RULE X. OF COMMITTEES. 1. Unless otherwise specially ordered by the House, the Speaker shall appoint, at the commencement of each. Congress, the following standing committees, viz: On Elections, three committees, to consist of nine members each, to be called number one (1), two (2), and three (3), respectively. On Ways and Means, to consist of seventeen members. On Banking and Currency, to consist of seventeen members. On Coinage, Weights, and Measures, to consist of seventeen members. On Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to consist of seventeen members. On Rivers and Harbors, to consist of seventeen members. On the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to consist of seventeen members. On Agriculture, to consist of seventeen members. On Foreign Affairs, to consist of seventeen members. On the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to consist of seventeen members. On the Public Lands, to consist of seventeen members. On the Territories, to consist of fifteen members. On Mines and Mining, to consist of thirteen members. On Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of fifteen members. On the Pacific Railroads, to consist of fifteen members. On Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, to consist of thirteen members. On Education, to consist of thirteen members. On Labor, to consist of thirteen members. On the Militia, to consist of thirteen members. On Patents, to consist of thirteen members. On Invalid Pensions, to consist of fifteen members. On Claims, to consist of fifteen members. On War Claims, to consist of thirteen members. On Private Land Claims, to consist of thirteen members. On the District of Columbia, to consist of seventeen members. On Revision of the Laws, to consist of thirteen members. On Reform in the Civil Service, to consist of thirteen members. On Election of President, Vice-President and Representatives in Congress, to consist of thirteen members. On Alchoholic Liquor Traffic, to consist of eleven members. On Irrigation of Arid Lands, to consist of eleven members. On Immigration and Naturalization, to consist of eleven members. On Ventilation and Acoustics, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the State Department, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the Treasury Department, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the War Department, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the Navy Department, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the Post-Office Department, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the Interior Department, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the Department of Justice, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures on Public Buildings, to consist of seven members. On Rules, to consist of five members. On Accounts, to consist of nine members. On Mileage, to consist of five members. Also the following joint standing committees, viz: On the Library, to consist of three members. On Printing, to consist of three members. On Enrolled Bills, to consist of seven members. Also the following select committee, viz: On the Twelfth Census, to consist of thirteen members. 2. He shall also appoint all select and conference committees which shall be ordered by the House from time to time. 3. The first named member of each committee shall be the chairman; and in his absence, or being excused by the House, the next-named member, and so on, as often as the case shall happen, unless the committee by a majority of its number elect a chairman; and in case of the death of a chairman, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to appoint another. 4. The chairman shall appoint the clerk or clerks of his committee, subject to its approval, who shall be paid at the public expense, the House having first provided therefor. RULE XI. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. All proposed legislation shall be referred to the committees named in the preceding rule, as follows, viz: Subjects relating, 1. to the election of members: to the respective Committees on Elections; 2. to the revenue and the bonded debt of the United States: to the Committee on Ways and Means; 3. to appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government, as herein provided, viz: for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses; for sundry civil expenses; for fortifications and coast defenses; for the District of Columbia; for pensions; and for all deficiencies: to the Committee on Appropriations; 4. to judicial proceedings, civil and criminal law: to the Committee on Judiciary; 5. to banking and currency: to the Committee on Banking and Currency; 6. to coinage, weights, and measures: to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures; 7. to commerce, life-saving service, and light-houses, other than appropriations for life-saving service and light-houses: to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; 8. to the improvements of rivers and harbors: to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors; 9. to the merchant marine and fisheries: to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries; IO. to agriculture and forestry: to the Committee on Agriculture, who shall receive the estimates and report the appropriations for the Agricultural Department; II to the relations of the United States with foreign nations, including appropriations therefor: to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 12. to the military establishment and the public defense, including the appropriations for its support and for that of the Military Academy: to the Committee on Military Affairs; 13. to the naval establishment, including the appropriations for its support: to the Committee on Naval Affairs; 14. to the post-office and post-roads, including appropriations for their support: to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads; 15. to the lands of the United States: to the Committee on the Public Lands; 16. to the relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian tribes, including appropriations therefor: to the Committee on Indian Affairs; 17. to territorial legislation, the revision thereof, and affecting Territories or the admission of States: to the Committee on the Territories; 18. to all matters (excepting those affecting the revenue and the appropriations) pertaining to the islands which came to the United States through the treaty of 1899 with Spain, and to Cuba: to the Committee on Insular Affairs; 19. to railroads and canals, other than Pacific railroads: to the Committee on Railways and Canals; 20. to the manufacturing industries: to the Committee on Manufactures; 21. to the mining industries: to the Committee on Mines and Mining; 22. to the public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the United States, other than appropriations therefor: to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds; 23. to the railroads and telegraphic lines between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast: to the Committee on Pacific Railroads ; 24. to the levees of the Mississippi River: to the Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River; 25. to education: to the Committee on Education; 26. to and affecting labor: to the Committee on Labor; 27. to the militia of the several States: to the Committee on the Militia; 28. to patents, copyrights, and trade-marks: to the Committee on Patents; 29. to the pensions of the civil war: to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; 30. to the pensions of all the wars of the United States, other than the civil war: to the Committee on Pensions; 31. to private and domestic claims and demands, other than war claims, against the United States: to the Committee on Claims; 32. to claims arising from any war in which the United States has been engaged: to the Committee on War Claims; 33. to private claims to land: to the Committee on Private Land Claims; 34. to the District of Columbia, other than appropriations therefor: to the Committee for the District of Columbia; 35. to the revision and codification of the statutes of the United States: to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws; 36. to reform the civil service: to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service; 37. to the election of the President, Vice-President, or Representatives in Congress : to the Committee on Election of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress; 38. to alcoholic liquor traffic: to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic; 39. to the irrigation of arid lands: to the Committee on Irrigation of arid lands; 40. to immigration or naturalization: to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization; 41. to ventilation and acoustics: to the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics; 42. The examination of the accounts and expenditures of the several Departments of the Government and the manner of keeping the same; the economy, justness, and correctness of such expenditures; their conformity with appropriation laws; the proper application of public moneys; the security of the Government against unjust and extravagant demands; retrenchment; the enforcement of the payment of moneys due to the United States; the economy and accountability of public officers; the abolishment of useless offices; the reduction or increase of the pay of officers, shall be subjects within the jurisdiction of the nine standing committees on the public expenditures in the several Departments, as follows: 43. In the Department of State: to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department; 44. In the Treasury Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department; 45. In the War Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department; 46. In the Navy Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department; 47. In the Post-Office Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department; 48. In the Interior Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department; 49. In the Department of Justice: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice; |