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111TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION H. RES. 5

Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

RESOLUTION

Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.

Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representa-1

tives of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, including appli-2

cable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that con-3

stituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred4

Tenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House5

of Representatives of the One Hundred Eleventh Con-6

gress, with amendments to the standing rules as provided7

in section 2, and with other orders as provided in sections8

3, 4, and 5.9

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.10

(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS.Amend clause11

6(c)(1) of rule II to read as follows:12

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(1) provide audit, investigative, and advi-1

sory services to the House and joint entities in2

a manner consistent with government-wide3

standards;.4

(b) HOMELAND SECURITY.In clause 3(g) of rule X,5

designate the existing text as subparagraph (1) and add6

thereafter the following new subparagraph:7

(2) In addition, the committee shall review8

and study on a primary and continuing basis all9

Government activities, programs, and organizations10

related to homeland security that fall within its pri-11

mary legislative jurisdiction..12

(c) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON13

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.In clause 4(d)(1) of rule X14

(1) redesignate subdivisions (B) and (C) as15

subdivisions (C) and (D) and insert after subdivision16

(A) the following new subdivision:17

(B) oversee the management of serv-18

ices provided to the House by the Architect19

of the Capitol, except those services that20

lie within the jurisdiction of the Committee21

on Transportation and Infrastructure22

under clause 1(r);; and23

(2) in subdivision (D) (as redesignated) strike24

(B) and insert (C).25


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(d) TERMS OF COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.In clause 51

of rule X2

(1) amend paragraph (a)(2)(C) to read as fol-3

lows:4

(C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-5

sioner may exceed the limitation of subdivision (B)6

if elected to serve a second consecutive Congress as7

the chair or a second consecutive Congress as the8

ranking minority member.; and9

(2) in paragraph (c)10

(A) strike the designation of subparagraph11

(1); and12

(B) strike subparagraph (2).13

(e) CALENDARWEDNESDAY.14

(1) In clause 6 of rule XV15

(A) in paragraph (a)16

(i) strike the committees and insert17

those committees; and18

(ii) strike unless two-thirds and all19

that follows and insert whose chair, or20

other member authorized by the com-21

mittee, has announced to the House a re-22

quest for such call on the preceding legisla-23

tive day.; and24


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(B) strike paragraphs (c), (d), and (f) (and1

redesignate paragraph (e) as paragraph (c)).2

(2) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike subpara-3

graph (1) and the designation (2).4

(f) POSTPONEMENTAUTHORITY.In clause 1 of rule5

XIX, add the following new paragraph:6

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when the7

previous question is operating to adoption or pas-8

sage of a measure pursuant to a special order of9

business, the Chair may postpone further consider-10

ation of such measure in the House to such time as11

may be designated by the Speaker..12

(g) INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT.13

In clause 2(b) of rule XIX14

(1) designate the existing sentence as subpara-15

graph (1);16

(2) in subparagraph (1) (as so designated)17

(A) strike if; and18

(B) strike includes instructions, it; and19

(3) add the following new subparagraph at the20

end:21

(2) A motion to recommit a bill or joint22

resolution may include instructions only in the23

form of a direction to report an amendment or24

amendments back to the House forthwith..25


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report of a committee of either House on such1

bill or on a companion measure; or2

(2) a statement that the proposition con-3

tains no congressional earmarks, limited tax4

benefits, or limited tariff benefits.; and5

(2) in paragraph (c) (as redesignated)6

(A) in the first sentence, after paragraph7

(a) insert or (b); and8

(B) amend the second sentence to read as9

follows:10

As disposition of a point of order under this para-11

graph or paragraph (b), the Chair shall put the question12

of consideration with respect to the rule or order or con-13

ference report, as applicable..14

(j) PAYGO.15

(1) Amend clause 10 of rule XXI to read as fol-16

lows:17

10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and18

(c), it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint reso-19

lution, amendment, or conference report if the provisions20

of such measure affecting direct spending and revenues21

have the net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing22

the surplus for either the period comprising23

(A) the current fiscal year, the budget24

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concurrent resolution on the budget, and the1

four fiscal years following that budget year; or2

(B) the current fiscal year, the budget3

year set forth in the most recently completed4

concurrent resolution on the budget, and the5

nine fiscal years following that budget year.6

(2) The effect of such measure on the deficit7

or surplus shall be determined on the basis of esti-8

mates made by the Committee on the Budget rel-9

ative to baseline estimates supplied by the Congres-10

sional Budget Office consistent with section 257 of11

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control12

Act of 1985.13

(b) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is con-14

sidered pursuant to a special order of the House directing15

the Clerk to add as new matter at the end of such measure16

the provisions of a separate measure as passed by the17

House, the provisions of such separate measure as passed18

by the House shall be included in the evaluation under19

paragraph (a) of the bill, joint resolution, or amendment.20

(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the21

evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision22

expressly designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-23

as-you-go principles in the case of a point of order under24

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(A) a bill or joint resolution;1

(B) an amendment made in order as original2

text by a special order of business;3

(C) a conference report; or4

(D) an amendment between the Houses.5

(2) In the case of an amendment (other than one6

specified in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or joint resolution,7

the evaluation under paragraph (a) shall give no cog-8

nizance to any designation of emergency.9

(3) If a bill, a joint resolution, an amendment made10

in order as original text by a special order of business,11

a conference report, or an amendment between the Houses12

includes a provision expressly designated as an emergency13

for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the Chair shall14

put the question of consideration with respect thereto..15

(2) In clause 7 of rule XXI, strike the period16

comprising the current fiscal year and the five fiscal17

years beginning with the fiscal year that ends in the18

following calendar year or the period comprising the19

current fiscal year and the ten fiscal years beginning20

with the fiscal year that ends in the following cal-21

endar year and insert period described in clause22

10(a).23


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(k) DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF EMPLOYMENT NE-1

GOTIATIONS.In clause 1 of rule XXVII, strike until2

after his or her successor has been elected,.3

(l) GENDER NEUTRALITY.4

(1) In the standing rules5

(A) strike chairman each place it ap-6

pears and insert chair; and7

(B) strike Chairman each place it ap-8

pears and insert Chair (except in clause9

4(a)(1)(B) of rule X).10

(2) In rule I11

(A) in clause 1 strike his;12

(B) in clause 7, strike his and insert13

such;14

(C) in clause 815

(i) in paragraph (b)(1) strike his;16

and17

(ii) in paragraph (b)(3)(B), strike18

his election and whenever he deems and19

insert the election of the Speaker and20

whenever; and21

(D) in clause 1222

(i) in paragraph (c) strike he and23

insert the Speaker; and24


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(ii) in paragraph (d) strike his opin-1

