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Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, with amendments to the standing rules as provided in section 2, and with other orders as provided in sections 3, 4, and 5.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.

(a) Inspector General Audits- Amend clause 6(c)(1) of rule II to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) provide audit, investigative, and advisory services to the House and joint entities in a manner consistent with government-wide standards;’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Homeland Security- In clause 3(g) of rule X, designate the existing text as subparagraph (1) and add thereafter the following new subparagraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) In addition, the committee shall review and study on a primary and continuing basis all Government activities, programs, and organizations related to homeland security that fall within its primary legislative jurisdiction.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Additional Functions of the Committee on House Administration- In clause 4(d)(1) of rule X--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) redesignate subdivisions (B) and (C) as subdivisions (C) and (D) and insert after subdivision (A) the following new subdivision:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) oversee the management of services provided to the House by the Architect of the Capitol, except those services that lie within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure under clause 1(r);’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subdivision (D) (as redesignated) strike ‘(B)’ and insert ‘(C)’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Terms of Committee Chairmen- In clause 5 of rule X--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) amend paragraph (a)(2)(C) to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may exceed the limitation of subdivision (B) if elected to serve a second consecutive Congress as the chair or a second consecutive Congress as the ranking minority member.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in paragraph (c)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) strike the designation of subparagraph (1); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) strike subparagraph (2).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) Calendar Wednesday-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) In clause 6 of rule XV--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in paragraph (a)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘the committees’ and insert ‘those committees’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘unless two-thirds’ and all that follows and insert ‘whose chair, or other member authorized by the committee, has announced to the House a request for such call on the preceding legislative day.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) strike paragraphs (c), (d), and (f) (and redesignate paragraph (e) as paragraph (c)).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike subparagraph (1) and the designation ‘(2)’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(f) Postponement Authority- In clause 1 of rule XIX, add the following new paragraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when the previous question is operating to adoption or passage of a measure pursuant to a special order of business, the Chair may postpone further consideration of such measure in the House to such time as may be designated by the Speaker.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(g) Instructions in the Motion to Recommit- In clause 2(b) of rule XIX--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) designate the existing sentence as subparagraph (1);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subparagraph (1) (as so designated)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) strike ‘if’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) strike ‘includes instructions, it’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) add the following new subparagraph at the end:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) A motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution may include instructions only in the form of a direction to report an amendment or amendments back to the House forthwith.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(h) Conduct of Votes- In clause 2(a) of rule XX, strike ‘A record vote by electronic device shall not be held open for the sole purpose of reversing the outcome of such vote.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) General Appropriation Conference Reports- In clause 9 of rule XXI--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) insert after paragraph (a) the following new paragraph (and redesignate succeeding paragraphs accordingly):CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) It shall not be in order to consider a conference report to accompany a regular general appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory statement prepared by the managers on the part of the House and the managers on the part of the Senate includes--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) a list of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the conference report or joint statement (and the name of any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator who submitted a request to the House or Senate committees of jurisdiction for each respective item included in such list) that were neither committed to the conference committee by either House nor in a report of a committee of either House on such bill or on a companion measure; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) a statement that the proposition contains no congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in paragraph (c) (as redesignated)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in the first sentence, after ‘paragraph (a)’ insert ‘or (b)’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) amend the second sentence to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘As disposition of a point of order under this paragraph or paragraph (b), the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the rule or order or conference report, as applicable.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(j) Paygo-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Amend clause 10 of rule XXI to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report if the provisions of such measure affecting direct spending and revenues have the net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for either the period comprising--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) the current fiscal year, the budget year set forth in the most recently completed concurrent resolution on the budget, and the four fiscal years following that budget year; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) the current fiscal year, the budget year set forth in the most recently completed concurrent resolution on the budget, and the nine fiscal years following that budget year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) The effect of such measure on the deficit or surplus shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget relative to baseline estimates supplied by the Congressional Budget Office consistent with section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is considered pursuant to a special order of the House directing the Clerk to add as new matter at the end of such measure the provisions of a separate measure as passed by the House, the provisions of such separate measure as passed by the House shall be included in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the bill, joint resolution, or amendment.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision expressly designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles in the case of a point of order under this clause against consideration of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) a bill or joint resolution;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) an amendment made in order as original text by a special order of business;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) a conference report; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(D) an amendment between the Houses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) In the case of an amendment (other than one specified in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or joint resolution, the evaluation under paragraph (a) shall give no cognizance to any designation of emergency.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) If a bill, a joint resolution, an amendment made in order as original text by a special order of business, a conference report, or an amendment between the Houses includes a provision expressly designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect thereto.