H.Res.5 - Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.111th Congress (2009-2010)
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In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
January 6, 2009.
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.
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.
(a) Inspector General Audits.--Amend clause 6(c)(1) of rule II to read as
follows:
``(1) provide audit, investigative, and advisory services to
the House and joint entities in a manner consistent with
government-wide standards;''.
(b) Homeland Security.--In clause 3(g) of rule X, designate the existing
text as subparagraph (1) and add thereafter the following new subparagraph:
``(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.''.
(c) Additional Functions of the Committee on House Administration.--In
clause 4(d)(1) of rule X--
(1) redesignate subdivisions (B) and (C) as subdivisions (C) and (D)
and insert after subdivision (A) the following new subdivision:
``(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);''; and
(2) in subdivision (D) (as redesignated) strike ``(B)'' and insert
``(C)''.
(d) Terms of Committee Chairmen.--In clause 5 of rule X--
(1) amend paragraph (a)(2)(C) to read as follows:
``(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.''; and
(2) in paragraph (c)--
(A) strike the designation of subparagraph (1); and
(B) strike subparagraph (2).
(e) Calendar Wednesday.--
(1) In clause 6 of rule XV--
(A) in paragraph (a)--
(i) strike ``the committees'' and insert ``those
committees''; and
(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.''; and
(B) strike paragraphs (c), (d), and (f) (and redesignate
paragraph (e) as paragraph (c)).
(2) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike subparagraph (1) and the
designation ``(2)''.
(f) Postponement Authority.--In clause 1 of rule XIX, add the following new
paragraph:
``(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.''.
(g) Instructions in the Motion to Recommit.--In clause 2(b) of rule XIX--
(1) designate the existing sentence as subparagraph (1);
(2) in subparagraph (1) (as so designated)--
(A) strike ``if''; and
(B) strike ``includes instructions, it''; and
(3) add the following new subparagraph at the end:
``(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.''.
(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.''.
(i) General Appropriation Conference Reports.--In clause 9 of rule XXI--
(1) insert after paragraph (a) the following new paragraph (and
redesignate succeeding paragraphs accordingly):
``(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--
``(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; or
``(2) a statement that the proposition contains no
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff
benefits.''; and
(2) in paragraph (c) (as redesignated)--
(A) in the first sentence, after ``paragraph (a)'' insert
``or (b)''; and
(B) amend the second sentence to read as follows:
``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.''.
(j) Paygo.--
(1) Amend clause 10 of rule XXI to read as follows:
``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--
``(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; or
``(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.
``(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.
``(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.
``(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--
``(A) a bill or joint resolution;
``(B) an amendment made in order as original text by a special order
of business;
``(C) a conference report; or
``(D) an amendment between the Houses.
``(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.
``(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.''.
(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)''.
(k) Disclosure by Members of Employment Negotiations.--In clause 1 of rule
XXVII, strike ``until after his or her successor has been elected,''.
(l) Gender Neutrality.--
(1) In the standing rules--
(A) strike ``chairman'' each place it appears and insert
``chair''; and
(B) strike ``Chairman'' each place it appears and insert
``Chair'' (except in clause 4(a)(1)(B) of rule X).
(2) In rule I--
(A) in clause 1 strike ``his'';
(B) in clause 7, strike ``his'' and insert ``such'';
(C) in clause 8--
(i) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ``his''; and
(ii) in paragraph (b)(3)(B), strike ``his election
and whenever he deems'' and insert ``the election of the
Speaker and whenever''; and
(D) in clause 12--
(i) in paragraph (c) strike ``he'' and insert ``the
Speaker''; and
(ii) in paragraph (d) strike ``his opinion'' and
insert ``the opinion of the Speaker''.
