chairman, or other member of the Committee 
presiding at such hearing or other proceeding and may be 
terminated by such member in accordance with the Rules of the 
House.

                  Rule 18.--Comptroller General Audits

    The chairman of the Committee is authorized to request 
verification examinations by the Comptroller General of the 
United States pursuant to Title V, Part A of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163), after consultation 
with the members of the Committee.

                          Rule 19.--Subpoenas

    The Committee, or any subcommittee, may authorize and issue 
a subpoena under clause 2(m)(2)(A) of rule XI of the House, if 
authorized by a majority of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee (as the case may be) voting, a quorum being 
present. Authorized subpoenas may be issued over the signature 
of the chairman of the Committee or any member designated by 
the Committee, and may be served by any person designated by 
such chairman or member. The chairman of the Committee may 
authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause during any 
period for which the House has adjourned for a period in excess 
of 3 days when, in the opinion of the chairman, authorization 
and issuance of the subpoena is necessary to obtain the 
material set forth in the subpoena. The chairman shall report 
to the members of the Committee on the authorization and 
issuance of a subpoena during the recess period as soon as 
practicable but in no event later than one week after service 
of such subpoena.

                 Rule 20.--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Approval of Travel.--Consistent with the primary 
expense resolution and such additional expense resolutions as 
may have been approved, travel to be reimbursed from funds set 
aside for the Committee for any member or any staff member 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
chairman. Travel may be authorized by the chairman for any 
member and any staff member in connection with the attendance 
of hearings conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee 
thereof and meetings, conferences, and investigations which 
involve activities or subject matter under the general 
jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such authorization is 
given there shall be submitted to the chairman in writing the 
following: (1) the purpose of the travel; (2) the dates during 
which the travel is to be made and the date or dates of the 
event for which the travel is being made; (3) the location of 
the event for which the travel is to be made; and (4) the names 
of members and staff seeking authorization.
    (b) Approval of Travel by Minority Members and Staff.--In 
the case of travel by minority party members and minority party 
professional staff for the purpose set out in (a), the prior 
approval, not only of the chairman but also of the ranking 
minority member, shall be required. Such prior authorization 
shall be given by the chairman only upon the representation by 
the ranking minority member in writing setting forth those 
items enumerated in (1), (2), (3), and (4) of paragraph (a).
                    Committee on Financial Services

   BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts, 
             Chairman

SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama,             PAUL E. KANJORKSI, Pennsylvania
  Ranking Member                     MAXINE WATERS, California
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana          CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
DEBORAH PRYCE, Ohio                  LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois
MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware          NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York
PETER T. KING, New York              MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             JULIA CARSON, Indiana
RON PAUL, Texas                      BRAD SHERMAN, California
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois         DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois               RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
GARY G. MILLER, California           CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO,                JOE BACA, California
  West Virginia                      STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
TOM FEENEY, Florida                  BRAD MILLER, North Carolina
JEB HENSARLING, Texas                DAVID SCOTT, Georgia
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey            AL GREEN, Texas
GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida           EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri
J. GRESHAM BARRETT,                  MELISSA L. BEAN, Illinois
  South Carolina                     GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania            LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico            ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas              PAUL W. HODES, New Hampshire
TOM PRICE, Georgia                   KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota
GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky                RON KLEIN, Florida
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   TIM MAHONEY, Florida
JOHN CAMPBELL, California            CHARLES A. WILSON, Ohio
ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida              ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado
MICHELE BACHMANN, Minnesota          CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
PETER J. ROSKAM, Illinois            JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas*               ROBERT WEXLER, Florida**
THADDEUS G. McCOTTER,                JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
  Michigan***                        DAN BOREN, Oklahoma
KEVIN McCARTHY****

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*Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Marsha Blackburn 
effective on that day.
**Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on January 23, 2007.
***Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on May 10, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the April 25, 2007 resignation of Rep. 
Rick Renzi.
****Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on October 2, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Rep. Paul E. Gillmor on 
September 5, 2007.

        (Adopted January 31, 2007 as amended February 13, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) The rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
on Financial Services (hereinafter in these rules referred to 
as the ``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far as 
applicable, except that a motion to recess from day to day, and 
a motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill 
or resolution, if printed copies are available, are privileged 
motions in the Committee and shall be considered without 
debate. A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read if it has been available to the members of 
the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such day).
    (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is 
subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and to 
its rules so far as applicable.
    (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the 
Committee to the extent applicable.

                           Rule 2.--Meetings

                          CALLING OF MEETINGS

    (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet on the first 
Tuesday of each month when the House is in session.
    (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee 
(hereinafter in these rules referred to as the ``Chair''), 
there is no need for the meeting.
    (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
Committee may be called by the Chair, in accordance with clause 
2(g)(3) of rule XI of the rules of the House.
    (4) Special meetings shall be called and convened by the 
Chair as provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House.

                          NOTICE FOR MEETINGS

    (b)(1) The Chair shall notify each member of the Committee 
of the agenda of each regular meeting of the Committee at least 
two calendar days before the time of the meeting.
    (2) The Chair shall provide to each member of the 
Committee, at least two calendar days before the time of each 
regular meeting for each measure or matter on the agenda a copy 
of--
          (A) the measure or materials relating to the matter 
        in question; and
          (B) an explanation of the measure or matter to be 
        considered, which, in the case of an explanation of a 
        bill, resolution, or similar measure, shall include a 
        summary of the major provisions of the legislation, an 
        explanation of the relationship of the measure to 
        present law, and a summary of the need for the 
        legislation.
    (3) The agenda and materials required under this subsection 
shall be provided to each member of the Committee at least 
three calendar days before the time of the meeting where the 
measure or matter to be considered was not approved for full 
Committee consideration by a subcommittee of jurisdiction.
    (4) The provisions of this subsection may be waived by a 
two-thirds vote of the Committee, or by the Chair with the 
concurrence of the ranking minority member.

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures

                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the 
Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the 
Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority member 
of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
    (2) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be open to 
the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House.
    (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to 
the public shall be open to coverage by television broadcast, 
radio broadcast, and still photography in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
(which are incorporated by reference as part of these rules). 
Operation and use of any Committee operated broadcast system 
shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance with clause 
4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable rules of the Committee 
and the House.
    (4) Opening statements by members at the beginning of any 
hearing or meeting of the Committee shall be limited to 5 
minutes each for the Chair or ranking minority member, or their 
respective designee, and 3 minutes each for all other members.
    (5) No person, other than a Member of Congress, Committee 
staff, or an employee of a Member when that Member has an 
amendment under consideration, may stand in or be seated at the 
rostrum area of the Committee rooms unless the Chair determines 
otherwise.

                                 QUORUM

    (b)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum.
    (2) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure 
or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or 
hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule XI of the rules of the 
House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)) or of 
releasing executive session material pursuant to clause 2(k)(7) 
of rule XI of the rules of the House.
    (3) For the purpose of taking any action other than those 
specified in paragraph (2) one-third of the members of the 
Committee shall constitute a quorum.

                                 VOTING

    (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or matter 
pending before the Committee unless the requisite number of 
members of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.
    (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any 
question before the Committee upon the request of one-fifth of 
the members present.
    (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure 
or matter may be cast by proxy.
    (4) In accordance with clause 2(e)(1)(B) of rule XI, a 
record of the vote of each member of the Committee on each 
record vote on any measure or matter before the Committee shall 
be available for public inspection at the offices of the 
Committee, and, with respect to any record vote on any motion 
to report or on any amendment, shall be included in the report 
of the Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and 
against and the names of those members voting for and against.
    (5) Postponed Record Votes.--(A) Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a 
record vote is ordered on the question of approving any measure 
or matter or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume 
proceedings on a postponed request at any time, but no later 
than the next meeting day.
    (B) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(A), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote;
    (C) 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.

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (d)(1)(A) The Chair shall make public announcement of the 
date, place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at 
least one week before the commencement of the hearing, unless 
the Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, 
or the Committee by majority vote with a quorum present for the 
transaction of business, determines there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, in which case the Chair shall make 
the announcement at the earliest possible date.
    (B) Not less than three days before the commencement of a 
hearing announced under this paragraph, the Chair shall provide 
to the members of the Committee a concise summary of the 
subject of the hearing, or, in the case of a hearing on a 
measure or matter, a copy of the measure or materials relating 
to the matter in question and a concise explanation of the 
measure or matter to be considered.
    (2) To the greatest extent practicable--
          (A) each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee shall file with the Committee two business 
        days in advance of the appearance sufficient copies 
        (including a copy in electronic form), as determined by 
        the Chair, of a written statement of proposed testimony 
        and shall limit the oral presentation to the Committee 
        to brief summary thereof; and
          (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental 
        capacity shall include with the written statement of 
        proposed testimony 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 preceding fiscal years.
    (3) The requirements of paragraph (2)(A) may be modified or 
waived by the Chair when the Chair determines it to be in the 
best interest of the Committee.
    (4) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
interrogation of witnesses before the Committee until each 
member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question the 
witnesses. No member shall be recognized for a second period of 
5 minutes to interrogate witnesses until each member of the 
Committee present has been recognized once for that purpose.
    (5) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on 
any measure or matter, the minority party members of the 
Committee shall be entitled, upon the request of a majority of 
them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses 
with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day 
of hearing thereon.

                          SUBPOENAS AND OATHS

    (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or a subcommittee 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, 
or pursuant to paragraph (2).
    (2) The Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority 
member, may authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause 
during any period for which the House has adjourned for a 
period in excess of 3 days when, in the opinion of the Chair, 
authorization and issuance of the subpoena is necessary to 
obtain the material or testimony set forth in the subpoena. The 
Chair shall report to the members of the Committee on the 
authorization and issuance of a subpoena during the recess 
period as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one 
week after service of such subpoena.
    (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by 
any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by 
any person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by 
the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the 
Committee.

                           SPECIAL PROCEDURES

    (f)(1)(A) Commemorative Medals and Coins.--It shall not be 
in order for the Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology to hold a hearing on any 
commemorative medal or commemorative coin legislation unless 
the legislation is cosponsored by at least two-thirds of the 
members of the House.
    (B) It shall not be in order for the subcommittee to 
approve a bill or measure authorizing commemorative coins for 
consideration by the full Committee which does not conform with 
the mintage restrictions established by section 5112 of title 
31, United States Code.
    (C) In considering legislation authorizing Congressional 
gold medals, the subcommittee shall apply the following 
standards--
          (i) the recipient shall be a natural person;
          (ii) the recipient shall have performed an 
        achievement that has an impact on American history and 
        culture that is likely to be recognized as a major 
        achievement in the recipient's field long after the 
        achievement;
          (iii) the recipient shall not have received a medal 
        previously for the same or substantially the same 
        achievement;
          (iv) the recipient shall be living or, if deceased, 
        shall have been deceased for not less than 5 years and 
        not more than 25 years;
          (v) the achievements were performed in the 
        recipient's field of endeavor, and represent either a 
        lifetime of continuous superior achievements or a 
        single achievement so significant that the recipient is 
        recognized and acclaimed by others in the same field, 
        as evidenced by the recipient having received the 
        highest honors in the field.
    (2) Testimony of Certain Officials.--(A) Notwithstanding 
subsection (a)(4), when the Chair announces a hearing of the 
Committee for the purpose of receiving--
          (i) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal 
        Reserve Board pursuant to section 2B of the Federal 
        Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.), or
          (ii) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal 
        Reserve Board or a member of the President's cabinet at 
        the invitation of the Chair, the Chair may, in 
        consultation with the ranking minority member, limit 
        the number and duration of opening statements to be 
        delivered at such hearing. The limitation shall be 
        included in the announcement made pursuant to 
        subsection (d)(l)(A), and shall provide that the 
        opening statements of all members of the Committee 
        shall be made a part of the hearing record.
    (B) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), at any hearing of 
the Committee for the purpose of receiving testimony (other 
than testimony described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 
(A)), the Chair may, in consultation with the ranking minority 
member, limit the duration of opening statements to ten 
minutes, to be divided between the Chair and Chair of the 
pertinent subcommittee, or the Chair's designee, and ten 
minutes, to be controlled by the ranking minority member, or 
his designee. Following such time, the duration for opening 
statements may be extended by either the Chair or ranking 
minority member for an additional ten minutes each, to be 
divided at the discretion of the Chair or ranking minority 
member. The Chair shall provide that the opening statements for 
all members of the Committee shall be made a part of the 
hearing record.
    (C) At any hearing of a subcommittee, the Chair of the 
subcommittee may, in consultation with the ranking minority 
member of the subcommittee, limit the duration of opening 
statements to ten minutes, to be divided between the majority 
and minority. Following such time, the duration for opening 
statements may be extended by either the Chair of the 
subcommittee or ranking minority member of the subcommittee for 
an additional ten minutes each, to be divided at the discretion 
of the Chair of the subcommittee or ranking minority member of 
the subcommittee. The Chair of the subcommittee shall ensure 
that opening statements for all members be made part of the 
hearing record.
    (D) If the Chair and ranking minority member acting jointly 
determine that extraordinary circumstances exist necessitating 
allowing members to make opening statements, subparagraphs (B) 
or (C), as the case may be, shall not apply to such hearing.

         Rule 4.--Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters

    (a) No measure or matter shall be reported from the 
Committee unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present.
    (b) The Chair of the Committee shall report or cause to be 
reported promptly to the House any measure approved by the 
Committee and take necessary steps to bring a matter to a vote.
    (c) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall be filed within seven calendar 
days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in session) 
after the day on which there has been filed with the clerk of 
the Committee a written request, signed by a majority of the 
members of the Committee, for the reporting of that measure 
pursuant to the provisions of clause 2(b)(2) of rule XIII of 
the Rules of the House.
    (d) All reports printed by the Committee pursuant to a 
legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
majority vote of the Committee shall contain the following 
disclaimer on the cover of such report: ``This report has not 
been officially adopted by the Committee on Financial Services 
and may not necessarily reflect the views of its Members.''
    (e) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chair 
considers it appropriate.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees


          ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (a)(1) There shall be 5 subcommittees of the Committee as 
follows:
          (A) Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
        Government Sponsored Enterprises.--The jurisdiction of 
        the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
        Government Sponsored Enterprises includes--
                  (i) securities, exchanges, and finance;
                  (ii) capital markets activities, including 
                business capital formation and venture capital;
                  (iii) activities involving futures, forwards, 
                options, and other types of derivative 
                instruments;
                  (iv) the Securities and Exchange Commission;
                  (v) secondary market organizations for home 
                mortgages, including the Federal National 
                Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan 
                Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal 
                Agricultural Mortgage Corporation;
                  (vi) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
                Oversight;
                  (vii) the Federal Home Loan Banks;
                  (viii) the Federal Housing Finance Board;
                  (ix) terrorism risk insurance; and
                  (x) insurance generally.
          (B) Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
        Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.--The 
        jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Domestic and 
        International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology 
        includes--
                  (i) financial aid to all sectors and elements 
                within the economy;
                  (ii) economic growth and stabilization;
                  (iii) defense production matters as contained 
                in the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
                amended;
                  (iv) domestic monetary policy, and agencies 
                which directly or indirectly affect domestic 
                monetary policy, including the effect of such 
                policy and other financial actions on interest 
                rates, the allocation of credit, and the 
                structure and functioning of domestic financial 
                institutions;
                  (v) coins, coinage, currency, and medals, 
                including commemorative coins and medals, proof 
                and mint sets and other special coins, the 
                Coinage Act of 1965, gold and silver, including 
                the coinage thereof (but not the par value of 
                gold), gold medals, counterfeiting, currency 
                denominations and design, the distribution of 
                coins, and the operations of the Bureau of the 
                Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing;
                  (vi) development of new or alternative forms 
                of currency;
                  (vii) multilateral development lending 
                institutions, including activities of the 
                National Advisory Council on International 
                Monetary and Financial Policies as related 
                thereto, and monetary and financial 
                developments as they relate to the activities 
                and objectives of such institutions;
                  (viii) international trade, including but not 
                limited to the activities of the Export-Import 
                Bank;
                  (ix) the International Monetary Fund, its 
                permanent and temporary agencies, and all 
                matters related thereto; and
                  (x) international investment policies, both 
                as they relate to United States investments for 
                trade purposes by citizens of the United States 
                and investments made by all foreign entities in 
                the United States.
          (C) Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and 
        Consumer Credit.--The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
        on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit 
        includes--
                  (i) all agencies, including the Office of the 
                Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal 
                Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of 
                Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
                Federal Reserve System, the Office of Thrift 
                Supervision, and the National Credit Union 
                Administration, which directly or indirectly 
                exercise supervisory or regulatory authority in 
                connection with, or provide deposit insurance 
                for, financial institutions, and the 
                establishment of interest rate ceilings on 
                deposits;
                  (ii) the chartering, branching, merger, 
                acquisition, consolidation, or conversion of 
                financial institutions;
                  (iii) consumer credit, including the 
                provision of consumer credit by insurance 
                companies, and further including those matters 
                in the Consumer Credit Protection Act dealing 
                with truth in lending, extortionate credit 
                transactions, restrictions on garnishments, 
                fair credit reporting and the use of credit 
                information by credit bureaus and credit 
                providers, equal credit opportunity, debt 
                collection practices, and electronic funds 
                transfers;
                  (iv) creditor remedies and debtor defenses, 
                Federal aspects of the Uniform Consumer Credit 
                Code, credit and debit cards, and the 
                preemption of State usury laws;
                  (v) consumer access to financial services, 
                including the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and 
                the Community Reinvestment Act;
                  (vi) the terms and rules of disclosure of 
                financial services, including the 
                advertisement, promotion and pricing of 
                financial services, and availability of 
                government check cashing services;
                  (vii) deposit insurance; and
                  (viii) consumer access to savings accounts 
                and checking accounts in financial 
                institutions, including lifeline banking and 
                other consumer accounts.
          (D) Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
        Opportunity.--The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on 
        Housing and Community Opportunity includes--
                  (i) housing (except programs administered by 
                the Department of Veterans Affairs), including 
                mortgage and loan insurance pursuant to the 
                National Housing Act; rural housing; housing 
                and homeless assistance programs; all 
                activities of the Government National Mortgage 
                Association; private mortgage insurance; 
                housing construction and design and safety 
                standards; housing-related energy conservation; 
                housing research and demonstration programs; 
                financial and technical assistance for 
                nonprofit housing sponsors; housing counseling 
                and technical assistance; regulation of the 
                housing industry (including landlord/tenant 
                relations); and real estate lending including 
                regulation of settlement procedures;
                  (ii) community development and community and 
                neighborhood planning, training and research; 
                national urban growth policies; urban/rural 
                research and technologies; and regulation of 
                interstate land sales;
                  (iii) government sponsored insurance 
                programs, including those offering protection 
                against crime, fire, flood (and related land 
                use controls), earthquake and other natural 
                hazards, but not including terrorism risk 
                insurance; and
                  (iv) the qualifications for and designation 
                of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities 
                (other than matters relating to tax benefits).
          (E) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.--
        The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
        Investigations includes--
                  (i) the oversight of all agencies, 
                departments, programs, and matters within the 
                jurisdiction of the Committee, including the 
                development of recommendations with regard to 
                the necessity or desirability of enacting, 
                changing, or repealing any legislation within 
                the jurisdiction of the Committee, and for 
                conducting investigations within such 
                jurisdiction; and
                  (ii) research and analysis regarding matters 
                within the jurisdiction of the Committee, 
                including the impact or probable impact of tax 
                policies affecting matters within the 
                jurisdiction of the Committee.
    (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair 
refers to it.
    (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and 
study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, 
execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, 
the subject matter of which is within its general 
responsibility.

           REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES

    (b)(1) The Chair shall regularly refer to one or more 
subcommittees such measures and matters as the Chair deems 
appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities. In 
making such a referral, the Chair may designate a subcommittee 
of primary jurisdiction and subcommittees of additional or 
sequential jurisdiction.
    (2) All other measures or matters shall be subject to 
consideration by the full Committee.
    (3) In referring any measure or matter to a subcommittee, 
the Chair may specify a date by which the subcommittee shall 
report thereon to the Committee.
    (4) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee 
from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a 
subcommittee of the Committee.

                      COMPOSITION OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (c)(1) Members shall be elected to each subcommittee and to 
the positions of chair and ranking minority member thereof, in 
accordance with the rules of the respective party caucuses. The 
Chair of the Committee shall designate a member of the majority 
party on each subcommittee as its vice chair.
    (2) The Chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
shall be ex officio members with voting privileges of each 
subcommittee of which they are not assigned as members and may 
be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum in such 
subcommittees.
    (3) The subcommittees shall be comprised as follows:
          (A) The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, 
        and Government Sponsored Enterprises shall be comprised 
        of 49 members, 26 elected by the majority caucus and 23 
        elected by the minority caucus.
          (B) The Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
        Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology shall be 
        comprised of 26 members, 14 elected by the majority 
        caucus and 12 elected by the minority caucus.
          (C) The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and 
        Consumer Credit shall be comprised of 47 members, 25 
        elected by the majority caucus and 22 elected by the 
        minority caucus.
          (D) The Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
        Opportunity shall be comprised of 26 members, 14 
        elected by the majority caucus and 12 elected by the 
        minority caucus.
          (E) The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
        shall be comprised of 20 members, 11 elected by the 
        majority caucus and 9 elected by the minority caucus.

                   SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

    (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it, consistent with subsection (a).
    (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the 
Committee.
    (3) The chair of each subcommittee shall set hearing and 
meeting dates only with the approval of the Chair with a view 
toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and avoiding 
simultaneous scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings 
or hearings.

                          EFFECT OF A VACANCY

    (e) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall 
not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the 
functions of the subcommittee as long as the required quorum is 
present.

                                RECORDS

    (f) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the 
full Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in 
the subcommittee and such other records with respect to the 
subcommittee as the Chair deems necessary for the Committee to 
comply with all rules and regulations of the House.

                             Rule 6.--Staff


                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
professional and other staff of the Committee shall be 
appointed, and may be removed by the Chair, and shall work 
under the general supervision and direction of the Chair.
    (2) All professional and other staff provided to the 
minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, and 
may be removed, by the ranking minority member of the 
Committee, and shall work under the general supervision and 
direction of such member.
    (3) It is intended that the skills and experience of all 
members of the Committee staff be available to all members of 
the Committee.

                           SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF

    (b) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, 
the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of 
rule X of the Rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff 
is made available so that each subcommittee can carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee and that the 
minority party is treated fairly in the appointment of such 
staff.

                         COMPENSATION OF STAFF

    (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Chair shall 
fix the compensation of all professional and other staff of the 
Committee.
    (2) The ranking minority member shall fix the compensation 
of all professional and other staff provided to the minority 
party members of the Committee.

                       Rule 7.--Budget and Travel


                                 BUDGET

    (a)(1) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the 
Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing 
amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.
    (2) From the amount provided to the Committee in the 
primary expense resolution adopted by the House of 
Representatives, the Chair, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member, shall designate an amount to be under the 
direction of the ranking minority member for the compensation 
of the minority staff, travel expenses of minority members and 
staff, and minority office expenses. All expenses of minority 
members and staff shall be paid for out of the amount so set 
aside.

                                 TRAVEL

    (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and 
any staff member of the Committee in connection with activities 
or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of the 
Committee. Before such authorization is granted, there shall be 
submitted to the Chair in writing the following:
          (A) The purpose of the travel.
          (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
          (C) The names of the States or countries to be 
        visited and the length of time to be spent in each.
          (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee 
        for whom the authorization is sought.
    (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written 
report to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under 
this subsection, including a description of their itinerary, 
expenses, and activities, and of pertinent information gained 
as a result of such travel.
    (3) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, and regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration.

