Rules for 112th Congress

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SECTION 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.1

(a) C ITING A UTHORITY UNDER THE CONSTITU -2

TION .3

(1) In clause 7 of rule XII, add the following 4

new paragraph:5

(c)(1) A bill or joint resolution may not be in-6

troduced unless the sponsor submits for printing in7

the Congressional Record a statement citing as spe-8

cifically as practicable the power or powers granted9

to Congress in the Constitution to enact the bill or10

joint resolution. The statement shall appear in a11

portion of the Record designated for that purpose12

and be made publicly available in electronic form by 13

the Clerk.14

(2) Before consideration of a Senate bill or joint res-15

olution, the chair of a committee of jurisdiction may sub-16

mit the statement required under subparagraph (1) as17

though the chair were the sponsor of the Senate bill or18

joint resolution..19

(2) In clause 3(d) of rule XIII, strike subpara-20

graph (1) (and redesignate the succeeding para-21

graphs accordingly).22

(b) T HREE -DAY A VAILABILITY FOR UNREPORTED 23

MEASURES .In rule XXI, add the following new clause:24

11. It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint25

resolution which has not been reported by a committee26

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until the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sun-1

days, or legal holidays except when the House is in session2

on such a day) on which such measure has been available3

to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner..4

(c) T RANSPARENCY FOR H OUSE AND COMMITTEE 5

OPERATIONS .6

(1) S TANDARDS FOR ELECTRONIC DOCU -7

MENTS .In clause 4(d) of rule X, add the following 8

new paragraph:9

(3) The Committee on House Administration10

shall establish and maintain standards for making 11

documents publicly available in electronic form by 12

the House and its committees..13

(2) E NSURING THAT TEXT IS PUBLICLY AVAIL -14

ABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORM .In rule XXIX, add15

the following new clause:16

3. If a measure or matter is publicly available in17

electronic form at a location designated by the Committee18

on House Administration, it shall be considered as having 19

been available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident20

Commissioner for purposes of these rules..21

(3) M INIMUM NOTICE PERIOD FOR COMMITTEE 22

MEETINGS AND HEARINGS .Amend clause 2(g)(3)23

of rule XI to read as follows:24



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(3)(A) The chair of a committee shall1

make a public announcement of the date, place,2

and subject matter of3

(i) a committee hearing, which may not4

commence earlier than one week after such no-5

tice; or6

(ii) a committee meeting, which may not7

commence earlier than the third day on which8

members have notice thereof.9

(B) A hearing or meeting may begin sooner10

than specified in subdivision (A) in either of the fol-11

lowing circumstances (in which case the chair shall12

make the announcement specified in subdivision (A)13

at the earliest possible time):14

(i) the chair of the committee, with the15

concurrence of the ranking minority member,16

determines that there is good cause; or17

(ii) the committee so determines by ma-18

jority vote in the presence of the number of 19

members required under the rules of the com-20

mittee for the transaction of business.21

(C) An announcement made under this sub-22

paragraph shall be published promptly in the Daily 23

Digest and made publicly available in electronic24

form.25



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(D) This subparagraph and subparagraph (4)1

shall not apply to the Committee on Rules..2

(4) M INIMUM PERIOD FOR AVAILABILITY OF 3

COMMITTEE MARKUP TEXT .In clause 2(g) of rule4

XI, insert the following new subparagraph, and re-5

designate the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly:6

(4) At least 24 hours prior to the com-7

mencement of a meeting for the markup of leg-8

islation, or at the time of an announcement9

under subparagraph (3)(B) made within 2410

hours before such meeting, the chair of the11

committee shall cause the text of such legisla-12

tion to be made publicly available in electronic13

form..14

(5) A VAILABILITY OF VOTES IN ELECTRONIC 15

FORM .In clause 2(e)(1)(B)(i) of rule XI16

(A) in the first sentence, before the period17

at the end thereof insert and also made pub-18

licly available in electronic form within 48 hours19

of such record vote; and20

(B) in the second sentence, strike for21

public inspection.22

(6) A VAILABILITY OF THE TEXT OF AMEND -23

MENTS IN ELECTRONIC FORM .In clause 2(e) of 24

rule XI, add the following new subparagraph:25



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(6)(A) Not later than 24 hours after com-1

