APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent to have the
attached rules and subcommittee memberships for the 110th Congress
printed in the Congressional Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
Subcommittees
Senator Byrd, as chairman of the Committee, and Senator
Cochran, as ranking minority member of the Committee, are ex
officio members of all subcommittees of which they are not
regular members.
agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, and
related agencies
Senators Kohl, Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson,
Nelson, Reed, Bennett, Cochran, Specter, Bond, McConnell,
Craig, Brownback. (8-7)
commerce, justice, science, and related agencies
Senators Mikulski, Inouye, Leahy, Kohl, Harkin, Dorgan,
Feinstein, Reed, Lautenberg, Shelby, Gregg, Stevens,
Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Brownback, Alexander. (9-8)
department of defense
Senators Inouye, Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin,
Feinstein, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, Stevens, Cochran, Specter,
Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison. (10-9)
energy and water development
Senators Dorgan, Byrd, Murray, Feinstein, Johnson,
Landrieu, Inouye, Reed, Lautenberg, Domenici, Cochran,
McConnell, Bennett, Craig, Bond, Hutchison, Allard. (9-8)
financial services and general government
Senators Durbin, Murray, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Nelson,
Brownback, Bond, Shelby, Allard. (5-4)
department of homeland security
Senators Byrd, Inouye, Leahy, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray,
Landrieu, Lautenberg, Nelson, Cochran, Gregg, Stevens,
Specter, Domenici, Shelby, Craig, Alexander. (9-8)
department of the interior, environment, and related agencies
Senators Feinstein, Byrd, Leahy, Dorgan, Mikulski, Kohl,
Johnson, Reed, Nelson, Craig, Stevens, Cochran, Domenici,
Bennett, Gregg, Allard, Alexander. (9-8)
departments of labor, health and human services, and education, and
related agencies
Senators Harkin, Inouye, Kohl, Murray, Landrieu, Durbin,
Reed, Lautenberg, Specter, Cochran, Gregg, Craig, Hutchison,
Stevens, Shelby. (8-7)
legislative branch
Senators Landrieu, Durbin, Nelson, Allard, Alexander. (3-2)
military construction and veterans affairs, and related agencies
Senators Johnson, Inouye, Landrieu, Byrd, Murray, Reed,
Nelson, Hutchison, Craig, Brownback, Allard, McConnell,
Bennett. (7-6)
state, foreign operations, and related programs
Senators Leahy, Inouye, Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson,
Landrieu, Reed, Gregg, McConnell, Specter, Bennett, Bond,
Brownback, Alexander. (8-7)
transportation and housing and urban development, and related agencies
Senators Murray, Byrd, Mikulski, Kohl, Durbin, Dorgan,
Leahy, Harkin, Feinstein, Johnson, Lautenberg, Bond, Shelby,
Specter, Bennett, Hutchison, Brownback, Stevens, Domenici,
Alexander, Allard. (11-10)
Senate Appropriations Committee Rules--110th Congress
i. meetings
The Committee will meet at the call of the Chairman.
ii. quorums
1. Reporting a bill. A majority of the members must be
present for the reporting of a bill.
2. Other business. For the purpose of transacting business
other than reporting a bill or taking testimony, one-third of
the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
3. Taking testimony. For the purpose of taking testimony,
other than sworn testimony, by the Committee or any
subcommittee, one member of the Committee or subcommittee
shall constitute a quorum. For the purpose of taking sworn
testimony by the Committee, three members shall constitute a
quorum, and for the taking of
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sworn testimony by any subcommittee, one member shall
constitute a quorum.
iii. proxies
Except for the reporting of a bill, votes may be cast by
proxy when any member so requests.
iv. attendance of staff members at closed sessions
Attendance of staff members at closed sessions of the
Committee shall be limited to those members of the Committee
staff who have a responsibility associated with the matter
being considered at such meeting. This rule may be waived by
unanimous consent.
v. broadcasting and photographing of committee hearings
The Committee or any of its subcommittees may permit the
photographing and broadcast of open hearings by television
and/or radio. However, if any member of a subcommittee
objects to the photographing or broadcasting of an open
hearing, the question shall be referred to the full Committee
for its decision.
vi. availability of subcommittee reports
To the extent possible, when the bill and report of any
subcommittee are available, they shall be furnished to each
member of the Committee thirty-six hours prior to the
Committee's consideration of said bill and report.
vii. amendments and report language
To the extent possible, amendments and report language
intended to be proposed by Senators at full Committee markups
shall be provided in writing to the Chairman and Ranking
Minority Member and the appropriate Subcommittee Chairman and
Ranking Minority Member twenty-four hours prior to such
markups.
viii. points of order
Any member of the Committee who is floor manager of an
appropriations bill, is hereby authorized to make points of
order against any amendment offered in violation of the
Senate Rules on the floor of the Senate to such
appropriations bill.
ix. ex officio membership
The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full
Committee are ex officio members of all subcommittees of
which they are not regular members but shall have no vote in
the subcommittee and shall not be counted for purposes of
determining a quorum.
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