S.Amdt. 2200

SA 2200. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs.
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part B of title X, add the following:

SEC. ____. ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN.

(a) Special Committee Established.--
(1) In general.--There is established a special committee
of the Senate to be known as the Special Committee on
Children (hereinafter in this section referred to as the
``special committee'').
(2) Members.--The special committee shall consist of 19
members, including a chairman. The members and the chairman
of the special committee shall be appointed in the same
manner and at the same time as the members and chairman of a
standing committee of the Senate.
(b) Treated as a Standing Committee of the Senate.--For
purposes of paragraph 4 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of
the Senate, and for purposes of section 202 of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301), the
special committee shall be treated as a standing committee of
the Senate.
(c) Duty.--
(1) In general.--It shall be the duty of the special
committee to conduct a continuing study of any and all
matters pertaining to children and their welfare, including--
(A) programs and services relating to the health, welfare,
safety, housing, nutrition, education, economic stability,
civil rights needs of children, and Federal programs and
services that have a purpose of benefitting children or have
the effect of benefitting children; and
(B) the effectiveness of such programs and services.
(2) Limitation.--No proposed legislation shall be referred
to the special committee, and the special committee shall not
have power to report by bill or otherwise have legislative
jurisdiction.
(d) Report.--The special committee shall, from time to time
(but not less than once a year), report to the Senate the
results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (c)(1),
together with such recommendations as the special committee
considers appropriate.
(e) Authorized Activities.--The special committee, or any
duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized, in its
discretion to--
(1) make investigations into any matter within its
jurisdiction;
(2) make expenditures from the contingent fund of the
Senate;
(3) employ personnel;
(4) hold hearings;
(5) sit and act at such places and times during the
sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate;
(6) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of
such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and
documents, administer such oaths, take such testimony,
procure such printing and binding, and make such other
expenditures as it deems advisable;
(7) take depositions and other testimony;
(8) procure the service of individual consultants or
organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i));
and
(9) with the prior consent of the Government department or
agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and
Administration, use on a reimbursable basis the services of
personnel of any such department or agency.
(f) Power to Administer Oaths.--The chairman of the special
committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to
witnesses.
(g) Subpoenas.--Subpoenas authorized by the special
committee may be issued over the signature of the chairman,
or any member of the special committee designated by the
chairman, and may be served by any person designated by the
chairman or the member signing the subpoena.
(h) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the special
committee, or any subcommittee thereof, shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, except that a lesser
number, to be fixed by the committee, shall constitute a
quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony.
(i) Enactment.--This section is enacted by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate,
and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate,
and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is
inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
the Senate to change the rules relating to the procedure of
the Senate at any time, in the same manner, and to the same
extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.
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