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration


                                RECORDS

    (a)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular 
meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be 
printed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority 
of the members of the Committee requests such printing. Any 
such transcripts shall be 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. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to require that all such 
transcripts be subject to correction and publication.
    (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the 
Committee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain 
all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House and shall be available for public inspection 
at reasonable times in the offices of the Committee.
    (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the 
property of the House, and all Members of the House shall have 
access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.
    (4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chair shall notify the ranking minority 
member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on written request of any member of the 
Committee.

                 COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET

    (b) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.
                     Committee on Foreign Affairs 

 TOM LANTOS, California, Chairman

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida,        HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
  Ranking Member                     GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey     ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  Samoa
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey
DANA ROHRABACHER, California         BRAD SHERMAN, California
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois         ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   BILL DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado         GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
RON PAUL, Texas                      DIANE E. WATSON, California
JEFF FLAKE, Arizona                  ADAM SMITH, Washington
MIKE PENCE, Indiana                  RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               GENE GREEN, Texas*
J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina   LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska           RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York*
TED POE, Texas                       DAVID WU, Oregon
BOB INGLIS, South Carolina           BRAD MILLER, North Carolina
LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico         LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida**          DAVID SCOTT, Georgia
[VACANCY]***                         JIM COSTA, California
                                     ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
                                     GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona
                                     RON KLEIN, Florida

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*Appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 19, 2007.
**Appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 10, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the May 15, 2007 resignation of Rep. Thaddeus 
McCotter.
***Vacancy created by the death of Rep. Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 
2007.

                      (Adopted January 23, 2007) 

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    The Rules of the House of Representatives, and in 
particular, the committee rules enumerated in clause 2 of rule 
XI, are the rules of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
(hereafter referred to as the ``Committee''), to the extent 
applicable. A motion to recess and a motion to dispense with 
the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed 
copies are available, are privileged non-debatable motions in 
Committee. The Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Chairman'') shall consult the 
Ranking Minority Member to the extent possible with respect to 
the business of the Committee. Each subcommittee of the 
Committee is a part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules, to 
the extent applicable.

                        Rule 2.--Date of Meeting

    The regular meeting date of the Committee shall be the 
first Tuesday of every month when the House of Representatives 
is in session pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XI of the House 
of Representatives. Additional meetings may be called by the 
Chairman as he may deem necessary or at the request of a 
majority of the Members of the Committee in accordance with 
clause 2(c) of rule XI of the House of Representatives. The 
determination of the business to be considered at each meeting 
shall be made by the Chairman subject to clause 2(c) of rule XI 
of the House of Representatives. A regularly scheduled meeting 
need not be held if, in the judgment of the Chairman, there is 
no business to be considered.

                            Rule 3.--Quorum

    For purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence, 
two Members shall constitute a quorum, and the Chairman of the 
Full Committee or subcommittee shall make every effort to 
ensure that the relevant Ranking Minority Member or another 
Minority Member is present at the time a hearing is convened. 
One-third of the Members of the Committee shall constitute 
quorum for taking any action, except: (1) reporting a measure 
or recommendation; (2) closing Committee meetings and hearings 
to the public; (3) authorizing the issuance of subpoenas; and 
(4) any other action for which an actual majority quorum is 
required by any rule of the House of Representatives or by law. 
No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the House of 
Representatives unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the 
Members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any 
one Member.

           Rule 4.--Meetings and Hearings Open to the Public

    (a) Meetings.--(1) Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, of the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the 
public, because disclosure of matters to be considered would 
endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
enforcement information, or would tend to defame, degrade or 
incriminate any person or otherwise violate any labor rule of 
the House of Representatives. No person other than Members of 
the Committee and such congressional staff and departmental 
representatives as the Committee or subcommittee may authorize 
shall be present at any business or markup session which has 
been closed to the public. This subsection does not apply to 
open Committee hearings which are provided for by subsection 
(b) of this rule.
    (2) The Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a 
record vote is ordered on the question of approving any measure 
or matter, or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume 
proceedings on a postponed request at any time. When exercising 
postponement authority, the Chairman shall take all reasonable 
steps necessary to notify Members on the resumption of 
proceedings on any postponed record vote. 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.
    (b) Hearings.--(1) Each hearing conducted by the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of that hearing on that day should be closed to the 
public because disclosure of testimony, evidence or other 
matters to be considered would endanger the national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 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--
          (A) may vote to close the hearing 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 
        violate paragraph (2) of this subsection; or
          (B) May vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (2) 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--
          (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in 
        executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection, 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; and
          (B) The Committee or subcommittee shall proceed to 
        receive such testimony in open session only if the 
        Committee, a majority being present, determines that 
        such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, 
        degrade, or incriminate any person.
    (3) No Member of the House of Representatives may be 
excluded from non-participatory attendance at any hearing of 
the Committee or a subcommittee unless the House of 
Representatives has by majority vote authorized the Committee 
or subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of 
hearings, on a particular article of legislation or on a 
particular subject of investigation, to close its hearings to 
Members by the same procedures designated in this subsection 
for closing hearings to the public.
    (4) The Committee or a subcommittee may by the procedure 
designated in this subsection vote to close one (1) subsequent 
day of hearing.
    (5) No congressional staff shall be present at any meeting 
or hearing of the Committee or a subcommittee that has been 
closed to the public, and at which classified information will 
be involved, unless such person is authorized access to such 
classified information in accordance with rule XX of the House 
of Representatives.

             Rule 5.--Announcement of Hearings and Markups

    (a) Hearings.--Public announcement shall be made of the 
date, place, and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted 
by the Committee or a subcommittee at the earliest possible 
date, and in any event at least one (1) week before the 
commencement of that hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee 
or the subcommittee, with the concurrence of the Ranking 
Minority Member, determines that there is good cause to begin a 
hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee so 
determines by majority vote in the presence of the number of 
members required under the rules of the Committee for the 
taking of action, the Chairman of the Committee shall make the 
announcement at the earliest possible date.
    (b) Markups and Other Meetings To Transact Business.--The 
Chairman or subcommittee chairman may call or convene, as he 
considers necessary, meetings of the Committee or subcommittee 
for the consideration of a bill or resolution pending before 
the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, or for the 
conduct of other Committee or subcommittee business. Public 
announcement shall be made of the date, place and subject 
matter of any markup or other meeting to conduct business at 
the earliest possible date, and in any event at least one (1) 
week before the commencement of such markup or meeting, unless 
the Chairman or subcommittee Chairman determines, in 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, that there is 
good cause to begin such a markup or meeting on an earlier 
date. If such determination is made, the Chairman of the 
Committee shall make the announcement at the earliest possible 
date. The agenda for each Committee and subcommittee markup or 
other meeting to transact business, setting out all items of 
business to be considered, including whenever possible a copy 
of any bill or other document scheduled for markup, shall be 
furnished to each Committee or subcommittee Member by delivery 
to the Member's office at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays) before the meeting. Bills on 
subjects not listed on such agenda shall be subject to a point 
of order unless their consideration is agreed to by a two-
thirds vote of the Committee or subcommittee, or by the 
Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, with the concurrence 
of the Ranking Minority Member.
    (c) Publication.--Public announcement of all hearings and 
markups shall be published in the Daily Digest portion of the 
Congressional Record. Members shall be notified by the Chief of 
Staff of all meetings (including markups and hearings) and 
briefings of subcommittees and of the Full Committee.

                           Rule 6.--Witnesses

    (a) Interrogation of Witnesses.--(1) In so far as 
practicable, witnesses shall be permitted to present their oral 
statements without interruption subject to reasonable time 
constraints imposed by the Chairman, with questioning by the 
Committee Members taking place afterward. Members should 
refrain from questions until such statements are completed.
    (2) In recognizing Members, the Chairman shall, to the 
extent practicable, give preference to the Members on the basis 
of their arrival at the hearing, taking into consideration the 
majority and minority ratio of the Members actually present. A 
Member desiring to speak or ask a question shall address the 
Chairman and not the witness.
    (3) Subject to paragraph (4), each Member may interrogate 
the witness for 5 minutes, the reply of the witness being 
included in the 5-minute period. After all Members have had an 
opportunity to ask questions, the round shall begin again under 
the 5-minute rule.
    (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the Chairman, with the 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, may permit one (1) 
or more majority Members of the Committee designated by the 
Chairman to question a witness for a specified period of not 
longer than 30 minutes. On such occasions, an equal number of 
minority Members of the Committee designated by the Ranking 
Minority Member shall be permitted to question the same witness 
for the same period of time. Committee staff may be permitted 
to question a witness for equal specified periods either with 
the concurrence of the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member or 
by motion. However, in no case may questioning by Committee 
staff proceed before each Member of the Committee who wishes to 
speak under the 5-minute rule has had one opportunity to do so.
    (b) Statements of Witnesses.--Each witness who is to appear 
before the Committee or a subcommittee is required to file with 
the clerk of the Committee, at least two (2) working days in 
advance of his or her appearance, sufficient copies, as 
determined by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, of 
his or her proposed testimony to provide to Members and staff 
of the Committee or subcommittee, the news media, and the 
general public. The witness shall limit his or her oral 
presentation to a brief summary of his or her testimony. In the 
case of a witness appearing in a nongovernmental capacity, a 
written statement of proposed testimony shall, to the extent 
practicable, include 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, to the extent that such information 
is relevant to the subject matter of, and the witness' 
representational capacity at, the hearing.
    To the extent practicable, each witness should provide the 
text of his or her proposed testimony in machine-readable form, 
along with any attachments and appendix materials.
    The Committee or subcommittee shall notify Members at least 
two working days in advance of a hearing of the availability of 
testimony submitted by witnesses.
    The requirements of this subsection or any part thereof may 
be waived by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, or 
the presiding Member, or the Ranking Member of the Committee or 
subcommittee as it relates to witnesses who are called by the 
minority to testify, provided that the witness or the Chairman 
or Ranking Minority Member has submitted, prior to the 
witness's appearance, a written explanation to the reasons 
testimony has not been made available to the Committee or 
subcommittee. In the event a witness who is not an official of 
the U.S. Government neither submits his or her testimony at 
least two working days in advance of his or her appearance nor 
has a written explanation been submitted as to prior 
availability, the witness shall be released from testifying 
unless a majority of the Committee or subcommittee votes to 
accept his or her testimony.
    (c) Oaths.--The Chairman, or any Member of the Committee 
designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to any witness 
appearing before the Committee.

       Rule 7.--Preparation and Maintenance of Committee Records

    An accurate stenographic record shall be made of all 
hearings and markup sessions. Members of the Committee and any 
witness may examine the transcript of his or her own remarks 
and may make any grammatical or technical changes that do not 
substantively alter the record. Any such Member or witness 
shall return the transcript to the Committee offices within 
five (5) calendar days (not including Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays) after receipt of the transcript, or as soon 
thereafter as is practicable.
    Any information supplied for the record at the request of a 
Member of the Committee shall be provided to the Member when 
received by the Committee.
    Transcripts of hearings and markup sessions (except for the 
record of a meeting or hearing which is closed to the public) 
shall be printed as soon as is practicable after receipt of the 
corrected versions, except that the Chairman may order the 
transcript of a hearing to be printed without the corrections 
of a Member or witness if the Chairman determines that such 
Member or witness has been afforded a reasonable time to 
correct such transcript and such transcript has not been 
returned within such time.
    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
in accordance with rule VII of the House of Representatives. 
The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the 
rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter 
shall be presented to the Committee for a determination on the 
written request of any Member of the Committee.
    The Committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible, make 
its publications available in electronic form.

       Rule 8.--Extraneous Material in Committee Hearings Prints

    No extraneous material shall be printed in either the body 
or appendices of any Committee or subcommittee hearing, except 
matter which has been accepted for inclusion in the record 
during the hearing or by agreement of the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Committee or subcommittee within five 
calendar days of the hearing. Copies of bills and other 
legislation under consideration and responses to written 
questions submitted by Members shall not be considered 
extraneous material.
    Extraneous material in either the body or appendices of any 
hearing to be printed which would be in excess of eight (8) 
printed pages (for any one submission) shall be accompanied by 
a written request to the Chairman. Such written request shall 
contain an estimate in writing from the Public Printer of the 
probable cost of publishing such material.

            Rule 9.--Public Availability of Committee Votes

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

                           Rule 10.--Proxies

    Proxy voting is not permitted in the Committee or in 
subcommittees.

                           Rule 11.--Reports

    (a) Reports on Bills and Resolutions.--To the extent 
practicable, not later than 24 hours before a report is to be 
filed with the Clerk of the House on a measure that has been 
ordered reported by the Committee, the Chairman shall make 
available for inspection by all Members of the Committee a copy 
of the draft Committee report in order to afford Members 
adequate information and the opportunity to draft and file any 
supplemental, minority or additional views which they may deem 
appropriate.
    With respect to each record vote on a motion to report any 
measure or matter of a public character, and on any amendment 
offered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes 
cast for and against, and the names of those Members voting for 
and against, shall be included in any Committee report on the 
measure or matter.
    (b) Prior Approval of Certain Reports.--No Committee, 
subcommittee, or staff report, study, or other document which 
purports to express publicly the views, findings, conclusions, 
or recommendations of the Committee or a subcommittee may be 
released to the public or filed with the Clerk of the House 
unless approved by a majority of the Committee or subcommittee, 
as appropriate. A proposed investigative or oversight report 
shall be considered as read if it has been available to Members 
of the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such a day). In any case in which clause 2(l) of rule XI and 
clause 3(a)(1) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives 
does not apply, each Member of the Committee or subcommittee 
shall be given an opportunity to have views or a disclaimer 
included as part of the material filed or released, as the case 
maybe.
    (c) Foreign Travel Reports.--At the same time that the 
report required by clause 8(b)(3) of rule X of the House of 
Representatives, regarding foreign travel reports, is submitted 
to the Chairman, Members and employees of the Committee shall 
provide a report to the Chairman listing all official meetings, 
interviews, inspection tours and other official functions in 
which the individual participated, by country and date. Under 
extraordinary circumstances, the Chairman may waive the listing 
in such report of an official meeting, interview, inspection 
tour, or other official function. The report shall be 
maintained in the Full Committee offices and shall be available 
for public inspection during normal business hours.

               Rule 12.--Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    Except in unusual circumstances, bills and resolutions will 
not be considered by the Committee unless and until the 
appropriate subcommittee has recommended the bill or resolution 
for Committee action, and will not be taken to the House of 
Representatives for action unless and until the Committee has 
ordered reported such bill or resolution, a quorum being 
present.
    Except in unusual circumstances, a bill or resolution 
originating in the House of Representatives that contains 
exclusively findings and policy declarations or expressions of 
the sense of the House of Representatives or the sense of the 
Congress shall not be considered by the Committee or a 
subcommittee unless such bill or resolution has at least 25 
House co-sponsors, at least 10 of whom are Members of the 
Committee.
    For purposes of this rule, unusual circumstances will be 
determined by the Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member and such other Members of the Committee as the 
Chairman deems appropriate.
    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 13.--Staff Services

    The Committee staff shall be selected and organized so that 
it can provide a comprehensive range of professional services 
in the field of foreign affairs to the Committee, the 
subcommittees, and all its Members. The staff shall include 
persons with training and experience in foreign affairs, making 
available to the Committee individuals with knowledge of major 
countries, areas, and U.S. overseas programs and operations.
    Subject to clause 9 of rule X of the House of 
Representatives, the staff of the Committee, except as provided 
in paragraph (c), shall be appointed, and may be removed, by 
the Chairman with the approval of the majority of the Members 
in the majority party of the Committee. Their remuneration 
shall be fixed by the Chairman, and they shall work under the 
general supervision and direction of the Chairman. Staff 
assignments are to be authorized by the Chairman or by the 
Chief of Staff under the direction of the Chairman.
    Subject to clause 9 of rule X of the House of 
Representatives, the staff of the Committee assigned to the 
minority shall be appointed, their remuneration determined, and 
may be removed, by the Ranking Minority Member with the 
approval of the majority of the minority party Members of the 
Committee. No minority staff person shall be compensated at a 
rate which exceeds that paid his or her majority staff 
counterpart. Such staff shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Ranking Minority Member with 
the approval or consultation of the minority Members of the 
Committee.
    The Chairman shall ensure that sufficient staff is made 
available to each subcommittee to carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee. The Chairman 
shall ensure that the minority party is fairly treated in the 
appointment of such staff.

           Rule 14.--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    (a) Full Committee.--The Full Committee will be responsible 
for oversight and legislation relating to: foreign assistance 
(including development assistance, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in 
foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 
programs abroad); the Peace Corps; national security 
developments affecting foreign policy; strategic planning and 
agreements; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the 
deployment and use of United States Armed Forces; peacekeeping, 
peace enforcement, and enforcement of United Nations or other 
international sanctions; arms control and disarmament issues; 
the United States Agency for International Development; 
activities and policies of the State, Commerce and Defense 
Departments and other agencies related to the Arms Export 
Control Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act including export 
and licensing policy for munitions items and technology and 
dual-use equipment and technology; international law; promotion 
of democracy; international law enforcement issues, including 
narcotics control programs and activities; Broadcasting Board 
of Governors; embassy security; international broadcasting; 
public diplomacy, including international communication, 
information policy, international education, and cultural 
programs; and all other matters not specifically assigned to a 
subcommittee. The Full Committee will have jurisdiction over 
legislation with respect to the administration of the Export 
Administration Act, including the export and licensing of dual-
use equipment and technology and other matters related to 
international economic policy and trade not otherwise assigned 
to a subcommittee and with respect to the United Nations, its 
affiliated agencies and other international organizations, 
including assessed and voluntary contributions to such 
organizations. The Full Committee may conduct oversight with 
respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee 
as defined in the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (b) Subcommittees.--There shall be seven (7) standing 
subcommittees. The names and jurisdiction of those 
subcommittees shall be as follows:
          (1) Functional Subcommittees.--There shall be two 
        subcommittees with functional jurisdiction:
                  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
                and Trade.--Oversight and legislative 
                responsibilities over the United States efforts 
                to manage and coordinate international programs 
                to combat terrorism as coordinated by the 
                Department of State and other agencies, 
                including diplomatic, economic, and military 
                assistance programs in areas designed to 
                prevent terrorism, and efforts intended to 
                identify, arrest, and bring international 
                terrorists to justice. Oversight of, and (to 
                the degree applicable to matters outside the 
                Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control 
                Act, the Export Administration Act, sanctions 
                laws pertaining to individual countries and the 
                provision of foreign assistance) legislation 
                pertaining to: nonproliferation including 
                matters relating to arms transfer policy; 
                export control policy including the transfer of 
                dual-use equipment and technology; matters 
                involving nuclear, chemical, biological and 
                other weapons of mass destruction; and 
                legislation aimed at the promotion of sanctions 
                and other nonproliferation matters generally. 
                Oversight of matters relating to international 
                economic and trade policy; commercial 
                intercourse with foreign countries; 
                international investment policy; the Overseas 
                Private Investment Corporation and the Trade 
                and Development Agency; commodity agreements; 
                and special oversight of international 
                financial and monetary institutions; the 
                Export-Import Bank, and customs. Legislative 
                jurisdiction over measures related to export 
                promotion and measures related to the Overseas 
                Private Investment Corporation and the Trade 
                and Development Agency.
                  Subcommittee on International Organizations, 
                Human Rights, and Oversight.--With the 
                concurrence of the Full Committee Chairman, 
                oversight and investigations of all matters 
                within the jurisdiction of the Committee. 
                Responsibility for oversight of, and (to the 
                degree applicable to matters outside the 
                Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control 
                Act, the Export Administration Act, and the 
                provision of foreign assistance) legislation 
                pertaining to implementation of the Universal 
                Declaration of Human Rights, and other matters 
                relating to internationally-recognized human 
                rights, including sanctions legislation aimed 
                at the promotion of human rights and democracy 
                generally; parliamentary conferences and 
                exchanges; the American Red Cross; and the 
                United Nations, its affiliated agencies and 
                other international organizations, including 
                assessed and voluntary contributions to such 
                organizations.
          (2) Regional Subcommittees.--There shall be five 
        subcommittees with regional jurisdiction: the 
        Subcommittee on Europe; the Subcommittee on the Middle 
        East and South Asia; the Subcommittee on the Western 
        Hemisphere; the Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
        Health; and the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
        the Global Environment (including the Central Asian 
        republics). Two of the regional subcommittees, the 
        Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health and the 
        Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment, shall also have functional jurisdiction.
          The regional subcommittees shall have jurisdiction 
        over the following within their respective regions:
                  (1) Matters affecting the political relations 
                between the United States and other countries 
                and regions, including resolutions or other 
                legislative measures directed to such 
                relations.
                  (2) Legislation with respect to disaster 
                assistance outside the Foreign Assistance Act, 
                boundary issues, and international claims.
                  (3) Legislation with respect to region- or 
                country-specific loans or other financial 
                relations outside the Foreign Assistance Act.
                  (4) Resolutions of disapproval under section 
                36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, with 
                respect to foreign military sales.
                  (5) Legislation and oversight regarding human 
                rights practices in particular countries.
                  (6) Oversight of regional lending 
                institutions.
                  (7) Oversight of matters related to the 
                regional activities of the United Nations, of 
                its affiliated agencies, and of other 
                multilateral institutions.
                  (8) Identification and development of options 
                for meeting future problems and issues relating 
                to U.S. interests in the region.
                  (9) Base rights and other facilities access 
                agreements and regional security pacts.
                  (10) Oversight of matters relating to 
                parliamentary conferences and exchanges 
                involving the region.
                  (11) Concurrent oversight jurisdiction with 
                respect to matters assigned to the functional 
                subcommittees insofar as they may affect the 
                region.
                  (12) Oversight of all foreign assistance 
                activities affecting the region.
                  (13) Such other matters as the Chairman of 
                the Full Committee may determine.
                  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health.--In 
                addition to its regional jurisdiction, 
                responsibility for oversight of international 
                health issues, including transboundary 
                infectious diseases and programs related to 
                enhancing global capacity to address health 
                issues.
                  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the 
                Global Environment.--In addition to its 
                regional jurisdiction, responsibility for 
                oversight of international environmental 
                policy, international fishing agreements and 
                scientific developments affecting foreign 
                policy.

              Rule 15.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Full Committee on all 
matters referred to it. Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting 
dates after consultation with the Chairman, other subcommittee 
chairmen, the relevant Ranking Minority Member and other 
appropriate Members, with a view toward minimizing scheduling 
conflicts. It shall be the practice of the Committee that 
meetings of subcommittees not be scheduled to occur 
simultaneously with meetings of the Full Committee.
    In order to ensure orderly administration and fair 
assignment of hearing and meeting rooms, the subject, time, and 
location of hearings and meetings shall be arranged in advance 
with the Chairman through the Chief of Staff of the Committee.
    The Chairman of the Full Committee shall designate a Member 
of the majority party on each subcommittee as its vice 
chairman.
    The Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member may attend the 
meetings and participate in the activities of all subcommittees 
of which they are not Members, except that they may not vote or 
be counted for a quorum in such subcommittees.

                Rule 16.--Referral of Bills by Chairman

    In accordance with rule 14 of the Committee and to the 
extent practicable, all legislation and other matters referred 
to the Committee shall be referred by the Chairman to a 
subcommittee of primary jurisdiction within two (2) weeks. In 
accordance with rule 14 of the Committee, legislation may also 
be referred to additional subcommittees for consideration. 
Unless otherwise directed by the Chairman, such subcommittees 
shall act on or be discharged from consideration of legislation 
that has been approved by the subcommittee of primary 
jurisdiction within two (2) weeks of such action. In referring 
any legislation to a subcommittee, the Chairman may specify a 
date by which the subcommittee shall report thereon to the Full 
Committee.
    The Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights and Oversight and the subcommittees with regional 
jurisdiction shall have joint jurisdiction over legislation 
regarding human rights practices in particular countries within 
the region.
    The Chairman may designate a subcommittee chairman or other 
Member to take responsibility as manager of a bill or 
resolution during its consideration in the House of 
Representatives.

