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IV 103D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 36 To amend House Rules and direct certain committees to report legislation to reform the House, restore its committee system, and make the legislative process more rational, deliberative, representative, and accountable. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 21, 1993 Mr. MICHEL (for himself, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. HYDE, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DELAY, Mr. PAXON, and Mr. SOLOMON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION To amend House Rules and direct certain committees to report legislation to reform the House, restore its committee system, and make the legislative process more rational, deliberative, representative, and accountable. 1 Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as, ‘‘A 2 Mandate for Change in the People’s House’’. 3 4 PRESENTMENT OF BILLS TO THE PRESIDENT SEC. 101. In rule I of the Rules of the House, clause 5 4 is amended by adding the following sentence at the end 6 thereof: ‘‘In the case of a bill originating in the House 7 of Representatives, he shall take care that the bill is pre- 2 1 sented to the President not later than the tenth calendar 2 day beginning after the date upon which a bill has been 3 agreed to in identical form by the House of Representa4 tives and the Senate.’’. 5 6 VETO MESSAGES SEC. 102. In rule I of the Rules of the House, clause 7 5 is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 8 ‘‘(c) He shall, immediately after the reading of a veto 9 message from the President, and without intervening mo10 tion or business, state the question on reconsideration of 11 the vetoed measure, and no motion shall have precedence 12 over a demand for the previous question on such question 13 except one motion to postpone the vote on reconsideration 14 to a date certain which shall not be later than the tenth 15 legislative day thereafter.’’. 16 17 BROADCAST COVERAGE SEC. 103. In rule I, clause 9(b)(1) is amended by in- 18 serting after the first sentence the following new sentence: 19 ‘‘He shall provide for the visual coverage of the proceed20 ings of the House on a uniform basis throughout each 21 day’s session, and any such coverage may include periodic 22 views of the entire Chamber, Provided That it is uniform 23 throughout the day and does not detract from the visual 24 coverage of any person who is speaking.’’. 25 26 HOUSE SCHEDULING SEC. 104. In rule I, add the following new clause: HRES 36 IH 3 1 ‘‘11. (a) At the beginning of each session of the Con- 2 gress the Speaker shall, after consultation with the minor3 ity leader and the chairmen of the committees of the 4 House, announce a legislative program for the session 5 which shall include: (1) target dates for the consideration 6 of specified major budgetary, authorization and appropria7 tions bills; (2) an indication of those weeks during which 8 the House will be in session (which, unless otherwise indi9 cated, shall be assumed to be full, five-day work weeks 10 for the conduct of committee and House floor business); 11 (3) those weeks set aside for district work periods (which 12 shall be scheduled at periodic intervals), holidays and 13 other recesses; and (4) the target date for the adjourn14 ment of that session. 15 ‘‘(b) the Speaker shall ensure that the minority leader 16 is fully consulted in developing the legislative program for 17 the House each week.’’. 18 19 ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF DOORKEEPER SEC. 105. (a) Rule V, relating to the ‘‘Duties of the 20 Doorkeeper,’’ is repealed; the provisions of clauses 1 and 21 2 of rule V are redesignated as clauses 3 and 4 of rule 22 IV (‘‘Duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms;’’) and the words 23 ‘‘The Doorkeeper’’ in clause 3 (as redesignated) are strick24 en and replaced by the word ‘‘He’’. 25 (b) In rule II (‘‘Election of Officers’’) the word 26 ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ is stricken wherever it appears, and, after HRES 36 IH 4 1 the words ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ where it first appears, the 2 following is inserted: ‘‘, who should be a nationally-re3 spected law enforcement professional’’. 4 (c) In rule XIV, clause 7 is amended by striking the 5 words ‘‘and the Doorkeeper are’’ and inserting in lieu 6 thereof the word ‘‘is’’. 7 8 OVERSIGHT REFORM SEC. 106. (a) In rule X, clause 2 is amended by add- 9 ing the following new paragraphs: 10 ‘‘(d)(1) Not later than March 1 of the first session 11 of a Congress, each standing committee of the House 12 shall, in a meeting which is open to the public and with 13 a quorum present, adopt its oversight plans for that Con14 gress, and such plans shall be submitted to the Committee 15 on House Administration. In developing such plans each 16 committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible— 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ‘‘(A) consult with other committees of the House which 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 maximum 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 assure such coordination and cooperation; HRES 36 IH 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ‘‘(B) 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; ‘‘(C) have a view toward insuring that all significant laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdictions are subject to review at least once every ten years. ‘‘(2) It shall not be in order to consider any commit- 10 tee expense resolution, or any amendment thereto, pursu11 ant to clause 5 of rule XI for any committee which has 12 not submitted its oversight plans as required by this para13 graph. 14 ‘‘(3) Not later than March 15 in the first session of 15 a Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the ma16 jority leader, and the minority leader, the Committee on 17 House Administration shall report to the House the over18 sight plans submitted by each committee together with 19 any recommendations which it, or the House leadership 20 group referred to above, may make to assure the most ef21 fective coordination of such plans and otherwise achieve 22 the objectives of this clause. 23 ‘‘(e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, 24 may appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the HRES 36 IH 6 1 purpose of reviewing specific matters within the jurisdic2 tion of two or more standing committees.’’. 3 (b) In rule XI of the Rules of the House, clause 1(d) 4 is amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House 6 not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a 7 report on the activities of that committee under this rule 8 and rule X during the Congress ending on January 3 of 9 each year. 10 ‘‘(2) Such report shall include separate sections sum- 11 marizing the legislative and oversight activities of that 12 committee during that Congress. 13 ‘‘(3) The oversight section of such report shall in- 14 clude a summary of the oversight plans submitted by the 15 committee pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule X, a summary 16 of the actions taken and recommendations made with re17 spect to each such plan, and a summary of any additional 18 oversight activities undertaken by that committee, and any 19 recommendations made or actions taken thereon.’’. 