mencing a meeting to consider a measure or2

matter, the chair of such committee shall cause3

the text of such measure or matter to be made4

publicly available in electronic form.5

(B) Not later than 24 hours after the6

adoption of any amendment to a measure or7

matter considered by a committee, the chair of 8

such committee shall cause the text of each9

such amendment to be made publicly available10

in electronic form..11

(7) A VAILABILITY OF TRUTH IN TESTIMONY 12

INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC FORM .In clause13

2(g)(4) of rule XI, add the following new sentence:14

Such statements, with appropriate redactions to15

protect the privacy of the witness, shall be made16

publicly available in electronic form not later than17

one day after the witness appears.18

(8) A VAILABILITY OF COMMITTEE RULES IN 19

ELECTRONIC FORM .In clause 2(a) of rule XI,20

amend subparagraph (2) to read as follows:21

(2) Each committee shall make its rules22

publicly available in electronic form and submit23

such rules for publication in the Congressional24

Record not later than 30 days after the chair25



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of the committee is elected in each odd-num-1

bered year..2

(9) A VAILABILITY OF ATTENDANCE RECORDS 3

IN ELECTRONIC FORM .In clause 2(e)(1)(A) of rule4

XI5

(A) strike and at the end of item (i);6

and7

(B) insert the following new item and re-8

designate the succeeding item accordingly:9

(ii) a list of the names of each10

member in attendance at a hearing or11

meeting, which shall be made publicly 12

available in electronic form not more13

than one day after the completion of 14

each day of hearings or meetings;15

and.16

(10) A UDIO AND VIDEO COVERAGE OF COM -17

MITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS .In clause 2(e)18

of rule XI, add the following new subparagraph:19

(5) To the maximum extent practicable,20

each committee shall21

(A) provide audio and video coverage22

of each hearing or meeting for the trans-23

action of business in a manner that allows24



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the public to easily listen to and view the1

proceedings; and2

(B) maintain the recordings of such3

coverage in a manner that is easily acces-4

sible to the public..5

(11) R ECORD VOTES IN THE COMMITTEE ON 6

RULES .In clause 3(b) of rule XIII, strike a re-7

port by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule,8

or the order of business or to.9

(d) I NITIATIVES TO REDUCE SPENDING AND IM-10

PROVE A CCOUNTABILITY .11

(1) C UT - AS - YOU -GO .In rule XXI, amend12

clause 10 to read as follows:13

10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and14

(c), it shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint reso-15

lution, or an amendment thereto or a conference report16

thereon, if the provisions of such measure have the net17

effect of increasing mandatory spending for the period of 18

either19

(A) the current year, the budget year, and the20

four fiscal years following that budget year; or21

(B) the current year, the budget year, and the22

nine fiscal years following that budget year;.23

(2) For the purpose of this clause, the terms budget24

year and current year have the meanings specified in25



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section 250 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-1

icit Control Act of 1985, and the term mandatory spend-2

ing has the meaning of direct spending specified in such3

section 250 except that such term shall also include provi-4

sions in appropriation Acts that make outyear modifica-5

tions to substantive law as described in section 3(4)(C)6

of the Statutory Pay- As-You-Go Act of 2010.7

(b) If a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment8

thereto, is considered pursuant to a special order of the9

House directing the Clerk to add as new matter at the10

end of such bill or joint resolution the entire text of a11

separate measure or measures as passed by the House,12

the new matter proposed to be added shall be included13

in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the bill, joint res-14

olution, or amendment.15

(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the16

evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision17

expressly designated as an emergency for the Statutory 18

Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, in the case of a point of order19

under this clause against consideration of20

(A) a bill or joint resolution;21

(B) an amendment made in order as original22

text by a special order of business;23

(C) a conference report; or24

(D) an amendment between the Houses.25



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(2) In the case of an amendment (other than one1

specified in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or joint resolution,2

