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RULE X: ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES
Committees and their legislative
jurisdictions
1. There shall be in the House the following
standing committees, each of
which shall have the jurisdiction and
related functions assigned by this
clause and clauses 2, 3, and 4. All bills,
resolutions, and other matters relating
to subjects within the jurisdiction of
the standing committees listed in this
clause shall be referred to those committees,
in accordance with clause 2 of
rule XII, as follows:
(a) Committee on Agriculture.
(1) Adulteration of seeds, insect
pests, and protection of birds and
animals in forest reserves.
(2) Agriculture generally.
(3) Agricultural and industrial
chemistry.
(4) Agricultural colleges and experiment
stations.
(5) Agricultural economics and
research.
(6) Agricultural education extension
services.
(7) Agricultural production and
marketing and stabilization of
prices of agricultural products, and
commodities (not including distribution
outside of the United
States).
(8) Animal industry and diseases
of animals.
(9) Commodity exchanges.
(10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
(11) Dairy industry.
(12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
(13) Extension of farm credit and
farm security.
(14) Inspection of livestock, poultry,
meat products, and seafood and
seafood products.
(15) Forestry in general and forest
reserves other than those created
from the public domain.
(16) Human nutrition and home
economics.
(17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural
engineering.
(18) Rural electrification.
(19) Rural development.
(20) Water conservation related to
activities of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Committee on Appropriations.
(1) Appropriation of the revenue
for the support of the Government.
(2) Rescissions of appropriations
contained in appropriation Acts.
(3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
(4) Bills and joint resolutions reported
by other committees that
provide new entitlement authority
as defined in section 3(9) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974
and referred to the committee
under clause 4(a)(2).
(c) Committee on Armed Services.
(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals;
and Army, Navy, and Air
Force reservations and establishments.
(2) Common defense generally.
(3) Conservation, development,
and use of naval petroleum and oil
shale reserves.
(4) The Department of Defense
generally, including the Departments
of the Army, Navy, and Air
Force, generally.
(5) Interoceanic canals generally,
including measures relating to the
maintenance, operation, and administration
of interoceanic canals.
(6) Merchant Marine Academy
and State Maritime Academies.
(7) Military applications of nuclear
energy.
(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the
Department of Defense.
(9) National security aspects of
merchant marine, including financial
assistance for the construction
and operation of vessels, maintenance
of the U.S. shipbuilding and
ship repair industrial base, cabotage,
cargo preference, and merchant
marine officers and seamen
as these matters relate to the national
security.
(10) Pay, promotion, retirement,
and other benefits and privileges of
members of the armed forces.
(11) Scientific research and development
in support of the armed
services.
(12) Selective service.
(13) Size and composition of the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air
Force.
(14) Soldiers’ and sailors’ homes.
(15) Strategic and critical materials
necessary for the common defense.
(d) Committee on the Budget.
(1) Concurrent resolutions on the
budget (as defined in section 3(4) of
the Congressional Budget Act of
1974), other matters required to be
referred to the committee under titles
III and IV of that Act, and
other measures setting forth appropriate
levels of budget totals for
the United States Government.
(2) Budget process generally.
(3) Establishment, extension, and
enforcement of special controls
over the Federal budget, including
the budgetary treatment of offbudget
Federal agencies and measures
providing exemption from reduction
under any order issued
under part C of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
(e) Committee on Education and
the Workforce.
(1) Child labor.
(2) Gallaudet University and
Howard University and Hospital.
(3) Convict labor and the entry of
goods made by convicts into interstate
commerce.
(4) Food programs for children in
schools.
(5) Labor standards and statistics.
(6) Education or labor generally.
(7) Mediation and arbitration of
labor disputes.
(8) Regulation or prevention of
importation of foreign laborers
under contract.
(9) Workers’ compensation.
(10) Vocational rehabilitation.
(11) Wages and hours of labor.
(12) Welfare of miners.
(13) Work incentive programs.
(f) Committee on Energy and Commerce.
(1) Biomedical research and development.
(2) Consumer affairs and consumer
protection.
(3) Health and health facilities
(except health care supported by
payroll deductions).
(4) Interstate energy compacts.
(5) Interstate and foreign commerce
generally.
(6) Exploration, production, storage,
supply, marketing, pricing,
and regulation of energy resources,
including all fossil fuels, solar energy,
and other unconventional or
renewable energy resources.
(7) Conservation of energy resources.
(8) Energy information generally.
(9) The generation and marketing
of power (except by federally chartered
or Federal regional power
marketing authorities); reliability
and interstate transmission of, and
ratemaking for, all power; and
siting of generation facilities (except
the installation of interconnections
between Government
waterpower projects).
(10) General management of the
Department of Energy and management
and all functions of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.
(11) National energy policy generally.
(12) Public health and quarantine.
(13) Regulation of the domestic
nuclear energy industry, including
regulation of research and development
reactors and nuclear regulatory
research.
(14) Regulation of interstate and
foreign communications.
(15) Travel and tourism.
The committee shall have the same
jurisdiction with respect to regulation
of nuclear facilities and of use of
nuclear energy as it has with respect
to regulation of nonnuclear facilities
and of use of nonnuclear energy.
(g) Committee on Financial Services.
(1) Banks and banking, including
deposit insurance and Federal monetary
policy.
(2) Economic stabilization, defense
production, renegotiation,
and control of the price of commodities,
rents, and services.
(3) Financial aid to commerce
and industry (other than transportation).
(4) Insurance generally.
(5) International finance.
(6) International financial and
monetary organizations.
(7) Money and credit, including
currency and the issuance of notes
and redemption thereof; gold and
silver, including the coinage thereof;
valuation and revaluation of the
dollar.
(8) Public and private housing.
(9) Securities and exchanges.
(10) Urban development.
(h) Committee on Government Reform.
(1) Federal civil service, including
intergovernmental personnel;
and the status of officers and employees
of the United States, including
their compensation, classification,
and retirement.
(2) Municipal affairs of the District
of Columbia in general (other
than appropriations).
(3) Federal paperwork reduction.
(4) Government management and
accounting measures generally.
(5) Holidays and celebrations.
(6) Overall economy, efficiency,
and management of government operations
and activities, including
Federal procurement.
(7) National archives.
(8) Population and demography
generally, including the Census.
(9) Postal service generally, including
transportation of the
mails.
(10) Public information and
records.
(11) Relationship of the Federal
Government to the States and municipalities
generally.
(12) Reorganizations in the executive
branch of the Government.
(i) Committee on Homeland Security.
(1) Overall homeland security policy.
(2) Organization and administration
of the Department of Homeland
Security.
(3) Functions of the Department
of Homeland Security relating to
the following:
(A) Border and port security
(except immigration policy and
non-border enforcement).
(B) Customs (except customs
revenue).
(C) Integration, analysis, and
dissemination of homeland security
information.
(D) Domestic preparedness for
and collective response to terrorism.
(E) Research and development.
(F) Transportation security.
(j) Committee on House Administration.
(1) Appropriations from accounts
for committee salaries and expenses
(except for the Committee
on Appropriations); House Information
Resources; and allowance and
expenses of Members, Delegates,
the Resident Commissioner, officers,
and administrative offices of
the House.
