[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 24-39]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
25 RULE XXV
STANDING COMMITTEES
25.1 1. The following standing committees shall be appointed
at the commencement of each Congress, and shall continue and
have the power to act until their successors are appointed,
with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within
their respective jurisdictions:
25.1a (a) (1) Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry, to which committee shall be referred all proposed
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other
matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
1. Agricultural economics and research.
2. Agricultural extension services and experiment
stations.
3. Agricultural production, marketing, and stabilization
of prices.
4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
5. Animal industry and diseases.
6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
7. Farm credit and farm security.
8. Food from fresh waters.
9. Food stamp programs.
10. Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness areas
other than those created from the public domain.
11. Home economics.
12. Human nutrition.
13. Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural
products.
14. Pests and pesticides.
15. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
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16. Rural development, rural electrification, and
watersheds.
17. School nutrition programs.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition,
and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign
countries, and rural affairs, and report thereon from time
to time.
25.1b (b) Committee on Appropriations, to which committee
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the
following subjects:
1. Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the
Government, except as provided in subparagraph (e).
2. Rescission of appropriations contained in
appropriation Acts (referred to in section 105 of Title 1,
United States Code).
3. The amount of new spending authority described in
section 401(c)(2) (A) and (B) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 which is to be effective for a fiscal year.
4. New spending authority described in section
401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee
under section 401(b)(2) of that Act (but subject to the
provisions of section 401(b)(3) of that Act).
25.1c (c) (1) Committee on Armed Services, to which committee
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the
following subjects:
1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or
primarily associated with the development of weapons systems
or military operations.
2. Common defense.
3. Department of Defense, the Department of the Army,
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air
Force, generally.
4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal,
including administration, sanitation, and government of the
Canal Zone.
5. Military research and development.
6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.
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8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and
privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including
overseas education of civilian and military dependents.
9. Selective service system.
10. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the
common defense.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common defense
policy of the United States, and report thereon from time to
time.
25.1d (d) (1) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs, to which committee shall be referred all proposed
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other
matters relating to the following subjects:
1. Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
2. Control of prices of commodities, rents, and
services.
3. Deposit insurance.
4. Economic stabilization and defense production.
5. Export and foreign trade promotion.
6. Export controls.
7. Federal monetary policy, including Federal Reserve
System.
8. Financial aid to commerce and industry.
9. Issuance and redemption of notes.
10. Money and credit, including currency and coinage.
11. Nursing home construction.
12. Public and private housing (including veterans'
housing).
13. Renegotiation of Government contracts.
14. Urban development and urban mass transit.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to international
economic policy as it affects United States monetary
affairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic
growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from
time to time.
25.1e (e) (1) Committee on the Budget, to which committee
shall be referred all concurrent resolutions on the budget
(as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974) and all other matters required to be referred
to that committee under Titles III and IV of that Act, and
messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating
thereto.
(2) Such committee shall have the duty--
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(A) to report the matters required to be
reported by it under Titles III and IV of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(B) to make continuing studies of the effect on
budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed
legislation and to report the results of such
studies to the Senate on a recurring basis;
(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies
of tax expenditures, to devise methods of
coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and
programs with direct budget outlays, and to report
the results of such studies to the Senate on a
recurring basis; and
(D) to review, on a continuing basis, the
conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its
functions and duties.
25.1f (f) (1) Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation, to which committee shall be referred all
proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and
other matters relating to the following subjects:
1. Coast Guard.
2. Coastal zone management.
3. Communications.
4. Highway safety.
5. Inland waterways, except construction.
6. Interstate commerce.
7. Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and
transportation, including navigational aspects of deepwater
ports.
8. Marine fisheries.
9. Merchant marine and navigation.
10. Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences.
11. Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities.
12. Panama Canal and interoceanic canals generally,
except as provided in subparagraph (c).
13. Regulation of consumer products and services,
including testing related to toxic substances, other than
pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and
housing.
14. Regulation of interstate common carriers, including
railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil
aviation.
15. Science, engineering, and technology research and
development and policy.
16. Sports.
17. Standards and measurement.
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18. Transportation.
19. Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer
Continental Shelf lands.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and
technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications,
and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to time.
