{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2025-01-23-pt1-PgH363", "2025-01-23", 119, 1, null, null, "PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H363", "H368", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"5\"}]", "171 Cong. Rec. H363", "Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]\n[House]\n[Pages H363-H368]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                     PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES\n\n    rules of the committee on education and workforce for the 119th\n                                congress\n\n                                         House of Representatives,\n\n                                        Committee on Education\n\n                                                and Workforce,\n\n                                 Washington, DC, January 23, 2025.\n     Hon. Mike Johnson,\n     Speaker of the House,\n     Washington, DC.\n       Dear Speaker Johnson: I hereby transmit the Rules of the\n     Committee on Education and Workforce for the 119th Congress,\n     as adopted by the Committee on January 15, 2025.\n           Sincerely,\n                                                      Tim Walberg,\n                                                         Chairman.\n\n           rule 1. regular, additional, and special meetings\n\n       (a) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held on the\n     second Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m., while the House\n     is in session. The Committee shall meet for the consideration\n     of a bill or resolution pending before the Committee or the\n     transaction of other committee business on regular meeting\n     days fixed by the Committee if notice is given in accordance\n     with clause 2(g)(3) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives.\n       (b) The Chair may call and convene, as he or she considers\n     necessary, additional meetings of the Committee for the\n     consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the\n     Committee or for the conduct of other Committee business.\n       (c) If at least three members of the Committee desire that\n     a special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chair,\n     those members may file with the clerk of the Committee their\n     written request to the Chair for that special meeting.\n     Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff\n     director of the Committee shall notify the Chair of the\n     filing of the request. If, within three calendar days after\n     the filing of the request, the Chair does not call the\n     requested special meeting to be held within seven calendar\n     days after the filing of the request, a majority of the\n     members of the Committee may file with the clerk of the\n     Committee their written notice that a special meeting of the\n     Committee will be held, specifying the date and hour thereof,\n     and the measure or matter to be considered at that special\n     meeting. Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the staff\n     director of the Committee shall notify all members of the\n     Committee that such meeting will be held and inform them of\n     its date and hour and the measure or matter to be considered.\n     Such notice shall also be made publicly available in\n     electronic form and shall satisfy the notice requirements in\n     clause 2(g)(3)(A)(ii) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives. The Committee shall meet on that date and\n     hour and only the measure or matter specified in that notice\n     may be considered at that special meeting.\n       (d) Legislative meetings of the Committee and its\n     subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio,\n     television, and still photography coverage, unless such\n     meetings are closed pursuant to the requirements of the Rules\n     of the House of Representatives. No business meeting of the\n     Committee, other than regularly scheduled meetings, may be\n     held without each member being given reasonable notice.\n       (e) The Chair of the Committee or of a subcommittee, as\n     appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings. In the\n     absence of the Chair of the Committee or of a subcommittee,\n     members shall preside as provided in clause 2(d) of Rule XI\n     of the Rules of\n\n[[Page H364]]\n\n     the House of Representatives. No person other than a Member\n     of Congress or Congressional staff may walk in, stand in, or\n     be seated at the rostrum area during a meeting or hearing of\n     the Committee or subcommittee unless authorized by the Chair.\n\n                            rule 2. decorum\n\n       The Chair shall enforce decorum.\n\n            rule 3. standing subcommittees and jurisdiction\n\n       (a) There shall be four standing subcommittees. In addition\n     to conducting oversight in the area of their respective\n     jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of Rule X of the Rules\n     of the House of Representatives, each subcommittee shall have\n     the following jurisdiction:\n       Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary\n     Education.--Education from early learning through the high\n     school level, including but not limited to elementary and\n     secondary education, special education, homeless education,\n     and migrant education; overseas dependent schools; career and\n     technical education; school safety and alcohol and drug abuse\n     prevention; school lunch and child nutrition programs;\n     educational research and improvement including the Institute\n     of Education Sciences; environmental education; pre-service\n     and in-service teacher professional development including\n     Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and\n     Title II of the Higher Education Act; early care and\n     education programs including the Head Start Act and the Child\n     Care and Development Block Grant Act; adolescent development\n     programs, including but not limited to those providing for\n     the care and treatment of certain at-risk youth, including\n     the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and the\n     Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; and all matters dealing with\n     child abuse and domestic violence, including the Child Abuse\n     Prevention and Treatment Act and child adoption.\n       Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce\n     Development.--Education and workforce development beyond the\n     high school level, including but not limited to higher\n     education generally, postsecondary student assistance and\n     employment services, and the Higher Education Act; Title IX\n     of the Education Amendments of 1972; all domestic volunteer\n     programs; all programs related to the arts and humanities,\n     museum and library services, and arts and artifacts\n     indemnity; postsecondary career and technical education,\n     apprenticeship programs, and workforce development, including\n     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, vocational\n     rehabilitation, and workforce development programs from\n     immigration funding; science and technology programs; adult\n     basic education (family literacy); all welfare reform\n     programs, including work incentive programs and welfare-to-\n     work requirements; poverty programs, including the Community\n     Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy\n     Assistance Program (LIHEAP); the Native American Programs\n     Act; the Institute of Peace; and all matters dealing with\n     programs and services for the elderly including nutrition\n     programs and the Older Americans Act.