   Rule 17.--Party Ratios on Subcommittees and Conference Committees

    The majority party caucus of the Committee shall determine 
an appropriate ratio of majority to minority party Members for 
each subcommittee. Party representation on each subcommittee or 
conference committee shall be no less favorable to the majority 
party than the ratio for the Full Committee. The Chairman and 
the Ranking Minority Member are authorized to negotiate matters 
affecting such ratios including the size of subcommittees and 
conference committees.

               Rule 18.--Subcommittee Funding and Records

    Each subcommittee shall have adequate funds to discharge 
its responsibility for legislation and oversight.
    In order to facilitate Committee compliance with clause 
2(e)(1) of rule XI of the House of Representatives, each 
subcommittee shall keep a complete record of all subcommittee 
actions which shall include a record of the votes on any 
question on which a record vote is demanded. The result of each 
record vote shall be promptly made available to the Full 
Committee for inspection by the public in accordance with rule 
9 of the Committee.
    All subcommittee hearings, records, data, charts, and files 
shall be kept distinct from the congressional office records of 
the Member serving as chairman of the subcommittee. 
Subcommittee records shall be coordinated with the records of 
the Full Committee, shall be the property of the House, and all 
Members of the House shall have access thereto.

              Rule 19.--Meetings of Subcommittee Chairmen

    The Chairman shall call a meeting of the subcommittee 
chairmen on a regular basis not less frequently than once a 
month. Such a meeting need not be held if there is no business 
to conduct. It shall be the practice at such meetings to review 
the current agenda and activities of each of the subcommittees.

               Rule 20.--Access to Classified Information

    (a) Authorized Persons.--In accordance with the 
stipulations of the Rules of the House of Representatives, all 
Members of the House who have executed the oath required by 
clause 13 of rule XXIII of the House of Representatives shall 
be authorized to have access to classified information within 
the possession of the Committee.
    Members of the Committee staff shall be considered 
authorized to have access to classified information within the 
possession of the Committee when they have the proper security 
clearances, when they have executed the oath required by clause 
13 of rule XXIII of the House of Representatives, and when they 
have a demonstrable need to know. The decision on whether a 
given staff member has a need to know will be made on the 
following basis:
          (1) In the case of the Full Committee majority staff, 
        by the Chairman, acting through the Chief of Staff;
          (2) In the case of the Full Committee minority staff, 
        by the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee, acting 
        through the Minority Chief of Staff;
          (3) In the case of subcommittee majority staff, by 
        the chairman of the subcommittee;
          (4) In the case of the subcommittee minority staff, 
        by the Ranking Minority Member of the subcommittee. No 
        other individuals shall be considered authorized 
        persons, unless so designated by the Chairman.
    (b) Designated Persons.--Each Committee Member is permitted 
to designate one member of his or her staff as having the right 
of access to information classified confidential. Such 
designated persons must have the proper security clearance, 
have executed the oath required by clause 13 of rule XXIII of 
the House of Representatives, and have a need to know as 
determined by his or her principal. Upon request of a Committee 
Member in specific instances, a designated person also shall be 
permitted access to information classified secret which has 
been furnished to the Committee pursuant to section 36 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, as amended. Upon the written request 
of a Committee Member and with the approval of the Chairman in 
specific instances, a designated person may be permitted access 
to other classified materials. Designation of a staff person 
shall be by letter from the Committee Member to the Chairman.
    (c) Location.--Classified information will be stored in 
secure safes in the Committee rooms. All materials classified 
top secret must be stored in a Secure Compartmentalized 
Information Facility (SCIF).
    (d) Handling.--Materials classified confidential or secret 
may be taken from Committee offices to other Committee offices 
and hearing rooms by Members of the Committee and authorized 
Committee staff in connection with hearings and briefings of 
the Committee or its subcommittees for which such information 
is deemed to be essential. Removal of such information from the 
Committee offices shall be only with the permission of the 
Chairman under procedures designed to ensure the safe handling 
and storage of such information at all times. Except as 
provided in this paragraph, top secret materials may not be 
taken from the SCIF for any purpose, except that such materials 
may be taken to hearings and other meetings that are being 
conducted at the top secret level when necessary. Top secret 
materials may otherwise be used under conditions approved by 
the Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member.
    (e) Notice.--Appropriate notice of the receipt of 
classified documents received by the Committee from the 
Executive Branch will be sent promptly to Committee Members 
through the Survey of Activities or by other means.
    (f) Access.--Except as provided for above, access to 
materials classified top secret or otherwise restricted held by 
the Committee will be in the SCIF. The following procedures 
will be observed:
          (1) Authorized or designated persons will be admitted 
        to the SCIF after inquiring of the Chief of Staff or an 
        assigned staff member. Access to the SCIF will be 
        afforded during regular Committee hours.
          (2) Authorized or designated persons will be required 
        to identify themselves, to identify the documents or 
        information they wish to view, and to sign the 
        Classified Materials Log, which is kept with the 
        classified information.
          (3) The assigned staff member will be responsible for 
        maintaining a log which identifies: (1) authorized and 
        designated persons seeking access, (2) the classified 
        information requested, and (3) the time of arrival and 
        departure of such persons. The assigned staff member 
        will also assure that the classified materials are 
        returned to the proper location.
          (4) The Classified Materials Log will contain a 
        statement acknowledged by the signature of the 
        authorized or designated person that he or she has read 
        the Committee rules and will abide by them.
    (g) Divulgence.--Classified information provided to the 
Committee by the Executive Branch shall be handled in 
accordance with the procedures that apply within the Executive 
Branch for the protection of such information. Any classified 
information to which access has been gained through the 
Committee may not be divulged to any unauthorized person. 
Classified material shall not be photocopied or otherwise 
reproduced. In no event shall classified information be 
discussed in a non-secure environment. Apparent violations of 
this rule should be reported as promptly as possible to the 
Chairman for appropriate action.
    (h) Other Regulations.--The Chairman, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, may establish such additional 
regulations and procedures as in his judgment may be necessary 
to safeguard classified information under the control of the 
Committee. Members of the Committee will be given notice of any 
such regulations and procedures promptly. They may be modified 
or waived in any or all particulars by a majority vote of the 
Full Committee.

       Rule 21.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    All Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings which 
are open to the public may be covered, in whole or in part, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, 
or by any such methods of coverage in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 3 of House rule XI.
    The Chairman or subcommittee chairman shall determine, in 
his or her discretion, the number of television and still 
cameras permitted in a hearing or meeting room, but shall not 
limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer than 
two (2) representatives from each medium.
    Such coverage shall be in accordance with the following 
requirements contained in section 116(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1970, and clause 4 of XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives:
    (a) If the television, Internet or radio coverage of the 
hearing or meeting is to be presented to the public as live 
coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and presented 
without commercial sponsorship.
    (b) No witness served with a subpoena by the Committee 
shall be required against his will to be photographed at any 
hearing or to give evidence or testimony while the broadcasting 
of that hearing, by radio or television is being conducted. At 
the request of any such witness who does not wish to be 
subjected to radio, television, Internet or still photography 
coverage, all lenses shall be covered and all microphones used 
for coverage turned off. This subparagraph is supplementary to 
clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives relating to the protection of the rights of 
witnesses.
    (c) The allocation among cameras permitted by the Chairman 
or subcommittee chairman in a hearing room shall be in 
accordance with fair and equitable procedures devised by the 
Executive Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
Galleries.
    (d) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
obstruct in any way the space between any witness giving 
evidence or testimony and Member of the Committee or its 
subcommittees or the visibility of that witness and that Member 
to each other.
    (e) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions 
but shall not be placed in positions which obstruct 
unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media.
    (f) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and 
radio media shall not be installed in, or removed from, the 
hearing or meeting room while the Committee or subcommittee is 
in session.
    (g) Floodlights, spotlights, strobe lights, and flashguns 
shall not be used in providing any method of coverage of the 
hearing or meeting, except that the television media may 
install additional lighting in the hearing room, without cost 
to the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting level 
in the hearing room to the lowest level necessary to provide 
adequate television coverage of the hearing or meeting at the 
current state-of-the-art level of television coverage.
    (h) In the allocation of the number of still photographers 
permitted by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman in a hearing 
or meeting room, preference shall be given to photographers 
from Associated Press Photos, United Press International News 
pictures, and Reuters. If requests are made by more of the 
media than will be permitted by the Chairman or subcommittee 
chairman for coverage of the hearing or meeting by still 
photography, that coverage shall be made on the basis of a fair 
and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing 
Committee of Press Photographers.
    (i) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any 
time during the course of the hearing or meeting, between the 
witness table and the Members of the Committee or its 
subcommittees.
    (j) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions 
which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the 
other media.
    (k) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media shall be currently accredited to the Radio and 
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (l) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall 
be currently accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery 
Committee of Press Photographers.
    (m) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media and by still photography shall conduct themselves 
and their coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive 
manner.

                       Rule 22.--Subpoena Powers

    A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Chairman, in 
accordance with clause 2(m) of rule XI of the House of 
Representatives, in the conduct of any investigation or 
activity or series of investigations or activities within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee, following consultation with the 
Ranking Minority Member.
    In addition, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or its subcommittees in accordance with clause 2(m) 
of rule XI of the House of the Representatives, in the conduct 
of any investigation or activity or series of investigations or 
activities, when authorized by a majority of the Members 
voting, a majority of the Committee or subcommittee being 
present.
    Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman or by 
any Member designated by the Committee.

         Rule 23.--Recommendation for Appointment of Conferees

    Whenever the Speaker is to appoint a conference committee, 
the Chairman shall recommend to the Speaker as conferees those 
Members of the Committee who are primarily responsible for the 
legislation (including to the full extent practicable the 
principal proponents of the major provisions of the bill as it 
passed the House), who have actively participated in the 
Committee or subcommittee consideration of the legislation, and 
who agree to attend the meetings of the conference. With regard 
to the appointment of minority Members, the Chairman shall 
consult with the Ranking Minority Member.

                      Rule 24.--General Oversight

    Not later than February 15th of the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Oversight and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in accordance 
with the provisions of clause 2(d) of rule X of the House of 
Representatives.

               Rule 25.--Other Procedures and Regulations

    The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, may establish such other procedures and take such 
actions as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing rules or 
to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee. Any 
additional procedures or regulations may be modified or 
rescinded in any or all particulars by a majority vote of the 
Full Committee.
                     Committee on Homeland Security

 BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi, 
             Chairman

PETER T. KING, New York,             LORETTA SANCHEZ, California, Vice 
  Ranking Member                     Chairwoman
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas                EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              JANE HARMAN, California
TOM DAVIS, Virginia                  PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        NITA M. LOWEY, New York
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama                 ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON,
BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana                District of Columbia
DAVE G. REICHERT, Washington         ZOE LOFGREN, California
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas
CHARLIE DENT, Pennsylvania           DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, US Virgin 
GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida           Islands
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida            BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
DAVID DAVIS, Tennessee               JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia*              HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
                                     CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, 
                                     Pennsylvania
                                     YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York
                                     AL GREEN, Texas
                                     ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado
                                     BILL PASCRELL, New Jersey***

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*Appointed to the Homeland Security Committee on July 25, 2007 
following his election in a special election.
**Kevin McCarthy was appointed to the Homeland Security Committee on 
March 12, 2007, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. 
Marsha Blackburn effective that same day. He resigned from the 
Committee July 27, 2007.
***Appointed to the Homeland Security Committee on September 20, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 23, 2007)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions

    (A) Applicability of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives.--The Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives (the ``House'') are the rules of the Committee 
on Homeland Security (the ``Committee'') and its subcommittees 
insofar as applicable.
    (B) Applicability to Subcommittees.--Except where the terms 
``Full Committee'' and ``subcommittee'' are specifically 
mentioned, the following rules shall apply to the Committee's 
subcommittees and their respective Chairmen and Ranking 
Minority Members to the same extent as they apply to the Full 
Committee and its Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.
    (C) Appointments by the Chairman.--The Chairman shall 
designate a Member of the Majority party to serve as Vice 
Chairman of the Full Committee. The Vice Chairman of the Full 
Committee shall preside at any meeting or hearing of the Full 
Committee during the temporary absence of the Chairman. In the 
absence of both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Chairman's 
designee shall preside.
    (D) Recommendation of Conferees.--Whenever the Speaker of 
the House is to appoint a conference committee on a matter 
within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, the Chairman 
shall recommend to the Speaker of the House conferees from the 
Full Committee. In making recommendations of Minority Members 
as conferees, the Chairman shall do so with the concurrence of 
the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.
    (E) Motions To Disagree.--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.
    (F) Committee Web Site.--The Chairman shall maintain an 
official Committee web site for the purposes of furthering the 
Committee's legislative and oversight responsibilities, 
including communicating information about the Committee's 
activities to Committee Members, other Members and the public 
at large. The Ranking Minority Member may maintain a similar 
web site for the same purposes.

                       Rule II.--Time of Meetings

    (A) Regular Meeting Date.--The regular meeting date and 
time for the transaction of business of the Full Committee 
shall be on the first Wednesday that the House is in Session 
each month, unless otherwise directed by the Chairman.
    (B) Additional Meetings.--At the discretion of the 
Chairman, additional meetings of the Committee may be scheduled 
for the consideration of any bill or other matters pending 
before the Committee or to conduct other Committee business. 
The Committee shall meet for such purposes pursuant to the call 
of the Chairman.
    (C) Consideration.--Except in the case of a special meeting 
held under clause 2(c)(2) of House rule XI, the determination 
of the business to be considered at each meeting of the 
Committee shall be made by the Chairman.

                   Rule III.--Notice and Publication

    (A) Notice.--
          (1) Hearings.--The date, time, place and subject 
        matter of any hearing of the Committee shall, except as 
        provided in the Committee rules, be announced by notice 
        at least one week in advance of the commencement of 
        such hearing. The names of all witnesses scheduled to 
        appear at such hearing shall be provided to Members no 
        later than 48 hours prior to the commencement of such 
        hearing. These notice requirements may be waived by the 
        Chairman with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority 
        Member.
          (2) Meetings.--The date, time, place and subject 
        matter of any meeting, other than a hearing or a 
        regularly scheduled meeting, shall be announced at 
        least 36 hours in advance of a meeting to take place on 
        a day the House is in session, and 72 hours in advance 
        of a meeting to take place on a day the House is not in 
        session, except in the case of a special meeting called 
        under clause 2(c)(2) of House rule XI. These notice 
        requirements may be waived by the Chairman with the 
        concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member.
                  (a) Copies of any measure to be considered 
                for approval by the Committee at any meeting, 
                including any mark, print or amendment in the 
                nature of a substitute shall be provided to the 
                Members at least 24 hours in advance.
                  (b) The requirement in subsection (a) may be 
                waived or abridged by the Chairman, with 
                advance notice to the Ranking Minority Member.
    (3) Publication.--The meeting or hearing announcement shall 
be promptly published in the Daily Digest portion of the 
Congressional Record. To the greatest extent practicable, 
meeting announcements shall be entered into the Committee 
scheduling service of the House Information Resources.

           Rule IV.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting

    (A) Open Meetings.--All meetings and hearings of the 
Committee shall be open to the public including to radio, 
television and still photography coverage, except as provided 
by rule XI of the Rules of the House or when the Committee, in 
open session and with a Majority present, determines by 
recorded 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, compromise sensitive law 
enforcement information, tend to defame, degrade or incriminate 
a witness, or violate any law or rule of the House of 
Representatives.
    (B) Broadcasting.--Whenever any hearing or meeting 
conducted by the Committee is open to the public, the Committee 
shall permit that hearing or meeting to be covered by 
television broadcast, internet broadcast, print media, and 
still photography, or by any of such methods of coverage, in 
accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House. Operation and use of any Committee operated 
broadcast system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with clause 4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable 
rules of the Committee and the House. Priority shall be given 
by the Committee to members of the Press Galleries.
    (C) Transcripts.--A transcript shall be made of the 
testimony of each witness appearing before the Committee during 
a Committee hearing. All transcripts of meetings or hearings 
that are open to the public shall be made available.

             Rule V.--Procedures for Meetings and Hearings

    (A) Opening Statements.--At any meeting of the Committee, 
the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall be entitled to 
present oral opening statements of five minutes each. Other 
Members may submit written opening statements for the record. 
The Chairman presiding over the meeting may permit additional 
opening statements by other Members of the Full Committee or of 
that subcommittee, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority 
Member.
    (B) The Five-Minute Rule.--The time any one Member may 
address the Committee on any bill, motion, or other matter 
under consideration by the Committee shall not exceed five 
minutes, and then only when the Member has been recognized by 
the Chairman, except that this time limit may be extended when 
permitted by unanimous consent.
    (C) Postponement of Vote.--The Chairman may postpone 
further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the 
question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
vote at any time, provided that all reasonable steps have been 
taken to notify Members of the resumption of such proceedings. 
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.
    (D) Contempt Procedures.--No recommendation that a person 
be cited for contempt of Congress shall be forwarded to the 
House unless and until the Full Committee has, upon notice to 
all its Members, met and considered the alleged contempt. The 
person to be cited for contempt shall be afforded, upon notice 
of at least 72 hours, an opportunity to state why he or she 
should not be held in contempt prior to a vote of the Full 
Committee, with a quorum being present, on the question whether 
to forward such recommendation to the House. Such statement 
shall be, in the discretion of the Chairman, either in writing 
or in person before the Full Committee.

                          Rule VI.--Witnesses

    (A) Questioning of Witnesses.--
          (1) Questioning of witnesses by Members will be 
        conducted under the five-minute rule unless the 
        Committee adopts a motion permitted by House rule 
        XI(2)(j)(2).
          (2) In questioning witnesses under the 5-minute rule, 
        the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member shall 
        first be recognized. In a subcommittee meeting or 
        hearing, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
        the Full Committee are then recognized. All other 
        Members that arrive before the commencement of the 
        meeting or hearing will be recognized in the order of 
        seniority on the Committee, alternating between 
        Majority and Minority Members. Committee Members 
        arriving after the commencement of the hearing shall be 
        recognized in order of appearance, alternating between 
        Majority and Minority Members, after all Members 
        present at the beginning of the hearing have been 
        recognized. Each Member shall be recognized at least 
        once before any Member is given a second opportunity to 
        question a witness.
          (3) The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member, or the Committee by motion may permit 
        an extension of the period of questioning of a witness 
        beyond five minutes but the time allotted must be 
        equally apportioned to the Majority party and the 
        Minority and may not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
          (4) The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member, or the Committee by motion may permit 
        Committee staff of the Majority and Minority to 
        question a witness for a specified, total period that 
        is equal for each side and not longer than 30 minutes 
        for each side.
    (B) Minority Witnesses.--Whenever a hearing is conducted by 
the Committee upon any measure or matter, the Minority party 
Members on the Committee 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.
    (C) Oath or Affirmation.--The Chairman of the Committee or 
any Member designated by the Chairman, may administer an oath 
to any witness.
    (D) Statements by Witnesses.--
          (1) Consistent with the notice given, witnesses shall 
        submit a prepared or written statement for the record 
        of the proceedings (including, where practicable, an 
        electronic copy) with the Clerk of the Committee no 
        less than 48 hours in advance of the witness's 
        appearance before the Committee. Unless the 48 hour 
        requirement is waived or otherwise modified by the 
        Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
        Member, the failure to comply with this requirement may 
        result in the exclusion of the written testimony from 
        the hearing record and/or the barring of an oral 
        presentation of the testimony.
          (2) To the greatest extent practicable, the written 
        testimony of each witness appearing in a non-
        governmental capacity shall include 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 preceding 
        fiscal years by the witness or by an entity represented 
        by the witness to the extent that such information is 
        relevant to the subject matter of, and the witness' 
        representational capacity at, the hearing.

                           Rule VII.--Quorum

    Quorum Requirements.--Two Members shall constitute a quorum 
for purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence. One-
third of the Members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum 
for conducting business, except for (1) reporting a measure or 
recommendation; (2) closing Committee meetings to the public, 
pursuant to Committee rule IV; (3) authorizing the issuance of 
subpoenas; and (4) any other action for which an actual 
majority quorum is required by any rule of the House of 
Representatives or by law. The Chairman shall make reasonable 
efforts, including consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member when scheduling meetings and hearings, to ensure that a 
quorum for any purpose will include at least one minority 
Member of the Committee.

                          Rule VIII.--Decorum

    (A) Breaches of Decorum.--The Chairman may punish breaches 
of order and decorum, by censure and exclusion from the 
hearing; and the Committee may cite the offender to the House 
for contempt.
    (B) Access to Dais.--Access to the dais before, during and 
after a hearing, mark up or other meeting of the Committee 
shall be limited to Members and staff of the Committee. Subject 
to availability of space on the dais, a Member may have a 
personal staff present on the dais during periods when the 
Member is seated on the dais at the hearing.
    (C) Wireless Communications Use Prohibited.--During a 
hearing, mark-up, or other meeting of the Committee, ringing or 
audible sounds or conversational use of cellular telephones or 
other electronic devices is prohibited in the Committee room.

                        Rule IX.--Subcommittees

    (A) Generally.--The Full Committee shall be organized into 
the following six standing subcommittees:
          (1) Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global 
        Counterterrorism;
          (2) Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, 
        Preparedness, and Response;
          (3) Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
        Infrastructure Protection;
          (4) Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing 
        and Terrorism Risk Assessment;
          (5) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, 
        and Science and Technology; and
          (6) Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and 
        Oversight.
    (B) Selection and Ratio of Subcommittee Members.--The 
Chairman and Ranking Member of the Full Committee shall select 
their respective Members of each subcommittee. The ratio of 
Majority to Minority Members shall be comparable to the ratio 
of Majority to Minority Members on the Full Committee, except 
that each subcommittee shall have at least two more Majority 
Members than Minority Members.
    (C) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Full Committee shall be ex officio members of 
each subcommittee but are not authorized to vote on matters 
that arise before each subcommittee. The Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee shall not be counted to 
satisfy the quorum requirement for any purpose other than 
taking testimony unless they are regular members of that 
subcommittee.
    (D) Powers and Duties of Subcommittees.--Except as 
otherwise directed by the Chairman of the Full Committee, each 
subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive 
testimony, mark up legislation, and report to the Full 
Committee on all matters within its purview. Subcommittee 
Chairmen shall set hearing and meeting dates only with the 
approval of the Chairman of the Full Committee. To the greatest 
extent practicable, no more than one meeting and hearing should 
be scheduled for a given time.
    (E) Special Voting Provision.--If a tie vote occurs in a 
subcommittee on the question of reporting any measure to the 
Full Committee, the measure shall be placed on the agenda for 
Full Committee consideration as if it had been ordered reported 
by the subcommittee without recommendation.
    (F) Task Forces or Select Subcommittees.--The Chairman, 
with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, may create 
task forces of limited duration to carry out specifically 
enumerated duties and functions within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee subject to any limitations provided for in the House 
Rules or other Caucus or Conference Rules. Any task force 
created under this rule shall be subject to all applicable 
Committee and House rules and other laws in the conduct of its 
duties and functions.

                  Rule X.--Referrals to Subcommittees

    Referral of Bills and Other Matters by Chairman.--Except 
for bills and other matters retained by the Chairman for Full 
Committee consideration, each bill or other matters referred to 
the Full Committee shall be referred by the Chairman to one or 
more subcommittees. In referring any measure or matter to a 
subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by which the 
subcommittee shall report thereon to the Full Committee. Bills 
or other matters referred to subcommittees may be reassigned or 
discharged by the Chairman.