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In clause 7 of rule XXI, strike ‘the period comprising the current fiscal year and the five fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year that ends in the following calendar year or the period comprising the current fiscal year and the ten fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year that ends in the following calendar year’ and insert ‘period described in clause 10(a)’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(k) Disclosure by Members of Employment Negotiations- In clause 1 of rule XXVII, strike ‘until after his or her successor has been elected,’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(l) Gender Neutrality-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) In the standing rules--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) strike ‘chairman’ each place it appears and insert ‘chair’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) strike ‘Chairman’ each place it appears and insert ‘Chair’ (except in clause 4(a)(1)(B) of rule X).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In rule I--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 1 strike ‘his’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 7, strike ‘his’ and insert ‘such’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 8--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘his’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (b)(3)(B), strike ‘his election and whenever he deems’ and insert ‘the election of the Speaker and whenever’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in clause 12--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (c) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the Speaker’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (d) strike ‘his opinion’ and insert ‘the opinion of the Speaker’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) In rule II--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 1--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘his office’ and insert ‘the office’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘his knowledge and ability’ and insert ‘the knowledge and ability of the officer’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) strike ‘his department’ and insert ‘the department concerned’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 2--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (b) strike ‘he is required to make’ and insert ‘required to be made by such officer’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (g) strike ‘his temporary absence or disability’ and insert ‘the temporary absence or disability of the Clerk’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in paragraph (i)(1) strike ‘Whenever the Clerk is acting as a supervisory authority over such staff, he’ and insert ‘When acting as a supervisory authority over such staff, the Clerk’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 3--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘him’ and insert ‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (b) strike ‘him’ and insert ‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘his employees’ and insert ‘employees of the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iv) in paragraph (d)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) strike ‘; and’ and insert ‘and,’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) strike ‘he’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) In rule III--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 1 strike ‘he has’ and insert ‘having’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 2(a)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘his vote’ and insert ‘the vote of such Member’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘his presence’ and insert ‘the presence of such Member’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) In rule IV--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 4(a) strike ‘he or she’ and insert ‘such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 6(b) strike ‘his family’ and insert ‘the family of such individual’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) In rule V--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) strike ‘administer a system subject to his direction and control’ each place it appears and insert ‘administer, direct, and control a system’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) strike ‘he’ each place it appears and insert ‘the Speaker’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 3 strike ‘his’ and insert ‘the’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) In rule VI, strike ‘he’ each place it appears and insert ‘the Speaker’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) In clause 7 of rule VII, strike ‘his office’ each place it appears and insert ‘the office of the Clerk’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) In clause 6(b) of rule VIII, strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the Speaker’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, strike ‘his’ and insert ‘an’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) In rule X--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 4(f)(1), strike ‘President submits his budget’ and insert ‘submission of the budget by the President’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 5--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a)(4)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) strike ‘his designee’ each place it appears and insert ‘a designee’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) strike ‘his respective party’ each place it appears and insert ‘the respective party of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘he was’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘chairmanship’ and insert ‘chair’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 8--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘his expenses’ each place it appears and insert ‘the expenses of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘he’ each place it appears;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in clause 10(a) strike ‘he is’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) in clause 11--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a)(3) strike ‘member of his leadership staff to assist him in his capacity’ and insert ‘respective leadership staff member to assist in the capacity of the Speaker or Minority Leader’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (e)(1) strike ‘his employment or contractual agreement’ and insert ‘the employment or contractual agreement of such employee or person’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in paragraph (g)(2)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) in subdivision (B)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(aa) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the President’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(bb) strike ‘his’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(II) in subdivision (C) strike ‘his’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(12) In rule XI--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 2--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (c)(1) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the chair’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (k)(9) strike ‘his testimony’ and insert ‘the testimony of such witness’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 3--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities’ each place it appears and insert ‘the duties or the discharge of the responsibilities of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (b)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) in subparagraph (2)(B) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) in subparagraph (5) strike ‘disqualify himself’ and insert ‘seek disqualification’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in paragraph (g)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike ‘he is’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) in subparagraph (1)(E) strike ‘his or her employment or duties with the committee’ and insert ‘the employment or duties with the committee of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(III) in subparagraph (4)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(aa) strike ‘his or her personal staff’ and insert ‘the respective personal staff of the chair or ranking minority member’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(bb) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the chair or ranking minority member’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(iv) in paragraph (p)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) in subparagraph (2) strike ‘his counsel’ and insert ‘the counsel of the respondent’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) in subparagraph (4)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(aa) strike ‘his or her counsel’ and insert ‘the counsel of the respondent’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(bb) strike ‘his counsel’ and insert ‘the counsel of the respondent’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(III) in subparagraph (7) strike ‘his counsel’ and insert ‘the counsel of a respondent’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(IV) in subparagraph (8) strike ‘him’ and insert ‘the respondent’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(v) in paragraph (q) strike ‘his or her’ and insert ‘the’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(13) In rule XII--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 2(c)(1) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the Speaker’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 3 strike ‘he shall endorse his name’ and insert ‘the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall sign