Rules of the Committees of the House of Representatives
Rules Adopted by the Committees of the House of Representatives for the 113th Congress [PDF]
Rules Adopted by the Commitete on Rules for the 113th Congress [PDF]
Survey of Activities
New for the 112th Congress, the Committee on Rules will be publishing its Survey of Activities quarterly. This publication will not only include myriad statistical profiles of the legislation handled by the committee, but information regarding the history of the Committee itself, House Rules changes, and the Committee oversight plan.
Below is the Survey of Activities for the first session of the 113th Congress:
- Text of H. Rept. 113-317— Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules for the First Session of the 113th Congress [PDF]
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Past editions of the Survey of Activities:
- Survey of Activities for the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-751) PDF HTML
- Survey of Activities for the 111th Congress PDF HTML
- Survey of Activities for the 110th Congress PDF
- Survey of Activities for the 109th Congress PDF
- Survey of Activities for the 108th Congress PDF
- Survey of Activities for the 107th Congress PDF
- Survey of Activities for the 106th Congress PDF
- Survey of Activities for the 105th Congress PDF
- Survey of Activities for the 104th Congress PDF
Constitutional Authority Statements
Clause 7 of Rule XII requires that each bill or joint resolution introduced in the House be accompanied by a Constitutional Authority Statement citing the power(s) granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the proposed law.
Constitutional Authority Statement [PDF]