20 21 MULTIPLE REFERRAL REFORM SEC. 107. In rule X, clause 5(c) is amended to read 22 as follows: 23 ‘‘(c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with re- 24 spect to any matter, the Speaker shall initially refer the 25 matter to one committee which he shall designate as the 26 committee of principal jurisdiction; but, he may also refer HRES 36 IH 7 1 the matter to one or more additional committees, for con2 sideration in sequence (subject to appropriate time limita3 tions), either on its initial referral or after the matter has 4 been reported by the committee of principal jurisdiction; 5 or refer portions of the matter to one or more additional 6 committees (reflecting different subjects and jurisdictions) 7 for the exclusive consideration of such portion or portions; 8 or refer the matter to a special ad hoc committee ap9 pointed by the Speaker, with the approval of the House, 10 from the members of the committees having legislative ju11 risdiction, for the specific purpose of considering that mat12 ter and reporting to the House thereon; or make such 13 other provisions as may be considered appropriate.’’. 14 15 EARLY ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES SEC. 108. In rule X, the first sentence of clause 16 6(a)(1) is amended to read as follows: 17 ‘‘The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall be 18 elected by the House within the seventh calendar day after 19 the commencement of each Congress, from nominations 20 submitted by the respective party caucuses, and said com21 mittees shall hold their organizational meetings beginning 22 not later than four calendar days after their election and 23 concluding not later than seven calendar days after their 24 election.’’. HRES 36 IH 8 1 2 EQUITABLE PARTY RATIOS ON COMMITTEES SEC. 109. (a) In rule X, clause 6(a) is amended by 3 adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: 4 ‘‘(3) The membership of each committee (and each 5 subcommittee, task force, or other subunit thereof) shall 6 reflect the ratio of majority to minority party Members 7 of the House at the beginning of the Congress (unless oth8 erwise provided by House Rules). For the purposes of this 9 clause, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and 10 the Delegates to the House shall not be counted in deter11 mining the party ratio of the House.’’. 12 (b) In rule X, clause 6(f) is amended by inserting 13 after the first sentence the following: ‘‘The membership 14 of each such select committee (and of any subcommittee, 15 task force or subunit thereof), and of each such conference 16 committee, shall reflect the ratio of the majority to minor17 ity party Members of the House at the time of its appoint18 ment.’’. 19 20 CONTROL OF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEC. 110. In rule X, clause 6(a) is amended by add- 21 ing the following new subparagraph: 22 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding 23 paragraph, the majority of the membership, including the 24 chairman, of the Committee on Government Operations, 25 shall be composed of Members of a major political party HRES 36 IH 9 1 other than the political party of which the President of 2 the United States is a member.’’. 3 4 5 TERMS LIMITS FOR CHAIRMEN AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBERS SEC. 111. In rule X, clause 6(c) is amended by insert- 6 ing after the first sentence the following: ‘‘The terms of 7 the chairman and ranking minority member of each stand8 ing committee shall not exceed three executive Congresses, 9 beginning with the One Hundred Third Congress.’’. 10 11 SUBCOMMITTEE LIMITS SEC. 112. In rule X, clause 6(d) is amended to read 12 as follows: 13 ‘‘(d)(1) No committee of the House shall have more 14 than five subcommittees except the Committee on Appro15 priations, which shall have not more than 13 subcommit16 tees, and the following committees which shall have not 17 more than six subcommittees: Ways and Means; Agri18 culture; Armed Services; Banking, Finance and Urban Af19 fairs; Education and Labor; Foreign Affairs; Energy and 20 Commerce; the Judiciary; and Public Works and Trans21 portation. 22 ‘‘(2) No Member may serve at any one time as a 23 member of more than four subcommittees of the commit24 tees of the House. 25 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 26 ‘subcommittee’ includes any panel, task force, special subHRES 36 IH 10 1 committee, or any subunit of a standing committee, or any 2 select committee, which is established for a period of 3 longer than six months in any Congress.’’. 4 5 PROXY VOTING BAN SEC. 113. In rule XI, clause 2(f) if amended to read 6 as follows: 7 ‘‘(f) No vote by any member of any committee or sub- 8 committee with respect to any measure or matter may be 9 cast by proxy.’’. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 OPEN MEETINGS SEC. 114. In rule XI, clause 2(g)(1) is amended— (a) by inserting before the colon in the first sentence the following: ‘‘because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national security, would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person or otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House, or involves committee personnel matters.’’; and, (b) by inserting in the second sentence a period after the word ‘‘paragraph’’ and striking all that follows through the end of the sentence. MAJORITY QUORUMS SEC. 115. In rule XI, clause 2(h)(2) is amended to 24 read as follows: 25 ‘‘(2) A majority of the members of each committee 26 or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transHRES 36 IH 11 1 action of any business, including the markup of legisla2 tion.’’. 3 4 REPORT ACCOUNTABILITY SEC. 116. (a) In rule XI, clause 2(l)(2)(B) is amend- 5 ed to read as follows: 6 ‘‘(B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion 7 to report any bill, resolution or matter of a public char8 acter, the total number of votes cast for and against re9 porting, and the names of those members voting for and 10 against, shall be included in the committee report on the 11 measure or matter.’’. 12 (b) In rule XI, clause 2(l)(2) is further amended by 13 adding at the end thereof the following: 14 ‘‘(C) With respect to each nonrecord vote on a motion 15 to report any measure or matter of a public character, 16 the names of those members of the committee actually 17 present at the time the measure or matter is ordered re18 ported shall be included in the committee report.’’. 19 20 COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS SEC. 117. In rule XI, clause 2(l) is amended by in- 21 serting after subparagraph (5) the following new subpara22 graph, and by redesignating subparagraphs (6) and (7) 23 as (7) and (8), respectively: 24 ‘‘(6)(A) Any committee or subcommittee print, docu- 25 ment, or other material, other than reports subject to the 26 preceding provisions of this clause, prepared for public disHRES 36 IH 12 1 tribution, shall either be approved by the committee or 2 subcommittee prior to such public distribution, and oppor3 tunity shall be afforded for the inclusion of supplemental, 4 minority, or additional views in accordance with the provi5 sions of subparagraph (5), or such print, document or 6 other material shall contain on its cover the following dis7 claimer in bold face type: 8 9 10 11 12 This material has not been officially approved by the committee [or subcommittee, as the case may be] on [name of the committee or subcommittee] and may not therefore necessarily reflect the views of its members.’ 