\n       Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and hours of\n     workers, including but not limited to the Davis-Bacon Act,\n     the Walsh-Healey Act, the Service Contract Act, and the Fair\n     Labor Standards Act; workers' compensation including the\n     Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor\n     Workers' Compensation Act, and the Black Lung Benefits Act;\n     the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act;\n     the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Worker Adjustment and\n     Retraining Notification Act; the Employee Polygraph\n     Protection Act of 1988; trade and immigration issues as they\n     affect employers and workers; workers' safety and health,\n     including but not limited to occupational safety and health,\n     mine safety and health, and migrant and agricultural worker\n     safety and health; and all matters related to equal\n     employment opportunity and civil rights in employment.\n       Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.--\n     All matters dealing with relationships between employers and\n     employees, including but not limited to the National Labor\n     Relations Act, the Labor-Management Relations Act, and the\n     Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; the Bureau of\n     Labor Statistics; and employment-related health and\n     retirement security, including pension, health, and other\n     employee benefits and the Employee Retirement Income Security\n     Act (ERISA).\n       (b) The majority party members of the Committee may provide\n     for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be\n     appropriate.\n\n                     rule 4. ex officio membership\n\n       The Chair of the Committee and the ranking minority party\n     member (``Ranking Member'') shall be ex officio members, but\n     not voting members, of each subcommittee to which such Chair\n     or Ranking Member has not been assigned and as ex officio\n     members they shall not be counted for the purpose of\n     constituting a quorum.\n\n                    rule 5. subcommittee scheduling\n\n       (a) A Subcommittee chair shall set meeting or hearing dates\n     after consultation with the Chair and other subcommittee\n     chairs with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of\n     Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever\n     possible. No such meetings or hearings, however, shall be\n     held outside of Washington, D.C., without the prior\n     authorization of the Committee Chair. Where practicable, 14\n     days' notice will be given of such meeting or hearing.\n       (b) Available dates for subcommittee meetings shall be\n     assigned by the Chair to the subcommittees as nearly as\n     practicable in rotation and in accordance with their\n     workloads. As far as practicable, the Chair shall not\n     schedule simultaneous subcommittee markups, a subcommittee\n     markup during a full Committee markup, or any hearing during\n     a markup.\n\n                       rule 6. subcommittee rules\n\n       The rules of the Committee shall be the rules of its\n     subcommittees.\n\n                 rule 7. special assignment of members\n\n       To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and\n     investigative activities of the Committee, the Chair of the\n     Committee may, at the request of a subcommittee chair, make a\n     temporary assignment of any member of the Committee to such\n     subcommittee for the purpose of constituting a quorum and of\n     enabling such member to participate in any public hearing,\n     investigation, or study by such subcommittee to be held\n     outside of Washington, D.C. Any member of the Committee may\n     attend public hearings of any subcommittee and any member of\n     the Committee may question witnesses only when they have been\n     recognized by the Chair for that purpose.\n\n                       rule 8. hearing procedure\n\n       (a) The Chair, in the case of hearings to be conducted by\n     the Committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chair, in the\n     case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, shall\n     make public announcement of the date, place, and subject\n     matter of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or\n     matter at least one week before the commencement of that\n     hearing unless the Chair of the Committee, with the\n     concurrence of the Ranking Member, determines that there is\n     good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date or the\n     Committee so determines by majority vote in the presence of\n     the number of members required under the rules of the\n     Committee for the transaction of business. In the latter\n     event, the Chair or the subcommittee chair, as the case may\n     be, shall have such an announcement promptly published in the\n     Daily Digest and made publicly available in electronic form.\n     To the extent practicable, the Chair or the subcommittee\n     chair shall make public announcement of the final list of\n     witnesses scheduled to testify at least 48 hours before the\n     commencement of the hearing. The staff director of the\n     Committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the\n     Congressional Record as soon as practicable after such public\n     announcement is made.\n       (b) Subcommittees are authorized to hold hearings, receive\n     exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the Committee for\n     final action, together with such recommendations as may be\n     agreed upon by the subcommittee. As practicable, such\n     exhibits, including videos, shall be provided to the Chair\n     the day before a hearing.\n       (c) All opening statements at hearings conducted by the\n     Committee or any subcommittee will be made part of the\n     permanent written record. Opening statements by members may\n     not be presented orally, unless the Chair of the Committee or\n     any subcommittee determines that one statement from the Chair\n     or a designee will be presented, in which case the Ranking\n     Member or a designee may also make a statement. If a witness\n     scheduled to testify at any hearing of the Committee or any\n     subcommittee is a constituent of a member of the Committee or\n     subcommittee, such member shall be entitled to briefly\n     introduce such witness at the hearing.