the evaluation under paragraph (a) shall give no cog-3

nizance to any designation of emergency..4

(2) R EQUIRING A VOTE ON RAISING THE DEBT 5

LIMIT .Rule XXVIII is amended to read as follows:6

RULE XXVIII7

(RESERVED .).8

(3) C LARIFYING THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR OF 9

THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET .In rule XXIX,10

add the following new clause:11

4. Authoritative guidance from the Committee on12

the Budget concerning the impact of a legislative propo-13

sition on the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct14

spending, new entitlement authority and revenues may be15

provided by the chair of the committee..16

(4) H IGHWAY FUNDING .In rule XXI, amend17

clause 3 to read as follows:18

3. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint19

resolution, or conference report that20

(a) provides spending authority derived from re-21

ceipts deposited in the Highway Trust Fund (excluding 22

any transfers from the General Fund of the Treasury);23

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(b) reduces or otherwise limits the accruing balances1

of the Highway Trust Fund,2

for any purpose other than for those activities authorized3

for the highway or mass transit categories..4

(5) L IMITATION ON INCREASES IN DIRECT 5

SPENDING IN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES .6

Amend clause 7 of rule XXI to read as follows:7

7. It shall not be in order to consider a concurrent8

resolution on the budget, or an amendment thereto, or a9

conference report thereon that contain reconciliation direc-10

tives under section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act11

of 1974 that specify changes in law such that the reconcili-12

ation legislation reported pursuant to such directives13

would cause an increase in net direct spending for the pe-14

riod covered by such concurrent resolution..15

(e) O THER CHANGES TO H OUSE OPERATIONS .16

(1) T WO -MINUTE VOTING .In clause 6 of rule17

XVIII18

(A) in paragraph (f), strike five minutes19

and insert not less than two minutes; and20

(B) in paragraph (g), strike five minutes21

and insert not less than two minutes.22

(2) U SE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON THE 23

FLOOR .In clause 5 of rule XVII, amend the penul-24

timate sentence to read as follows: A person on the25



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floor of the House may not smoke or use a mobile1

electronic device that impairs decorum.2

(3) U PDATING RULES GOVERNING THE 3

MEDIA .4

(A) In clause 2 of rule VI, strike the pe-5

nultimate sentence, and amend the last sen-6

tence to read as follows: The Speaker may 7

admit to the floor, under such regulations as8

the Speaker may prescribe, not more than one9

representative of each press association.10

(B) In clause 3 of rule VI, strike the last11

sentence and insert The Speaker may admit to12

the floor, under such regulations as the Speaker13

may prescribe, not more than one representa-14

tive of each media outlet.15

(C) In clause 4(f)(7) of rule XI, strike the16

first sentence.17

(4) V OTING BY DELEGATES AND THE RESIDENT 18

COMMISSIONER IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE 19

WHOLE .20

(A) In clause 3(a) of rule III, strike the21

first sentence.22

(B) In rule XVIII23

(i) in clause 1, strike , Delegate, or24

the Resident Commissioner; and25



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(ii) strike paragraph (h).1

(5) M OTIONS TO STRIKE IN THE COMMITTEE 2

OF THE WHOLE .In rule XVIII, strike clause 113

(and redesignate the succeeding clause accordingly).4

(6) C LARIFYING JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN 5

CEMETERIES .In clause 1(c) of rule X, add the fol-6

lowing subparagraph:7

(16) Cemeteries administered by the De-8

partment of Defense..9

(7) D ESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 10

AND THE WORKFORCE .In rule X11

(A) in clause 1(e), strike Committee on12

Education and Labor and insert Committee13

on Education and the Workforce; and14

(B) in clause 3(d), strike Committee on15

Education and Labor and insert Committee16

on Education and the Workforce.17

(8) D ESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON ETHICS .18

(A) In the standing rules, strike Com-19

mittee on Standards of Official Conduct each20

place it appears and insert (in each instance)21

Committee on Ethics.22

(B) In clause 1 of rule X23



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(i) insert paragraph (q) after para-1

