HRES 125 · 103th Congress · Congress
House of Representatives Reform Resolution of 1993
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Peterson (MN). Petition No: 103-8.(1993-10-14)
Plain Language Summary
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House of Representatives Reform Resolution of 1993 - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chairman of each committee to appoint members of that committee to serve as chairmen of its subcommittees. Prohibits the number of staff positions for each House committee, the number of clerk hire positions for each Member of the House, and the amount of funding for such positions in the 106th Congress and thereafter from exceeding 50 percent of the number and amount for such committee in the 103d Congress. Requires the Speaker to refer legislation initially to one committee as the committee of principal jurisdiction. (Currently, such legislation may initially be referred simultaneously to two or more committees for concurrent or sequential consideration.) Prohibits a Member from serving on a committee as a member for more than eight years or as its chairman for more than four years. Amends rule XIV to prohibit the Speaker from recognizing any Member for the purpose of making a special-order or one-minute speech. Amends rule XXXIV to prohibit extensions of remarks by Members from being inserted in the Congressional Record unless they pertain to legislative…
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