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Committee for at least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, unless the
House is in session on such days) before consideration of such proposed report in the Committee. If a
hearing has been held on the matter reported upon, every reasonable effort shall be made to have such
hearing printed and available to the members of the Committee before the consideration of the proposed
report in the Committee.
(d) Additional Views. If at the time of approval of a report, a member of the Committee gives notice of
intent to file supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views any member of the Committee shall
be entitled to file such views following House Rule XI, clause 2(l) and Rule XIII, clause 3(a)(1).
Rule 5 — Record Votes
(a) Request for Record Vote. A record vote of the members may be had upon the request of any
member upon approval of a one-fifth vote of the members present.
(b) Postponement of a Record Vote. Pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 2(h)(4), the presiding member
at a meeting is authorized to postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the question
of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an amendment and to resume proceedings on a
postponed question at any time after reasonable notice. When proceedings resume on a postponed
question, notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous question, an underlying proposition
shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the question was
postponed. After consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, the Chair shall take reasonable steps
to notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any postponed record vote.
(c) Electronic Voting. The chair may conduct a record vote on postponed questions by electronic device
in accordance with clause 2(n) of rule XI provided that:
(1) Any Member may opt to vote by voice.
Rule 6 — Subcommittees; Referrals
(a) Subcommittees.
(1) There shall be seven subcommittees of the Committee, with appropriate party ratios, as follows:
(A) Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation,
which shall have legislative and oversight jurisdiction over issues related to information security,
including cybersecurity and privacy; and government-wide federal information technology
management and innovation.
(B) Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, which shall
have legislative and oversight jurisdiction over regulatory affairs, including federal paperwork
reduction and information collections; population and demographic studies; labor policies; and
impediments to economic growth and job creation, and unfunded mandates.
(C) Subcommittee on Government Operations, which shall have legislative and oversight
jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service, procurement, emergency management, public
information and records, including the Freedom of Information Act, the National Archives and
Records Administration, and the Presidential Records Act; and the relationship between the
federal government to the states and municipalities.
(D) Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, which shall have oversight
jurisdiction over federal health care policy, food and drug safety, federal entitlement programs,
monetary policy, banking, infrastructure, tax policy, and oversight and legislative jurisdiction
over the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
(E) Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, which shall have oversight jurisdiction
over national security, foreign operations, and the U.S. borders and immigration (shared with the
Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement).
(F) Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, which shall have oversight jurisdiction over
homeland security, and criminal justice, and federal law and regulatory enforcement, and the
U.S. borders and immigration (shared with the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs).
(G) Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, which shall have oversight
jurisdiction over the federal civil service, including compensation, classification, and benefits;
federal property disposal; government reorganizations and operations, including transparency,
performance, grants management, and accounting measures generally.
(2) In addition, each subcommittee shall have specific responsibility for such other measures or
matters as the Chair of the Committee refers to it.
(3) Each subcommittee with legislative jurisdiction shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the
application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject
matter of which is within its general responsibility.
(b) Referrals. Bills, resolutions, and other matters may be expeditiously referred by the Chair of the
Committee to subcommittees, as appropriate in the determination of the Chair of the Committee, for
consideration or investigation in accordance with subcommittees’ jurisdictions. Bills, resolutions, and