it’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(14) In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, strike ‘his’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(15) In clause 4(c)(1) of rule XVI strike ‘his discretion’ and insert ‘the discretion of the Speaker’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(16) In rule XVII--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 1(a) strike ‘himself to ‘Mr. Speaker’ and insert ‘the Speaker’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 6 strike ‘his discretion’ and insert ‘the discretion of the Chair’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 9 strike ‘he’ each place it appears and insert ‘such individual’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(17) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, strike ‘he’ each place it appears and insert ‘the Chair’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(18) In rule XX--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 5--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (b) strike ‘him’ and insert ‘the Sergeant-at-Arms’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (c)(3)(B)(I) strike ‘his’ and insert ‘a’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in paragraph (d) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the Speaker’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 6(b)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘the Member’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘his’ and insert ‘such’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(19) In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, strike ‘his’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(20) In rule XXIII--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 1 strike ‘conduct himself’ and insert ‘behave’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 3--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘his beneficial interest’ and insert ‘the beneficial interest of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘his position’ and insert ‘the position of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 6--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) strike ‘his campaign funds’ and insert ‘the campaign funds of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) strike ‘his personal funds’ and insert ‘the personal funds of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (c) strike ‘his campaign account’ and insert ‘a campaign accounts of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in clause 8--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘such employee’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (c)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) in subparagraph (1)(A) after ‘his spouse’ insert ‘the spouse of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike ‘his spouse’ and insert ‘the spouse of such employee’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) in clause 10--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘he is a’ and insert ‘such individual is a’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘his innocence’ and insert ‘the innocence of such Member’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) strike ‘he is reelected’ and insert ‘the Member is reelected’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(F) in clause 12(b)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘advises his employing authority’ and insert ‘advises the employing authority of such employee’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘from his’ and insert ‘from such’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(G) in clause 15 strike ‘his or her family member’ each place it appears and insert ‘a family member of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(21) In rule XXIV--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 1--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (a) strike ‘his use’ and insert ‘the use of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ‘his principal campaign committee’ and insert ‘the principal campaign committee of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 7 strike ‘he was’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause 8 strike ‘he is’ and insert ‘such individual is’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in clause 10 strike ‘he was’ and insert ‘such individual was’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(22) In rule XXV--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in clause 2(b) strike ‘his name’ and insert ‘the name of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in clause 4--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in paragraph (c) strike ‘his residence or principal place of employment’ and insert ‘the residence or principal place of employment of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in paragraph (d)(1)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(I) in subdivision (B) strike ‘he’ and insert ‘such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(II) in subdivision (C) strike ‘him’ and insert ‘such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(III) in subdivision (D)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(aa) strike ‘he or his family’ and insert ‘such individual or the family of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(bb) strike ‘him’ and insert ‘such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(C) in clause 5--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘his official position’ each place it appears and insert ‘the official position of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘his actual knowledge’ each place it appears and insert ‘the actual knowledge of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) strike ‘his duties’ each place it appears and insert ‘the duties of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iv) in paragraph (a)(3)(D)(ii)(I) strike ‘his relationship’ and insert ‘the relationship of such individual’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(v) in paragraph (a)(3)(G)(i) strike ‘his spouse’ and insert ‘the spouse of such individual’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in clause 6--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) strike ‘he acts’ and insert ‘acting’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) strike ‘he is’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) in clause 8 strike ‘his or her’ and insert ‘the’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(23) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike ‘him’ and insert ‘the Clerk’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(24) In clause 2 of rule XXVII, strike ‘he or she’ and insert ‘such individual’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(25) In clause 2 of rule XXIX, strike ‘the masculine gender include the feminine’ and insert ‘one gender include the other’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(m) Technical and Codifying Changes-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) In clause 2(h) of rule II, strike ‘not in session’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘in recess or adjournment’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In clause 4(b) of rule IV, strike ‘regulations that exempt’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘regulations to carry out this rule including regulations that exempt’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) In clause 5(c) of rule X--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) strike ‘temporary absence of the chairman’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘absence of the member serving as chair’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) strike ‘permanent’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) In clause 7(e) of rule X, strike ‘signed by’ and all that follows, and insert in lieu thereof ‘signed by the ranking member of the committee as it was constituted at the expiration of the preceding Congress who is a member of the majority party in the present Congress.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) In clause 8(a) of rule X, strike ‘clauses 6 and 8’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘clause 6’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) In clause 2(a) of rule XIII--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in subparagraph (1), strike ‘as privileged’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in subparagraph (2), insert ‘(other than those filed as privileged)’ after ‘reported adversely’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) In clause 5(c)(3) of rule XX, strike ‘clause 5(a) of rule XX’ and insert ‘paragraph (a)’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) In clause 6(c) of rule XX, after ‘yeas and nays’ insert ‘ordered under this clause’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) In clause 7(c)(3) of rule XXII, strike ‘motion meets’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘proponent meets’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) In clause 1(b)(2) of rule XXIV, strike ‘office space, furniture, or equipment, and’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘office space, office furniture, office equipment, or’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) In clause 5(i)(2) of rule XXV, strike ‘paragraph (1)(A)’ and insert ‘subparagraph (1)(A)’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.

