1. Establishing a select committee on POW and MIA affairs There is established a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (hereafter referred to as the select committee ). 2. Functions The select committee shall conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation Enduring Freedom, including MIAs and POWs missing and captured. 3. Appointment and membership (a) Members The select committee shall be composed of 10 Members of the House, who shall be appointed by the Speaker. Not more than half of the members of the select committee shall be of the same political party. (b) Vacancy Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the select committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. (c) Chairperson The Speaker shall designate one member of the select committee to be its chairperson. 4. Authority and procedures (a) Authority For purposes of carrying out this resolution, the select committee (or any subcommittee of the select committee authorized to hold hearings) may sit and act during the present Congress at any time or place within the United States (including any Commonwealth or possession of the United States, or elsewhere, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned) and to hold such hearings as it considers necessary. (b) Rules of procedure Clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply to the select committee. (c) Prohibition against meeting at certain times Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit the applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the select committee. 5. Administrative provisions (a) Expenses There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House such sums as may be necessary for the expenses of the select committee.