13 and any such print, document, or other material not ap14 proved by the committee or subcommittee may not include 15 the names of its members, other than the name of the 16 committee or subcommittee chairman releasing the docu17 ment, but shall be made available to all of the members 18 of the committee not less than three calendar days (ex19 cluding Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays) prior to 20 its being made public, and in no event shall any such un21 approved material be made public following the adjourn22 ment of a Congress sine die. 23 ‘‘(B) The provisions of this subparagraph do not 24 apply to prints of bills or resolutions, summaries thereof, 25 or prints containing the names of committee of sub- HRES 36 IH 13 1 committee members, staff, or other factual information re2 garding the committees or its subcommittees, their juris3 dictions or rules, or any matters pending before such com4 mittee or its subcommittees, provided, that such docu5 ments do not also contain opinions, views, findings or rec6 ommendations. 7 ‘‘(C) Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed 8 to authorize any subcommittee or chairman thereof to 9 issue any print, document or other material not otherwise 10 authorized by the rules of the committee.’’. 11 12 OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL REPORTING SEC. 118. In rule XI of the Rules of the House, 13 clause 2(n)(1)(B) is amended by inserting after the first 14 sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘All such individual 15 reports shall also include a listing of all official meetings, 16 interviews, inspection tours or other functions in which the 17 individual participated, by country and date.’’. 18 19 20 SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF RULES COMMITTEE REPORTS SEC. 119. In rule XI, the first sentence of clause 4(b) 21 is amended by substituting the following for the matter 22 in parenthesis: ‘‘(except that it shall not be called up for 23 consideration on the same calendar day, nor on the subse24 quent calendar day of the same legislative day, that it is 25 presented to the House, unless so determined by vote of 26 not less than two-thirds of the members voting, but this HRES 36 IH 14 1 provision shall not apply during the last three days of the 2 session)’’. 3 4 5 AFFIRMING MINORITY’S RIGHT ON MOTIONS TO RECOMMIT SEC. 120. In rule XI, the second sentence in clause 6 4(b) is amended by substituting the following for the final 7 clause: ‘‘nor shall it report any rule or order which would 8 prevent the motion to recommit from being made as pro9 vided in clause 4 of rule XVI, including a motion with 10 amendatory instructions (except in the case of a Senate 11 measure for which the language of a House-passed meas12 ure has been proposed to be substituted).’’. 13 14 RESTRICTIVE RULE LIMITATION SEC. 121. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding 15 the following new paragraph: 16 ‘‘(e) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution 17 reported from the Committee on Rules providing for the 18 consideration of any bill or resolution otherwise subject to 19 amendment under House Rules if that resolution limits 20 the right of Members to offer germane amendments to 21 such bill or resolution unless the chairman of the Commit22 tee on Rules has orally announced to the House, at least 23 four legislative days prior to the scheduled consideration 24 of such matter by the Committee on Rules, that less than 25 an open amendment process might be recommended by the HRES 36 IH 15 1 Committee for the consideration of such bill or resolu2 tion.’’. 3 4 LIMITATION ON SELF-EXECUTING RULES SEC. 122. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding 5 the following new paragraph: 6 ‘‘(f) It shall not be in order to consider any order 7 of business resolution reported from the Committee on 8 Rules which provides that, upon the adoption of such reso9 lution, the House shall be considered to have automatically 10 adopted a motion (other than for the previous question), 11 amendment, or resolution, or to have passed a bill, joint 12 resolution, or conference report thereon, unless the consid13 eration of such order of business resolution is agreed to 14 by not less than two-thirds of the members voting, and 15 the yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when 16 the Speaker puts the question on consideration.’’. 17 18 BUDGET WAIVER LIMITATION SEC. 123. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding 19 at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 20 ‘‘(g)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any resolu- 21 tion reported from the Committee on Rules for the consid22 eration of any measure which waives any specified provi23 sions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend24 ed, unless the report accompanying such resolution in25 cludes an explanation of, and justification for, any such 26 waiver, an estimated cost of the provisions to which the HRES 36 IH 16 1 waiver applies, and a summary or text of any written com2 ments on the proposed waiver received by the committee 3 from the Committee on the Budget. 4 ‘‘(2) It shall be in order after the previous question 5 has been ordered on any such resolution, to offer motions 6 proposing to strike one or more such waivers from the res7 olution, and each such motion shall be decided without de8 bate and shall require for adoption the requisite number 9 of affirmative votes as required by the Budget Act or the 10 rules of the House. After disposition of any and all such 11 motions, the House shall proceed to an immediate vote 12 on adoption of the resolution.’’. 13 14 COMMITTEE STAFFING REFORM SEC. 124. (a) In rule XI, clause 5 is amended by in- 15 serting the following new paragraph and by redesignating 16 existing paragraphs accordingly: 17 ‘‘(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any pri- 18 mary expense resolution until the Committee on House 19 Administration has reported, and the House has adopted, 20 a resolution establishing an overall ceiling for the House 21 on the total number of statutory and investigative staff 22 personnel for that year for committees requiring such ex23 pense resolutions, and any such staff ceiling resolution 24 shall be privileged for consideration by the House. 25 ‘‘(2) In developing any primary expense resolution, 26 the Committee on House Administration shall specify in HRES 36 IH 17 1 the resolution the number of staff positions authorized by 2 the resolution. The committee shall verify in the report 3 accompanying any such primary expense resolution that 4 the number of staff positions authorized by such resolution 5 is in conformity with the overall ceiling on such positions 6 established by the House. 7 ‘‘(3) In no event shall the total number of additional 8 staff positions authorized by all such primary expense res9 olutions, taken together with the number of staff positions 10 authorized by clause 6 of this rule (providing for profes11 sional and clerical staff), exceed the ceiling established by 12 the House for that year. 13 ‘‘(4) In allocating staff positions pursuant to the 14 overall ceiling established by the House, the committee 15 shall take into account the past and anticipated legislative 16 and oversight activities of each committee. 17 ‘‘(5) In any supplemental expense resolution, and in 18 any amendment thereto, the committee shall specify the 19 number of additional staff positions, if any, authorized by 20 such resolution, and shall indicate in the report accom21 panying any such resolution whether the additional staff 22 positions are in conformity with or exceed the overall ceil23 ing established by the House. 