(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts
described in subparagraph
(1).
(3) Employment of persons by the
House, including staff for Members,
Delegates, the Resident Commissioner,
and committees; and reporters
of debates, subject to rule VI.
(4) Except as provided in paragraph
(r)(11), the Library of Congress,
including management thereof;
the House Library; statuary and
pictures; acceptance or purchase of
works of art for the Capitol; the
Botanic Garden; and purchase of
books and manuscripts.
(5) The Smithsonian Institution
and the incorporation of similar institutions
(except as provided in
paragraph (r)(11)).
(6) Expenditure of accounts described
in subparagraph (1).
(7) Franking Commission.
(8) Printing and correction of the
Congressional Record.
(9) Accounts of the House generally.
(10) Assignment of office space for
Members, Delegates, the Resident
Commissioner, and committees.
(11) Disposition of useless executive
papers.
(12) Election of the President,
Vice President, Members, Senators,
Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner;
corrupt practices; contested
elections; credentials and qualifications;
and Federal elections generally.
(13) Services to the House, including
the House Restaurant, parking
facilities, and administration of the
House Office Buildings and of the
House wing of the Capitol.
(14) Travel of Members, Delegates,
and the Resident Commissioner.
(15) Raising, reporting, and use of
campaign contributions for candidates
for office of Representative,
of Delegate, and of Resident Commissioner.
(16) Compensation, retirement,
and other benefits of the Members,
Delegates, the Resident Commissioner,
officers, and employees of
Congress.
(k) Committee on International Relations.
(1) Relations of the United States
with foreign nations generally.
(2) Acquisition of land and buildings
for embassies and legations in
foreign countries.
(3) Establishment of boundary
lines between the United States
and foreign nations.
(4) Export controls, including
nonproliferation of nuclear technology
and nuclear hardware.
(5) Foreign loans.
(6) International commodity
agreements (other than those involving
sugar), including all agreements
for cooperation in the export
of nuclear technology and nuclear
hardware.
(7) International conferences and
congresses.
(8) International education.
(9) Intervention abroad and declarations
of war.
(10) Diplomatic service.
(11) Measures to foster commercial
intercourse with foreign nations
and to safeguard American
business interests abroad.
(12) International economic policy.
(13) Neutrality.
(14) Protection of American citizens
abroad and expatriation.
(15) The American National Red
Cross.
(16) Trading with the enemy.
(17) United Nations organizations.
(l) Committee on the Judiciary.
(1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings,
civil and criminal.
(2) Administrative practice and
procedure.
(3) Apportionment of Representatives.
(4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage,
and counterfeiting.
(5) Civil liberties.
(6) Constitutional amendments.
(7) Criminal law enforcement.
(8) Federal courts and judges, and
local courts in the Territories and
possessions.
(9) Immigration policy and nonborder
enforcement.
(10) Interstate compacts generally.
(11) Claims against the United
States.
(12) Meetings of Congress; attendance
of Members, Delegates, and
the Resident Commissioner; and
their acceptance of incompatible
offices.
(13) National penitentiaries.
(14) Patents, the Patent and
Trademark Office, copyrights, and
trademarks.
(15) Presidential succession.
(16) Protection of trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints
and monopolies.
(17) Revision and codification of
the Statutes of the United States.
(18) State and territorial boundary
lines.
(19) Subversive activities affecting
the internal security of the
United States.
(m) Committee on Resources.
(1) Fisheries and wildlife, including
research, restoration, refuges,
and conservation.
(2) Forest reserves and national
parks created from the public domain.
(3) Forfeiture of land grants and
alien ownership, including alien
ownership of mineral lands.
(4) Geological Survey.
(5) International fishing agreements.
(6) Interstate compacts relating
to apportionment of waters for irrigation
purposes.
(7) Irrigation and reclamation, including
water supply for reclamation
projects and easements of public
lands for irrigation projects; and
acquisition of private lands when
necessary to complete irrigation
projects.
(8) Native Americans generally,
including the care and allotment of
Native American lands and general
and special measures relating to
claims that are paid out of Native
American funds.
(9) Insular possessions of the
United States generally (except
those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
(10) Military parks and battlefields,
national cemeteries administered
by the Secretary of the Interior,
parks within the District of
Columbia, and the erection of
monuments to the memory of individuals.
(11) Mineral land laws and claims
and entries thereunder.
(12) Mineral resources of public
lands.
(13) Mining interests generally.
(14) Mining schools and experimental
stations.
(15) Marine affairs, including
coastal zone management (except
for measures relating to oil and
other pollution of navigable waters).
(16) Oceanography.
(17) Petroleum conservation on
public lands and conservation of
the radium supply in the United
States.
(18) Preservation of prehistoric
ruins and objects of interest on the
public domain.
(19) Public lands generally, including
entry, easements, and grazing
thereon.
(20) Relations of the United
States with Native Americans and
Native American tribes.
(21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline
(except ratemaking).
(n) Committee on Rules.
(1) Rules and joint rules (other
than those relating to the Code of
Official Conduct) and the order of
business of the House.
(2) Recesses and final adjournments
of Congress.
(o) Committee on Science.
(1) All energy research, development,
and demonstration, and
projects therefor, and all federally
owned or operated nonmilitary energy
laboratories.
(2) Astronautical research and development,
including resources,
personnel, equipment, and facilities.
(3) Civil aviation research and development.
(4) Environmental research and
development.
(5) Marine research.
(6) Commercial application of energy
technology.
(7) National Institute of Standards
and Technology, standardization
of weights and measures, and
the metric system.
(8) National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
(9) National Space Council.
(10) National Science Foundation.
(11) National Weather Service.
(12) Outer space, including exploration
and control thereof.
(13) Science scholarships.
(14) Scientific research, development,
and demonstration, and
projects therefor.
(p) Committee on Small Business.
(1) Assistance to and protection
of small business, including financial
aid, regulatory flexibility, and
paperwork reduction.
(2) Participation of small-business
enterprises in Federal procurement
and Government contracts.
(q) Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct.
The Code of Official Conduct.
(r) Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure.
(1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving
service, lighthouses,
lightships, ocean derelicts, and the
Coast Guard Academy.
(2) Federal management of emergencies
and natural disasters.
(3) Flood control and improvement
of rivers and harbors.
(4) Inland waterways.
(5) Inspection of merchant marine
vessels, lights and signals, lifesaving
equipment, and fire protection
on such vessels.
(6) Navigation and laws relating
thereto, including pilotage.
(7) Registering and licensing of
vessels and small boats.
(8) Rules and international arrangements
to prevent collisions at
sea.
(9) The Capitol Building and the
Senate and House Office Buildings.
(10) Construction or maintenance
of roads and post roads (other than
appropriations therefor).
(11) Construction or reconstruction,
maintenance, and care of
buildings and grounds of the Botanic
Garden, the Library of Congress,
and the Smithsonian Institution.
(12) Merchant marine (except for
national security aspects thereof).
(13) Purchase of sites and construction
of post offices, customhouses,
Federal courthouses, and
Government buildings within the
District of Columbia.
