[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 11 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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H. Res. 11
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
January 10, 2023.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COMPETITION BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
(a) Establishment; Composition.--
(1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the House of
Representatives a Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between
the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ``Select Committee'').
(2) Composition.--
(A) In general.--The Select Committee shall be composed of
not more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the Resident
Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, not more than 7 of whom
shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader.
The Speaker shall designate one member of the Select Committee
as its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the Select
Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment.
(B) Ex officio members.--The Speaker and the minority leader
shall be ex officio members of the Select Committee but shall
have no vote in the Select Committee and may not be counted for
purposes of determining a quorum.
(C) Designation of leadership staff member.--The Speaker and
the minority leader each may designate a leadership staff member
to assist in their capacity as ex officio members, with the same
access to Select Committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and
materials as employees of the Select Committee and subject to
the same security clearance and confidentiality requirements as
staff of the Select Committee.
(b) Jurisdiction; Functions.--
(1) Legislative jurisdiction.--The Select Committee shall not have
legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority to take legislative
action on any bill or resolution.
(2) Investigative jurisdiction.--The sole authority of the Select
Committee shall be to investigate and submit policy recommendations on
the status of the Chinese Communist Party's economic, technological, and
security progress and its competition with the United States. The Select
Committee may, at its discretion, hold public hearings in connection
with any aspect of its investigative functions.
(c) Procedure.--
(1) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Select Committee is authorized to study the
sources and methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule
X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in
subsection (b)(2).
(2) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of clause
11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select Committee.
(3) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select Committee shall
have the authorities and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to
the same limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of the
House, and shall be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of
law or rule.
(4)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select Committee where not
inconsistent with this subsection.
(B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count against the
limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
(C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Select Committee.
(D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select Committee
in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence.
(d) Records; Staff; Travel; Funding.--
(1) The appointment and the compensation of staff for the Select
Committee shall be subject to regulations issued by the Committee on
House Administration.
(2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House or a joint committee
may be detailed to the Select Committee to carry out this resolution and
shall be deemed to be staff of the Select Committee.
(B) The Select Committee may request the head of any Federal agency
to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the
agency to the Select Committee.
(3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect to the Select Committee in the
same manner as such section applies with respect to a standing
committee, except that the selection of any consultant or organization
under such section shall be subject to approval by the Speaker.
(e) Reporting.--The Select Committee may report to the House or any
committee from time to time the results of its investigations and studies,
together with such detailed findings, policy recommendations, and legislative
proposals as it may deem advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to the
House by December 31, 2024. All policy recommendations shall be submitted to the
relevant standing committees not later than December 31, 2023. The Select
Committee shall submit all legislative proposals to the relevant standing
committees not later than 30 days after their adoption by the Select Committee.
(f) Publication.--
(1) The Select Committee shall ensure that reports and proposals
prepared in accordance with this subsection shall, upon completion, be
made available to the general public in widely accessible formats not
later than 30 calendar days following the respective dates for
completion set forth in subsection (e).
(2) Any report issued by the Select Committee shall be issued in
unclassified form but may include a classified annex, a law enforcement-
sensitive annex, or both.
Attest:
Clerk.