24 ‘‘(6) It shall not be in order to consider any supple- 25 mental expense resolution, or any amendment thereto, au- HRES 36 IH 18 1 thorizing additional staff positions in excess of the overall 2 ceiling established by the House except by a vote of two3 thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. 4 ‘‘(7) It shall not be in order to consider any primary 5 or supplemental expense resolution for one or more com6 mittees unless the report on such resolution includes a 7 statement verifying that each such committee has adopted 8 and complied with a committee rule entitling the minority 9 party on such committee, upon the request of a majority 10 of such minority, to not less than one-third of the funds 11 provided for committee staff pursuant to each primary or 12 supplemental expense resolution. 13 ‘‘(8)(a) For the purposes of the first and second ses- 14 sions of the One Hundred Third Congress, and the first 15 session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the overall 16 ceiling established for committee staff in a resolution re17 ported by the committee pursuant to subparagraph (1) or 18 contained in any amendment thereto, shall not exceed 90 19 percentum of the total of such committee staff personnel 20 employed in the previous session of Congress. 21 ‘‘(b) In order to ensure the comprehensive applicabil- 22 ity of the foregoing provisions, the Committee on Appro23 priations and the Committee on the Budget shall be treat24 ed the same as other standing committees under this 25 clause, subject to committee expense resolutions, and HRES 36 IH 19 1 clause 6 of this rule, authorizing the appointment of a 2 specified number of professional and clerical staff.’’. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (b) Technical and conforming amendments: (1) In rule XI, clause 5(b) (as redesignated) by striking the following in the first sentence thereof: ‘‘(except the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget)’’. (2) In rule XI, clause 6(a)(5) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(5) The provisions of subparagraph (3) do not apply 11 to shared staff, or designated associate staff members of 12 committees provided that such staff engage only in official 13 business of the House and, in the case of associate staff, 14 committee rules specifically authorize them to engage in 15 other official business of the House.’’. 16 17 18 19 (3) In rule XI, clause 6 is amended by striking subparagraph (b)(4) and subparagraph (d). COMMEMORATIVE CALENDAR SEC. 125. In rule XIII, insert the following new 20 clause 6 and redesignate succeeding clauses accordingly: 21 ‘‘6. There shall also be a Commemorative Calendar 22 to be comprised of unreported bills and resolutions re23 specting commemorative holidays and celebrations re24 ferred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service 25 and requested by the chairman and ranking minority 26 member of such committee, in writing to the Speaker, to HRES 36 IH 20 1 be placed thereon. On the first and third Tuesdays of each 2 month, after the disposal of such business on the Speak3 er’s table as requires reference only and bills and resolu4 tions called on the Private Calendar, the Speaker shall di5 rect the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Com6 memorative Calendar. Should objection be made by two 7 or more Members to the consideration of any bill or resolu8 tion so called, it shall be removed from such Calendar. 9 Such bills and resolutions, if considered, shall be consid10 ered in the House.’’. 11 12 13 ACCURACY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SEC. 126. In rule XIV, add the following new clause: ‘‘9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substan- 14 tially verbatim account of remarks made during the pro15 ceedings of the House, subject only to technical, grammat16 ical and typographical corrections authorized by the Mem17 ber making the remarks involved. 18 ‘‘(b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only 19 by unanimous consent or by order of the House. 20 ‘‘(c) The provisions of clause 4(e)(1) of rule X shall 21 apply to violations of this rule.’’. 22 23 24 AUTOMATIC ROLLCALL VOTES SEC. 127. In rule XV, add the following new clause: ‘‘7. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered 25 when the Speaker puts the question upon the final passage 26 of any bill, joint resolution, or conference report thereon, HRES 36 IH 21 1 making general appropriations, providing revenue, or ad2 justing the statutory rate of pay of Members of Congress, 3 or on final adoption of any concurrent resolution on the 4 budget or conference report thereon which provides an in5 crease in the statutory debt limit.’’. 6 7 APPROPRIATION REFORMS SEC. 128. (a) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by 8 striking the second sentence of paragraph (c) and para9 graph (d) in its entirety, and by inserting the following 10 new paragraph (d): 11 ‘‘(d)(1) For the purposes of House Rules, a ‘general 12 appropriation bill’ shall include any bill or joint resolution 13 making continuing appropriations in a fiscal year for a 14 period excess of thirty days, and any such measure shall 15 include the full text of the language proposed to be en16 acted (as opposed to mere references to measures, or 17 amendments thereto, which have been reported or passed 18 by either House, or agreed to by a committee of con19 ference). 20 ‘‘(2) the provisions of clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI 21 shall apply to any ‘general appropriations bill’ as defined 22 in subparagraph (1). 23 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this clause, all points of 24 order shall be considered as having been reserved against 25 any general appropriation bill at the time it was reported. HRES 36 IH 22 1 (b) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by inserting 2 after subparagraph (d) the following: 3 ‘‘(e) It shall not be in order to consider any bill or 4 joint resolution making continuing appropriations for a 5 period of thirty days or less unless such measure only pro6 vides for appropriations in the lesser amount and under 7 the more restrictive authority of each pertinent appropria8 tions measure: as passed by the House; as passed by the 9 Senate; as agreed to by a committee of conference; or as 10 enacted for the preceding fiscal year.’’. 11 (c) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by inserting the 12 following new subparagraph: 13 ‘‘(f) It shall always be in order during the consider- 14 ation of any appropriations measure for amendment to 15 consider off-setting, deficit-neutral amendments en bloc, 16 even though they may amend portions of the bill not yet 17 read for amendment, said amendments shall be considered 18 as read when offered, and shall not be subject to a demand 19 for a division of the question in the House or in the Com20 mittee of the Whole.’’. 21 (d) In rule XXI, clause 3 is amended by inserting 22 before the period: ‘‘, and shall contain a list of all appro23 priations contained in the bill for any expenditure not pre24 viously authorized by law’’. HRES 36 IH 23 1 (e) In rule XI, clause (2)(l)(3)(B) is amended by in- 2 serting after ‘‘(other than continuing appropriations’’ the 3 following: ‘‘except as provided by clause 2(d) of rule XXI’’. 