(3) In rule II--
(A) in clause 1--
(i) strike ``his office'' and insert ``the office'';
(ii) strike ``his knowledge and ability'' and insert
``the knowledge and ability of the officer''; and
(iii) strike ``his department'' and insert ``the
department concerned'';
(B) in clause 2--
(i) in paragraph (b) strike ``he is required to
make'' and insert ``required to be made by such
officer'';
(ii) in paragraph (g) strike ``his temporary absence
or disability'' and insert ``the temporary absence or
disability of the Clerk''; and
(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''; and
(C) in clause 3--
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ``him'' and insert ``the
Sergeant-at-Arms'';
(ii) in paragraph (b) strike ``him'' and insert
``the Sergeant-at-Arms'';
(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ``his employees'' and
insert ``employees of the office of the Sergeant-at-
Arms''; and
(iv) in paragraph (d)--
(I) strike ``; and'' and insert ``and,'';
and
(II) strike ``he''.
(4) In rule III--
(A) in clause 1 strike ``he has'' and insert ``having''; and
(B) in clause 2(a)--
(i) strike ``his vote'' and insert ``the vote of
such Member''; and
(ii) strike ``his presence'' and insert ``the
presence of such Member''.
(5) In rule IV--
(A) in clause 4(a) strike ``he or she'' and insert ``such
individual''; and
(B) in clause 6(b) strike ``his family'' and insert ``the
family of such individual''.
(6) In rule V--
(A) strike ``administer a system subject to his direction
and control'' each place it appears and insert ``administer,
direct, and control a system'';
(B) strike ``he'' each place it appears and insert ``the
Speaker''; and
(C) in clause 3 strike ``his'' and insert ``the''.
(7) In rule VI, strike ``he'' each place it appears and insert ``the
Speaker''.
(8) In clause 7 of rule VII, strike ``his office'' each place it
appears and insert ``the office of the Clerk''.
(9) In clause 6(b) of rule VIII, strike ``he'' and insert ``the
Speaker''.
(10) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, strike ``his'' and insert ``an''.
(11) In rule X--
(A) in clause 4(f)(1), strike ``President submits his
budget'' and insert ``submission of the budget by the
President'';
(B) in clause 5--
(i) in paragraph (a)(4)--
(I) strike ``his designee'' each place it
appears and insert ``a designee''; and
(II) strike ``his respective party'' each
place it appears and insert ``the respective
party of such individual'';
(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ``he was''; and
(iii) in paragraph (c) strike ``chairmanship'' and
insert ``chair'';
(C) in clause 8--
(i) strike ``his expenses'' each place it appears
and insert ``the expenses of such individual''; and
(ii) strike ``he'' each place it appears;
(D) in clause 10(a) strike ``he is''; and
(E) in clause 11--
(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'';
(ii) in paragraph (e)(1) strike ``his employment or
contractual agreement'' and insert ``the employment or
contractual agreement of such employee or person''; and
(iii) in paragraph (g)(2)--
(I) in subdivision (B)--
(aa) strike ``he'' and insert ``the
President''; and
(bb) strike ``his''; and
(II) in subdivision (C) strike ``his''.
(12) In rule XI--
(A) in clause 2--
(i) in paragraph (c)(1) strike ``he'' and insert
``the chair''; and
(ii) in paragraph (k)(9) strike ``his testimony''
and insert ``the testimony of such witness'';
(B) in clause 3--
(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'';
(ii) in paragraph (b)--
(I) in subparagraph (2)(B) strike ``he'' and
insert ``such Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner''; and
(II) in subparagraph (5) strike ``disqualify
himself'' and insert ``seek disqualification'';
(iii) in paragraph (g)--
(I) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike ``he is'';
(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''; and
(III) in subparagraph (4)--
(aa) strike ``his or her personal
staff'' and insert ``the respective
personal staff of the chair or ranking
minority member''; and
(bb) strike ``he'' and insert ``the
chair or ranking minority member'';
(iv) in paragraph (p)--
(I) in subparagraph (2) strike ``his
counsel'' and insert ``the counsel of the
respondent'';
(II) in subparagraph (4)--
(aa) strike ``his or her counsel''
and insert ``the counsel of the
respondent''; and
(bb) strike ``his counsel'' and
insert ``the counsel of the
respondent'';
(III) in subparagraph (7) strike ``his
counsel'' and insert ``the counsel of a
respondent''; and
(IV) in subparagraph (8) strike ``him'' and
insert ``the respondent''; and
(v) in paragraph (q) strike ``his or her'' and
insert ``the''.