graph (f) (and redesignate the succeeding 2

paragraphs accordingly); and3

(ii) in paragraph (k), as redesig-4

nated,5

(I) in subparagraph (4), strike6

paragraph (r)(11) and insert para-7

graph (s)(11); and8

(II) in subparagraph (5), strike9

paragraph (r)(11) and insert para-10

graph (s)(11).11

(9) D ESIGNATING THE COMMITTEE ON 12

SCIENCE , SPACE , AND TECHNOLOGY .In rule X13

(A) in clause 1(e), strike Committee on14

Science and Technology and insert Com-15

mittee on Science, Space, and Technology;16

(B) in clause 3(k), strike Committee on17

Science and Technology and insert Com-18

mittee on Science, Space, and Technology.19

(10) E LIMINATING THE SELECT INTELLIGENCE 20

OVERSIGHT PANEL .In clause 4(a) of rule X, strike21

subparagraph (5).22

(11) A DJUSTING THE SIZE OF THE PERMANENT 23

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE .In clause24



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11(a)(1) of rule X, strike 22 and insert 20 and1

strike 13 and insert 12.2

(12) R ESTORING THE TERM LIMIT RULE FOR 3

COMMITTEE CHAIRS .In clause 5 of rule X, redesig-4

nate paragraph (c) as subparagraph (c)(1) and add5

the following new subparagraph:6

(2) Except in the case of the Committee7

on Rules, a member of a standing committee8

may not serve as chair of the same standing 9

committee, or of the same subcommittee of a10

standing committee, during more than three11

consecutive Congresses (disregarding for this12

purpose any service for less than a full session13

in a Congress)..14

(13) C OMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS .In15

clause 1 of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) to read as16

follows:17

(d)(1) Not later than the 30th day after June18

1 and December 1, a committee shall submit to the19

House a semiannual report on the activities of that20

committee.21

(2) Such report shall include22

(A) separate sections summarizing the23

legislative and oversight activities of that com-24



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mittee under this rule and rule X during the1

applicable period;2

(B) in the case of the first such report,3

a summary of the oversight plans submitted by 4

the committee under clause 2(d) of rule X;5

(C) a summary of the actions taken and6

recommendations made with respect to the7

oversight plans specified in subdivision (B);8

(D) a summary of any additional over-9

sight activities undertaken by that committee10

and any recommendations made or actions11

taken thereon; and12

(E) a delineation of any hearings held13

pursuant to clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of this14

rule.15

(3) After an adjournment sine die of a regular16

session of a Congress, or after December 15, which-17

ever occurs first, the chair of a committee may file18

the second or fourth semiannual report described in19

subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time and20

without approval of the committee, provided that21

(A) a copy of the report has been avail-22

able to each member of the committee for at23

least seven calendar days; and24



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(B) the report includes any supplemental,1

minority, or additional views submitted by a2

member of the committee..3

(14) M ODIFYING STAFF DEPOSITION AUTHOR -4

ITY .In clause 4(c)(3)(B) of rule X5

(A) in item (i), strike and;6

(B) in item (ii), strike the period and in-7

sert ; and; and8

(C) add at the end the following new item:9

(iii) shall, unless waived by the10

deponent, require the attendance of a11

member of the committee..12

(f) T ECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING CHANGES .13

(1) In clause 3(a) of rule III, strike of the14

House each place it appears.15

(2) In rule IV16

(A) in clause 1, strike The Speaker may 17

not entertain a motion for the suspension of 18

this clause.; and19

(B) in clause 2(b), after clause insert20

or clauses 1, 3, 4, or 5.21

(3) In clause 3(o)(2) of rule XI, after inves-22

tigation insert when.23



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(4) In clause 7 of rule XII, strike primary 1

sponsor each place it appears and insert (in each2

instance) sponsor.3

(5) In clause 6(c) of rule XIII, strike Senate4

bill or resolution and insert Senate bill or joint5

resolution.6

(6) In clause 2(c) of rule XV7

(A) strike Clerk shall make signatures8

and insert Clerk shall make the signatories;9

and10

(B) strike published with the signatures11

and insert published with the signatories.12

(7) In clause 6(c) of rule XXIII, strike a cam-13

paign accounts and insert a campaign account.14

(8) In clause 13 of rule XXIII, strike Clerk15

shall make signatures and insert Clerk shall make16

the signatories.17

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.18

(a) B UDGET M ATTERS .19

(1) During the One Hundred Twelfth Congress,20

references in section 306 of the Congressional Budg-21

et Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in22

the House of Representatives as references to a joint23

resolution.24



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in the case of a reported bill or joint resolution con-2