4 (f) In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding at the 5 end thereof the following: 6 ‘‘(h) It shall not be in order, except by a vote of not 7 less than three-fifths of the Members of the House duly 8 chosen and sworn, to consider any rule or order from the 9 Committee on Rules which waives the provisions of clause 10 2(e) of rule XXI against the consideration of any short11 term continuing appropriations measure as defined there12 in; or which waives the provisions of clause 2 of rule XXI 13 against, or denies amendment to, any provision in any ap14 propriation measure if an authorization for such provision 15 has not been previously considered and agreed to by the 16 House with respect to the fiscal year to which the provi17 sion applies.’’. 18 19 20 21 PROHIBITION ON EXTRANEOUS MATTERS IN RECONCILIATION BILLS SEC. 129. In rule XXI, add the following new clause: ‘‘8. (a) No provision shall be reported in the House 22 to any reconciliation bill pursuant to the most recently 23 agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget, or be in 24 order as an amendment thereto in the House or the Com25 mittee of the Whole, which is not related to achieving the HRES 36 IH 24 1 purpose of the directives to House committees contained 2 in such concurrent resolution. 3 ‘‘(b) Nothing in this clause shall be construed to pre- 4 vent the consideration of any provision in a reconciliation 5 bill, or any amendment thereto, which achieves savings 6 greater than those directed of a committee and which con7 forms to paragraph (c) of this clause, or to prevent the 8 consideration of motions to strike made in order by the 9 Committee on Rules to achieve the purposes of the direc10 tives. 11 ‘‘(c) For the purposes of this clause, a provision shall 12 be considered related to achieving the purposes of direc13 tives contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent 14 resolution on the budget if it is estimated by the House 15 Committee on the Budget, in consultation with the Con16 gressional Budget Office, to effectuate or implement a re17 duction in budget authority or in new spending authority 18 described in section 401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional 19 Budget Act, or to raise revenues, or both, and, in the case 20 of an amendment, if it is within (in whole or in part) the 21 jurisdiction of any committee instructed in the concurrent 22 resolution. 23 ‘‘(d) The point of order provided for by this clause 24 shall not apply to Senate amendments or to conference 25 reports. HRES 36 IH 25 1 ‘‘(e) For the purposes of this clause, all points of 2 order shall be considered as having been reserved against 3 a reconciliation bill at the time it was reported.’’. 4 5 6 AUTHORIZATION REPORTING DEADLINE SEC. 130. In rule XXI, add the following new clause: ‘‘9. It shall not be in order to consider in the House 7 any bill or joint resolution which directly or indirectly au8 thorizes the enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal 9 year unless that bill or joint resolution is reported in the 10 House on or before May 15 preceding the beginning of 11 such fiscal year.’’. 12 13 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SEC. 131. In rule XXIV, clause 1 is amended by in- 14 serting after the second order of business the following 15 new order of business, and by redesignating succeeding or16 ders accordingly: ‘‘Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the 17 Flag.’’. 18 19 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES SEC. 132. In rule XXVII, clause 1 is amended by in- 20 serting after ‘‘1.’’ the designation ‘‘(a)’’, and by inserting 21 after paragraph (a) the following new paragraphs: 22 ‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to entertain a motion 23 to suspend the rules and pass or agree to any measure 24 or matter unless by direction of the committee or commit25 tees of jurisdiction over the measure or matter, or unless 26 a written request is filed with the Speaker by the chairman HRES 36 IH 26 1 and ranking minority member of the committee or com2 mittees having jurisdiction over the measure or matter, 3 asking for its consideration under suspension of the rules. 4 ‘‘(c) A motion to suspend the rules and pass or agree 5 to any measure or matter shall not be in order if the meas6 ure or matter would enact or authorize the enactment of 7 new budget authority or new spending authority in excess 8 of $50,000,000 for any fiscal year; nor shall it be in order 9 to suspend the rules to pass any joint resolution which 10 proposes to amend the Constitution. 11 ‘‘(d) It shall not be in order to entertain a motion 12 to suspend the rules and pass or agree to any measure 13 or matter unless written notice is placed in the Congres14 sional Record of its scheduled consideration at least one 15 calendar day prior to its consideration, and such notifica16 tion shall include the numerical designation of the meas17 ure or matter, its short title, and the text of any amend18 ments to be offered thereto (if such amendments are not 19 printed in the measure as reported), and the date on which 20 the measure or matter is scheduled to be considered.’’. 21 22 DISCHARGE MOTIONS SEC. 133. In rule XXVII, clause 4 is amended by in- 23 serting after the fourth sentence the following new sen24 tence: ‘‘When one hundred Members have signed the mo25 tion, the Clerk shall cause to be printed in the Congres26 sional Record the name of each Member who has signed HRES 36 IH 27 1 or withdrawn a signature to the motion, and shall there2 after publish an updated list in the Congressional Record 3 at the end of each succeeding week the House is in ses4 sion.’’. 5 6 INCLUSION OF VIEWS WITH CONFERENCE REPORTS SEC. 134. In rule XXVIII, clause 1 is amended by 7 adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 8 ‘‘(e) If, on the day a report of any committee of con- 9 ference has received the requisite number of signatures for 10 approval by House conferees, any House conferee gives no11 tice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or addi12 tional views, that Member shall be entitled to not less than 13 three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 14 legal holidays) on which to file such views with the prin15 cipal manager on the part of the House, such views shall 16 be in writing and signed by that Member. All such views 17 so filed by one or more Members of the committee shall 18 be published in the same volume as the report of the com19 mittee of conference and the joint explanatory statement 20 filed in the House, and the volume shall bear on its cover 21 a recital that any such supplemental, minority, or addi22 tional views are included as part of that volume. This 23 paragraph shall not preclude the immediate filing or print24 ing of a conference report if a timely request to file such 25 views was not made as provided by this paragraph.’’. HRES 36 IH 28 1 2 PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED MATERIALS SEC. 135. In rule XLIII (‘‘Code of Official Con- 3 duct’’), add the following new clause: 4 ‘‘13. Before any Member, officer or employee of the 5 House of Representatives may have access to classified in6 formation, the following oath shall be executed: 7 8 9 10 11 ‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose any classified information received in the course of my service with the House of Representatives, except as authorized by House of Representatives or in accordance with its Rules.’ 12 Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk 13 of the House as part of the records of the House.’’. 14 15 COMPOSITION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SEC. 136. In rule XLVIII (‘‘Permanent Select Com- 16 mittee on Intelligence’’), clause 1(a) is amended by strik17 ing-out ‘‘nineteen Members with representation to’’ and 18 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘thirteen Members, of which not 19 more than seven may be from the same party. The select 20 committee shall’’. 