(13) In rule XII--
(A) in clause 2(c)(1) strike ``he'' and insert ``the
Speaker''; and
(B) in clause 3 strike ``he shall endorse his name'' and
insert ``the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall
sign it''.
(14) In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, strike ``his''.
(15) In clause 4(c)(1) of rule XVI strike ``his discretion'' and
insert ``the discretion of the Speaker''.
(16) In rule XVII--
(A) in clause 1(a) strike ``himself to `Mr. Speaker''' and
insert ``the Speaker'';
(B) in clause 6 strike ``his discretion'' and insert ``the
discretion of the Chair''; and
(C) in clause 9 strike ``he'' each place it appears and
insert ``such individual''.
(17) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, strike ``he'' each place it appears
and insert ``the Chair''.
(18) In rule XX--
(A) in clause 5--
(i) in paragraph (b) strike ``him'' and insert ``the
Sergeant-at-Arms'';
(ii) in paragraph (c)(3)(B)(I) strike ``his'' and
insert ``a''; and
(iii) in paragraph (d) strike ``he'' and insert
``the Speaker''; and
(B) in clause 6(b)--
(i) strike ``he'' and insert ``the Member''; and
(ii) strike ``his'' and insert ``such''.
(19) In clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII, strike ``his''.
(20) In rule XXIII--
(A) in clause 1 strike ``conduct himself'' and insert
``behave'';
(B) in clause 3--
(i) strike ``his beneficial interest'' and insert
``the beneficial interest of such individual''; and
(ii) strike ``his position'' and insert ``the
position of such individual'';
(C) in clause 6--
(i) in paragraph (a)--
(I) strike ``his campaign funds'' and insert
``the campaign funds of such individual''; and
(II) strike ``his personal funds'' and
insert ``the personal funds of such
individual''; and
(ii) in paragraph (c) strike ``his campaign
account'' and insert ``a campaign accounts of such
individual'';
(D) in clause 8--
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ``he'' and insert ``such
employee''; and
(ii) in paragraph (c)--
(I) in subparagraph (1)(A) after ``his
spouse'' insert ``the spouse of such
individual''; and
(II) in subparagraph (1)(B) strike ``his
spouse'' and insert ``the spouse of such
employee'';
(E) in clause 10--
(i) strike ``he is a'' and insert ``such individual
is a'';
(ii) strike ``his innocence'' and insert ``the
innocence of such Member''; and
(iii) strike ``he is reelected'' and insert ``the
Member is reelected''; and
(F) in clause 12(b)--
(i) strike ``advises his employing authority'' and
insert ``advises the employing authority of such
employee''; and
(ii) strike ``from his'' and insert ``from such'';
and
(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''.
(21) In rule XXIV--
(A) in clause 1--
(i) in paragraph (a) strike ``his use'' and insert
``the use of such individual''; and
(ii) in paragraph (b)(1) strike ``his principal
campaign committee'' and insert ``the principal campaign
committee of such individual'';
(B) in clause 7 strike ``he was'';
(C) in clause 8 strike ``he is'' and insert ``such
individual is''; and
(D) in clause 10 strike ``he was'' and insert ``such
individual was''.
