Congress and make recommendations that serve the following objectives: (1) Making the operations and the organization of the Congress more effective and more efficient. (2) Making the Congress and its members more accountable to the citizens they serve. (3) Improving the relationships between the Houses of Congress. (4) Improving the relationships between and among other branches of the Government, particularly relative to the congressional oversight of those branches. (5) Improving the orderly, timely, and effective consideration and disposal of legislation. (6) Improving the relationships among both elected Members of the Congress and the staff of those Members, particularly relating to relationships between the minority and majority Members. (7) Improving the relationship between members and the citizens they serve, especially in the opportunities citizens have to participate in the process of governing. (b) Additional matter To be studied The Committee shall also include in its study the role of the standing, select, and special committees and their effectiveness in addressing legislative responsibilities, particularly those involving the authorization of Federal programs and agencies and the future fiscal impact of entitlement programs. 3. Authority and employment and compensation of staff (a) Authority of committee The Committee or any of its subcommittees may— (1) sit and act at such places and times as the Committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, determines are appropriate during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Congress