Purpose and Jurisdiction
(Taken from the Standing Rules of the Senate: Rule
25.1.n)
(1) Committee on Rules and Administration, to which committee shall be referred
all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters
relating to the following subjects:
(A) Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate
wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space.
(B) Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate
rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules.
(C) Corrupt practices.
(D) Credentials and qualifications of Members
of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices.
(E) Federal elections generally, including the election of the President,
Vice
President, and Members
of the Congress.
(F) Government
Printing Office, and the printing and correction of the Congressional
Record, as well as those matters provided for under
rule XI.
(G) Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members.
(H) Payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating
a charge upon the same (except that any resolution relating to substantive
matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate
shall be first referred to such committee).
(I) Presidential succession.
(J) Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory
of individuals.
(K) Senate Library and statuary,
art, and pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.
(L) Services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant.
(M) United States Capitol and congressional office buildings, the Library
of Congress, the Smithsonian
Institution (and the incorporation of similar institutions), and the Botanic
Gardens.
(2) Such committee shall also -
(A) make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress
of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization
and operation with a view toward strengthening the Congress, simplifying its
operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United
States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under
the Constitution of the United States; and
(B) identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opinion of the
Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress as a constitutionally established
institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to
the attention of the Senate.
(C) develop, implement, and update as necessary a strategic planning process
and a strategic plan for the functional and technical infrastructure support
of the Senate and provide oversight over plans developed by Senate
officers and others in accordance with the strategic planning process.
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