committee shall be subject to the penalties provided by the laws
of this Commonwealth with respect to such willful neglect or
refusal. The committee may quash or modify the subpoena if it
finds the subpoena to be overly broad or without proper purpose.
Each member of the committee shall have power to administer
oaths and affirmations to witnesses appearing before the
committee.
Upon completion of the investigation of any matter referred
to the committee, the committee shall file a final report with
the House. A final report of a referred matter shall not be
considered in the committee unless the report has been available
to committee members for at least three days before
consideration, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays,
unless the House is in session on those days. A report on a
referred matter shall be adopted by a majority vote of the
committee members to which the committee is entitled, present at
a committee session actually assembled and meeting as a
committee. Members of the committee may prepare in writing and
file a minority report, setting forth the reasons for their
dissent. Such committee reports shall be filed with the Chief
Clerk within five days of the meeting.
The committee shall not continue to exist after sine die
adjournment of the General Assembly. Investigation of any
referred matter before the committee that has not been concluded
or disposed of by [October 31] November 30 of the second year of
a legislative term shall cease on such date, and all documents,
reports, communications, transcripts and other materials
compiled by the committee for such matters shall be collected,
organized and submitted to the Chief Clerk under seal for
transition to the reconstituted committee consisting of members
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