Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) on page 54 as follows:
(1) On line 10, strike "The" and substitute "Subject to Section 2A of this rule, the [The]".
(2) Between lines 25 and 26, insert the following:
Sec. 2A. REQUIREMENT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN COMMITTEE CHAIRS. If, at the time the speaker announces the membership of committees, the members of one political party constitute a majority of the membership of the house, the speaker shall designate a member of that party to serve as chair of the following committees:
(1) the Committee on Appropriations;
(2) the Committee on Calendars;
(3) the Committee on Elections;
(4) the Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety;
(5) the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence;
(6) the Committee on Land and Resource Management;
(7) the Committee on Public Education;
(8) the Committee on Public Health;
(9) the Committee on Redistricting;
(10) the Committee on State Affairs;
(11) the Committee on Ways and Means;
(12) the Committee on Business & Industry;
(13) the Committee on Higher Education;
(14) the Committee on Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services;
(15) the Committee on Resolutions Calendars.