\n       (d) To the extent practicable, witnesses who are to appear\n     before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with the\n     staff director of the Committee, at least 48 hours in advance\n     of their appearance, a written statement of their proposed\n     testimony, together with a brief summary thereof, and shall\n     limit their oral presentation to a summary thereof of no more\n     than five minutes. The staff director of the Committee shall\n     promptly furnish to the staff director of the minority a copy\n     of such testimony submitted to the Committee pursuant to this\n     rule. The Chair of the Committee, or a member designated by\n     the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses.\n       (e) When any hearing is conducted by the Committee or any\n     subcommittee upon any measure or matter, the minority party\n     members on the Committee shall be entitled, upon request to\n     the Chair by a majority of those minority party members\n     before the completion of such hearing, to call witnesses\n     selected by the minority to testify with respect to that\n     measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.\n     The minority party may waive this right by calling at least\n     one witness during a Committee hearing or subcommittee\n     hearing.\n       (f) In the conduct of hearings of subcommittees sitting\n     jointly, the rules otherwise applicable to all subcommittees\n     shall likewise apply to joint subcommittee hearings for\n     purposes of such shared consideration.\n\n                rule 9. questioning of hearing witnesses\n\n       (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), and (d), a Committee\n     member may question hearing witnesses only when the member\n     has been recognized by the Chair for that purpose, and only\n     for a five-minute period until all members present have had\n     an opportunity to\n\n[[Page H365]]\n\n     question a witness. The questioning of witnesses in both\n     Committee and subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the\n     Chair, followed by the Ranking Member and all other members\n     alternating between the majority and minority party. The\n     Chair shall exercise discretion in determining the order in\n     which members will be recognized. In recognizing members to\n     question witnesses in this fashion, the Chair shall take into\n     consideration the ratio of the majority to minority party\n     members present and shall establish the order of recognition\n     for questioning in such a manner as not to place the members\n     of the majority party in a disadvantageous position.\n       (b) The Chair may permit a specified number of members to\n     question a witness for longer than five minutes. The time for\n     extended questioning of a witness under this clause shall be\n     equal for the majority party and the minority party and may\n     not exceed one hour in the aggregate.\n       (c) The Chair may permit Committee staff for the majority\n     and the minority party members to question a witness for\n     equal specified periods. The time for extended questioning of\n     a witness under this clause shall be equal for the majority\n     party and the minority party and may not exceed one hour in\n     the aggregate.\n       (d) In an investigative hearing or in an executive session,\n     the Chairs authority to extend questioning under subsection\n     (b) and (c) of this rule shall be equal for the majority and\n     the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the\n     aggregate and shall only be conducted by counsel for the\n     majority and the minority party when authorized under\n     subsection (c) of this rule.\n       (e) Each member may submit to the chair of the Committee\n     additional questions for the record, to be answered by the\n     witnesses who have appeared. Each member shall provide a copy\n     of the questions in an electronic format to the clerk of the\n     Committee no later than 10 business days following a hearing.\n     The chair shall transmit all questions received from members\n     of the Committee to the appropriate witnesses and include the\n     transmittal letter and the responses from the witnesses in\n     the hearing record. After consultation with the ranking\n     minority member, the chair is authorized to close the hearing\n     record no earlier than 120 days from the date the questions\n     were transmitted to the appropriate witnesses. Members\n     assigned to a subcommittee may submit questions for the\n     record to such subcommittee in a manner consistent with this\n     Rule.\n\n                      rule 10. subpoena authority\n\n       The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to\n     the Chair of the full Committee, as provided for under clause\n     2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives. The Chair shall notify the Ranking Member\n     prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To the\n     extent practicable, the Chair shall consult with the Ranking\n     Member at least 24 hours in advance of a subpoena being\n     issued under such authority, excluding Saturdays, Sundays,\n     and federal holidays. As soon as practicable after issuing\n     any subpoena under such authority, the Chair shall notify in\n     writing all members of the Committee of the issuance of the\n     subpoena.\n\n                     rule 11. deposition procedure\n\n       (a) Consistent with House Rules, in accordance with Section\n     3(t) of H. Res. 5, the Chair, upon consultation with the\n     Ranking Member, may order the taking of depositions pursuant\n     to notice or subpoena as contemplated by this rule.\n       (b) The Chair or majority staff shall consult with the\n     Ranking Member or minority staff no less than three business\n     days before any notice or subpoena for a deposition is\n     issued. After such consultation, all members shall receive\n     written notice that a notice or subpoena for a deposition\n     will be issued.\n       (c) A notice or subpoena issued under this rule shall\n     specify the date, time, and place of the deposition and the\n     method or methods by which the deposition will be recorded.\n     Prior to testifying, a deponent shall be provided with a copy\n     of the Committees rules and the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives.\n       (d)(1) A deposition shall be conducted by one or more\n     members or Committee counsel(s) as designated by the Chair or\n     Ranking Member.\n       (2) A deposition shall be taken under oath or affirmation\n     administered by a member or a person otherwise authorized to\n     administer oaths and affirmations.\n       (e) A deponent may be accompanied at a deposition by\n     counsel to advise the deponent of the deponents rights. Only\n     members and Committee counsel, however, may examine the\n     deponent. No one may be present at a deposition other than\n     members, Committee staff designated by the Chair or Ranking\n     Member, such individuals as may be required to administer the\n     oath or affirmation and transcribe or record the proceedings,\n     the deponent, and the deponents counsel (including personal\n     counsel and counsel for the entity employing the deponent if\n     the scope of the deposition is expected to cover actions\n     taken as part of the deponents employment). Observers or\n     counsel for other persons or entities may not attend.