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handle is hein.crs/crsahms0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20769 January 5, 2001 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Committee System Rules Changes in the House, 107th Congress Judy Schneider Specialist on the Congress Government and Finance Division Summary This fact sheet details changes in the committee system contained in H.Res. 5, the rules of the House for the 107' Congress, adopted by the House January 3, 2001. The fact sheet will not be updated unless further rules changes are adopted. Committee Structure Organization. The resolution abolishes the Committee on Banking and Financial Services and creates a Committee on Financial Services and changes the name of the Committee on Commerce to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over securities and exchanges, and insurance generally, is transferred from the Committee on Energy and Commerce to the Committee on Financial Services. The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has exclusive oversight responsibility over the sources and methods of the core intelligence agencies. Size. The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is increased from not more than 16 members to not more than 18 members, of which not more than 10 may be from the same party. Subcommittees. The resolution maintains the current rule regarding the number of subcommittees each committee can create. However, the Committee on Government Reform may create up to eight subcommittees, and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may create up to six subcommittees each. Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress

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