2. He shall allow no person to enter the room over the Hall of the House turing its sittings, and fifteen minutes efore the hour of the meeting of the House each day he shall see that the noor is cleared of all persons except those privileged to remain, and kept so until ten minutes after adjournment. RULE VI

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services

1. (a) The Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services shall be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker. the majority leader. and the minority leader, acting jointly. The Director may be removed by the House or by the Speaker. The Director shall be paid at the same rate of basic pay as the elected officers of the House.

(b) The Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services shall have extensive managerial and financial expe.

rience.

(c) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on House Administration, the Director shall have operational and financial responsibility for functions assigned by resolution of the House.

(d) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on House Administration, the Director shall develop employment standards hat provide that all employment deci. sions for functions under the Director's supervision be made in accordance with the non-discrimination provisions of clause 9 of rule XLIII and of rule LI. without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties involved. No adverse personnel action may be taken by the Director without cause.

(e) All positions under the Director shall be subject to the provisions of the House Employees Position Classification Act.

Office of Inspector General

2. (a) There is established an Office of Inspector General.

(b) The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader, acting jointly.

(c) Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on House Administration. the Inspector General shall be responsible only for

(1) conducting periodic audits of the financial functions under the Director of Non-legislative and Finan. cial Services. Clerk. Sergeant-atArms, and Doorkeeper:

(2) informing the Director or other officer who is the subject of an audit of the results of that audit and suggesting appropriate curative actions:

(3) notifying the Speaker, the majority leader, the minority leader. and the chairman and ranking minority party member of the Commit. tee on House Administration in the case of any financial irregularity dis

covered in the course of carrying out responsibilities under this rule; and (4) submitting to the Speaker. the majority leader. the minority leader. and the chairman and ranking minority party member of the Committee on House Administration and to the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight of the Committee on House Administration a report of each audit conducted under this rule.

(d) The position of Inspector Gener. al, and all positions under the Inspector General. shall be subject to the provisions of the House Employees Position Classification Act.

RULE VII

DUTIES OF THE CHAPLAIN The Chaplain shall attend at the commencement of each day's sitting of the House and open the same with prayer.

RULE VIII

DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS

1. Every Member shall be present within the Hall of the House during its sittings, unless excused or necessarily prevented; and shall vote on each question put. unless he has a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the event of such question.

2. Pairs shall be announced by the Clerk immediately before the announcement by the Chair of the result of the vote, by the House or Committee of the Whole from a written list furnished him, and signed by the Member making the statement to the Clerk, which list shall be published in the Record as a part of the proceedings, immediately following the names of those not voting. However, pairs shall be announced but once during the same legislative day.

3. (a) A Member may not authorize any other individual to cast his vote or record his presence in the House or Committee of the Whole.

(b) No individual other than a Member may cast a vote or record a Member's presence in the House or Committee of the Whole.

(c) A Member may not cast a vote for any other Member or record another Member's presence in the House or Committee of the Whole.

RULE IX

QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE

1. Questions of privilege shall be. first, those affecting the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings: and second, those affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of Members. individually, in their representative capacity only.

2. (ax1) A resolution reported as a question of the privileges of the House, or offered from the floor by the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the House, or offered as privileged under clause 1. section 7. article I of

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the Constitution. shall have prece dence of all other questions except motions to adjourn. A resolution of fered from the floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the House shall have precedence of all other questions except motions to adjcurn only at a time or place. designated by the Speaker. in the legislative schedule within two legislative days after the day on which the proponent an nounces to the House his intention to offer the resolution and the form of the resolution.

(2) The time allotted for debate on a resolution offered from the floor as a question of the privileges of the House shall be equally divided between (A) the proponent of the resolution, and (B) the leader majority the minority leader or a designee, as determined by the Speaker.

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(b) A question of personal privilege shall have precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn.

RULE X

ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF

STANDING COMMITTEES The Committees and Their Jurisdiction 1. There shall be in the House the following standing committees. each of which shall have the jurisdiction and related functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2, 3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing committee as listed in this clause shall (fn accordance with and subject to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as follows.

(a) Committee on Agriculture.

(1) Adulteration of seeds. insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves.

(2) Agriculture generally.