\n       (f)(1) Unless the majority, minority, and deponent agree\n     otherwise, questions in a deposition shall be propounded in\n     rounds, alternating between the majority and minority. A\n     single round shall not exceed 60 minutes per side, unless the\n     members or counsel conducting the deposition agree to a\n     different length of questioning. In each round, a member or\n     Committee counsel(s) designated by the Chair shall ask\n     questions first, and the member or Committee counsel(s)\n     designated by the Ranking Member shall ask questions second.\n       (2) Any objection made during a deposition must be stated\n     concisely and in a nonargumentative and non-suggestive\n     manner. Deponent may refuse to answer a question only to\n     preserve a privilege. When the deponent has objected and\n     refused to answer a question to preserve a privilege, the\n     Chair may rule on any such objection in a manner consistent\n     with House Regulations. If the Chair overrules any such\n     objection and thereby orders a deponent to answer any\n     question to which a privilege objection was lodged, such\n     ruling shall be filed with the clerk of the Committee and\n     shall be provided to members and the deponent no less than\n     three days before the ruling is enforced at a reconvened\n     deposition. If a member of the Committee appeals in writing\n     the ruling of the Chair, the appeal shall be preserved for\n     Committee consideration. A deponent who refuses to answer a\n     question after being directed to answer by the Chair in\n     writing may be subject to sanction, except that no sanctions\n     may be imposed if the ruling of the Chair is reversed on\n     appeal. In all cases, when deposition testimony for which an\n     objection has been made is offered for admission in evidence\n     before the Committee, all properly lodged objections then\n     made shall be timely and shall be considered by the Committee\n     prior to admission in evidence before the Committee.\n       (g) Deposition testimony shall be transcribed by\n     stenographic means and may also be video recorded. The clerk\n     of the Committee shall receive the transcript and any video\n     recording and promptly forward such to minority staff at the\n     same time the clerk distributes such to other majority staff.\n       (h) The individual administering the oath shall certify on\n     the transcript that the deponent was duly sworn. The\n     transcriber shall certify that the transcript is a true,\n     verbatim record of the testimony, and the transcript and any\n     exhibits shall be filed, as shall any video recording, with\n     the clerk of the Committee. In no case shall any video\n     recording be considered the official transcript of a\n     deposition or otherwise supersede the certified written\n     transcript.\n       (i) After receiving the transcript, majority staff shall\n     make available in a manner to be determined by the Chair the\n     transcript for review by the deponent or deponent's counsel.\n     No later than ten business days thereafter, the deponent may\n     submit suggested changes to the Chair. Committee majority\n     staff may direct the clerk of the Committee to note any\n     typographical errors, including any requested by the deponent\n     or minority staff, via an errata sheet appended to the\n     transcript. Any proposed substantive changes, modifications,\n     clarifications, or amendments to the deposition testimony\n     must be submitted by the deponent as an affidavit that\n     includes the deponent's reasons therefore. Any substantive\n     changes, modifications, clarifications, or amendments shall\n     be included as an appendix to the transcript, a copy of which\n     shall be promptly forwarded to minority staff.\n       (j) The Chair and Ranking Member shall consult regarding\n     the release of deposition transcript or electronic\n     recordings. If either objects in writing to a proposed\n     release of a deposition transcript or electronic recording or\n     a portion thereof, the matter shall be promptly referred to\n     the Committee for resolution.\n\n                            rule 12. quorums\n\n       One-third of the members of the Committee or subcommittee\n     shall constitute a quorum for taking any action other than\n     amending Committee rules, closing a meeting from the public,\n     reporting a measure or recommendation, or in the case of the\n     Committee or a subcommittee authorizing a subpoena. For the\n     enumerated actions, a majority of the Committee or\n     subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any two members shall\n     constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and\n     receiving evidence.\n\n       rule 13. referral of bills, resolutions, and other matters\n\n       (a) The Chair shall consult with subcommittee chairs\n     regarding referral to the appropriate subcommittees of such\n     bills, resolutions, and other matters that have been referred\n     to the Committee. Once copies of a bill, resolution, or other\n     matter are available to the Committee, the Chair shall,\n     within three weeks of such availability, provide notice of\n     referral, if any, to the appropriate subcommittee.\n       (b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be made until\n     three days have elapsed after written notification of such\n     proposed referral to all subcommittee chairs, at which time\n     such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more\n     subcommittee chair shall have given written notice to the\n     Chair of the full Committee and to the chair of each\n     subcommittee that he or she intends to question such proposed\n     referral at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the\n     Committee, or at a special meeting of the Committee called\n     for that purpose, at which time referral shall be made by the\n     majority members of the Committee. All bills shall be\n     referred under this rule to the subcommittee of proper\n     jurisdiction without regard to whether the author is or is\n     not a member of the subcommittee. Upon a majority vote of the\n     Committee, a bill, resolution, or other matter referred to a\n     subcommittee in accordance with this rule\n\n[[Page H366]]\n\n     may be recalled at any time for the Committees direct\n     consideration or for reference to another subcommittee.\n       (c) The Chair shall announce the date, place, and subject\n     matter of a Committee meeting, which may not commence earlier\n     than the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or\n     legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a\n     day) on which members have notice thereof; but this\n     requirement may be waived if the Chair of the Committee, with\n     the concurrence of the Ranking Member, determines that there\n     is good cause or the Committee so determines by majority vote\n     in the presence of the number of members required under the\n     rules of the Committee for the transaction of such business.