                          Rule XI.--Subpoenas

    (A) Authorization.--Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of 
the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued under the 
seal of the House and attested by the Clerk of the House, and 
may be served by any person designated by the Full Committee 
for the furtherance of an investigation with authorization by--
          (1) a majority of the Full Committee, a quorum being 
        present; or
          (2) the Chairman of the Full Committee, after 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the 
        Full Committee, during any period for which the House 
        has adjourned for a period in excess of 3 days when, in 
        the opinion of the Chairman of the Full Committee, 
        authorization and issuance of the subpoena is necessary 
        to obtain the material or testimony set forth in the 
        subpoena. The Chairman of the Full Committee shall 
        notify Members of the Committee of the authorization 
        and issuance of a subpoena under this rule as soon as 
        practicable, but in no event later than one week after 
        service of such subpoena.
    (B) Disclosure.--Provisions may be included in a subpoena 
with the concurrence of the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Full Committee, or by the Committee, to prevent 
the disclosure of the Full Committee's demands for information 
when deemed necessary for the security of information or the 
progress of an investigation, including but not limited to 
prohibiting the revelation by witnesses and their counsel of 
Full Committee's inquiries.
    (C) Subpoena duces tecum.--Subpoena duces tecum may be 
issued whose return to the Committee Clerk shall occur at a 
time and place other than that of a regularly scheduled 
meeting.
    (D) Affidavits and Depositions.--The Chairman of the Full 
Committee, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of 
the Full Committee, or the Committee may authorize the taking 
of an affidavit or deposition with respect to any person who is 
subpoenaed under these rules but who is unable to appear in 
person to testify as a witness at any hearing or meeting. 
Notices for the taking of depositions shall specify the date, 
time and place of examination. Depositions shall be taken under 
oath administered by a Member or a person otherwise authorized 
by law to administer oaths. Prior consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee shall include written 
notice three business days before any deposition is scheduled 
to provide an opportunity for Minority staff to be present 
during the questioning.

                       Rule XII.--Committee Staff

    (A) Generally.--Committee staff members are subject to the 
provisions of clause 9 of House rule X and must be eligible to 
be considered for routine access to classified information.
    (B) Staff Assignments.--For purposes of these rules, 
Committee staff means the employees of the Committee, 
detailees, fellows or any other person engaged by contract or 
otherwise to perform services for, or at the request of, the 
Committee. All such persons shall be either Majority, Minority, 
or shared staff. The Chairman shall appoint, determine 
remuneration of, supervise and may remove Majority staff. The 
Ranking Minority Member shall appoint, determine remuneration 
of, supervise and may remove Minority staff. In consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman may appoint, 
determine remuneration of, supervise and may remove shared 
staff that is assigned to service of the Committee. The 
Chairman shall certify Committee staff appointments, including 
appointments by the Ranking Minority Member, as required.
    (C) Divulgence of Information.--Prior to the public 
acknowledgement by the Chairman or the Committee of a decision 
to initiate an investigation of a particular person, entity, or 
subject, no member of the Committee staff shall knowingly 
divulge to any person any information, including non-classified 
information, which comes into his or her possession by virtue 
of his or her status as a member of the Committee staff, if the 
member of the Committee staff has a reasonable expectation that 
such information may alert the subject of a Committee 
investigation to the existence, nature, or substance of such 
investigation, unless authorized to do so by the Chairman or 
the Committee.

                  Rule XIII.--Member and Staff Travel

    (A) Approval of Travel.--Consistent with the primary 
expense resolution and such additional expense resolutions as 
may have been approved, travel to be reimbursed from funds set 
aside for the Committee for any Member or any Committee staff 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
Chairman. Travel may be authorized by the Chairman for any 
Member and any Committee staff only in connection with official 
Committee business, such as the attendance of hearings 
conducted by the Committee and meetings, conferences, site 
visits, and investigations that involve activities or subject 
matter under the general jurisdiction of the Full Committee.
          (1) Proposed Travel by Majority Party Members and 
        Staff.--In the case of proposed travel by Majority 
        party Members or Committee staff, before such 
        authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the 
        Chairman in writing the following: (a) the purpose of 
        the travel; (b) the dates during which the travel is to 
        be made and the date or dates of the event for which 
        the travel is being made; (c) the location of the event 
        for which the travel is to be made; and (d) the names 
        of Members and staff seeking authorization. On the 
        basis of that information, the Chairman shall determine 
        whether the proposed travel is for official Committee 
        business, concerns subject matter within the 
        jurisdiction of the Full Committee, and is not 
        excessively costly in view of the Committee business 
        proposed to be conducted.
          (2) Proposed Travel by Minority Party Members and 
        Staff.--In the case of proposed travel by Minority 
        party Members or Committee staff, the Ranking Minority 
        Member shall provide to the Chairman a written 
        representation setting forth the information specified 
        in items (a), (b), (c), and (d) of subparagraph (1) and 
        his or her determination that such travel complies with 
        the other requirements of subparagraph (1).
    (B) Foreign Travel.--All Committee Member and staff 
requests for Committee-funded foreign travel must be submitted 
to the Chairman, through the Chief Financial Officer of the 
Committee, not less than seven business days prior to the start 
of the travel. Within 60 days of the conclusion of any such 
foreign travel authorized under this rule, there shall be 
submitted to the Chairman a written report summarizing the 
information gained as a result of the travel in question, or 
other Committee objectives served by such travel.

        Rule XIV.--Classified and Other Confidential Information

    (A) Security Precautions. Committee staff offices, 
including Majority and Minority offices, shall operate under 
strict security precautions administered by the Security 
Officer of the Committee. A security officer shall be on duty 
at all times during normal office hours. Classified documents 
and sensitive but unclassified (SBU) documents (including but 
not limited to those marked with dissemination restrictions 
such as Sensitive Security Information (SSI), Law Enforcement 
Sensitive (LES), For Official Use Only (FOUO), or Critical 
Infrastructure Information (CII)) may be examined only in an 
appropriately secure manner. Such documents may be removed from 
the Committee's offices in furtherance of official Committee 
business. Appropriate security procedures shall govern the 
handing of such documents removed from the Committee's offices.
    (B) Temporary Custody of Executive Branch Material.--
Executive branch documents or other materials containing 
classified information in any form that were not made part of 
the record of a Committee hearing, did not originate in the 
Committee or the House, and are not otherwise records of the 
Committee shall, while in the custody of the Committee, be 
segregated and maintained by the Committee in the same manner 
as Committee records that are classified. Such documents and 
other materials shall be returned to the Executive branch 
agency from which they were obtained at the earliest 
practicable time.
    (C) Access by Committee Staff.--Access to classified 
information supplied to the Committee shall be limited to 
Committee staff members with appropriate security clearance and 
a need-to-know, as determined by the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member and under their direction of the Majority and 
Minority Staff Directors.
    (D) Maintaining Confidentiality.--No Member of the 
Committee or Committee staff shall disclose, in whole or in 
part or by way of summary, to any person who is not a Member of 
the Committee or an authorized member of Committee staff for 
any purpose or in connection with any proceeding, judicial or 
otherwise, any testimony given before the Committee in 
executive session. Classified information and sensitive but 
unclassified (SBU) information (including but not limited to 
documents marked with dissemination restrictions such as 
Sensitive Security Information (SSI), Law Enforcement Sensitive 
(LES), For Official Use Only (FOUO), or Critical Infrastructure 
Information (CII)) shall be handled in accordance with all 
applicable provisions of law and consistent with the provisions 
of these rules.
    (E) Oath.--Before a Member or Committee staff member may 
have access to classified information, the following oath (or 
affirmation) shall be executed:

          I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not 
        disclose any classified information received in the 
        course of my service on the Committee on Homeland 
        Security, except as authorized by the Committee or the 
        House of Representatives or in accordance with the 
        Rules of such Committee or the Rules of the House. 
        Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be 
        retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the 
        Committee.

    (F) Disciplinary Action.--The Chairman shall immediately 
consider disciplinary action in the event any Committee Member 
or member of the Committee staff fails to conform to the 
provisions of these rules governing the disclosure of 
classified or unclassified information. Such disciplinary 
action may include, but shall not be limited to, immediate 
dismissal from the Committee staff, criminal referral to the 
Justice Department, and notification of the Speaker of the 
House. With respect to Minority party staff, the Chairman shall 
consider such disciplinary action in consultation with the 
Ranking Minority Member.

                      Rule XV.--Committee Records

    (A) Committee Records.--Committee Records shall constitute 
all data, charts and files in possession of the Committee and 
shall be maintained in accordance with House rule XI, clause 
2(e).
    (B) Legislative Calendar.--The Clerk of the Committee shall 
maintain a printed calendar for the information of each 
Committee Member showing any procedural or legislative measures 
considered or scheduled to be considered by the Committee, and 
the status of such measures and such other matters as the 
Committee determines shall be included. The calendar shall be 
revised from time to time to show pertinent changes. A copy of 
such revisions shall be made available to each Member of the 
Committee upon request.
    (C) Members Right to Access.--Members of the Committee and 
of the House shall have access to all official Committee 
Records. Access to Committee files shall be limited to 
examination within the Committee offices at reasonable times. 
Access to Committee Records that contain classified information 
shall be provided in a manner consistent with these rules.
    (D) Removal of Committee Records.--Files and records of the 
Committee are not to be removed from the Committee offices. No 
Committee files or records that are not made publicly available 
shall be photocopied by any Member.
    (E) Executive Session Records.--Evidence or testimony 
received by the Committee in executive session shall not be 
released or made available to the public unless agreed to by 
the Committee. Members may examine the Committee's executive 
session records, but may not make copies of, or take personal 
notes from, such records.
    (F) Public Inspection.--The Committee shall keep a complete 
record of all Committee action including recorded votes. 
Information so available for public inspection shall include a 
description of each amendment, motion, order or other 
proposition and the name of each Member voting for and each 
Member voting against each such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition, as well as the names of those Members present but 
not voting. Such record shall be made available to the public 
at reasonable times within the Committee offices.
    (G) Separate and Distinct.--All Committee records and files 
must be kept separate and distinct from the office records of 
the Members serving as Chairman and Ranking Minority Member. 
Records and files of Members' personal offices shall not be 
considered records or files of the Committee.
    (H) Disposition of Committee Records.--At the conclusion of 
each Congress, non-current records of the Committee shall be 
delivered to the Archivist of the United States in accordance 
with rule VII of the Rules of the House.
    (I) Archived Records.--The records of the Committee at the 
National Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
available for public use in accordance with rule VII of the 
Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking 
Minority Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee 
for a determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee. The Chairman shall consult with the Ranking Minority 
Member on any communication from the Archivist of the United 
States or the Clerk of the House concerning the disposition of 
noncurrent records pursuant to clause 3(b) of the rule.

                 Rule XVI.--Changes to Committee Rules

    These rules may be modified, amended, or repealed by the 
Full Committee provided that a notice in writing of the 
proposed change has been given to each Member at least 48 hours 
prior to the meeting at which action thereon is to be taken.
                   Committee on House Administration

  ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania, 
             Chairman*

VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan,          ZOE LOFGREN, California
  Ranking Member                     MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas
KEVIN McCARTHY, California           SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
                                     ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama**

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*Elected Chairman of the Committee on House Administration on May 24, 
2007 following the death of Chairwoman Juanita Millender-McDonald on 
April 22, 2007.
**Appointed to the Committee on House Administration on May 3, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Chairwoman Juanita Millender-
McDonald on April 22, 2007.

                      (Adopted February 16, 2007)

                     Rule No. 1--General Provisions

    (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from day 
to day is a privileged motion in the Committee. Each 
subcommittee of the Committee is a part of the Committee and is 
subject to the authority and direction of the chair and to its 
rules as far as applicable.
    (b) The Committee is authorized at any time to conduct such 
investigations and studies as it may consider necessary or 
appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under House 
rule X and, subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
required by House rule X, clause 6, to incur expenses 
(including travel expenses) in connection therewith.
    (c) The Committee is authorized to have printed and bound 
testimony and other data presented at hearings held by the 
Committee, and to make such information available to the 
public. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts in 
connection with any meeting or hearing of the Committee shall 
be paid from the appropriate House account.
    (d) 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 House rules X and XI during the Congress 
ending at noon on January 3 of such year.
    (e) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the Committee 
is elected in each odd-numbered year.

                Rule No. 2--Regular and Special Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting date of the Committee on House 
Administration shall be the second Wednesday of every month 
when the House is in session in accordance with Clause 2(b) of 
House rule XI. Additional meetings may be called by the Chair 
of the Committee as she or he may deem necessary or at the 
request of a majority of the members of the Committee in 
accordance with Clause 2(c) of House rule XI. The determination 
of the business to be considered at each meeting shall be made 
by the Chair subject to Clause 2(c) of House rule XI. A 
regularly scheduled meeting may be dispensed with if, in the 
judgment of the Chair, there is no need for the meeting.
    (b) If the Chair is not present at any meeting of the 
Committee, or at the discretion of the Chair, the Vice Chair of 
the Committee shall preside at the meeting. If the Chair and 
Vice Chair of the Committee are not present at any meeting of 
the Committee, the ranking member of the majority party who is 
present shall preside at the meeting.

                       Rule No. 3--Open Meetings

    As required by Clause 2(g), of House rule XI, each meeting 
for the transaction of business, including the markup of 
legislation of the Committee shall be open to the public except 
when the Committee in open session and with a quorum present 
determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder of 
the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public because 
disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national 
security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate 
any person, or otherwise would violate any law or rule of the 
House: Provided, however, that no person other than members of 
the Committee, and such congressional staff and such other 
persons as the Committee may authorize, shall be present in any 
business or markup session which has been closed to the public.

                   Rule No. 4--Records and Rollcalls

    (a)(1) A record vote shall be held if requested by any 
member of the Committee.
    (a)(2) The result of each record vote in any meeting of the 
Committee shall be made available for inspection by the public 
at reasonable times at the Committee offices, including a 
description of the amendment, motion, order or other 
proposition; the name of each member voting for and against; 
and the members present but not voting.
    (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the Chair may postpone 
further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the 
question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chair may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time.
    (2) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(1), the Chair shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote.
    (3) 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.
    (c) All Committee and subcommittee hearings, records, data, 
charts, and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the member serving as Chair; 
and such records shall be the property of the House and all 
members of the House shall have access thereto.
    (d) House records of the Committee which are at the 
National Archives shall be made available pursuant to House 
rule VII. The Chair shall notify the ranking minority member of 
any decision to withhold a record pursuant to the rule, and 
shall present the matter to the Committee upon written request 
of any Committee member.
    (e) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.

                          Rule No. 5--Proxies

    No vote by any member in the Committee may be cast by 
proxy.

            Rule No. 6--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under House rules X and XI, the Committee or any 
subcommittee thereof 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 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, 
        memorandums, papers, documents and other materials as 
        it deems necessary, including materials in electronic 
        form. The Chair, or any member designated by the Chair, 
        may administer oaths to any witness.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or subcommittee in the conduct of any investigation 
or series of investigations or activities, only when authorized 
by a majority of the members voting, a majority being present. 
The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under subparagraph 
(a)(2) may be delegated to the Chair pursuant to such rules and 
under such limitations as the Committee may prescribe. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by any 
member designated by the Committee, and may be served by any 
person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (2) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
a subcommittee may be enforced only as authorized or directed 
by the House.

                          Rule No. 7--Quorums

    No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the House 
unless a majority of the Committee is actually present. For the 
purposes of taking any action other than reporting any measure, 
issuance of a subpoena, closing meetings, promulgating 
Committee orders, or changing the rules of the Committee, one-
third of the members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum. For purposes of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members shall constitute a quorum.

                         Rule No. 8--Amendments

    Any amendment offered to any pending legislation before the 
Committee or a subcommittee must be made available in written 
form when requested by any member of the Committee. If such 
amendment is not available in written form when requested, the 
Chair will allow an appropriate period of time for the 
provision thereof.

                     Rule No. 9--Hearing Procedures

    (a) The Chair, in the case of hearings to be conducted by 
the Committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chair, in the 
case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, shall make 
public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of 
any hearing to be conducted on any measure or matter at least 
one (1) week before the commencement of that hearing. If the 
Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, 
determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing 
sooner, or if the Committee so determines by majority vote, a 
quorum being present, the Chair shall make the announcement at 
the earliest possible date. The clerk of the Committee shall 
promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional 
Record as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
made.
    (b) Unless excused by the Chair, each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with 
the clerk of the Committee, at least 48 hours in advance of his 
or her appearance, a written statement of his or her proposed 
testimony and shall limit his or her oral presentation to a 
summary of his or her statement.
    (c) When any hearing is conducted by the Committee upon any 
measure or matter, the minority party members on the Committee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the Chair 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 
hearings thereon.
    (d) All other members of the Committee may have the 
privilege of sitting with any subcommittee during its hearings 
or deliberations and may participate in such hearings or 
deliberations, but no member who is not a member of the 
subcommittee shall count for a quorum or offer any motion or 
amendment or vote on any matter before the subcommittee.
    (e) Committee or subcommittee members may question 
witnesses only when they have been recognized by the Chair for 
that purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until all members 
present have had an opportunity to question a witness. The 5-
minute period for questioning a witness by any one member can 
be extended as provided by House Rules. The questioning of a 
witness in Committee or subcommittee hearings shall be 
initiated by the Chair, followed by the ranking minority member 
and all other members alternating between the majority and 
minority. In recognizing members to question witnesses in this 
fashion, the Chair shall take into consideration the ratio of 
the majority to minority members present and shall establish 
the order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as 
not to disadvantage the members of the majority. The Chair may 
accomplish this by recognizing two majority members for each 
minority member recognized.
    (f) The following additional rules shall apply to hearings 
of the Committee or a subcommittee, as applicable:
          (1) The Chair at a hearing shall announce in an 
        opening statement the subject of the investigation.
          (2) A copy of the Committee rules and this clause 
        shall be made available to each witness as provided by 
        clause 2(k)(2) of rule XI.
          (3) Witnesses at hearings may be accompanied by their 
        own counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning 
        their constitutional rights.
          (4) The Chair may punish breaches of order and 
        decorum, and of professional ethics on the part of 
        counsel, by censure and exclusion from the hearings; 
        and the Committee may cite the offender to the House 
        for contempt.
          (5) If the Committee determines that evidence or 
        testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person, it shall--
                  (A) afford such person an opportunity 
                voluntarily to appear as a witness;
                  (B) receive such evidence or testimony in 
                executive session; and
                  (C) receive and dispose of requests from such 
                person to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (f)(5), the 
        Chair shall receive and the Committee shall dispose of 
        requests to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive 
        session may be released or used in public sessions 
        without the consent of the Committee.
          (8) In the discretion of the Committee, witnesses may 
        submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing 
        for inclusion in the record. The Committee is the sole 
        judge of the pertinence of testimony and evidence 
        adduced at its hearing.
          (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his 
        testimony given at a public session or, if given at an 
        executive session, when authorized by the Committee.

       Rule No. 10--Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters

    (a)(1) It shall be the duty of the Chair to report or cause 
to be reported promptly to the House any measure 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, the report of the Committee on a measure 
which has been approved by the Committee shall be filed within 
7 calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in 
session) after the day on which there has been filed with the 
clerk of the Committee a written request, signed by a majority 
of the members of the Committee, for the reporting of that 
measure. Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of the 
Committee shall transmit immediately to the Chair notice of the 
filing of that request.
    (b)(1) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to 
the House unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present.
    (2) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
any measure or matter of a public character, and on any 
amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total number of 
votes cast for and against, and the names of those members 
voting for and against, shall be included in the Committee 
report on the measure or matter.
    (c) The report of the Committee on a measure or matter 
which has been approved by the Committee shall include the 
matters required by Clause 3(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House.
    (d) Each report of the Committee on each bill or joint 
resolution of a public character reported by the Committee 
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.
    (e) If, at the time any measure or matter is ordered 
reported 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 additional calendar days after the day of such notice, 
commencing on the day on which the measure or matter(s) was 
approved, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, in 
which to file such views, in writing and signed by that member, 
with the clerk 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. The report of the Committee 
upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume 
which--
          (1) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views, in the form submitted, by the time of 
        the filing of the report, and
          (2) shall bear upon its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under subparagraph (c)) are included 
        as part of the report. This subparagraph does not 
        preclude--
                  (A) 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
                  (B) the filing of any supplemental report 
                upon any measure or matter which may be 
                required for the correction of any technical 
                error in a previous report made by the 
                Committee upon that measure or matter.
          (3) shall, when appropriate, contain the documents 
        required by Clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
        the House.
    (f) The Chair, following consultation with the ranking 
minority member, is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House, relating to going to 
conference with the Senate, whenever the Chair considers it 
appropriate.
    (g) If hearings have been held on any such measure or 
matter so reported, the Committee shall make every reasonable 
effort to have such hearings published and available to the 
members of the House prior to the consideration of such measure 
or matter in the House.
    (h) The Chair may designate any majority member of the 
Committee to act as ``floor manager'' of a bill or resolution 
during its consideration in the House.

                    Rule No. 11--Committee Oversight

    The Committee shall conduct oversight of matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee in accordance with House rule X, 
clause 2 and clause 4. Not later than February 15 of the first 
session of a Congress, the Committee shall, in a meeting that 
is open to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its 
oversight plan for that Congress in accordance with House rule 
X, clause 2(d).

   Rule No. 12--Review of Continuing Programs; Budget Act Provisions

    (a) The Committee shall, in its consideration of all bills 
and joint resolutions of a public character within its 
jurisdiction, ensure that appropriation for continuing programs 
and activities of the Federal Government will be made annually 
to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the nature, 
requirement, and objectives of the programs and activities 
involved. For the purposes of this paragraph a Government 
agency includes the organizational units of government listed 
in Clause 4(e) of rule X of House Rules.
    (b) The Committee shall review, from time to time, each 
continuing program within its jurisdiction for which 
appropriations are not made annually in order to ascertain 
whether such program could be modified so that appropriations 
therefore would be made annually.
    (c) The Committee shall, on or before February 25 of each 
year, 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 
which are within its jurisdiction or functions, and (2) an 
estimate of the total amounts of new budget authority, and 
budget outlays resulting there from, to be provided or 
authorized in all bills and resolutions within its jurisdiction 
which it intends to be effective during that fiscal year.
    (d) As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for any fiscal year is agreed to, the Committee 
(after consulting with the appropriate committee or committees 
of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocation made to it in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report 
on such resolution, and promptly report such subdivisions to 
the House, in the manner provided by section 302 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (e) 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.

      Rule No. 13--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    Whenever any hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee 
is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open to 
coverage by television, radio, and still photography, as 
provided in Clause 4 of House rule XI, subject to the 
limitations therein. Operation and use of any Committee 
Internet broadcast system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with Clause 4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable 
rules of the Committee and the House.

             Rule No. 14--Committee and Subcommittee Staff

    The staff of the Committee on House Administration shall be 
appointed as follows:
    A. The staff shall be appointed by the Chair or her or his 
designee except as provided in paragraph (B), and may be 
removed by the Chair and shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chair;
    B. All staff provided to the minority party members of the 
Committee shall be appointed by the ranking member or her or 
his designee, and may be removed, by the ranking minority 
member of the Committee, and shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of such member;
    C. The Chair shall fix the compensation of all staff of the 
Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority member 
regarding any minority party staff, within the budget approved 
for such purposes for the Committee.

