A resolution to provide authority for the creation of an experimental twenty-one-day period commencing in January 1982 during which standing committees of the House of Representatives would engage in the oversight of programs and laws within their jurisdictions in lieu of the consideration of legislation.

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to designate 21 consecutive calendar days (within seven days of the commencement of the second session of the Ninety-seventh Congress) during which standing committees shall study and review laws and programs within their jurisdiction. Requires the committees to determine whether such programs: (1) are being implemented according to the intent of Congress; and (2) whether they should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. Exempts the following committees from such oversight: the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Prohibits, during such 21 day period, any consideration of legislation unless the Speaker, in consultation with the minority leader, permits exceptions for good cause.