25.1g (g) (1) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to
which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating
to the following subjects:
1. Coal production, distribution, and utilization.
2. Energy policy.
3. Energy regulation and conservation.
4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
5. Energy research and development.
6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer
Continental Shelf lands.
7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation.
8. Mining education and research.
9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral
conservation.
10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness areas,
wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, military parks and
battlefields, and on the public domain, preservation of
prehistoric ruins and objects of interest.
11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
14. Public lands and forests, including farming and
grazing thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom.
15. Solar energy systems.
16. Territorial possessions of the United States,
including trusteeships.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and
resources development, and report thereon from time to time.
25.1h (h) (1) Committee on Environment and Public Works, to
which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating
to the following subjects:
1. Air pollution.
2. Construction and maintenance of highways.
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3. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf
lands.
4. Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than
pesticides.
5. Environmental policy.
6. Environmental research and development.
7. Fisheries and wildlife.
8. Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors,
including environmental aspects of deepwater ports.
9. Noise pollution.
10. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of
nuclear energy.
11. Ocean dumping.
12. Public buildings and improved grounds of the United
States generally, including Federal buildings in the
District of Columbia.
13. Public works, bridges, and dams.
14. Regional economic development.
15. Solid waste disposal and recycling.
16. Water pollution.
17. Water resources.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental
protection and resource utilization and conservation, and
report thereon from time to time.
25.1i (i) Committee on Finance, to which committee shall be
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions,
memorials, and other matters relating to the following
subjects:
1. Bonded debt of the United States, except as provided
in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
2. Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and
delivery.
3. Deposit of public moneys.
4. General revenue sharing.
5. Health programs under the Social Security Act and
health programs financed by a specific tax or trust fund.
6. National social security.
7. Reciprocal trade agreements.
8. Revenue measures generally, except as provided in the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
9. Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions.
10. Tariffs and import quotas, and matters related
thereto.
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11. Transportation of dutiable goods.
25.1j (j) (1) Committee on Foreign Relations, to which
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating
to the following subjects:
1. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and
legations in foreign countries.
2. Boundaries of the United States.
3. Diplomatic service.
4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and
humanitarian assistance.
5. Foreign loans.
6. International activities of the American National Red
Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
7. International aspects of nuclear energy, including
nuclear transfer policy.
8. International conferences and congresses.
9. International law as it relates to foreign policy.
10. International Monetary Fund and other international
organizations established primarily for international
monetary purposes (except that, at the request of the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, any
proposed legislation relating to such subjects reported by
the Committee on Foreign Relations shall be referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs).
11. Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
12. Measures to foster commercial intercourse with
foreign nations and to safeguard American business interests
abroad.
13. National security and international aspects of
trusteeships of the United States.
14. Oceans and international environmental and
scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy.
15. Protection of United States citizens abroad and
expatriation.
16. Relations of the United States with foreign nations
generally.
17. Treaties and executive agreements, except reciprocal
trade agreements.
18. United Nations and its affiliated organizations.
19. World Bank group, the regional development banks,
and other international organizations established primarily
for development assistance purposes.
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(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to the national
security policy, foreign policy, and international economic
policy as it relates to foreign policy of the United States,
and matters relating to food, hunger, and nutrition in
foreign countries, and report thereon from time to time.
25.1k (k) (1) Committee on Governmental Affairs, to which
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating
to the following subjects:
1. Archives of the United States.
2. Budget and accounting measures, other than
appropriations, except as provided in the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
3. Census and collection of statistics, including
economic and social statistics.
4. Congressional organization, except for any part of
the matter that amends the rules or orders of the Senate.
5. Federal Civil Service.
6. Government information.
7. Intergovernmental relations.
8. Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, except
appropriations therefor.
9. Organization and management of United States nuclear
export policy.
10. Organization and reorganization of the executive
branch of the Government.
11. Postal Service.
12. Status of officers and employees of the United
States, including their classification, compensation, and
benefits.
(2) Such committee shall have the duty of--
(A) receiving and examining reports of the
Comptroller General of the United States and of
submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it
deems necessary or desirable in connection with the
subject matter of such reports;
(B) studying the efficiency, economy, and
effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the
Government;
(C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to
reorganize the legislative and executive branches of
the Government; and
(D) studying the intergovernmental relationships
between the United States and the States and munici
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palities, and between the United States and
international organizations of which the United
States is a member.
25.1l (l) (1) \5\ Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions to which committee shall be referred all proposed
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other
matters relating to the following subjects:
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\5\ Name changed pursuant to S. Res. 28, 106-1, Jan. 21,
1999; redesignated as subparagraph (l) by S. Res. 299, 106-
2, Apr. 27, 2000.
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1. Measures relating to education, labor, health, and
public welfare.
2. Aging.
3. Agricultural colleges.
4. Arts and humanities.
5. Biomedical research and development.
6. Child labor.
7. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts
into interstate commerce.
8. Domestic activities of the American National Red
Cross.
9. Equal employment opportunity.
10. Gallaudet College, Howard University, and Saint
Elizabeths Hospital.
11. \6\ Individuals with disabilities.
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\6\ As amended, S. Res. 28, 106-1, Jan. 21, 1999.
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12. Labor standards and labor statistics.
13. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
14. Occupational safety and health, including the
welfare of miners.
15. Private pension plans.
16. Public health.
17. Railway labor and retirement.
18. Regulation of foreign laborers.
19. Student loans.
20. Wages and hours of labor.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education
and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from
time to time.
25.1m (m) \7\ Committee on the Judiciary, to which committee
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the
following subjects:
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\7\ Redesignated as subparagraph (m) by S. Res. 299,
106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.
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1. Apportionment of Representatives.
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2. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
3. Civil liberties.
4. Constitutional amendments.
5. Federal courts and judges.
6. Government information.
7. Holidays and celebrations.
8. Immigration and naturalization.
9. Interstate compacts generally.
10. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally.
11. Local courts in the territories and possessions.
12. Measures relating to claims against the United
States.
13. National penitentiaries.
14. Patent Office.
15. Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
16. Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful
restraints and monopolies.
17. Revision and codification of the statutes of the
United States.
18. State and territorial boundary lines.
25.1n (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:
1. Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the
Senate wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of
office space.
2. Congressional organization relative to rules and
procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including
floor and gallery rules.
3. Corrupt practices.
4. Credentials and qualifications of Members of the
Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible
offices.
5. Federal elections generally, including the election
of the President, Vice President, and Members of the
Congress.
6. Government Printing Office, and the printing and
correction of the Congressional Record, as well as those
matters provided for under rule XI.
7. Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members.
8. 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
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jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate
shall be first referred to such committee).
9. Presidential succession.
10. Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of
monuments to the memory of individuals.
11. Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in
the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.
12. Services to the Senate, including the Senate
restaurant.
13. 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;
(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; and
(C)\8\ develop, implement, and update as
necessary a strategy 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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\8\As added, S. Res. 151, 105-1, Nov. 9, 1997.
25.1o (o)(1)\9\ Committee on Small Business Entrepreneurship,
to which committee shall be referred all proposed
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other
matters relating to the Small Business Administration.
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\9\As added, S. Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; name
changed pursuant to S. Res. 123, 107-1, June 29, 2001.
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(2) Any proposed legislation reported by such committee
which relates to matters other than the functions of the
Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the
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chairman of any standing committee having jurisdiction over
the subject matter extraneous to the functions of the Small
Business Administration, be considered and reported by such
standing committee prior to its consideration by the Senate;
and likewise measures reported by other committees directly
relating to the Small Business Administration shall, at the
request of the chairman of the Committee on Small Business,
be referred to the Committee on Small Business
Entrepreneurship for its consideration of any portions of
the measure dealing with the Small Business Administration,
and be reported by this committee prior to its consideration
by the Senate.
(3) Such committee shall also study and survey by means
of research and investigation all problems of American small
business enterprises, and report thereon from time to time.
25.1p (p)\10\ Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to which
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating
to the following subjects:
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\10\Redesignated as subparagraph (p) by S. Res. 101, 97-
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1. Compensation of veterans.
2. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of
service in the Armed Forces.
3. National cemeteries.
4. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general
and special.
5. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
6. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
7. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of
veterans.
8. Veterans' measures generally.
9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans.
