An Act to improve the operation of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes
PL 91-510 (H.R.17654), enacted 10/26/1970

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Public Law 91-510 
October 26, 1970 
AN A C T 
[H.R. 17654] 
To improve the operation of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it etmMed hy the Senate mvd House of RepresentatiaeH of the 
or^ani^iuon^A^r ^^^^^^ States of AfTieHca in Congress assembled, That this Act, 
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divided into titles, parts, and sections according to the following table 
of contents, may be cited as the "Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1970". 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
TITLE 
I — T H E 
COMMITTEE SYSTEM 
Sec. 101. Rulemaking power of Senate and House, 
Sec. 102. Calling of committee meetings. 
Sec. 103. Open committee business meetings. 
Sec. 104. Public announcement of committee votes. 
Sec. 105. Filing of committee reports. 
Sec. 106. Proxy voting. 
Sec. 107. Supplemental, minority, and additional views. 
Sec. 108. Availability of committee reports and printed hearings on measures 
and matters before: floor consideration thereof. 
Sec. 109. Motions for consideration by the House of measures previously made 
in order by resolution for consideration. 
Sec. 110. Committee funds and Senate Appropriations Ciomnuttee exception. 
Sec. 111. Public notice of committee hearings. 
Sec. 112. Open committee hearings. 
Sec. 113. Statements of witnesses at committee hearings. 
Sec. 114. Calling of witnesses selected by the minority at committee hearings. 
Sec. 115. Points of order with respect to committee hearing procedure. 
Sec. 116. Broadcasting of committee hearings. 
Sec. 117. Committee meetings during sessions of the Houses of Congress. 
Sec. 118. Legislative review by standing committees. 
Sec. 119. Debate time under five-minute rule in Committee of the Whole House 
for amendments previously printed in Congressional Record. 
Sec. 120. Recording of teller votes in the House. 
Sec. 121. Recording of roll calls and quorum calls through electronic equipment 
in the House. 
Sec. 122. Expeditious conduct of calls of the House. 
Sec. 123. Debate on motion to recommit with instructions after previous question 
is ordered in the House. 
Sec. 124. Delivery of copies of amendments offered in Committee of the Whole 
House. 
Sec. 125. Conference reports. 
Sec. 126. Motions in the House to dispose of nongermane amendmentsi between 
the two Houses. 
Sec. 127. Reading of the Journal of the House. 
Sec. 128. Closing of the doors in calls of the House. 
Sec. 129. Clarification of certain provisions and elimination of obsolete language 
in certain House Rules. 
Sec. 130. Senate committee rules. 
Sec. 131. Jurisdiction of standing committees of the Senate. 
Sec. 132. Membership of standing committees of the Senate. 
TITLE II—FISCAL CONTROLS 
PART 1 
BUDGETARY AND FISCAL INFORMATION AND DATA 
Sec. 201. Budgetary and fiscal data processing system. 
Sec. 202. Budget standard classifications. 
Sec. 203. Availability to Congress of budgetary, fiscal, and related data. 
Sec. 204. Assistance to Congress by General Accounting Office. 
Sec. 205. Power and duties of Comptroller General in connection with budg-
etary, fiscal, and related matters. 
Sec. 206. Preservation of e^xisting authorities and duties under budget and 
accounting and other statutes. 
Sec. 207. Definition. 
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PAET 2 — T H E BUDGET 
Sec. 221. Supplemental budget information. 
PART 3—UTILIZATTOX OF REPORTS AND EMPLOYEES OF GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
Sec. 231. Assistance by General Accounting Office to congressional committees 
in connection with proposed legislation and committee review of 
Federal programs and activities. 
Sec. 232. Delivery by General Accounting Office to congresislonal committees of 
reports to Congress. 
Sec. 233. Furnishing to congressional committees by General Accounting 
Office of its reports generally. 
Sec. 234. Furnishing to committees and Members of Congress by General Ac-
counting Office of monthly and annual lists of its reports; availability 
of reports to committees and Members on request. 
Sec. 235. Assignments of employees of General Accounting Office to duty with 
committees of Congress. 
Sec. 236. Agency reports. 
PART 4—THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS 
Sec. 241. Rulemaking power of Senate and House. 
Sec. 242. Hearings on the Budget by Committees on Appropriations of Senate 
and House. 
Sec. 243. Action and procedure of Senate Committee on Appropriations. 
PART 5—LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES 
Sec. 251. Rulemaking power of Senate and House. 
Sec. 252. Cost estimates in reports of Senate and House committees accom-
panying certain legislative measures. 
Sec. 253. Appropriations on annual basis. 
TITLE III—SOURCES OF INFORMATION 
PART 1—STAFFS OF SENATE AND HOUSE STANDING COMMITTBSIS 
Sec. 301. Increase in professional staffs of Senate standing committees; Senate 
minority professional and clerical staffs; fair treatment for Senate 
minority staffs. 
Sec. 302. Increase in professional staffs of House standing committees; House 
minority professional and clerical staffs; fair treatment for House 
minority staffs. 
Sec. 303. Procurement of temporary or intermittent services of consultants for 
Senate and House standing committees. 
See. 304. Specialized training for professional staffs of Senate and House stand-
ing committees. 
Sec. 305. Compensation of professional and clerical staffs of Senate standing 
committees. 
PART 2—CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
Sec. 321. Improvement of research facilities of Congress. 
Sec. 322. Repeal of obsolete law relating to the abolished Office of Coordinator 
of Information. 
PART 3 
PARI.IAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 331. Periodic compilation of parliamentary precedents of the House of 
Representatives. 
Sec. 332. Periodic preparation by House Parliamentarian of condensed and 
simplified versions of House precedents. 
TITLE IV—CONGRESS AS AN INSTITUTION 
PART 1—JOINT C O M M I T T E E ON CONGRESSIONAL OPHaiATIONS 
Sec. 401. Establishment of Joint Committee on Congressional Operations. 
Sec. 402. Duties of Joint Committee. 
Sec. 403. Powers of Joint Committee. 
Sec. 404. Staff of Joint Committee. 
Sec. 405. Records of Joint Committee. 
Sec. 406. Office of Placement and Office Management. 
Sec 407. Expenses. 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued 
PART 2—ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND 
NATIONALITY POLICY 
Sec. 421. Abolishment of Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality 
Policy. 
Sec. 422. Conforming changes in existing law. 
PART 3—AUTHORITY OF OFFICERS OF THE CONGRESS OVER CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 
Sec. 431. Authority over congressional employees. 
PART 4 — T H E CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
Sec. 441. Establishment and operation of the Capitol Guide Service. 
Sec. 442. Coverage of employees of the Capitol Guide Service under the FedCx-al 
civil service retirement program vpith resultant coverage under 
Federal life insurance and health benefits programs. 
Sec. 443. Transitional provisions relating to the establishment of the Capitol 
Guide Service and the conclusion of the operations of the existing 
United States Capitol Guides organization. 
PART 5—AUDIT FOR ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES OR PERFORMING SERVICES 
IN OR ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BXHLDINGS OR GROUNDS 
Sec. 451. Audit of accounts of certain private organizations. 
PART 6—CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT 
Sec. 461. Congressional adjournment. 
PART 7—PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 471. Single per annum gross rates of pay for employees under the House 
of Representatives. 
Sec. 472. Single per annum gross rates of Clerk hire allovpances of members; 
related matters. 
Sec. 473. Single per annum gross rates of allovsrances for personal services in 
the oflBces of the Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Ma-
jority Whip, and Minority Whip. 
Sec. 474. Conversion by Clerk of the House of existing basic pay rates to per 
annum gross pay rates. 
Sec. 475. Obsolete references in existing law to basic pay rates. 
Sec. 476. Saving provision. 
Sec. 477. Changes in existing law; related provisions. 
PART 8—PER ANNUM GROSS PAY RATES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT 
OF THE CAPITOL 
Sec. 481. Single per annum gross rates of pay for employees under the Architect 
of the Capitol. 
Sec. 482. Conversion by the Architect of the Capitol of existing basic pay rates 
to per annum gross pay rates. 
Sec. 483. Obsolete references in existing law to basic pay rates of employees 
under the Architect of the CapitoL 
Sec. 484. Saving provision. 
Sec. 485. Effect on existing law. 
Sec. 486. Exemptions. 
PART 9 
SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES 
Sec. 4&1. Senate and House pages. 
Sec. 492. Dormitory building for congressional pages. 
PARt 10—MODERNIZATION OF HOUSE GALLERIES 
Sec.. 499. Modernization and improvement of gallery facilities in the House 
chamber. 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued 
TITLE V—OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
SUBTITLE A—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PART 1—PURPOSE, POLICY, AND FUNCTION 
Sec. 501. Establishment. 
Sec. 502. Purpose and policy. 
Sec. 503. Functions. 
PART 2 
ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 521. Legislative Counsel. 
Sec. 522. Staff. 
Sec. 523. Compensation. 
Sec. 524. Expenditures. 
Sec. 525. Official mail matter. 
Sec. 526. Authorization of appropriations. 
PART 3—TRANSITIONAL PE0V1SX0N8 
Sec. 531. Personnel, property, records, etc. 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATES 
Sec. 601. Effective dates 
TITLE I—THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM 
RULEMAKING 
POWER OF SENATE AND 
HOUSE 
SEC. 101. The following sections of this title are enacted by the 
Congress— 
(1) insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an exercise of the 
rulemaking power of the Senate and, to the extent so applicable, 
those sections are deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, superseding other individual rules of the Senate only 
to the extent that those sections are inconsistent with those 
other individual Senate rules, subject to and with full recogni-
tion of the power of the Senate to enact or change any rule of 
the Senate at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right 
to determine the rules of its proceedings; and 
(2) insofar as applicable to the House of Representatives, 
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Repre-
sentatives, subject to and with full recognition of the power 
of the House of Representatives to enact or change any rule 
of the House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional 
right to determine the rules of its proceedings. 
CALLING o r 
COMMITTEE 
MEETINGS 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 133(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
eostat. sai. 
"(a) Each standing committee of the Senate shall fix regular 
weekly, biweekly, or monthly meetings days for the transaction of 
business before the committee and additional meetings may be called 
by the chairman as he may deem necessary. If at least three members 
of any such committee desire that a special meeting of the committee be 
called by the chairman, those members may file in the offices of the 
committee their written request to the chairman for that special meet-
ing. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the com-
mittee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the request. If, within 
three calendar days after the filing of the request, the chairman does 
not call the requested special meeting, to be held within seven calendar 
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days after the tiling of the request, a majority of the members of the 
committee may file in the offices of the committee their written notice 
that a special meeting of the committee will be held, specifying the 
date and hour of that special meeting. The committee shall meet on 
that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk 
of the committee shall notify all members of the committee that such 
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special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and hour. If 
the chairman of any such committee is not present at any regular, 
additional, or special meeting of the committee, the ranking member 
of the majority party on the committee who is present shall prescribe 
at that meeting.". 
(b) Clause 26 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended to read as follows: 
"26. (a) Each standing committee of the House shall fix, by written 
rule adopted by the committee, regular meeting days of the com-
mittee, not less frequent than monthly, for the conduct of its business. 
Each such committee shall meet, for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution pending before the committee or for the transaction of other 
committee business, on all regular meeting days fixed by the com-
mittee, unless otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the 
committee. 
" (b) The chairman of each standing committee may call and con-
vene, as he considers necessary, additional meetings of the committee 
for the consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the com-
mittee or for the conduct of other committee business. The committee 
shall meet for such purpose pursuant to that call of the chairman. 
"(c) If at least three members of any standing committee desire 
that a special meeting of the committee be called by the chairman, those 
membcrj may file in the offices of the committee their written request 
to the chairman for that special meeting. Such request shall specify 
the measure or matter to be considered. Immediately upon the filing 
of the request, the clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman 
of the filing of the request. If, within three calendar days after the 
filing of the request, the chairman does not call the requested special 
meeting, to be held within seven calendar days after the filing of the 
request, a majority of the members of the committee may file in the 
offices of the committee their written notice that a special meeting 
of the committee will be held, specifying the date and hour of, and 
the measure or matter to be considered at, that special meeting. The 
committee shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the 
filing of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall notify all members 
of the committee that such special meeting will be held and inform 
them of its date and hour and the measure or matter to be considered ; 
and only the measure or matter specified in that notice may be con-
sidered at that special meeting. 
"(d) If the chairman of any standing committee is not present at 
any regular, additional, or special meeting of the committee, the rank-
ing member of the majority party on the committee who is present 
shall preside at that meeting. 
"(e) For the purposes of this clause, 'chairman' includes a Member 
acting as chairman under clause 3 of Rule X/'. 
OPEN COMMITTEE BUSINESS MEETINGS 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 133(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
60 Stat. 831. 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a(b)) is amended by inserting immediately after 
" ( b ) " the following: "Meetings for the transaction of business of 
each standing committee of the Senate, other than for the conduct of 
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hearings, shall be open to the public except during executive sessions 
for marking up bills or for voting or when the committee by majority 
vote orders an executive session.". 
(b) Clause 26 of Kule X I of the Rules of the House of Eepresenta-
tives, as amended by section 102(b) of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(f) Meetings for the transaction of business of each standing com-
mittee shall be open to the public except when the committee, by 
majority vote, determines otherwise. This paragraph does not apply 
to open committee hearings which are provided for by paragraphs (f) 
(2) and (g) (3) of clause 27 of this Rule.". 
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMI'rTEE VOTES 
SEC. 104. (a) Section 133(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Ar.t 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a(b)), as amended by section 103(a) of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The 
results of rollcall votes taken m any meeting of any such standing com-
mittee of the Senate upon any measure, or any amendment thereto, 
shall be announced in the committee report on that measure unless 
previously announced by the committee, and such announcement shall 
include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor of and the votes cast in 
opposition to each such measure and amendment by each member of 
the committee who was present at that meeting.". 
(b) Clause 27(b) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The 
result of each rollcall vote in any meeting of any committee shall be 
made available by that committee for inspection by the public at 
reasonable times in the offices of that committee. Information so avail-
able for public inspection shall include a description of the amendment, 
motion, order, or other proposition and the name of each Member 
voting for and each Member voting against such amendment, motion, 
order, or proposition, and whether by proxy or in person, and the 
names of those Members present but not voting. With respect to each 
record vote by any committee on each motion to report any bill or 
resolution of a public character, the total number of votes cast for, and 
the total number of votes cast againstj the reporting of such bill or 
resolution shall be included in the committee report.". 