(14) Oil and other pollution of
navigable waters, including inland,
coastal, and ocean waters.
(15) Marine affairs, including
coastal zone management, as they
relate to oil and other pollution of
navigable waters.
(16) Public buildings and occupied
or improved grounds of the United
States generally.
(17) Public works for the benefit
of navigation, including bridges
and dams (other than international
bridges and dams).
(18) Related transportation regulatory
agencies (except the Transportation
Security Administration).
(19) Roads and the safety thereof.
(20) Transportation, including
civil aviation, railroads, water
transportation, transportation
safety (except automobile safety
and transportation security functions
of the Department of Homeland
Security), transportation infrastructure,
transportation labor,
and railroad retirement and unemployment
(except revenue measures
related thereto).
(21) Water power.
(s) Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
(1) Veterans’ measures generally.
(2) Cemeteries of the United
States in which veterans of any war
or conflict are or may be buried,
whether in the United States or
abroad (except cemeteries administered
by the Secretary of the Interior).
(3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation,
and education of veterans.
(4) Life insurance issued by the
Government on account of service
in the Armed Forces.
(5) Pensions of all the wars of the
United States, general and special.
(6) Readjustment of
servicemembers to civil life.
(7) Servicemembers’ civil relief.
(8) Veterans’ hospitals, medical
care, and treatment of veterans.
(t) Committee on Ways and Means.
(1) Customs revenue, collection
districts, and ports of entry and delivery.
(2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
(3) Revenue measures generally.
(4) Revenue measures relating to
insular possessions.
(5) Bonded debt of the United
States, subject to the last sentence
of clause 4(f).
(6) Deposit of public monies.
(7) Transportation of dutiable
goods.
(8) Tax exempt foundations and
charitable trusts.
(9) National social security (except
health care and facilities programs
that are supported from general
revenues as opposed to payroll
deductions and except work incentive
programs).
General oversight responsibilities
2. (a) The various standing committees
shall have general oversight responsibilities
as provided in paragraph
(b) in order to assist the House in—
(1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation
of— (A) the application, administration,
execution, and effectiveness of
Federal laws; and
(B) conditions and circumstances
that may indicate the necessity or
desirability of enacting new or additional
legislation; and
(2) its formulation, consideration,
and enactment of changes in Federal
laws, and of such additional legislation
as may be necessary or appropriate.
(b)(1) In order to determine whether
laws and programs addressing subjects
within the jurisdiction of a committee
are being implemented and carried out
in accordance with the intent of Congress
and whether they should be continued,
curtailed, or eliminated, each
standing committee (other than the
Committee on Appropriations) shall review
and study on a continuing basis— (A) the application, administration,
execution, and effectiveness of laws
and programs addressing subjects
within its jurisdiction;
(B) the organization and operation
of Federal agencies and entities having
responsibilities for the administration
and execution of laws and
programs addressing subjects within
its jurisdiction;
(C) any conditions or circumstances
that may indicate the
necessity or desirability of enacting
new or additional legislation addressing
subjects within its jurisdiction
(whether or not a bill or resolution
has been introduced with respect
thereto); and
(D) future research and forecasting
on subjects within its jurisdiction.
(2) Each committee to which subparagraph
(1) applies having more than
20 members shall establish an oversight
subcommittee, or require its subcommittees
to conduct oversight in
their respective jurisdictions, to assist
in carrying out its responsibilities
under this clause. The establishment of
an oversight subcommittee does not
limit the responsibility of a subcommittee
with legislative jurisdiction
in carrying out its oversight responsibilities.
(c) Each standing committee shall review
and study on a continuing basis
the impact or probable impact of tax
policies affecting subjects within its
jurisdiction as described in clauses 1
and 3.
(d)(1) Not later than February 15 of
the first session of a Congress, each
standing committee shall, in a meeting
that is open to the public and with a
quorum present, adopt its oversight
plan for that Congress. Such plan shall
be submitted simultaneously to the
Committee on Government Reform and
to the Committee on House Administration.
In developing its plan each
committee shall, to the maximum extent
feasible— (A) consult with other committees
that have jurisdiction over the same
or related laws, programs, or agencies
within its jurisdiction with the
objective of ensuring maximum coordination
and cooperation among
committees when conducting reviews
of such laws, programs, or agencies
and include in its plan an explanation
of steps that have been or will
be taken to ensure such coordination
and cooperation;
(B) 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;
(C) give priority consideration to
including in its plan the review of
those laws, programs, or agencies operating
under permanent budget authority
or permanent statutory authority;
(D) have a view toward ensuring
that all significant laws, programs,
or agencies within its jurisdiction are
subject to review every 10 years; and
(E) have a view toward insuring
against duplication of Federal programs.
(2) Not later than March 31 in the
first session of a Congress, after consultation
with the Speaker, the Majority
Leader, and the Minority Leader,
the Committee on Government Reform
shall report to the House the oversight
plans submitted by committees together
with any recommendations that
it, or the House leadership group described
above, may make to ensure the
most effective coordination of oversight
plans and otherwise to achieve
the objectives of this clause.
(e) The Speaker, with the approval of
the House, may appoint special ad hoc
oversight committees for the purpose
of reviewing specific matters within
the jurisdiction of two or more standing
committees.
Special oversight functions
3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations
shall conduct such studies and
examinations of the organization and
operation of executive departments
and other executive agencies (including
an agency the majority of the stock of
which is owned by the United States)
as it considers necessary to assist it in
the determination of matters within
its jurisdiction.
(b) The Committee on the Budget
shall study on a continuing basis the
effect on budget outlays of relevant existing
and proposed legislation and report
the results of such studies to the
House on a recurring basis.
(c) The Committee on Energy and
Commerce shall review and study on a
continuing basis laws, programs, and
Government activities relating to nuclear
and other energy and nonmilitary
nuclear energy research and development
including the disposal of nuclear
waste.
(d) The Committee on Education and
the Workforce shall review, study, and
coordinate on a continuing basis laws,
programs, and Government activities
relating to domestic educational programs
and institutions and programs of
student assistance within the jurisdiction
of other committees.
(e) The Committee on Government
Reform shall review and study on a
continuing basis the operation of Government
activities at all levels with a
view to determining their economy and
efficiency.
(f) The Committee on Homeland Security
shall review and study on a continuing
basis all Government activities
relating to homeland security, including
the interaction of all departments
and agencies with the Department of
Homeland Security.
(g) The Committee on International
Relations shall review and study on a
continuing basis laws, programs, and
Government activities relating to customs
administration, intelligence activities
relating to foreign policy,
international financial and monetary
organizations, and international fishing
agreements.
(h) The Committee on Armed Services
shall review and study on a continuing
basis laws, programs, and Government
activities relating to international
arms control and disarmament
and the education of military
dependents in schools.
(i) The Committee on Resources shall
review and study on a continuing basis
laws, programs, and Government activities
relating to Native Americans.
(j) The Committee on Rules shall review
and study on a continuing basis
the congressional budget process, and
the committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the House
from time to time.
(k) The Committee on Science shall
review and study on a continuing basis
laws, programs, and Government activities
relating to nonmilitary research
and development.
(l) The Committee on Small Business
shall study and investigate on a continuing
basis the problems of all types
of small business.
