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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 475 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22, 2007 

Received 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Revision Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REVISION OF COMPOSITION OF HOUSE OF REP7 RESENTATIVES PAGE BOARD. 

8 (a) EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP.—Section 2(a) of 

9 House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed 

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

11 section 127 of Public Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–3(a)), 

12 is amended— 

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

14 and inserting ‘‘two Members’’; 

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

16 (1); 

17 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para18 graph (4); and 

19 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(2) one individual who, at any time during the 

22 5-year period which ends on the date of the individ23 ual’s appointment, is or was a parent of a page par24 ticipating in the program; 


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

2 House who is not a Member of the House or an indi3 vidual described in paragraph (2); and’’. 

4 (b) SPECIAL RULES FOR MEMBERS REPRESENTING

5 PARENTS AND FORMER PAGES.—Section 2 of such House 

6 Resolution (2 U.S.C. 88b–3) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub8 section (c); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(b) In the case of the members of the Page Board 

12 who are described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 

13 (a), the following shall apply: 

14 ‘‘(1) Each such member shall be appointed 

15 jointly by the Speaker and minority leader of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 ‘‘(2) Each such member shall serve for a term 

18 of one year and may be reappointed for additional 

19 terms if the member continues to meet the require20 ments for appointment. 

21 ‘‘(3) A vacancy in the position held by any such 

22 member shall be filled in the same manner as the 

23 original appointment. An individual appointed to fill 

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1 nal term and may be reappointed in accordance with 

2 paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(4) Each such member may be paid travel or 

4 transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu 

5 of subsistence, for attending meetings of the Page 

6 Board while away from the member’s home or place 

7 of business. There are authorized to be appropriated 

8 from the applicable accounts of the House of Rep9 resentatives such sums as may be necessary for pay10 ments under this paragraph.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REQUIRING REGULAR MEETINGS. 

12 Section 1 of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh 

13 Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into 

14 permanent law by section 127 of Public Law 97–377 (2 

15 U.S.C. 88b–2), is amended— 

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

17 ‘‘(a) Until otherwise’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(b) The Page Board shall meet regularly, in accord21 ance with a schedule established jointly by the Speaker 

22 and minority leader of the House of Representatives.’’. 

23 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

24 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

25 respect to the portion of the One Hundred Tenth Congress 


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1 which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act 

2 and each succeeding Congress. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 19, 

2007. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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