Votes, tabula-
tion. 
Information, pub-
lic inspection. 
FILING OF COMMITTEE REPORTS 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 133(c) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a (c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "each such committee" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "each standing committee of the Senate"; 
(2) by striking out "or House of Representatives as the case 
may be,"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"In any event, the report of any such committee upon a measure 
which has been approved by the committee shall be filed within 
seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the Senate is not 
in session) after the day on which there has been filed with the clerk 
of the committee a written and signed request of a majority of the 
committee for the reporting of that measure. Upon the filing of any 
such request, the clerk of the committee shall transmit immediately 
to the chairman of the committee notice of the filing of that request.". 
60 Stat. 831. 
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(b) Clause 27(d) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(1)" immediately after " ( d ) " ; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following subparagraph: 
" (2) In any event, the report of any committee on a measure which 
has been approved by the committee shall be filed within seven cal-
endar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in session) 
after the day on which there has been filed with the clerk of the 
committee a written request, signed by a majority of the members 
of the committee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the filing 
of any such request, the clerk of the committee shall transmit im-
mediately to the chairman of the committee notice of the filing of 
that request. This subp>aragraph does not apply to a report of the 
Committee on Rules with respect to the rules, joint rules, or order 
of business of the House or to the reporting of a resolution of inquiry 
addressed to the head of an executive department.". 
60 Stat. 831. 
Majority of mem-
bers present, con-
currence. 
Votes, tabula-
tion. 
PROXY VOTING 
SEC. 106. (a) Section 133(d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "any such committee" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "any standing committee of the Senate (including the 
Committee on Appropriations)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"The vote of the committee to report a measure or matter shall 
require the concurrence of a majority of the members of the com-
mittee who are present. No vote of any member of any such committee 
to report a measure or matter may be cast by proxy if rules adopted 
by such committee forbid the casting of votes for that purpose by 
proxy; however, proxies shall not be voted for such purpose except 
when the absent committee member has been informed of the matter 
on which he is being recorded and has affirmatively requested that he 
be so recorded. Action by any such committee in reporting any meas-
ure or matter in accordance with the requirements of this subsection 
shall constitute the ratification by the committee of all action thereto-
fore taken by the committee with respect to that measure or matter, 
including votes taken upon the measure or matter or any amendment 
thereto, and no point of order shall lie with respect to that measure 
or matter on the ground that such previous action with respect thereto 
by such committee was not taken in compliance with such require-
ments. Whenever any such committee by rollcall vote reports any 
measure or matter, the report of the committee upon such measure or 
matter shall include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor of and the 
votes cast in opposition to such measure or matter by each member of 
the committee. Nothing contained in this subsection shall abrogate the 
power of any committee of the Senate to adopt rules— 
"(1) providing for proxy voting on all matters other than the 
reporting of a measure or matter, or 
"(2) providing in accordance with the rules of the Senate for 
a lesser number as a quorum for any action other than the report-
ing of a measure or matter.", 
(b) Clause 27(e) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "No 
vote by any member of any committee with respect to any measure 
or matter may be cast by proxy unless such committee, by written rule 
adopted by the committee, permits voting by proxy and requires that 
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the proxy autliorization shall be in writing, shall designate the person 
who is to execute the proxy authorization, and shall be limited to a 
specific measure or matter and any amendments or motions pertaining 
thereto.". 
SUPPLEMENTAL, 
MINORITY, AND ADDITIONAL 
VIEWS 
SEC. 107. (a) Section 133(e) of the Legislative Eeorganization Act 
^^""6. notice,. 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
^o stat. 831. 
"(e) If, at the time of approval of a measure or matter by any stand-
ing committee of the Senate, any member of the committee gives notice 
of intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views, that 
member shall be entitled to not less than three calendar days in which 
to file such views, in writing, with the clerk of the committee. All such 
views so filed by one or more members of the committee shall be 
included within, and shall be a part of, the report filed by the committee 
with respect to that measure or matter. The report of the committee 
upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume 
which— 
"(1) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional 
views which have been submitted by the time of the filing of the 
report, and 
"(2) shall bear upon its cover a recital that supplemental, mi-
nority, or additional views are included as part of the report. 
This subsection does not preclude— 
"(A) the immediate filing and printing of a committee report 
unless timely request for the opportunity to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views has been made as provided by this 
subsection; or 
"(B) the filing by any such committee of any supplemental 
report upon any measure or matter which may be required for 
the correction of any technical error in a previous report made 
by that committee upon that measure or matter.", 
(b) Clause 27(d) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as amended by section 105(b) of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following subparagraph: 
"(3) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by any 
committee (except the Committee on Rules) any member of the 
committee, gives notice of intention to file supplemental, minority, 
or additional views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays), in which to file such views, in writing and signed by that 
member, with the clerk of the committee. All such views so filed by 
one or more members of the committee shall be included within, 
and shall be a part of, the report filed by the committee with respect 
to that measure or matter. The report of the committee upon that 
measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume which— 
"(A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional 
views which have been submitted by the time of the filing of the 
report, and 
"(B) shall bear upon its cover a recital that supplemental, 
minority, or additional views are included as part of the report. 
This subparagraph does not preclude— 
"(i) the immediate filing or printing of a committee report 
unless timely request for the opportunity to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views has been made as provided by 
this subparagraph; or 
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"(ii) the filing by any such committee of any supplemental 
i-eport upon any measure or matter which may be required for 
the correction of any technical error in a previous report made 
by that committee upon that measure or matter.". 
AVAILABILITY OF COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PRINTED HEARINGS 
ON 
MEASURES AND MATTERS BEFORE FLOOR CONSIDERATION THEREOF 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 133(f) of the Legislative Reorganization 
60 Stat. 831. 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(f) A measure or matter reported by any standing committee of 
the Senate (including the Committee on Appropriations) shall not be 
considered in the Senate unless the report of that committee upon 
that measure or matter has been available to the Members of the 
Senate for at least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sun-
days, and legal holidays) prior to the consideration of that measure 
Hearings, 
or matter in the Senate. If hearings have been held on any such 
uib'utron^'"* '*^^" ^^©^sure or matter so reported, the committee reporting the measure or 
matter shall make every reasonable effort to have such hearings 
printed and available for distribution to the Members of the Senate 
prior to the consideration of such measure or matter in the Senate. 
This subsection— 
^^^^^f- 
"(1) may be waived by joint agreement of the majority leader 
and the minority leader of the Senate; and 
" (2) shall not apply to— 
"(A) any measure for the declaration of war, or the dec-
laration of a national emergency, by the Congress, and 
"(B) any executive decision, determination, or action 
which would become, or continue to be, effective unless dis-
approved or otherwise invalidated by one or both Houses 
of Congress.'". 
(b) Clause 27(d) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as amended by sections 105(b) and 107(b) of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-
paragraph : 
"(4) A measure or matter reported by any committee (except the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House Administra-
tion, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct) shall not be considered in the House unless the re-
port of that committee upon that measure or matter has been available 
to the Members of the House for at least three calendar days (exclud-
ing Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) prior to the considera-
tion of that measure or matter in the House. If hearings have been 
held on any such measure or matter so reported, the committee report-
ing the measure or matter shall make every reasonable effort to have 
such hearings printed and available for distribution to the Members 
of the House prior to the consideration of such measure or matter in 
the House. This subparagraph shall not apply to— 
"(A) any measure for the declaration of war, or the declara-
tion of a national emergency, by the Congress; and 
"(B) any executive decision, determination, or action which 
would become, or continue to be, effective unless disapproved or 
otherwise invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress.''. 
(c) Clause 6 of Rule X X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended to read as follows: 
"6. No general appropriation bill shall be considered in the House 
until printed committee hearings and a committee report thereon have 
been available for the Members of the House for at least three calendar 
days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays).". 
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(d) Section 139(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
Repeal. 
(2 U.S.C. 190f (a)) is repealed. 
so stat. 833. 
MOTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION BY T H E HOUSE OF MEASURES PREVIOUSLY 
MADE I N ORDER BY RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION 
SEC. 109. Clause 27(d) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, as amended by sections 105(b), 107(b), and 108(b) 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing subparagraph: 
"(5) If, within seven calendar days after a measure has, by resolu-
tion, been made in order for consideration by the House, no motion 
has been offered that the House consider that measure, the Speaker 
may, in his discretion, recognize any member of the committee which 
reported that measure to offer a motion that the House shall consider 
that measure, if that committee has duly authorized that member 
to offer that motion.". 
COMMITTEE FUNDS AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE EXCEPTION 
SEC. 110. (a) Section 133 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a), as amended by sections 102 to 108, inclusive, of 
^o stat. 83i. 
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subsections: 
"(g) Each standing committee of the Senate which, in any year 
Expenditure au-
beginning on or after January 1, 1971, requires authorization for the luuon!""" '^^^°" 
expenditure of funds in excess of the amount specified by section 134 
(a) of this Act shall offer one annual authorization resolution to pro- 
2 use i90b. 
cure such authorization. Each such annual authorization resolution 
shall include a specification of the amount of all such funds sought by 
such committee for expenditure by all subcommittees thereof during 
that year and the amount so sought for each such subcommittee. The 
annual authorization resolution of any such committee of the Senate 
for each year beginning on or after January 1,1971, shall be offered not 
later than January 31 of that year, except that, whenever the designa-
tion of members of standing committees of the Senate occurs during the 
first session of any Congress at a date later than January 20, such 
resolution may be offered by any standing committee of the Senate at 
any time within thirty days after the date on which a majority of the 
members of such committee have been designated during that session. 
After the date on which an annual authorization resolution has been 
supplemental au-
offered by any such committee in any year, or the last date on which lutloT. 
such committee pursuant to the preceding sentence may offer such a 
resolution, whichever date occurs earlier, such committee in any year 
may procure authorization for the expenditure of funds in excess of 
the amount specified by section 134(a) of this Act only by offering a 
supplemental authorization resolution. Each such 
supplemental 
authorization resolution shall specify with particularit;^ the purpose 
for which such authorization is sought, and shall contain an explicit 
statement of the reason why authorization for the expenditures 
described therein could not have been sought at the time of, or within 
the period provided for, the submission by such committee of an annual 
authorization resolution for that year. The minority shall receive fair 
consideration in the appointment of staff personnel pursuant to any 
such annual or supplemental resolution. 
"(h) Except as otherwise specifically provided by this section, the 
Exception. 
foregoing provisions of this section do not apply to the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate.". 
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[84 STAT. 
Primary expense 
resolution. 
Printed reports, 
availability. 
Contents. 
Additional ex-
pense resolution. 
Printed reports, 
availability. 
Contents, 
Minority party 
staff personnel, 
funds. 
Exceptions. 
(b) Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: 
"32. (a) Whenever any standing committee (except the Committee 
on Appropriations) is to be granted authorization for the payment, 
from the contingent fund of the House, of its expenses in any year, 
other than those expenses to be paid from appropriations provided 
by statute, such authorization initially shall be procured by one pri-
mary expense resolution for that committee providing funds for the 
payment of the expenses of the committee for that year from the 
contingent fund of the House. Any such primary expense resolution 
reported to the House shall not be considered in the House imless a 
printed report on that resolution has been available to the Members 
of the House for at least one calendar day prior to the consideration 
of that resolution in the House. Such report shall, for the information 
of the House— 
" (1) state the total amount of the funds to be provided to the 
committee under the primary expense resolution for all antici-
pated activities and programs of the committee; and 
"(2) to the extent practicable, contain such general statements 
regarding the estimated foreseeable expenditures for the respec-
tive anticipated activities and programs of the committee as may 
be appropriate to provide the House with basic estimates with 
respect to the expenditure generally of the funds to be provided 
to the committee under the primary expense resolution. 
"(b) After the date of adoption by the House of any such primary 
expense resolution for any such standing committee for any year, 
authorization for the payment from the contingent fund of addi-
tional expenses of such committee in that year, other than those 
expenses to be paid from appropriations provided by statute, may 
be procured by one or more additional expense resolutions for that 
committee, as necessary. Any such additional expense resolution 
reported to the House shall not be considered in the House unless a 
printed report on that resolution has been available to the Members 
of the House for at least one calendar day prior to the consideration 
of that resolution in the House. Such report shall, for the informa-
tion of the House— 
"(1) state the total amount of additional funds to be provided 
to the committee under the additional expense resolution and the 
purpose or purposes for which those additional funds are to be 
used by the committee; and 
"(2) state the reason or reasons for the failure to procure the 
additional funds for the committee by means of the primary 
expense resolution. 
"(c) The minority party on any such standing committee is 
entitled, if they so request, to not less than one-third of the funds pro-
vided for the appointment of committee staff personnel pursuant to 
each such primary or additional expense resolution. 
"(d) The preceding j)rovisions of this clause do not apply to— 
"(1) any resoliition providing for the payment from the con-
tingent fund of the House of sums necessary to pay compensa-
tion for staff services performed for, or to pay other expenses of, 
any standing committee at any time from and after the beginning 
of any year and before the date of adoption by the House of the 
primary expense resolution providing funds to pay the expenses 
of that committee for that year; and 
"(2) any resolution providing in any Congress, for all of the 
standing committees of the House, additional office equipment, 
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1151 
airmail and special delivery postage stamps, supplies, staff person-
nel, or any other specific item for the operation of the standing 
committees, and containing an authorization for the payment 
from the contingent fund of the House of the expenses of any of 
the foregoing items provided by that resolution, subject to and 
until enactmient of the provisions of the resolution as permanent 
law.". 
PUBLIC NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARINOS 
SEC. 111. (a) (1) Part 3 of title I of the Legislative Keorganization 
Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 831) is amended by inserting immediately after 
2 use i90etseq. 
section 133 thereof the following new section: 
"SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING PROCEDURE 
"SEC. 133A. (a) Each standing, select, or special committee of the 
Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) shall make public 
announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of any hearing to 
be conducted by the committee on any measure or matter at least one 
w^eek before the commencement of that hearing unless the committee 
determines tliat there is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier 
date.". 
(2) Title I of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by inserting, immediately below 
the item relating to section 133 contained in that title, the following: 
"Sec. 133A. Senate committee hearing procedure.". 
(b) Clause 27(f) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended to read as follows: 
"(f)(1) Each committee of the House (except the Committee on 
Rules) shall make public announcement of the date, place, and sub-
ject matter of any hearing to be conducted by the committee on any 
measure or matter at least one week before the commencement of that 
hearing, unless the committee determines that there is good cause to 
begin such hearing at an earlier date. If the committee makes that 
determination, the committee shall make such public announcement at 
the earliest possible date. Such public announcement also shall be pub- 
Publication in 
lished in the Daily Digest portion of the Congressional Record as soon Recordr'°"^ 
as possible after such public announcement is made by the committee.". 