(m) The Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence shall review and
study on a continuing basis laws, programs,
and activities of the intelligence
community and shall review
and study on an exclusive basis the
sources and methods of entities described
in clause 11(b)(1)(A).
Additional functions of committees
4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations
shall, within 30 days after the
transmittal of the Budget to Congress
each year, hold hearings on the Budget
as a whole with particular reference
to—
(i) the basic recommendations and
budgetary policies of the President in
the presentation of the Budget; and
(ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic
assumptions used as bases in
arriving at total estimated expenditures
and receipts.
(B) In holding hearings under subdivision
(A), the committee shall receive
testimony from the Secretary of
the Treasury, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, the Chairman
of the Council of Economic Advisers,
and such other persons as the committee
may desire.
(C) A hearing under subdivision (A),
or any part thereof, shall be held in
open session, except when the committee,
in open session and with a
quorum present, determines by record
vote that the testimony to be taken at
that hearing on that day may be related
to a matter of national security.
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 thereof furnished
to each Member, Delegate, and
the Resident Commissioner.
(D) A hearing under subdivision (A),
or any part thereof, may be held before
a joint meeting of the committee and
the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate in accordance with such
procedures as the two committees
jointly may determine.
(2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
when a committee reports a bill or
joint resolution that provides new entitlement
authority as defined in section
3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the
bill or joint resolution, as reported,
would cause a breach of the committee’s
pertinent allocation of new bud
get authority under section 302(a) of
that Act, the bill or joint resolution
may be referred to the Committee on
Appropriations with instructions to report
it with recommendations (which
may include an amendment limiting
the total amount of new entitlement
authority provided in the bill or joint
resolution). If the Committee on Appropriations
fails to report a bill or
joint resolution so referred within 15
calendar days (not counting any day on
which the House is not in session), the
committee automatically shall be discharged
from consideration of the bill
or joint resolution, and the bill or joint
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate
calendar.
(3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations
shall study on a continuing
basis those provisions of law
that (on the first day of the first fiscal
year for which the congressional budget
process is effective) provide spending
authority or permanent budget authority
and shall report to the House from
time to time its recommendations for
terminating or modifying such provisions.
(4) In the manner provided by section
302 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Committee on Appropriations
(after consulting with the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate) shall
subdivide any allocations made to it in
the joint explanatory statement accompanying
the conference report on
such concurrent resolution, and
promptly report the subdivisions to the
House as soon as practicable after a
concurrent resolution on the budget for
a fiscal year is agreed to.
(b) The Committee on the Budget
shall—
(1) review on a continuing basis the
conduct by the Congressional Budget
Office of its functions and duties;
(2) hold hearings and receive testimony
from Members, Senators, Delegates,
the Resident Commissioner,
and such appropriate representatives
of Federal departments and agencies,
the general public, and national organizations
as it considers desirable in
developing concurrent resolutions on
the budget for each fiscal year;
(3) make all reports required of it
by the Congressional Budget Act of
1974;
(4) study on a continuing basis
those provisions of law that exempt
Federal agencies or any of their activities
or outlays from inclusion in
the Budget of the United States Government,
and report to the House
from time to time its recommendations
for terminating or modifying
such provisions;
(5) study on a continuing basis proposals
designed to improve and facilitate
the congressional budget process,
and report to the House from
time to time the results of such studies,
together with its recommendations;
and
(6) request and evaluate continuing
studies of tax expenditures, devise
methods of coordinating tax expenditures,
policies, and programs with direct
budget outlays, and report the
results of such studies to the House
on a recurring basis.
(c)(1) The Committee on Government
Reform shall— (A) receive and examine reports of
the Comptroller General of the
United States and submit to the
House such recommendations as it
considers necessary or desirable in
connection with the subject matter
of the reports;
(B) evaluate the effects of laws enacted
to reorganize the legislative
and executive branches of the Government;
and
(C) study intergovernmental relationships
between the United States
and the States and municipalities
and between the United States and
international organizations of which
the United States is a member.
(2) In addition to its duties under
subparagraph (1), the Committee on
Government Reform may at any time
conduct investigations of any matter
without regard to clause 1, 2, 3, or this
clause conferring jurisdiction over the
matter to another standing committee.
The findings and recommendations of
the committee in such an investigation
shall be made available to any other
standing committee having jurisdiction
over the matter involved.
(d)(1) The Committee on House Administration
shall— (A) provide policy direction for the
Inspector General and oversight of
the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief
Administrative Officer, and Inspector
General;
(B) have the function of accepting
on behalf of the House a gift, except
as otherwise provided by law, if the
gift does not involve a duty, burden,
or condition, or is not made dependent
on some future performance by
the House; and
(C) promulgate regulations to carry
out subdivision (B).
(2) An employing office of the House
may enter into a settlement of a complaint
under the Congressional Accountability
Act of 1995 that provides
for the payment of funds only after receiving
the joint approval of the chairman
and ranking minority member of
the Committee on House Administration
concerning the amount of such
payment.
(e)(1) Each standing committee shall,
in its consideration of all public bills
and public joint resolutions within its
jurisdiction, ensure that appropriations
for continuing programs and activities
of the Federal Government and
the government of the District of Columbia
will be made annually to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent
with the nature, requirement,
and objective of the programs and activities
involved. In this subparagraph
programs and activities of the Federal
Government and the government of the
District of Columbia includes programs
and activities of any department, agency,
establishment, wholly owned Government
corporation, or instrumentality
of the Federal Government or of
the government of the District of Columbia.
(2) Each standing committee shall review
from time to time each continuing program within its jurisdiction
for which appropriations are not made
annually to ascertain whether the program
should be modified to provide for
annual appropriations.
Budget Act responsibilities
(f)(1) Each standing committee shall
submit to the Committee on the Budget
not later than six weeks after the
President submits his budget, or at
such time as the Committee on the
Budget may request— (A) 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
that are within its jurisdiction or
functions; and
(B) an estimate of the total
amounts of new budget authority,
and budget outlays resulting therefrom,
to be provided or authorized in
all bills and resolutions within its jurisdiction
that it intends to be effective
during that fiscal year.
(2) The views and estimates submitted
by the Committee on Ways and
Means under subparagraph (1) shall include
a specific recommendation, made
after holding public hearings, as to the
appropriate level of the public debt
that should be set forth in the concurrent
resolution on the budget.
Election and membership of standing
committees
5. (a)(1) The standing committees
specified in clause 1 shall be elected by
the House within seven calendar days
after the commencement of each Congress,
from nominations submitted by
the respective party caucus or conference.
A resolution proposing to
change the composition of a standing
committee shall be privileged if offered
by direction of the party caucus or conference
concerned.
(2)(A) The Committee on the Budget
shall be composed of members as follows:
(i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident
Commissioner who are members
of other standing committees, including
five from the Committee on Appropriations,
five from the Committee
on Ways and Means, and one
from the Committee on Rules;
(ii) one Member designated by the
elected leadership of the majority
party; and
(iii) one Member designated by the
elected leadership of the minority
party.