ion and insert the opinion of the Speak-2

er.3

(3) In rule II4

(A) in clause 15

(i) strike his office and insert the6

office;7

(ii) strike his knowledge and ability8

and insert the knowledge and ability of9

the officer; and10

(iii) strike his department and in-11

sert the department concerned;12

(B) in clause 213

(i) in paragraph (b) strike he is re-14

quired to make and insert required to be15

made by such officer;16

(ii) in paragraph (g) strike his tem-17

porary absence or disability and insert18

the temporary absence or disability of the19

Clerk; and20

(iii) in paragraph (i)(1) strike When-21

ever the Clerk is acting as a supervisory22

authority over such staff, he and insert23

When acting as a supervisory authority24

over such staff, the Clerk; and25


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(C) in clause 31

(i) in paragraph (a) strike him and2

insert the Sergeant-at-Arms;3

(ii) in paragraph (b) strike him and4


(iii) in paragraph (c) strike his em-6

ployees and insert employees of the of-7

fice of the Sergeant-at-Arms; and8

(iv) in paragraph (d)9

(I) strike ; and and insert10

and,; and11

(II) strike he.12

(4) In rule III13

(A) in clause 1 strike he has and insert14

having; and15

(B) in clause 2(a)16

(i) strike his vote and insert the17

vote of such Member; and18

(ii) strike his presence and insert19

the presence of such Member.20

(5) In rule IV21

(A) in clause 4(a) strike he or she and22

insert such individual; and23

(B) in clause 6(b) strike his family and24

insert the family of such individual.25


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(6) In rule V1

(A) strike administer a system subject to2

his direction and control each place it appears3

and insert administer, direct, and control a4

system;5

(B) strike he each place it appears and6


(C) in clause 3 strike his and insert8

the.9

(7) In rule VI, strike he each place it appears10

and insert the Speaker.11

(8) In clause 7 of rule VII, strike his office12

each place it appears and insert the office of the13

Clerk.14

(9) In clause 6(b) of rule VIII, strike he and15

insert the Speaker.16

(10) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, strike his17

and insert an.18

(11) In rule X19

(A) in clause 4(f)(1), strike President20

submits his budget and insert submission of21

the budget by the President;22

(B) in clause 523

(i) in paragraph (a)(4)24


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(I) strike his designee each1

place it appears and insert a des-2

ignee; and3

(II) strike his respective party4

each place it appears and insert the5

respective party of such individual;6

(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike he7

was; and8

(iii) in paragraph (c) strike chair-9

manship and insert chair;10

(C) in clause 811

(i) strike his expenses each place it12

appears and insert the expenses of such13

individual; and14

(ii) strike he each place it appears;15

(D) in clause 10(a) strike he is; and16

(E) in clause 1117

(i) in paragraph (a)(3) strike mem-18

ber of his leadership staff to assist him in19

his capacity and insert respective leader-20

ship staff member to assist in the capacity21

of the Speaker or Minority Leader;22

(ii) in paragraph (e)(1) strike his23

employment or contractual agreement and24

insert the employment or contractual25


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agreement of such employee or person;1

and2

(iii) in paragraph (g)(2)3

(I) in subdivision (B)4

(aa) strike he and insert5

the President; and6

(bb) strike his; and7

(II) in subdivision (C) strike8

his.9

(12) In rule XI10

(A) in clause 211

(i) in paragraph (c)(1) strike he12

and insert the chair; and13

(ii) in paragraph (k)(9) strike his14

testimony and insert the testimony of15

such witness;16

(B) in clause 317

(i) in paragraph (a) strike his duties18

or the discharge of his responsibilities19

each place it appears and insert the du-20

ties or the discharge of the responsibilities21

of such individual;22

(ii) in paragraph (b)23


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(I) in subparagraph (2)(B) strike1

he and insert such Member, Dele-2

gate, or Resident Commissioner; and3

(II) in subparagraph (5) strike4

disqualify himself and insert seek5

disqualification;6

(iii) in paragraph (g)7

(I) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike8

he is;9

(II) in subparagraph (1)(E)10

strike his or her employment or du-11

ties with the committee and insert12

the employment or duties with the13

committee of such individual; and14

(III) in subparagraph (4)15

(aa) strike his or her per-16

sonal staff and insert the re-17

spective personal staff of the18

chair or ranking minority mem-19

ber; and20

(bb) strike he and insert21

the chair or ranking minority22

member;23

(iv) in paragraph (p)24


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(I) in subparagraph (2) strike1

his counsel and insert the counsel2

of the respondent;3

(II) in subparagraph (4)4

(aa) strike his or her coun-5

sel and insert the counsel of6

the respondent; and7

(bb) strike his counsel8

and insert the counsel of the re-9

spondent;10

(III) in subparagraph (7) strike11

his counsel and insert the counsel12

of a respondent; and13

(IV) in subparagraph (8) strike14

him and insert the respondent;15

and16

(v) in paragraph (q) strike his or17

her and insert the.18

(13) In rule XII19

(A) in clause 2(c)(1) strike he and insert20

the Speaker; and21

(B) in clause 3 strike he shall endorse his22

name and insert the Member, Delegate, or23

Resident Commissioner shall sign it.24

(14) In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, strike his.25


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(15) In clause 4(c)(1) of rule XVI strike his1