21 22 ENHANCED RESCISSION AUTHORITY SEC. 137(a). The Committee on Rules and the Com- 23 mittee on Government Operations shall, not later than 24 May 31, 1993, report legislation granting the President 25 enhanced rescission authority with respect to any discre26 tionary budget authority in any fiscal year. Such legislaHRES 36 IH 29 1 tion shall provide that any such budget authority shall be 2 considered to be permanently canceled unless a joint reso3 lution disapproving such rescission is enacted within a 4 specified number of days of continuous session of Con5 gress (as defined by section 1011 of the Congressional 6 Budget Act of 1974) after the date on which the Presi7 dent’s special rescission message is received. 8 (b) If such legislation is not reported by the commit- 9 tees named above by the date specified, the Committees 10 not reporting shall be considered as having been dis11 charged from the further consideration of the first such 12 bill introduced and it shall be in order on any day after 13 June 3, 1993, for any Member of the House (after con14 sultation with the Speaker as to the most appropriate time 15 for consideration), as a matter of highest privilege, to 16 move to resolve into the Committee of the Whole House 17 on the State of the Union for its consideration, and the 18 bill shall be subject to two hours of general debate to be 19 equally divided and controlled by the majority and minor20 ity leaders, or their designees, followed by consideration 21 of the measure for amendment under the five-minute rule. 22 23 BIENNIAL BUDGET-APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS SEC. 138. The House members of the Joint Commit- 24 tee on the Organization of Congress are directed to re25 quest that the Joint Committee conduct a complete and 26 thorough study of the advisability and feasibility of conHRES 36 IH 30 1 verting to a biennial budget and appropriations process 2 and corresponding multi-year authorizations and that it 3 report back its findings and recommendations not later 4 than December 31, 1993. 5 6 REALIGNMENT OF COMMITTEE JURISDICTIONS SEC. 139. The House members of the Joint Commit- 7 tee on the Organization of the Congress shall request that 8 the Joint Committee conduct a complete and thorough 9 study of the committees of the House and the Senate with 10 a view to realigning the jurisdictions along more functional 11 and rational lines in order to eliminate the duplication, 12 overlap, and inefficiencies in the present committee system 13 and to ensure, to the extent feasible, that the committee 14 systems of the two Houses are as parallel and compatible 15 as possible with each other and with the Executive Depart16 ments under their jurisdiction. 17 18 APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO THE HOUSE SEC. 140. (a) It is the policy of the House that the 19 laws of the United States set forth in subparagraph (b) 20 should be amended to apply to the House of Representa21 tives in the same or similar manner as such laws apply, 22 in the case of subparagraph (b)(1)–(8), to private sector 23 employees; and, in the case of subparagraph (b)(9)–(11), 24 to the Executive Branch; and that any bill reported by 25 a committee of the House in the One Hundred Third Con26 gress shall conform to this same principle. Such applicaHRES 36 IH 31 1 tion shall include, absent manifest constitutional limita2 tions, the same remedies (including, where applicable, 3 damages) and enforcement procedures (including, where 4 applicable, private law suits) as those provided under the 5 identified laws. 6 (b) Not later than June 30, 1993, the standing com- 7 mittees of the House with subject matter jurisdiction over 8 the following laws of the United States shall report to the 9 House legislation to implement subparagraph (a): 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (1) The National Labor Relations Act; (2) The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (3) The Equal Pay Act of 1963; (4) The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; (5) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (relating to equal employment opportunity); (6) The Fair Labor Standards Act; (7) The Americans with Disabilities Act; (8) The Employee Polygraph Protection Act; (9) Section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act); HRES 36 IH 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 (10) Section 552a of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act of 1974); and); (11) Chapter 39 of title 28, United States Code (relating to an independent counsel). (c) The Committee on Rules shall, not later than ten 7 legislative days after any such legislation has been re8 ported, report a resolution providing for the consideration 9 of such measure in the Committee of the Whole House 10 on the State of the Union under an open amendment 11 process. 12 (d) If such legislation is not reported by all the com- 13 mittees named above by the date specified, the first bill 14 introduced which implements the policy referred to in sub15 paragraph (a) and which encompasses all the laws referred 16 to in subparagraph (b) shall be considered as having been 17 discharged from all the committees to which it was re18 ferred. It shall be in order on any day after July 15, 1993, 19 for any Member of the House (after consultation with the 20 Speaker as to the most appropriate time for consider21 ation), as a matter of highest privilege, to move to resolve 22 into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 23 the Union for its consideration, and the bill shall be sub24 ject to four hours of general debate to be equally divided 25 and controlled by the majority and minority leaders, or HRES 36 IH 33 1 their designees, followed by consideration of the measure 2 for amendment under the five-minute rule. 3 4 ABOLITION OF SELECT COMMITTEES SEC. 141. (a) The following select committees shall 5 be abolished and their funding for investigations and stud6 ies is terminated for purposes of clause 5(f)(2) of House 7 Rule XI: (1) the Select Committee on Children, Youth and 8 Families; (2) the Select Committee on Hunger; and (3) 9 the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. 10 (b) Clause (6)(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House, 11 establishing a Select Committee on Aging, is repealed, the 12 select committee is abolished, and its funding for inves13 tigations and studies is terminated. 14 (c) It shall not be in order during the first session 15 of the One Hundred Third Congress to consider any reso16 lution reestablishing the above-named select committees, 17 nor shall it be in order to consider any order of business 18 resolution waiving this prohibition except by a two-thirds 19 vote of the House. 20 21 CAMPAIGN REFORM SEC. 142. (a) The Committee on House Administra- 22 tion is directed to report to the House no later than June 23 30, 1993, legislation to reform Federal election law and 24 campaign practices. 25 (b) Not later than July 31, 1993, all other commit- 26 tees to which such bill may have been referred shall report HRES 36 IH 34 1 such bill to the House with such amendments as may have 2 been recommended. Any committee which has not reported 3 as directed by such date shall be deemed to be discharged 4 from the further consideration of such bill. 5 (c) Not later than ten legislative days after the July 6 31, 1993, reporting deadline, the Committee on Rules 7 shall report a resolution providing for the consideration 8 of such campaign reform bill under an open amendment 9 process. If such a resolution is not reported by such date, 10 it shall be in order on any day thereafter for any Member 11 to move that the House resolve into the Committee of the 12 Whole House on the State of the Union for the consider13 ation of the bill. 14 15 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SEC. 143. (a) Strike clause 1(a) of rule VI, insert 16 in lieu thereof the following, and redesignate clause 2 as 17 clause 6. 