Deschler's Precedents > Chapter 17
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| Committees |
TEXT 59K PDF 91K |
| A. Creating and Organizing Committees | |
| § 1. In General | TEXT 15K PDF 29K |
| § 2. Establishing Standing Committees; Procedure | TEXT 22K PDF 44K |
| § 3. -- Authorizing Investigations | TEXT 55K PDF 88K |
| § 4. Committee Expenses; Use of Contingent Fund | TEXT 31K PDF 55K |
| § 5. Establishing Select Committees; Procedure | TEXT 33K PDF 50K |
| § 6. -- Subjects of Investigation or Study | TEXT 146K PDF 222K |
| § 7. Joint Committees | TEXT 68K PDF 98K |
| B. Committee Chairmen, Members, and Employees | |
| § 8. In General; Electing Chairmen | TEXT 17K PDF 35K |
| § 9. Electing Members to Standing Committees | TEXT 43K PDF 76K |
| § 10. Appointments to Select Committees | TEXT 16K PDF 35K |
| § 11. Seniority Considerations | TEXT 9K PDF 25K |
| § 12. Setting and Increasing Committee Membership | TEXT 22K PDF 45K |
| § 13. Appointment, Employment, and Compensation of Employees | TEXT 48K PDF 77K |
| C. Committee Procedure | |
| § 14. Generally | TEXT 50K PDF 89K |
| § 15. Adoption of Committee Rules | TEXT 38K PDF 58K |
| § 16. Sitting of Committees While House Is in Session | TEXT 25K PDF 52K |
| § 17. Role of Chairman | TEXT 23K PDF 44K |
| § 18. Members' Access to Committee Records and Files | TEXT 18K PDF 36K |
| § 19. Disposition of Committee Documents, Evidence, and Files | TEXT 17K PDF 35K |
| § 20. Disclosure of Unreported Committee Proceedings | TEXT 24K PDF 44K |
| § 21. Executive Sessions | TEXT 17K PDF 34K |
| § 22. -- Use of Information Obtained in Executive Session | TEXT 21K PDF 42K |
| § 23. Reporting Measure From Committee Requires Quorum | TEXT 20K PDF 41K |
| § 24. Point of Order Based on Lack of Committee Quorum -- Timing | TEXT 27K PDF 49K |
| § 25. Effect | TEXT 12K PDF 30K |
| D. Jurisdiction of Committees | |
| § 26. Introduction | TEXT 13K PDF 29K |
| § 27. Referral of Measures to Committees; Procedure | TEXT 36K PDF 64K |
| § 28. Motions to Rerefer | TEXT 21K PDF 41K |
| § 29. Overlapping Jurisdiction; Proposals Involving More Than One Subject | TEXT 33K PDF 60K |
| § 30. Committee on Agriculture | TEXT 23K PDF 47K |
| § 31. Committee on Appropriations | TEXT 73K PDF 114K |
| § 32. Committee on Armed Services | TEXT 38K PDF 70K |
| § 33. Committee on Banking and Currency | TEXT 31K PDF 61K |
| § 34. Committee on the Budget | TEXT 8K PDF 19K |
| § 35. Committee on the District of Columbia | TEXT 18K PDF 38K |
| § 36. Committee on Education and Labor | TEXT 60K PDF 98K |
| § 37. Committee on Foreign Affairs | TEXT 43K PDF 71K |
| § 38. Committee on Government Operations | TEXT 23K PDF 48K |
| § 39. Committee on House Administration | TEXT 39K PDF 67K |
| § 40. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs | TEXT 42K PDF 74K |
| § 41. Committee on Internal Security | TEXT 16K PDF 79K |
| § 42. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce | TEXT 34K PDF 46K |
| § 43. Committee on the Judiciary | TEXT 53K PDF 94K |
| § 44. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries | TEXT 40K PDF 72K |
| § 45. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service | TEXT 39K PDF 66K |
| § 46. Committee on Public Works | TEXT 46K PDF 83K |
| § 47. Committee on Science and Astronautics | TEXT 19K PDF 37K |
| § 48. Committee on Small Business | TEXT 3K PDF 16K |
| § 49. Committee on Standards of Official Conduct | TEXT 52K PDF 81K |
| § 50. Committee on Veterans' Affairs | TEXT 18K PDF 35K |
| § 51. Committee on Ways and Means | TEXT 22K PDF 43K |
| E. Committee on Rules | |
| § 52. History and Role | TEXT 46K PDF 73K |
| § 53. Jurisdiction and Scope of Authority | TEXT 89K PDF 138K |
| § 54. Committee Procedure | TEXT 23K PDF 45K |
| § 55. Reports From the Committee | TEXT 67K PDF 105K |
| § 56. Same-day Consideration of Reported Resolution | TEXT 16K PDF 31K |
| § 57. Consideration and Adoption by House of Resolutions Reported From the Committee | TEXT 49K PDF 86K |
| F. Committee Reports | |
| § 58. In General | TEXT 57K PDF 93K |
| § 59. Form; Printing | TEXT 23K PDF 48K |
| § 60. Comparative Prints; The Ramseyer Rule | TEXT 84K PDF 131K |
| § 61. Cost-estimate Requirement | TEXT 12K PDF 26K |
| § 62. Time for Filing Report | TEXT 19K PDF 43K |
| § 63. Status as Privileged; Calling Up | TEXT 57K PDF 94K |
| § 64. Supplemental, Minority, and Additional Views | TEXT 20K PDF 35K |