discretion and insert the discretion of the Speak-2

er.3

(16) In rule XVII4

(A) in clause 1(a) strike himself to Mr.5

Speaker and insert the Speaker;6

(B) in clause 6 strike his discretion and7

insert the discretion of the Chair; and8

(C) in clause 9 strike he each place it9

appears and insert such individual.10

(17) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, strike he each11

place it appears and insert the Chair.12

(18) In rule XX13

(A) in clause 514

(i) in paragraph (b) strike him and15


(ii) in paragraph (c)(3)(B)(I) strike17

his and insert a; and18

(iii) in paragraph (d) strike he and19


(B) in clause 6(b)21

(i) strike he and insert the Mem-22

ber; and23

(ii) strike his and insert such.24


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(19) In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, strike1

his.2

(20) In rule XXIII3

(A) in clause 1 strike conduct himself4

and insert behave;5

(B) in clause 36

(i) strike his beneficial interest and7

insert the beneficial interest of such indi-8

vidual; and9

(ii) strike his position and insert10

the position of such individual11

(C) in clause 612

(i) in paragraph (a)13

(I) strike his campaign funds14

and insert the campaign funds of15

such individual; and16

(II) strike his personal funds17

and insert the personal funds of such18

individual; and19

(ii) in paragraph (c) strike his cam-20

paign account and insert a campaign ac-21

counts of such individual;22

(D) in clause 823

(i) in paragraph (a) strike he and24

insert such employee; and25


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(ii) in paragraph (c)1

(I) in subparagraph (1)(A) after2

his spouse insert the spouse of3

such individual; and4

(II) in subparagraph (1)(B)5

strike his spouse and insert the6

spouse of such employee;7

(E) in clause 108

(i) strike he is a and insert such9

individual is a;10

(ii) strike his innocence and insert11

the innocence of such Member; and12

(iii) strike he is reelected and insert13

the Member is reelected; and14

(F) in clause 12(b)15

(i) strike advises his employing au-16

thority and insert advises the employing17

authority of such employee; and18

(ii) strike from his and insert19

from such; and20

(G) in clause 15 strike his or her family21

member each place it appears and insert a22

family member of a Member, Delegate, or Resi-23

dent Commissioner.24

(21) In rule XXIV25


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(A) in clause 11

(i) in paragraph (a) strike his use2

and insert the use of such individual;3

and4

(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike his5

principal campaign committee and insert6

the principal campaign committee of such7

individual;8

(B) in clause 7 strike he was;9

(C) in clause 8 strike he is and insert10

such individual is; and11

(D) in clause 10 strike he was and in-12

sert such individual was.13

(22) In rule XXV14

(A) in clause 2(b) strike his name and15

insert the name of such individual;16

(B) in clause 417

(i) in paragraph (c) strike his resi-18

dence or principal place of employment19

and insert the residence or principal place20

of employment of such individual; and21

(ii) in paragraph (d)(1)22

(I) in subdivision (B) strike he23

and insert such individual;24


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(II) in subdivision (C) strike1

him and insert such individual;2

and3

(III) in subdivision (D)4

(aa) strike he or his fam-5

ily and insert such individual6

or the family of such individual;7

and8

(bb) strike him and insert9

such individual;10

(C) in clause 511

(i) strike his official position each12

place it appears and insert the official po-13

sition of such individual;14

(ii) strike his actual knowledge each15

place it appears and insert the actual16

knowledge of such individual;17

(iii) strike his duties each place it18

appears and insert the duties of such in-19

dividual;20

(iv) in paragraph (a)(3)(D)(ii)(I)21

strike his relationship and insert the22

relationship of such individual; and23


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(v) in paragraph (a)(3)(G)(i) strike1

