To enhance intelligence oversight authority.
Latest action · Jan 9, 2007 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 239 - 188 (Roll no. 13). (text: CR H199)
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 5, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseJan 9, 2007
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Select Intelligence Oversight Panel of the Committee on Appropriations to: (1) review and study on a continuing basis budget requests for and execution of intelligence activities; (2) make recommendations to relevant subcommittees of the Committee; and (3) annually report to its Defense Subcommittee on budgetary and oversight observations and recommendations for use in preparation of the classified annex to the bill making Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations.
Specifies the composition of the Select Panel, including three members of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Requires each Panel member to be treated, for Panel purposes, as though a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
Applies Rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) to the Select Panel in the same manner as a subcommittee, except that the Select Panel cannot require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents.
Authorizes a subpoena of the Committee on Appropriations or its Defense Subcommittee to specify terms of return to the Select Panel.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2007 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2007Considered pursuant to H. Res 6. (consideration: CR H199-209)
- Jan 9, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res 6, the House proceeded with one hour debate on H. Res. 35.
- Jan 9, 2007The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H208)
- Jan 9, 2007Mr. Dreier moved to recommit to Rules.
- Jan 9, 2007The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H208)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H199–H209Text printed H199Motions H208Recorded votes H208, H209Dreier motion to recommit (substitute)establish | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, David Dreier R-CA (motion), David R. Obey D-WI, Heather Wilson R-NM, Jack Kingston R-GA, James P. Moran D-VA, Jerry Lewis R-CA, Michael N. Castle R-DE, Peter Hoekstra R-MI, Ray LaHood R-IL, Rush Holt D-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Silvestre Reyes D-TX | Jan 9, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-11 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 67, H.R. 1435, H.R. 1444, AND H.R. 149094 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 17, 2007 |
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31572 | Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920 to 2025 | Report | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R45421 | Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Background and Selected Options for Further Reform Archived | Report | Dec 4, 2018 |
| R42395 | A Retrospective of House Rules Changes Since the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jun 28, 2017 |
| R41605 | House Standing Committees’ Rules on Legislative Activities: Analysis of Rules in Effect in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Oct 11, 2016 |
| RL33539 | Intelligence Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Apr 23, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 6 | Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress. | Related bill | Jan 5, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance intelligence oversight authority.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congress
- Congressional committees (House)
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reorganization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Defense
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- House Appropriations
- House rules and procedure
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2007Engrossed in House
- Jan 5, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
