Committees, commissions, and House offices

(a) Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party House Resolution 11, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, as amended by House Resolution 78, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, except that— (1) the Select Committee concerned shall submit all reports to the House or policy recommendations to the relevant standing committees under section 1(e) not later than December 31, 2026; and (2) the investigative jurisdiction of the Select Committee shall consist of policy recommendations on countering the economic, technological, security, and ideological threats of the Chinese Communist Party to the United States and allies and partners of the United States. (b) House Democracy Partnership House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that the commission concerned shall be known as the House Democracy Partnership. (c) Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— (1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission may, in addition to collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members of other relevant committees; (2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is authorized to obtain from other offices of the House of Representatives; and (3) any amounts authorized to provide full-time professional staff and resources to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission shall be in addition to and separate from the amounts authorized for salaries and expenses of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as provided by resolution of the House, shall be administered by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and shall be distributed equally between the co-chairs of the Commission. (d) Office of Congressional Conduct (1) In general References in the standing rules to the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be construed as references to the Office of Congressional Conduct. (2) Office of Congressional Conduct Section 1 of House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— (A) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be known as the Office of Congressional Conduct (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the Office); (B) references to the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be construed as references to the Office; (C) the Office shall be treated as a standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)); (D) references to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be construed as references to the Committee on Ethics; (E) any requirement for concurrence in section 1(b)(1) shall be construed as a requirement for consultation; (F) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary review or second-phase review by the board shall be informed of the right to be represented by counsel and invoking that right should not be held negatively against such individual; (G) the Office may not take any action that would deny any person any right or protection provided under the Constitution of the United States; (H) any member of the board currently serving a term in excess of the limitations of section 1(b)(6) of such resolution shall be considered as removed from the board; and (I) the provision regarding appointment and compensation of staff shall require an affirmative vote of at least 4 members of the board not later than 30 calendar days after the board has been fully constituted.