HRES 747 IH

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that all members of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and all members of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations have security clearances.

March 30, 2006

Mr. BUYER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that all members of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and all members of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations have security clearances.

Resolved, That (a) clause 11(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

`(5) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may serve as a member of the select committee until such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner receives a security clearance at the highest level required of any staff of the select committee. Any such security clearance shall be renewed at least every 4 years.'.

(b) Clause 11 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(f) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may serve as a member of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations until such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner receives a security clearance at the highest level required of any staff of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Any such security clearance shall be renewed at least every 4 years.'.

(c) The amendments made by this resolution shall take effect immediately before noon January 3, 2007.

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