{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2025-02-24-pt1-PgH764", "2025-02-24", 119, 1, null, null, "PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H764", "H766", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"5\"}]", "171 Cong. Rec. H764", "Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]\n[House]\n[Pages H764-H766]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                     PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES\n\nRULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 119TH\n                                CONGRESS\n\n                                         House of Representatives,\n\n                  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,\n\n                                Washington, DC, February 24, 2025.\n     Hon. Mike Johnson,\n     Speaker, House of Representatives,\n     Washington, D.C.\n       Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 2(a)(2) of\n     the Rules of the United States House of Representatives, I\n     submit the rules of the Committee on Science, Space, and\n     Technology for the 119th Congress for publication in the\n     Congressional Record. The rules were adopted by the Committee\n     on Science, Space, and Technology by voice vote with a quorum\n     present on February 5, 2025.\n           Sincerely,\n                                              Brian Babin, D.D.S.,\n                                                         Chairman.\n\n                            Rule I. General\n\n       (a) Application of Rules.\n       (1) The Rules of the House of Representatives (``House\n     Rules'') are the rules of the Committee on Science, Space,\n     and Technology and its Subcommittees with the specific\n     additions thereto contained in these rules.\n       (2) Except where the term ``Subcommittee'' is specifically\n     referred to, the following rules shall apply to the Committee\n     and its Subcommittees as well as to the respective Chairs and\n     Ranking Minority Members.\n       (b) Other Procedures. The Chair of the Committee, after\n     consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the\n     Committee, may establish such other procedures and take such\n     actions as may be necessary to carry out these rules or to\n     facilitate the effective operation of the Committee.\n       (c) Use of Hearing Rooms. In consultation with the Ranking\n     Minority Member, the Chair of the Committee shall establish\n     guidelines for the use of Committee hearing rooms.\n\n           Rule II. Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings\n\n       (a) Regular Meetings. The regular meeting day of the\n     Committee for the conduct of its business shall be on the\n     first Wednesday of each month, if the House is in session. If\n     the House is not in session on that day, then the Committee\n     shall meet on the next Wednesday of such month on which the\n     House is in session, or at another practicable time as\n     determined by the Chair.\n       (1) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed\n     with if, in the judgment of the Chair, there is no need for\n     the meeting.\n       (2) The Chair may call and convene, when the Chair\n     considers it necessary and in accordance with the notice\n     requirements contained in these rules, additional meetings of\n     the Committee for the consideration of any bill or resolution\n     pending before the Committee or for the conduct of other\n     Committee business.\n       (b) Bills and Subjects to be Considered.\n       (1) The Chair shall announce the date, place, and subject\n     matter of any Committee meeting, which may not commence\n     earlier than the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays,\n     Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in\n     session on such a day) on which Members have notice thereof,\n     unless the Chair, with the concurrence of the Ranking\n     Minority Member, or the Committee by majority vote with a\n     quorum present for the transaction of business, determines\n     there is good cause to begin the meeting sooner, in which\n     case the Chair shall make the announcement at the earliest\n     possible date.\n       (2) At least 48 hours prior to the commencement of a\n     meeting for the markup of legislation (excluding Saturdays,\n     Sundays, and legal holidays except when the House is in\n     session on such a day), the Chair shall cause the text of\n     such legislation to be made publicly available in electronic\n     form.\n       (3) To the maximum extent practicable, amendments to a\n     measure or matter shall be submitted in writing or\n     electronically to the designee of both the Chair and Ranking\n     Minority Member at least 24 hours prior to the consideration\n     of the measure or matter, and the Chair may oppose any\n     amendment not so submitted.\n       (c) Open Meetings.\n       Meetings for the transaction of business and hearings of\n     the Committee shall be open to the public or closed in\n     accordance with the House Rules.\n       (d) Quorums.\n       (1) Majority Quorum. A majority of the Members of the\n     Committee or Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for:\n       (A). The reporting of a bill, resolution or other measure\n     (See clause 2(h)(1) of House Rule XI);\n       (B). The closing of a meeting or hearing to the public\n     pursuant to clause 2(g), 2(k)(5), and 2(k)(7) of House Rule\n     XI; and\n       (C). As where required by a Rule of the House.