                Rule No. 15--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the 
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of Committee 
members and staff. Travel for any member or any staff member 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chair or 
her or his designee. Travel may be authorized by the Chair for 
any member and any staff member in connection with the 
attendance at hearings conducted by the Committee and meetings, 
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or 
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. 
Before such authorization is given there shall be submitted to 
the Chair in writing the following:
          (1) The purpose of the travel;
          (2) The dates during which the travel will occur;
          (3) The locations to be visited and the length of 
        time to be spent in each; and
          (4) The names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of 
members and staff of the Committee for the purpose of 
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject matter 
under the legislative assignment of the committee, prior 
authorization must be obtained from the Chair. Before such 
authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the Chair, 
in writing, a request for such authorization. Each request, 
which shall be filed in a manner that allows for a reasonable 
period of time for review before such travel is scheduled to 
begin, shall include the following:
          (A) the purpose of the travel;
          (B) the dates during which the travel will occur;
          (C) the names of the countries to be visited and the 
        length of time to be spent in each;
          (D) an agenda of anticipated activities for each 
        country for which travel is authorized together with a 
        description of the purpose to be served and the areas 
        of committee jurisdiction involved; and
          (E) the names of members and staff for whom 
        authorization is sought.
    (2) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study, 
meeting or conference for which travel outside the United 
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, members and 
staff attending meetings or conferences shall submit a written 
report to the Chair covering the activities and other pertinent 
observations or information gained as a result of such travel.
    (c) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such 
travel.

         Rule No. 16--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    (a) There shall be two standing subcommittees, with party 
ratios of members as indicated. Subcommittees shall have 
jurisdictions as stated by these rules, may conduct oversight 
over such subject matter, and may consider such legislation as 
may be referred to them by the Chair. The names and 
jurisdiction of the subcommittees shall be:
          (1) Subcommittee on Capitol Security--(2/1).--Matters 
        pertaining to operations and security of the Congress, 
        and of the Capitol complex including the House wing of 
        the Capitol, the House Office Buildings, the Library of 
        Congress, and other policies and facilities supporting 
        congressional operations; the U.S. Capitol Police.
          (2) Subcommittee on Elections--(4/2).--Matters 
        pertaining to the Federal Election Campaign Act, the 
        Federal Contested Elections Act, the Help America Vote 
        Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Uniformed 
        and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the Federal 
        Voting Assistance Program, the Bipartisan Campaign 
        Reform Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act 
        (accessibility for voters with disabilities), the 
        Federal Elections Commission (FEC), the Elections 
        Assistance Commission (EAC), and other election related 
        issues.
    (b) The Chair may establish and appoint members to serve on 
task forces of the Committee, to perform specific functions for 
limited periods of time, as she or he deems appropriate.

         Rule No. 17--Referral of Legislation to Subcommittees

    The Chair may refer legislation or other matters to a 
subcommittee, or subcommittees, as she or he considers 
appropriate. The Chair may discharge any subcommittee of any 
matter referred to it.

            Rule No. 18--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence and report to the full committee on all 
matters referred to it. No subcommittee shall meet during any 
Committee meeting.

             Rule No. 19--Other Procedures and Regulations

    The Chair may establish such other procedures and take such 
actions as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing rules or 
to facilitate the effective operation of the committee.

           Rule No. 20--Designation of Clerk of the Committee

    For the purposes of these rules and the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the staff director of the Committee shall 
act as the clerk of the Committee.
                       Committee on the Judiciary

   JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan, 
             Chairman

LAMAR SMITH, Texas,                  HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
  Ranking Member                     RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr.,         JERROLD NADLER, New York
  Wisconsin                          ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, 
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina         Virginia
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia              ZOE LOFGREN, California
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        MAXINE WATERS, California
CHRIS CANNON, Utah                   WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
RIC KELLER, Florida                  ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
DARRELL E. ISSA, California          LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
MIKE PENCE, Indiana                  STEVE COHEN, Tennessee
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia            HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, Jr., 
STEVE KING, Iowa                     Georgia
TOM FEENEY, Florida                  BETTY SUTTON, Ohio*
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona                LUIS V. GUITIERREZ, Illinois
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas                 BRAD SHERMAN, California
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                     TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin**
                                     ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
                                     ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
                                     ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama
                                     DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
                                     Florida***
                                     KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota

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*Appointed to the Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the resignation from Congress of Rep. Martin Meehan 
on July 1, 2007.
**Appointed to the Judiciary Committee on April 17, 2007.
***Appointed to the Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 24, 2007)

                                Rule I.

    The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of 
the Committee on the Judiciary and its Subcommittees with the 
following specific additions thereto.

                      Rule II.--Committee Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting day of the Committee on the 
Judiciary for the conduct of its business shall be on Wednesday 
of each week while the House is in session.
    (b) Additional meetings may be called by the Chairman and a 
regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed with when, in 
the judgment of the Chairman, there is no need therefore.
    (c) At least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and 
legal holidays when the House is not in session) before each 
scheduled Committee or Subcommittee meeting, each Member of the 
Committee or Subcommittee shall be furnished a list of the 
bill(s) and subject(s) to be considered and/or acted upon at 
the meeting. Bills or subjects not listed shall be subject to a 
point of order unless their consideration is agreed to by a 
two-thirds vote of the Committee or Subcommittee.
    (d) In an emergency that does not reasonably allow for 24 
hours' notice, the Chairman may waive the 24-hour notice 
requirement with the agreement of the Ranking Minority Member.
    (e) Committee and Subcommittee meetings for the transaction 
of business, i.e. meetings other than those held for the 
purpose of taking testimony, shall be open to the public except 
when the Committee or Subcommittee determines by majority vote 
to close the meeting because disclosure of matters to be 
considered would endanger national security, would compromise 
sensitive law enforcement information, or would tend to defame, 
degrade or incriminate any person or otherwise would violate 
any law or rule of the House.
    (f) Every motion made to the Committee and entertained by 
the Chairman shall be reduced to writing upon demand of any 
Member, and a copy made available to each Member present.
    (g) For purposes of taking any action at a meeting of the 
full Committee or any Subcommittee thereof, a quorum shall be 
constituted by the presence of not less than one-third of the 
Members of the Committee or subcommittee, except that a full 
majority of the Members of the Committee or Subcommittee shall 
constitute a quorum for purposes of reporting a measure or 
recommendation from the Committee or Subcommittee, closing a 
meeting to the public, or authorizing the issuance of a 
subpoena.
    (h)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the Chairman may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time.
    (2) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(1), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify Members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote.
    (3) 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.
    (i) Transcripts of markups shall be recorded and may be 
published in the same manner as hearings before the Committee.
    (j) Without further action of the Committee, the Chairman 
is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 of rule XXII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                          Rule III.--Hearings

    (a) The Committee Chairman or any Subcommittee chairman 
shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject 
matter of any hearing to be conducted by it on any measure or 
matter at least one week before the commencement of that 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee, or Subcommittee, 
with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 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.
    (b) Committee and Subcommittee hearings shall be open to 
the public except when the Committee or Subcommittee determines 
by majority vote to close the meeting because disclosure of 
matters to be considered would endanger national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person or 
otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House.
    (c) For purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence 
before the Committee or any Subcommittee, a quorum shall be 
constituted by the presence of two Members.
    (d) In the course of any hearing each Member shall be 
allowed five minutes for the interrogation of a witness until 
such time as each Member who so desires has had an opportunity 
to question the witness.
    (e) The transcripts of those hearings conducted by the 
Committee which are decided to be printed shall be published in 
verbatim form, with the material requested for the record 
inserted at that place requested, or at the end of the record, 
as appropriate. Individuals, including Members of Congress, 
whose comments are to be published as part of a Committee 
document shall be given the opportunity to verify the accuracy 
of the transcription in advance of publication. Any requests by 
those Members, staff or witnesses to correct any errors other 
than errors in the transcription, or disputed errors in 
transcription, shall be appended to the record, and the 
appropriate place where the change is requested will be 
footnoted. Prior to approval by the Chairman of hearings 
conducted jointly with another congressional Committee, a 
memorandum of understanding shall be prepared which 
incorporates an agreement for the publication of the verbatim 
transcript.

                         Rule IV.--Broadcasting

    Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee or 
any Subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall 
be open to coverage by television, radio and still photography 
except when the hearing or meeting is closed pursuant to the 
Committee Rules of Procedure.

                    Rule V.--Standing Subcommittees

    (a) The full Committee shall have jurisdiction over the 
following subject matters: antitrust law, tort liability, 
including medical malpractice and product liability, legal 
reform generally, and such other matters as determined by the 
Chairman.
    (b) There shall be five standing Subcommittees of the 
Committee on the Judiciary, with jurisdictions as follows:
          (1) Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
        Intellectual Property.--Copyright, patent and trademark 
        law, information technology, administration of U.S. 
        courts, Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil and Appellate 
        Procedure, judicial ethics, other appropriate matters 
        as referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
          (2) Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, 
        and Civil Liberties.--Constitutional Amendments, 
        constitutional rights, federal civil rights laws, 
        ethics in government, other appropriate matters as 
        referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
          (3) Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative 
        Law.--Bankruptcy and commercial law, bankruptcy 
        judgeships, administrative law, independent counsel, 
        state taxation affecting interstate commerce, 
        interstate compacts, other appropriate matters as 
        referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
          (4) Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
        Security.--Federal Criminal Code, drug enforcement, 
        sentencing, parole and pardons, terrorism, internal and 
        homeland security, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 
        prisons, criminal law enforcement, other appropriate 
        matters as referred by the Chairman, and relevant 
        oversight.
          (5) Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, 
        Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.--
        Immigration and naturalization, border security, 
        admission of refugees, treaties, conventions and 
        international agreements, claims against the United 
        States, federal charters of incorporation, private 
        immigration and claims bills, non-border enforcement, 
        other appropriate matters as referred by the Chairman, 
        and relevant oversight.
    (c) The Chairman of the Committee and Ranking Minority 
Member thereof shall be ex officio Members, but not voting 
Members, of each Subcommittee to which such Chairman or Ranking 
Minority Member has not been assigned by resolution of the 
Committee. Ex officio Members shall not be counted as present 
for purposes of constituting a quorum at any hearing or meeting 
of such Subcommittee.

              Rule VI.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the full Committee on all 
matters referred to it or under its jurisdiction. Subcommittee 
chairmen shall set dates for hearings and meetings of their 
respective Subcommittees after consultation with the Chairman 
and other Subcommittee chairmen with a view toward avoiding 
simultaneous scheduling of full Committee and Subcommittee 
meetings or hearings whenever possible.

                   Rule VII.--Non-Legislative Reports

    No report of the Committee or Subcommittee which does not 
accompany a measure or matter for consideration by the House 
shall be published unless all Members of the Committee or 
Subcommittee issuing the report shall have been apprised of 
such report and given the opportunity to give notice of 
intention to file supplemental, additional, or dissenting views 
as part of the report. In no case shall the time in which to 
file such views be less than three calendar days (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays when the House is not in 
session).

                     Rule VIII.--Committee Records

    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
according to the Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify 
the Ranking Minority Member of any decision to withhold a 
record otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented 
to the Committee for a determination on the written request of 
any Member of the Committee.

                 Rule IX.--Official Committee Web Site

    The Chairman shall maintain an official web site on behalf 
of the Committee for the purpose of furthering the Committee's 
legislative and oversight responsibilities, including 
communicating information about the Committee's activities to 
Committee Members and other Members of the House. The Ranking 
Member is authorized to maintain a similar official web site on 
behalf of the Committee Minority for the same purpose, 
including communicating information about the activities of the 
Minority to Committee Members and other Members of the House.
                     Committee on Natural Resources

NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia, 
             Chairman

DON YOUNG, Alaska,                   DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
  Ranking Member                     ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey               Samoa
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee       SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland         FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey
CHRIS CANNON, Utah                   DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin 
THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado         Islands
JEFF FLAKE, Arizona                  GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico            RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey
HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina  RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona
LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico         MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS,              JIM COSTA, California
  Washington                         DAN BOREN, Oklahoma
BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana              JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas                 GEORGE MILLER, California
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania           MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
DEAN HELLER, Nevada                  PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
BILL SALI, Idaho                     RON KIND, Wisconsin
DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado               LOIS CAPPS, California
MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma*               JAY INSLEE, Washington
[VACANCY]****                        MARK UDALL, Colorado
                                     JOE BACA, California
                                     HILDA L. SOLIS, California
                                     STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
                                     Dakota
                                     HEATH SHULER, North Carolina

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*Appointed to the Natural Resources Committee on May 10, 2007.
**Rep. Rick Renzi resigned from the Natural Resources Committee on 
April 25, 2007.
***Rep. Ken Calvert resigned from the Natural Resources Committee on 
May 16, 2007.
****Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Kevin McCarthy on 
October 2, 2007.

                       (Adopted February 7, 2007)

               Rule 1.--Rules of the House, Vice Chairmen

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--
          (1) The Rules of the House of Representatives, so far 
        as they are applicable, are the rules of the Committee 
        and its Subcommittees.
          (2) Each Subcommittee is part of the Committee and is 
        subject to the authority, direction and rules of the 
        Committee. References in these rules to ``Committee'' 
        and ``Chairman'' shall apply to each Subcommittee and 
        its Chairman wherever applicable.
          (3) House rule XI is incorporated and made a part of 
        the rules of the Committee to the extent applicable.
    (b) Vice Chairmen.--Unless inconsistent with other rules, 
the Chairman shall appoint a Vice Chairman of the Committee and 
the Subcommittee Chairmen will appoint Vice Chairmen of each of 
the

                      Rule 2.--Meetings in General

    (a) Scheduled Meetings.--The Committee shall meet at 10 
a.m. every Wednesday when the House is in session, unless 
canceled by the Chairman. The Committee shall also meet at the 
call of the Chairman subject to advance notice to all Members 
of the Committee. Special meetings shall be called and convened 
by the Chairman as provided in clause 2(c)(1) of House rule XI. 
Any Committee meeting or hearing that conflicts with a party 
caucus, conference, or similar party meeting shall be 
rescheduled at the discretion of the Chairman, in consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member. The Committee 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.
    (b) Open Meetings.--Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, and each hearing 
of the Committee or a Subcommittee shall be open to the public, 
except as provided by clause 2(g) and clause 2(k) of House rule 
XI.
    (c) Broadcasting.--Whenever a 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. The provisions of 
clause 4(f) of House rule XI are specifically made part of 
these rules by reference. Operation and use of any Committee 
Internet broadcast system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with clause 4(b) of House rule XI and all other 
applicable rules of the Committee and the House.
    (d) Oversight Plan.--No later than February 15 of the first 
session of each Congress, the Committee shall adopt its 
oversight plans for that Congress in accordance with clause 
2(d)(1) of House rule X.

                     Rule 3.--Procedures in General

    (a) Agenda of Meetings; Information for Members.--An agenda 
of the business to be considered at meetings shall be delivered 
to the office of each Member of the Committee no later than 48 
hours before the meeting. This requirement may be waived by a 
majority vote of the Committee at the time of the consideration 
of the measure or matter. To the extent practicable, a summary 
of the major provisions of any bill being considered by the 
Committee, including the need for the bill and its effect on 
current law, will be available for the Members of the Committee 
no later than 48 hours before the meeting.
    (b) Meetings and Hearings To Begin Promptly.--Each meeting 
or hearing of the Committee shall begin promptly at the time 
stipulated in the public announcement of the meeting or 
hearing.
    (c) Addressing the Committee.--A Committee Member may 
address the Committee or a Subcommittee on any bill, motion, or 
other matter under consideration or may question a witness at a 
hearing only when recognized by the Chairman for that purpose. 
The time a Member may address the Committee or Subcommittee for 
any purpose or to question a witness shall be limited to five 
minutes, except as provided in Committee rule 4(g). A Member 
shall limit his remarks to the subject matter under 
consideration. The Chairman shall enforce the preceding 
provision.
    (d) Quorums.--
          (1) A majority of the Members shall constitute a 
        quorum for the reporting of any measure or 
        recommendation, the authorizing of a subpoena, the 
        closing of any meeting or hearing to the public under 
        clause 2(g)(1), clause 2(g)(2)(A) and clause 2(k)(5)(B) 
        of House rule XI, and the releasing of executive 
        session materials under clause 2(k)(7) of House rule X. 
        Testimony and evidence may be received at any hearing 
        at which there are at least two Members of the 
        Committee present. For the purpose of transacting all 
        other business of the Committee, one third of the 
        Members shall constitute a quorum.
          (2) When a call of the roll is required to ascertain 
        the presence of a quorum, the offices of all Members 
        shall be notified and the Members shall have not less 
        than 15 minutes to prove their attendance. The Chairman 
        shall have the discretion to waive this requirement 
        when a quorum is actually present or whenever a quorum 
        is secured and may direct the Chief Clerk to note the 
        names of all Members present within the 15-minute 
        period.
    (e) Participation of Members in Committee and 
Subcommittees.--All Members of the Committee may sit with any 
Subcommittee during any hearing, and by unanimous consent of 
the Members of the Subcommittee may participate in any meeting 
or hearing. However, a Member who is not a Member of the 
Subcommittee may not vote on any matter before the 
Subcommittee, be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum 
or raise points of order.
    (f) Proxies.--No vote in the Committee or its Subcommittees 
may be cast by proxy.
    (g) Record Votes.--Record votes shall be ordered on the 
demand of one-fifth of the Members present, or by any Member in 
the apparent absence of a quorum.
    (h) Postponed Record Votes.--
          (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Chairman may, after 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, postpone 
        further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
        the question of approving any measure or matter or 
        adopting an amendment. The Chairman shall resume 
        proceedings on a postponed request at any time after 
        reasonable notice, but no later than the next meeting 
        day.
          (2) Notwithstanding any intervening order for the 
        previous question, when proceedings resume on a 
        postponed question under paragraph (1), an underlying 
        proposition shall remain subject to further debate or 
        amendment to the same extent as when the question was 
        postponed.
          (3) This rule shall apply to Subcommittee 
        proceedings.
    (i) Privileged Motions.--A motion to recess from day to 
day, a motion to recess subject to the call of the Chairman 
(within 24 hours), and a motion to dispense with the first 
reading (in full) of a bill or resolution if printed copies are 
available, are nondebatable motions of high privilege.
    (j) Layover and Copy of Bill.--No measure or recommendation 
reported by a Subcommittee shall be considered by the Committee 
until two calendar days from the time of Subcommittee action. 
No bill shall be considered by the Committee unless a copy has 
been delivered to the office of each Member of the Committee 
requesting a copy. These requirements may be waived by a 
majority vote of the Committee at the time of consideration of 
the measure or recommendation.
    (k) Access to Dais and Conference Room.--Access to the 
hearing rooms' daises [and to the conference rooms adjacent to 
the Committee hearing rooms] shall be limited to Members of 
Congress and employees of the Committee during a meeting of the 
Committee, except that Committee Members' personal staff may be 
present on the daises if their employing Member is the author 
of a bill or amendment under consideration by the Committee, 
but only during the time that the bill or amendment is under 
active consideration by the Committee. Access to the conference 
rooms adjacent to the Committee hearing rooms shall be limited 
to Members of Congress and employees of Congress during a 
meeting of the Committee.
    (l) Cellular Telephones.--The use of cellular telephones is 
prohibited on the Committee dais or in the Committee hearing 
rooms during a meeting of the Committee.
    (m) Motion To Go to Conference With the Senate.--The 
Chairman may offer a motion under clause 1 of rule XXII 
whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

                      Rule 4.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) Announcement.--The Chairman shall publicly announce the 
date, place, and subject matter of any hearing at least one 
week before the hearing unless the Chairman, with the 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, determines that 
there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or if the 
Committee so determines by majority vote. In these cases, the 
Chairman shall publicly announce the hearing at the earliest 
possible date. The Chief Clerk of the Committee shall promptly 
notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional Record and 
shall promptly enter the appropriate information on the 
Committee's web site as soon as possible after the public 
announcement is made.
    (b) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.--Each witness who is 
to appear before the Committee or a Subcommittee shall file 
with the Chief Clerk of the Committee or Subcommittee Clerk, at 
least two working days before the day of his or her appearance, 
a written statement of proposed testimony. Failure to comply 
with this requirement may result in the exclusion of the 
written testimony from the hearing record and/or the barring of 
an oral presentation of the testimony. Each witness shall limit 
his or her oral presentation to a five-minute summary of the 
written statement, unless the Chairman, in consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member, extends this time period. In 
addition, all witnesses shall be required to submit with their 
testimony a resume or other statement describing their 
education, employment, professional affiliations and other 
background information pertinent to their testimony.
    (c) Minority Witnesses.--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 the hearing, 
to call witnesses selected by the Minority to testify with 
respect to that measure or matter during at least one day of 
hearings thereon.
    (d) Information for Members.--After announcement of a 
hearing, the Committee shall make available as soon as 
practicable to all Members of the Committee a tentative witness 
list and to the extent practicable a memorandum explaining the 
subject matter of the hearing (including relevant legislative 
reports and other necessary material). In addition, the 
Chairman shall make available to the Members of the Committee 
any official reports from departments and agencies on the 
subject matter as they are received.
    (e) Subpoenas.--The Committee or a Subcommittee may 
authorize and issue a subpoena under clause 2(m) of House rule 
XI if authorized by a majority of the Members voting. In 
addition, the Chairman of the Committee may authorize and issue 
subpoenas during any period of time in which the House of 
Representatives has adjourned for more than three days. 
Subpoenas shall be signed only by the Chairman of the 
Committee, or any Member of the Committee authorized by the 
Committee, and may be served by any person designated by the 
Chairman or Member.
    (f) Oaths.--The Chairman of the Committee or any Member 
designated by the Chairman may administer oaths to any witness 
before the Committee. All witnesses appearing in hearings may 
be administered the following oath by the Chairman or his 
designee prior to receiving the testimony: ``Do you solemnly 
swear or affirm that the testimony that you are about to give 
is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so 
help you God?''.
    (g) Opening Statements; Questioning of Witnesses.--
          (1) Opening statements by Members may not be 
        presented orally, unless the Chairman or his designee 
        makes a statement, in which case the Ranking Minority 
        Member or his designee may also make a statement. If a 
        witness scheduled to testify at any hearing of the 
        Committee is a constituent of a Member of the 
        Committee, that Member shall be entitled to introduce 
        the witness at the hearing.
          (2) The questioning of witnesses in Committee and 
        Subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the 
        Chairman, followed by the Ranking Minority Member and 
        all other Members alternating between the Majority and 
        Minority parties. In recognizing Members to question 
        witnesses, 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 a manner so as not to disadvantage the 
        Members of the Majority or the Members of the Minority. 
        A motion is in order to allow designated Majority and 
        Minority party Members to question a witness for a 
        specified period to be equally divided between the 
        Majority and Minority parties. This period shall not 
        exceed one hour in the aggregate.
    (h) Materials for Hearing Record.--Any materials submitted 
specifically for inclusion in the hearing record must address 
the announced subject matter of the hearing and be submitted to 
the relevant Subcommittee Clerk or Chief Clerk no later than 10 
business days following the last day of the hearing.
    (i) Claims of Privilege.--Claims of common-law privileges 
made by witnesses in hearings, or by interviewees or deponents 
in investigations or inquiries, are applicable only at the 
discretion of the Chairman, subject to appeal to the Committee.

                  Rule 5.--Filing of Committee Reports

    (a) Duty of Chairman.--Whenever the Committee authorizes 
the favorable reporting of a measure from the Committee, the 
Chairman or his designee shall report the same to the House of 
Representatives and shall take all steps necessary to secure 
its passage without any additional authority needing to be set 
forth in the motion to report each individual measure. In 
appropriate cases, the authority set forth in this rule shall 
extend to moving in accordance with the Rules of the House of 
Representatives that the House be resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the 
consideration of the measure; and to moving in accordance with 
the Rules of the House of Representatives for the disposition 
of a Senate measure that is substantially the same as the House 
measure as reported.
    (b) Filing.--A report on a measure which has been approved 
by the Committee shall be filed within seven calendar days 
(exclusive of days on which the House of Representatives is not 
in session) after the day on which there has been filed with 
the Committee Chief Clerk a written request, signed by a 
majority of the Members of the Committee, for the reporting of 
that measure. Upon the filing with the Committee Chief Clerk of 
this request, the Chief Clerk shall transmit immediately to the 
Chairman notice of the filing of that request.
    (c) Supplemental, Additional or Minority Views.--Any Member 
may, if notice is given at the time a bill or resolution is 
approved by the Committee, file supplemental, additional, or 
minority views. These views must be in writing and signed by 
each Member joining therein and be filed with the Committee 
Chief Clerk not less than two additional calendar days 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on those days) of the time the bill or 
resolution is approved by the Committee. This paragraph shall 
not preclude the filing 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.
    (d) Review by Members.--Each Member of the Committee shall 
be given an opportunity to review each proposed Committee 
report before it is filed with the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives. Nothing in this paragraph extends the time 
allowed for filing supplemental, additional or minority views 
under paragraph (c).
    (e) Disclaimer.--All Committee or Subcommittee reports 
printed and not approved by a majority vote of the Committee or 
Subcommittee, as appropriate, shall contain the following 
disclaimer on the cover of the report: ``This report has not 
been officially adopted by the (Committee on Natural Resources) 
(Subcommittee) and may not therefore necessarily reflect the 
views of its Members.''.