18 19 20 ‘‘CHIEF ‘‘RULE VI FINANCIAL OFFICER ‘‘1. There shall be elected by not less than two-thirds 21 of Members voting, a quorum being present, the Chief Fi22 nancial Officer of the House. 23 ‘‘2. The Chief Financial Officer should have appro- 24 priate education and training, have demonstrated an abil25 ity to manage large and complex administrative activities HRES 36 IH 35 1 and resources, and have experience that is relevant to the 2 management of the financial operations of the House. 3 ‘‘3. The Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible 4 for— 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ‘‘(a) reviewing and analyzing the financial operations of the House, including the efficiencies of its operations, the functions of its offices, and the costeffectiveness of its operations, and providing periodic recommendations to the Speaker and minority leader respecting these operations; ‘‘(b) conducting periodic audits of the financial operations of the House, simultaneously sending audit reports to the Speaker and minority leader, and making these audit reports available to the public; ‘‘(c) keeping the accounts for the pay and mileage of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and paying them as provided by law; and ‘‘(d) carrying out all other financial functions and operations that were exercised by the Clerk before the date of the adoption of this rule, including, but not limited to— HRES 36 IH 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(1) keeping full and accurate accounts of the disbursements of the contingent fund of the House. ‘‘(2) keeping the stationery account of the Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. ‘‘(3) paying the salaries of officers and employees of the House, and ‘‘(4) making or approving all contracts, bargains, or agreements relative to furnishing any matter or thing, or for the performance of any labor for the House of Representatives in pursuance of law or order of the House. ‘‘(e)(1) reviewing existing and proposed rules of the House to determine the effect of such rules on the economy and efficiency of the financial operations of the House, taking into consideration the need to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in such operations. ‘‘(2) based on such review, providing periodic recommendations to the Speaker and the Minority Leader with respect to the Rules of the House. ‘‘(f) keeping the House fully and currently informed of any instance of fraud, waste, or abuse, or any other serious deficiency in the financial oper- HRES 36 IH 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ations of the House, including corrective actions taken or recommended; ‘‘(g) reporting to the Speaker and the Minority Leader— (1) any such instance that, because of its particularly serious nature, requires immediate attention; and ‘‘(2) any lack of cooperation by a Member, officer, or employee of the House that inhibits the carrying out of the responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer; ‘‘(h) not later than October 31 of each year, submitting to the House with respect to the financial operations of the House in the preceding fiscal year a report of the activities of the Chief Financial Officer, including— ‘‘(1) a description of significant problems, abuses, and deficiencies in the financial operations of the House, the recommendations made, the corrective actions completed, and the corrective actions uncompleted; ‘‘(2) a summary of matters the Chief Financial Officer referred to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the actions which have resulted from such referrals; and HRES 36 IH 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(3) a summary of each recommendation by the Chief Financial Officer to the Speaker and minority leader under these Rules; ‘‘(i) receiving and investigating complaints from employees of the House with respect to fraud, waste, and abuse in the financial operations of the House, if such complaints assert the existence of a violation of law, a violation of these Rules, mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority, and ‘‘(j) developing and maintaining an integrated accounting and financial management system for the House, including financial reporting and internal controls to provide performance measurement, cost information, and integration of accounting and budgeting information; and ‘‘(k) directing, managing, providing policy guidance for, and conducting oversight of financial management personnel and operations, including preparation of a 5-year financial system plan, development of financial management budgets, recruitment, selection and training of personnel to carry out financial management functions, and implementation of asset management systems, such as cash and credit management, debt collection, and property and internal controls. HRES 36 IH 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ‘‘4. (a) In carrying out clause 3(I), the Chief Financial Officer may not disclose the identity of a complaining employee without the consent of the employee, unless the Chief Financial Officer determines such disclosure is unavoidable. ‘‘(b) Any intimidation of, or reprisal against, an employee of the House by an employing authority because of a complaint made by the employee is a violation of rule LI. ‘‘5. In accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Committee on House Administration, the Chief Financial Officer shall appoint such employees as may be necessary for the prompt and efficient performance of the duties of the Chief Financial Officer under these Rules. Such employees shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Financial Officer.’’. (b) In the newly designated clause 6(c)(1), strike 20 ‘‘Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services’’ and 21 insert in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Financial Officer’’. 22 23 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION SEC. 144. Clause 6(a) of rule X of the Rules of the 24 House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end 25 the following: HRES 36 IH 40 1 ‘‘(5)(A) One-half of the members of the Committee 2 on House Administration shall be from the majority party 3 and one-half shall be from the minority party. 4 ‘‘(B) In the case of the Committee on House Admin- 5 istration, subpoenas may be authorized and issued as pro6 vided by clause 2(m) of rule XI, except that either the 7 chairman or ranking minority party member of that com8 mittee may authorize and issue subpoenas under that 9 clause.’’. 10 11 12 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 145. (a) The membership of the Subcommittee 13 on Legislative Appropriations of the Committee on Appro14 priations shall be divided equally between the majority 15 party and the minority party. Staff positions for the sub16 committee shall be divided in the same manner. 17 18 19 LIMITATION ON REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEC. 146. (a) No funds may be reprogrammed or oth- 20 erwise transferred between appropriation accounts of the 21 House of Representatives without the written approval of 22 the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Rep23 resentatives. 