\n       (d) When a bill or resolution is being considered by the\n     Committee or a subcommittee, members shall provide the clerk\n     in a timely manner a sufficient number of written copies of\n     any amendment offered, so as to enable each member present to\n     receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. However, if\n     directed by the Chair or majority staff, an electronic\n     submission to the clerk in a timely manner, in the manner\n     prescribed by the Chair or majority staff, shall satisfy the\n     requirement to provide the clerk in a timely manner a\n     sufficient number of written copies of any amendment offered.\n     A point of order may be made against any amendment not\n     reduced to writing. A copy of each such amendment shall be\n     maintained in the public records of the Committee or\n     subcommittee, as the case may be.\n       (e) In determining the order in which amendments to a\n     matter pending before the Committee or a subcommittee will be\n     considered, the Chair may give priority to:\n       (1) The Chair's mark, and\n       (2) Amendments, otherwise in order, including amendments in\n     the nature of a substitute, that have been filed with the\n     Committee at least 24 hours prior to the Committee or\n     subcommittee business meeting on said measure or matter.\n       (f) The Chair shall provide, in a timely manner,\n     electronically or in paper form to the Ranking Member a copy\n     of each report received by the Chair that is authorized by\n     statute to be transmitted to Congress and addressed by Rule\n     II, section 2(b) of the Rules of the House of Representative,\n     unless such report has been specifically marked as already\n     having been sent to the Ranking Member or Minority Committee\n     staff.\n       (g) The Chair or majority staff shall consult with the\n     Ranking Member or minority staff before waiving Committee\n     consideration of a bill referred to the Committee. The Chair\n     shall provide to the Ranking Member a copy of any Committee\n     letter exchanged with another committee waiving Committee\n     consideration of a bill referred to the Committee within 24\n     hours of issuing such a letter.\n\n                             rule 14. votes\n\n       (a) With respect to each roll call vote on a motion to\n     report any bill, resolution, or matter of a public character,\n     and on any amendment offered thereto, the total number of\n     votes cast for and against, and the names of those members\n     voting for and against, shall be included in the Committee\n     report on the measure or matter.\n       (b) In accordance with clause 2(h) of Rule XI of the Rules\n     of the House of Representatives, the Chair of the Committee\n     or a subcommittee is authorized to postpone further\n     proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the question of\n     approving a measure or matter or on adopting an amendment.\n     Such Chair may resume proceedings on a postponed request at\n     any time after reasonable notice. When proceedings resume on\n     a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening order\n     for the previous question, an underlying proposition shall\n     remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same\n     extent as when the question was postponed.\n       (c) The chair may conduct any record vote by electronic\n     device in accordance with clause 2(n) of Rule XI.\n\n                     rule 15. records and rollcalls\n\n       (a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the\n     Committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the\n     votes on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The\n     result of each such roll call vote shall be made available by\n     the Committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at\n     reasonable times and shall be made available on the\n     Committees website within 48 hours of such record vote.\n     Information so available for public inspection and on the\n     Committee's website shall include a description of the\n     amendment, motion, order, or other proposition; the name of\n     each member voting for and each member voting against such\n     amendment, motion, order, or proposition; and the names of\n     those members present but not voting. The text of an\n     amendment offered to a measure or matter considered in\n     Committee shall be made publicly available in electronic form\n     not later than 24 hours after its final disposition in\n     Committee. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the\n     members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by\n     any one member.\n       (b) In accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House\n     of Representatives, any official permanent record of the\n     Committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight,\n     or other activity of the Committee or any subcommittee) shall\n     be made available for public use if such record has been in\n     existence for 30 years, except that--\n       (1) any record that the Committee (or a subcommittee) makes\n     available for public use before such record is delivered to\n     the Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII of the Rules of the\n     House of Representatives shall be made available immediately,\n     including any record described in subsection (a) of this\n     Rule;\n       (2) any investigative record that contains personal data\n     relating to a specific living individual (the disclosure of\n     which would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy),\n     any administrative record with respect to personnel, and any\n     record with respect to a hearing closed pursuant to clause\n     2(g)(2) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives shall be available if such record has been in\n     existence for 50 years; or\n       (3) except as otherwise provided by order of the House of\n     Representatives, any record of the Committee for which a\n     time, schedule, or condition for availability is specified by\n     order of the Committee (entered during the Congress in which\n     the record is made or acquired by the Committee) shall be\n     made available in accordance with the order of the Committee.\n       (c) The official permanent records of the Committee include\n     noncurrent records of the Committee (including subcommittees)\n     delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the\n     Archivist of the United States for preservation at the\n     National Archives and Records Administration, which are the\n     property of and remain subject to the rules and orders of the\n     House of Representatives.\n       (d)(1) Any order of the Committee with respect to any\n     matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be\n     adopted only if the notice requirements of Committee Rule\n     12(c) have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the\n     members of the Committee is present at the time of the vote,\n     and a majority of those present and voting approve the\n     adoption of the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk\n     of the House of Representatives, together with any\n     accompanying report.