(B) Except as permitted by subdivision
(C), a member of the Committee
on the Budget other than one described
in subdivision (A)(ii) or (A)(iii) may
not serve on the committee during
more than four Congresses in a period
of six successive Congresses (disregarding
for this purpose any service
for less than a full session in a Congress).
(C) In the case of a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner elected
to serve as the chairman or the ranking
minority member of the committee,
tenure on the committee shall
be limited only by paragraph (c)(2) of
this clause.
(3)(A) The Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct shall be composed
of 10 members, five from the majority
party and five from the minority party.
(B) Except as permitted by subdivision
(C), a member of the Committee
on Standards of Official Conduct may
not serve on the committee during
more than three Congresses in a period
of five successive Congresses (disregarding
for this purpose any service
for less than a full session in a Congress).
(C) A member of the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct may
serve on the committee during a fourth
Congress in a period of five successive
Congresses only as either the chairman
or the ranking minority member of the
committee.
(4)(A) At the beginning of a Congress,
the Speaker or his designee and the Minority
Leader or his designee each
shall name 10 Members, Delegates, or
the Resident Commissioner from his
respective party who are not members
of the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct to be available to serve on
investigative subcommittees of that
committee during that Congress. The
lists of Members, Delegates, or the
Resident Commissioner so named shall
be announced to the House.
(B) Whenever the chairman and the
ranking minority member of the Committee
on Standards of Official Conduct
jointly determine that Members,
Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner
named under subdivision (A)
should be assigned to serve on an investigative
subcommittee of that committee,
each of them shall select an
equal number of such Members, Delegates,
or Resident Commissioner from
his respective party to serve on that
subcommittee.
(b)(1) Membership on a standing committee
during the course of a Congress
shall be contingent on continuing
membership in the party caucus or
conference that nominated the Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
concerned for election to such
committee. Should a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner cease
to be a member of a particular party
caucus or conference, that Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
shall automatically cease to be a member
of each standing committee to
which he was elected on the basis of
nomination by that caucus or conference.
The chairman of the relevant
party caucus or conference shall notify
the Speaker whenever a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner ceases
to be a member of that caucus or conference.
The Speaker shall notify the
chairman of each affected committee
that the election of such Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner to the
committee is automatically vacated
under this subparagraph.
(2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision
(B), a Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner may not serve simultaneously
as a member of more
than two standing committees or more
than four subcommittees of the standing
committees.
(B)(i) Ex officio service by a chairman
or ranking minority member of a
committee on each of its subcommittees
under a committee rule does not
count against the limitation on subcommittee
service.
(ii) Service on an investigative subcommittee
of the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct under paragraph
(a)(4) does not count against the
limitation on subcommittee service.
(iii) Any other exception to the limitations
in subdivision (A) may be approved
by the House on the recommendation
of the relevant party
caucus or conference.
(C) In this subparagraph the term ″subcommittee″ includes a panel (other
than a special oversight panel of the
Committee on Armed Services), task
force, special subcommittee, or other
subunit of a standing committee that
is established for a cumulative period
longer than six months in a Congress.
(c)(1) One of the members of each
standing committee shall be elected by
the House, on the nomination of the
majority party caucus or conference,
as chairman thereof. In the temporary
absence of the chairman, the member
next in rank (and so on, as often as the
case shall happen) shall act as chairman.
Rank shall be determined by the
order members are named in resolutions
electing them to the committee.
In the case of a permanent vacancy in
the elected chairmanship of a committee,
the House shall elect another
chairman.
(2) Except in the case of the Committee
on Rules, a member of a standing
committee may not serve as chairman
of the same standing committee,
or of the same subcommittee of a
standing committee, during more than
three consecutive Congresses (disregarding
for this purpose any service
for less than a full session in a Congress).
(d)(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph
(2), a committee may have
not more than five subcommittees.
(2) A committee that maintains a
subcommittee on oversight may have
not more than six subcommittees. The
Committee on Appropriations may
have not more than 13 subcommittees.
The Committee on Government Reform
may have not more than seven subcommittees.
(e) The House shall fill a vacancy on
a standing committee by election on
the nomination of the respective party
caucus or conference.
Expense resolutions
6. (a) Whenever a committee, commission,
or other entity (other than
the Committee on Appropriations) is
granted authorization for the payment
of its expenses (including staff salaries)
for a Congress, such authorization initially
shall be procured by one primary
expense resolution reported by the
Committee on House Administration.
A primary expense resolution may include
a reserve fund for unanticipated
expenses of committees. An amount
from such a reserve fund may be allocated
to a committee only by the approval
of the Committee on House Administration.
A primary expense resolution
reported to the House may not
be considered in the House unless a
printed report thereon was available on
the previous calendar day. For the information
of the House, such report
shall—
(1) state the total amount of the
funds to be provided to the committee,
commission, or other entity
under the primary expense resolution
for all anticipated activities and programs
of the committee, commission,
or other entity; and
(2) to the extent practicable, contain
such general statements regarding
the estimated foreseeable expendi
tures for the respective anticipated
activities and programs of the committee,
commission, or other entity
as may be appropriate to provide the
House with basic estimates of the expenditures
contemplated by the primary
expense resolution.
(b) After the date of adoption by the
House of a primary expense resolution
for a committee, commission, or other
entity for a Congress, authorization for
the payment of additional expenses (including
staff salaries) in that Congress
may be procured by one or more supplemental
expense resolutions reported
by the Committee on House Administration,
as necessary. A supplemental
expense resolution reported to the
House may not be considered in the
House unless a printed report thereon
was available on the previous calendar
day. For the information of the House,
such report shall—
(1) state the total amount of additional
funds to be provided to the
committee, commission, or other entity
under the supplemental expense
resolution and the purposes for which
those additional funds are available;
and
(2) state the reasons for the failure
to procure the additional funds for
the committee, commission, or other
entity by means of the primary expense
resolution.
(c) The preceding provisions of this
clause do not apply to—
(1) a resolution providing for the
payment from committee salary and
expense accounts of the House of
sums necessary to pay compensation
for staff services performed for, or to
pay other expenses of, a committee,
commission, or other entity at any
time after the beginning of an oddnumbered
year and before the date of
adoption by the House of the primary
expense resolution described in paragraph
(a) for that year; or
(2) a resolution providing each of
the standing committees in a Congress
additional office equipment,
airmail and special-delivery postage
stamps, supplies, staff personnel, or
any other specific item for the operation
of the standing committees,
and containing an authorization for
the payment from committee salary
and expense accounts of the House of
the expenses of any of the foregoing
items provided by that resolution,
subject to and until enactment of the
provisions of the resolution as permanent
law.
(d) From the funds made available
for the appointment of committee staff
by a primary or additional expense resolution,
the chairman of each committee
shall ensure that sufficient staff
is made available to each subcommittee
to carry out its responsibilities
under the rules of the committee
and that the minority party is treated
fairly in the appointment of such staff.
(e) Funds authorized for a committee
under this clause and clauses 7 and 8
are for expenses incurred in the activities
of the committee.
