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That a motion to commit a bill has been made and voted down pending consideration of amendments, does not preclude the motion to commit pending the question on its passage specially authorized by Rule XVII.-Congressional Record, 1, 49, p. 6758.

It is not in order to move to commit a bill to a committee with instructions to insert what the House has just voted to strike out.-Congressional Record, 1, 49, p. 7613.

A motion to refer Senate amendments to a committee takes precedence over the motion to concur, for, otherwise, the refusal to concur being equivalent to nonconcurrence, the matter would in either event be concluded and the House precluded from committing the subject should it so desire.-Congressional Record, 1, 48, p. 3942.

An amendment of the Senate not requiring consideration in Committee of the Whole is, when laid before the House for action, subject to the motion to commit and other parliamentary motions, provided the previous question is not demanded and ordered on the motion to concur.-Journal, 2, 52, p. 101.

The question of committing amendments of the Senate to a House bill, which amendments have not been previously considered by a committee of the House, is not debatable.-Journal, 2, 52, p. 101.

A motion to commit a proposition to a special committee after the previous question has been ordered on agreeing thereto, is in order according to the practice of the House, even before the House has adopted rules.-Journal, 1, 53, p. 9.

(See Refer; Recommit.)

COMMITTEES.

APPOINTMENT AND JURISDICTION OF.

By Rule X it is made the duty of the Speaker to appoint at the commencement of Congress certain named committees, the number of members of each being fixed by the rule.

Rule XI declares the jurisdiction of the several committees, and confers special privileges on certain specified committees. Rule XII provides for the appointment of Delegates from the Territories on certain committees.

The following is a list of the standing committees of the House, showing respectively the number of members, date of first creation as a standing committee, and the jurisdiction of each:

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District of Columbia.... 15
January 27, 1808.

Revision of the Laws....

July 25, 1868. (Suc

cessor to Commit-
tee on Revisal and
Unfinished busi-
ness.)

Reform in the Civil Ser-
vice.

August 18, 1893.

Election of President,
Vice-Pres i dent and
Representatives in
Congress.

August 18, 1893.

Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.
August 18, 1893.
Irrigation of Arid Lands.
August 18, 1893.
Immigration and Natu-
ralization.

August 18, 1893. Ventilation and Acoustics.

August 18, 1893. Expenditures in the

State Department.

March 30, 1816.

Expenditures

13

District of Columbia, other than appropriations therefor.

Revision and codification of the statutes of the United States.

13 Reform in the Civil Service.

13 Election of the President, Vice-President and Representatives in Congress.

11

Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.

11 Irrigation of Arid Lands.

11 Immigration or Naturalization.

7 Ventilation and Acoustics.

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Treasury Department.

March 30, 1816.

Expenditures in the War

Department.

Expenditures in the Navy

March 30, 1816.

Department.

March 30, 1816.

Expenditures in the Post

Office Department.

March 30, 1816.

Expenditures in the Interior Department. March 16, 1860.

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The examination of the accounts and expenditures 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 *And one Delegate.

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Committees.

Expenditures in the Department of Justice. January 16, 1874.

Mem

bers.

7

Expenditures in the De

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partment of Agricul

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Subjects of jurisdiction.

accountability of public offices; the abolishment of useless offices; the reduction or increase of the pay of officers in the several Departments of the Government.

All proposed action touching the rules and joint rules, and order of business. All matters relating to the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House, the auditing and settling of all accounts which may be charged therein by order of the House.

Ascertainment of the travel of members of the House to be reported to the Sergeant-at-Arms.

The Library of Congress, statuary, and pictures.

All proposed legislation or orders relating to printing. (See R. S., 3657.)

Created by statute,
R. S., 3656.

Enrolled Bills (Joint
Committee).

November 13, 1794.

Disposition of useless
papers in Executive
Departments (Joint
Committee).

Created by act of
February 16, 1889.
Stat. at L., Vol. 25,
p. 672.

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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.-Rule X, clause 3.

The chairman shall appoint the clerk of his committee, subject to its approval, who shall be paid at the public expense, the House having first provided therefor.-Rule X, clause 4.

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