\n       (2) Quorum for Taking Testimony. Two Members of the\n     Committee or Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the\n     purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence.\n       (3) Working Quorum. One-third of the Members of the\n     Committee or Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for\n     taking any action, other than as noted in paragraphs (1) and\n     (2) of this subsection.\n       (e) Absence of the Chair. If the Chair is not present at\n     any meeting of the Committee or Subcommittee, the Vice Chair\n     on the Committee who is present shall preside at the meeting,\n     unless another Member of the Committee is designated by the\n     Chair.\n       (f) Postponement of Proceedings.\n       (1) Pursuant to clause 2(h)(4) of House Rule XI, the Chair\n     may postpone further proceedings when a record vote is\n     ordered on the question of approving a measure or matter or\n     on adopting an amendment. The Chair may resume proceedings on\n     a postponed vote at any time after reasonable notice.\n       (2) When proceedings resume on a postponed question,\n     notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous\n     question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to\n     further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the\n     question was postponed.\n       (g) Time for Statements and Debate.\n       (1) Insofar as is practicable, the Chair, after\n     consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, shall limit\n     the total time of opening statements by Members at a\n     Committee meeting to no more than ten minutes, the time to be\n     divided equally between the Chair and Ranking Minority\n     Member, except in the case of joint Subcommittee hearings, in\n     which case the total time of opening statements by Members at\n     such joint hearing shall be no more than twenty minutes, the\n     time to be divided equally between the Chairs and Ranking\n     Minority Members. When requested, ex officio Members of any\n     Subcommittee shall also be recognized at a Subcommittee\n     hearing for five minutes each to present an opening\n     statement.\n       (2) The time any one Member may address the Committee on\n     any bill, amendment, motion, or other matter under\n     consideration by the Committee will be limited to five\n     minutes, and then only when the Member has been recognized by\n     the Chair. This time limit may be waived by the Chair\n     pursuant to unanimous consent.\n       (h) Requests for Recorded Vote. A record vote of the\n     Committee shall be provided on any question before the\n     Committee upon the request of three or more Members or, in\n     the apparent absence of a quorum, by any one Member.\n       (i) Electronic Voting. The chair may conduct any record\n     vote by electronic device in accordance with clause 2(n) of\n     House Rule XI.\n       (j) Transcripts. Transcripts of markups shall be recorded\n     and may be published in the same manner as hearings before\n     the Committee and shall be included as part of the\n     legislative report, unless waived by the Chair of the\n     Committee.\n       (k) Motion to Go to Conference. Without further action of\n     the Committee, the Chair is authorized to offer a motion\n     under clause 1 of House Rule XXII whenever the Chair\n     considers it appropriate.\n\n                           Rule III. Hearings\n\n       (a) Notice of Hearings.\n       (1) The Chair shall publicly announce the date, place, and\n     subject matter of any hearing to be conducted by the\n     Committee on any measure or matter at least one week before\n     the commencement of that hearing. If the Chair, with the\n     concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, determines there\n     is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or if the\n     Committee so determines by majority vote, a quorum being\n     present for the transaction of business, the Chair shall make\n     the announcement at the earliest possible date.\n       (2) The Chair shall publicly announce a list of witnesses\n     to testify at a hearing as soon as a complete list of\n     witnesses, including those to be called by the minority, is\n     compiled. When practicable, the Chair and the Ranking\n     Minority Member will seek to have a complete list of\n     witnesses compiled at or as soon as practicable after the\n     time that the hearing is publicly announced.\n       (b) Witnesses.\n       (1) Insofar as is practicable, no later than 48 hours in\n     advance of his or her appearance, each witness who is to\n     appear before the Committee shall file, in printed copy and\n     in electronic form, a written statement of his or her\n     proposed testimony and a curriculum vitae.\n       (2) Each witness shall limit his or her presentation to a\n     five minute summary, however additional time may be granted\n     by the Chair when appropriate.\n       (3) The Chair, or any Member of the Committee designated by\n     the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the\n     Committee.