\n       (2) This subsection applies to any order of the Committee\n     that--\n       (A) provides for the non-availability of any record subject\n     to subsection (b) of this rule for a period longer than the\n     period otherwise applicable; or\n       (B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order under\n     clause 4(b) of Rule VII of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives, regarding a determination of the Clerk of\n     the House of Representatives with respect to authorizing the\n     Archivist of the United States to make available for public\n     use the records delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of\n     Rule VII of the Rules of the House of Representatives; or\n       (C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for\n     availability pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this Rule.\n\n                            rule 16. reports\n\n       (a) Reports of the Committee. All Committee reports on\n     bills or resolutions shall comply with the provisions of\n     clause 2 of Rule XI and clauses 2, 3, and 4 of Rule XIII of\n     the Rules of the House of Representatives.\n       (1) No such report shall be filed until copies of the\n     proposed report have been available to all members at least\n     36 hours prior to such filing in the House of\n     Representatives. No material change shall be made in the\n     report distributed to members unless agreed to by the Ranking\n     Member; but any member or members of the Committee may file,\n     as part of the printed report, individual, minority, or\n     dissenting views, without regard to the preceding provisions\n     of this rule.\n       (2) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the\n     end of the period provided under clause 2(1) of Rule XI of\n     the Rules of the House of Representatives after the Committee\n     approves a measure or matter if a member, at the time of such\n     approval, gives notice of intention to file supplemental,\n     minority, or additional views for inclusion as part of the\n     printed report.\n       (3) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant\n     to a Committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall\n     be available to members no later than 48 hours prior to\n     consideration of any such report by the Committee or\n     subcommittee, as the case may be.\n       (4) No such report shall be filed until copies of the\n     proposed report have been available to all members at least\n     36 hours prior to such filing in the House of\n     Representatives. No material change shall be made in the\n     report distributed to members unless agreed to by the Ranking\n     Member; but any member or members of the Committee may file,\n     as part of the printed report, individual, minority, or\n     dissenting views, without regard to the preceding provisions\n     of this rule.\n       (5) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the\n     end of the period provided under clause 2(1) of Rule XI of\n     the Rules of the House of Representatives after the Committee\n     approves a measure or matter if a member, at the time of such\n     approval, gives notice of intention to file supplemental,\n     minority, or additional views for inclusion as part of the\n     printed report.\n       (6) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant\n     to a Committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall\n     be available to members no later than 48 hours prior to\n     consideration of any such report by the Committee or\n     subcommittee, as the case may be.\n       (b) Disclaimers.\n       (1) A report on activities of the Committee required under\n     clause 1 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives shall\n\n[[Page H367]]\n\n     include the following disclaimer in the document transmitting\n     the report to the Clerk of the House of Representatives:\n       This report has not been officially adopted by the\n     Committee on Education and Workforce (or any subcommittee\n     thereof) and therefore may not necessarily reflect the views\n     of its members.\n       Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was\n     circulated to all members of the Committee at least seven\n     days prior to its submission to the House of Representatives\n     and provision is made for the filing by any member, as part\n     of the printed report, of individual, minority, or dissenting\n     views.\n       (2) All Committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant\n     to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a\n     majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee, as\n     appropriate, shall contain the following disclaimer on the\n     cover of such report:\n       This report has not been officially adopted by the\n     Committee on Education and Workforce (or pertinent\n     subcommittee thereof) and therefore may not necessarily\n     reflect the views of its members.\n       The minority party members of the Committee or subcommittee\n     shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and\n     holidays, to file, as part of the printed report,\n     supplemental, minority, or additional views.\n       (c) Reports of Subcommittees. Whenever a subcommittee has\n     ordered a bill, resolution, or other matter to be reported to\n     the Committee, the chair of the subcommittee reporting the\n     bill, resolution, or matter to the Committee, or any member\n     authorized by the subcommittee to do so, may report such\n     bill, resolution, or matter to the Committee. It shall be the\n     duty of the chair of the subcommittee to report or cause to\n     be reported promptly such bill, resolution, or matter, and to\n     take or cause to be taken the necessary steps to bring such\n     bill, resolution, or matter to a vote.\n       (1) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in\n     subsection (c)(2) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a\n     measure which has been approved by the subcommittee shall be\n     filed within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which\n     the House is not in session) after the day on which there has\n     been filed with the staff director of the Committee a written\n     request, signed by a majority of the members of the\n     subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the\n     filing of any such request, the staff director of the\n     Committee shall transmit immediately to the chair of the\n     subcommittee a notice of the filing of that request.