his spouse and insert the spouse of2

such individual;3

(D) in clause 64

(i) strike he acts and insert act-5

ing; and6

(ii) strike he is; and7

(E) in clause 8 strike his or her and in-8

sert the.9

(23) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike him10

and insert the Clerk.11

(24) In clause 2 of rule XXVII, strike he or12

she and insert such individual.13

(25) In clause 2 of rule XXIX, strike the mas-14

culine gender include the feminine and insert one15

gender include the other.16

(m) TECHNICAL AND CODIFYING CHANGES.17

(1) In clause 2(h) of rule II, strike not in ses-18

sion and insert in lieu thereof in recess or ad-19

journment.20

(2) In clause 4(b) of rule IV, strike regula-21

tions that exempt and insert in lieu thereof regu-22

lations to carry out this rule including regulations23

that exempt.24

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(A) strike temporary absence of the chair-1

man and insert in lieu thereof absence of the2

member serving as chair; and3

(B) strike permanent.4

(4) In clause 7(e) of rule X, strike signed by5

and all that follows, and insert in lieu thereof6

signed by the ranking member of the committee as7

it was constituted at the expiration of the preceding8

Congress who is a member of the majority party in9

the present Congress..10

(5) In clause 8(a) of rule X, strike clauses 611

and 8 and insert in lieu thereof clause 6.12

(6) In clause 2(a) of rule XIII 13

(A) in subparagraph (1), strike as privi-14

leged; and15

(B) in subparagraph (2), insert (other16

than those filed as privileged) after reported17

adversely.18

(7) In clause 5(c)(3) of rule XX, strike clause19

5(a) of rule XX and insert paragraph (a).20

(8) In clause 6(c) of rule XX, after yeas and21

nays insert ordered under this clause.22

(9) In clause 7(c)(3) of rule XXII, strike mo-23

tion meets and insert in lieu thereof proponent24

meets.25


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(10) In clause 1(b)(2) of rule XXIV, strike of-1

fice space, furniture, or equipment, and and insert2

in lieu thereof office space, office furniture, office3

equipment, or.4

(11) In clause 5(i)(2) of rule XXV, strike5

paragraph (1)(A) and insert subparagraph6

(1)(A).7

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.8

(a) BUDGET MATTERS.9

(1) During the One Hundred Eleventh Con-10

gress, references in section 306 of the Congressional11

Budget Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be con-12

strued in the House of Representatives as references13

to a joint resolution.14


gress, in the case of a reported bill or joint resolu-16

tion considered pursuant to a special order of busi-17

ness, a point of order under section 303 of the Con-18

gressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be determined19

on the basis of the text made in order as an original20

bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment21

or to the text on which the previous question is or-22

dered directly to passage, as the case may be.23


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an amendment thereto or a conference report there-1

on, that establishes prospectively for a Federal office2

or position a specified or minimum level of com-3

pensation to be funded by annual discretionary ap-4

propriations shall not be considered as providing5

new entitlement authority within the meaning of the6

Congressional Budget Act of 1974.7

(4)(A) During the One Hundred Eleventh Con-8

gress, except as provided in subsection (C), a motion9

that the Committee of the Whole rise and report a10

bill to the House shall not be in order if the bill, as11

amended, exceeds an applicable allocation of new12

budget authority under section 302(b) of the Con-13

gressional Budget Act of 1974, as estimated by the14

Committee on the Budget.15

(B) If a point of order under subsection (A) is16

sustained, the Chair shall put the question: Shall17

the Committee of the Whole rise and report the bill18

to the House with such amendments as may have19

been adopted notwithstanding that the bill exceeds20

its allocation of new budget authority under section21

302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974?.22

Such question shall be debatable for 10 minutes23

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question and an opponent but shall be decided with-1