(3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.

(4) Agricultural colleges and experi ment stations.

(5) Agricultural economics and research.

(6) Agricultural education extension services.

(7) Agricultural production and mar keting and stabilization of prices of ag ricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution outside of the United States).

(8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.

(9) Crop insurance and soil conservation.

(10) Dairy industry.

(11) Entomology and plant quarantine.

(12) Extension of farm credit and farm security.

(13) Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

(4) The amount of new spending authority (as described in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) which is to be effective for a fiscal year, including bills and resolutions (reported by other committees) which provide new spending authority and are referred to the committee under clause 4(a). The committee shall include separate headings for "Rescissions" and Transfers of Unexpended Balances" in any bill or resolution as reported from the committee under its jurisdiction specified in subparagraph (2) or (3), with all proposed rescissions and proposed transfers listed therein; and shall include a separate section with respect to such rescissions or transfers 13 the accompanying committee

rt. In addition to its jurisdiction r the preceding provisions of this agraph. the committee shall have the fiscal oversight function provided for in clause 2(bж3) and the budget hearing function provided for clause 4(a).

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(c) Committee on Armed Services. (1) Common defense generally. (2) The Department of Defense gen. erally, including the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force gener ally.

(3) Ammunition depots: forts; arse. nals. Army, Navy, and Air Force reservations and establishments.

(4) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.

(5) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the armed forces.

(6) Scientific research and development in support of the armed services. (7) Selective service.

(8) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

(9) Soldiers and sailors' homes. (10) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

(11) Military applications of nuclear energy

In addition to its legislative jurisdic on under the preceding provisions of s paragraph (and its general over,ht function under clause 2(bж1)), he committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(a) with respect to international arms control and disarmament, and military dependents education.

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(d) Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

(1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal monetary policy.

(2) Money and credit, including currency and the issuance of notes and redemption thereof, gold and silver. including the coinage thereof; valu. ation and revaluation of the dollar. (3) Urban development.

(4) Public and private housing. (5) Economic stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, rents, and services.

(6) International finance. (7) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than transportation). (8) International Financial and Monetary organizations.

(e)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting of the following Members:

(A) Members who are members of other standing committees, including five Members who are members of the Committee on Appropriations. and five Members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means:

(B) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and

(C) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.

No Member other than the representative from the leadership of the majority party and the representative from the leadership of the minority party, shall serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than three Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses (disregard. ing for this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less than a full session in any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman having served on the com. mittee for three Congresses and having served as chairman of the com. mittee for not more than one Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the committee as chairman for one additional Congress. A minority Member having served on the committee for three Congresses and having served as the ranking minority member in the last such Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the committee as ranking minority Member for one additional Congress. All selections of Members to serve on the committee shall be made without regard to seniority.

(2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and other matters required to be referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that Act.

(3) The committee shall have the duty

(A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

(B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legisla

tion and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis.

(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures. to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures. policies, and programs with direct budget outlays. and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and

(D) to review. on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties.

(f) Committee on the District of Colum. bia.

(1) All measures relating to the mu. nicipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general, other than appropriations therefor, including

(2) Adulteration of foods and drugs. (3) Incorporation and organization of societies.

(4) Insurance, executors, administrators, wills, and divorce.

(5) Municipal code and amendments to the criminal and corporation laws. (6) Municipal and juvenile courts. (7) Public health and safety, sanitation, and quarantine regulations.

(8) Regulation of sale of intoxicating liquors.

(9) Taxes and tax sales.

(10) St. Elizabeths hospital. (g) Committee on Education and Labor. (1) Measures relating to education or labor generally.

(2) Child labor.

(3) Columbia Institution for the Deaf. Dumb, and Blind; Howard University: Freedmen's Hospital.

(4) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce.

(5) Labor standards. (6) Labor statistics.

(7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.

(8) Regulation or prevention of im portation of foreign laborers under contract.

(9) Food programs for children in schools.

(10) United States Employees' Compensation Commission.

(11) Vocational rehabilitation. (12) Wages and hours of labor. (13) Welfare of miners.

(14) Work incentive programs. In addition to its legislative jurisdic. tion under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)). the committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(c) with respect to domestic educational programs and institutions. and programs of student assistance. which are within the jurisdiction of other committees.