25.2 2.\11\ Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of
this rule, each of the following standing committees shall
consist of the number of Senators set forth in the following
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table on the line on which the name of that committee
appears:
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\11\As amended, S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. Res.
365, 97-2, Apr. 20, 1982; S. Res. 380, 97-2, Apr. 27, 1982;
S. Res. 6, 98-1, Jan. 3, 1983; S. Res. 20, 98-1, Jan. 27,
1983; S. Res. 53, 98-1, Feb. 3, 1983; S. Res. 338, 98-2,
Feb. 9, 1984; S. Res. 74, 99-1, Feb. 21, 1985; S. Res. 14,
100-1, Jan. 6, 1987; S. Res. 211, 100-1, May 12, 1987; S.
Res. 43, 101-1, Feb. 2, 1989; S. Res. 43, 102-1, Feb. 5,
1991; S. Res. 135, 102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 4, 103-1,
Jan. 7, 1993; S. Res. 130, 103-1, July 1, 1993; S. Res. 132,
103-1, July 15, 1993; S. Res. 14, 104-1, Jan. 5, 1995; S.
Res. 92, 104-1, Mar. 24, 1995; S. Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9,
1997; HELP/Judiciary reversed pursuant to S. Res. 299, 106-
2, Apr. 27, 2000; S. Res. 354, 106-2, Sept. 12, 2000.
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Committee:
Members
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.......... 20
Appropriations................................ 28
Armed Services................................ 18
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs........... 22
Commerce, Science, and Transportation......... 20
Energy and Natural Resources.................. 20
Environment and Public Works.................. 18
Finance....................................... 20
Foreign Relations............................. 18
Governmental Affairs.......................... 16
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions........ 18
Judiciary..................................... 18
25.3a 3. (a)\12\ Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4
of this rule, each of the following standing committees
shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the
following table on the line on which the name of that
committee appears:
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\12\As amended, S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. Res.
101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; S. Res. 6, 98-1, Jan 3, 1983; S.
Res. 88, 99-1, Mar. 5, 1985; S. Res. 14, 100-1, Jan. 6,
1987; S. Res. 211, 100-1, May 12, 1987; S. Res. 43, 101-1,
Feb. 2, 1989; S. Res. 85, 102-1, Mar. 19, 1991; S. Res. 135,
102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S.
Res. 130, 103-1, July 1, 1993; S. Res. 34, 104-1, Jan. 6,
1995; S. Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997; S. Res. 354, 106-2,
Sept. 12, 2000.
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Committee:
Members
Budget........................................ 22
Rules and Administration...................... 16
Veterans' Affairs............................. 14
Small Business................................ 18
25.3b (b)\13\ Each of the following committees and joint
committees shall consist of the number of Senators (or
Senate members, in the case of a joint committee) set forth
in the following table on the line on which the name of that
committee appears:
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\13\As amended, S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. Res.
24, 97-1, Jan. 19, 1981; S. Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981;
S. Res. 338, 98-2, Feb. 9, 1984; S. Res. 85, 102-1, Mar. 19,
1991; S. Res. 135, 102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1,
Jan. 21, 1993; S. Res. 34, 104-1, Jan. 6, 1995; S. Res. 9,
105-1, Jan. 9, 1997.
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Committee:
Members
Aging......................................... 18
Intelligence.................................. 19
Joint Economic Committee...................... 10
25.3c (c)\14\ Each of the following committees and joint
committees shall consist of the number of Senators (or
Senate
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members, in the case of a joint committee) set forth in the
following table on the line on which the name of that
committee appears:
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\14\As amended, S. Res. 448, 96-2, Dec. 11, 1980; S.
Res. 88, 99-1, Mar. 5, 1985; S. Res. 14, 100-1, Jan. 6,
1987; S. Res. 100, 101-1, Apr. 11, 1989; S. Res. 44, 102-1,
Feb. 5, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S. Res. 34,
104-1, Jan. 6, 1995; S. Res. 92, 104-1, Mar. 24, 1995; S.
Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997.
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Committee:
Members
Ethics........................................ 6
Indian Affairs................................ 14
Joint Committee on Taxation................... 5
25.4a 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph--
(1) each Senator shall serve on two and no more
committees listed in paragraph 2; and
(2) each Senator may serve on only one committee
listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b).