 Rule 6.--Establishment of Subcommittees; Full Committee Jurisdiction; 
                             Bill Referrals

    (a) Subcommittees.--There shall be five standing 
Subcommittees of the Committee, with the following jurisdiction 
and responsibilities:

        SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS

    (1) Measures and matters related to the National Park 
System and its units, including Federal reserved water rights.
    (2) The National Wilderness Preservation System.
    (3) Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, 
national heritage areas and other national units established 
for protection, conservation, preservation or recreational 
development, other than coastal barriers.
    (4) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks in and 
within the vicinity of the District of Columbia and the 
erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
    (5) Federal outdoor recreation plans, programs and 
administration including the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
    (6) Plans and programs concerning non-Federal outdoor 
recreation and land use, including related plans and programs 
authorized by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
and the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963.
    (7) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of 
interest on the public domain and other historic preservation 
programs and activities, including national monuments, historic 
sites and programs for international cooperation in the field 
of historic preservation.
    (8) Matters concerning the following agencies and programs: 
Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program, Historic American 
Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, and 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial.
    (9) Public lands generally, including measures or matters 
relating to entry, easements, withdrawals, grazing and Federal 
reserved water rights.
    (10) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, 
including alien ownership of mineral lands.
    (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (12) Forest reservations, including management thereof, 
created from the public domain.
    (13) Public forest lands generally, including measures or 
matters related to entry, easements, withdrawals, grazing and 
Federal reserved water rights.
    (14) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS

    (1) Fisheries management and fisheries research generally, 
including the management of all commercial and recreational 
fisheries, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, interjurisdictional fisheries, international 
fisheries agreements, aquaculture, seafood safety and fisheries 
promotion.
    (2) Wildlife resources, including research, restoration, 
refuges and conservation.
    (3) All matters pertaining to the protection of coastal and 
marine environments, including estuarine protection.
    (4) Coastal barriers.
    (5) Oceanography.
    (6) Ocean engineering, including materials, technology and 
systems.
    (7) Coastal zone management.
    (8) Marine sanctuaries.
    (9) U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
    (10) Sea Grant programs and marine extension services.
    (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (12) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

    (1) Generation and marketing of electric power from Federal 
water projects by Federally chartered or Federal regional power 
marketing authorities.
    (2) All measures and matters concerning water resources 
planning conducted pursuant to the Water Resources Planning 
Act, water resource research and development programs and 
saline water research and development.
    (3) Compacts relating to the use and apportionment of 
interstate waters, water rights and major interbasin water or 
power movement programs.
    (4) All measures and matters pertaining to irrigation and 
reclamation projects and other water resources development and 
recycling programs, including policies and procedures.
    (5) Indian water rights and settlements.
    (6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (7) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

    (1) All measures and matters concerning the U.S. Geological 
Survey, except for the activities and programs of the Water 
Resources Division or its successor.
    (2) All measures and matters affecting geothermal 
resources.
    (3) Conservation of United States uranium supply.
    (4) Mining interests generally, including all matters 
involving mining regulation and enforcement, including the 
reclamation of mined lands, the environmental effects of 
mining, and the management of mineral receipts, mineral land 
laws and claims, long-range mineral programs and deep seabed 
mining.
    (5) Mining schools, experimental stations and long-range 
mineral programs.
    (6) Mineral resources on public lands.
    (7) Conservation and development of oil and gas resources 
of the Outer Continental Shelf.
    (8) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and 
conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
    (9) Measures and matters concerning the transportation of 
natural gas from or within Alaska and disposition of oil 
transported by the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
    (10) Rights of way over public lands for underground 
energy-related transportation.
    (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (12) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS

    (1) All matters regarding insular areas of the United 
States.
    (2) All measures or matters regarding the Freely Associated 
States and Antarctica.
    (3) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (4) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (b) Full Committee.--The Full Committee shall have the 
following jurisdiction and responsibilities:
          (1) Environmental and habitat measures of general 
        applicability.
          (2) Measures relating to the welfare of Native 
        Americans, including management of Indian lands in 
        general and special measures relating to claims which 
        are paid out of Indian funds.
          (3) All matters regarding the relations of the United 
        States with Native Americans and Native American 
        tribes, including special oversight functions under 
        rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
          (4) All matters regarding Native Alaskans and Native 
        Hawaiians.
          (5) All matters related to the Federal trust 
        responsibility to Native Americans and the sovereignty 
        of Native Americans.
          (6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and 
        improve international programs for the protection of 
        the environment and the conservation of natural 
        resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Full 
        Committee under this paragraph.
          (7) All measures and matters retained by the Full 
        Committee, including those retained under Committee 
        rule 6(e).
          (8) General and continuing oversight and 
        investigative authority over activities, policies and 
        programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee under 
        House rule X.
    (c) Ex-officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee may serve as ex-officio Members of each 
standing Subcommittee to which the Chairman or the Ranking 
Minority Member have not been assigned. Ex-officio Members 
shall have the right to fully participate in Subcommittee 
activities but may not vote and may not be counted in 
establishing a quorum.
    (d) Powers and Duties of Subcommittees.--Each Subcommittee 
is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence and 
report to the Committee on all matters within its jurisdiction. 
Each Subcommittee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution and 
effectiveness of those statutes, or parts of statutes, the 
subject matter of which is within that Subcommittee's 
jurisdiction; and the organization, operation, and regulations 
of any Federal agency or entity having responsibilities in or 
for the administration of such statutes, to determine whether 
these statutes are being implemented and carried out in 
accordance with the intent of Congress. Each Subcommittee shall 
review and study any conditions or circumstances indicating the 
need of enacting new or supplemental legislation within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. Each Subcommittee shall have 
general and continuing oversight and investigative authority 
over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction 
of the Subcommittee.
    (e) Referral to Subcommittees; Recall.--
          (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and for those 
        matters within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, 
        every legislative measure or other matter referred to 
        the Committee shall be referred to the Subcommittee of 
        jurisdiction within two weeks of the date of its 
        referral to the Committee. If any measure or matter is 
        within or affects the jurisdiction of one or more 
        Subcommittees, the Chairman may refer that measure or 
        matter simultaneously to two or more Subcommittees for 
        concurrent consideration or for consideration in 
        sequence subject to appropriate time limits, or divide 
        the matter into two or more parts and refer each part 
        to a Subcommittee.
          (2) The Chairman, with the approval of a majority of 
        the Majority Members of the Committee, may refer a 
        legislative measure or other matter to a select or 
        special Subcommittee. A legislative measure or other 
        matter referred by the Chairman to a Subcommittee may 
        be recalled from the Subcommittee for direct 
        consideration by the Full Committee, or for referral to 
        another Subcommittee, provided Members of the Committee 
        receive one week written notice of the recall and a 
        majority of the Members of the Committee do not object. 
        In addition, a legislative measure or other matter 
        referred by the Chairman to a Subcommittee may be 
        recalled from the Subcommittee at any time by majority 
        vote of the Committee for direct consideration by the 
        Full Committee or for referral to another Subcommittee.
    (f) Consultation.--Each Subcommittee Chairman shall consult 
with the Chairman of the Full Committee prior to setting dates 
for Subcommittee meetings with a view towards avoiding whenever 
possible conflicting Committee and Subcommittee meetings.
    (g) Vacancy.--A vacancy in the membership of a Subcommittee 
shall not affect the power of the remaining Members to execute 
the functions of the Subcommittee.

         Rule 7.--Task Forces, Special or Select Subcommittees

    (a) Appointment.--The Chairman of the Committee is 
authorized, after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, to appoint Task Forces, or special or select 
Subcommittees, to carry out the duties and functions of the 
Committee.
    (b) Ex-Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee may serve as ex-officio Members of each 
Task Force, or special or select Subcommittee if they are not 
otherwise members. Ex-officio Members shall have the right to 
fully participate in activities but may not vote and may not be 
counted in establishing a quorum.
    (c) Party Ratios.--The ratio of Majority Members to 
Minority Members, excluding ex-officio Members, on each Task 
Force, special or select Subcommittee shall be as close as 
practicable to the ratio on the Full Committee.
    (d) Temporary Resignation.--A Member can temporarily resign 
his or her position on a Subcommittee to serve on a Task Force, 
special or select Subcommittee without prejudice to the 
Member's seniority on the Subcommittee.
    (e) Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.--The Chairman of 
any Task Force, or special or select Subcommittee shall be 
appointed by the Chairman of the Committee. The Ranking 
Minority Member shall select a Ranking Minority Member for each 
Task Force, or standing, special or select Subcommittee.

                  Rule 8.--Recommendation of Conferees

    Whenever it becomes necessary to appoint conferees on a 
particular measure, the Chairman shall recommend to the Speaker 
as conferees those Majority Members, as well as those Minority 
Members recommended to the Chairman by the Ranking Minority 
Member, primarily responsible for the measure. The ratio of 
Majority Members to Minority Members recommended for 
conferences shall be no greater than the ratio on the 
Committee.

                       Rule 9.--Committee Records

    (a) Segregation of Records.--All Committee records shall be 
kept separate and distinct from the office records of 
individual Committee Members serving as Chairmen or Ranking 
Minority Members. These records shall be the property of the 
House and all Members shall have access to them in accordance 
with clause 2(e)(2) of House rule XI.
    (b) Availability.--The Committee shall make available to 
the public for review at reasonable times in the Committee 
office the following records:
          (1) transcripts of public meetings and hearings, 
        except those that are unrevised or unedited and 
        intended solely for the use of the Committee; and
          (2) the result of each rollcall vote taken in the 
        Committee, including a description of the amendment, 
        motion, order or other proposition voted on, the name 
        of each Committee Member voting for or against a 
        proposition, and the name of each Member present but 
        not voting.
    (c) Archived Records.--Records of the Committee which are 
deposited with the National Archives shall be made available 
for public use pursuant to House rule VII. The Chairman of the 
Committee shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of House 
rule VII, to withhold, or to provide a time, schedule or 
condition for availability of any record otherwise available. 
At the written request of any Member of the Committee, the 
matter shall be presented to the Committee for a determination 
and shall be subject to the same notice and quorum requirements 
for the conduct of business under Committee rule 3.
    (d) Records of Closed Meetings.--Notwithstanding the other 
provisions of this rule, no records of Committee meetings or 
hearings which were closed to the public pursuant to the Rules 
of the House of Representatives shall be released to the public 
unless the Committee votes to release those records in 
accordance with the procedure used to close the Committee 
meeting.
    (e) Classified Materials.--All classified materials shall 
be maintained in an appropriately secured location and shall be 
released only to authorized persons for review, who shall not 
remove the material from the Committee offices without the 
written permission of the Chairman.

                Rule 10.--Committee Budget and Expenses

    (a) Budget.--At the beginning of each Congress, after 
consultation with the Chairman of each Subcommittee and the 
Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman shall present to the 
Committee for its approval a budget covering the funding 
required for staff, travel, and miscellaneous expenses.
    (b) Expense Resolution.--Upon approval by the Committee of 
each budget, the Chairman, acting pursuant to clause 6 of House 
rule X, shall prepare and introduce in the House a supporting 
expense resolution, and take all action necessary to bring 
about its approval by the Committee on House Administration and 
by the House of Representatives.
    (c) Amendments.--The Chairman shall report to the Committee 
any amendments to each expense resolution and any related 
changes in the budget.
    (d) Additional Expenses.--Authorization for the payment of 
additional or unforeseen Committee expenses may be procured by 
one or more additional expense resolutions processed in the 
same manner as set out under this rule.
    (e) Monthly Reports.--Copies of each monthly report, 
prepared by the Chairman for the Committee on House 
Administration, which shows expenditures made during the 
reporting period and cumulative for the year, anticipated 
expenditures for the projected Committee program, and detailed 
information on travel, shall be available to each Member.

                       Rule 11.--Committee Staff

    (a) Rules and Policies.--Committee staff members are 
subject to the provisions of clause 9 of House rule X, as well 
as any written personnel policies the Committee may from time 
to time adopt.
    (b) Majority and Nonpartisan Staff.--The Chairman shall 
appoint, determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the 
legislative and administrative employees of the Committee not 
assigned to the Minority. The legislative and administrative 
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 these staff members and delegate any authority he determines 
appropriate.
    (c) Minority Staff.--The Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee shall appoint, determine the remuneration of, and may 
remove, the legislative and administrative staff assigned to 
the Minority within the budget approved for those purposes. The 
legislative and administrative staff assigned to the Minority 
shall be under the general supervision and direction of the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee who may delegate any 
authority he determines appropriate.
    (d) Availability.--The skills and services of all Committee 
staff shall be available to all Members of the Committee.

                       Rule 12.--Committee Travel

    In addition to any written travel policies the Committee 
may from time to time adopt, all travel of Members and staff of 
the Committee or its Subcommittees, to hearings, meetings, 
conferences and investigations, including all foreign travel, 
must be authorized by the Full Committee Chairman prior to any 
public notice of the travel and prior to the actual travel. In 
the case of Minority staff, all travel shall first be approved 
by the Ranking Minority Member. Funds authorized for the 
Committee under clauses 6 and 7 of House rule X are for 
expenses incurred in the Committee's activities within the 
United States.

                  Rule 13.--Changes to Committee Rules

    The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended, or 
repealed, by a majority vote of the Committee, provided that 48 
hours' written notice of the proposed change has been provided 
each Member of the Committee prior to the meeting date on which 
the changes are to be discussed and voted on. A change to the 
rules of the Committee shall be published in the Congressional 
Record no later than 30 days after its approval.

                       Rule 14.--Other Procedures

    The Chairman may establish procedures and take actions as 
may be necessary to carry out the rules of the Committee or to 
facilitate the effective administration of the Committee, in 
accordance with the rules of the Committee and the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

   HENRY A. WAXMAN, California, 
             Chairman

TOM DAVIS, Virginia,                 TOM LANTOS, California
  Ranking Member                     EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS,                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
  Pennsylvania                       WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
CHRIS CANNON, Utah                   DIANE E. WATSON, California
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee       STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
DARRELL E. ISSA, California          JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas                BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia        ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON,
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina     District of Columbia
 VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina       BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California         JIM COOPER, Tennessee
BILL SALI, Idaho                     CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland
JIM JORDAN, Ohio*                    PAUL W. HODES, New Hampshire
                                     CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
                                     JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
                                     PETER WELCH, Vermont

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*Appointed to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 10, 
2007.

                       (Adopted January 18, 2007)

                     Rule 1.--Application of Rules

    Except where the terms ``full committee''and 
``subcommittee'' are specifically referred to, the following 
rules shall apply to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform and its subcommittees as well as to the respective 
chairs.
    [See House rule XI, 1.]

                           Rule 2.--Meetings

    The regular meetings of the full committee shall be held on 
the second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m., when the House is 
in session. The chairman is authorized to dispense with a 
regular meeting or to change the date thereof, and to call and 
convene additional meetings, when circumstances warrant. A 
special meeting of the committee may be requested by members of 
the committee following the provisions of House rule XI, clause 
2(c)(2). Subcommittees shall meet at the call of the 
subcommittee chairs. Every member of the committee or the 
appropriate subcommittee, unless prevented by unusual 
circumstances, shall be provided with a memorandum at least 
three calendar days before each meeting or hearing explaining:
          (1) the purpose of the meeting or hearing; and
          (2) the names, titles, background and reasons for 
        appearance of any witnesses. The ranking minority 
        member shall be responsible for providing the same 
        information on witnesses whom the minority may request.
    [See House rule XI, 2(b) and (c).]

                            Rule 3.--Quorums

    (a) A majority of the members of the committee shall form a 
quorum, except that two members shall constitute a quorum for 
taking testimony and receiving evidence, and one-third of the 
members shall form a quorum for taking any action other than 
for which the presence of a majority of the committee is 
otherwise required. If the chairman is not present at any 
meeting of the committee or subcommittee, the ranking member of 
the majority party on the committee or subcommittee who is 
present shall preside at that meeting.
    (b) The chairman of the committee may, at the request of a 
subcommittee chair, make a temporary assignment of any member 
of the committee to such subcommittee for the purpose of 
constituting a quorum at and participating in any public 
hearing by such subcommittee to be held outside of Washington, 
DC. Members appointed to such temporary positions shall not be 
voting members. The chairman shall give reasonable notice of 
such temporary assignment to the ranking members of the 
committee and subcommittee.
    [See House rule XI, 2(h).]

                       Rule 4.--Committee Reports

    Bills and resolutions approved by the committee shall be 
reported by the chairman following House rule XIII, clauses 2-
4. A proposed report shall not be considered in subcommittee or 
full committee unless the proposed report has been available to 
the members of such subcommittee or full committee for at least 
three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays, unless the House is in session on such days) before 
consideration of such proposed report in subcommittee or full 
committee. Any report will be considered as read if available 
to the members at least 24 hours before consideration, 
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays unless the 
House is in session on such days. If hearings have been held on 
the matter reported upon, every reasonable effort shall be made 
to have such hearings printed and available to the members of 
the subcommittee or full committee before the consideration of 
the proposed report in such subcommittee or full committee. 
Every investigative report shall be approved by a majority vote 
of the committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 
Supplemental, minority, or additional views may be filed 
following House rule XI, clause 2(l) and rule XIII, clause 
3(a)(1). The time allowed for filing such views shall be three 
calendar days, beginning on the day of notice, but excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays (unless the House is in 
session on such a day), unless the committee agrees to a 
different time, but agreement on a shorter time shall require 
the concurrence of each member seeking to file such views. An 
investigative or oversight report may be filed after sine die 
adjournment of the last regular session of Congress, provided 
that if a member gives timely notice 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. Only those 
reports approved by a majority vote of the committee may be 
ordered printed, unless otherwise required by the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.

                          Rule 5.--Proxy Votes

    In accordance with the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, members may not vote by proxy on any measure 
or matter before the committee or any subcommittee.
    [See House rule XI, 2(f).]

                         Rule 6.--Record Votes

    A record vote of the members may be had upon the request of 
any member upon approval of a one-fifth vote of the members 
present.

                  Rule 7.--Record of Committee Actions

    The committee staff shall maintain in the committee offices 
a complete record of committee actions from the current 
Congress including a record of the rollcall votes taken at 
committee business meetings. The original records, or true 
copies thereof, as appropriate, shall be available for public 
inspection whenever the committee offices are open for public 
business. The staff shall assure that such original records are 
preserved with no unauthorized alteration, additions, or 
defacement.
    [See House rule XI, 2(e).]

                   Rule 8.--Subcommittees; Referrals

    (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees with 
appropriate party ratios. The chairman shall assign members to 
subcommittees. Minority party assignments shall be made only 
with the concurrence of the ranking minority member. The 
subcommittees shall have the following fixed jurisdictions:
          (1) Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.--Oversight 
        jurisdiction over domestic policies, including matters 
        relating to energy, labor, education, criminal justice, 
        and the economy. The subcommittee also has legislative 
        jurisdiction over the Office of National Drug Control 
        Policy;
          (2) Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal 
        Service, and the District of Columbia.--Federal 
        employee issues, the municipal affairs (other than 
        appropriations) of the District of Columbia, and the 
        Postal Service. The subcommittee's jurisdiction 
        includes postal namings, holidays, and celebrations;
          (3) Subcommittee on Government Management, 
        Organization, and Procurement.--The management of 
        government operations, reorganizations of the executive 
        branch, and Federal procurement;
          (4) Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and 
        National Archives.--Public information and records laws 
        such as the Freedom of Information Act, the 
        Presidential Records Act, and the Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act, the Census Bureau, and the National 
        Archives and Records Administration; and
          (5) Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign 
        Affairs.-- Oversight jurisdiction over national 
        security, homeland security, and foreign affairs.
    (b) Bills, resolutions, and other matters shall be 
expeditiously referred by the chairman to subcommittees for 
consideration or investigation in accordance with their fixed 
jurisdictions. Where the subject matter of the referral 
involves the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee or does 
not fall within any previously assigned jurisdiction, the 
chairman shall refer the matter as he may deem advisable. 
Bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to subcommittees 
may be reassigned by the chairman when, in his judgment, the 
subcommittee is not able to complete its work or cannot reach 
agreement therein. In a subcommittee having an even number of 
members, if there is a tie vote with all members voting on any 
measure, the measure shall be placed on the agenda for full 
committee consideration as if it had been ordered reported by 
the subcommittee without recommendation. This provision shall 
not preclude further action on the measure by the subcommittee.

                      Rule 9.--Ex Officio Members

    The chairman and the ranking minority member of the 
committee shall be ex officio members of all subcommittees. 
They are authorized to vote on subcommittee matters; but, 
unless they are regular members of the subcommittee, they shall 
not be counted in determining a subcommittee quorum other than 
a quorum for taking testimony.

                            Rule 10.--Staff

    Except as otherwise provided by House rule X, clauses 6, 7 
and 9, the chairman of the full committee shall have the 
authority to hire and discharge employees of the professional 
and clerical staff of the full committee and of subcommittees.

                       Rule 11.--Staff Direction

    Except as otherwise provided by House rule X, clauses 6, 7 
and 9, the staff of the committee shall be subject to the 
direction of the chairman of the full committee and shall 
perform such duties as he may assign.

                 Rule 12.--Hearing Dates and Witnesses

    (a) Each subcommittee of the committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it.
    (b) No subcommittee of the committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the 
committee.
    (c) The chair of each subcommittee shall set hearing and 
meeting dates only with the approval of the chairman with a 
view toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and 
avoiding simultaneous scheduling of committee and subcommittee 
meetings or hearings.
    (d) Each subcommittee chair shall notify the chairman of 
any hearing plans at least two weeks before the date of 
commencement of hearings, including the date, place, subject 
matter, and the names of witnesses, willing and unwilling, who 
would be called to testify, including, to the extent the chair 
is advised thereof, witnesses whom the minority members may 
request.
    (e) Witnesses appearing before the committee shall, so far 
as practicable, submit written statements at least 24 hours 
before their appearance and, when appearing in a non-
governmental capacity, provide a curriculum vitae and a listing 
of any Federal Government grants and contracts received in the 
previous fiscal year.
    [See House rules XI, 2(g)(3), (g)(4), (j) and (k).]

                        Rule 13.--Open Meetings

    Meetings for the transaction of business and hearings of 
the committee shall be open to the public or closed in 
accordance with rule XI of the House of Representatives.
    [See House rules XI, 2(g) and (k).]

