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(g) Oaths. The presiding member may administer oaths to any witness before the Committee or
subcommittee. All witnesses appearing in hearings may be administered the following oath by the
presiding member prior to receiving the testimony: “Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony
that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?”
Rule 10 — Committee Records, Open Meetings, Transparency
(a) Generally. The Committee and subcommittee staff shall maintain in the Committee offices a
complete record of Committee and subcommittee actions from the current Congress including a record
of the roll call votes taken at business meetings. The original records, or true copies thereof, as
appropriate, shall be available for public inspection whenever the Committee offices are open for public
business. The staff shall assure that such original records are preserved with no unauthorized alteration,
additions, or defacement.
(b) Transcripts of Proceedings. A stenographic record of all testimony shall be kept of public hearings
and shall be made available on such conditions as the Chair of the Committee may prescribe.
(c) Open Meetings. Meetings and hearings shall be open to the public or closed in accordance with the
Rules of the House of Representatives.
(d) Committee Website. The Chair of the Committee shall maintain an official website on behalf of the
Committee for the purpose of furthering the Committee’s legislative and oversight responsibilities,
including communicating information about the Committee’s activities to Committee members and
other members of the House. To the greatest extent practicable, the Chair of the Committee shall ensure
that Committee records are made available on the Committee’s official website in appropriate formats.
(e) Minority Website. The Ranking Minority Member of the Committee is authorized to maintain an
official website on behalf of the minority members of the Committee for the same purpose as in
paragraph (d), including communicating information about the activities of the minority to Committee
members and other members of the House.
(f) Archived Records. The records of the Committee at the National Archives and Records
Administration shall be made available for public use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the
House. The Chair shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3)
or clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented to
the Committee for a determination on written request of any member of the Committee.
Rule 11 — Audio and Visual Coverage of Committee Proceedings
(a) Generally. An open meeting or hearing may be covered, in whole or in part, by television broadcast,
radio broadcast, internet broadcast, and still photography, unless closed subject to the provisions of
House Rules. Any such coverage shall conform to the provisions of House Rule XI, clause 4.
(b) Committee Broadcast System. Use of the Committee Broadcast System shall be fair and
nonpartisan, and in accordance with House Rule XI, clause 4(b), and all other applicable rules of the
House and the Committee. Members of the Committee shall have prompt access to a copy of coverage
by the Committee Broadcast System, to the extent that such coverage is maintained.
(c) Other Coverage. Personnel providing coverage of an open meeting or hearing of the Committee by
internet broadcast, other than through the Committee Broadcast System shall be currently accredited to
the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Galleries. If the Committee Broadcast System is not
available, the Chair of the Committee may, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member of
the Committee, direct staff to provide coverage in a manner that is fair and nonpartisan and in
accordance with House Rule XI, clause 4.
Rule 12 — Additional Duties of the Chair of the Committee
The Chair of the Committee shall:
(a) Make available to other committees the findings and recommendations resulting from the
investigations of the Committee, as required by House Rule X, clause 4(c)(2);
(b) Direct such review and studies on—
(1) the impact or probable impact of tax policies affecting subjects within the Committee’s
jurisdiction, as required by House Rule X, clause 2(c);
(2) the operation of Government activities at all levels, including the Executive Office of the
President, as required by House Rule X, clause 3(i);
(3) the effect of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative and executive branches of the
Government, as required by House Rule X, clause 4(c)(1)(B); and
(4) intergovernmental relationships between the United States and the States and municipalities and
between the United States and international organizations of which the United States is a member, as
required by House Rule X, clause 4(c)(1)(C);
(c) Submit to the Committee on House Administration the Committee’s oversight plan as required by