25.4b (b) (1) Each Senator may serve on not more than three
subcommittees of each committee (other than the Committee on
Appropriations) listed in paragraph 2 of which he is a
member.
(2) Each Senator may serve on not more than two
subcommittees of a committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or
(b) of which he is a member.
(3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), a Senator
serving as chairman or ranking minority member of a
standing, select, or special committee of the Senate or
joint committee of the Congress may serve ex officio,
without vote, as a member of any subcommittee of such
committee or joint committee.
(4) No committee of the Senate may establish any sub-
unit of that committee other than a subcommittee, unless the
Senate by resolution has given permission therefor. For
purposes of this subparagraph, any subunit of a joint
committee shall be treated as a subcommittee.
25.4c (c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and
the minority leader, the membership of one or more standing
committees may be increased temporarily from time to time by
such number or numbers as may be required to accord to the
majority party a majority of the membership of all standing
committees. When any such temporary increase is necessary to
accord to the majority party a majority of the membership of
all standing committees, members of the majority party in
such number as may be required for that purpose may serve as
members of three standing committees listed in paragraph 2.
No such temporary increase in the membership of any standing
committee under this subparagraph shall be continued in
effect after the need therefor has ended. No standing
committee may be increased in membership under this
subparagraph
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by more than two members in excess of the number prescribed
for that committee by paragraph 2 or 3(a).
25.4d (d) A Senator may serve as a member of any joint
committee of the Congress the Senate members of which are
required by law to be appointed from a standing committee of
the Senate of which he is a member, and service as a member
of any such joint committee shall not be taken into account
for purposes of subparagraph (a)(2).
25.4e (e) (1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman
of more than one standing, select, or special committee of
the Senate or joint committee of the Congress, except that a
Senator may serve as chairman of any joint committee of the
Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject
matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a
standing committee of which he is chairman.
(2) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of
more than one subcommittee of each standing, select, or
special committee of the Senate or joint committee of the
Congress of which he is a member.
(3) A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a
committee listed in paragraph 2 may serve at any time as the
chairman of only one subcommittee of all committees listed
in paragraph 2 of which he is a member and may serve at any
time as the chairman of only one subcommittee of each
committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b) of which he is a
member. A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a
committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b) may not serve as
the chairman of any subcommittee of that committee, and may
serve at any time as the chairman of only one subcommittee
of each committee listed in paragraph 2 of which he is a
member. Any other Senator may serve as the chairman of only
one subcommittee of each committee listed in paragraph 2,
3(a), or 3(b) of which he is a member.
25.4f (f) A Senator serving on the Committee on Rules and
Administration may not serve on any joint committee of the
Congress unless the Senate members thereof are required by
law to be appointed from the Committee on Rules and
Administration, or unless such Senator served on the
Committee on Rules and Administration and the Joint
Committee on Taxation on the last day of the Ninety-eighth
Congress.\15\
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\15\ As amended, S. Res. 76, 99-1, Feb. 21, 1985.
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25.4g (g) A Senator who on the day preceding the effective
date of Title I of the Committee System Reorganization
Amendments of 1977 was serving as the chairman or ranking
minority member of the Committee on the District of Columbia
or the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service may serve
on the Committee on Governmental Affairs in addition to
serving on two other standing committees listed in paragraph
2. At the request of any such Senator, he shall be appointed
to serve on such committee but, while serving on such
committee and two other standing committees listed in
paragraph 2, he may not serve on any committee listed in
paragraph 3 (a) or (b) other than the Committee on Rules and
Administration. The preceding provisions of this
subparagraph shall apply with respect to any Senator only so
long as his service as a member of the Committee on
Governmental Affairs is continuous after the date on which
the appointment of the majority and minority members of the
Committee on Governmental Affairs is initially completed.
25.4h * * * * * * * \16\
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\16\ As amended, S. Res. 12, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981;
Subpara. (h), omitted here, pertains to committee service of
Senators during the 103rd Congress. Provisions for the 104th
Congress were established by S. Res. 13 and 17, Jan. 4,
1995, and S. Res. 27 and 29, Jan. 5, 1995. In subsequent
Congresses, committee assignments made notwithstanding Rule
XXV.