24 25 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL SEC. 147. (a) Strike clause 11 of rule I and insert 26 the following new rule C: HRES 36 IH 41 1 2 3 ‘‘OFFICE ‘‘RULE V OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL ‘‘1. There is established in the House of Representa- 4 tives an office to be known as the Office of the General 5 Counsel, referred to hereinafter in this title as the 6 ‘‘Officer’’. 7 ‘‘2. ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Office shall be directly 8 accountable to the Leadership Group, composed of—(a) 9 the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (b) the ma10 jority leader and minority leader of the House of Rep11 resentatives; (c) the majority whip and minority whip of 12 the House of Representatives; (d) the chairman and rank13 ing minority party member of the Committee on the Judi14 ciary of the House of Representatives; and (e) 2 Members 15 of the House to be appointed by the Speaker of the House 16 of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed upon 17 the recommendation of the minority leader. 18 ‘‘3. PURPOSE AND POLICY.—The purpose of the Of- 19 fice is to provide legal assistance to Members, officer, and 20 employees of the House of Representatives on matters di21 rectly related to their duties, other than matters commit22 ted by law, rule, or other authority to the Office of the 23 Parliamentarian, the Office of the Legislative Counsel, the 24 Office of the Law Revision Counsel, the Legislative Classi25 fication Office, the Congressional Research Service, the HRES 36 IH 42 1 Comptroller General, or the Office of Fair Employment 2 Practices, or to another office, officer, or employee of the 3 House of Representatives. The Office shall maintain—(1) 4 impartiality as to issues of policy to be determined by the 5 House of Representatives; and (2) the attorney-client rela6 tionship with respect to all communications between it and 7 any Member or committee of the House. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘4. SPECIFIC APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(a) APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION.—Unless ap- proved by unanimous vote of the Leadership Group, the following actions of the Office require prior approval by resolution of the House of Representatives. ‘‘(1) Entering an appearance before any court. ‘‘(2) Filing a brief in any court. ‘‘(3) Representing any Member of the House of Representatives in any contested matter that will result in formal legal proceedings. ‘‘(b) APPROVAL BY THE LEADERSHIP GROUP.— The following activities of the Office require prior approval by the Leadership Group: ‘‘(1) Preparation of any legal memorandum or other item of legal research that requires more than 4 hours of preparation time. HRES 36 IH 43 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ‘‘(2) Work other than in the routine course of business of the office. ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—In carrying out any ac- tion under this title, the Office, in the case of any matter that affects an area of responsibility committed to another office, officer, or employee referred to in section 123, shall consult the office, officer, or employee involved and coordinate such action with the office, officer, or employee. ‘‘5. GENERAL COUNSEL.—The management, super- 11 vision, and administration of the Office are vested in the 12 General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the Speaker 13 of the House of Representatives, upon the recommenda14 tion of the majority leader and minority leader of the 15 House of Representatives, acting jointly, without regard 16 for political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness 17 to perform the duties of the position. The General Counsel 18 shall serve at the pleasure of the Leadership Group. 19 ‘‘6. STAFF.—With the approval of the Leadership 20 Group or in accordance with policies and procedures ap21 proved by the Leadership Group, the General Counsel may 22 employ such attorneys and other employees as may be nec23 essary for the performance of the functions of the Office, 24 except that not more than 4 attorneys and 3 other employ25 ees may be so employed and at least one attorney in the HRES 36 IH 44 1 Office shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the 2 minority leader. Any individual employed under this sec3 tion may be removed by the General Counsel, with the ap4 proval of the Leadership Group. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ‘‘7. COMPENSATION.— ‘‘(a) GENERAL COUNSEL.—The General Coun- sel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate fixed by the Leadership Group, but not more than the rate payable for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule, under section 5314 of the title 5, United States Code. ‘‘(b) STAFF.—Members of the staff of the Office shall be paid at per annum gross rates fixed by the General Counsel, with the approval of the Leadership Group or in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Leadership Group, but not more than the rate payable for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule, under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. ‘‘8. EXPENDITURES.—Subject to appropriation and 21 in accordance with policies and procedures approved by 22 the Leadership Group, the General Counsel may make 23 such expenditures as may be appropriate for the function24 ing of the Office. HRES 36 IH 45 1 ‘‘9. TIME SHEETS.—The Attorneys and professional 2 staff in the Office shall maintain regular, written records 3 of the time expended on legal matters, consistent with gen4 erally accepted practices in private law firms. Such time 5 records shall be maintained on forms and according to 6 procedures established by the General Counsel, and shall 7 provide for the recordation of time allotted to legal work 8 in increments of no more than one-quarter hour. The time 9 records shall be reviewable by the Leadership Group and 10 may not be made public other than by direction of the 11 Leadership Group or resolution of the House.’’. 12 13 REPEAL OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO RULES SEC. 148. In House Resolution 5, One Hundred 14 Third Congress, adopting the Rules of the House of the 15 One Hundred Third Congress, the amendments to Rules 16 of the House of the One Hundred Second Congress made 17 by the following paragraphs are hereby repealed and, to 18 the extent applicable, the original language from the Rules 19 of the One Hundred Second Congress shall be restored 20 as the language of the Rules of the House for the One 21 Hundred Third Congress: 22 23 24 25 26 lege; (b) subparagraph (7)(a), relating to the Speaker’s authority to appoint and remove members of select and conference committees; HRES 36 IH (a) paragraph (4) relating to questions of privi- 46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (c) subparagraph (8)(a) relating to the authority of committees to sit when the House is considering bills for amendment under the five-minute rule; (d) subparagraph (8)(b) relating to the required quorum in a committee for the purpose of reporting a measure or recommendation; (e) paragraphs (9), (13), and (14), regarding granting the right to vote in and preside over the Committee of the Whole to the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegates from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Æ HRES 36 IH——2 HRES 36 IH——3 HRES 36 IH