Jan. 27, 1808. July 25, 1868. Aug. 18, 1893.* Aug. 18, 1893.* Aug. 18, 1893.* Aug. 18, 1893.* Aug. 18, 1893.* Aug. 18, 1893.* Mar. 30, 1816. Mar. 30, 1816. Mar. 30, 1816. Mar. 30, 1816. Mar. 30, 1816. Mar. 16, 1860. Jan. 16, 1874. Dec. 20, 1889. Mar. 30, 1816. Dec. 27, 1849. Nov. 7, 1804. On the District of Columbia, to consist of fifteen 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 Alcoholic 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 Agricul ture, to consist of seven members. On Expenditures on Public Buildings, to consist of seven members. On Rules, to consist of five members Also the following joint standing committees, viz: * Prior to the Fifty-third Congress designated as a select committee. On the Library, to consist of three members. On Printing, to consist of three members. On Enrolled Bills, to consist of seven members. 2. He shall also appoint all select 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. Joint rule 20. Nov. 13, 1794. of select com. Jan. 13, 1790. mittees. Chairman; how determined. Dec. 28, 1805. point clerk of committee. 4. The chairman shall appoint the clerk of his Chairman to ap committee, subject to its approval, who shall be paid at the public expense, the House having first. provided therefor. Dec. 14, 1838. RULE XI. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. committees. All proposed legislation shall be referred to the Jurisdiction of committees named in the preceding rule, as fol lows, viz: Subjects relating 1. to the election of members: to the Committee Elections. on Elections; Apr. 13, 1789. Means. 2. to the revenue and such measures as purport Ways to raise revenue and the bonded debt of the United States: to the Committee on Ways and Means; and Mar. 2. 1865. Mar. 2, 1865. 3. to appropriation of the revenue for the sup. Appropriations port 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; June 3, 1813. 4. to judicial proceedings, civil and criminal law: Judiciary. to the Committee on the Judiciary; 5. to banking and currency: to the Committee on Banking and Currency; Banking and 6. to coinage, weights, and measures: to the Coinage, etc. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures; 5585-14 Jan. 21, 1864. Foreign Com merce. Dec. 14, 1795. Interstate and 7. to commerce, life-saving service, and lighthouses, other than appropriations for life-saving service and light-houses: to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Rivers and Har bors. Dec. 19, 1883. rine, etc. Dec. 19, 1883. Dec. 21, 1887. Mar. 2, 1880. Foreign Affairs. Mar. 13, 1822. 8. to the improvement 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; 10. to agriculture and forestry: to the Committee on Agriculture, who shall receive the estimates and report the appropriations for the Agricultural Department; 11. to the relations of the United States with forDec. 19, 1885 eign nations, including appropriations therefor: to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Military fairs. Af. Dec. 18. 1885. 12. to the military establishment and the public Mar. 13, 1822. defense, including the appropriations for its support and for that of the Military Academy: to the Committee on Military Affairs; Naval Affairs. 13. to the naval establishment, including the apDec. 18, 1885. propriations for its support: to the Committee on Naval Affairs; Post-Office and Post-Roads. 14. to the post-office and post-roads, including Nov. 9, 1808. appropriations for their support: to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads; Dec. 18, 1885. Public Lands. Indian Affairs. 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 Dec. 18, 1885. Indians and the Indian tribes, including appropriations therefor: to the Committee on Indian Affairs; Territories. Dec. 1, 1825. Railways and Canals. Dec. 15, 1831. Manufactures. Mines and Min ing. 17. to Territorial legislation, the revision thereof, and affecting Territories or the admission of States: to the Committee on the Territories; 18. to railways and canals, other than Pacific railroads: to the Committee on Railways and Canals; 19. to the manufacturing industries: to the Committee on Manufactures; 20. to the mining interests: to the Committee on Dec. 19, 1865. Mines and Mining; 21. to the public buildings and occupied or im- Public Build. ings and proved grounds of the United States, other than Grounds. appropriations therefor: to the Committee on Pub. Mar. 10, 1871. lie Buildings and Grounds; 22. to the railroads and telegraphic lines between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast: to the Committee on Pacific Railroads; Sept. 15, 1837. roads. er Pacific Rail- 23. to the levees of the Mississippi River: to the Levees, etc., Feb. 11, 1880. 24. to education: to the Committee on Educa- Education. tion; 25. to and affecting labor: to the Committee on Labor; Mar. 21, 1867. Labor. Dec. 19, 1883. 26. to the militia of the several States: to the Militia. Committee on the Militia; Dec. 10, 1835. Sept. 15, 1837. 27. to patents, copyrights, and trade-marks: to Patents. the Committee on Patents; 28. to the pensions of the civil war: to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; Invalid Pen- Jan. 10, 1831. 29. to the pensions of all the wars of the United Pensions. States, other than the civil war: to the Committee on Pensions. Feb. 11, 1880. Nov. 13, 1794. 30. to private and domestic claims and demands, Claims. other than war claims, against the United States: to the Committee on Claims; 31. to claims arising from any war in which the United States has been engaged: to the Committee on War Claims; 32. to private claims to lands: to the Committee on Private Land Claims; War Claims. Private Land District of Co- 33. to the District of Columbia, other than appropriations therefor: to the Committee on the Jan. 27. 1808. District of Columbia; 34. to the revision and codification of the stat utes of the United States: to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws; 35. to reform in the civil service: to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service; Revision of the July 25, 1868 Civil Service Sept. 6, 1893. President, Vice Election of 36. to the election of the President, Vice-Presi President and dent or Representatives in Congress: to the ComRepresentatives. Sept. 6, 1893. mittee on Election of President, Vice-President and Representatives in Congress; Liquor traffic. Irrigation arid lands. of 37. to alcoholic liquor traffic: to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic; 38. to the irrigation of arid lands: to the Com Sept. 6, 1893. mittee on Irrigation of Arid Lands; naturalization. Immigration or 39. to immigration or naturalization: to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization; Sept. 6, 1893. Ventilation and acoustics. Sept. 6, 1893. Of Committees on Expenditures. 40. to ventilation and acoustics: to the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics. 41. The examination of the accounts and exMar. 30, 1816. penditures 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 all be subjects within the jurisdiction of the eight standing committees on the public expenditures in the several Departments, as follows: State Depart meut. Treasury Department. War Depart ment. Navy Depart ment. Post Office Department. 42. In the Department of State: to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department; 43. In the Treasury Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department; 44. In the War Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department; 45. In the Navy Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department; 46. In the Post-Office Department: to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department; |