I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2434 
To resume the operation of the page program for the House of 
Representatives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To resume the operation of the page program for the House 
of Representatives. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting American 
Government Education Act’’ or the ‘‘PAGE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RESUMPTION OF OPERATION OF PAGE PROGRAM 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) RESUMPTION OF PROGRAM.—Effective beginning 
with the first semester of the first academic year which 
begins after the appointment of members of the House 
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of Representatives Page Board under subsection (c), the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall provide for 
the resumption of the operation of the page program for 
the House of Representatives which was in operation dur-
ing the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES PAGE BOARD TO REPRESENT INTERESTS 
OF PAGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of House Reso-
lution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to No-
vember 30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by 
section 127 of Public Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 
4912(a)), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) one individual who has expertise in rep-
resenting the legal interests of minors, such as by 
serving as a guardian ad litem; and’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 2(b) 
of such Resolution (2 U.S.C. 4912(b)) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)’’. 
(c) PROCESS FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF 
PAGE BOARD.— 
(1) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the 
House shall appoint members of the House of Rep-
resentatives Page Board under section 2 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. 
4912). 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEM-
BER
WHO
WAS
PARENT
OF
A
PAGE.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (2) of section 2(a) of the House 
Resolution referred to in paragraph (1) (2 U.S.C. 
4912(a)), the Speaker and the Minority Leader may 
appoint as a member of the House of Representa-
tives Page Board under such paragraph an indi-
vidual who, at any time prior to the individual’s ap-
pointment, was a parent of a page participating in 
the page program of the House of Representatives. 
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