\n       (4) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on\n     any measure or matter, the Minority Members of the Committee\n     shall be entitled, upon request to the Chair by a majority of\n     them and before the completion of the hearing, to call\n     witnesses selected by the Minority to testify with respect to\n     the measure or matter during at least one day of hearing\n     thereon.\n       (5) In the case of a witness appearing in a nongovernmental\n     capacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall\n     include:\n       (A). A curriculum vitae;\n       (B). A disclosure of any Federal grants or contracts, or\n     contracts, grants, or payments originating with a foreign\n     government, received during the past 36 months by the witness\n     or by an entity represented by the witness and related to the\n     subject matter of the hearing; and\n       (C). A disclosure of whether the witness is a fiduciary\n     (including, but not limited to, a director, officer, advisor,\n     or resident agent) of any organization or entity that has an\n     interest in the subject matter of the hearing.\n       Such statements, with appropriate redactions to protect the\n     privacy or security\n\n[[Page H765]]\n\n     of the witness, shall be made publicly available in\n     electronic form 24 hours before the witness appears to the\n     extent practicable, but not later than one day after the\n     witness appears.\n       (c) Questioning of Witnesses.\n       (1) The right to interrogate a witness before the Committee\n     shall alternate between Majority and Minority Members of the\n     Committee. Each Member shall be limited to five minutes in\n     the interrogation of witnesses. No Member may be recognized\n     for a second period of interrogation until each Member\n     present, who wishes to be recognized, has been recognized at\n     least once.\n       (2) Notwithstanding clause 1, upon a motion the Chair, in\n     consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may:\n       (A). Designate a specified number of Members of the\n     Committee from each party to question a witness for a period\n     of time equally divided between the majority party and the\n     minority party, not to exceed one hour in the aggregate; or\n       (B). Designate staff from each party to question a witness\n     for a period of time equally divided between the majority\n     party and the minority party, not to exceed one hour in the\n     aggregate.\n       (3) Members of the Committee have 10 calendar days from the\n     date of a hearing to submit additional questions in writing\n     for the record to be answered by witnesses who have appeared\n     before the Committee. The letters of transmittal and any\n     responses thereto shall be included in the hearing record.\n       (d) Claims of Privilege. Claims of common-law privileges\n     made by witnesses in hearings, or by interviewees or\n     deponents in investigations or inquiries, are applicable only\n     at the discretion of the Chair, subject to appeal to the\n     Committee.\n       (e) Publication of Transcripts. The transcripts of those\n     hearings conducted by the Committee, when it is decided they\n     will be printed, shall be published in substantially verbatim\n     form, with the material requested for the record inserted at\n     that place requested, or at the end of the record, as\n     appropriate. Individuals, including Members, whose comments\n     are to be published as part of a Committee document shall be\n     given the opportunity to verify the accuracy of the\n     transcription in advance of publication. Any requests by\n     those Members, staff, or witnesses to correct any errors\n     other than errors in the transcript, or disputed errors in\n     transcription, shall be appended to the record, and the\n     appropriate place where the change is requested will be\n     footnoted. Prior to approval by the Chair of hearings\n     conducted jointly with another Congressional Committee, a\n     memorandum of understanding shall be prepared which\n     incorporates an agreement for the publication of the\n     transcript.\n       (f) Items for the Record. Committee Members have 10\n     calendar days from the date of a hearing to submit brief and\n     pertinent statements or materials in writing for inclusion in\n     the record. The Committee is the sole judge of the pertinence\n     of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearing.\n\n                            Rule IV. Reports\n\n       (a) Bills and resolutions approved by the Committee shall\n     be reported by the Chair pursuant to clauses 2-4 of House\n     Rule XIII.\n       (b) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be\n     considered as read if it has been available to the Members of\n     the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays,\n     Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in\n     session on such days).\n       (c) Every investigative or oversight report shall be\n     approved by a majority vote of the Committee at a meeting at\n     which a quorum is present. If at the time of approval of such\n     a report a Member of the Committee gives notice of intent to\n     file supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views\n     that Member shall be entitled to file such views.\n       (d) Only those investigative or oversight reports approved\n     by a majority vote of the Committee may be ordered printed,\n     unless otherwise required by House Rules.