OPEN C O M M I T T E E HEARINGS 
SEC. 112. (a) Section 133A of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as enacted by section 111 (a) of this Act, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) Each hearing conducted by each standing, select, or special 
committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) 
shall be open to the public except when the committee determines that 
the testimony to be taken at that hearing may relate to a matter of 
national security, may tend to reflect adversely on the character or 
reputation of the witness or any other individual, or may divulge 
matters deemed confidential under other provisions of law or Govern-
ment regulation.". 
(b) Clause 27(f) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as amended by section 111(b) of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sub-
paragraph : 
"(2) Each hearing conducted by each committee shall be open to 
the public except when the committee, by majority vote, determines 
otherwise.". 
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[84 STAT. 
Proposed testi" 
mony, written 
statement* 
Statements, di-
gest. 
Summary and 
printing. 
STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES AT COMMITTEE 
HEARINGS 
SEC. 113. (a) Section 133A of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as enacted and amended by section 111(a) and 112(a) of this 
Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new subsections: 
"(c) Eacih standing, select, or special committee of the Senate 
(except the Committee on Appropriations) shall require each witness 
who is to appear before the committee in any hearing to file with the 
clerk of the committee, at least one day before the date of the appear-
ance of that witness, a written statement of his proposed testimony 
unless the committee chairman and the ranking minority member 
determine that there is good cause for the failure of the witness to file 
such a statement in compliance with this subsection. If so requested 
by any such committee, the staff of the committee shall prepare for 
the use of the members of the committee before each day of hearing 
before the committee a digest of the statements which have been so 
filed by witnesses who are to appear before the committee on that day. 
"(d) After the conclusion of each day of hearing, if so requested 
by any such committee, the staff shall prepare for the use of the mem-
bers of the committee a summary of the testimony given before the 
committee on that day. After approval by the chairman and the rank-
ing minority member of the committee, each such summary may be 
printed as a part of the committee hearings if such hearings are 
ordered by the committee to be printed.". 
(b) Clause 27(f) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as amended by section 111(b) and 112(b) of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following niew 
subparagraph: 
"(3) Each committee shall require, so far as practicable, each wit-
ness who is to appear before it to file with the committee, in advance of 
his appearance, a written statement of his proposed testimony and to 
limit his oral presentation at his appearance to a brief summary of his 
argument.". 
CALLING o r WITNESSES SELECTED BY T H E MINORITY AT COMMITTEE 
HEARINGS 
SEC. 114. (a) Section 133A of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as enacted and amended by section 111 (a), 112(a), and 113 (a) 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
"(e) Whenever any hearing is conducted by any such committee of 
the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) upon any meas-
ure or matter, the minority on the committee shall be entitled, upon 
request made by a majority of the minority members to the chairman 
before the completion of such hearing, to call witnesses selected by the 
minority to testify with respect to the measure or matter during at 
least one day of hearing thereon.". 
(b) Clause 27 (f) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives, as amended bv section 111(b), 112(b), and 113(b) of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subparagraph: 
"(4) Whenever any hearing is conducted by any committee upon 
any measure or matter, the minority party members on the committee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a majority of those 
minority party members before the completion o:^ such hearing, to call 
witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to that meas-
ure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.". 
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1153 
POINTS OF ORDER WiTH RESPECT TO COMMITTEE HEARING PROCEDURE 
SEC. 115. (a) Section 133A of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as enacted and amended by section 111(a), 112(a), 113(a), 
and 114(a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
"(f) Whenever any such committee of the Senate (except the Com-
mittee on Appropriations) has reported any measure, by action taken 
in conformity with the requirements of section 133(d) of this Act, no 
Ante, p. lue. 
point of order shall lie with respect to that measure on the ground 
that hearings upon that measure by the committee were not conducted 
in accordance with the provisions of this section.". 
(b) Clause 27(f) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as amended by sections 111(b), 112(b), 113(b), and 114(b) 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
"(5) No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure reported 
by any committee on the ground that hearings upon such measure 
were not conducted in accordance with the provisions of this clause; 
except that a point of order on that ground may be made by any 
member of the committee which has reported the measure if, m the 
committee, such point of order was (A) timely made and (B) improp-
erly overruled or not properly considered.". 
BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS 
SEC. 116. (a) Section 133A(b) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946, as enacted by section 112(a) of this Act, is amended 
Ante, p. nsi. 
by adding at the end thereof the following: "Whenever any such 
hearing is open to the public, that hearing may be broadcast by 
radio or television, or both, under such rules as the committee may 
adopt.". 
(b) Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following n«»w clause: 
"33. (a) It is the purpose of this clause to {)rovide a means, in ^^^^f^°' **^*" 
conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, and era gel' ^ *"*'''°''" 
decorum, by which committee hearings which are open to the public 
may be covered, by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still pho-
tography, or by any of such methods of coverage— 
"(1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of the 
Purpose. 
general public, on the basis of accurate and impartial news cov-
erage, regarding the operations, procedures, and practices of the 
House as a legislative and representative body and regarding the 
measures, public issues, and other matters before the House and 
its committees, the consideration thereof, and the action taken 
thereon; and 
" (2) for the development of the perspective and understanding 
of the general public with respect to the role and function of the 
House under the Constitution of the United States as an organ 
of the Federal Government. 
"(b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio and tele- 
prohibition. 
vision tapes and television film of any coverage under this clause shall 
not be used, or made available for use, as partisan political campaign 
material to promote or oppose the candidacy of any person for elective 
public office. 
"(c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the general conduct 
of each meeting of an^ hearing or hearings covered, under authority 
of this clause, by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still pho-
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[84 STAT. 
Written rules 
provisions. 
Television 
eras, numeric 
limitation. 
cam-
al 
toffraphy, or by any of such methods of coverage, and the personal 
behavior of the committee members and staff, other Government 
officials and personnel, witnesses, television, radio, and press media 
personnel, and the general public at the hearing shall be in strict con-
formity with and observance of the acceptable standards of dignity, 
propriety, courtesy, and decorum traditionally observed by the House 
in its operations and shall not be such as to— 
"(A) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or the 
activities of committee members in connection with that hearing 
or in connection with the general work of the committee or of the 
House; or 
"(B) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, 
or any Member or bring the House, the committee, or any Member 
into disrepute. 
"(d) The coverage of committee hearings by television broadcast, 
radio broadcast, or still photography is a privilege made available 
by the House and shall be permitted and conducted only in strict con-
formity with the purposes, provisions, and requirements of this clause. 
"(e) Whenever any hearing conducted by any committee of the 
House is open to the public, that committee may permit, by majority 
vote of the committee, that hearing to be covered, in whole or in part, 
by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by 
any of such methods of coverage, but only under such written rules 
as the committee may adopt in accordance with the purposes, provi-
sions, and requirements of this clause. 
"(f) The written rules which may be adopted by a committee 
under paragraph (e) of this clause shall contain provisions to the 
following effect: 
"(1) If the television or radio coverage of the hearing is to 
be presented to the public as live coverage, that coverage shall 
be conducted and presented without commercial sponsorship. 
"(2) No witness served with a subpena by the committee shall 
be required against his will to be photographed at any hearing 
or to give evidence or testimony while the broadcasting of that 
hearing, by radio or television, is being conducted. At the request 
of any such witness who does not wish to be subjected to radio, 
television, or still photography coverage, all lenses shall be covered 
and all microphones used for coverage turned off. This subpara-
graph is supplementary to paragraph (m) of clause 27 of this 
rule, relating to the protection of the rights of witnesses. 
"(3) Not more than four television cameras, operating from 
fixed positions, shall be permitted in a hearing room. The alloca-
tion among the television media of the positions of the number 
of television cameras permitted in a hearing room shall be in 
accordance with fair and equitable procedures devised by the 
Executive Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
Galleries. 
"(4) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to obstruct 
in any way the space between any witness giving evidence or 
testimony and any member of the committee or the visibility of 
that witness and that member to each other. 
"(5) Television cameras shall not be placed in positions which 
obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other 
media. 
"(6) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and 
radio media shall not be installed in, or removed from, the hearing 
room while the committee is in session. 
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1155 
"(7) Floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns shall 
not be used in providing any method of coverage of the hearing, 
except that the television media may install additional lighting 
in the hearing room, without cost to the Government, in order to 
raise the ambient lighting level in the hearing room to the lowest 
level necessary to provide adequate television coverage of the 
hearing at the then current state of the art of television coverage. 
"(8) Not more than five press photographers shall be permitted 
to cover a hearing by still photography. In the selection of these 
photographers, preference shall be given to photographers from 
Associated Press Photos and United Press International News-
pictures. If request is made by more than five of the media for 
coverage of the hearing by still photography, that coverage shall 
be made on the basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement 
devised by the Standing Committee of Press Photographers. 
"(9) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any time 
during the course of the hearing, between the witness table and 
the members of the committee. 
"(10) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions 
which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the 
other media. 
"(11) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and 
Television Correspondents' Galleries. 
"(12) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall 
be then currently accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery. 
" (13) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio 
media and by still photography shall conduct themselves and their 
coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive manner.". 
Press photog-
raphers, numer-
ical limitation. 
COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING SESSIONS OF THE HOUSES OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 117. (a) Section 134(c) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190b (b)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no standing 
committee of the Senate shall sit, without special leave, while the 
Senate is in session. The prohibition contained in the preceding sen-
tence shall not apply to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. Any other standing committee of the Senate may sit for any 
purpose while the Senate is in session if consent therefor has been 
obtained from the majority leader and the minority leader of the 
Senate. In the event of the absence of either of such leaders, the con-
sent of the absent leader may be given by a Senator designated by 
such leader for that purpose. Notwithstanding the provisions of this 
subsection, any standing committee of the Senate may sit without 
special leave for any purpose as authorized by paragraph 5 of rule 
X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate.". 
(b) Clause 31 of rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended to read as follows: 
"31. No committee of the House (except the Committee on Appro-
priations, the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee 
on Internal Security, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct) may sit, without special leave, while 
the House is reading a measure for amendment under the five-minute 
rule.". 
Restrictions, 
60 Stat. 831; 
Post, p. 1440. 
Exception. 
Five-minute rule. 
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[84 STAT. 
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW BY STANDING COMMITTEES 
SEC. 118. (a) (1) Section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
60 Stat. 832. 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d) is amended to read as follows: 
" L E G I S L A T I V E R E V I E W B Y S E N A T E S T A N D I N G COMMITTEES 
"SEC. 136. (a) In order to assist the Senate in— 
" (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the application, 
administration, and execution of the laws enacted by the Congress, 
and 
"(2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of such 
modifications of or changes in those laws, and of such additional 
legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate, 
each standing committee of the Senate shall review and study, on a 
continuing basis, the application, administration, and execution of 
those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the 
jurisdiction of that committee. 
Report to Senate, 
"(b) Each Standing committec of the Senate shall submit, not later 
than March 31 of each odd-numbered year beginning on and after 
January 1, 1973, to the Senate a report on the activities of that com-
mittee under this section during the Congress ending at noon on Jan-
uary 3 of such year. 
Exception. 
"(c) The preceding provisions of this section do not apply to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate." 
(2) Title I of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by striking out— 
"Sec. 136. Legislative oversight by standing committees." 
• 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"Sec. 136. Legislative review by Senate standing committees.". 
(b) Clause 28 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended to read as follows: 
"28. (a) In order to assist the House in— 
"(1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the application, 
administration, and execution of the laws enacted by the Congress, 
and 
"(2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of such 
modifications of or changes in those laws, and of such additional 
legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate, 
each standin^g committee shall review and study, on a continuing basis, 
the application, administration, and execution of those laws, or parts 
of laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of that 
committee. 
Report to House, 
n ^]y^ Each Standing Committee shall submit to the House, not later 
than January 2 of each odd-numbered year beginning on or after 
January 1^ 1973, a report on the activities of that committee under this 
clause during the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year. 
Exceptions. 
"(c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House Administra-
tion, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct.". 
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1157 
DEBATE TIME UNDEIR FIVE-MINUTE RULE I N COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 
HOUSE FOR AMENDMENTS PREVIOUSLY PRINTED I N CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 119. Clause 6 of Rule X X I I I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
sentience: "However, if debate is closed on any section or paragraph 
under this clause before there has been debate on any amendment 
which any Member shall have caused to be printed in the Congressional 
Record after the reporting of the bill by the commmittee but at least 
one day prior to floor consideration of such amendment, the Member 
who caused such amendment to be printed in the Record shall be given 
five minutes in which to explain such amendment, after which the first 
person to obtain the floor shall be given five minutes in opposition to it, 
and there shall be no further debate thereon; but such time for debate 
shall not be allowed when the offering of such amendment is dilatory.". 
RECORDING OF 
TELLER VOTES 
IN 
THE 
HOUSE 
SEC, 120. Clause 5 of Rule I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended to read as follows: 
"5. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting; and 
shall put questions in this form, to wit: 'As many as are in favor (as 
the question may be), say "Aye".'; and after the affirmative voice is 
expressed, 'As many as are opposed, say "No".'; if he doubts, or a 
division is called for, the House shall divide; those in the affirmative 
of the question shall first rise from their seats, and then those in the 
negative; if he still doubts, or a count is required by at least one-fifth 
of a quorum, he shall name one or more from each side of the question 
to tell the Members in the affirmative and negative; which being re-
ported, he shall rise and state the decision. If before tellers are named 
any Member requests tellers with clerks and that request is supported 
by at least one-fifth of a quorum, the names of those voting on each 
side of the question and the names of those not voting shall be re-
corded by clerks or by electronic device, and shall be entered in the 
Journal. Members shall have not less than twelve minutes from the 
naming of tellers with clerks to be counted.". 
RECORDING OF ROLL CALLS AND QUORUM CALLS THROUGH 
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT I N THE HOUSE 
SEC. 121. (a) Rule X V of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: 
"5. In lieu of the calling of the names of Members in the manner 
provided for under the preceding provisions of this Rule, upon any 
roll call or quorum call, the names of such Members voting or present 
may be recorded through the use of appropriate electronic equipment. 
In any such case, the Clerk shall enter in the Journal and publish in the 
Congressional Record, in alphabetical order in each category, a list 
of the names of those Members recorded as voting in the affirmative, 
of those Members recorded as voting in the negative, and of those 
Members voting present, as the case may be, as if their names had 
been called in the manner provided for under such preceding 
provisions,". 