sidered pursuant to a special order of business, a3

point of order under section 303 of the Congres-4

sional Budget Act of 1974 shall be determined on5

the basis of the text made in order as an original bill6

or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or7

to the text on which the previous question is ordered8

directly to passage, as the case may be.9


a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an11

amendment thereto or a conference report thereon,12

that establishes prospectively for a Federal office or13

position a specified or minimum level of compensa-14

tion to be funded by annual discretionary appropria-15

tions shall not be considered as providing new enti-16

tlement authority within the meaning of the Con-17

gressional Budget Act of 1974.18

(4)(A) During the One Hundred Twelfth Con-19

gress, except as provided in subsection (C), a motion20

that the Committee of the Whole rise and report a21

bill to the House shall not be in order if the bill, as22

amended, exceeds an applicable allocation of new 23

budget authority under section 302(b) of the Con-24



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gressional Budget Act of 1974, as estimated by the1

Committee on the Budget.2

(B) If a point of order under subsection3

(A) is sustained, the Chair shall put the ques-4

tion: Shall the Committee of the Whole rise5

and report the bill to the House with such6

amendments as may have been adopted not-7

withstanding that the bill exceeds its allocation8

of new budget authority under section 302(b) of 9

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974?. Such10

question shall be debatable for 10 minutes11

equally divided and controlled by a proponent of 12

the question and an opponent but shall be de-13

cided without intervening motion.14

(C) Subsection (A) shall not apply15

(i) to a motion offered under clause16

2(d) of rule XXI; or17

(ii) after disposition of a question18

under subsection (B) on a given bill.19

(D) If a question under subsection (B) is20

decided in the negative, no further amendment21

shall be in order except22

(i) one proper amendment, which shall23

be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided24

and controlled by the proponent and an op-25



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ponent, shall not be subject to amendment,1

and shall not be subject to a demand for2

division of the question in the House or in3

the Committee of the Whole; and4

(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered5

by the chair or ranking minority member6

of the Committee on Appropriations or7

their designees, for the purpose of debate.8

(b) B UDGET E NFORCEMENT .9

(1) The chair of the Committee on the Budget10

(when elected) shall include in the Congressional11

Record budget aggregates and allocations con-12

templated by section 301 of the Congressional Budg-13

et Act of 1974 and allocations contemplated by sec-14

tion 302(a) of that Act for each of the fiscal years15

2011 through 2015.16

(2) The aggregates and allocations specified in17

subsection (1) shall be considered as contained in a18

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year19

2011 and the submission thereof into the Congres-20

sional Record shall be considered as the completion21

of congressional action on a concurrent resolution on22

the budget for fiscal year 201123

(c) E MERGENCIES AND CONTINGENCIES .24



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(1) E MERGENCIES .Until adoption of a con-1

current resolution on the budget for fiscal year2

2010, if a bill or joint resolution is reported, or3

amendment thereto is offered or a conference report4

thereon is filed, that provides new budget authority 5

and outlays or reduces revenue, and such provision6

is designated as an emergency pursuant to this sec-7

tion, the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall8

not count the budgetary effects of such provision for9

purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional10

Budget Act of 1974 and the Rules of the House of 11

Representatives.12

(2) E XEMPTION OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 13

RELATED TO THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM .14

For any bill or joint resolution, or amendment there-15

to or conference report thereon, that makes appro-16

priations for fiscal year 2011 for contingency oper-17

ations directly related to the global war on ter-18

rorism, then the new budget authority or outlays re-19

sulting therefrom shall not count for purposes of ti-20

tles III or IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 21

1974.22

(d) D EFICIT -NEUTRAL REVENUE RESERVE .Until23

the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for24

2012, if any bill reported by the Committee on Ways and25



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Means, or amendment thereto or conference report there-1

