To establish the Select Committee on Violence.

Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Violence.

 
HRES 390 IH
102d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 390
To establish the Select Committee on Violence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 1992
Mr. STOKES (for himself, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. COLLINS of Michigan, Mr. FORD
of Tennessee, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DYMALLY, Mr. ESPY, Mr. FLAKE,
Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. OWENS of New York, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. SAVAGE, Mr. DELLUMS, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois,
and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
To establish the Select Committee on Violence.
  Resolved,
ESTABLISHMENT
  SECTION 1. There is hereby established in the House of Representatives
  a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Violence
  (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the `select committee').
FUNCTIONS
  SEC. 2. (a) The select committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction. The
  select committee shall have authority--
  (1) to conduct a continuing oversight and review of the problems associated
  with all types of violence (assaults, homicides, and suicides), including
  issues related to (A) the occurrence and nature of violent acts in
  various age, ethnic, racial, and sexual populations, (B) violence and
  substance abuse, (C) violence and economic or employment status, (D)
  violence and poverty, (E) violence and family composition, (F) violence
  and the use of weapons, (G) jurisdictional or geographical analysis, (H)
  education or training, (I) policies and practices of the criminal justice
  and judicial systems, and (J) the effects of violence on health and the
  health care system;
  (2) to study the use of all practical means and methods of encouraging the
  development of public and private programs and policies directed toward
  the development and implementation of violence prevention and treatment
  strategies; and
  (3) to develop policies that would encourage the coordination of both
  governmental and private programs designed to reduce homicides, assaults,
  and suicides, particularly in those areas where certain groups are
  disproportionately affected by violence.
  (b) Nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed to limit or
  alter the legislative and oversight jurisdiction of any standing committee
  of the House under rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP
  SEC. 3. (a) The select committee shall be composed of no more than thirty
  Members of the House, who shall be appointed by the Speaker, and one of
  whom he shall designate as chairman.
  (b) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the select committee shall
  be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
  (c) For purposes of this section, the term `Members' shall include any
  Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the House
  of Representatives.
AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES
  SEC. 4. (a) For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities under
  this resolution, the select committee is authorized to sit and act during
  the present Congress at such times and places within the United States,
  including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, or elsewhere, whether
  the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such
  hearings as it deems necessary.
  (b) The provisions of clauses 1, 2, and 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the
  House of Representatives shall apply to the select committee.
  (c) Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed
  to limit the applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the
  House of Representatives to the select committee.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
  SEC. 5. (a) Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as required
  by clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
  select committee may incur expenses in connection with its duties under
  this resolution.
  (b) In carrying out its functions under this resolution, the select
  committee is authorized--
  (1) to appoint, either on a permanent basis or as experts or consultants,
  such staff as the select committee considers necessary;
  (2) to utilize the services of the staffs of those committees of the House
  from which Members have been selected for membership on the select committee;
  (3) to prescribe the duties and responsibilities of such staff;
  (4) to fix the compensation of such staff at a single per annum gross rate
  which does not exceed the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time
  to time, of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5,
  United States Code;
  (5) to terminate the employment of any such staff as the select committee
  considers appropriate; and
  (6) to reimburse members of the select committee and of its staff for
  travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the
  performance of their duties and responsibilities for the select committee,
  other than expenses in connection with any meeting of the select committee
  held in the District of Columbia.
REPORTS AND RECORDS
  SEC. 6. (a) The select committee shall report to the House as soon as
  practicable during the present Congress, the results of its investigation
  and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
  (b) Any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall
  be filed with the Clerk of the House.
  (c) Any such report shall be referred to the committee or committees having
  jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof.
  (d) The records, files, and materials of the select committee shall be
  transferred to the Clerk of the House.