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(Original Signature of Member)
H. RES. ll
111TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
Ms. JENKINS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
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RESOLUTION
Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to pro-
vide for transparency in the committee amendment proc-
ess.
1 Resolved, That—
2 (a) Clause 2(e) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
3 of Representatives is amended by adding the following
4 subparagraph:
5 ‘‘(5)(A) Not later than 24 hours after com-
6 mencing a meeting to consider a measure or
7 matter, the chair of such committee shall cause
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1 the text of such measure or matter to be made
2 publicly available in an electronic form.
3 ‘‘(B) Not later than 24 hours after the
4 adoption of any amendment to a measure or
5 matter considered by a committee, the chair of
6 such committee shall cause the text of each
7 such amendment to be made publicly available
8 in an electronic form.’’.
9 (b) Clause 3(a)(1) of rule XIII is amended by striking
10 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subdivision (A), striking the period
11 and inserting a semicolon at the end of subdivision (B),
12 and adding the following subdivision:
13 ‘‘(C) shall not include recommended
14 amendments made to such measure or
15 matter after it was ordered reported except
16 technical and conforming changes author-
17 ized by the committee to correct section
18 numbers, cross-references, punctuation,
19 grammar, spelling, or to maintain mathe-
20 matical consistency.’’.
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