(h) Committee on Energy and Commerce. (1) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.

(7) Measures relating to (A) the gen. eration and marketing of power (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities). (B) the reliability and interstate transmission of. and ratemaking for. all power, and (C) the siting of generation facilities: except the installation of interconnections between Government waterpower projects.

(8) Interstate energy compacts.

(9) Measures relating to general management of the Department of Energy, and the management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(10) Inland waterways.

(11) Railroads, including railroad labor, railroad retirement and unemployment, except revenue measures related thereto.

(12) Regulation of interstate and reign communications.

(13) Securities and exchanges. (14) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.

(15) Travel and tourism.

(16) Public health and quarantine. (17) Health and health facilities. except health care supported by pay. roll deductions.

(18) Biomedical research and development.

Such committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy. In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this para. graph (and its general oversight functions under clause 2(bx1)), such committee shall have the special oversight functions provided for in clause (3)(h) with respect to all laws, programs, and Government activities affecting nucle. ar and other energy.

ip Committee on Foreign Affairs.

(1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally.

(2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in foreign Countries.

(3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and foreign nations.

(7) Measures relating to the diplo. matic service.

(8) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.

(9) Neutrality.

(10) Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.

(11) The American National Red Cross.

(12) United Nations Organizations. (13) Measures relating to international economic policy.

(14) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.

(15) International commodity agree. ments (other than those involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware. (16) Trading with the enemy. (17) International education. In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1). the committee shall have the special oversight functions provided for in clause 3(d) with respect to customs administration. intelligence activities relating to foreign policy, international financial and monetary organizations. and international fishing agreements. (j) Committee on Government Oper

ations.

(1) Budget and accounting measures. other than appropriations.

(2) The overall economy and effi ciency of Government operations and activities, including Federal procurement.

(3) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government.

(4) Intergovernmental relationships between the United States and the States and municipalities, and general revenue sharing.

(5) National archives.

(6) Measures providing for offbudget treatment of Federal agencies or programs.

(7) Measures providing exemption from reduction under any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its oversight functions under clause 2(b) (1) and (2)). the committee shall have the function of performing the activities and con. ducting the studies which are provided for in clause 4(c).

(k) Committee on House Administration. (1) Appropriations from the contingent fund.

(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts which may be charged to the contingent fund.

(3) Employment of persons by the House, including clerks for Members and committees, and reporters of debates.

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(4) Except as provided in clause 1(p)(4), matters relating to the Library of Congress and the House Library: statuary and pictures: acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol: the Botanic Gardens: manage ment of the Library of Congress, purchase of books and manuscripts. erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.

(5) Except as provided in clause 1(p)(4), matters relating to the Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions.

(6) Expenditure of contingent fund of the House.

(7) Matters relating to printing and correction the Congressional

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(8) Measures relating to accounts of the House generally.

(9) Measures relating to assignment of office space for Members and committees.

(10) Measures relating to the disposItion of useless executive papers.

(11) Measures relating to the election of the President. Vice President. or Members of Congress: corrupt prac tices: contested elections; credentials and qualifications; and Federal elections generally.

(12) Measures relating to services to the House. including the House Restaurant, parking facilities and administration of the House Office Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol. (13) Measures relating to the travel of Members of the House.

(14) Measures relating to the raising. reporting and use of campaign contributions for candidates for office of Representative in the House of Repre sentatives and of Resident Commis sioner to the United States from Puerto Rico.

(15) Measures relating to the com. pensation, retirement and other benefits of the Members, officers, and employees of the Congress.

In addition to its legislative jurisdic tion under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(bxD). the committee shall have the function of performing the duties which are provided for in clause 4(d).

(D) Committee on the Judiciary.

(1) Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal generally.

(2) Apportionment of Representatives.

(3) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage. and counterfeiting.

(4) Civil liberties.

(5) Constitutional amendments. (6) Federal courts and judges. (7) Immigration and naturalization. (8) Interstate compacts generally. (9) Local courts in the Territories and possessions.

(10) Measures relating to claims against the United States.

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(11) Meetings of Congress. attend. e of Members and their acceptance ncompatible offices.

(12) National penitentiaries. (13) Patent Office.

(14) Patents, copyrights, and trade

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(15) Presidential succession.

(16) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.

(17) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United States.

(18) State and territorial boundary lines.

(19) Communist and other subversive activities affecting the internal security of the United States.

im) Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

(1) Merchant marine generally.

(2) Oceanography and Marine Affairs. including coastal zone manage. ment.

(3) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service. lighthouses, lightships, and ocean derelicts.

(4) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and conservation

(5) Measures relating to the regulation of common carriers by water (except matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Com

ission) and to the inspection of mer. lant marine vessels, lights and sig als. lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such vessels.

(6) Merchant marine officers and

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(7) Navigation and the laws relating thereto. including pilotage.

(8) Panama Canal and the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal. including the administration. sanitation. and government of the Canal Zone: and interoceanic canals generally

(9) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.

(10) Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at

sea

(11) United States Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies. and State Maritime Academies.

(12) International fishing agree.

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in Committee on Natural Resources. (1) Forest reserves and national parks created from the public domain. (2) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands.

(3) Geological Survey.

(4) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes.

(5) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation projects. and easements of public lands for irrigation projects, and ac quisition of private lands when neces sary to complete irrigation projects.

(6) Measures relating to the care and management of Indians, including the

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care and allotment of Indian lands and general and special measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indian funds.

(7) Measures relating generally to the insular possessions of the United States, except those affecting the rev enue and appropriations

(8) Military parks and battlefields: national cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior. and parks within the District of Columbia. (9) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.

(10) Mineral resources of the public lands.

(11) Mining interests generally. (12) Mining schools and experimental stations.

(13) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.

(14) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.

(15) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon.

(16) Relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian tribes.

(17) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regu. lation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.

In addition to its legislative jurisdic tion under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight functions provided for in clause 3(e) with respect to all programs affecting Indians and nonmilitary nuclear energy and research and development including the disposal of nuclear waste.

(0) Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

(1) Census and the collection of statistics generally.

(2) All Federal Civil Service, includ ing intergovernmental personnel.

(3) Postal savings banks.

(4) Postal service generally, including the railway mail service, and measures relating to ocean mail and pneumatic-tube service, but excluding post roads.

(5) Status of officers and employees of the United States, including their compensation, classification, and retirement.

(6) Hatch Act.

(7) Holidays and celebrations. (8) Population and demography. (p) Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

(1) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.

(2) Measures relating to the Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office Buildings.

(3) Measures relating to the construction or maintenance of roads and post roads, other than appropriations therefor, but it shall not be in order for any bill providing general legisla

tion in relation to roads to contain any provision for any specific road, nor for any bill in relation to a specific road to embrace a provision in relation to any other specific road.

(4) Measures relating to the construction or reconstruction, mainte nance, and care of the buildings and grounds of the Botanic Gardens, the Library of Congress. and the Smithsonian Institution.

(5) Measures relating to the pur. chase of sites and construction of post offices, customhouses. Federal court houses. and Government buildings within the District of Columbia.

(6) Oil and other pollution of navi gable waters.

(7) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the United States generally

(8) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams).

(9) Water power.

(10) Transportation, including civil aviation except railroads. railroad labor and pensions.

(11) Roads and the safety thereof

(12) Water transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Com merce Commission.

(13) Related transportation regula tory agencies, except (A) the Interstate Commerce Commission as it relates to railroads: (B) Federal Railroad Administration; and (C) Amtrak.

(q) Committee on Rules.

(1) The rules and joint rutes (other than rules or joint rules relating to the Code of Official Conduct), and order of business of the House.

(2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.

The Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act whether or not the House is in session.

(r) Committee on Science. Space. and Technology.

(1) Astronautical research and development, including resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.

(2) National Institute of Standards and Technology. standardization of weights and measures and the metric system.

(3) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(4) National Space Council.

(5) National Science Foundation. (6) Outer space, including exploration and control thereof.

(7) Science Scholarships.

(8) Scientific research, development. and demonstration. and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy labora

tories.

(9) Civil aviation research and development.

(10) Environmental research and development.

(11) All energy research, development, and demonstration, and projects