Committee Act

= Committee Act =

June 9, 2019

1) Two new channels; committee-room-1, and committee-room-2, shall be established. Only government officials may use the channels (same rules as a standard congressional channel).

2) Members of Congress may submit a request to the speaker of the house or the senate president pro tempore in #congress to establish a committee session in either of these channels. The member submitting a request to the chamber leader is considered to be the chair of the committee in question. The committee chair leads the discussion and may decide who is on the committee

3) If the speaker or president pro tempore approved the request, and both rooms are not being used by other committees, the committee will have the room for 1 day, and it will start the next full day (the usage will be one day, midnight-midnight, a Tuesday, June 7th, etc. This is so the times are not constantly changing, and it is simple. The rental of the room will start the beginning of the next day after being approved.) If both rooms are being used, that committee will go into line for the room with the shortest line, and will use that room as soon as it is available.

4) These committees are meant for focused discussion groups, and they are meant to *produce legislation as an end result.* The chair may direct productive conversation, draft legislation, control conversation, and disband the committee.

5) The chair may ask for an admin to assist them in controlling conversation if they deem it to be out of hand

6) If a committee meets more than 3 times (3 days) without producing any legislation, that committee will be automatically disbanded and not allowed to rent the rooms again for the same purpose.

7) At the start of a meeting period, the speaker, president pro tempore, or chair of the committee must declare in the room the name of the committee, it’s intended function, who approved it, and what day the meeting is.

8) It is the responsibility of the speaker and the president pro tempore to coordinate and schedule these meetings effectively