\n\n                          Rule V. Broadcasting\n\n       (a) Whenever a meeting for the transaction of business,\n     including the markup of legislation or a hearing is open to\n     the public, that meeting or hearing shall be open to coverage\n     by television, radio, and still photography in accordance\n     with clause 4 of House Rule XI.\n       (b) To the maximum extent practicable, the Committee shall\n     provide audio and visual coverage of each hearing or meeting\n     for the transaction of business in a manner that allows the\n     public to easily listen to and view the proceedings and\n     maintain the recordings of such coverage in a manner that is\n     easily accessible to the public. Operation and use of any\n     Committee internet broadcast system shall be fair and\n     nonpartisan, and in accordance with clauses 4 (b) and (f) of\n     House Rule XI and all other applicable rules of the Committee\n     and the House.\n\n                         Rule VI. Subcommittees\n\n       (a) Committee Jurisdiction. The Full Committee shall retain\n     jurisdiction over such matters as determined by the Chair.\n       (b) Subcommittees and Jurisdiction. There shall be five\n     standing Subcommittees of the Committee on Science, Space,\n     and Technology, with jurisdictions as follows:\n       (1) Subcommittee on Energy. Shall have jurisdiction over\n     the following subject matters: all matters relating to energy\n     research, development, and demonstration projects therefor;\n     commercial application of energy technology; Department of\n     Energy research, development, and demonstration programs;\n     Department of Energy laboratories; Department of Energy\n     science activities; Department of Energy cybersecurity\n     activities; Department of Energy international research,\n     development, and demonstration projects; energy supply\n     activities; nuclear, solar, and renewable energy, and other\n     advanced energy technologies; uranium supply and enrichment,\n     and Department of Energy waste management; Department of\n     Energy environmental management research, development, and\n     demonstration; fossil energy research and development; clean\n     coal technology; energy conservation research and\n     development, including building performance, alternate fuels,\n     distributed power systems, and industrial process\n     improvements; pipeline research, development, and\n     demonstration projects; energy standards; other appropriate\n     matters as referred by the Chair; and relevant oversight.\n       (2) Subcommittee on Environment. Shall have jurisdiction\n     over the following subject matters: all matters relating to\n     environmental research; Environmental Protection Agency\n     research and development; environmental standards; climate\n     change research and development; the National Oceanic and\n     Atmospheric Administration, including all activities related\n     to weather, weather services, climate, the atmosphere, marine\n     fisheries, and oceanic research; risk assessment activities;\n     scientific issues related to environmental policy, including\n     climate change; other appropriate matters as referred by the\n     Chair; and relevant oversight.\n       (3) Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Shall have\n     jurisdiction over the following subject matters: all matters\n     relating to science policy and science education; the Office\n     of Science and Technology Policy; all scientific research,\n     and scientific and engineering resources (including human\n     resources); all matters relating to science, technology,\n     engineering and mathematics education; intergovernmental\n     mechanisms for research, development, and demonstration and\n     cross-cutting programs; international scientific cooperation;\n     National Science Foundation; university research policy,\n     including infrastructure and overhead; university research\n     partnerships, including those with industry; science\n     scholarships; computing, communications, networking, and\n     information technology; research and development relating to\n     health, biomedical, and nutritional programs; research,\n     development, and demonstration relating to nanoscience,\n     nanoengineering, and nanotechnology; research, development,\n     and demonstration relating to semiconductors, semiconductor\n     manufacturing, and microelectronics; quantum information\n     science; agricultural, geological, biological and life\n     sciences research; materials research, development,\n     demonstration, and policy; all matters relating to\n     competitiveness, technology, standards, and innovation;\n     standardization of weights and measures, including technical\n     standards, standardization, and conformity assessment;\n     measurement, including the metric system of measurement;\n     cybersecurity standards; the Technology Administration of the\n     Department of Commerce; the National Institute of Standards\n     and Technology; the National Technical Information Service;\n     competitiveness, including small business competitiveness;\n     tax, antitrust, regulatory and other legal and governmental\n     policies related to technological development and\n     commercialization; technology transfer, including civilian\n     use of defense technologies; patent and intellectual property\n     policy; international technology trade; research,\n     development, and demonstration activities of the Department\n     of Transportation; surface and water transportation research,\n     development, and demonstration programs; earthquake programs\n     and fire research programs, including those related to\n     wildfire proliferation research and prevention; biotechnology\n     policy; research, development, demonstration, and standards-\n     related activities of the Department of Homeland Security;\n     Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer;\n     voting technologies and standards; other appropriate matters\n     as referred by the Chair; and relevant oversight.