(b) The contingent fund of the House of Representatives shall be 
available to provide the electronic equipment necessary to carry out 
the purpose of the amendment made by subsection (a). 
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[84 STAT. 
EXPEDITIOUS CONDUCT OF CALLS OF T H E 
HOUSE 
SEC. 122. (a) Clause 2 of Rule XV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended— 
(1) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "2."; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph : 
"(b) When a call of the House in the absence of a quorum is 
ordered^ the Speaker of the House or the Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole House, as the case may be, in his discretion may order 
the Clerk of the House to lay out tally sheets on which the presence 
of the Members shall be recorded by the Clerk or the respective Mem-
bers. When a quorum has been recorded, which in the Committee of 
the Whole House shall be one hundred Members, the Clerk shall advise 
the Speaker or Chairman of this fact, after which it shall be in order 
to entertain a motion, which is privileged and shall be decided without 
debate, to dispense with further proceedings under the call, and the 
business of the House or the Committee of the Whole sliall then 
resume. However, for a period of thirty minutes following the com-
mencement of such quorum call, Members who are present before the 
expiration of such thirty-minute period may have their presence 
Absent Members, recorded ou such tally sheets. Absent Members shall be recorded in the 
recording. 
Joumal of the House.". 
(b) Clause 2 of Rule X X I I I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended to read as follows: 
"2. Unless the Chairman invokes the procedure for the call of the 
roll under paragraph (b) of clause 2 of Rule XV, whenever a Com-
mittee of the Whole House or of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union finds itself without a quorum, which shall consist of one hun-
dred Members, the Chairman shall cause the roll to be called, and 
thereupon the committee shall rise, and the Chairman shall report the 
names of the absentees to the House, which shall be entered on the 
Journal; but if on such call a quorum shall appear, the committee 
shall thereupon resume its sitting without further order of the House.''. 
DEBATE ON MOTION TO RECOMMIT W I T H INSTRUCTIONS AFTER PREVIOUS 
QUESTION IS ORDERED I N T H E 
HOUSE 
SEC. 123. Clause 4 of Rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new sentence: "However, with respect to any motion to recommit 
with instructions after the previous question shall have been ordered, 
it always shall be in order to debate such motion for ten minutes be-
fore the vote is taken on that motion, one half of such time to be given 
to debate by the mover of the motion and one half to debate in opposi-
tion to the motion.". 
DELIVERY OF COPIES OF AMENDMENTS OFFERED I N COMMITTEE OF T H E 
WHOLE 
HOUSE 
SEC. 124. Clause 5 of Rule X X I I I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: "Upon the offering of any amendment by a Member, when the 
House is meeting in the Committee of the Whole, the Clerk shall 
promptly transmit to the majority committee table five copies of the 
amendment and five copies to the minority committee table. Further, 
the Clerk shall deliver at least one copy of the amendment to the 
majority cloak room and at least one copy to the minority cloak 
room.". 
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1159 
CONFERENCE REPORTS 
SEC. 125. (a) (1) The section caption of section 135 of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190c) is amended to read as 
eo stat. 832. 
follows: 
"SENATE CONFERENCE REPORTS". 
(2) Section 135 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 190c) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new subsections: 
"(c) Each report made by a committee of conference to the Senate .e^a't^^r^ort^ 
shall be printed as a report of the Senate. As so printed, such report ° ^ ^ ''^^°''' 
shall be accompanied by an explanatory statement prepared jointly 
by the conferees on the part of the House and the conferees on the 
part of the Senate. Such statement shall be sufficiently detailed and 
explicit to inform the Senate as to the effect which the amendments 
or propositions contained in such report will have upon the measure to 
which those amendments or propositions relate. 
"(d) If time for debate in the consideration of any report of a 
Debate, equal 
committee of conference upon the floor of the Senate is limited, the "'"^* 
time allotted for debate shall be equally divided between the majority 
party and the minority party.". 
(3) The item relating to section 135 contained in the table of con-
tents of the Legislative Rex>rganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 135. Senate Conference Reports.". 
(b) (1) Paragraph (c) of clause 1 of Rule X X V I I I of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Each report made by a committee of conference to the House 
printing as 
shall be printed as a report of the House. As so printed, such report ^°^^^ report. 
shall be accompanied by an explanatory statement prepared jointly 
by the conferees on the part of the House and the conferees on the 
part of the Senate. Such statement shall be sufficiently detailed and 
explicit to inform the House as to the effect which the amendments 
or propositions contained in such report will have upon the measure to 
which those amendments or propositions relate.". 
(2) Clause 2 of Rule X X V I I I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended to read as follows: 
"2. I t shall not be in order to consider the report of a committee ^ Printing o
f con-
of conference unless such report and the accompanying statement shall 
" 
have been printed in the Record, at least three calendar days (exclud-
ing Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) prior to the considera-
tion of such report by the House; but this provision does not apply 
during the last six days of the session. Nor shall it be in order to con- ^, Availability on 
sider any conference report unless copies of the report and accompany-
ing statement are then available on the floor. The time allotted for 
debate in the consideration of any such report shall be equally divided 
between the majority party and the minority party.". 
(3) Clause 3 of Rule X X V I I I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended— 
(1) by striking out ", but their report shall not include 
matter not committed to the conference committee by either 
House."; and 
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", but the intro-
duction of any language in that substitute presenting a specific 
additional topic, question, issue, or proposition not committed to 
tlie conference committee by either House shall not constitute a 
ference report in 
Record. 
floor. 
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[84 STAT. 
germane modification of the matter in disagreement. Moreover, 
their report shall not include matter not committed to the confer-
ence committee by either House, nor shall their report include a 
modification of any specific topic, question, issue, or proposition 
committed to the conference committee by either or both Houses 
if that modification is beyond the scope of that specific topic, 
question, issue, or proposition as so committed to the conference 
committee.". 
MOTIONS I N T H E HOUSE TO DISPOSE OF NONGERMANE AMENDMENTS 
BETWEEN T H E TWO 
HOUSES 
SEC. 126. (a) Clause 1 of Rule X X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended hj adding at the end thereof the following 
new sentences: "Such a motion, and any motion, rule, or order to 
dispose of amendments between the two Houses to any House or Senate 
bill or resolution (other than a motion to request or agree to a confer-
ence) , shall require for adoption, on demand of sm^ Member, a separate 
vote on each amendment to be disposed of if, originating in the House, 
such amendment would be subject to a point of order on a question 
of germaneness under clause 7 of Rule XVI. Before such separate vote 
is taken, it shall be in order to debate such amendment for forty min-
utes, one-half of such time to be given to debate in favor of, and 
one-half to debate in opposition to, the amendment.". 
(b) Rule X X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following clause: 
"3. No amendment of the Senate which would be in violation of the 
provisions of clause 7 of Rule XVI, if such amendment had been 
offered in the House, shall be agreed to by the managers on the part of 
the House unless specific authority to agree to such amendment shall 
be first given by the House by a separate vote on every such 
amendment.". 
READING OF T H E JOURNAL OF T H E 
HOUSE 
SEC. 127. Clause 1 of Rule I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended— 
(1) by striking out "at the last sitting, immediately call" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "at the last sitting and immediately call"; 
and 
(2) by striking out ", and on the appearance of a quorum, cause 
the Journal of the proceedings of the last day's sitting to be read, 
having previously examined and approved the same." and insert-
ing in lieu thereof a period and the following: "On the appearance 
of a quorum, the Speaker, having examined the Journal of the 
proceedings of the last day's sitting and approved the same, 
shall announce to the House his approval of the Journal; where-
upon, unless the Speaker, in his discretion, orders the reading of 
the Journal, the Journal shall be considered as read. However, it 
shall then be in order to offer one motion that the Journal be read 
and such motion is of the highest privilege and shall be determined 
without debate.". 
CLOSING OF T H E DOORS I N CALLS OF T H E HOUSE 
Post, p. 1440. 
SEC 128. Clause 2 of rule XV of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by striking out ", and in all calls of the House 
the doors shall be closed, the names of the Members shall be called by 
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1161 
the Clerk, and me absentees noted;" and inserting in lieu thereof 
", and in all calls of the House the names of the Members shall be called 
by the Clerk, and the absentees noted, but the doors shall not be 
closed except when so ordered by the Speaker;". 
CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS AND ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE 
LANGUAGE I N CERTAIN HOUSE RULES 
SEC. 129. (a) Clause 27(a) of Eule X I of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Rules of the House are the rules of its committees and 
subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from 
day to day is a motion of high privilege in committees and subcom-
mittees. Any committee may adopt additional written rules not incon-
sistent with the Rules of tne House and those additional rules shall 
be binding on each subcommittee of that committee. Each subcommit-
tee of a committee is a part of that committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of that committee.". 
(b) Rulfe X I I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended to read as follows: 
"RULE 
XII. 
" R E S I D E N T 
COMMISSIONER 
"The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico 
shall be elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner 
as Members of the House and shall possess in such committees the 
same powers and privileges as the other Members.". 
(c) Clause 3 of Rule I I I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended— 
(1) by striking out "to Members and Delegates" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "to Members and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico"; 
(2) by striking out "Members and officers" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Members, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
Rico, and officers"; 
(3) by striking out "and Territory"; 
(4) by striking out "preserve for and deliver or mail to each 
Member and Delegate an extra copy, in good binding, of all docu-
ments printed by order of either House of the Congress to which 
he belonged;" and inserting in lieu thereof "deliver or mail to 
any Member or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico an 
extra copy, in binding of good quality, of each document 
requested by that Member or the Resident Commissioner which 
has been printed, by order of either House of the Congress, in any 
Congress in which he served;"; and 
(5) by striking out "of Members and Delegates" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "of Members and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico". 
(d) Clause 1 of Rule IV of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by striking out "of Members and Delegates" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "of Members and the Resident Commissioner 
from Puerto Rico". 
(e) (1) Clause 2 of Rule V of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is repealed. 
(2) Clause 3 of Rule V of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is redesignated as clause 2 of that Rule. 
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(f) Rule VI of the Eules of the House of Representatives is 
amended to read as follows: 
"RULE 
VI. 
a 
DUTIES OF T H E 
POSTMASTER 
"The Postmaster shall superintend the post office in the Capitol and 
in the respective office buildings of the House for the accommoda-
tion of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
Rico, and officers of the House and shall be held responsible for the 
prompt and safe delivery of their mail.". 
(g) Clause 9 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by striking out "clause 15(d)" wherever occurring 
therein and inserting in lieu thereof "clause 16(d)". 
(h) Clause 23 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended— 
(1) by striking out "paragraph 7" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"clause 7"; and 
(2) by striking out "paragraph 4" and inserting in lieu there-
of "clause 4". 
(i) Clause 25 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended to read as follows: 
"25. The Committee on House Administration shall make final re-
port to the House in each contested-election case at such time as the 
committee considers practicable in that Congress to which the con-
testee is elected.". 
(j) Clause 27(j) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended by striking out "paragraph 27 of Rule X I of 
the House of Representatives" and inserting in lieu thereof "this clause 
of this Rule". 
(k) Clause 7 of Rule X X I V of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended by striking out "paragraph 4" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "clause 4". 
(1) Clause 2 of Rule X X X I V of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended by striking out ", one to the International News 
Service, and one to the United Press Associations," and inserting in 
lieu thereof "and one to United Press International". 
(m) Clause 3 of Rule X X X I V of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended— 
(1) by striking out "wireless" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"television"; 
(2) by striking out "standing Committee of Radio Reporters" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Executive Committee of the Radio 
and Television Correspondents' Galleries"; and 
(3) by striking out "Transradio Press Service" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "American Broadcasting Company". 
(n) Clause 2 of Rule X X X V I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended— 
(1) by striking out "National Archives" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "General Services Administration"; and 
(2) by striking out ", and in so transferring he may act jointly 
with the Secretary of the Senate." and inserting in lieu thereof 
a period and the following: "In making the transfer, the Clerk 
may act j ointly with the Secretary of the Senate." 
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1163 
SENATE COMMITTEE RULES 
SEC. 130. (a) Part 3 of title I of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 is further amended by adding after section 133A of such 
Act, as enacted by this title, the following new section: 
Ante, p. iisi. 
"SENAT^E C O M M I T T E E RULES 
"SEC. 133B. Each standing, select, or special committee of the Sen-
ate shall adopt rules (not inconsistent with the Standing Rules of 
the Senate or with those provisions of law having the force and effect 
of Standing Rules of the Senate) governing the procedure of such 
committee. The rules of each such committee shall be published in 
Publication in 
the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of each j^ear, except Record.^^^°"^ 
that if any such committee is established on or after February 1 
of a year, the rules of that committee during the year of establish-
ment shall be published in the Congressional Record not later than 
sixty days after such establishment. An amendment to the rules of 
any such committee shall be published in the Congressional Record 
not later than thirty days after the adoption of such amendment. 
If the Congressional Record is not published on the last day of any 
period during which the rules of any such committee, or an amend-
ment to those rules, is required to be published in the Congressional 
Record by this section, such rules or amendment shall be published 
in the first daily edition of the Congressional Record published fol-
lowing such day." 
(b) Title I of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 is amended hj inserting, immediately below the item 
relating to section 133A contained in that title (as added by section 
111 (a) (2) of this Act), the following: 
"Sec. 133B. Senate Committee Rules." 
JURISDICTION OF STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE 
SEC. 131. Paragraph 1 of Rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate is amended— 
(1) by striking out in subparagraph (e) — 
"Committee on Banking and Currency," 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs,"; 
(2) by adding at the end of subparagraph (e) the following 
item: 
"10. Urban affairs generally."; 
(3) by striking out in subparagraph (h) (relating to the Com-
mittee on Finance) the following numbered items— 
"10. Veterans' measures generally. 
"11. Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and 
special. 
"12. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service 
in the armed forces. 
"13. Compensation of veterans."; 
(4) by striking out in subparagraph (m) (relating to the Com-
mittee on Labor and Public Welfare) — 
"16. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans. 
"IT. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans. 
"18. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief. 
"19. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life."; 
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[84 STAT. 
(5) by adding at the end thereof the following new subpara-
graph— 
"(q) Committee on Veterans* Affairs, to which committee shall 
be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, 
and other matters relating to the following subjects: 
"1. Veterans' measures generally. 
"2. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special. 
"3. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service 
in the armed forces. 
