H10672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 2, 2008 

[Roll No. 677] 

AYES—295 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Allen 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Baird 

Baldwin 

Barrett (SC) 

Barrow 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Blumenauer 

Blunt 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boucher 

Boyd (FL) 

Boyda (KS) 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (SC) 

Brown, Corrine 

Buchanan 

Burgess 

Butterfield 

Camp (MI) 

Campbell (CA) 

Capito 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carney 

Carson 

Castle 

Castor 

Cazayoux 

Chabot 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Cohen 

Conaway 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cramer 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis, Lincoln 

Davis, Tom 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Delahunt 

DeLauro 

Dent 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly 

Doolittle 

Doyle 

Drake 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ehlers 

Ellison 

Ellsworth 

Emanuel 

Emerson 

Engel 

English (PA) 

Eshoo 

Etheridge 

Fallin 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foster 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gerlach 

Giffords 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Goode 

Goodlatte 

Gordon 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Hall (NY) 

Hare 

Harman 

Hastings (FL) 

Hayes 

Herseth Sandlin 

Higgins 

Hill 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hodes 

Hoekstra 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hooley 

Hoyer 

Inglis (SC) 

Inslee 

Israel 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Jefferson 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Jones (NC) 

Jordan 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick 

Kind 

King (IA) 

Klein (FL) 

Kline (MN) 

Kucinich 

LaHood 

Lampson 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latta 

Lee 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Linder 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Mack 

Mahoney (FL) 

Manzullo 

Markey 

Marshall 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum (MN) 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McHugh 

McIntyre 

McNerney 

McNulty 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Melancon 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Mitchell 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (VA) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Tim 

Murtha 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Nunes 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor 

Payne 

Pearce 

Perlmutter 

Peterson (MN) 

Petri 

Pickering 

Pomeroy 

Porter 

Price (NC) 

Putnam 

Rahall 

Ramstad 

Rangel 

Reichert 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Rogers (MI) 

Roskam 

Ross 

Rothman 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schmidt 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shadegg 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Simpson 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Solis 

Souder 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Tiahrt 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Turner 

Udall (NM) 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walden (OR) 

Walz (MN) 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch (VT) 

Weldon (FL) 

Weller 

Wexler 

Wilson (NM) 

Wilson (OH) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

Young (FL) 

NOES—115 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Bartlett (MD) 

Barton (TX) 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Blackburn 

Boehner 

Bonner 

Boozman 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Broun (GA) 

Brown-Waite, 

Ginny 

Burton (IN) 

Buyer 

Calvert 

Cannon 

Cantor 

Carter 

Cole (OK) 

Crenshaw 

Culberson 

Davis (KY) 

Davis, David 

Deal (GA) 

Diaz-Balart, L. 

Diaz-Balart, M. 

Dreier 

Duncan 

Everett 

Feeney 

Flake 

Fossella 

Foxx 

Gallegly 

Gingrey 

Gohmert 

Granger 

Graves 

Hall (TX) 

Hastings (WA) 

Heller 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Hobson 

Issa 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, Sam 

Keller 

King (NY) 

Kirk 

Knollenberg 

Kuhl (NY) 

Lamborn 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (KY) 

Lucas 

Marchant 

McCaul (TX) 

McCotter 

McCrery 

McHenry 

McKeon 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Mica 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Musgrave 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Paul 

Pence 

Peterson (PA) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe 

Price (GA) 

Radanovich 

Regula 

Rehberg 

Renzi 

Reynolds 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rohrabacher 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Royce 

Ryan (WI) 

Sali 

Saxton 

Scalise 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Smith (NJ) 

Stearns 

Sullivan 

Tancredo 

Thornberry 

Upton 

Walberg 

Walsh (NY) 

Wamp 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield (KY) 

Wittman (VA) 

Young (AK) 

NOT VOTING—23 

Carnahan 

Clay 

Crowley 

Cubin 

Ferguson 

Frank (MA) 

Gilchrest 

Grijalva 

Gutierrez 

Hulshof 

Hunter 

Kingston 

Maloney (NY) 

Mollohan 

Moran (KS) 

Murphy, Patrick 

Pryce (OH) 

Shays 

Space 

Stark 

Thompson (MS) 

Udall (CO) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

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So the motion to table was agreed to. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, on 

rollcall nos. 676 and 677, I was inadvertantly 

detained because of flight delays. Had I been 

present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall 

No. 676 and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 677. 

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HOMELESS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND RAPID TRANSITION 

TO HOUSING ACT OF 2008 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill, H.R. 7221, as amended, on which 

the yeas and nays were ordered. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. 

MOORE) that the House suspend the 

rules and pass the bill, H.R. 7221, as 

amended. 

This will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 355, nays 61, 

not voting 17, as follows: 

[Roll No. 678] 

YEAS—355 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Allen 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Baird 

Baldwin 

Barrow 

Bartlett (MD) 

Barton (TX) 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Blumenauer 

Blunt 

Boehner 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boozman 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boucher 

Boustany 

Boyd (FL) 

Boyda (KS) 

Brady (PA) 

Brady (TX) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (SC) 

Brown, Corrine 

Brown-Waite, 

Ginny 

Buchanan 

Burgess 

Butterfield 

Calvert 

Camp (MI) 

Cannon 

Capito 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carney 

Carson 

Castle 

Castor 

Cazayoux 

Chabot 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Cohen 

Cole (OK) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cramer 

Crenshaw 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis (KY) 

Davis, Lincoln 

Davis, Tom 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Delahunt 

DeLauro 

Dent 

Diaz-Balart, L. 

Diaz-Balart, M. 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly 

Doyle 

Drake 

Dreier 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ehlers 

Ellison 

Ellsworth 

Emanuel 

Emerson 

Engel 

English (PA) 

Eshoo 

Etheridge 

Fallin 

Farr 

Fattah 

Feeney 

Filner 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Fossella 

Foster 

Frank (MA) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Gerlach 

Giffords 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Gordon 

Granger 

Graves 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Grijalva 

Hall (NY) 

Hare 

Harman 

Hastings (FL) 

Hayes 

Heller 

Herger 

Herseth Sandlin 

Higgins 

Hill 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hobson 

Hodes 

Hoekstra 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hooley 

Hoyer 

Inslee 

Israel 

Issa 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Jefferson 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Jones (NC) 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Keller 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick 

Kind 

King (NY) 

Kirk 

Klein (FL) 

Knollenberg 

Kucinich 

Kuhl (NY) 

LaHood 

Lampson 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee 

Levin 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Mahoney (FL) 

Maloney (NY) 

Manzullo 

Markey 

Marshall 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul (TX) 

McCollum (MN) 

McCotter 

McCrery 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McHugh 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

McNulty 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Melancon 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, Gary 

Miller, George 

Mitchell 

Mollohan 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (KS) 

Moran (VA) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Tim 

Murtha 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor 

Payne 

Pearce 

Perlmutter 

Peterson (MN) 

Peterson (PA) 

Petri 

Pickering 

Platts 

Pomeroy 

Porter 

Price (NC) 

Putnam 

Rahall 

Ramstad 

Rangel 

Regula 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renzi 

Reyes 

Reynolds 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Ross 

Rothman 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Ryan (WI) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 


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Sarbanes 

Saxton 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schmidt 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shays 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuler 

Simpson 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Solis 

Souder 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thornberry 

Tiahrt 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Turner 

Udall (NM) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden (OR) 

Walsh (NY) 

Walz (MN) 

Wamp 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch (VT) 

Weldon (FL) 

Weller 

Wexler 

Whitfield (KY) 

Wilson (NM) 

Wilson (OH) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman (VA) 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

NAYS—61 

Akin 

Barrett (SC) 

Blackburn 

Broun (GA) 

Burton (IN) 

Buyer 

Campbell (CA) 

Cantor 

Carter 

Conaway 

Culberson 

Davis, David 

Deal (GA) 

Doolittle 

Duncan 

Everett 

Flake 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gingrey 

Gohmert 

Goode 

Goodlatte 

Hall (TX) 

Hastings (WA) 

Hensarling 

Inglis (SC) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jordan 

King (IA) 

Kline (MN) 

Lamborn 

Lewis (KY) 

Linder 

Mack 

Marchant 

McHenry 

Miller (FL) 

Musgrave 

Neugebauer 

Nunes 

Paul 

Pence 

Pitts 

Poe 

Price (GA) 

Radanovich 

Rohrabacher 

Roskam 

Royce 

Sali 

Scalise 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shadegg 

Shuster 

Stearns 

Sullivan 

Tancredo 

Westmoreland 

NOT VOTING—17 

Carnahan 

Clay 

Crowley 

Cubin 

Ferguson 

Gilchrest 

Gutierrez 

Hulshof 

Hunter 

Kingston 

Murphy, Patrick 

Pryce (OH) 

Space 

Stark 

Thompson (MS) 

Udall (CO) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during 

the vote). Two minutes remain in this 

vote. 

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Mr. NUNES and Mr. SHUSTER 

changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to 

‘‘nay.’’ 

So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the 

bill, as amended, was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from this Chamber today. I 

would like the RECORD to show that, had I 

been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on 

rollcall votes 676, 677 and 678. 

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CORRECTING ENROLLMENT OF S. 

3001, DUNCAN HUNTER NATIONAL 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I send 

to the desk a concurrent resolution and 

ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the House. 

The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the concurrent resolution 

is as follows: 

H. CON. RES. 442 

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the 

Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of 

the bill S. 3001, the Secretary of the Senate 

shall make the following corrections: 

(1) In section 201(1), strike ‘‘$11,045,052,000’’ 

and insert ‘‘$10,943,840,000’’. 

(2) In section 202(a), strike ‘‘$11,799,660’’ and 

insert ‘‘$11,799,660,000’’. 

The concurrent resolution was agreed 

to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER ACT OF 

2008 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. 

Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 

take from the Speaker’s table the bill 

(H.R. 5159) to establish the Office of the 

Capitol Visitor Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 

headed by the Chief Executive Officer 

for Visitor Services, to provide for the 

effective management and administration of the Capitol Visitor Center, and 

for other purposes, with a Senate 

amendment thereto, and concur in the 

Senate amendment. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The Clerk read the Senate amendment, as follows: 

Senate amendment: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as 

the ‘‘Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

Sec. 101. Designation of facility as Capitol Visitor Center; purposes of facility; 

treatment of the Capitol Visitor 

Center. 

Sec. 102. Designation and naming within the 

Capitol Visitor Center. 

Sec. 103. Use of the Emancipation Hall of the 

Capitol Visitor Center. 

TITLE II—OFFICE OF THE CAPITOL 

VISITOR CENTER 

Sec. 201. Establishment. 

Sec. 202. Appointment and supervision of Chief 

Executive Officer for Visitor Services. 

Sec. 203. General duties of Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 204. Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 205. Gift shop. 

Sec. 206. Food service operations. 

TITLE III—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

REVOLVING FUND 

Sec. 301. Establishment and accounts. 

Sec. 302. Deposits in the Fund. 

Sec. 303. Use of monies. 

Sec. 304. Administration of Fund. 

TITLE IV—CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND 

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 

Subtitle A—Capitol Guide Service 

Sec. 401. Transfer of Capitol Guide Service. 

Sec. 402. Duties of employees of Capitol Guide 

Service. 

Subtitle B—Office of Congressional Accessibility 

Services 

Sec. 411. Office of Congressional Accessibility 

Services. 

Sec. 412. Transfer from Capitol Guide Service. 

Subtitle C—Transfer Date and Technical and 

Conforming Amendments 

Sec. 421. Transfer date. 

Sec. 422. Technical and conforming amendments. 

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. Jurisdictions unaffected. 

Sec. 502. Student loan repayment authority. 

Sec. 503. Acceptance of volunteer services. 

Sec. 504. Coins treated as gifts. 

Sec. 505. Flexible work schedule pilot program. 

TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 601. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE I—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY AS CAPITOL 

VISITOR CENTER; PURPOSES OF FACILITY; TREATMENT OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility authorized for 

construction under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 

(Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–569) is designated as the Capitol Visitor Center and is a 

part of the Capitol. 

(b) PURPOSES OF THE FACILITY.—The Capitol 

Visitor Center shall be used— 

(1) to provide enhanced security for persons 

working in or visiting the United States Capitol; 

(2) to improve the visitor experience by providing a structure that will afford improved visitor orientation and enhance the educational 

experience of those who have come to learn 

about the Congress and the Capitol; and 

(3) for other purposes as determined by Congress or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on 

House Administration of the House of Representatives. 

(c) TREATMENT OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER.— 

(1) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and 

Administration of the Senate and the Committee 

on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have oversight of the Capitol 

Visitor Center. 

(2) TREATMENT OF EXPANSION SPACE OF THE

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER.— 

(A) SENATE.—The expansion space of the Senate described as unassigned space under the 

heading ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the 

heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ 

under title II of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 

and for other purposes’’, approved November 12, 

2001 (Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be 

part of the Senate wing of the Capitol. 

(B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The expansion space of the House of Representatives described as unassigned space under the heading 

‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading 

‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ under title 

II of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for 

other purposes’’, approved November 12, 2001 

(Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be part 

of the House of Representatives wing of the 

Capitol. 

(d) TREATMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL AUDITORIUM AND RELATED ADJACENT AREAS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules and 

Administration of the Senate and the Committee 

on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall jointly prescribe regulations 


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