budget committee of the house of representatives

budget committee of the house of representatives Sec. 101. (a) Clause 1 of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (e) through (u) as paragraphs (f) through (v) , respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (d) the following new paragraph: “(e) Committee on the Budget, to consist of twenty-three Members as follows: “(1) five Members who are members of the Committee on Appropriations; “(2) five Members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means; “(3) eleven Members who are members of other standing committees; “(4) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and 88 Stat. 300 “(5) one Member from the leadership of the minority party. No Member shall serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than two Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses beginning after 1974 (disregarding for this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less than a full session in any Congress). All selections of Members to serve on the committee shall be made without regard to seniority.” (b) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: “6. For carrying out the purposes set forth in clause 5 of Rule XI , the Committee on the Budget or any subcommittee thereof is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books or papers or documents or vouchers by subpena or otherwise, and to take such testimony and records, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman of the committee or of any member of the committee designated by him; and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the committee, or any member thereof, may administer oaths to witnesses.” (c) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating clauses 5 through 33 as clauses 6 through 34, respectively, and by inserting after clause 4 the following new clause: “5. Committee on the Budget “(a) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and other matters required to be referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that Act. “(b) The committee shall have the duty— “(1) to report the matters required to be reported by it under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; “(2) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; “(3) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and “(4) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties.”