\n       (2) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported\n     by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the\n     agenda of the Committee as of the time they are reported. No\n     bill or resolution or other matter reported by a subcommittee\n     shall be considered by the full Committee unless it has been\n     delivered or electronically sent to all members and notice of\n     its prior transmission has been in the hands of all members\n     at least 48 hours prior to such consideration. When a bill is\n     reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be\n     accompanied by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the\n     Chair of the Committee so requires (in response to a request\n     from the Ranking Member of the Committee or for other\n     reasons), a comparison showing proposed changes in existing\n     law.\n\n rule 17. appointment of conferees, notice of conference meetings, and\n                           conference motion\n\n       (a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes\n     necessary to appoint conferees, the Chair shall recommend to\n     the Speaker as conferees the names of those members of the\n     subcommittee that handled the legislation in the order of\n     their seniority upon such subcommittee and such other\n     Committee members as the Chair may designate with the\n     approval of the majority party members. Recommendations of\n     the Chair to the Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority\n     party members to minority party members no less favorable to\n     the majority party than the ratio of majority members to\n     minority party members on the full Committee. In making\n     assignments of minority party members as conferees, the Chair\n     shall consult with the Ranking Member of the Committee.\n       (b) After the appointment of conferees pursuant to clause\n     11 of Rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives for\n     matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, the Chair\n     shall notify all members appointed to the conference\n     of meetings at least 48 hours before the commencement of\n     the meeting. If such notice is not possible, then notice\n     shall be given as soon as possible.\n       (c) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1\n     of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives\n     whenever the Chair considers it appropriate.\n\n          rule 18. measures to be considered under suspension\n\n       (a) A member of the Committee may not seek to suspend the\n     Rules of the House of Representatives on any bill,\n     resolution, or other matter that has been modified after such\n     measure is ordered reported, unless notice of such action has\n     been given to the Chair and Ranking Member of the full\n     Committee.\n       (b) The Chair of the Committee shall not request to have\n     scheduled any bill or resolution for consideration under\n     suspension of the Rules that expresses appreciation,\n     commends, congratulates, celebrates, recognizes the\n     accomplishments of, or celebrates the anniversary of, an\n     entity, event, group, individual, institution, team, or\n     government program; or acknowledges or recognizes a period of\n     time for such purposes.\n\n        rule 19. broadcasting of committee hearings and meetings\n\n       (a) Television, Radio and Still Photography.--\n       (1) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the\n     Committee or any subcommittee is open to the public, those\n     proceedings shall be open to coverage by television, radio,\n     and still photography subject to the requirements of clause 4\n     of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and\n     except when the hearing or meeting is closed pursuant to the\n     Rules of the House of Representatives and of the Committee.\n     The coverage of any hearing or meeting of the Committee or\n     any subcommittee thereof by television, radio, or still\n     photography shall be under the direct supervision of the\n     Chair of the Committee, the subcommittee chair, or other\n     member of the Committee presiding at such hearing or meeting\n     and may be terminated by such member in accordance with the\n     Rules of the House of Representatives.\n       (2) Personnel providing coverage by the television and\n     radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio\n     and Television Correspondents' Galleries.\n       (3) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall\n     be then accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery.\n       (b) Audio and Video Coverage of Committee Hearings and\n     Meetings.-- To the maximum extent practicable, the Committee\n     shall provide audio and video coverage of each hearing or\n     meeting for the transaction of business in a manner that\n     allows the public to easily listen to and view the\n     proceedings and shall maintain the recordings of such\n     coverage in a manner that is easily accessible to the public,\n     unless such hearing or meeting is closed pursuant to the\n     Rules of the House of Representatives and of the Committee.\n     Such coverage shall be fair and nonpartisan in accordance\n     with clause 4(b) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\n     Representatives and other applicable rules of the House of\n     Representatives and of the Committee. Personnel providing\n     such coverage shall be employees of the House of\n     Representatives or currently accredited to the Radio and\n     Television Correspondents' Galleries.\n\n                        rule 20. committee staff\n\n       (a) The employees of the Committee shall be appointed by\n     the Chair in consultation with subcommittee chairs and other\n     majority party members of the Committee within the budget\n     approved for such purposes by the Committee.\n       (b) The staff appointed by the minority shall have their\n     remuneration determined in such manner as the minority party\n     members of the Committee shall determine within the budget\n     approved for such purposes by the Committee.\n\n           rule 21. supervision and duties of committee staff\n\n       The staff of the Committee shall be under the general\n     supervision and direction of the Chair, who shall establish\n     and assign the duties and responsibilities of such staff\n     members and delegate authority as he or she determines\n     appropriate. The staff appointed by the minority shall be\n     under the general supervision and direction of the minority\n     party members of the Committee, who may delegate such\n     authority as they determine appropriate. All Committee staff\n     shall be assigned to Committee business and no other duties\n     may be assigned to them.\n\n                   rule 22. authorization for travel\n\n       (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such\n     additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the\n     provisions of this rule shall govern travel of Committee\n     members and staff. Travel to be paid from funds set aside for\n     the full Committee for any member or any staff member shall\n     be paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chair.