                       Rule 14.--Five-Minute Rule

    (a) A committee member may question a witness only when 
recognized by the chairman for that purpose. In accordance with 
House rule XI, clause 2(j)(2), each committee member may 
request up to five minutes to question a witness until each 
member who so desires has had such opportunity. Until all such 
requests have been satisfied, the chairman shall, so far as 
practicable, recognize alternately based on seniority of those 
majority and minority members present at the time the hearing 
was called to order and others based on their arrival at the 
hearing. After that, additional time may be extended at the 
direction of the chairman.
    (b) The chairman, with the concurrence of the ranking 
minority member, or the committee by motion, may permit an 
equal number of majority and minority members to question a 
witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each 
side and not longer than thirty minutes for each side.
    (c) The chairman, with the concurrence of the ranking 
minority member, or the committee by motion, may permit 
committee staff of the majority and minority to question a 
witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each 
side and not longer than thirty minutes for each side.
    (d) Nothing in paragraph (b) or (c) affects the rights of a 
Member (other than a Member designated under paragraph (b)) to 
question a witness for 5 minutes in accordance with paragraph 
(a) after the questioning permitted under paragraph (b) or (c). 
In any extended questioning permitted under paragraph (b) or 
(c), the chairman shall determine how to allocate the time 
permitted for extended questioning by majority members or 
majority committee staff and the ranking minority member shall 
determine how to allocate the time permitted for extended 
questioning by minority members or minority committee staff. 
The chairman or the ranking minority member, as applicable, may 
allocate the time for any extended questioning permitted to 
staff under paragraph (c) to members.

               Rule 15.--Investigative Hearing Procedures

    Investigative hearings shall be conducted according to the 
procedures in House rule XI, clause 2(k). All questions put to 
witnesses before the committee shall be relevant to the subject 
matter before the committee for consideration, and the chairman 
shall rule on the relevance of any questions put to the 
witnesses.

                     Rule 16.--Stenographic Record

    A stenographic record of all testimony shall be kept of 
public hearings and shall be made available on such conditions 
as the chairman may prescribe.

      Rule 17.--Audio and Visual Coverage of Committee Proceedings

    (a) An open meeting or hearing of the committee or a 
subcommittee may be covered, in whole or in part, by television 
broadcast, radio broadcast, Internet broadcast, and still 
photography, unless closed subject to the provisions of House 
rule XI, clause 2(g). Any such coverage shall conform with the 
provisions of House rule XI, clause 4.
    (b) Use of the Committee Broadcast System shall be fair and 
nonpartisan, and in accordance with House rule XI, clause 4(b), 
and all other applicable rules of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Members 
of the committee shall have prompt access to a copy of coverage 
by the Committee Broadcast System, to the extent that such 
coverage is maintained.
    (c) Personnel providing coverage of an open meeting or 
hearing of the committee or a subcommittee by Internet 
broadcast, other than through the Committee Broadcast System, 
shall be currently accredited to the Radio and Television 
Correspondents' Galleries.

                      Rule 18.--Committee Web Site

    The chairman shall maintain an official committee Web site 
for the purpose of furthering the committee's legislative and 
oversight responsibilities, including communicating information 
about the committee's activities to committee members and other 
members of the House. The ranking minority member may maintain 
an official Web site for the purpose of carrying out official 
responsibilities including but not limited to communicating 
information about the activities of the minority to committee 
members and other members of the House.

        Rule 19.--Additional Duties and Authorities of Chairman

    The chairman of the full committee shall:
    (a) Make available to other committees the findings and 
recommendations resulting from the investigations of the 
committee or its subcommittees as required by House rule X, 
clause 4(c)(2);
    (b) Direct such review and studies on the impact or 
probable impact of tax policies affecting subjects within the 
committee's jurisdiction as required by House rule X, clause 
2(c);
    (c) Submit to the Committee on the Budget views and 
estimates required by House rule X, clause 4(f), and to file 
reports with the House as required by the Congressional Budget 
Act;
    (d) Authorize and issue subpoenas as provided in House rule 
XI, clause 2(m), in the conduct of any investigation or 
activity or series of investigations or activities within the 
jurisdiction of the committee;
    (e) Prepare, after consultation with subcommittee chairs 
and the minority, a budget for the committee which shall 
include an adequate budget for the subcommittees to discharge 
their responsibilities;
    (f) Make any necessary technical and conforming changes to 
legislation reported by the committee upon unanimous consent; 
and
    (g) 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 20.--Subjects of Stamps

    The committee has adopted the policy that the determination 
of the subject matter of commemorative stamps and new semi-
postal issues is properly for consideration by the Postmaster 
General and that the committee will not give consideration to 
legislative proposals specifying the subject matter of 
commemorative stamps and new semi-postal issues. It is 
suggested that recommendations for the subject matter of stamps 
be submitted to the Postmaster General.

                    Rule 21.--Panels and Task Forces

    (a) The chairman of the committee is authorized to appoint 
panels or task forces to carry out the duties and functions of 
the committee.
    (b) The chairman and ranking minority member of the 
committee may serve as ex-officio members of each panel or task 
force.
    (c) The chairman of any panel or task force shall be 
appointed by the chairman of the committee. The ranking 
minority member shall select a ranking minority member for each 
panel or task force.
    (d) The House and committee rules applicable to 
subcommittee meetings, hearings, recommendations and reports 
shall apply to the meetings, hearings, recommendations and 
reports of panels and task forces.
    (e) No panel or task force so appointed shall continue in 
existence for more than six months. A panel or task force so 
appointed may, upon the expiration of six months, be 
reappointed by the chairman.

                     Rule 22.--Deposition Authority

    The chairman, upon consultation with the ranking minority 
member, may order the taking of depositions, under oath and 
pursuant to notice or subpoena. Notices for the taking of 
depositions shall specify the date, time, and place of 
examination. Depositions shall be taken under oath administered 
by a member or a person otherwise authorized to administer 
oaths. Consultation with the ranking minority member shall 
include three business days written notice before any 
deposition is taken. All members shall also receive three 
business days written notice that a deposition has been 
scheduled. Witnesses may be accompanied at a deposition by 
counsel to advise them of their rights. No one may be present 
at depositions except members, committee staff designated by 
the chairman or ranking minority member, an official reporter, 
the witness, and the witness's counsel. Observers or counsel 
for other persons, or for agencies under investigation, may not 
attend. A deposition shall be conducted by any member or staff 
attorney designated by the chairman or ranking minority member. 
When depositions are conducted by committee staff attorneys, 
there shall be no more than two committee staff attorneys 
permitted to question a witness per round. One of the committee 
staff attorneys shall be designated by the chairman and the 
other by the ranking minority member. Other committee staff 
members designated by the chairman or ranking minority member 
may attend, but may not pose questions to the witness. 
Questions in the deposition shall be propounded in rounds, 
alternating between the majority and minority. A single round 
shall not exceed 60 minutes per side, unless the members or 
staff attorneys conducting the deposition agree to a different 
length of questioning. In each round, a member or committee 
staff attorney designated by the chairman shall ask questions 
first, and the member or committee staff attorney designated by 
the ranking minority member shall ask questions second. The 
chairman may rule on any objections raised during a deposition. 
If a member of the committee appeals in writing the ruling of 
the chairman, the appeal shall be preserved for committee 
consideration. A witness that refuses to answer a question 
after being directed to answer by the chairman may be subject 
to sanction, except that no sanctions may be imposed if the 
ruling of the chairman is reversed on appeal. Committee staff 
shall ensure that the testimony is either transcribed or 
electronically recorded or both. If a witness's testimony is 
transcribed, the witness or the witness's counsel shall be 
afforded an opportunity to review a copy. No later than five 
days thereafter, the witness may submit suggested changes to 
the chairman. Committee staff may make any typographical and 
technical changes requested by the witness. Substantive 
changes, modifications, clarifications, or amendments to the 
deposition transcript submitted by the witness must be 
accompanied by a letter signed by the witness requesting the 
changes and a statement of the witness's reasons for each 
proposed change. Any substantive changes, modifications, 
clarifications, or amendments shall be included as an appendix 
to the transcript conditioned upon the witness signing the 
transcript. The individual administering the oath, if other 
than a member, shall certify on the transcript that the witness 
was duly sworn. The transcriber shall certify that the 
transcript is a true record of the testimony, and the 
transcript shall be filed, together with any electronic 
recording, with the clerk of the committee in Washington, DC. 
Depositions shall be considered to have been taken in 
Washington, DC, as well as the location actually taken once 
filed there with the clerk of the committee for the committee's 
use. The chairman and the ranking minority member shall be 
provided with a copy of the transcripts of the deposition at 
the same time. The chairman and ranking minority member shall 
consult regarding the release of depositions. If either objects 
in writing to a proposed release of a deposition or a portion 
thereof, the matter shall be promptly referred to the committee 
for resolution. A witness shall not be required to testify 
unless the witness has been provided with a copy of the 
committee's rules.
                           Committee on Rules

  LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New 
         York, Chairwoman

DAVID DREIER, California,            JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts,
  Ranking Member                       Vice Chairman
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida         ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida
DOC HASTINGS, Washington             DORIS O. MATSUI, California
PETE SESSIONS, Texas                 DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California
                                     PETER WELCH, Vermont
                                     KATHY CASTOR, Florida
                                     MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
                                     BETTY SUTTON, Ohio

                       (Adopted January 12, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) The rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
and its subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a 
motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with 
the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed 
copies are available, are non-debatable privileged motions in 
the Committee. A proposed investigative or oversight report 
shall be considered as read if it has been available to the 
members of the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is 
in session on such day).
    (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is 
subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and to 
its rules so far as applicable.
    (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the rules of 
the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the 
Committee to the extent applicable.
    (d) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the Committee 
is elected in each odd-numbered year.

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

                            REGULAR MEETINGS

    (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet at 10:00 a.m. on 
Tuesday of each week when the House is in session.
    (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee 
(hereafter in these rules referred to as the ``Chair''), there 
is no need for the meeting.
    (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
Committee may be called by the Chair.

                      NOTICE FOR REGULAR MEETINGS

    (b) The Chair shall notify in electronic or written form 
each member of the Committee of the agenda of each regular 
meeting of the Committee at least 48 hours before the time of 
the meeting and shall provide to each member of the Committee, 
at least 24 hours before the time of each regular meeting.
          (1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on the 
        agenda for consideration of a rule, a copy of--
                  (A) the bill or resolution;
                  (B) any committee reports thereon; and
                  (C) any letter requesting a rule for the bill 
                or resolution; and
          (2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or other 
        matter on the agenda a copy of--
                  (A) the bill, resolution, report, or 
                materials relating to the other matter in 
                question; and
                  (B) any report on the bill, resolution, 
                report, or any other matter made by any 
                subcommittee of the Committee.

                           EMERGENCY MEETINGS

    (c)(1) The Chair may call an emergency meeting of the 
Committee at any time on any measure or matter which the Chair 
determines to be of an emergency nature; provided, however, 
that the Chair has made an effort to consult the ranking 
minority member, or, in such member's absence, the next ranking 
minority party member of the Committee.
    (2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency meeting 
of the Committee, the Chair shall notify each member of the 
Committee of the time and location of the meeting.
    (3) To the extent feasible, the notice provided under 
paragraph (2) shall include the agenda for the emergency 
meeting and copies of available materials which would otherwise 
have been provided under subsection (b) if the emergency 
meeting was a regular meeting.

                            SPECIAL MEETINGS

    (d) Special meetings shall be called and convened as 
provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House.

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures

                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the 
Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the 
Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority member 
of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
    (2) Meetings and hearings of the committee shall be open to 
the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to 
the public shall be open to coverage by television, radio, and 
still photography in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 
of rule XI of the rules of the House (which are incorporated by 
reference as part of these rules).
    (4) When a recommendation is made as to the kind of rule 
which should be granted for consideration of a bill or 
resolution, a copy of the language recommended shall be 
furnished to each member of the Committee at the beginning of 
the Committee meeting at which the rule is to be considered or 
as soon thereafter as the proposed language becomes available.

                                 QUORUM

    (b)(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony on requests for 
rules, five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
    (2) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence on measures or matters of original jurisdiction before 
the Committee, three members of the Committee shall constitute 
a quorum.
    (3) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure 
or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or 
hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B), or of 
taking any other action).

                                 VOTING

    (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or motion 
pending before the Committee unless a majority of the members 
of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.
    (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any 
question before the Committee upon the request of any member.
    (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure 
or matter may be cast by proxy.
    (4) A record of the vote of each Member of the Committee on 
each record vote on any matter before the Committee shall be 
available for public inspection at the offices of the 
Committee, and with respect to any record vote on any motion to 
amend or report, shall be included in the report of the 
Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and 
against and the names of those members voting for and against.

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (d)(1) With regard to hearings on matters of original 
jurisdiction, to the greatest extent practicable:
          (A) each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee shall file with the committee at least 24 
        hours in advance of the appearance a statement of 
        proposed testimony in written and electronic form and 
        shall limit the oral presentation to the Committee to a 
        brief summary thereof; and
          (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental 
        capacity shall include with the statement of proposed 
        testimony provided in written and electronic form 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 preceding fiscal years.
    (2) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
interrogation of each witness before the Committee until each 
member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question the 
witness.
    (3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of rule XI of the rules 
of the House shall apply to any hearing conducted by the 
committee.

                          SUBPOENAS AND OATHS

    (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the rules of 
the House of Representatives, a subpoena may be authorized and 
issued by the Committee or a subcommittee 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.
    (2) The Chair may authorize and issue subpoenas under such 
clause during any period in which the House has adjourned for a 
period of longer than three days.
    (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by 
any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by 
any person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by 
the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the 
Committee.

              Rule 4.--General Oversight Responsibilities

    (a) The Committee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject 
matter of which is within its jurisdiction.
    (b) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of House rule X.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees


          ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (a)(1) There shall be two subcommittees of the Committee as 
follows:
          (A) Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, 
        which shall have general responsibility for measures or 
        matters related to relations between the Congress and 
        the Executive Branch.
          (B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
        House, which shall have general responsibility for 
        measures or matters related to process and procedures 
        of the House, relations between the two Houses of 
        Congress, relations between the Congress and the 
        Judiciary, and internal operations of the House.
    (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair 
refers to it.
    (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and 
study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, 
execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, 
the subject matter of which is within its general 
responsibility.

           REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES

    (b)(1) In view of the unique procedural responsibilities of 
the Committee, no special order providing for the consideration 
of any bill or resolution shall be referred to a subcommittee 
of the Committee.
    (2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee such measures 
or matters of original jurisdiction as the Chair deems 
appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities.
    (3) All other measures or matters of original jurisdiction 
shall be subject to consideration by the full Committee.
    (4) In referring any measure or matter of original 
jurisdiction to a subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by 
which the subcommittee shall report thereon to the Committee.
    (5) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee 
from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a 
subcommittee of the Committee.

                      COMPOSITION OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (c) The size and ratio of each subcommittee shall be 
determined by the Committee and members shall be elected to 
each subcommittee, and to the positions of chairman and ranking 
minority member thereof, in accordance with the rules of the 
respective party caucuses. The Chair of the full committee 
shall designate a member of the majority party on each 
subcommittee as its vice chairman.

                   SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

    (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it.
    (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the full 
Committee is being held.
    (3) The chairman of each subcommittee shall schedule 
meetings and hearings of the subcommittee only after 
consultation with the Chair.

                                 QUORUM

    (e)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, two members of 
the subcommittee shall constitute a quorum.
    (2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist of a 
majority of the members of a subcommittee.

                          EFFECT OF A VACANCY

    (f) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall 
not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the 
functions of the subcommittee.

                                RECORDS

    (g) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the 
full Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in 
the subcommittee and such other records with respect to the 
subcommittee necessary for the Committee to comply with all 
rules and regulations of the House.

                             Rule 6.--Staff


                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
professional and other staff of the Committee shall be 
appointed, by the Chair, and shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chair.
    (2) All professional, and other staff provided to the 
minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, by 
the ranking minority member of the Committee, and shall work 
under the general supervision and direction of such member.
    (3) The appointment of all professional staff shall be 
subject to the approval of the Committee as provided by, and 
subject to the provisions of, clause 9 of rule X of the Rules 
of the House.

                            ASSOCIATE STAFF

    (b) Associate staff for members of the Committee may be 
appointed only at the discretion of the Chair (in consultation 
with the ranking minority member regarding any minority party 
associate staff), after taking into account any staff ceilings 
and budgetary constraints in effect at the time, and any terms, 
limits, or conditions established by the Committee on House 
Administration under clause 9 of rule X of the rules of the 
House.

                           SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF

    (c) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, 
the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of 
rule X of the rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff 
is made available to each subcommittee to carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee, and, after 
consultation with the ranking minority member of the Committee, 
that the minority party of the Committee is treated fairly in 
the appointment of such staff.

                         COMPENSATION OF STAFF

    (d) The Chair shall fix the compensation of all 
professional and other staff of the Committee, after 
consultation with the ranking minority member regarding any 
minority party staff.

                         CERTIFICATION OF STAFF

    (e)(1) To the extent any staff member of the Committee or 
any of its subcommittees does not work under the direct 
supervision and direction of the Chair, the Member of the 
Committee who supervises and directs the staff member's work 
shall file with the Chief of Staff of the Committee (not later 
than the tenth day of each month) a certification regarding the 
staff member's work for that member for the preceding calendar 
month.
    (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) shall be in 
such form as the Chair may prescribe, shall identify each staff 
member by name, and shall state that the work engaged in by the 
staff member and the duties assigned to the staff member for 
the member of the Committee with respect to the month in 
question met the requirements of clause 9 of rule X of the 
rules of the House.
    (3) Any certification of staff of the Committee, or any of 
its subcommittees, made by the Chair in compliance with any 
provision of law or regulation shall be made--
          (A) on the basis of the certifications filed under 
        paragraph (1) to the extent the staff is not under the 
        Chair's supervision and direction, and
          (B) on his own responsibility to the extent the staff 
        is under the Chair's direct supervision and direction.

               Rule 7.--Budget, Travel, Pay of Witnesses


                                 BUDGET

    (a) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the 
Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing 
amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.

                                 TRAVEL

    (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and 
any staff member of the Committee in connection with activities 
or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of the 
Committee. Before such authorization is granted, there shall be 
submitted to the Chair in writing the following:
          (A) The purpose of the travel.
          (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
          (C) The names of the States or countries to be 
        visited and the length of time to be spent in each.
          (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee 
        for whom the authorization is sought.
    (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written 
report to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under 
this subsection, including a description of their itinerary, 
expenses, and activities, and of pertinent information gained 
as a result of such travel. (3) Members and staff of the 
Committee performing authorized travel on official business 
shall be governed by applicable laws, resolutions, and 
regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Administration.

                            PAY OF WITNESSES

    (c) Witnesses may be paid from funds made available to the 
Committee in its expense resolution subject to the provisions 
of clause 5 of rule XI of the rules of the House.

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration


                               REPORTING

    (a) Whenever the Committee authorizes the favorable 
reporting of a bill or resolution from the Committee--
          (1) the Chair or acting Chair shall report it to the 
        House or designate a member of the Committee to do so, 
        and
          (2) in the case of a bill or resolution in which the 
        Committee has original jurisdiction, the Chair shall 
        allow, to the extent that the anticipated floor 
        schedule permits, any member of the Committee a 
        reasonable amount of time to submit views for inclusion 
        in the Committee report on the bill or resolution. Any 
        such report shall contain all matters required by the 
        rules of the House of Representatives (or by any 
        provision of law enacted as an exercise of the 
        rulemaking power of the House) and such other 
        information as the Chair deems appropriate.

                                RECORDS

    (b)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular 
meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be 
printed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority 
of the Members of the Committee requests such printing. Any 
such transcripts shall be 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. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to require that all such 
transcripts be subject to correction and publication.
    (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the 
Committee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain 
all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI of the 
rules of the House of Representatives and shall be available 
for public inspection at reasonable times in the offices of the 
Committee.
    (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the 
property of the House, and all Members of the House shall have 
access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.
    (4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with rule VII of the rules of the House. The 
Chair shall notify the ranking minority member of any decision, 
pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the rule, to 
withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
presented to the Committee for a determination on written 
request of any member of the Committee.

                 COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET

    (c) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.

                               CALENDARS

    (d)(1) The Committee shall maintain a Committee Calendar, 
which shall include all bills, resolutions, and other matters 
referred to or reported by the Committee and all bills, 
resolutions, and other matters reported by any other committee 
on which a rule has been granted or formally requested, and 
such other matters as the Chair shall direct. The Calendar 
shall be published periodically, but in no case less often than 
once in each session of Congress.
    (2) The staff of the Committee shall furnish each member of 
the Committee with a list of all bills or resolutions:
          (A) reported from the Committee but not yet 
        considered by the House, and
          (B) on which a rule has been formally requested but 
        not yet granted. The list shall be updated each week 
        when the House is in session.
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a rule is 
considered as formally requested when the Chairman of a 
committee which has reported a bill or resolution (or a member 
of such committee authorized to act on the Chairman's behalf):
          (A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, that a 
        hearing be scheduled on a rule for the consideration of 
        the bill or resolution, and
          (B) has supplied the Committee with an adequate 
        number of copies of the bill or resolution, as 
        reported, together with the final printed committee 
        report thereon.

                            OTHER PROCEDURES

    (e) The Chair may establish such other Committee procedures 
and take such actions as may be necessary to carry out these 
rules or to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee 
and its subcommittees in a manner consistent with these rules.

                 Rule 9.--Amendments to Committee Rules

    The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended or 
repealed, in the same manner and method as prescribed for the 
adoption of committee rules in clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules 
of the House, but only if written notice of the proposed change 
has been provided to each such Member at least 48 hours before 
the time of the meeting at which the vote on the change occurs. 
Any such change in the rules of the Committee shall be 
published in the Congressional Record within 30 calendar days 
after their approval.
                  Committee on Science and Technology

 BART GORDON, Tennessee, Chairman

RALPH M. HALL, Texas,                JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
  Ranking Member                     EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER Jr.,          LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California
  Wisconsin                          MARK UDALL, Colorado
LAMAR SMITH, Texas                   DAVID WU, Oregon
DANA ROHRABACHER, California         BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         BRAD MILLER, North Carolina
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan           DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois,
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma               Vice Chairman
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois               NICK LAMPSON, Texas
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona
JO BONNER, Alabama                   JERRY McNERNEY, California
TOM FEENEY, Florida                  LAURA RICHARDSON, California*****
RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas              PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania*
BOB INGLIS, South Carolina           DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon*
DAVID REICHERT, Washington**         STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida           JIM MATHESON, Utah
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia                MIKE ROSS, Arkansas
BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California         BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia***            CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana
[VACANCY]                            BARON P. HILL, Indiana
[VACANCY]                            HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona
                                     CHARLES A. WILSON, Ohio

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*Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on January 23, 2007.
**Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on March 12, 2007.
***Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on July 25, 2007 
following his election in a special election.
****Rep. Ken Calvert resigned from the Science and Technology Committee 
on May 16, 2007.
*****Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on September 20, 
2007, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Michael 
Honda effective that same day.

                       (Adopted January 24, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

                           GENERAL STATEMENT

    (a) The Rules of the House of Representatives, as 
applicable, shall govern the Committee and its Subcommittees, 
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 privileged 
motions in the Committee and its Subcommittees and shall be 
decided without debate. The rules of the Committee, as 
applicable, shall be the rules of its Subcommittees. The rules 
of germaneness shall be enforced by the Chairman. [XI 1(a)]

                               MEMBERSHIP

    (b) A majority of the majority Members of the Committee 
shall determine an appropriate ratio of majority to minority 
Members of each Subcommittee and shall authorize the Chairman 
to negotiate that ratio with the minority party; Provided, 
however, that party representation on each Subcommittee 
(including any ex-officio Members) shall be no less favorable 
to the majority party than the ratio for the Full Committee. 
Provided, further, that recommendations of conferees to the 
Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority party Members to 
minority party Members which shall be no less favorable to the 
majority party than the ratio of the Full Committee.