"4. Compensation of veterans. 
"5. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans. 
"6. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans. 
"7. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief. 
"8. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life. 
"9. National cemeteries."; and 
(6) by striking out in subparagraph (k) (relating to the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs) the following item— 
"5. Military parks and battlefields, and national cemeteries." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"5. Military parks and battlefields." 
MEMBERSHIP OF STANDING COMMITTEES OE T H E 
SENATE 
SEC. 132. (a) Paragraph 1 of Rule X X V of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, as such paragraph existed on the day preceding the effec-
tive date of this section, is amended— 
(1) by striking out in subparagraph (a) the words "to consist 
of fifteen Senators,"; 
(2) by striking out in subparagraph (b) the words "to consist 
of thirteen Senators," j 
(3) by striking out m subparagraph (c) the words "to consist 
of twenty-four Senators,"; 
(4) by striking out in subparagraph (d) the words "to consist 
of eighteen Senators,"; 
(5) by striking out in subparagraph (e) the words "to consist 
of fifteen Senators,"; 
(6} by striking out in subparagraph (f) the words "to consist 
of nineteen Senators,"; 
(7) by striking out in subparagraph (g) the words "to consist 
of seven Senators,"; 
(8) by striking out in subparagraph (h) the words "to consist 
of seventeen Senators,"; 
(9) by striking out in subparagraph (i) the words "to consist 
of fifteen Senators,"; 
(10) by striking out in subparagraph (j) (1) the words "to 
consist of fifteen Senators,"; 
(11) by striking out in subparagraph (k) the words "to consist 
of seventeen Senators,"; 
(12) by striking out in subparagraph (1) the words "to consist 
of seventeen Senators,"; 
(13) by striking out in subparagraph (m) the words "to consist 
of seventeen Senators,"; 
(14) by striking out in subparagraph (n) the words "to consist 
of twelve Senators,"; 
(15) by striking out in subparagraph (o) the words "to consist 
of fifteen Senators,"; and 
(16) by striking out in subparagraph (p) (1) the words "to 
consist of nine Senators,". 
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(b) Paragraphs 2,3,4, and 5 of Rule X X V of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate are redesignated as paragraphs 4, 5, 6, and 7 thereof, 
respectively. 
(c) Rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by 
inserting therein, immediately after paragraph 1, the following new 
paragraphs: 
"2. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 6 of this rule, each 
of the following standing committees shall consist of the number of 
Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the name 
of that committee appears: 
"Committee 
Members 
"Aeronautical and Space Sciences 
14 
"Agriculture and Forestry 
13 
"Appropriations 
24 
"Armed Services 
15 
"Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
15 
"Commerce 
17 
"Finance 
15 
"Foreign Relations 
15 
"Government Operations 
14 
"Interior and Insular Affairs 
14 
"Judiciary 
15 
"Labor and Public Welfare 
15 
"Public Works 
14. 
"3. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 6 of this rule, each 
of the following standing committees shall consist of the number of 
Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the name 
of that committee appears: 
"Committee 
Members 
"District of Colmnbia 
7 
"Post Office and Civil Service 
9 
"Rules and Administration 
9 
"Veterans' Affairs 
9.". 
(d) Paragraph 6 of Rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
(as redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 
"6. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, each 
Senator shall serve on two and no more of the standing committees 
named in paragraph 2. Except as otherwise provided by this para-
graph, no Senator shall serve on more than one committee included 
within the following classes: standing committees named in para-
graph 3; select and special committees of the Senate; and joint com-
mittees of the Congress. 
" (b) Each Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of 
section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was serving 
^"'®' P- ^^^^' 
as a member of any standing committee shall be entitled to continue 
to serve on each such committee of which he was a member on that day 
as long as his service as a member of such committee remains con-
tinuous after that day. Each Senator who (1) on that day was serving 
as a member of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences 
or the Committee on Government Operations, (2) on that date was 
entitled, under the proviso contained in the first sentence of paragraph 
4 of this rule as such rule existed on that day, to serve on three com-
mittees named in that sentence, and (3) on June 30, 1971, is serving 
on three such committees, of which at least one is the Committee on 
Aeronautical and Space Sciences or the Committee on Government 
Operations, shall be entitled to continue to serve on each of the com-
mittees of which he is a member on June 30,1971, so long as his service 
as a member of each such committee remains continuous thereafter. 
Each Senator who, on the day preceding the effective date of section 
132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, was a member of 
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[84 STAT. 
Membership, 
temporary in-
creases. 
Ante, p. 1165. 
Service on 
temporary or joint, 
committees. 
Ante, p. 1164. 
Service as 
chairman, restric-
tions. 
Exceptions, 
more than one committee of the classes described in the second sentence 
of subparagraph (a) shall be entitled to serve on each such committee 
of which he was a member on that day as long as his service as a mem-
ber of that committee remains contmuous after that day. Notwith-
standing the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, each committee of the 
Senate shall be temporarily increased in membership by such number 
as may be required to carry into effect the provisions of this 
subparagraph. 
"(c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and the 
minority leader, the membership of one or more of the standing com-
mittees named in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this rule may be 
increased temporarily from time to time by such number or numbers as 
may be required to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees. When any such temporary 
increase is necessary to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees, members of the majority 
party in such number as may be required for that purpose may serve 
as members of three standing committees named in paragraph 2, No 
such temporary increase in the membership of one or more standing 
committees under this subparagraph or subparagraph (ib) shall be 
continued in effect after the need therefor has ended. No standing 
committee may be increased in membership under this subparagraph 
or subparagraph (b) by more than four members in excess of the num-
ber prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of 
this rule. 
"(d) Notwithstanding the limitations contained in subparagraph 
(a), a Senator may serve at any time on one additional committee 
included within the following classes: a temporary committee of the 
Senate or a temporary joint committee of the Congress which, by the 
terms of the measure by which it was established as initially agreed 
to, will not continue in existence for more than one Congress; or a 
joint committee of the Congress having jurisdiction with respect to 
a subject matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a com-
mittee named in paragraph 3 of which that Senator is a member. 
"(e) No Senator shall serve at any time on more than one of the 
following committees: Committee on Appropriations, Committee on 
Armed Services, Committee on Finance, and Committee on Foreign 
Relations. Notwithstanding the limitation contained in this subpara-
graph, a Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of section 
132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was a member of 
more than one such committee may continue to sen^e as a member of 
each such committee of which he was a member on that day as long 
as his service on that committee remains continuous after that day. 
"(f) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more than 
one committee included within the following classes: standing, select, 
and special committees of the Senate; and joint committees of the 
Congress except that— 
"(1) A Senator may serve as chairman of a joint committee 
of the Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject 
matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a com-
mittee named in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of which that Sen-
ator is the chairman; 
"(2) A Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of 
section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was 
serving as chairman of more than one committee included within 
the classes described in this subparagraph may continue to serve 
as chairman of each such committee of which he was chairman 
on that day as long as his service as chairman of that committee 
remains continuous after that day; and 
Service as sub-
committee chair-
man. 
Ante, 
p. 1164, 
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1167 
"(3) A Senator who is serving at any time as chairman of a 
committee included within the classes described in this subpara-
graph may at the same time serve also as chairman of one tem-
porary committee of the Senate or temporary joint committee 
of the Congress which, by the terms of the measure by which it 
was established as originally agreed to, will not continue in ex-
istence for more than one Congress. 
"(g) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more than 
one subcommittee of the same committee if that committee is named 
in paragraph 2. Notwithstanding the limitation contained in this sub-
paragraph, a Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of 
section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was serving 
as chairman of more than one such subcommittee may continue to 
serve as chairman of each such subcommittee of which he was chair-
man on that day as long as his service as chairman of that subcom-
mittee remains continuous after that day.". 
TITLE II—FISCAL CONTROLS 
PART 1—BUDGETARY AND FISCAL INFORMATION AND DATA 
BUDGETARY AND FISCAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Comptroller 
General of the United States, shall develop, establish, and maintain, 
insofar as practicable, for use by all Federal agencies, a standardized 
information and data processing system for budgetary and fiscal data. 
BUDGET STANDARD CLASSIFICATIONS 
SEC. 202. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Comptroller 
General, shall develop, establish, and mamtain standard classifications 
of programs, activities, receipts, and expenditures of Federal agencies 
in order— 
(1) to meet the needs of the various branches of the Govern-
ment; and 
(2) to facilitate the development, establishment, and mainte-
nance of the data processing system under section 201 through the 
utilization of modern automatic data processing techniques. 
The initial classifications under this subsection shall be established on 
or before December 31,1971. 
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office r^Z^,l'^V° 
of Management and B u d ^ t shall submit a report to the Senate and 
the House of Representatives on or before September 1 of each year, 
commencing with 1971, with respect to the performance during the 
preceding fiscal year of the functions and duties imposed on them 
by section 201 and subsection (a) of this section. The reports made 
under this subsection in 1971 and 1972 shall set forth the progress 
achieved in the development of classifications under subsection (a) 
of this section. The reports made in years thereafter shall include 
information with respect to changes in, and additions to, classifica-
tions previously established. Each such report shall include such com-
ments of the Comptroller General as he deems necessary or advisable. 
Congress, 
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[84 STAT. 
AVAILABILITY TO CONGRESS OF BUDGETARY, FISCAL, AND RELATED DATA 
SEC. 203. Upon request of any committee of either House, or of any-
joint committee of the two Houses, the Secretary of the Treasury 
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall— 
(1) furnish to such committee or joint committee information 
as to the location and nature of data available in the various 
Federal agencies with respect to programs, activities, receipts, 
and expenditures of such agencies; and 
(2) to the extent feasible, prepare for such committee or joint 
committee summary tables of such data. 
ASSISTANCE TO CONGRESS BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SEC. 204. (a) The Comptroller General shall review and analyze 
the results of Government programs and activities carried on under 
existing law, including the making of cost benefit studies, when 
ordered by either House of Congress, or upon his own initiative, or 
Avhen requested by any committee of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate, or any joint committee of the two Houses, having juris-
diction over such programs and activities. 
(b) The Comptroller General shall have available in the General 
Accounting Office employees who are expert in analyzing and con-
ducting cost benefit studies of Government programs. Upon request 
of any committee of either House or any joint committee of the two 
Houses, the Comptroller General shall assist such committee or joint 
committee, or the staff of such committee or joint committee— 
(1) in analyzing cost benefit studies furnished by any Federal 
agency to such committee or joint committee; or 
(2) in conducting cost benefit studies of programs under the 
jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee. 
POWER AND DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL I N CONNECTION W I T H 
BUDGETARY, FISCAL, AND RELATED MATTERS 
SEC. 205. (a) The Comptroller General shall establish within the 
General Accounting Office such office or division, or such offices or 
divisions, as he considers necessary to carry out the functions and duties 
imposed on him by the provisions of this title. 
Report to Con- 
^j^) ^}^Q Comptroller General shall include in his annual report to 
the Congress information with respect to the performance of the 
functions and duties imposed on him by the provisions of this title. 
gress 
PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES UNDER BUDGET AND 
ACCOUNTING AND OTHER STATUTES 
SEC. 206. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as impair-
ing any authority or responsibility of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the 
Comptroller General of the United States under the Budget and Ac-
42 Stat. 20. 
counting Act, 1921, as amended, and the Budget and Accounting 
64 stat^. 8
*
3
2
. 
Proccdures Act of 1950, as amended, or any other statutes. 
31 u s e 2 note. 
DEFINITION 
"Federal 
agency." 
SEC. 207. As used in this title, the term "Federal agency" means 
any department, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, 
establishment, or instrumentality of the Government of the United 
States or the government of the District of Columbia. 
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1169 
PART 2—THE BUDGET 
S U P P I ^ M E N T A L BUDGET 
INFORMATION 
SEC. 221. (a) Section 201(a) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 
1921, as amended (31 U.S.C. 11), is amended— 
(1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of subparagraph 
(10); 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (11) 
and inserting in lieu of the period a semicolon and the word "and"; 
and 
(3) by adding immediately below subparagraph (11) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
" (12) with respect to each proposal in the Budget for new or 
additional legislation which would create or expand any function, 
activity, or authority, in addition to those functions, activities, and 
authorities then existing or as then being administered and 
operated, a tabulation showing— 
" (A) the amount proposed in the Budget for appropriation 
and for expenditure in the ensuing fiscal year on account of 
such proposal; and 
"(B) the estimated appropriation required on account of 
such proposal in each of the four fiscal years, immediately 
following that ensuing fiscal year, during which such pro-
posal is to be in effect.", 
(b) Section 201 of the Budget and Accounting Ac^, 1921, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 11) is amended by striking out the terminated 
and obsolete subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following new subsections: 
"(b) The President shall transmit to the Congress, on or before 
June 1 of each year, beginning with 1972, a supplemental summary 
of the Budget for the ensuing fiscal year transmitted to the Congress 
by the President under subsection (a) of this section. Such supple-
mental summary— 
"(1) shall reflect with respect to that ensuing fiscal year— 
"(A) all substantial alterations in or reappraisals of esti-
mates of expenditures and receipts, and 
"(B) all substantial obligations impeded on that budget 
after its transmission to the Congress; 
"(2) shall contain current information with respect to those 
matters covered by subparagraph (8) and clauses (2) and (3) 
of subparagraph (9) of subsection (a) of this section; and 
"(3) sh^l contain such additional information, in summary 
form, as the President considers necessary or advisable to pro-
vide the Congress with a complete and current summary of 
information with respect to that Budget and the then currently 
estimated functions, obligations, requirements, and financial con-
dition of the Government for that ensuing fiscal year. 
"(c) The President shall transmit to the Congress, on or before 
June 1 of each year, beginning with 1972, in such form and detail as 
he may determine— 
"(1) summaries of estimated expenditures, for the first four 
fiscal years following the ensuing fiscal year for which the Budget 
was transmitted to the Congress by the President under subsec-
tion (a) of this section, which will be required under continuing 
programs which have a legal commitment for future years or are 
considered mandatory under existing law; and 
"(2) summaries oi estimated expenditures, in fiscal years fol-
lowing such ensuing fiscal year, of balances carried over from 
such ensuing fiscal year.". 
Budget, trans" 
mittal to Congress. 
64 Stat. 832; 
70 Stat. 782. 
72 Stat. 852. 
Supplemental 
summary, trans-
mittal to Congress 
Estimated ex-
penditure sum-
maries, transmit" 
tal to Conprress,, 
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[84 STAT. 