(a) Budget Matters-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, references in section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in the House of Representatives as references to a joint resolution.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, in the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, that establishes prospectively for a Federal office or position a specified or minimum level of compensation to be funded by annual discretionary appropriations shall not be considered as providing new entitlement authority within the meaning of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4)(A) During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, except as provided in subsection (C), a motion that the Committee of the Whole rise and report a bill to the House shall not be in order if the bill, as amended, exceeds an applicable allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as estimated by the Committee on the Budget.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) If a point of order under subsection (A) is sustained, the Chair shall put the question: ‘Shall the Committee of the Whole rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted notwithstanding that the bill exceeds its allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974?’. Such question shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the question and an opponent but shall be decided without intervening motion.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) Subsection (A) shall not apply--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) of rule XXI; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) after disposition of a question under subsection (B) on a given bill.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) If a question under subsection (B) is decided in the negative, no further amendment shall be in order except--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) one proper amendment, which shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by the chair or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees, for the purpose of debate.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Certain Subcommittees- Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the Committee on Armed Services may have not more than seven subcommittees;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not more than seven subcommittees; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may have not more than six subcommittees.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Exercise Facilities for Former Members- During the One Hundred Eleventh Congress--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) The House of Representatives may not provide access to any exercise facility which is made available exclusively to Members and former Members, officers and former officers of the House of Representatives, and their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For purposes of this section, the term ‘Member’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Numbering of Bills- In the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the Speaker.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) Medicare Cost Containment- Section 803 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 shall not apply during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

(a) Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) ESTABLISHMENT- There is hereby established a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘select committee’).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) COMPOSITION- The select committee shall be composed of 15 members appointed by the Speaker, of whom 6 shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Minority Leader. The Speaker shall designate one member of the select committee as its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the select committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION- The select committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolution.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION- The sole authority of the select committee shall be to investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, technologies and other innovations, intended to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy and achieve substantial and permanent reductions in emissions and other activities that contribute to climate change and global warming.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) PROCEDURE- (A) Except as specified in paragraph (2), the select committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of the House, and shall be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B)(i) Rules X and XI shall apply to the select committee where not inconsistent with this resolution.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) Service on the select committee shall not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) FUNDING- To enable the select committee to carry out the purposes of this section--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) the select committee may use the services of staff of the House; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) the select committee shall be eligible for interim funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) REPORTING- The select committee may report to the House from time to time the results of its investigations and studies, together with such detailed findings and recommendations as it may deem advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to the House by December 31, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) House Democracy Assistance Commission- House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission- Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission may, in addition to collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members of other relevant committees; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is authorized to obtain from other offices of the House of Representatives.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Office of Congressional Ethics- Section 1 of House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be treated as a standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) Empanelling Investigative Subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct- The text of House Resolution 451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(f) Continuing Authorities for the Committee on the Judiciary and the Office of General Counsel-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) The House authorizes--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 111th Congress to act as the successor in interest to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 110th Congress with respect to the civil action Committee on the Judiciary v. Harriet Meirs et al., filed by the Committee on the Judiciary in the 110th Congress pursuant to House Resolution 980; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Office of General Counsel to take such steps as may be appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil action, including amending the complaint as circumstances may warrant.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2)(A) The House authorizes--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) the Committee on the Judiciary to take depositions by a member or counsel of the committee related to the investigation into the firing of certain United States Attorneys and related matters; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary, to issue subpoenas related to the investigation into the firing of certain United States Attorneys and related matters including for the purpose of taking depositions by a member or counsel of the committee.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules (when elected) or by such other procedures as the Committee on the Judiciary shall prescribe.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) The House authorizes the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Office of General Counsel to petition to join as a party to the civil action referenced in paragraph (1) any individual subpoenaed by the Committee on the Judiciary of the 110th Congress as part of its investigation into the firing of certain United States Attorneys and related matters who failed to comply with such subpoena or, at the authorization of the Speaker after consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, to initiate judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of subpoenas issued to such individuals.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS.

(a) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act- Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 11) to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. All points of order against the bill and against its consideration are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b)(1) Paycheck Fairness Act- Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 12) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. All points of order against the bill and against its consideration are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In the engrossment of H.R. 11, the Clerk shall--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) add the text of H.R. 12, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 11;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) conform the title of H.R. 11 to reflect the addition to the engrossment of H.R. 12;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 12 to the engrossment of H.R. 11, H.R. 12 shall be laid on the table.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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Clerk.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink