Oversight Hearings on Narcotics Abuse and Current Federal and International Narcotics Control Effort

Resolution, Resolved, That (a) (1) there hereby is established in the House of Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the "select committee"). The select committee shall be composed of eighteen Members of the House.

(2) Members of the select committee shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House. One member of the select committee shall be designated by the Speaker to serve as chairman of the select committee.

(3) At least one member of the select committee shall be chosen from each of the following committees of the House: The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and the Committee on Ways and Means.

(4) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the select committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(b) The chairman of the select committee may establish such subcommittees of the select committee as he considers appropriate. Any such subcommittee shall be composed of not less than four members of the select committee.

SEC. 2. The select committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction. The select committee shall have authority

(1) to conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review of the problems of narcotics abuse and control, including, but not limited to, international trafficking, enforcement, prevention, narcotics-related violations of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, international treaties, organized crime, drug abuse in the Armed Forces of the United States, treatment and rehabilitation, and the approach of the criminal justice system with respect to narcotics law violations and crimes related to drug abuse; and

(2) to review any recommendations made by the President, or by any department or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, relating to programs or policies affecting narcotics abuse or control. SEC. 3. (a) For purposes of this resolution, the select committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the select committee, may sit and act at such times and places as it considers appropriate whether the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned.

(b) For purposes of this resolution, the select committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the select committee to hold hearings, may hold such hearings, and may require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, documents, and other exhibits and materials, as it considers necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the select committee or any member of the select committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member.

(c) A majority of the members of the select committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that the select committee may designate a lesser number as a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony. The chairman of the select committee, or any member of the select committee designated by him, may administer oaths of affirmations to any witness.

(d) The select committee and any subcommittee thereof and its staff may conduct field investigations or inspections. Members and staff of the select committee may engage in such travel as may be necessary to conduct investigations relating to the purposes of this resolution.

SEC. 4. The select committee may employ and fix the compensation of such clerks, experts, consultants, technicians, attorneys, investigators, and clerical and stenographic assistants as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of

this resolution. The select committee may reimburse the members of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the select committee, other than expenses in connection with meetings of the select committee or any subcommittee thereof held in the District of Columbia.

SEC. 5. The provisions of clause 2(g) (1) of rule XI of the rules of the House shall apply to the select committee.

SEC. 6. (a) The select committee shall report to the House with respect to the results of any investigation conducted by the select committee, or any subcommittee thereof, under section 3(d).

(b) The select committee shall submit an annual report to the House which shall include a summary of the activities of the select committee during the calendar year to which such report applies.

(c) Any report of the select committee under this section which is submitted during a period in which the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.

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