PART 3—UTILIZATION OF REPORTS AND EMPLOYEES OF (JTENERAL 
ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
ASSISTANCE BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND COMMITTEE 
REVIEW OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 231. At the request of any committee of the House or Senate, or 
of any joint committee of the two Houses, the Comptroller General 
shall explain to, and discuss with, the committee or joint committee 
making the request, or the staff of such committee or joint committee, 
any report made by the General Accounting Office which would assist 
such committee in connection with— 
(1) 
its consideration of proposed legislation, 
including 
requests for appropriations, or 
(2) its review of any program, or of any activity of any Federal 
agency, which is within the jurisdiction of such committee or joint 
committee. 
DELIVERY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 232. Whenever the General Accounting Office submits any 
reports to the Congress, the Comptroller General shall deliver copies 
of such report to— 
(1) the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate, 
(2) the Committees on Government Operatiolis of the House 
and Senate, and 
(3) any other committee of the House or Senate, or any joint 
committee of the two Houses, which has requested information 
on any program or part thereof, or any activity of any Federal 
agency, which is the subject, in whole or in part, of such report. 
F U R N I S H I N G TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES BY GENERAL 
ACCOUNTING 
OFFICE OF ITS REPORTS GENERALLY 
SEC. 233. At the request of any committee of the House or Senate, 
or of any joint committee of the two Houses, the Comptroller General 
shall make available to such committee or joint committee a copy of 
any report of the General Accounting Office which was not delivered 
to that committee or joint committee under section 232 of this Act. 
F U R N I S H I N G TO COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BY GENERAL 
ACCOUNTING OFFICE OF MONTHLY AND A N N U A L LISTS OF ITS REPORTS; 
AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS TO COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS ON REQUEST 
SEC. 234. The Comptroller General shall prepare, once each calendar 
month, a list of all reports of the General Accounting Office issued dur-
ing the immediately preceding calendar month, and, not less than once 
each calendar year, a cumulative list of all reports of the General 
Accounting Office issued during the immediately preceding twelve 
months, and transmit a copy of each such list of reports to each com-
mittee of the House or Senate, each joint committee of the two Houses, 
each Member of the House or Senate, and the Resident Commissioner 
from Puerto Rico. At the request of any such committee, joint com-
mittee, Member of the House or Senate, or the Resident Commissioner 
from Puerto Rico, the Comptroller General promptly shall transmit 
or deliver to that committee, joint committee. Member of the House or 
Senate, or the Resident Commissioner, as the case may be, a copy of 
each report so listed and requested. 
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1171 
ASSIGNMENTS OF EMPLOYEES OF GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO DUTY 
W I T H COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 235. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the H^U*^'^' °"^-y^^'^ 
Comptroller General may not assign or detail any employee of the 
General Accounting Office to full-time duty on a continuing basis with 
any committee of the Senate or House of Representatives or with any 
joint committee of Congress for any period of more than one year. 
(b) The Comptroller General shall include in his annual report to Annual report to 
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CongresSf contents. 
the Congress the f 
oUowmg iniormation— 
(1) the name of each employee assigned or detailed to any 
committee of the Senate or House of Representatives or any joint 
committee of Congress; 
(2) the name of each committee or joint committee to which 
each such employee is assigned or detailed; 
(3) the length of the period of such assignment or detail of 
such employee; 
(4) a statement as to whether such assignment or detail is 
finished or is currently in effect; and 
(5) the pay of such employee, his travel, subsistence, and other 
expenses, the agency contributions for his retirement and life and 
health insurance benefits, and other necessary monetary expenses 
for personnel benefits on account of such employee, paid out of 
appropriations available to the General Accounting Office during 
the period of the assignment or detail of such employee, or, if 
such assignment or detail is currently in effect, during that part 
of the period of such assignment or detail which has been 
completed. 
AGENCY 
REPORTS 
SEC. 236. Whenever the General Accounting Office has made a 
report which contains recommendations to the head of any Federal 
agency, such agency shall— 
(1) not later than sixty days after the date of such report, sub-
mit a written statement to the Committees on Government Opera-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the action 
taken by such agency with respect to such recommendations; and 
(2) in connection with the first request for appropriations for 
that agency submitted to the Congress more than sixty days after 
the date of such report, submit a written statement to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate of the action taken by such agency with respect to such 
recommendations. 
PART 4—THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS 
RULEMAKING POWER OF SENATE AND HOUSE 
SEC. 241. The following sections of this Part are enacted by the 
Congress— 
(1) insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an exercise of the 
rulemaking power of the Senate and, to the extent so applicable, 
those sections are deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, superseding other individual rules of the Senate only to 
the extent that those sections are inconsistent with those other 
individual Senate rules, subject to and with full recognition of the 
power of the Senate to enact or change any rule of the Senate 
at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine 
the rules of its proceedings; and 
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[84 STAT. 
(2) insofar as applicable to the House of Representatives, as 
an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representa-
tives, subject to and with full recognition of the power of the 
House of Representatives to enact or change any rule of the House 
at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine 
the rules of its proceedings. 
Open hearings, 
radio or television 
coverage. 
Repeal. 
60 Stat. 832. 
Treasury Sec-
retary, etc., testi-
mony. 
Open hearings, 
exception. 
Transcript, 
printing and dis-
tribution. 
Exception. 
HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET BY COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS OF SENATE 
AND HOUSE 
SEC. 242. (a) Each hearing conducted by the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate shall be open to the public except when the com-
mittee determines that the testimony to be taken at that hearing may 
relate to a matter of national security, may tend to reflect adversely 
on the character or reputation of the witness or any other individual, 
or may divulge matters deemed confidential under other provisions of 
law or Government regulation. Whenever any such hearing is open to 
the public, that hearing may be broadcast by radio or television, or 
both, under such rules as the committee may adopt. 
(b) (1) Section 138 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 190e) is repealed. 
(2) Title I of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by striking out— 
"Sec. 138. Legislative Budget.". 
(c)(1) Clause 27(g) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows: 
"(g)(1) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within thirty 
days after the transmittal of the Budget to the Congress each year, 
hold hearings on the Budget as a whole with particular reference 
to— 
"(A) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies of the 
President in the presentation of the Budget; and 
"(B) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions used as 
bases in arriving at total estimated expenditures and receipts. 
"(2) In holding hearings pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this 
paragraph, the committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and such ot^her 
persons as the committee may desire. 
"(3) Hearings pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this paragraph 
shall be held in open session, except when the committee determines 
that the testimony to be taken at that hearing may relate to a matter 
of national security. A transcript of all such hearings shall be printed 
and a copy thereof furnished to each Member and the Resident Com-
missioner from Puerto Rico. 
"(4) Hearings pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, or 
any part thereof, may be held before joint meetings of the committee 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance 
with such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.". 
(2) Clause 27(f) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new subparagraph: 
"(6) The preceding provisions of this paragraph do not apply to 
hearings on the Budget by the Committee on Appropriations undpT* 
paragraph (g) of this clause.'". 
84 STAT.] 
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1173 
ACTION AND PROCEDURE OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 243. The vote of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate to report a measure or matter shall require the concurrence of 
a majority of the members of the committee who are present. No vote 
of any member of such committee to report a measure or matter may 
be cast by proxy if rules adopted by such committee forbid the casting 
of votes for that purpose by proxy; however, proxies shall not be 
voted for such purpose except when the absent committee member 
has been informed on the matter on which he is being recorded and 
has affirmatively requested that he be so recorded. Action by such com-
mittee in reporting any measure or matter in accordance with the 
requirements of this section shall constitute the ratification by the 
committee of all action theretofore taken by the committee with respect 
to that measure or matter, including votes taken upon the measure 
or matter or any amendment thereto, and no point of order shall lie 
with respect to that measure or matter on the ground that such 
previous action with respect thereto by such committee was not taken 
in compliance with such requirements. Whenever such committee by 
rollcall vote reports any measure or matter, the report of the com-
mittee upon such measure or matter shall include a tabulation of the 
votes cast in favor of and the votes cast in opposition to such measure 
or matter by each member of the committee. Nothing contained in this 
section shall abrogate the power of the committee to adopt rules— 
(1) providing for proxy voting on all matters other than the 
reporting of a measure or matter, or 
(2) providing in accordance with the Standing Rules of the 
Senate for a lesser number as a quorum for any action other than 
the reporting of a measure or matter. 
PART 5—LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES 
RULEMAKING POWER OF SENATO AND HOUSE 
SEC. 251. The following sections of this Part are enacted by the 
Congress— 
(1) insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an exercise of the 
rulemaking power of the Senate and, to the extent so applicable, 
those sections are deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, superseding other individual rules of the Senate only to 
the extent that those sections are inconsistent with those other 
individual Senate rules, subject to and with full recognition 
of the power of the Senate to enact or change any rule of the 
Senate at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to 
determine the rules of its proceedings; and 
(2) insofar as applicable to the House of Representatives, as 
an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representa-
tives, subject to and with full recognition of the power of the 
House of Representatives to enact or change any rule of the House 
at any time m its exercise of its constitutional right to determine 
the rules of its proceedings. 
Concurrence of 
majority of mem-
bers present. 
Votes, tabula-
tion. 
Rules. 
COST ESTIMATES I N REPORTS OF SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ACCOM-
PANYING 
CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE 
MEASURES 
SEC. 252. (a) (1) The report accompanying each bill or joint resolu-
tion of a public character reported by any committee of the Senate 
(except the Committee on Appropriations) shall contain— 
(A) an estimate 
J made by such committee, of the costs which 
would be incurred m carrying out such bill or joint resolution in 
Report, contents. 
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[84 STAT. 
the fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the five fiscal 
years following such fiscal year (or for the authorized duration 
of any program authorized by such bill or joint resolution, if less 
than five years), except that, in the case of measures affecting the 
revenues, such reports shall require only an estimate of the gain 
or loss in revenues for a one-year period; and 
(B) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in sub-
paragraph (A) made by such committee with any estimate of costs 
made bj^ anj Federal agency; or 
(C) in lieu of such estimate or comparison, or both, a statement 
of the reasons why compliance by the committee with the require-
ments of subparagraph (A) or (B), or both, is impracticable. 
(2) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any such bill or 
joint resolution if such bill or joint resolution was reported in the 
Senate after the effective date of this subsection and the report of that 
committee of the Senate which reported such bill or joint resolution 
does not comply with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this sub-
section. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the members of the Joint 
Committee on Atomic Energy who are Members of the Senate shall be 
deemed to be a committee of the Senate. 
Report.contents. 
Q^^ j^^je X I I I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: 
"7. (a) The report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of a 
public character reported by any committee shall contain— 
"(1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which 
would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint resolution in 
thie fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the five fiscal 
years following such fiscal year (or for the authorized duration of 
any program authorized by such bill or joint resolution, if less 
than five years), except that, in the case of measures affecting the 
revenues, such reports shall require only an estimate of the gain 
or loss in revenues for a one-year period; and 
"(2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in sub-
paragraph (1) of this paragraph made by such committee with 
any estimate of such costs made by any Government agency and 
submitted to such committee. 
"(b) It shall not be in order to consider any such bill or joint reso-
lution in the House if the report of the committee which reported 
that bill or joint resolution does not comply with paragraph (a) of 
this clause. 
"(c) For the purposes of this clause, the members of the Joint Com-
mittee on Atomic Energy who are Members of the House shall be 
deemed to be a committee of the House. 
"(d) For the purposes of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of 
this clause, a Government agency includes any department, agency, 
establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or instru-
mentality of the Federal Government or the government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
"(e) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House Administra-
tion, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct.". 
APPROPRIATIONS ON ANNUAL BASIS 
SEC. 253. (a) Each committee of the Senate (except the Committee 
on Appropriations), and each joint committee of the two Houses of 
Congress, which is authorized to receive, report, and recommend the 
Exceptions. 
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1175 
enactment of, bills and joint resolutions shall, in its consideration of all 
bills agmd joint resolutions of a public character within its jurisdiction, 
endeavor to insure that— 
(1) all continuing programs of the Federal Government and 
of the government of the District of Columbia, within the juris-
diction of such committee or joint committee, are designed; and 
(2) all continuing activities of Federal agencies, within the 
jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee, are carried on; 
so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, requirements, and 
objectives of those programs and activities, appropriations therefor 
will be made annually. 
(b) Each committee of the Senate (except the Committee on 
continuing pro-
Appropriations), and each joint committee of the two Houses of len^re Ind^jrin7 
Congress, which is authorized to receive, report, and recommend the committees. 
enactment of, bills and joint resolutions with respect to any continuing 
program within its jurisdiction for which appropriations are not made 
annually, shall review such program, from time to time, in order to 
ascertain whether such program could be modified so that appropria-
tions therefor would be made annually. 
(c) Clause 28 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new paragraphs: 
"(d) Each standing committee of the House shall, in its considera-
tion of all bills and joint resolutions of a public character within its 
jurisdiction, endeavor to insure that— 
"(1) all continuing programs of the Federal Government, and 
of the government of the District of Columbia, within the jurisdic-
tion of that committee, are designed; and 
"(2) all continuing activities of Government agencies, within 
the jurisdiction of that committee, are carried on; 
so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, recjuirements, and 
objectives of those programs and activities, appropriations therefor 
will be made annually. For the purposes of this paragraph, a Govern-
ment agency includes the organizational units of government listed in 
paragraph (d) of clause 7 of Rule XIII. 
"(e) Each standing committee of the House shall review, from time 
to time, each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which ap-
propriations are not made annually in order to ascertain whether such 
program could be modified so that appropriations therefor would be 
made annually.". 
Review by House 
committees. 
TITLE III—SOURCES OF INFORMATION 
PART 1—STAFFS or SENATE AND HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES 
INCREASE I N PROFESSIONAL STAFFS OF SENATE STANDING 
COMMITTEES; 
SENATE MINORITY PROFESSIONAL AND CLERICAL STAFFS; FAIR TREAT-
M E N T FOR SENATE MINORITY STAFFS 
SEC. 301. (a) Section 202(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 72a(a)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Each standing committee of the Senate (other than the Com-
mittee on Appropriations) is authorized to appoint, by majority vote 
of the committee, not more than six professional staff members in addi-
tion to the clerical staffs. Such professional staff members shall be 
assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of such 
committee as the committee may deem advisable, except that whenever 
a majority of the minority members of such committee so request, 
two of such professional staff members may be selected for appoint-
Professional 
staff members,, 
appointment, 
60 Stat. 834.. 
47-348 O - 72 - 78 (Pt. 1) 
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[84 STAT. 
