HRES 168 · 105th Congress · Congress

To implement the recommendations of the bipartisan House Ethics Reform Task Force.

Introduced 1997-06-18· Sponsored by Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1]· House

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(1997-09-18)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1997-09-18
Roll #413
Yea 258Nay 154
Democrats
48 Yea·147 Nay
Republicans
210 Yea·6 Nay
PassedHouse · 1997-09-18
Roll #413
Yea 258Nay 154
Democrats
48 Yea·147 Nay
Republicans
210 Yea·6 Nay
FailedHouse · 1997-09-18
Roll #412
Yea 176Nay 236
Democrats
174 Yea·20 Nay
Republicans
1 Yea·216 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends rule X (establishment and jurisdiction of standing committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require, at the beginning of each Congress, the Speaker and the minority leader to each designate a list of ten Members from their respective parties who are not members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and who may be assigned to serve as members of an investigative subcommittee of that Committee during that Congress. Requires the Committee's chairman and ranking minority member, whenever they jointly determine that Members should be assigned to serve on such a subcommittee, to each select the same number of Members of his or her respective party from the list. Prohibits such service from being counted against the limitation on subcommittee service. (Sec. 2) Decreases the duration of a Member's service on the Committee to two Congresses in any period of three successive Congresses (currently, three Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses), except that a Member who served on the Committee for two Congresses shall be eligible for election to the Committee as chairman or ranking minority member for one additional Congress. Requires not l…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat