PRINTER'S NO. 605
No. 36 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, SEMMEL, GANNON, HERMAN, PESCI, DEMPSEY,
TRELLO, HALUSKA, HAGARTY, FOX, RAYMOND, ANGSTADT,
D. W. SNYDER, KING, M. N. WRIGHT, ULIANA, DENT, R. C. WRIGHT,
LINTON, PITTS, SERAFINI, CAWLEY, MAIALE, ARMSTRONG, ADOLPH,
BELARDI, KENNEY, GODSHALL, J. TAYLOR, E. Z. TAYLOR, ARGALL,
BATTISTO, McHUGH, GEIST, MICOZZIE, BUNT AND HARLEY,
MARCH 11, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 11, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Amending House Rule 43.
2 RESOLVED, That House Rule 43 be amended to read:
3 RULE 43
4 Standing Committees and Subcommittees
5 The Committee on Committees shall consist of the Speaker and
6 15 members of the House, ten of whom shall be members of the
7 majority party and five of whom shall be members of the minority
8 party, whose duty shall be to recommend to the House the names
9 of members who are to serve on the standing committees of the
10 House.
11 The Speaker shall appoint the chairman and vice-chairman of
12 each standing committee when such standing committee has no
13 standing subcommittees as prescribed herein, except the
14 Committee on Appropriations which shall also have a vice-
15 chairman appointed by the Speaker; when the standing committee
1 has standing subcommittees, the Speaker shall appoint a
2 subcommittee chairman for each standing subcommittee. The
3 Speaker shall appoint a secretary for each standing committee.
4 The Minority Leader shall appoint the minority chairman and
5 minority vice-chairman of each standing committee and the
6 minority subcommittee chairman for each standing subcommittee.
7 The Speaker of the House, Floor Leader of the majority party
8 and the Floor Leader of the minority party shall be ex-officio
9 members of all standing committees, without the right to vote
10 and they shall be excluded from any limitation as to the number
11 of members on the committees or in counting a quorum.
12 Twenty-one standing committees of the House, each to consist
13 of 24 members except the Committee on Appropriations, which
14 shall consist of 32 members, are hereby created. In addition,
15 there [is] are hereby created [27] 26 standing subcommittees.
16 All standing committees shall consist of 14 members of the
17 majority party and ten members of the minority party, except the
18 Committee on Appropriations which shall consist of 20 members of
19 the majority party and 12 members of the minority party. The
20 quorum for each of the standing committees and subcommittees
21 shall be no less than the majority of said committees. The
22 following are the standing committees and subcommittees thereof:
23 (1) Agriculture and Rural Affairs
24 (2) Appropriations
25 (a) Subcommittee on Health and Welfare
26 (b) Subcommittee on Education
27 (c) Subcommittee on Capital Budget
28 (3) Business and Commerce
29 (a) Subcommittee on Banking and Savings and Loan
30 Associations
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1 [(b) Subcommittee on Housing
2 (c)] (b) Subcommittee on Industrial Development,
3 Recreation and Tourism
4 (4) Conservation
5 (a) Subcommittee on Mining
6 (5) Consumer Affairs
7 (a) Subcommittee on Public Utilities
8 (6) Education
9 (a) Subcommittee on Basic Education
10 (b) Subcommittee on Higher Education
11 (7) Federal-State Relations
12 (8) Finance
13 (9) Game and Fisheries
14 (10) Health and Welfare
15 (a) Subcommittee on Health
16 (b) Subcommittee on Welfare
17 (11) Insurance
18 (12) Judiciary
19 (a) Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections
20 (b) Subcommittee on Courts
21 (13) Labor Relations
22 (14) Liquor Control
23 (15) Local Government
24 (a) Subcommittee on Boroughs
25 (b) Subcommittee on Counties
26 (c) Subcommittee on Townships
27 (16) Youth and Aging
28 (a) Subcommittee on Youth
29 (b) Subcommittee on Aging
30 (17) Professional Licensure
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1 (18) State Government
2 (a) Subcommittee on Telecommunications
3 (19) Transportation
4 (a) Subcommittee on Highways
5 (b) Subcommittee on Public Transportation
6 (c) Subcommittee on Transportation Safety
7 (d) Subcommittee on Aviation
8 (20) Urban Affairs and Housing
9 (a) Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - First Class
10 (b) Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - Second Class
11 (c) Subcommittee on Cities, Third Class
12 (21) Military and Veterans Affairs
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