H. R. 475

One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 

An Act 

To revise the composition of the House of Representatives Page Board to equalize 

the number of members representing the majority and minority parties and 

to include a member representing the parents of pages and a member representing 

former pages, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘House Page Board Revision 

Act of 2007’’. 

SEC. 2. REVISION OF COMPOSITION OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

PAGE BOARD. 

(a) EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP.—Section 2(a) of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, 

as enacted into permanent law by section 127 of Public Law 97–

377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–3(a)), is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘one Member’’ and 

inserting ‘‘two Members’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1); 

(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and 

(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs: 

‘‘(2) one individual who, at any time during the 5-year 

period which ends on the date of the individual’s appointment, 

is or was a parent of a page participating in the program; 

‘‘(3) one individual who is a former page of the House 

who is not a Member of the House or an individual described 

in paragraph (2); and’’. 

(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR MEMBERS REPRESENTING PARENTS AND

FORMER PAGES.—Section 2 of such House Resolution (2 U.S.C. 

88b–3) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: 

‘‘(b) In the case of the members of the Page Board who are 

described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a), the following 

shall apply: 

‘‘(1) Each such member shall be appointed jointly by the 

Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives. 

‘‘(2) Each such member shall serve for a term of one year 

and may be reappointed for additional terms if the member 

continues to meet the requirements for appointment. 
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‘‘(3) A vacancy in the position held by any such member 

shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 

An individual appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the 

remainder of the original term and may be reappointed in 

accordance with paragraph (2). 

‘‘(4) Each such member may be paid travel or transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, for 

attending meetings of the Page Board while away from the 

member’s home or place of business. There are authorized 

to be appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House 

of Representatives such sums as may be necessary for payments 

under this paragraph.’’. 

SEC. 3. REQUIRING REGULAR MEETINGS. 

Section 1 of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, 

agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by 

section 127 of Public Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–2), is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘Until otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) Until 

otherwise’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(b) The Page Board shall meet regularly, in accordance with 

a schedule established jointly by the Speaker and minority leader 

of the House of Representatives.’’. 

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect 

to the portion of the One Hundred Tenth Congress which begins 

after the date of the enactment of this Act and each succeeding 

Congress.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.