out intervening motion.2

(C) Subsection (A) shall not apply3

(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) of4

rule XXI; or5

(ii) after disposition of a question under6

subsection (B) on a given bill.7

(D) If a question under subsection (B) is de-8

cided in the negative, no further amendment shall be9

in order except10

(i) one proper amendment, which shall be11

debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and12

controlled by the proponent and an opponent,13

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall14

not be subject to a demand for division of the15

question in the House or in the Committee of16

the Whole; and17

(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by18

the chair or ranking minority member of the19

Committee on Appropriations or their des-20

ignees, for the purpose of debate.21

(b) CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES.Notwithstanding22

clause 5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Eleventh23

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(1) the Committee on Armed Services may have1

not more than seven subcommittees;2

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have3

not more than seven subcommittees; and4

(3) the Committee on Transportation and In-5

frastructure may have not more than six subcommit-6

tees.7

(c) EXERCISE F ACILITIES FOR FORMER MEM-8

BERS.During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress9

(1) The House of Representatives may not pro-10

vide access to any exercise facility which is made11

available exclusively to Members and former Mem-12

bers, officers and former officers of the House of13

Representatives, and their spouses to any former14

Member, former officer, or spouse who is a lobbyist15

registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of16

1995 or any successor statute or agent of a foreign17

principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For18

purposes of this section, the term Member in-19

cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the20

Congress.21

(2) The Committee on House Administration22

shall promulgate regulations to carry out this sub-23

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(d) NUMBERING OF BILLS.In the One Hundred1

Eleventh Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R.2

1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by3

the Speaker.4

(e) MEDICARE COST CONTAINMENT.Section 803 of5

the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod-6

ernization Act of 2003 shall not apply during the One7

Hundred Eleventh Congress.8

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.9

(a) SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPEND-10

ENCE AND GLOBALWARMING.11

(1) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.12

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.There is hereby es-13

tablished a Select Committee on Energy Inde-14

pendence and Global Warming (hereinafter in15

this section referred to as the select com-16

mittee).17

(B) COMPOSITION.The select committee18

shall be composed of 15 members appointed by19

the Speaker, of whom 6 shall be appointed on20

the recommendation of the Minority Leader.21

The Speaker shall designate one member of the22

select committee as its chair. A vacancy in the23

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filled in the same manner as the original ap-1

pointment.2

(2) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.3

(A) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.The se-4

lect committee shall not have legislative juris-5

diction and shall have no authority to take leg-6

islative action on any bill or resolution.7

(B) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION.The8

sole authority of the select committee shall be9

to investigate, study, make findings, and de-10

velop recommendations on policies, strategies,11

technologies and other innovations, intended to12

reduce the dependence of the United States on13

foreign sources of energy and achieve substan-14

tial and permanent reductions in emissions and15

other activities that contribute to climate16

change and global warming.17

(3) PROCEDURE.(A) Except as specified in18

paragraph (2), the select committee shall have the19

authorities and responsibilities of, and shall be sub-20

ject to the same limitations and restrictions as, a21

standing committee of the House, and shall be22

deemed a committee of the House for all purposes23

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(B)(i) Rules X and XI shall apply to the select1

committee where not inconsistent with this resolu-2

tion.3

(ii) Service on the select committee shall not4

count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of5

rule X.6

(4) FUNDING.To enable the select committee7

to carry out the purposes of this section8

(A) the select committee may use the serv-9

ices of staff of the House; and10

(B) the select committee shall be eligible11

for interim funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule12

X.13

(5) REPORTING.The select committee may re-14

port to the House from time to time the results of15

its investigations and studies, together with such de-16

tailed findings and recommendations as it may deem17

advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to the18

House by December 31, 2010.19

(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACYASSISTANCE COMMISSION.20

House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall21

apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same22

manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred23

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(c) TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.1

Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hun-2

dred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred3

Eleventh Congress in the same manner as such provisions4

applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that5

6

(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission7

may, in addition to collaborating closely with other8

professional staff members of the Committee on9

Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional10

staff members of other relevant committees; and11

(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign12

Affairs which the Commission may use shall include13

all resources which the Committee is authorized to14

obtain from other offices of the House of Represent-15

atives.16

(d) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS. Section17

1 of House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress,18

shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the19

same manner as such provision applied in the One Hun-20

dred Tenth Congress, except that the Office of Congres-21

sional Ethics shall be treated as a standing committee of22

the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative23

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(e) EMPANELLING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE1

OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CON-2

DUCT.The text of House Resolution 451, One Hundred3

Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh4

Congress in the same manner as such provision applied5

in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.6

(f) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES FOR THE COMMITTEE7

ON THE JUDICIARY AND THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUN-8

SEL.9

(1) The House authorizes10

(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the11

111th Congress to act as the successor in inter-12

est to the Committee on the Judiciary of the13

110th Congress with respect to the civil action14

Committee on the Judiciary v. Harriet Meirs et15

al., filed by the Committee on the Judiciary in16

the 110th Congress pursuant to House Resolu-17

tion 980; and18

(B) the chair of the Committee on the Ju-19

diciary (when elected), on behalf of the Com-20

mittee on the Judiciary, and the Office of Gen-21

eral Counsel to take such steps as may be ap-22

propriate to ensure continuation of such civil23

action, including amending the complaint as cir-24

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(2)(A) The House authorizes1

(i) the Committee on the Judiciary to take2

depositions by a member or counsel of the com-3

mittee related to the investigation into the fir-4

ing of certain United States Attorneys and re-5

lated matters; and6

(ii) the chair of the Committee on the Ju-7

diciary (when elected), on behalf of the Com-8

mittee on the Judiciary, to issue subpoenas re-9

lated to the investigation into the firing of cer-10

tain United States Attorneys and related mat-11

ters including for the purpose of taking deposi-12

tions by a member or counsel of the committee.13

(B) Depositions taken under the authority pre-14

scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the15

procedures submitted for printing in the Congres-16

sional Record by the chair of the Committee on17

Rules (when elected) or by such other procedures as18

the Committee on the Judiciary shall prescribe.19

(3) The House authorizes the chair of the Com-20

mittee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of21

the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Office of22

General Counsel to petition to join as a party to the23

civil action referenced in paragraph (1) any indi-24

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ary of the 110th Congress as part of its investiga-1

tion into the firing of certain United States Attor-2

neys and related matters who failed to comply with3

such subpoena or, at the authorization of the Speak-4

er after consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Advi-5

sory Group, to initiate judicial proceedings con-6

cerning the enforcement of subpoenas issued to such7

individuals.8

SEC. 5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS.9

(a) LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT.Upon the10

adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider11

in the House the bill (H.R. 11) to amend title VII of the12

Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-13

ployment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities14

Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify15

that a discriminatory compensation decision or other prac-16

tice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time17

compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory com-18

pensation decision or other practice, and for other pur-19

poses. All points of order against the bill and against its20

consideration are waived except those arising under clause21

9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered as read.22

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on23

the bill to final passage without intervening motion except:24

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the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their des-1

ignees; and (2) one motion to recommit.2

(b)(1) PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT.Upon the adop-3

tion of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in4

the House the bill (H.R. 12) to amend the Fair Labor5

Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies6

to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on7

the basis of sex, and for other purposes. All points of order8

against the bill and against its consideration are waived9

except those arising under clause 9 or10 of rule XXI. The10

bill shall be considered as read. The previous question11

shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage12

without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate13

equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and14

the Minority Leader or their designees; and (2) one motion15

to recommit.16

(2) In the engrossment of H.R. 11, the Clerk shall17

(A) add the text of H.R. 12, as passed by the House,18

as new matter at the end of H.R. 11;19

(B) conform the title of H.R. 11 to reflect the addi-20

tion to the engrossment of H.R. 12;21

(C) assign appropriate designations to provisions22

within the engrossment; and23

(D) conform provisions for short titles within the en-24

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(3) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 12 to the1

engrossment of H.R. 11, H.R. 12 shall be laid on the2

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