Interim funding
7. (a) For the period beginning at
noon on January 3 and ending at midnight
on March 31 in each odd-numbered
year, such sums as may be necessary
shall be paid out of the committee
salary and expense accounts of
the House for continuance of necessary
investigations and studies by—
(1) each standing and select committee
established by these rules;
and
(2) except as specified in paragraph
(b), each select committee established
by resolution.
(b) In the case of the first session of
a Congress, amounts shall be made
available for a select committee established
by resolution in the preceding
Congress only if—
(1) a resolution proposing to reestablish
such select committee is introduced
in the present Congress; and
(2) the House has not adopted a resolution
of the preceding Congress
providing for termination of funding
for investigations and studies by
such select committee.
(c) Each committee described in
paragraph (a) shall be entitled for each
month during the period specified in
paragraph (a) to 9 percent (or such lesser
percentage as may be determined by
the Committee on House Administration)
of the total annualized amount
made available under expense resolutions
for such committee in the preceding
session of Congress.
(d) Payments under this clause shall
be made on vouchers authorized by the
committee involved, signed by the
chairman of the committee, except as
provided in paragraph (e), and approved
by the Committee on House Administration.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of
law, rule of the House, or other authority,
from noon on January 3 of the first
session of a Congress until the election
by the House of the committee concerned
in that Congress, payments
under this clause shall be made on
vouchers signed by—
(1) the member of the committee
who served as chairman of the committee
at the expiration of the preceding
Congress; or
(2) if the chairman is not a Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
in the present Congress, then
the ranking member of the committee
as it was constituted at the
expiration of the preceding Congress
who is a member of the majority
party in the present Congress.
(f)(1) The authority of a committee
to incur expenses under this clause
shall expire upon adoption by the
House of a primary expense resolution
for the committee.
(2) Amounts made available under
this clause shall be expended in accordance
with regulations prescribed by the
Committee on House Administration.
(3) This clause shall be effective only
insofar as it is not inconsistent with a
resolution reported by the Committee
on House Administration and adopted
by the House after the adoption of
these rules.
Travel
8. (a) 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 or its
territories or possessions. Appropriated
funds, including those authorized under
this clause and clauses 6 and 8, may not
be expended for the purpose of defraying
expenses of members of a committee
or its employees in a country
where local currencies are available for
this purpose.
(b) The following conditions shall
apply with respect to travel outside the
United States or its territories or possessions:
(1) A member or employee of a
committee may not receive or expend
local currencies for subsistence in a
country for a day at a rate in excess
of the maximum per diem set forth in
applicable Federal law.
(2) A member or employee shall be
reimbursed for his expenses for a day
at the lesser of— (A) the per diem set forth in applicable
Federal law; or
(B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses
(other than for transportation)
he incurred during that
day.
(3) Each member or employee of a
committee shall make to the chairman
of the committee an itemized
report showing the dates each country
was visited, the amount of per
diem furnished, the cost of transportation
furnished, and funds expended
for any other official purpose and
shall summarize in these categories
the total foreign currencies or appropriated
funds expended. Each report
shall be filed with the chairman of
the committee not later than 60 days
following the completion of travel for
use in complying with reporting requirements
in applicable Federal law and shall be open for public inspection.
(c)(1) In carrying out the activities of
a committee outside the United States
in a country where local currencies are
unavailable, a member or employee of
a committee may not receive reimbursement
for expenses (other than for
transportation) in excess of the maximum
per diem set forth in applicable
Federal law.
(2) A member or employee shall be
reimbursed for his expenses for a day,
at the lesser of— (A) the per diem set forth in applicable
Federal law; or
(B) the actual unreimbursed expenses
(other than for transportation)
he incurred during that day.
(3) A member or employee of a committee
may not receive reimbursement
for the cost of any transportation in
connection with travel outside the
United States unless the member or
employee actually paid for the transportation.
(d) The restrictions respecting travel
outside the United States set forth in
paragraph (c) also shall apply to travel
outside the United States by a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House authorized
under any standing rule.
Committee staffs
9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2)
and paragraph (f), each standing committee
may appoint, by majority vote,
not more than 30 professional staff
members to be compensated from the
funds provided for the appointment of
committee staff by primary and additional
expense resolutions. Each professional
staff member appointed under
this subparagraph shall be assigned to
the chairman and the ranking minority
member of the committee, as the committee
considers advisable.
(2) Subject to paragraph (f) whenever
a majority of the minority party members
of a standing committee (other
than the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct or the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence) so request,
not more than 10 persons (or
one-third of the total professional committee
staff appointed under this
clause, whichever is fewer) may be selected,
by majority vote of the minority
party members, for appointment by
the committee as professional staff
members under subparagraph (1). The
committee shall appoint persons so selected
whose character and qualifications
are acceptable to a majority of
the committee. If the committee determines
that the character and qualifications
of a person so selected are unacceptable,
a majority of the minority
party members may select another person
for appointment by the committee
to the professional staff until such appointment
is made. Each professional
staff member appointed under this subparagraph
shall be assigned to such
committee business as the minority
party members of the committee consider
advisable.
(b)(1) The professional staff members
of each standing committee—
(A) may not engage in any work
other than committee business during
congressional working hours; and
(B) may not be assigned a duty
other than one pertaining to committee
business.
(2)(A) Subparagraph (1) does not
apply to staff designated by a committee
as ‘‘associate’’ or ‘‘shared’’ staff
who are not paid exclusively by the
committee, provided that the chairman
certifies that the compensation paid by
the committee for any such staff is
commensurate with the work performed
for the committee in accordance
with clause 8 of rule XXIII.
(B) The use of any ‘‘associate’’ or
‘‘shared’’ staff by a committee other
than the Committee on Appropriations
shall be subject to the review of, and to
any terms, conditions, or limitations
established by, the Committee on
House Administration in connection
with the reporting of any primary or
additional expense resolution.
(c) Each employee on the professional
or investigative staff of a standing
committee shall be entitled to pay
at a single gross per annum rate, to be
fixed by the chairman and that does
not exceed the maximum rate of pay as
in effect from time to time under applicable
provisions of law.
(d) Subject to appropriations hereby
authorized, the Committee on Appropriations
may appoint by majority
vote such staff as it determines to be
necessary (in addition to the clerk of
the committee and assistants for the
minority). The staff appointed under
this paragraph, other than minority assistants,
shall possess such qualifications
as the committee may prescribe.
(e) A committee may not appoint to
its staff an expert or other personnel
detailed or assigned from a department
or agency of the Government except
with the written permission of the
Committee on House Administration.
(f) If a request for the appointment of
a minority professional staff member
under paragraph (a) is made when no
vacancy exists for such an appointment,
the committee nevertheless may
appoint under paragraph (a) a person
selected by the minority and acceptable
to the committee. A person so appointed
shall serve as an additional
member of the professional staff of the
committee until such a vacancy occurs
(other than a vacancy in the position
of head of the professional staff, by
whatever title designated), at which
time that person is considered as appointed
to that vacancy. Such a person
shall be paid from the applicable accounts
of the House described in clause
1(j)(1) of rule X. If such a vacancy occurs
on the professional staff when
seven or more persons have been so appointed
who are eligible to fill that vacancy,
a majority of the minority
party members shall designate which
of those persons shall fill the vacancy.