on, decreases revenue, the chair of the Committee on the2

Budget may adjust the allocations, the revenue levels, and3

other aggregates referred to in subsection (a) to reflect4

additional reductions in outlays or revenue, or for legisla-5

tion reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, that6

reduces or increases outlays or revenue that are caused7

by repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care8

Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Rec-9

onciliation Act of 2010 or deficit-neutral legislation that10

solely reforms the Patient Protection and Affordable Care11

Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Rec-12

onciliation Act of 2010 and the payment rates and related13

parameters in accordance with subsections (d) and (f) of 14

section 1848 of the Social Security Act for fiscal year15

2011 and for the period of fiscal years 2011 through16

2015.17

(e) L IMITATION ON A DVANCE A PPROPRIATIONS .18

(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), any 19

general appropriation bill or joint resolution con-20

tinuing appropriations, or amendment thereto or21

conference report thereon, may not provide advance22

appropriations.23

(2) Advance appropriations may be provided24



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(A) for fiscal year 2012 for programs,1

projects, activities, or accounts identified in the2

Congressional Record under the heading Ac-3

counts Identified for Advance Appropriations4

in an aggregate amount not to exceed5

$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and6

for 2013, an aggregate amount not to exceed7

$28,852,000,000 for accounts separately identi-8

fied under the same heading; and9

(B) for the Department of Veterans Af-10

fairs for the Medical Services, Medical Support11

and Compliance, and Medical Facilities ac-12

counts of the Veterans Health Administration.13

(3) In this subsection, the term advance ap-14

propriation means any new discretionary budget15

authority provided in a general appropriation bill or16

any new discretionary budget authority provided in17

a joint resolution making continuing appropriations18

for fiscal year 2011 that first becomes available for19

a fiscal year after fiscal 2011.20

(f) C OMPLIANCE W ITH SECTION 13301 OF THE 21

BUDGET E NFORCEMENT OF A CT OF 1990.22

(1) I N GENERAL .In the House, notwith-23

standing section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional24

Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget25



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Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the1

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the2

joint explanatory statement accompanying the con-3

ference report on any concurrent resolution on the4

budget shall include in its allocation under section5

302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to6

the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the7

discretionary administrative expenses of the Social8

Security Administration and of the Postal Service.9

(2) S PECIAL RULE .For purposes of applying 10

section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 11

1974, estimates of the level of total new budget au-12

thority and total outlays provided by a measure shall13

include any off-budget discretionary amounts.14

(g) L IMITATION ON LONG -TERM SPENDING .15

(1) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or16

joint resolution reported by a committee (other than17

the Committee on Appropriations), or an amend-18

ment thereto or a conference report thereon, if the19

provisions of such measure have the net effect of in-20

creasing mandatory spending in excess of 21

$5,000,000,000 for any period described in para-22

graph (2).23

(2)(A) The applicable periods for purposes of 24

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fiscal-year periods beginning with the first fiscal1

year following the last fiscal year for which the ap-2

plicable concurrent resolution on the budget sets3

forth appropriate budgetary levels.4

(B) In this paragraph, the applicable concur-5

rent resolution on the budget is the one most re-6

cently adopted before the date on which a committee7

first reported the bill or joint resolution described in8

paragraph (a).9

(h) E XEMPTIONS .Until the adoption of the concur-10

rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012, during 11

the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, an estimate under12

clause 4 of rule XXIX may13

(1) exempt the budgetary effects of legislation14

extending the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Rec-15

onciliation Act of 2001;16


extending the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconcili-18

ation Act of 2003;19


repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable21

Care Act and the Health Care and Education Af-22

fordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; or for deficit-23

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Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act1

of 2010 and the payment rates and related param-2

eters in accordance with subsections (d) and (f) of 3

section 1848 of the Social Security Act (as sched-4

uled on December 31, 2009, to be in effect);5

(4) exempt the budgetary effects of preventing 6

a larger number of taxpayers from becoming subject7

to the Alternative Minimum Tax as compared with8

tax year 2008;9

(5) Exempt the budgetary effects of extending 10

the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax 11

provisions of title III of the Tax Relief, Unemploy-12

ment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation13

Act of 2010;14


providing a 20 percent deduction in gross income to16

small businesses; and17


implementing trade agreements.19

(i) D ETERMINATIONS FOR PAYGO A CTS .In deter-20

mining the budgetary effects of any legislation for the pur-21

poses of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act22

of 2010 (including the required designation in PAYGO23

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make adjustments to take into account the exemptions1

