[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6] [Chapter 6. Officers, Officials, and Employees] [C. House Officers] [§ 24. In General] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] [Page 639-640] CHAPTER 6 Officers, Officials, and Employees EMPLOYMENT Sec. 24. In General Various House rules and statutes govern the activities and status of persons employed by the House.(9) Jurisdiction over the employment of persons by the House is by rule granted to the Committee on House Administration.(10) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. For example, pursuant to Rule XLI, House Rules and Manual Sec. 937 (1973) no person who is an agent for the prosecution of any claim against the government, or who is interested in such claim other than as an original claimant, may continue as an employee of the House. The U.S. Code sets forth rules concerning the service of its employees as jurors or witnesses during certain judicial proceedings. 2 USC Sec. 130b. 10. Rule XI clause 9(c), House Rules and Manual Sec. 693 (1973). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those rules setting forth standards of official conduct for the Members(11) are also applicable to House employees. Additionally, those who are ``principle assistants'' to Members and officers are subject to the financial disclosure requirements which the House by rule has established.(12) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Rule XLIII clauses 1-5, House Rules and Manual Sec. 939 (1973). 12. Rule XLIV, House Rules and Manual Sec. 940 (1973). See 115 Cong. Rec. 10040, 91st Cong. 1st Sess., Apr. 23, 1969, for the announcement made to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct concerning the closing date for filing financial disclosure reports with the committee as required by Rule XLIV. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certain categories of employment in the House are established by statute.(13) The qualifications of employment applicants are determined by the House officer under whose supervision they will serve, and each officer is authorized to remove or otherwise discipline such employees.(14) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. For examples of House employee positions created by statute see: 2 USCA Sec. 74-2(a)(b), messengers in office of the Speaker; 2 USCA Sec. 74a, administrative assistants for the Speaker and Majority and Minority Leaders; 2 USCA Sec. 76a, special assistant in the office of the Doorkeeper; and 2 USCA Sec. 123b(f), Director and employees for the House Recording Studio. 14. 2 USCA Sec. 60-1 (a). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once hired, House employees must be assigned to the positions for which they were appointed.(15) Moreover, the practice of dividing House employees' salaries(16) or subletting their duties(17) have been prohibited by statute.(18) [[Page 640]] Other statutory provisions sanction the withholding from House employees of amounts due them if an indebtedness of an employee to the House remains unsatisfied.(19) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. 2 USC Sec. 85. 16. 2 USC Sec. 86. 17. 2 USC Sec. Sec. 87, 101. 18. 2 USCA Sec. 130d. 19. 2 USCA Sec. 89a. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------