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j. Record of Hearing.--An accurate stenographic

record shall be kept of all testimony taken at public hearings. Any public witness may, during Committee office hours in the Committee offices and within two weeks of the close of hearings, examine the transcript of his or her own testimony and make such grammatical or technical changes as will not substantially alter the nature of testimony given. Members

of the Committee or Subcommittee shall receive copies of transcripts for their prompt review and correction for return to the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee may order the printing of a hearing record without the corrections of any member or witness if he determines that such member or witness has been afforded a reasonable time in which to make such corrections and further delay would seriously impede the consideration of the legislative action which is the subject of the hearing. The record of a hearing closes [within ten calendar days of after the last oral testimony, unless the Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee otherwise determines. Any person requesting to file a statement for the record of a hearing must so request before the hearing concludes and must file the statement before the record closes. No written statement becomes part of the record and thus publicly available until such time as it has been approved by the Chairman of the Committee or any Committee staff he designates, and the Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee or his designee may reject any statement in light of its length or its tendency to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.

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k. Investigative Hearings.--The Chairman of the

Committee or Subcommittee at an investigative hearing shall announce in an opening statement the subject of the investigation.

A copy of the Committee rules (and the applicable provision

of the House Rules set forth in Appendix B) shall be made available to each witness. Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied by their own counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their constitutional rights. The Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee may punish breaches of order and decorum, and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure and exclusion from the hearings; (and) but only the full Committee may cite the offender to the House for contempt. If the Committee

determines that evidence or testimony at an investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, it shall:

(3)

receive and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena additional witnesses.] Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony at an investigatory hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person-(1) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of Rule III (h), if by a majority of those present, there being in attendance the requisite number required under the rules of

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the Committee to be present for the purpose of taking testimony, the Committee or Subcommittee determines that such evidence

or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any

person;

(2) the Committee or Subcommittee shall proceed to receive such testimony in open session only if a majority of the members of the Committee or Subcommittee, a majority being present, determine that such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person. In either case the Committee or Subcommittee shall afford such person an opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness; and the Committee or Subcommittee shall

receive

and the Committee shall dispose of requests from such person

to subpoena additional witnesses.

Except as provided herein, the Chairman shall receive and

the Committee shall dispose of requests to subpoena additional witnesses. No evidence or testimony taken in executive

session may be released or used in public sessions

without

the consent of the Committee or Subcommittee. In the discretion of the Committee or Subcommittee, witnesses may submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for inclusion in the record. The Committee or Subcommittee is the sole judge of the pertinency of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearings. A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony given at a public session or, if given at an executive session, when authorized by the Committee or Subcommittee.

1.

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Broadcasting and Photography. --Television and

radio broadcasting and still photography of all or part of

any Committee hearing or meeting shall be permitted only

when the Committee by a majority vote agrees to such broadcasting and/or still photography. All news media shall be permitted to attend public hearings. Unless a majority of the Committee grants permission, no person, including representatives of the news media or official reporters, shall use photographic or electronic devices to record the conduct of any hearing or meeting.] Television, film making, live radio broadcasting and still photography of all or part of any Committee hearing or meeting shall be permitted only when the Committee by a majority vote agreed or, if the Committee cannot be polled in a timely manner, when approved by the Chairman of the Committee after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, television, film making, live radio broadcasting and still photography of all or part of any Subcommittee hearing or meeting shall be permitted only when the Subcommittee by a majority vote agrees or, if the Subcommittee cannot be polled in a timely manner, when approved by the Chairman of the Committee or the Chairman of the Subcommittee after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee or Subcommittee. Any broadcasting, electronic recording, film making, and/or still photography of all or part of a hearing or meeting shall be subject to the provisions of House Rule XI-3 (f) which appear in Appendix B. In the event that the Committee votes to permit broadcasting and/or

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still photography of all or part of a hearing or meeting, the following conditions shall apply:

(1) If the television or radio coverage of the hearing or meeting is to be presented to the public as live coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and presented without commercial sponsorship.

(2) No witness served with a subpoena by the Committee shall be required against his or her will to be photographed at any hearing or to give eivdence or testimony while the broadcasting of that hearing, by radio or television, is

being conducted.

At the request of any such witness who

does not wish to be subjected to radio or television, or

still photography coverage, all lenses shall be covered and

all microphones used for coverage turned off. This subparagraph is supplementary to clause 2(k) (5) of House Rule XI, relating to the protection of the rights of witnesses.

(3) Not more than four television cameras, operating from fixed positions, shall be permitted in a hearing or meeting room. The allocation among the television media of the positions of the number of television cameras permitted in a hearing or meeting room shall be in accordance with fair and equitable procedures devised by the Executive

Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries. Television cameras shall be placed so as not to

(4)

obstruct in any way the space between any witness giving

evidence or testimony and any member of the Committee or the visibility of that witness and a member to each other.

(5)

Television cameras shall not be placed in positions which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the other media.