olutions, or regulations of the House and of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such travel.

RULE NO. 16

NUMBER AND JURISDICTION OF SUBCOMMITTEES

(a) There shall be six Standing Subcommittees. The ratio (majority/minority) and jurisdiction of the subcommittees shall be:

Subcommittee on Accounts. (7/4)—Internal budget matters; expenditures from the contingent fund; changes in amounts of allowances; and consultant contracts for committees.

Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing. (3/2)-Matters pertaining to procurement contracts for goods. Matters pertaining to printing, depository libraries, material printed in Congressional Record, and executive papers.

Subcommittee on Office Systems. (3/2)—Matters pertaining to furniture, electrical and mechanical office equipment and other accoutrements for use in the office of members, officers of committees and matters pertaining to the development of management systems for such offices.

Subcommittee on Personnel and Police. (3/2)-Matters pertaining to House employees and Police, parking, restaurant, barber and beauty shop, and other House facilities and services.

Subcommittee on Elections. (7/4)-Matters pertaining to the election of President, Vice President, and Members of Congress; corrupt practices; credentials and qualifications and Federal elections generally, including the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and the Federal Election Commission.

Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials. (3/2)-Matters pertaining to the Library of Congress; statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol; purchase of books and manuscripts; erection of menuments to the memory of individuals; matters relating to the Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions.

(b) The Chairman of the Committee may appoint such ad hoc subcommittees as he deems appropriate.

(c) The Chairman of the Committee and the ranking minority member shall serve as ex officio members without vote of all subcommittees of the committee unless either member is appointed as a voting member of any subcommittee.

RULE NO. 17

POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and report to the full committee on all matters referred to it. Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting dates after consultation with the chairman of the full committee and other subcommittee chairmen, with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of committee or subcommittee meetings or hearings wherever possible. It shall be the practice of the committee that meetings of subcommittees not be scheduled to occur simultaneously with meetings of the full committee. In order to ensure orderly and fair assignment of hearing and meeting rooms, hearings and meetings

should be arranged in advance with the chairman through the staff director of the committee.

RULE NO. 18

REFERRAL OF LEGISLATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES

All legislation and other matters referred to the committee shall be referred by the chairman to the subcommittee of appropriate jurisdiction within 2 weeks, unless by majority vote of the members of the full committee, consideration is to be otherwise effected. The chairman may refer the matter simultaneously to two or more subcommittees, consistent with House Rule X, for concurrent consideration or for consideration in sequence (subject to appropriate time limitations), or divide the matter into two or more parts and refer each such part to a different subcommittee, or refer the matter pursuant to House Rule X to an ad hoc subcommittee appointed by the chairman for the specific purpose of considering that matter and reporting to the full committee thereon, or such other provisions as may be considered appropriate. The chairman may designate a subcommittee chairman or other member to take responsibility as "floor manager" of a bill during its consideration in the House.

RULE NO. 19

OTHER PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS

The chairman of the full committee may establish such other procedure and take such actions as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective operation of the committee.

RULE NO. 20

DESIGNATION OF CLERK OF THE COMMITTEE

For the purposes of these rules and the Rules of the House of Representatives, the staff director of the committee shall act as the clerk of the committee.

Representative Gaydos announced the following three actions which, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, had been approved during the interim period:

(1) Implemented the President's COLA recommendation pursuant to Public Law 99-491, Section 2;

(2) Authorized the Clerk of the House to administer district office equipment and furnishings for better service to Members, as well as disposing of old and excess equipment;

(3) After review and concurrence by the Task Force on Food Service, authorized the Architect to implement his recommendation for an independent food service contractor for the House.

The Committee then voted to ratify these actions.

Representative Gaydos announced that the following majority Members would be elected to serve, with Chairman Annunzio, on the Joint Committee on the Library: Representative Oakar and Representative Jones. Representative Frenzel announced that Representative Gingrich and Representative Roberts would serve as the minority Members.

Representative Gaydos announced that the following majority Members would be elected to serve, with Chairman Annunzio, on the Joint Committee on Printing: Representative Gaydos and Representative Panetta. Representative Frenzel announced that Representative Badham and Representative Roberts would serve as the minority Members.

GENERAL ACTIVITIES IN JANUARY 1987

During the month of January, the Democratic and Republican Members of the Committee caucused separately to establish Subcommittee assignments and to attend to regular Caucus business. Committee staff prepared the Committee budget and justification for presentation to the Subcommittee on Accounts.