Services, termi-
nation. 
Permanent ap-
pointments. 
Clerical staff 
members, appoint-
ment. 
60 Stat. 835. 
Services, termi-
nation. 
Appointments 
when no vacancy 
exists. 
Ante, p. 1175. 
Minority party 
staff appointees, 
equitable treat-
ment. 
ment by majority vote of the minority members and the committee 
shall appoint any staff members so selected. A staff member or mem-
bers appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the 
committee shall be assigned to such committee business as such minor-
ity members deem advisable. Services of j)rofessional staff mem-
bers appointed by majority vote of the committee may be terminated 
by a majority vote of the committee and services of professional staff 
members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of 
the committee shall be terminated by the committee when a majority of 
such minority members so request. Professional staff members author-
ized by this subsection shall be appointed on a permanent basis, with-
out regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to 
perform the duties of their respective positions. Such professional 
staff members shall not engage in any work other than committee 
business and no other duties may be assigned to them.". 
(b) Section 202(c) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amended (2 U.S.C. 72a (c)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The clerical staff of each standing committee of the Senate 
(other than the Committee on Appropriations), which shall be 
appointed by a majority vote of the committee, shall consist of not 
more than six clerks to be attached to the office of the chairman, to 
the ranking minority member, and to the professional staff, as the 
committee may deem advisable, except that whenever a majority of 
the minority members of such committee so requests, one of the mem-
bers of the clerical staff may be selected for appointment by majority 
vote of such minority members and the committee shall appoint any 
staff member so selected. The clerical staff shall handle committee 
correspondence and stenographic work, both for the committee staff 
and for the chairman and ranking minority member on matters 
related to committee work, except that if a member of the clerical staff 
is appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the 
committee, such clerical staff member shall handle committee corre-
spondence and stenographic work for the minority members of the 
committee and for any member's of the committee staff appointed 
under subsection (a) pursuant to request by such minority members, 
on matters related to committee work. Services of clerical staff mem-
bers appointed by majority vote of the committee may be terminated 
by majority vote of the committee and services of clerical staff mem-
bers appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the 
committee shall be terminated by the committee when a majority of 
such minority members so request.". 
(c) Section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as 
amended (2 U.S.C. 72a), is amended by striking out subsection (h) 
and by adding after subsection (f) the following new subsections: 
"(g) In any case in which a request for the appointment of a 
minority staff member under subsection (a) or subsection (c) is 
made at any time when no vacancy exists to which the appointment 
requested may be made, the person appointed pursuant to such 
lequest may serve in addition to any other staff members authorized by 
such subsections and may be paid from the contingent fund of the 
Senate until such time as such a vacancy occurs, at which time such 
person shall be considered to have been appointed to such vacancy. 
"(h) Staff members appointed pursuant to a request by minority 
members of a committee under subsection (a) or subsection (c), and 
staff members appointed to assist minority members of subcommittees 
pursuant to authority of Senate resolution, shall be accorded equitable 
treatment with respect to the fixing of salary rates, the assignment 
of facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.". 
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1177 
(d) Nothing in the amendments made by subsections (a) and (B) 
of this section shall be construed— 
(1) to require a reduction in— 
(A) the number of staff members authorized, prior to 
January 1, 1971, to be employed by any committee of the 
Senate, by statute or by annual or permanent resolution, or 
(B) the number of such staff members on such date 
assigned to, or authorized to be selected for appointment by 
or with the approval of, the minority members of any such 
committee; or 
(2) to authorize the selection for appointment of staff members 
by the minority members of a committee in any case in which two 
or more professional staff members or one or more clerical staff 
members, as the case may be, who are satisfactory to a majority of 
such minority members, are otherwise assigned to assist such 
minority members. 
(e) The additional professional staff members authorized to be 
employed by a committee by the amendment made by subsection (a) of 
this section shall be in addition to any other additional staff members 
authorized, prior to January 1, 1971, to be employed by any such 
committee. 
INCREASE I N 
PROFESSIONAL STAFFS OF HOUSE STANDING 
COMMITTEES; 
HOUSE MINORITY PROFESSIONAL AND CLERICAL STAFFS ; FAIR TREATMENT 
FOR HOUSE MINORITY STAFFS 
SEC. 302. (a) This section is enacted as an exercise of the rulemak-
ing power of the House of Representatives, subject to and with full 
recognition of the power of the House of Representatives to enact or 
change any Rule of the House at any time in its exercise of its consti-
tutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings. 
(b) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause 29 of Rule X I of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives are amended to read as follows: 
P°^^' P* ^'*'*0" 
"(a) (1) Subject to subparagraph (2) of this paragraph and para-
graph (f) of this clause, each standing committee may appoint, by 
majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff 
members. Each professional staff member appointed under this sub-
paragraph shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority 
party member of such committee, as the committee considers advisable. 
"(2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a majority 
of the minority party members of a standing committee (except the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) so request, not more 
than two persons may be selected, by majority vote of the minority 
party members, for appointment by the committee as professional staff 
members from among the number authorized by subparagraph (1) of 
this paragraph. The committee shall appoint any persons so selected 
whose character and qualifications are acceptable to a majority of the 
committee. If the committee determines that the character and qual-
ifications of any person so selected are unacceptable to the committee, 
a majoriy of the minority party mem'bers may select other persons for 
appointment by the committee to the professional staff until such ap-
pointment is made. Each professional staff member appointed under 
this subparagraph shall be assigned to such committee business as the 
minority party members of the committee consider advisable. 
"(3) The professional staff members of each standing committee— Appointments, 
"(A) shall be appointed on a permanent basis, without regard 
to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform 
the duties of their respective positions; 
"(B) shall not engage in any work other than committee busi-
ness; and 
conditions. 
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[84 STAT. 
Services, termi-
nation. 
Exception. 
Clerical staff. 
Infra, 
Services, termi-
nation. 
Exception, 
Ante, p. 1177. 
Selection be-
tween eligible 
members. 
"(C) shall not be assigned any duties other than those per-
taining to committee business. 
"(4) Services of the professional staif members of each standing 
committee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee. 
"(5) The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not apply to 
the Committee on Appropriations. 
"(b) (1) The clerical staff of each standing committee shall consist 
of not more than six clerks, to be attached to the office of the chairman, 
to the ranking minority party member, and to the professional staff, 
as the committee considers advisable. Subject to subparagrapjh (2) oi 
this paragraj)h and paragraph (f) of this clause, the clerical staff 
shall be appointed by majority vote of the committee. Except as pro-
vided by subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, the clerical staff shall 
handle committee correspondence and stenographic work both for the 
committee staff and for the chairman and the ranking minority party 
member on matters related to committee work. 
"(2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a majority 
of the minority party members of a standing committee (except the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) so request, one person 
may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party members, for 
appointment by the committee to a position on the clerical staff from 
among the number of clerks authorized by subparagraph (1) of this 
paragraph. The committee shall appoint to that position any person 
so selected whose character and qualifications are acceptable to a 
majority of the committee. If the committee determines that the char-
acter and qualifications of any person so selected q,re unacceptable to 
the committee, a majority of the minority party members may select 
other persons for appointment by the committee to that position on the 
clerical staff until such appointment is made. Each clerk appointed 
under this subparagraph shall handle committee correspondence and 
stenographic work for the minority party members of the committee 
and lor any members of the professional staff appointed under sub-
paragraph (2) of paragraph (a) of this clause on matters related to 
committeie work. 
"(3) Services of the clerical staff members of each standing com-
mittee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee. 
"(4) The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not apply to 
the Committee on Appropriations.". 
(c) Clause 29 of JRule X I of the Eules of the House of Represent-
atives, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end of such clause the following new paragraphs: 
"(f) If a request for the appointment of a minority professional 
staff member under paragraph (a), or a minority clerical staff mem-
ber under paragraph (b), of this clause, is made when no vacancy 
exists to which that appointment may be made, the committee never-
theless shall appoint, under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as 
applicable, the person selected by the minority and acceptable to the 
committee. The person so appointed shall serve as an additional mem-
ber of the professional staff or the clerical staff, as the case may be, of 
the committee, and shall be paid from the contingent fund^ until such 
time as such a vacancy (other than a vacancy in the position of head 
of the professional staff, by whatever title designated) occurs, at which 
time that person shall be deemed to have been appointed to that 
vacancy. If such vacancy occurs on the professional staff when two per-
sons have been so appointed who are eligible to fill that vacancy, a 
majority of the minority party members shall designate which of those 
persons shall fill that vacancy. 
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1179 
Ante, 
pp. 
1178. 
1177, 
" (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by minority st^frappoimeS 
party members under paragraph (a) or (b) of this clause, and each equitable treat-
staff member appointed to assist minority party members of a com- "'^"'* 
mittee pursuant to House resohition, shall be accorded equitable treat-
ment with respect to the fixing of his rate of pay, the assignment to 
him of work facilities, and the accessibility to him of committee 
records. 
"(h) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause shall not be construed 
to authorize the appointment of additional professional or clerical staff' 
members of a committee pursuant to request under either of such para-
graphs by the minority party members of that committee if two or 
more professional staff members or one or more clerical staff members, 
provided for in paragraph (a) (1) or paragraph (b) (1) of this clause, 
as the case may be, w^ho are satisfactory to a majority of the minority 
party members, are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party 
members.". 
(d) Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be con-
strued to require a reduction in— 
(1) the number of staff members otherwise authorized prior 
to January 1,1971, to be employed by any committee of the House 
of Representatives by statute or by annual or permanent resolu-
tion, or 
(2) the number of such staff members on such date assigned to, 
or authorized to be selected for appointment by or with the 
approval of, the minority members of any such committee. 
(e) The additional professional staff members authorized to be 
employed by a committee by the amendment made by subsection (a) of 
this section shall be in addition to any other additional staff members 
otherwise authorized, prior to January 1,1971, to be employed by any 
such committee. 
Post, p. 1440. 
PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY OR INTERMITTENT SERVICES OF CONSULT-
ANTS FOR SENATE AND HOUSE STANDING 
COMMITTEES 
SEC. 30'3. Section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 72a), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (i) (1) Each standing committee of the Senate or House of Repre-
sentatives is authorized, with the approval of the Committee on 
Rules and Administration in the case of standing committees of the 
Senate, or the Committee on House Administration in the case of 
standing committees of the House of Representatives, within the 
limits of funds made available from the contingent funds of the 
respective Houses pursuant to resolutions, which shall specify the 
maximum amounts which may be used for such purpose, approved 
by such respective Houses, to procure the temporary services (not in 
excess of one year) or intermittent services of individual consultants, 
or organizations thereof, to make studies or advise the committee 
with respect to any matter within its jurisdiction. 
"(2) Such services in the case of individuals or organizations may 
be procured by contract as independent contractors, or in the case of 
individuals by employment at daily rates of compensation not in 
excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of com-
jDensation which may be paid to a regular employee of the committee. 
Such contracts shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3709 
of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) or any other provision of law 
requiring advertising. 
Ante, p. 1176. 
Contracts. 
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[84 STAT. 
Selection method. " (3) With respect to the standing committees of the Senate, any such 
consultant or organization shall be selected by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the committee, acting jointly. With respect to 
the standing committees of the House of Representatives, the standing 
conmiittee concerned shall select any such consultant or organization. 
Qualifications, 
The Committee shall submit to the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
llonai ^com^uteel. tratiou iu the case of standing committees of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on House Administration in the case of standing committees of 
the House of Representatives, information bearing on the qualifica-
tions of each consultant whose services are procured pursuant to this 
subsection, including organizations, and such information shall be 
retained by that committee and shall be made available for public 
inspection upon request.". 
SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFS OF SENATE AND HOUSE 
STANDING 
COMMITTEES 
Ante, 
p. 1179. 
SEC. 304. Section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 72a), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (j) (1) Each standing committee of the Senate or House of Repre-
sentatives is authorized, with the approval of the Committee on Rules 
and Administration in the case of standing committees of the Senate, 
and the Committee on House Administration in the case of standing 
committees of the House of Representatives, and within the limits of 
funds made available from the contingent funds of the respective 
Houses pursuant to resolutions, which shall specify the maximum 
amounts which may be used for such purpose, approved by such 
respective Houses, to provide assistance for members of its professional 
staff in obtaining specialized training, whenever that committee deter-
mines that such training will aid the committee in the discharge of its 
responsibilities. 
Pay, tuition, etc. 
" (2) Such assistaucc may be in the form of continuance of pay dur-
whiie training. 
-^^ periods of training or grants of funds to pay tuition, fees, or such 
other expenses of training, or both, as may be approved by the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration or the Committee on House 
Administration, as the case may be. 
Continued em- 
"(3) A committee providing assistance under this subsection shall 
mJm?*" ^8'"®^" 
obtain from any employee receiving such assistance such agreement 
with respect to continued employment with the committee as the 
committee may deem necessary to assure that it will receive the bene-
fits of such employee's services upon completion of his training. 
Service credit. 
"^4^ During any period for which an employee is separated from 
employment with a committee for the purpose of undergoing training 
under this subsection, such employee shall be considered to have per-
formed service (in a nonpay status) as an employee of the committee 
at the rate of compensation received immediately prior to commencing 
such training (including any increases in compensation provided by 
law during the period of training) for the purposes of— 
"(A) subchapter I I I (relating to civil service retirement) of 
post ^p!*I96^"*.' 
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, 
s^usc 833i! 
"(B) chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees group life 
81 Stat. 219,646- 
iusurauce) of title 5, United States Code, and 
"(C) chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees group health 
Ante, p. 869. 
iusurauce) of title 5, United States Code,". 
5 u s e 8901. 
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1181 
COMPENSATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND CLERICAL STAFFS OF SENATE 
STANDING 
COMMITTEES 
SEC. 305. Subsections (e) and (f) of section 105 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (81 Stat. 142-143; Public Law 90^ 
57), as amended (2 U.S.C. 61-1), are amended to read as follows: 
"(e)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), the profes- staumemb'J^l^ 
sional staff members of standing committees of the Senate shall 
receive gross annual compensation to be fixed by the chairman ranging 
from $18,328 to $32,712. 
"(2) The rates of gross compensation of the clerical staff of each 
clerical staff 
standing committee of the Senate shall be fixed by the chairman as '"^'"t'ers. 
follows: 
"(A) for each committee (other than the Committee on 
Appropriations), one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk at 
$7,888 to $32,712, and not to exceed four other clerical assistants 
at'$7,888 to $13,688; and 
"(B) for the Committee on Appropriations, one chief clerk 
and one assistant chief clerk and two assistant clerks at $20,416 
to $32,712; such assistant clerks as may be necessary at $13,920 to 
$20,184; and such other clerical assistants as may be necessary at 
$7,888 to $13,688. 
