Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) in Rule 13 as follows:

(1)  In Section 7 (page 182, line 22, through page 183, line 1), strike Subsection (a) and substitute the following:

(a)  House conferees may not [when meeting with senate conferees to] adjust differences with senate conferees and may not adopt a conference committee report except in a formal meeting [shall meet in public and shall give a reasonable amount of notice of the meeting in the place designated for giving notice of meetings of house standing committees]. House conferees shall not assemble for the purpose of a formal meeting unless notice of the meeting has been posted in accordance with the rules at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Minutes of each formal meeting shall be kept as required by Rule 4, Section 18. Any such meeting shall be open to the news media. Any conference committee report adopted in private shall not be considered by the house.

(2)  In Section 10 (page 190, line 1), strike "and" and substitute "[and]".

(3)  In Section 10 (page 190), strike line 3 and substitute the following:

required by Section 11 of this rule; and

(4)  the minutes from each formal meeting of the house conferees for the conference committee report.