On January 26-30, Committee staff traveled to Ft. Worth, Texas, with staff members of the Clerk's office, to a National Program Workshop, sponsored by the General Services Administration. One segment of the workshop highlighted the new policies adopted by the Committee last year involving district office furnishings and equipment. Another section of the workshop detailed different features of the Federal telecommunications network. In conjunction with the travel to Ft. Worth, Committee staff was able to visit with the district office staffs of Representative Joe Barton and Representative Richard Armey, about procurement difficulties and procedure in obtaining equipment and furnishings from the General Services Administration.

Committee staff worked with staff of the Architect to facilitate the transfer of House restaurants to an independent contractor, Service America.

On January 30, the Committee received from the Clerk's office a Notice of Contest from candidate Robin Britt notifying the House formally of the disputed election in North Carolina's 6th Congressional district.

Also in January, the Committee received from the Clerk's office a Notice of Contest from candidate Tom Ward notifying the House formally of the disputed election in Indiana's 3rd Congressional district.

Committee staff worked with the staffs of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Government Printing Office in studying the feasibility and the economics of providing the Congressional Record and other House documents in electronic format to users. Staff also worked with the Office of Technology Assessment on a study of government printing, and with the Congressional Research Service on studies involving electronic databases.

Committee staff worked with personnel from the office of the Clerk, House Information Systems, and the Subcommittee on Office Systems, to host an equipment exposition on January 28-29, for Members and staff of the House.

Committee staff worked with House Information Systems personnel, to present "on-line" the L.I.M. system, providing information on the status of the enrollment and transfer of bills under the jurisdiction of the Committee to the White House.

The Committee developed and sent out Official Expenses Allowance figures for Members for the 1st Session of the 100th Congress, taking into account the different cost factors of different regions of the nation.

In compliance with 2 U.S.C. 43, staff prepared and sent out the Statutory Mileage letters for the beginning of the 100th Congress, providing for one way travel reimbursement from a Member's residence to Washington D.C.

Action was taken by committee staff to reestablish the Congressional Intern Program, which had been suspended during 99th Congress, Second Session, under the austerity measures mandated by Gramm-Rudman-Hollings. Committee staff worked to disseminate information to Member offices and Committee offices concerning the availability of housing and other information pertinent to Congressional Interns.

Committee staff worked with figures provided from the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense to determine and establish new rates for reimbursement on Congressional business in specific "High Cost Geographical Areas", throughout the continguous U.S., Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Preparations were made by Committee staff to retire the files of the 98th Congress to the National Archives.

The Committee approved 907 payroll actions in the month of January. This is a 75.4 percent increase in payroll actions over the month of December, 1986.

The Committee's mail log recorded 511 correspondences in January. This is a 17.5 percent increase in mail correspondence from the previous month, December, 1986.

Thirty one bills and/or resolutions were referred to the Committee for consideration.

The number of voucher line items approved by the Committee in January increased by 24.2 percent compared to the month of December to a total of 18,607 line items approved.

Committee staff prepared and transmitted three bills and/or resolutions to the White House.

FLOOR ACTIVITY IN JANUARY 1987

There was no floor activity in January.

FULL COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS IN FEBRUARY 1987

None.

GENERAL ACTIVITIES IN FEBRUARY 1987

Committee staff met with a delegation from the Commission on the Constitution of the Philippines. The delegation was briefed on the legislative and legal jurisdiction of the Committee on House Administration, in order to help establish the working requirements of a legislative democracy.

Committee staff continued to work on the Committee budget and the budget of House Information Systems. On February 10th, the Chairman introduced H. Res. 79, the funding resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on House Administration in the first session of the One Hundredth Congress. Also on February 10th, the Chairman introduced H. Res. 78, providing for expenses of activities of House Information Systems in the first session of the One Hundredth Congress.

On February 24th, in Chairman Annunzio's absence and on his behalf, Representative Ed Jones testified before the Subcommittee on Accounts on H. Res. 79 and H. Res. 78.

Staff monitored the Legislative Branch Appropriations hearing on February 4th regarding the budgets and procedures of the Office of the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Post Office, Doorkeeper, Physician's office, House Historian, Law Revision Counsel, Bicentennial Office, Legislative Counsel and other relevant line items.

On February 11th, Committee staff met with officials from G.S.A., and the Clerk's Office to discuss the various policy recommendations that were discussed at the January 1987, Ft. Worth, Texas meeting concerning district office equipment policy. A topic of major concern at the meeting dealt with the certification of district office inventory accounts, to insure the accurate accounting of inventory cost.

On February 27th, committee staff met with staff from the other Committees of the House of Representatives, to outline a new system that would present, on-line, the scheduled meetings and hearings of each Committee.

The Committee approved 598 payroll actions in the month of February. This is a 34 percent decrease in payroll actions over the month of January, 1987.

The Committee's mail log recorded 556 correspondences in February. This is a 6.8 percent increase in mail correspondence from the previous month.