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COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RICHARD H. ICHORD, Missouri, Chairman

CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida
RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
MENDEL J. DAVIS, South Carolina

JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
ROGER H. ZION, Indiana
J. HERBERT BURKE, Florida
TENNYSON GUYER, Ohio

MAJORITY STAFF

ROBERT M. HORNER, Staff Director

WILLIAM H. HECHT, Executive Staff Assistant
ALFRED M. NITTLE, Legislative Counsel
WILLIAM G. SHAW, Research Director
RICHARD A. SHAW, Chief Investigator

MINORITY STAFF

DEWITT WHITE, Legal Counsel
HERBERT ROMERSTEIN, Chief Investigator
JAMES L. GALLAGHER, Senior Research Analyst

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The House Committee on Internal Security is a standing committee of the House of Representatives, constituted as such by the rules of the House, adopted pursuant to Article I, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States which authorizes the House to determine the rules of its proceedings.

RULES ADOPTED BY THE 93D CONGRESS

House Resolution 6, January 3, 1973

RESOLUTION

Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-second Congress, together with all applicable provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, as amended, be, and they are hereby adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-third Congress * * *

RULE X

STANDING COMMITTEES

1. There shall be elected by the House, at the commencement of each Congress,

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(k) Committee on Internal Security, to consist of nine Members.

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RULE XI

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES

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11. Committee on Internal Security.

(a) Communist and other subversive activities affecting the internal security of the United States.

(b) The Committee on Internal Security, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized to make investigations from time to time of (1) the extent, character, objectives, and activities within the United States of organizations or groups, whether of foreign or domestic origin, their members, agents, and affiliates, which seek to establish, or assist in the establishment of, a totalitarian dictatorship within the United States, or to overthrow or alter, or assist in the overthrow or alteration of, the form of government of the United States or of any State thereof, by force, violence, treachery, espionage, sabotage, insurrection, or any unlawful means, (2) the extent, character, objectives, and activities within the United States of organizations or groups, their members, agents, and affiliates, which incite or employ acts of force, violence, terrorism, or any unlawful means, to obstruct or oppose the lawful authority of the Government of the United States in the execution of any law or policy affecting the internal security of the United States, and (3) all other questions, including the administration and execution of any law of the United States, or any portion of law, relating to the foregoing that would aid the Congress or any committee of the House in any necessary remedial legislation.

The Committee on Internal Security shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.

For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Internal Security, 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, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and documents, as it deems neces

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