\n     Travel may be authorized by the Chair for any member and any\n     staff member in connection with the attendance of hearings\n     conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee thereof and\n     meetings, conferences, and investigations that involve\n     activities or subject matter under the general jurisdiction\n     of the Committee. The Chair shall review travel requests to\n     assure the validity to Committee business. Before such\n     authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the Chair\n     in writing the following:\n       (1) The purpose of the travel;\n       (2) The dates during which the travel is to be made and the\n     date or dates of the event for which the travel is being\n     made;\n       (3) The location of the event for which the travel is to be\n     made; and\n       (4) The names of members and staff seeking authorization.\n       (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of\n     members and staff of the Committee for the purpose of\n     conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending\n     meetings and conferences involving activities or subject\n     matter under the legislative assignment of the Committee or\n     pertinent subcommittees, prior authorization must be obtained\n     from the Chair, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from the\n     subcommittee chair and the Chair. Before such authorization\n     is given, there shall be submitted to the Chair, in writing,\n     a request for such authorization. Each request, which shall\n     be filed in a manner that allows for a reasonable period of\n     time for review before such travel is scheduled to begin,\n     shall include the following:\n\n[[Page H368]]\n\n       (A) The purpose of travel;\n       (B) The dates during which the travel will occur;\n       (C) The names of the countries to be visited and the length\n     of time to be spent in each;\n       (D) An agenda of anticipated activities for each country\n     for which travel is authorized together with a description of\n     the purpose to be served and the areas of Committee\n     jurisdiction involved; and\n       (E) The names of members and staff for whom authorization\n     is sought.\n       (2) Requests for travel outside the United States may be\n     initiated by the Chair or the chair of a subcommittee (except\n     that individuals may submit a request to the Chair for the\n     purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and shall be\n     limited to members and permanent employees of the Committee.\n       (3) The Chair shall not approve a request involving travel\n     outside the United States while the House is in session\n     (except in the case of attendance at meetings and conferences\n     or where circumstances warrant an exception).\n       (4) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study,\n     meeting, or conference for which travel outside the United\n     States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, each\n     subcommittee (or members and staff attending meetings or\n     conferences) shall submit a written report to the Chair\n     covering the activities of the subcommittee and containing\n     the results of these activities and other pertinent\n     observations or information gained as a result of such\n     travel.\n       (c) Members and staff of the Committee performing\n     authorized travel on official business shall be governed by\n     applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House of\n     Representatives and of the Committee on House Administration\n     pertaining to such travel, including rules, procedures, and\n     limitations prescribed by the Committee on House\n     Administration with respect to domestic and foreign expense\n     allowances.\n       (d) Prior to the Chair's authorization for any travel, the\n     Ranking Member shall be given a copy of the written request\n     therefor.\n\n                      rule 23. budget and expenses\n\n       (a) The Chair, in consultation with the majority party\n     members of the Committee, shall prepare a preliminary budget.\n     Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff\n     personnel, for necessary travel, investigation, and other\n     expenses of the Committee; and, after consultation with the\n     minority party membership, the Chair shall include amounts\n     budgeted to the minority party members for staff personnel to\n     be under the direction and supervision of the minority party,\n     travel expenses of minority party members and staff, and\n     minority party office expenses. All travel expenses of\n     minority party members and staff shall be paid for out of the\n     amounts so set aside and budgeted. The Chair shall take\n     whatever action is necessary to have the budget as finally\n     approved by the Committee duly authorized by the House of\n     Representatives. After such budget shall have been adopted,\n     no change shall be made in such budget unless approved by the\n     Committee. The Chair or the chair of any standing\n     subcommittee may initiate necessary travel requests as\n     provided in Committee Rule 22 within the limits of their\n     portion of the consolidated budget as approved by the House,\n     and the Chair may execute necessary vouchers therefor.\n       (b) Subject to the Rules of the House of Representatives\n     and procedures prescribed by the Committee on House\n     Administration, and with the prior authorization of the Chair\n     of the Committee in each case, there may be expended in any\n     one session of Congress for necessary travel expenses of\n     witnesses attending hearings in Washington, D.C.:\n       (1) Out of funds budgeted and set aside for each\n     subcommittee, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of witnesses\n     attending hearings of each such subcommittee;\n       (2) Out of funds budgeted for the full Committee majority,\n     not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of witnesses attending full\n     Committee hearings; and\n       (3) Out of funds set aside to the minority party members:\n       (A) Not to exceed, for each of the subcommittees, $5,000\n     for expenses of witnesses attending subcommittee hearings,\n     and\n       (B) Not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of witnesses\n     attending full Committee hearings.\n       (c) A full and detailed monthly report accounting for all\n     expenditures of Committee funds shall be maintained by the\n     Committee, and it shall be available to each member of the\n     Committee. Such report shall show the amount and purpose of\n     each expenditure, and the budget to which such expenditure is\n     attributed.\n\n                  rule 24. changes in committee rules\n\n       The Committee shall not consider a proposed change in these\n     rules unless the text of such change has been delivered or\n     electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior\n     transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48\n     hours prior to such consideration.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2025-01-23-pt1-PgH363"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.489290083758533, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}