SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND FEDERAL MANAGEMENT RULES OF PROCEDURE; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 37
(Senate - February 28, 2019)
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SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND FEDERAL MANAGEMENT RULES
OF PROCEDURE
Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each
committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and
to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March
1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 27, 2019, a majority
of the members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs' Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
adopted subcommittee rules of procedure.
Consistent with Standing Rule XXVI, today I ask unanimous consent
that a copy of the rules of procedure of the Subcommittee on Regulatory
Affairs and Federal Management be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal
Management
(1) SUBCOMITTEE RULES. The Subcommittee shall be governed,
where applicable, by the rules of the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs and the Standing Rules of
the Senate.
(2) QUORUMS. For public or executive sessions, one Member
of the Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the
administering of oaths and the taking of testimony in any
given case or subject matter. One-third of the Members of the
Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business other than the administering of oaths and the taking
of testimony, provided that one Member of the minority is
present. Proxies shall not be considered for the
establishment of a quorum.
(3) TAKING TESTIMONY. All witnesses at public or executive
hearings who testify to matters of fact shall be sworn.
(4) SUBCOMMITTEE SUBPEONAS. Subpoenas for witnesses, as
well as documents and records, may be authorized and issued
by the Chairman, or any other Member of the Subcommittee
designated by him or her, with the approval of the Ranking
Minority Member of the Subcommittee, provided that the
Chairman may subpoena attendance or production without the
approval of the Ranking Minority Member where the Chairman or
a staff officer designated by him/her has not received
notification from the Ranking Minority Member or a staff
officer designated by him/her of disapproval of the subpoena
within 24 hours excluding Saturdays and Sundays, of being
notified of the subpoena. If the subpoena is disapproved by
the Ranking Minority Member as provided herein, the subpoena
may be authorized by a vote of the Members of the
Subcommittee.
A written notice of intent to issue a subpoena shall be
provided to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the
full Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
or staff officers designated by them, by the Subcommittee
Chairman, or a staff officer designated by him or her,
immediately upon such authorization, and no subpoena shall be
issued for at least 48 hours, excluding Saturdays and
Sundays, from delivery to appropriate offices, unless the
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member waive the 48 hour
waiting period or unless the Subcommittee Chairman certifies
in
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writing to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member that, in
his or her opinion, it is necessary to issue the subpoena
immediately.
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