Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) by striking Rule 3, Section 15 (page 33, lines 2 through 23), and substituting the following:

Sec. 15.  GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND OPERATION. The committee shall have seven members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:

(1)  the organization, operation, powers, regulations, and management of state departments, agencies, institutions, and advisory committees;

(2)  elimination of inefficiencies in the provision of state services;

(3)  open government matters, including open records and open meetings;

(4)  advances in science and technology, including telecommunications, electronic technology, or automated data processing, by state agencies, including institutions of higher education;

(5)  the promotion within the state of an advance described by Subdivision (4);

(6)  cooperation between the state or a local governmental entity and the scientific and technological community, including private businesses, institutions of higher education, and federal governmental laboratories; [and]

(7)  cybersecurity; and

(8)  the Texas Emerging Technology Fund Advisory Committee and the Sunset Advisory Commission.