Standing Rules of the Senate
RULE XXVII
COMMITTEE STAFF
1. Staff members appointed to assist minority members of committees
pursuant to authority of a resolution described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI
or other Senate resolution shall be accorded equitable treatment with respect
to the fixing of salary rates, the assignment of facilities, and the accessibility
of committee records.
2. The minority shall receive fair consideration in the appointment
of staff personnel pursuant to authority of a resolution described in paragraph
9 of rule XXVI.
3. The staffs of committees (including personnel appointed pursuant
to authority of a resolution described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other
Senate resolution) should reflect the relative number of majority and minority
members of committees. A majority of the minority members of any committee may,
by resolution, request that at least onethird of all funds of the committee
for personnel (other than those funds determined by the chairman and ranking
minority member to be allocated for the administrative and clerical functions
of the committee as a whole) be allocated to the minority members of such committee
for compensation of minority staff as the minority members may decide. The committee
shall thereafter adjust its budget to comply with such resolution. Such adjustment
shall be equitably made over a fouryear period, commencing July 1, 1977, with
not less than onehalf being made in two years. Upon request by a majority of
the minority members of any committee by resolution, proportionate space, equipment,
and facilities shall be provided for such minority staff.
4. No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts or other
personnel detailed or assigned from any department or agency of the Government,
except with the written permission of the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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