\n       (4) Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Shall have\n     jurisdiction over the following subject matters: all matters\n     relating to astronautical and aeronautical research and\n     development; national space policy, including access to\n     space; sub-orbital access and applications; National\n     Aeronautics and Space Administration and its contractor and\n     government-operated labs; space commercialization, including\n     commercial space activities relating to the Department of\n     Transportation and the Department of Commerce; exploration\n     and use of outer space; international space cooperation; the\n     National Space Council; space applications, space\n     communications and related matters; Earth remote sensing\n     policy; civil aviation including unmanned aerial systems,\n     research, development, and demonstration; research,\n     development, and demonstration programs of the Federal\n     Aviation Administration; space law; other appropriate matters\n     as referred by the Chair; and relevant oversight.\n       (5) Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight. Shall\n     have general and special investigative authority on all\n     matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee.\n       (c) Composition of Subcommittees.\n       (1) The Chair shall assign Members to the Subcommittees.\n     Minority party assignments shall be made only with the\n     concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member. The Chair\n\n[[Page H766]]\n\n     shall determine the ratio of Majority Members to Minority\n     Members of each Subcommittee; provided that the ratio of\n     Majority Members to Minority Members on each Subcommittee\n     (excluding any ex officio Member) shall be no less favorable\n     to the Majority party than the ratio for the Committee.\n       (2) The Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee\n     shall be ex officio Members of each Subcommittee and shall\n     have the right to vote and be counted as part of the quorum\n     and ratios on all matters before the Subcommittee.\n       (d) Referral to Subcommittees. The Chair shall\n     expeditiously refer all legislation and other matters\n     referred to the Committee to the Subcommittee or\n     Subcommittees of appropriate jurisdiction, unless the Chair\n     deems consideration is to be by the Committee. Subcommittee\n     Chairs may make requests for referral of specific matters to\n     their Subcommittee if they believe Subcommittee jurisdictions\n     so warrants.\n       (e) Subcommittee Procedures and Reports.\n       (1) Subcommittee Chairs shall set meeting dates with the\n     concurrence of the Chair and after consultation with the\n     other Subcommittee Chairs with a view toward avoiding\n     simultaneous scheduling of Subcommittee meetings or hearings\n     wherever possible. No Subcommittee may meet or hold a hearing\n     at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the Committee\n     without authorization from the Chair.\n       (2) Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings,\n     receive testimony or evidence, mark up legislation, and\n     report to the Committee on all matters referred to it. For\n     matters within its jurisdiction, each Subcommittee is\n     authorized to conduct legislative, investigative,\n     forecasting, and general oversight hearings; to conduct\n     inquiries into the future; and to undertake budget impact\n     studies.\n       (3) Each Subcommittee shall provide the Committee with\n     copies of such records of votes taken in the Subcommittee and\n     such other records with respect to the Subcommittee as the\n     Chair of the Committee deems necessary to ensure compliance\n     with the House Rules.\n       (4) After ordering a measure or matter reported, a\n     Subcommittee shall issue a report in such form as the Chair\n     shall specify. To the maximum extent practicable, reports and\n     recommendations of a Subcommittee shall not be considered by\n     the Committee until after the intervention of 48 hours\n     (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when\n     the House is in session on such a day) from the time the\n     report is submitted and made available to the Committee.\n     Printed hearings thereon shall be made available, if\n     feasible, to the Committee, except that this Rule may be\n     waived at the discretion of the Chair after consultation with\n     the Ranking Minority Member.