and adjustments set forth in subsection (h).2

(j) S PENDING REDUCTION A MENDMENTS IN A PPRO -3

PRIATIONS B ILLS .During the reading of a general ap-4

propriation bill for amendment in the Committee of the5

Whole House on the state of the Union, it shall be in order6

to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer7

appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a8

spending reduction account. When considered en bloc9

under this clause, such amendments may amend portions10

of the bill not yet read for amendment (following disposi-11

tion of any points of order against such portions) and are12

not subject to a demand for division of the question in13

the House or in the Committee of the Whole.14

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (k), it15

shall not be in order to consider an amendment to16

a spending reduction account in the House or in the17

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the18

Union.19

(2) It shall not be in order to consider an20

amendment to a general appropriation bill proposing 21

a net increase in budget authority in the bill (unless22

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in such budget authority pursuant to clause 2(f) of 1

rule XXI).2

(3) A point of order under clause 2(b) shall not3

apply to a spending reduction account.4

(4) A general appropriation bill may not be con-5

sidered in the Committee of the Whole House on the6

state of the Union unless it includes a spending re-7

duction account as the last section of the bill. An8

order to report a general appropriation bill to the9

House shall constitute authority for the chair of the10

Committee on Appropriations to add such a section11

to the bill or modify the figure contained therein.12

(5) For purposes of this clause, the term13

spending reduction account means an account in14

a general appropriation bill that bears that caption15

and contains only a recitation of the amount by 16

which an applicable allocation of new budget author-17

ity under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budg-18

et Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of new budget19

authority proposed by the bill.20

(k) C ERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES .Notwithstanding 21

clause 5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Twelfth22

Congress23

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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have1

not more than seven subcommittees; and2

(3) the Committee on Transportation and In-3

frastructure may have not more than six subcommit-4

tees.5

(l) E XERCISE F ACILITIES FOR F ORMER MEMBERS .6

During the One Hundred Twelfth Congress7

(1) The House of Representatives may not pro-8

vide access to any exercise facility which is made9

available exclusively to Members and former Mem-10

bers, officers and former officers of the House of 11

Representatives, and their spouses to any former12

Member, former officer, or spouse who is a lobbyist13

registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 14

1995 or any successor statute or agent of a foreign15

principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For16

purposes of this section, the term Member in-17

cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the18

Congress.19

(2) The Committee on House Administration20

shall promulgate regulations to carry out this sub-21

section.22

(m) N UMBERING OF B ILLS .In the One Hundred23

Twelfth Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 124

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Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 111

through H.R. 20) shall be reserved for assignment by the2

Minority Leader.3

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

(a) H OUSE DEMOCRACY P ARTNERSHIP .House Res-5

olution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in6

the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in the same manner7

as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Con-8

gress except that the commission concerned shall be9

known as the House Democracy Partnership.10

(b) T OM L ANTOS H UMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION .11

Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hun-12

dred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred13

Twelfth Congress in the same manner as such provisions14

applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except15

that16

(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission17

may, in addition to collaborating closely with other18

professional staff members of the Committee on19

Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional20

staff members of other relevant committees; and21

(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign22

Affairs which the Commission may use shall include23

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obtain from other offices of the House of Represent-1

atives.2

(c) O FFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL E THICS .Section 13

of House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress,4

shall apply in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in the5

same manner as such provision applied in the One Hun-6

dred Tenth Congress, except that the Office of Congres-7

sional Ethics shall be treated as a standing committee of 8

the House for purposes of section 202(I) of the Legislative9

Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)) and ref-10

erences to the Committee on Standards of Official Con-11

duct shall be construed as references to the Committee12

on Ethics.13

(d) E MPANELING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF 14

THE COMMITTEE ON E THICS .The text of House Resolu-15

tion 451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the16

One Hundred Twelfth Congress in the same manner as17

such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Con-18

gress, except that references to the Committee on Stand-19

ards of Official Conduct shall be construed as references20

to the Committee on Ethics.21

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS.22

(a) R EADING OF THE CONSTITUTION .The Speaker23

may recognize for the reading of the Constitution on the24

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(b) P ROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN 1

MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES .It shall be in order2

at any time on the legislative day of January 6, 2011 for3

the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules re-4

lated to reducing the costs of operation of the House of 5

Representatives, except that notwithstanding clause 1(c)6

of rule XV such motion shall be debatable for two hours,7

equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an8

opponent.9


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