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 Resolu-
tion 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 para-
graphs: 
‘‘(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 sub-
section: 
‘‘(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 transpor-
tation 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.