\n       (5) Any Member of the Committee may have the privilege of\n     sitting with any Subcommittee during its hearings or\n     deliberations and may participate in such hearings or\n     deliberations, but no Member who is not a Member of the\n     Subcommittee shall vote on any matter before such\n     Subcommittee, except as provided in Rule VI(c)(2).\n\n                         Rule VII. Vice Chairs\n\n       (a) The Chair of the Committee shall designate a Member of\n     the majority party to serve as Vice Chair of the Committee\n     and shall designate a Majority Member of each Subcommittee to\n     serve as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee. Vice Chairs of the\n     Committee and each Subcommittee serve at the pleasure of the\n     Chair, who may at any time terminate his designation of a\n     Member as Vice Chair and designate a different Member of the\n     majority party to serve as Vice Chair of the Committee or\n     relevant Subcommittee.\n       (b) The Chair may assign duties, privileges, and\n     responsibilities to the Vice Chairs of the Committee or the\n     various Subcommittees.\n\n                Rule VIII. Oversight and Investigations\n\n       (a) The Committee shall review and study, on a continuing\n     basis, the application, administration, execution, and\n     effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject\n     matter of which is within its jurisdiction, including all\n     laws, programs, and Government activities relating to\n     nonmilitary research and development in accordance with House\n     Rule X.\n       (b) Not later than March 1st of the first session of the\n     119th Congress, the Chair, after consultation with the\n     Ranking Minority Member, shall adopt and submit the\n     Committees oversight and authorization plan to the Committee\n     on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on House\n     Administration in accordance with the provisions of clause\n     2(d) of House Rule X.\n       (c) Any investigation undertaken in the name of the\n     Committee shall be approved by the Chair. Nothing in this\n     subsection shall be interpreted to infringe on a\n     Subcommittees authority to conduct general oversight of\n     matters within its jurisdiction, short of undertaking an\n     investigation.\n\n                           Rule IX. Subpoenas\n\n       The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to\n     the Chair as provided for under clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of House\n     Rule XI. The Chair shall notify the Ranking Minority Member\n     prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To the\n     extent practicable, the Chair shall consult with the Ranking\n     Minority Member at least 24 hours in advance of a subpoena\n     being issued under such authority.\n\n                      Rule X. Deposition Authority\n\n       The Chair, after consultation with the Ranking Member, may\n     authorize a member or counsel of the Committee to conduct\n     depositions pursuant to subsection 3(t) of House Resolution\n     5, 119th Congress, and subject to any regulations issued\n     pursuant thereto.\n\n                       Rule XI. Committee Records\n\n       (a) The records of the Committee at the National Archives\n     and Records Administration shall be made available for public\n     use in accordance with House Rule VII.\n       (b) The Chair shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of\n     the Committee of any decision, pursuant to clauses 3(b)(3) or\n     4(b) of House Rule VII, to withhold a record otherwise\n     available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee\n     for a determination on the written request of any Member of\n     the Committee.\n\n                  Rule XII. Official Committee Website\n\n       The Chair shall maintain an official Committee website for\n     the purpose of furthering the Committees legislative and\n     oversight responsibilities, including communicating\n     information about the Committee's activities to Committee\n     Members and other Members of the House. The Ranking Minority\n     Member of the Committee may maintain a similar website for\n     the same purpose, including communicating information about\n     the activities of the minority to Committee Members and other\n     Members of the House.\n\n                      Rule XIII. Committee Budget\n\n       From the amount provided to the Committee in the primary\n     expense resolution adopted by the House of Representatives in\n     the 119th Congress, the Chair shall designate one-third of\n     the budget, after adjustment for the salaries of the shared\n     administrative functions for the Clerk, Printer and Financial\n     Administrator, under the direction of the Ranking Minority\n     Member for the purposes of minority staff, travel expenses of\n     minority staff and Members, and all other minority office\n     expenses.\n\n                Rule XIV. Amendments to Committee Rules\n\n       The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended, or\n     repealed, in the same manner and method as prescribed for the\n     adoption of committee rules in clause 2 of House Rule XI, but\n     only if written notice of the proposed change has been\n     provided to each such Member at least 3 days before the time\n     of the meeting at which the vote on the change occurs. 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