(22) In rule XXV--
(A) in clause 2(b) strike ``his name'' and insert ``the name
of such individual'';
(B) in clause 4--
(i) in paragraph (c) strike ``his residence or
principal place of employment'' and insert ``the
residence or principal place of employment of such
individual''; and
(ii) in paragraph (d)(1)--
(I) in subdivision (B) strike ``he'' and
insert ``such individual'';
(II) in subdivision (C) strike ``him'' and
insert ``such individual''; and
(III) in subdivision (D)--
(aa) strike ``he or his family'' and
insert ``such individual or the family
of such individual''; and
(bb) strike ``him'' and insert
``such individual'';
(C) in clause 5--
(i) strike ``his official position'' each place it
appears and insert ``the official position of such
individual'';
(ii) strike ``his actual knowledge'' each place it
appears and insert ``the actual knowledge of such
individual'';
(iii) strike ``his duties'' each place it appears
and insert ``the duties of such individual'';
(iv) in paragraph (a)(3)(D)(ii)(I) strike ``his
relationship'' and insert ``the relationship of such
individual''; and
(v) in paragraph (a)(3)(G)(i) strike ``his spouse''
and insert ``the spouse of such individual'';
(D) in clause 6--
(i) strike ``he acts'' and insert ``acting''; and
(ii) strike ``he is''; and
(E) in clause 8 strike ``his or her'' and insert ``the''.
(23) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike ``him'' and insert ``the
Clerk''.
(24) In clause 2 of rule XXVII, strike ``he or she'' and insert
``such individual''.
(25) In clause 2 of rule XXIX, strike ``the masculine gender include
the feminine'' and insert ``one gender include the other''.
(m) Technical and Codifying Changes.--
(1) In clause 2(h) of rule II, strike ``not in session'' and insert
in lieu thereof ``in recess or adjournment''.
(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''.
(3) In clause 5(c) of rule X--
(A) strike ``temporary absence of the chairman'' and insert
in lieu thereof ``absence of the member serving as chair''; and
(B) strike ``permanent''.
(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.''.
(5) In clause 8(a) of rule X, strike ``clauses 6 and 8'' and insert
in lieu thereof ``clause 6''.
(6) In clause 2(a) of rule XIII--
(A) in subparagraph (1), strike ``as privileged''; and
(B) in subparagraph (2), insert ``(other than those filed as
privileged)'' after ``reported adversely''.
(7) In clause 5(c)(3) of rule XX, strike ``clause 5(a) of rule XX''
and insert ``paragraph (a)''.
(8) In clause 6(c) of rule XX, after ``yeas and nays'' insert
``ordered under this clause''.
(9) In clause 7(c)(3) of rule XXII, strike ``motion meets'' and
insert in lieu thereof ``proponent meets''.
(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''.
(11) In clause 5(i)(2) of rule XXV, strike ``paragraph (1)(A)'' and
insert ``subparagraph (1)(A)''.
SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.
(a) Budget Matters.--
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(C) Subsection (A) shall not apply--
(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) of rule XXI; or
(ii) after disposition of a question under subsection (B) on
a given bill.
(D) If a question under subsection (B) is decided in the negative,
no further amendment shall be in order except--
(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; and
(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.
(b) Certain Subcommittees.--Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of rule X, during
the One Hundred Eleventh Congress--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services may have not more than seven
subcommittees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not more than seven
subcommittees; and
(3) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may have not
more than six subcommittees.
(c) Exercise Facilities for Former Members.--During the One Hundred Eleventh
Congress--
(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.
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate
regulations to carry out this subsection.
(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.
(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.
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.
(a) Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.--
(1) Establishment; composition.--
(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'').
(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.
(2) Jurisdiction; functions.--
(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.
(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.
(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.
(B)(i) Rules X and XI shall apply to the select committee where not
inconsistent with this resolution.
(ii) Service on the select committee shall not count against the
limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
(4) Funding.--To enable the select committee to carry out the
purposes of this section--
(A) the select committee may use the services of staff of
the House; and
(B) the select committee shall be eligible for interim
funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X.
(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.
(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.
(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--
(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; and
(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.
(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)).
(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.
(f) Continuing Authorities for the Committee on the Judiciary and the Office
of General Counsel.--
(1) The House authorizes--
(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; and
(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.
(2)(A) The House authorizes--
(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; and
(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
(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.
(2) In the engrossment of H.R. 11, the Clerk shall--
(A) add the text of H.R. 12, as passed by the House, as new matter
at the end of H.R. 11;
(B) conform the title of H.R. 11 to reflect the addition to the
engrossment of H.R. 12;
(C) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the
engrossment; and
(D) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
(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.
Attest:
Clerk.