(g) Each staff member appointed pursuant
to a request by minority party
members under paragraph (a), and each
staff member appointed to assist minority
members of a committee pursuant
to an expense resolution described
in clause 6(a), shall be accorded equitable
treatment with respect to the fixing
of the rate of pay, the assignment
of work facilities, and the accessibility
of committee records.
(h) Paragraph (a) may not be construed
to authorize the appointment of
additional professional staff members
of a committee pursuant to a request
under paragraph (a) by the minority
party members of that committee if 10
or more professional staff members
provided for in paragraph (a)(1) who are
satisfactory to a majority of the minority
party members are otherwise assigned
to assist the minority party
members.
(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2),
a committee may employ nonpartisan
staff, in lieu of or in addition to committee
staff designated exclusively for
the majority or minority party, by an
affirmative vote of a majority of the
members of the majority party and of a
majority of the members of the minority
party.
Select and joint committees
10. (a) Membership on a select or
joint committee appointed by the
Speaker under clause 11 of rule I during
the course of a Congress shall be contingent
on continuing membership in
the party caucus or conference of
which the Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner concerned was a
member at the time of appointment.
Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner cease to be a member
of that caucus or conference, that
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
shall automatically cease to
be a member of any select or joint
committee to which he is assigned. The
chairman of the relevant party caucus
or conference shall notify the Speaker
whenever a Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner ceases to be a
member of a party caucus or conference.
The Speaker shall notify the
chairman of each affected select or
joint committee that the appointment
of such Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner to the select or joint
committee is automatically vacated
under this paragraph.
(b) Each select or joint committee,
other than a conference committee,
shall comply with clause 2(a) of rule XI
unless specifically exempted by law.
Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence
11. (a)(1) There is established a Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence
(hereafter in this clause referred
to as the ‘‘select committee’’).
The select committee shall be composed
of not more than 21 Members,
Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner,
of whom not more than 12 may
be from the same party. The select
committee shall include at least one
Member, Delegate, or the Resident
Commissioner from each of the following
committees:
(A) the Committee on Appropriations;
(B) the Committee on Armed Services;
(C) the Committee on International
Relations; and
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary.
(2) The Speaker and the Minority
Leader shall be ex officio members of
the select committee but shall have no
vote in the select committee and may
not be counted for purposes of determining
a quorum thereof.
(3) The Speaker and Minority Leader
each may designate a member of his
leadership staff to assist him in his capacity
as ex officio member, with the
same access to committee meetings,
hearings, briefings, and materials as
employees of the select committee and
subject to the same security clearance
and confidentiality requirements as
employees of the select committee
under this clause.
(4)(A) Except as permitted by subdivision
(B), a Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner, other than the
Speaker or the Minority Leader, may
not serve as a member of the select
committee during more than four Congresses
in a period of six successive
Congresses (disregarding for this purpose
any service for less than a full session
in a Congress).
(B) In the case of a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner appointed
to serve as the chairman or the
ranking minority member of the select
committee, tenure on the select committee
shall not be limited.
(b)(1) There shall be referred to the
select committee proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and
other matters relating to the following:
(A) The Central Intelligence Agency,
the Director of Central Intelligence,
and the National Foreign Intelligence
Program as defined in section
3(6) of the National Security Act
of 1947.
(B) Intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of all other departments
and agencies of the Government,
including the tactical intelligence
and intelligence-related activities
of the Department of Defense.
(C) The organization or reorganization
of a department or agency of the
Government to the extent that the
organization or reorganization relates
to a function or activity involving
intelligence or intelligence-related
activities.
(D) Authorizations for appropriations,
both direct and indirect, for
the following:
(i) The Central Intelligence Agency,
the Director of Central Intelligence,
and the National Foreign
Intelligence Program as defined in
section 3(6) of the National Security
Act of 1947.
(ii) Intelligence and intelligencerelated
activities of all other departments
and agencies of the Government,
including the tactical intelligence
and intelligence-related
activities of the Department of Defense.
(iii) A department, agency, subdivision,
or program that is a successor
to an agency or program
named or referred to in (i) or (ii).
(2) Proposed legislation initially reported
by the select committee (other
than provisions solely involving matters
specified in subparagraph (1)(A) or
subparagraph (1)(D)(i)) containing any
matter otherwise within the jurisdiction
of a standing committee shall be
referred by the Speaker to that standing
committee. Proposed legislation
initially reported by another committee
that contains matter within the
jurisdiction of the select committee
shall be referred by the Speaker to the
select committee if requested by the
chairman of the select committee.
(3) Nothing in this clause shall be
construed as prohibiting or otherwise
restricting the authority of any other
committee to study and review an intelligence
or intelligence-related activity
to the extent that such activity directly
affects a matter otherwise within
the jurisdiction of that committee.
(4) Nothing in this clause shall be
construed as amending, limiting, or
otherwise changing the authority of a
standing committee to obtain full and
prompt access to the product of the intelligence
and intelligence-related activities
of a department or agency of
the Government relevant to a matter
otherwise within the jurisdiction of
that committee.
(c)(1) For purposes of accountability
to the House, the select committee
shall make regular and periodic reports
to the House on the nature and extent
of the intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of the various departments
and agencies of the United
States. The select committee shall
promptly call to the attention of the
House, or to any other appropriate
committee, a matter requiring the attention
of the House or another committee.
In making such report, the select
committee shall proceed in a manner
consistent with paragraph (g) to
protect national security.
(2) The select committee shall obtain
annual reports from the Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of
State, and the Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. Such reports
shall review the intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the agency
or department concerned and the intelligence
and intelligence-related activities
of foreign countries directed at the
United States or its interests. An unclassified
version of each report may be
made available to the public at the discretion
of the select committee. Nothing
herein shall be construed as requiring
the public disclosure in such reports
of the names of persons engaged
in intelligence or intelligence-related
activities for the United States or the
divulging of intelligence methods employed
or the sources of information on
which the reports are based or the
amount of funds authorized to be appropriated
for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities.
(3) Within six weeks after the President
submits a budget under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
or at such time as the Committee on
the Budget may request, the select
committee shall submit to the Committee
on the Budget the views and estimates
described in section 301(d) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
regarding matters within the jurisdiction
of the select committee.
(d)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph
(2), clauses 8(a), (b), and (c) and
9(a), (b), and (c) of this rule, and
clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI shall apply
to the select committee to the extent
not inconsistent with this clause.
(2) Notwithstanding the requirements
of the first sentence of clause 2(g)(2) of
rule XI, in the presence of the number
of members required under the rules of
the select committee for the purpose of
taking testimony or receiving evidence,
the select committee may vote
to close a hearing whenever a majority
of those present determines that the
testimony or evidence would endanger
the national security.
(e) An employee of the select committee,
or a person engaged by contract
or otherwise to perform services
for or at the request of the select committee,
may not be given access to any
classified information by the select
committee unless such employee or
person has—
(1) agreed in writing and under
oath to be bound by the Rules of the
House, including the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct and of the select committee
concerning the security of
classified information during and
after the period of his employment or
contractual agreement with the select
committee; and
(2) received an appropriate security
clearance, as determined by the select
committee in consultation with
the Director of Central Intelligence,
that is commensurate with the sensitivity
of the classified information to
which such employee or person will
be given access by the select committee.
