; functions (1) Legislative jurisdiction The Select Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolution. (2) Investigative jurisdiction The sole authority of the Select Committee shall be to investigate and submit policy recommendations on the status of the Chinese Communist Party’s economic, technological, and security progress and its competition with the United States. The Select Committee may, at its discretion, hold public hearings in connection with any aspect of its investigative functions. (c) Procedure (1) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee is authorized to study the sources and methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in subsection (b)(2). (2) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select Committee. (3) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select Committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of the House, and shall be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule. (4) (A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select Committee where not inconsistent with this subsection. (B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X. (C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Select Committee. (D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select Committee in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (d) Records; staff; travel