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handle is hein.crs/crsaahj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 97-138 GOV January 23, 1997 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress Judy Schneider Specialist on the Congress Government Division Summary This fact sheet details changes in the committee system contained in H.Res. 5, the rules of the House for the 105th Congress. Committee Structure Jurisdiction. H.Res. 5 changed the Budget Committee's jurisdiction from congressional budget process to budget process, generally and changed the Government Reform and Oversight Committee's jurisdiction from budget and accounting measures, generally to government management and accounting measures, generally. Name Changes. The resolution changed the name of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Committee Procedure Committee Reports. H.Res. 5 authorized committees to (1) file joint investigative or oversight reports with other committees on matters on which they conducted joint studies or investigations, (2) file investigative or oversight reports after the final adjournment of a Congress if they were properly approved by the committee and at least seven calendar days were permitted for filing views, and (3) file final activity reports after an adjournment if at least seven calendar days were permitted for filing views. H.Res. 5 also stipulated that proposed investigative reports will be considered as read if available for at least 24 hours in advance of their consideration. H.Res. 5 changed the period for filing views on reports from three full days after the day on which the bill or matter is ordered reported to three days counting the day when the matter is ordered reported. The resolution also granted a committee an automatic right to arrange to have an hour after midnight on the third day to file its report if an intention to file views is announced. Congressional Research Service +* The Library of Congress