(f) The select committee shall formulate
and carry out such rules and procedures
as it considers necessary to
prevent the disclosure, without the
consent of each person concerned, of
information in the possession of the select
committee that unduly infringes
on the privacy or that violates the constitutional
rights of such person. Nothing
herein shall be construed to prevent
the select committee from publicly
disclosing classified information
in a case in which it determines that
national interest in the disclosure of
classified information clearly out
weighs any infringement on the privacy
of a person.
(g)(1) The select committee may disclose
publicly any information in its
possession after a determination by the
select committee that the public interest
would be served by such disclosure.
With respect to the disclosure of information
for which this paragraph requires
action by the select
committee—
(A) the select committee shall
meet to vote on the matter within
five days after a member of the select
committee requests a vote; and
(B) a member of the select committee
may not make such a disclosure
before a vote by the select committee
on the matter, or after a vote
by the select committee on the matter
except in accordance with this
paragraph.
(2)(A) In a case in which the select
committee votes to disclose publicly
any information that has been classified
under established security procedures,
that has been submitted to it by
the executive branch, and that the executive
branch requests be kept secret,
the select committee shall notify the
President of such vote.
(B) The select committee may disclose
publicly such information after
the expiration of a five-day period following
the day on which notice of the
vote to disclose is transmitted to the
President unless, before the expiration
of the five-day period, the President,
personally in writing, notifies the select
committee that he objects to the
disclosure of such information, provides
his reasons therefor, and certifies
that the threat to the national interest
of the United States posed by the disclosure
is of such gravity that it outweighs
any public interest in the disclosure.
(C) If the President, personally in
writing, notifies the select committee
of his objections to the disclosure of information
as provided in subdivision
(B), the select committee may, by majority
vote, refer the question of the
disclosure of such information, with a
recommendation thereon, to the House.
The select committee may not publicly
disclose such information without
leave of the House.
(D) Whenever the select committee
votes to refer the question of disclosure
of any information to the House under
subdivision (C), the chairman shall, not
later than the first day on which the
House is in session following the day
on which the vote occurs, report the
matter to the House for its consideration.
(E) If the chairman of the select committee
does not offer in the House a
motion to consider in closed session a
matter reported under subdivision (D)
within four calendar days on which the
House is in session after the recommendation
described in subdivision
(C) is reported, then such a motion
shall be privileged when offered by a
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
In either case such a motion
shall be decided without debate or intervening
motion except one that the
House adjourn.
(F) Upon adoption by the House of a
motion to resolve into closed session as
described in subdivision (E), the Speaker
may declare a recess subject to the
call of the Chair. At the expiration of
the recess, the pending question, in
closed session, shall be, ‘‘Shall the
House approve the recommendation of
the select committee?’’.
(G) Debate on the question described
in subdivision (F) shall be limited to
two hours equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the select committee.
After such debate the previous
question shall be considered as ordered
on the question of approving the recommendation
without intervening motion
except one motion that the House
adjourn. The House shall vote on the
question in open session but without
divulging the information with respect
to which the vote is taken. If the recommendation
of the select committee
is not approved, then the question is
considered as recommitted to the select
committee for further recommendation.
(3)(A) Information in the possession
of the select committee relating to the
lawful intelligence or intelligence-related
activities of a department or
agency of the United States that has
been classified under established security
procedures, and that the select
committee has determined should not
be disclosed under subparagraph (1) or
(2), may not be made available to any
person by a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee
of the House except as provided
in subdivision (B).
(B) The select committee shall, under
such regulations as it may prescribe,
make information described in subdivision
(A) available to a committee or a
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner,
and permit a Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner to attend
a hearing of the select committee
that is closed to the public. Whenever
the select committee makes such information
available, it shall keep a written
record showing, in the case of particular
information, which committee
or which Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner received the information.
A Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner who, and a committee
that, receives information
under this subdivision may not disclose
the information except in a closed session
of the House.
(4) The Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct shall investigate any
unauthorized disclosure of intelligence
or intelligence-related information by
a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the
House in violation of subparagraph (3)
and report to the House concerning any
allegation that it finds to be substantiated.
(5) Upon the request of a person who
is subject to an investigation described
in subparagraph (4), the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct shall release
to such person at the conclusion
of its investigation a summary of its
investigation, together with its findings.
If, at the conclusion of its investigation,
the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct determines that
there has been a significant breach of
confidentiality or unauthorized disclosure
by a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of
the House, it shall report its findings
to the House and recommend appropriate
action. Recommendations may
include censure, removal from committee
membership, or expulsion from
the House, in the case of a Member, or
removal from office or employment or
punishment for contempt, in the case
of an officer or employee.
(h) The select committee may permit
a personal representative of the President,
designated by the President to
serve as a liaison to the select committee,
to attend any closed meeting of
the select committee.
(i) Subject to the Rules of the House,
funds may not be appropriated for a fiscal
year, with the exception of a bill or
joint resolution continuing appropriations,
or an amendment thereto, or a
conference report thereon, to, or for
use of, a department or agency of the
United States to carry out any of the
following activities, unless the funds
shall previously have been authorized
by a bill or joint resolution passed by
the House during the same or preceding
fiscal year to carry out such activity
for such fiscal year:
(1) The activities of the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Director of
Central Intelligence.
(2) The activities of the Defense Intelligence
Agency.
(3) The activities of the National
Security Agency.
(4) The intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of other
agencies and subdivisions of the Department
of Defense.
(5) The intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the Department
of State.
(6) The intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, including
all activities of the Intelligence
Division.
(j)(1) In this clause the term ‘‘intelligence
and intelligence-related activities’’ includes—
(A) the collection, analysis, production,
dissemination, or use of information
that relates to a foreign
country, or a government, political
group, party, military force, movement,
or other association in a foreign
country, and that relates to the
defense, foreign policy, national security,
or related policies of the
United States and other activity in
support of the collection, analysis,
production, dissemination, or use of
such information;
(B) activities taken to counter
similar activities directed against
the United States;
(C) covert or clandestine activities
affecting the relations of the United
States with a foreign government,
political group, party, military force,
movement, or other association;
(D) the collection, analysis, production,
dissemination, or use of information
about activities of persons
within the United States, its territories
and possessions, or nationals
of the United States abroad whose
political and related activities pose,
or may be considered by a department,
agency, bureau, office, division,
instrumentality, or employee of
the United States to pose, a threat to
the internal security of the United
States; and
(E) covert or clandestine activities
directed against persons described in
subdivision (D).
(2) In this clause the term ‘‘department
or agency’’ includes any organization,
committee, council, establishment,
or office within the Federal Government.
(3) For purposes of this clause, reference
to a department, agency, bureau,
or subdivision shall include a reference
to any successor department,
agency, bureau, or subdivision to the
extent that a successor engages in intelligence
or intelligence-related activities
now conducted by the department,
agency, bureau, or subdivision
referred to in this clause.
(k) Clause 12(a) of rule XXII does not
apply to meetings of a conference committee
respecting legislation (or any
part thereof) reported by the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence.
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