                  POWER TO SIT AND ACT; SUBPOENA POWER

    (c)(1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a subpoena may be 
authorized and issued in the conduct of any investigation or 
series of investigations or activities to require the 
attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production 
of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers and 
documents as deemed necessary, only when authorized by majority 
vote of the Full Committee or Subcommittee (as the case may 
be), a majority of the Committee or Subcommittee being present. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the Chairman of 
the Full Committee, or by any member designated by the 
Chairman. [XI 2(m)]
    (2) The Chairman of the Full Committee, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, or if 
the Ranking Member cannot be reached, the Ranking Minority 
Member of the relevant Subcommittee, may authorize and issue 
such subpoenas as described in paragraph (1), during any period 
in which the House has adjourned for a period longer than seven 
(7) days. [XI 2(m)(3)(A)(i)]
    (3) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
other than at a meeting or a hearing of the Committee.

  SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA

    (d) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or 
Subcommittee, certain information received by the Committee or 
Subcommittee pursuant to a subpoena not made part of the record 
at an open hearing shall be deemed to have been received in 
Executive Session when the Chairman of the Full Committee, in 
his judgment and after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, deems that in view of all the circumstances, such as 
the sensitivity of the information or the confidential nature 
of the information, such action is appropriate.

                     NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

    (e) 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. The Chairman of the Full Committee may establish 
such regulations and procedures as in his judgment are 
necessary to safeguard classified information under the control 
of the Committee. Such procedures shall, however, ensure access 
to this information by any Member of the Committee, or any 
other Member of the House of Representatives who has requested 
the opportunity to review such material.

                               OVERSIGHT

    (f) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and the 
Committee on House Administration, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of rule X of the House of 
Representatives.
    (g) The Chairman of the Full Committee may undertake any 
formal investigation in the name of the Committee after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee.
    (h) The Chairman of any Subcommittee shall not undertake 
any formal investigation in the name of the Full Committee or 
Subcommittee without formal approval by the Chairman of the 
Full Committee, in consultation with other appropriate 
Subcommittee Chairmen, and after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee. The Chairman of any 
Subcommittee shall also consult with the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Subcommittee before undertaking any investigation 
in the name of the Committee.

                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

    (i) The order of business and procedure of the Committee 
and the subjects of inquiries or investigations will be decided 
by the Chairman, subject always to an appeal to the Committee.

                         SUSPENDED PROCEEDINGS

    (j) During the consideration of any measure or matter, the 
Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any Subcommittee, or any 
Member acting as such, may recess the Committee at any point. 
Additionally, during the consideration of any measure or 
matter, the Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any 
Subcommittee shall suspend further proceedings after a question 
has been put to the Committee at any time when there is a vote 
by electronic device occurring in the House of Representatives. 
Suspension of proceedings after a record vote is ordered on the 
question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment, shall be conducted in compliance with the provisions 
of rule 2(t).

                            OTHER PROCEDURES

    (k) The Chairman of the Full Committee, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, may establish such other 
procedures and take such actions as may be necessary to carry 
out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective 
operation of the Committee.

                          USE OF HEARING ROOMS

    (l) In consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, the 
Chairman of the full Committee shall establish guidelines for 
use of Committee hearing rooms.

               Rule 2.--Committee Meetings and Procedures


                            quorum [xi 2(h)]

    (a)(1) One-third of the Members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for all purposes except as provided in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule.
    (2) A majority of the Members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum in order to: (A) report or table any 
legislation, measure, or matter; (B) close Committee meetings 
or hearings pursuant to rules 2(c) and 2(d); and, (C) authorize 
the issuance of subpoenas pursuant to rule 1(c).
    (3) Two (2) Members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence, which, 
unless waived by the Chairman of the Full Committee after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee, shall include at least one (1) Member from each of 
the majority and minority parties.

                             TIME AND PLACE

    (b)(1) Unless dispensed with by the Chairman, the meetings 
of the Committee shall be held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of 
each month the House is in session at 10:00 a.m. and at such 
other times and in such places as the Chairman may designate. 
[XI 2(b)]
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee may convene, as 
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 
subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt. The Committee 
shall meet for such purpose under that call of the Chairman. 
[XI 2(c)]
    (3) The Chairman shall make a public announcement of the 
date, time, place and subject matter of any of its hearings, 
and to the extent practicable, a list of witnesses at least one 
(1) week before the commencement of the hearing. If the 
Chairman, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 
determines there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or 
if the Committee so determines by majority vote, a quorum being 
present for the transaction of business, the Chairman shall 
make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any 
announcement made under this rule shall be promptly published 
in the Daily Digest, and promptly made available by electronic 
form, including the Committee web site. [XI 2(g)(3)]

                        open meetings [xi 2(g)]

    (c) Each meeting for the transaction of business, including 
the markup of legislation, of the Committee shall be open to 
the public, including to radio, television, and still 
photography coverage, except when the Committee, in open 
session and with a majority present, determines by record vote 
that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day 
shall be in executive session because disclosure of matters to 
be considered would endanger national security, would 
compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to 
defame, degrade or incriminate any person or otherwise would 
violate any law or rule of the House. Persons other than 
Members of the Committee and such non-Committee Members, 
Delegates, Resident Commissioner, congressional staff, or 
departmental representatives as the Committee may authorize, 
may not be present at a business or markup session that is held 
in executive session. This rule does not apply to open 
Committee hearings which are provided for by rule 2(d).
    (d)(1) Each hearing conducted by the Committee shall be 
open to the public including radio, television, and still 
photography coverage except when the Committee, in open session 
and with a majority present, determines by record 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 national 
security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would violate a law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of the 
preceding sentence, and rule 2(q) 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:
          (A) may vote to close the hearing 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 rule XI 2(k)(5) of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives; or
          (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        rule XI 2(k)(5) of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives. No Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner may be excluded from non-participatory 
        attendance at any hearing of any Committee or 
        Subcommittee, unless the House of Representatives shall 
        by majority vote authorize a particular 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, Delegate, and the Resident 
        Commissioner by the same procedures designated in this 
        rule for closing hearings to the public; Provided, 
        however, that the Committee or Subcommittee may by the 
        same procedure, vote to close one subsequent day of the 
        hearing.

                AUDIO AND VISUAL COVERAGE [XI, CLAUSE 4]

    (e)(1) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the 
Committee is open to the public, these proceedings shall be 
open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography, 
except as provided in rule XI 4(f)(2) of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall not be able to limit the 
number of television, or still cameras to fewer than two (2) 
representatives from each medium (except for legitimate space 
or safety considerations in which case pool coverage shall be 
authorized).
    (2)(A) Radio and television tapes, television film, and 
internet recordings of any Committee hearings or meetings that 
are open to the public may not be used, or made available for 
use, as partisan political campaign material to promote or 
oppose the candidacy of any person for elective public office.
    (B) It is, further, the intent of this rule that the 
general conduct of each meeting or hearing covered under 
authority of this rule by audio or visual means, and the 
personal behavior of the Committee Members and staff, other 
government officials and personnel, witnesses, television, 
radio, and press media personnel, and the general public at the 
meeting or hearing, shall be in strict conformity with and 
observance of the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, 
courtesy, and decorum traditionally observed by the House in 
its operations, and may not be such as to:
          (i) distort the objects and purposes of the meeting 
        or hearing or the activities of Committee Members in 
        connection with that meeting or hearing or in 
        connection with the general work of the Committee or of 
        the House; or
          (ii) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the 
        Committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner or bring the House, the Committee, or a 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into 
        disrepute.
    (C) The coverage of Committee meetings and hearings by 
audio and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only in 
strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and 
requirements of this rule.
    (f) The following shall apply to coverage of Committee 
meetings or hearings by audio or visual means:
          (1) If audio or visual coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting is to be presented to the public as live 
        coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and 
        presented without commercial sponsorship.
          (2) The allocation among the television media of the 
        positions or the number of television cameras permitted 
        by a Committee or Subcommittee Chairman in a hearing or 
        meeting room shall be in accordance with fair and 
        equitable procedures devised by the Executive Committee 
        of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
        obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving 
        evidence or testimony and any member of the Committee 
        or the visibility of that witness and that member to 
        each other.
          (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed 
        positions but may not be placed in positions that 
        obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting by the other media.
          (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the 
        television and radio media may not be installed in, or 
        removed from, the hearing or meeting room while the 
        Committee is in session.
          (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), 
        floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns 
        may not be used in providing any method of coverage of 
        the hearing or meeting.
          (B) The television media may install additional 
        lighting in a hearing or meeting room, without cost to 
        the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting 
        level in a hearing or meeting room to the lowest level 
        necessary to provide adequate television coverage of a 
        hearing or meeting at the current state of the art of 
        television coverage.
          (7) In the allocation of the number of still 
        photographers permitted by a Committee or Subcommittee 
        Chairman in a hearing or meeting room, preference shall 
        be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos 
        and United Press International Newspictures. If 
        requests are made by more of the media than will be 
        permitted by a Committee or Subcommittee Chairman for 
        coverage of a hearing or meeting by still photography, 
        that coverage shall be permitted on the basis of a fair 
        and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing 
        Committee of Press Photographers.
          (8) Photographers may not position themselves between 
        the witness table and the members of the Committee at 
        any time during the course of a hearing or meeting.
          (9) Photographers may not place themselves in 
        positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of 
        the hearing by the other media.
          (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media shall be currently accredited to the 
        Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (11) Personnel providing coverage by still 
        photography shall be currently accredited to the Press 
        Photographers' Gallery.
          (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media and by still photography shall conduct 
        themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly 
        and unobtrusive manner.

                            SPECIAL MEETINGS

    (g) Rule XI 2(c) of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is hereby incorporated by reference (Special 
Meetings).

            VICE CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDE IN ABSENCE OF CHAIRMAN

    (h) A Member of the majority party on the Committee, or any 
Subcommittee, shall be designated by the Chairman of the Full 
Committee as the Vice Chairman of the Committee or 
Subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall preside during the 
absence of the Chairman from any meeting. If the Chairman and 
Vice-Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee are not present 
at any meeting of the Committee or Subcommittee, the Ranking 
Majority Member who is present shall preside at that meeting. 
[XI 2(d)]

                   OPENING STATEMENTS; 5-MINUTE RULE

    (i) Insofar as is practicable, the Chairman, after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, shall limit the 
total time of opening statements by Members to no more than 10 
minutes, the time to be divided equally between the Chairman 
and Ranking Minority Member. The time any one (1) Member may 
address the Committee on any bill, motion or other matter under 
consideration by the Committee or the time allowed for the 
questioning of a witness at hearings before the Committee will 
be limited to five (5) minutes, and then only when the Member 
has been recognized by the Chairman, except that this time 
limit may be waived by the Chairman or acting Chairman. [XI 
2(j)]
    (j) Notwithstanding rule 2(i), upon a motion the Chairman, 
in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may designate 
an equal number of members from each party to question a 
witness for a period not to exceed one (1) hour in the 
aggregate or, upon a motion, may designate staff from each 
party to question a witness for equal specific periods that do 
not exceed one (1) hour in the aggregate. [XI 2(j)]

                                PROXIES

    (k) No Member may authorize a vote by proxy with respect to 
any measure or matter before the Committee. [XI 2(f)]

                               WITNESSES

    (l)(1) Insofar as is practicable, each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee shall file no later than 24 hours 
in advance of his or her appearance, both a statement of the 
proposed testimony and a curriculum vitae in printed copy and 
electronic form. Each witness shall limit his or her 
presentation to a five (5) minute summary, provided that 
additional time may be granted by the Chairman when 
appropriate. [XI 2(g)(4)]
    (2) To the greatest extent practicable, each witness 
appearing before the Committee shall include with the written 
statement of proposed testimony a disclosure of any financial 
interests which are relevant to the subject of his or her 
testimony. These include, but are not limited to, public and 
private research grants, stock or stock options held in 
publicly traded and privately owned companies, and any form of 
payment or compensation from any relevant entity. The source 
and amount of the financial interest should be included in this 
disclosure.
    (3) Members of the Committee have two weeks from the date 
of a hearing to submit additional questions for the record, to 
be answered by witnesses who have appeared in person. The 
letters of transmittal and any responses thereto shall be 
printed in the hearing record.
    (m) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on 
any measure or matter, the minority Members of the Committee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by a majority 
of them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses 
selected by the minority to testify with respect to the measure 
or matter during at least one (1) day of hearing thereon. [XI 
2(j)(1)]

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (n) Rule XI 2(k) of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is hereby incorporated by reference.

                 BILL AND SUBJECT MATTER CONSIDERATION

    (o) Bills and other substantive matters may be taken up for 
consideration only when called by the Chairman of the Committee 
or by a majority vote of a quorum of the Committee, except 
those matters which are the subject of special-call meetings 
outlined in rule 2(g). [XI 2(c)]

                             PRIVATE BILLS

    (p) No private bill will be reported by the Committee if 
there are two (2) or more dissenting votes. Private bills so 
rejected by the Committee will not be reconsidered during the 
same Congress unless new evidence sufficient to justify a new 
hearing has been presented to the Committee.

                   CONSIDERATION OF MEASURE OR MATTER

    (q)(1) It shall not be in order for the Committee to 
consider any new or original measure or matter unless written 
notice of the date, place and subject matter of consideration 
and to the maximum extent practicable, a written copy of the 
measure or matter to be considered, and to the maximum extent 
practicable the original text for purposes of markup of the 
measure to be considered have been available to each Member of 
the Committee for at least 48 hours in advance of 
consideration, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. 
To the maximum extent practicable, amendments to the measure or 
matter to be considered, shall be submitted in writing to the 
Clerk of the Committee at least 24 hours prior to the 
consideration of the measure or matter.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this rule, 
consideration of any legislative measure or matter by the 
Committee shall be in order by vote of two-thirds of the 
Members present, provided that a majority of the Committee is 
present.

                      REQUESTS FOR WRITTEN MOTIONS

    (r) Any legislative or non-procedural motion made at a 
regular or special meeting of the Committee and which is 
entertained by the Chairman shall be presented in writing upon 
the demand of any Member present and a copy made available to 
each Member present.

              REQUESTS FOR RECORD VOTES AT FULL COMMITTEE

    (s) A record vote of the Members may be had at the request 
of three (3) or more Members or, in the apparent absence of a 
quorum, by any one (1) Member.

                      POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS

    (t) The Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any 
Subcommittee, is authorized to postpone further proceedings 
when a record vote is ordered on the question of approving a 
measure or matter or on adopting an amendment, and to resume 
proceedings on a postponed question at any time after 
reasonable notice. Upon resuming proceedings 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. [XI (2)(h)(4)]

              REPORT LANGUAGE ON USE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES

    (u) No legislative report filed by the Committee on any 
measure or matter reported by the Committee shall contain 
language which has the effect of specifying the use of federal 
resources more explicitly (inclusively or exclusively) than 
that specified in the measure or matter as ordered reported, 
unless such language has been approved by the Committee during 
a meeting or otherwise in writing by a majority of the Members.

                           COMMITTEE RECORDS

    (v)(1) The Committee shall keep a complete record of all 
Committee action which shall include a record of the votes on 
any question on which a record vote is demanded. The result of 
each record vote 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. [XI 2(e)]
    (2) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority 
Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on the written request of any Member of the 
Committee. [XI 2(e)(3)]
    (3) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form, including 
the Committee Web site. [XI 2(e)(4)]
    (4)(A) Except as provided for in subdivision (B), all 
Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be 
kept separate and distinct from the congressional office 
records of the member serving as its Chairman. Such records 
shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, 
and the Resident Commissioner, shall have access thereto.
    (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other 
than members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
may not have access to the records of the Committee respecting 
the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior 
permission of the Committee.

             PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MARKUPS

    (w) The transcripts of those hearings conducted by the 
Committee shall be published as 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. Transcripts of markups shall be recorded and 
published in the same manner as hearings before the Committee 
and shall be included as part of the legislative report unless 
waived by the Chairman. [XI 2(e)(1)(A)]

                           COMMITTEE WEB SITE

    (x) The Chairman shall maintain an official Committee Web 
site for the purpose of furthering the Committee's legislative 
and oversight responsibilities, including communicating 
information about the Committee's activities to Committee 
Members and other Members of the House. The Ranking Minority 
Member may maintain a similar Web site for the same purpose, 
including communicating information about the activities of the 
minority to Committee Members and other Members of the House.

                         Rule 3.--Subcommittees


                       STRUCTURE AND JURISDICTION

    (a) The Committee shall have the following standing 
Subcommittees with the jurisdiction indicated.

(1) Subcommittee on Energy and Environment

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to energy 
research, development, and demonstration and projects therefor, 
commercial application of energy technology, and environmental 
research including:
          <bullet> Department of Energy research, development, 
        and demonstration programs;
          <bullet> Department of Energy laboratories;
          <bullet> Department of Energy science activities;
          <bullet> energy supply activities;
          <bullet> nuclear, solar and renewable energy, and 
        other advanced energy technologies;
          <bullet> uranium supply and enrichment, and 
        Department of Energy waste management and environment, 
        safety, and health activities as appropriate;
          <bullet> fossil energy research and development;
          <bullet> clean coal technology;
          <bullet> energy conservation research and 
        development;
          <bullet> energy aspects of climate change;
          <bullet> pipeline research, development, and 
        demonstration projects;
          <bullet> energy and environmental standards;
          <bullet> energy conservation including building 
        performance, alternate fuels for and improved 
        efficiency of vehicles, distributed power systems, and 
        industrial process improvements;
          <bullet> Environmental Protection Agency research and 
        development programs;
          <bullet> National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration, including all activities related to 
        weather, weather services, climate, and the atmosphere, 
        and marine fisheries, and oceanic research;
          <bullet> risk assessment activities; and
          <bullet> scientific issues related to environmental 
        policy, including climate change.

(2) Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to 
competitiveness, technology, standards, and innovation:
          <bullet> standardization of weights and measures 
        including technical standards, standardization, and 
        conformity assessment;
          <bullet> measurement, including the metric system of 
        measurement;
          <bullet> the Technology Administration of the 
        Department of Commerce;
          <bullet> the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology;
          <bullet> the National Technical Information Service;
          <bullet> competitiveness, including small business 
        competitiveness;
          <bullet> tax, antitrust, regulatory and other legal 
        and governmental policies as they relate to 
        technological development and commercialization;
          <bullet> technology transfer including civilian use 
        of defense technologies;
          <bullet> patent and intellectual property policy;
          <bullet> international technology trade;
          <bullet> research, development, and demonstration 
        activities of the Department of Transportation;
          <bullet> surface and water transportation research, 
        development, and demonstration programs;
          <bullet> earthquake programs (except for NSF) and 
        fire research programs including those related to 
        wildfire proliferation research and prevention;
          <bullet> biotechnology policy;
          <bullet> research, development, demonstration, and 
        standards related activities of the Department of 
        Homeland Security;
          <bullet> Small Business Innovation Research and 
        Technology Transfer; and
          <bullet> voting technologies and standards.

(3) Subcommittee on Research and Science Education

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to science 
policy and science education including:
          <bullet> Office of Science and Technology Policy;
          <bullet> all scientific research, and scientific and 
        engineering resources (including human resources), 
        math, science and engineering education;
          <bullet> intergovernmental mechanisms for research, 
        development, and demonstration and cross-cutting 
        programs;
          <bullet> international scientific cooperation;
          <bullet> National Science Foundation, including NSF 
        earthquake programs;
          <bullet> university research policy, including 
        infrastructure and overhead;
          <bullet> university research partnerships, including 
        those with industry;
          <bullet> science scholarships;
          <bullet> issues relating to computers, 
        communications, and information technology;
          <bullet> research and development relating to health, 
        biomedical, and nutritional programs;
          <bullet> to the extent appropriate, agricultural, 
        geological, biological and life sciences research; and
          <bullet> materials research, development, and 
        demonstration and policy.

(4) Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to 
astronautical and aeronautical research and development 
including:
          <bullet> national space policy, including access to 
        space;
          <bullet> sub-orbital access and applications;
          <bullet> National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration and its contractor and government-
        operated laboratories;
          <bullet> space commercialization including the 
        commercial space activities relating to the Department 
        of Transportation and the Department of Commerce;
          <bullet> exploration and use of outer space;
          <bullet> international space cooperation;
          <bullet> National Space Council;
          <bullet> space applications, space communications and 
        related matters;
          <bullet> earth remote sensing policy;
          <bullet> civil aviation research, development, and 
        demonstration;
          <bullet> research, development, and demonstration 
        programs of the Federal Aviation Administration; and
          <bullet> space law.

(5) Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

    General and special investigative and oversight authority 
on all matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Science and Technology.

                        REFERRAL OF LEGISLATION

    (b) The Chairman shall refer all legislation and other 
matters referred to the Committee to the Subcommittee or 
Subcommittees of appropriate primary and secondary jurisdiction 
within two (2) weeks unless the Chairman deems consideration is 
to be by the Full Committee. Subcommittee Chairmen may make 
requests for referral of specific matters to their Subcommittee 
within the two (2) week period if they believe Subcommittee 
jurisdictions so warrant.

                           EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

    (c) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall serve as 
ex-officio Members of all Subcommittees and shall have the 
right to vote and be counted as part of the quorum and ratios 
on all matters before the Subcommittee.

                               PROCEDURES

    (d) No Subcommittee shall meet for markup or approval when 
any other Subcommittee of the Committee or the Full Committee 
is meeting to consider any measure or matter for markup or 
approval.
    (e) Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters 
referred to it. For matters within its jurisdiction, each 
Subcommittee is authorized to conduct legislative, 
investigative, forecasting, and general oversight hearings; to 
conduct inquiries into the future; and to undertake budget 
impact studies. Subcommittee Chairmen shall set meeting dates 
after consultation with the Chairman and other Subcommittee 
Chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of 
Committee and Subcommittee meetings or hearings wherever 
possible.
    (f) Any Member of the Committee may have the privilege of 
sitting with any Subcommittee during its hearings or 
deliberations and may participate in such hearings or 
deliberations, but no such Member who is not a Member of the 
Subcommittee shall vote on any matter before such Subcommittee, 
except as provided in rule 3(c).
    (g) During any Subcommittee proceeding for markup or 
approval, a record vote may be had at the request of one (1) or 
more Members of that Subcommittee.

                            Rule 4.--Reports


                    SUBSTANCE OF LEGISLATIVE REPORTS

    (a) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall include the following, to be 
provided by the Committee:
          (1) the oversight findings and recommendations 
        required pursuant to rule X 2(b)(1) of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, separately set out and 
        identified [XIII, 3(c)];
          (2) the statement required by section 308(a) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set out 
        and identified, if the measure provides new budget 
        authority or new or increased tax expenditures as 
        specified in [XIII, 3(c)(2)];
          (3) with respect to reports on a bill or joint 
        resolution of a public character, a ``Constitutional 
        Authority Statement'' citing the specific powers 
        granted to Congress by the Constitution pursuant to 
        which the bill or joint resolution is proposed to be 
        enacted.
          (4) with respect to each record vote on a motion to 
        report any measure or matter of a public character, and 
        on any amendment offered to the measure or matter, the 
        total number of votes cast for and against, and the 
        names of those Members voting for and against, shall be 
        included in the Committee report on the measure or 
        matter;
          (5) the estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Committee under rule XIII, clause 3(d)(2) of the Rules 
        of the House of Representatives, unless the estimate 
        and comparison prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office prepared under subparagraph 
        2 of this rule has been timely submitted prior to the 
        filing of the report and included in the report [ XIII, 
        3(d)(3)(D)];
          (6) in the case of a bill or joint resolution which 
        repeals or amends any statute or part thereof, the text 
        of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be 
        repealed, and a comparative print of that part of the 
        bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of 
        the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended 
        [rule XIII, clause 3];
          (7) a transcript of the markup of the measure or 
        matter unless waived under rule 2(v); and,
          (8) a statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding. 
        [XIII, 3(c)]
    (b) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall further include the following, 
to be provided by sources other than the Committee:
          (1) the estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Director of the Congressional Budget Office required 
        under section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, separately set out and identified, wh