" (3) No employee of any standing or select committee of the Senate 
Limitation, ex-
(including the majority and minority policy committees and the con- ^^^ 
ference majority and conference minority of the Senate), or of any 
joint committee the expenses of which are paid from the contingent 
fund of the Senate, shall be paid at a gross rate in excess of $32,712 
per annum, except that— 
"(A) four employees of any such committee (other than the 
Committee on Appropriations), who are otherwise authorized 
to be paid at such rate, may be paid at gross rates not in excess 
of $34,104 per annum, and two such employees may be paid at 
gross rates not in excess of $35,496 per annum; and 
"(B) sixteen employees of the Committee on Appropriations 
who are otherwise authorized to be paid at such rate, may be 
paid at gross rates not in excess of $34,104 per annum, and two 
such employees may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $35,496 
per annum. 
For the purpose of this paragraph, an employee of a subcommittee 
shall be considered to be an employee of the full committee. 
"(f) No officer or employee whose compensation is disbui*sed by the 
Secretary of the Senate shall be paid gross compensation at a rate 
less than $1,160 or in excess of $35,496, unless expressly authorized 
by law.". 
PART 2—CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH FACILITIES OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 321. (a) Section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
Legislative Ref-
1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166) is amended to read as follows: 
redesfgnaain!' 
60 Stat. 836. 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH 
SERVICE 
"SEC. 203. (a) The Legislative Reference Service in the Library of 
Congress is hereby continued as a separate department in the Library 
of Congress and is redesignated the 'Congressional Research Service'. 
" (b) It is the policy of Congress that— 
"(1) the Librarian of Congress shall, in every possible way. 
Functions. 
encourage, assist, and promote the Congressional Research Service 
in— 
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[84 STAT. 
" (A) rendering to Congress the most effective and efficient 
service, 
"(B) responding most expeditiously, effectively, and effi-
ciently to the special needs of Congress, and 
"(C) discharging its responsibilities to Congress; 
and 
"(2) the Librarian of Congress shall grant and accord to the 
Congressional Research Service complete research independence 
and the maximum practicable administrative independence con-
sistent with these objectives. 
Director, ap-^ 
''(c)(1) After consultatiou with the Joint Committee on the 
pen"^ion'. ^°^' 
Library, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service. The basic pay of the Director shall 
be at a per annum rate equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level 
V of the Executive Schedule contained in section 5316 of title 5, United 
83 Stat, 863. 
gtates Code. 
Deputy Director. 
u^2) The Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the 
Director, shall appoint a Deputy Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service and all other necessary personnel thereof. The basic 
pay of the Deputy Director shall be fixed in accordance with chapter 
80 Stat. 443, ^ 5
^
^ (relating to classification) and subchapter I I I (relating to General 
1. ' " ®
' P
* 
" Schedule pay rates) of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, but 
5 use 5101, 
without regard to section 5108(a) of such title. The basic pay of all 
^^pi'st, p. 1955. 
other necessary personnel of the Congressional Research Service shall 
be fixed in accordance with chapter 51 (relating to classification) and 
subchapter I I I (relating to General Schedule pay rates) of chapter 53 
Exceptions. 
of title 5, United States Code, cxccpt that— 
"(A) the grade of Senior Specialist in each field within the 
purview of subsection (e) of this section shall not be less than the 
highest grade in the executive branch of the Government to 
which research analysts and consultants, without supervisory 
responsibility, are currently assigned; and 
"(B) the positions of Specialist and Senior Specialist in the 
Congressional Research Service may be placed in GS-16, 17, and 
18 of the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code, without regard to section 5108(a) of such title, subject to 
the prior approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, of the 
placement of each such position in any of such grades. 
"(3) Each appointment made under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection and subsection (e) of this section shall be without regard to 
the civil service laws, without regard to political affiliation, and solely 
on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position, 
congressional 
u r^^ j ^ gj^^^jj ^ie the duty of the Congressional Research Service, 
Without partisan bias— 
"(1) upon request, to advise and assist any committee of the 
Senate or House of Representatives and any joint committee of 
Congress in the analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of legislative 
proposals within that committee's jurisdiction, or of recommenda-
tions submitted to Congress, by the President or any executive 
agency, so as to assist the committee in— 
"(A) determining the advisability of enacting such pro-
posals ; 
"(B) estimating the probable results of such proposals 
and alternatives thereto; and 
committees, as-
sistance 
84 STAT. ] 
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1183 
"(C) evaluating alternative methods for accomplishing 
those results; 
and, by providing such other research and analytical services 
as the committee considers appropriate for these purposes, other-
wise to assist in furnishing a basis for the proper evaluation and 
determination of legislative proposals and recommendations gen-
erally ; and in the performance of this duty the Service shall have 
authority, when so authorized by a committee and acting as the 
agent of that committee, to request of any department or agency 
of the United States the production of such books, records, cor-
respondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as the Serv-
ice considers necessary, and such department or agency of the 
United States shall comply with such request; and, further, in 
the performance of this and any other relevant duty, the Service 
shall maintain continuous liaison with all committees; 
"(2) to make available to each committee of the Senate and 
House of Representatives and each joint committee of the two 
Houses, at the opening of a new Congress, a list of programs 
and activities being carried out under existing law scheduled to 
terminate during the current Congress, w^hich are within the 
jurisdiction of the committee; 
"(3) to make available to each committee of the Senate and 
House of Representatives and each joint committee of the two 
Houses, at the opening of a new Congress, a list of subjects and 
policy areas which the committee might profitably analyze in 
depth; 
(4) upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of 
requests, to collect, classify, and analyze in the form of studies, 
reports, compilations, digests, bulletins, indexes, translations, and 
otherwise, data having a bearing on legislation, and to make such 
data available and serviceable to committees and Members of the 
Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of 
Congress; 
"(5) upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of 
requests, to prepare and provide information, research, and refer-
ence materials and services to committees and Members of the 
Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of 
Congress to assist them m their legislative and representative 
functions; 
"(6) to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions 
of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of 
Representatives; 
"(7) upon request made by any committee or Member of the 
Congress, to prepare and transmit to such committee or Member 
a concise memorandum with respect to one or more legislative 
measures upon which hearings by any committee of the Congress 
have been announced, which memorandum shall contain a state-
ment of the purpose and effect of each such measure, a description 
of other relevant measures of similar purpose or effect previously 
introduced in the Congress, and a recitation of all action taken 
theretofore by or within the Congress with respect to each such 
other measure; and 
"(8) to develop and maintain an information and research 
capability, to include Senior Specialists, Specialists, other em-
ployees, and consultants, as necessary, to perform the functions 
provided for in this subsection. 
Terminating pro-
grams, list. 
Subjects for 
analysis, list. 
Legislative data, 
studies, etc. 
Information, re-
search, etc. 
Digest of bills, 
preparation. 
Legislation, 
purpose and effect; 
memoranda, prepa-
ration. 
Information and 
research capabil-
ity, development. 
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[84 STAT. 
specialists and 
"(e) The Librarian of Congress is authorized to appoint in the 
appolnt^ment?"^*^' Congressional Research Service, upon the recommendation of the Di-
rector, Specialists and Senior Specialists in the following broad fields: 
"(1) agriculture; 
American government and public administration; 
American public law; 
conservation; 
education; 
engineering and public works; 
"(7) housing; 
"(8) industrial organization and corporation finance; 
"(9) intemationalaffairs; 
"(10) international trade and economic geography; 
"(11) labor and employment; 
"(12) mineral economics; 
"(13) money and banking; 
"(14) national defense; 
" f 15) price economics; 
"(16) science; 
" (17) social welfare; 
"(18) taxation and fiscal policy; 
"(19) technology; 
" (20) transportation and communications; 
"(21) urban affairs; 
"(22) veterans' affairs; and 
"(23) such other broad fields as the Director may consider 
appropriate. 
Such Specialists and Senior Specialists, together with such other em-
ployees of the Congressional Research Service as may be necessary, 
shall be available for special work with the committees and Members 
of the Senate and House of Representatives and the joint committees 
of Congress for any of the purposes of subsection (d) of this section. 
Director.duties. 
«(f) xiie Dlrcctor is authorizcd— 
"(1) to classify, organize, arrange, group, and divide, from 
time to time, as he considers advisable, the requests for advice, as-
sistance, and other services submitted to the Congressional Re-
search Service by committees and Members of the Senate and 
House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress, into 
such classes and categories as he considers necessary to— 
"(A) expedite and facilitate the handling of the indi-
vidual requests submitted by Members of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, 
"(B) promote efficiency in the performance of services for 
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives and 
joint committees of Congress, and 
"(C) provide a basis for the efficient performance by the 
Congressional Research Service of it^ legislative research and 
related functions generally, 
and 
^Organizational 
«^2) to establish and change, from time to time, as he con-
^nt.' *^ ° ^ " 
siders advisable, within the Congressional Research Service, such 
research and reference divisions or other organizational units, or 
both, as he considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of this 
section. 
Budget esti- 
"(g) In Order to facilitate the study, consideration, evaluation, and 
'"°*^^* 
determination by the Congress of the budget requirements of the 
Congressional Research Service for each fiscal year, the Librarian of 
Congress shall receive from the Director and submit, for inclusion in 
the Budget of the United States Government, the budget estimates 
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1185 
of the Congressional Research Service which shall be prepared sepa-
rately by the Director in detail for each fiscal year as a separate item 
of the budget estimates of the Library of Congress for such fiscal year. 
"(h) (1) The Director of the Congressional Research Service may 
procure the temporary or intermittent assistance of individual experts 
or consultants (including stenographic reporters) and of persons 
learned in particular or specialized fields of knowledge— 
"(A) by nonpersonal service contract, without regard to any 
provision of law requiring advertising for contract bids, with 
the individual expert, consultant, or other person concerned, as 
an independent contractor, for the furnishing by him to the Con-
gressional Research Service of a written study, treatise, theme, 
discourse, dissertation, thesis, summary, advisory opinion, or 
other end product; or 
"(B) by employment (for a period of not more than one 
year) in the Congressional Research Service of the individual 
expert, consultant, or other person concerned, by personal serv-
ice contract or otherwise, without regard to the position classifica-
tion laws, at a rate of pay not in excess of the per diem equivalent 
of the highest rate of basic pay then currently in effect for the 
General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, 
including payment of such rate for necessary travel time. 
"(2) The Director of the Congressional Research Service may pro-
cure by contract, without regard to any provision of law requiring 
advertising for contract bids, the temporary (for respective periods 
not in excess of one year) or intermittent assistance of educational, 
research, or other organizations of experts and consultants (including 
stenographic reporters) and of educational, research, and other orga-
nizations of persons learned in particular or specialized fields of 
knowledge. 
"(i) The Director of the Congressional Research Service shall pre-
pare and file with the Joint Committee on the Library at the begin-
ning of each regular session of Congress a separate and special report 
covering, in summary and in detail, all phases of activity of the Con-
gressional Research Service for the immediately preceding fiscal year. 
"(j) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Con-
gressional Research Service each fiscal year such sums as may be 
necessary to carry on the work of the Service.". 
(b) Title I I of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by striking out— 
"Sec. 203. Legislative Reference Service." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"Sec. 203. Congressional Research Service.". 
Experts or con-
sultants, contracts. 
Ante, p. 198-1. 
Special report to 
Joint Committee 
on the Library, 
Appropriation. 
REPEAL o r OBSOLETE LAW RELATING TO THE ABOLISHED OFFICE OF 
COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION 
SEC. 322. House Resolution 183, Eightieth Congress, relating to 
the OiSce of the Coordinator of Information of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as enacted into permanent law by section 105 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (61 Stat. 377; Public Law 197, 
Eightieth Congress), is repealed. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
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[84 STAT. 
PART 3—PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Personnel, 
pointment. 
PERIODIC COMPILATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 331. (a) The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, 
at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and 
publication of me parliamentary precedents of the House authorized 
by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; 
Pulblic Law 89-90), and at the beginning of each fifth fiscal year there-
after, shall commence the compilation and preparation for printing 
of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives, 
together with such other materials as may be useful in connection there-
with, and an index digest of such precedents and other materials. Each 
such compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary 
precedents of the House shall be completed by the close of the fiscal 
year immediately following the fiscal year in which such work is 
commenced. 
(b) As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other mate-
rials and index digest shall be printed on pages of such size, and in 
such type and format, as the Parliamentarian may determine and 
shall be printed in such numbers and for such distribution as may be 
provided by law enacted prior to printing. 
(c) For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and 
preparation, the Parliamentarian may— 
(1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as em-
ployees of the House of Representatives) clerical and other per-
sonnel and fix their respective rates of pay; and 
(2) utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress 
and the Government Printing Office. 
Copies to Mem-
bers of Congress 
and Resident Com-
missioner from 
Puerto Rico. 
PERIODIC PREPARATION BY HOUSE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF CONDENSED AND 
SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS OF HOUSE PRECEDENTS 
SEC. 332. The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives shall 
prepare, compile, and maintain on a current basis and in cumulative 
form, for each Congress commencing with the Ninety-third Congress 
a condensed and, insofar as practicable, up-to-date version of all of 
the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives which 
have current use and application in the House, together with inform-
ative text prepared by the Parliamentarian and other useful related 
material in summary form. The Parliamentarian shall have such mat-
ter printed for each Congress on pages of such size and in such type 
and format as he considers advisable to promote the usefulness of such 
matter to the Memibers of the House and shall provide a printed copy 
thereof to each Member in each Congress, including the Resident 
Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and may make such other distribu-
tion of such printed copies as he considers advisable. In carrying out 
this section, the Parliamentarian may appoint and fix the pay of per-
sonnel and utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress 
and the Government Printing Office. 
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1187 
TITLE IV—CONGKESS AS AN INSTITUTION 
PART 1—JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) There is hereby created a Joint Committee on Con-
gressional Operations (hereafter in this Part referred to as the 
"Joint Committee"). 
(b) The Joint Committee shall be composed of ten members as 
Membership. 
follows: 
(1) five Members of the Senate, appointed by the President 
pro tempore of the Senate, three from the majority party and two 
from the minority party; and 
(2) five Members of the House of Eepresentatives appointed 
by the Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives, three from the 
majority party and two from the minority party. 
(c) Vacancies in the membership of the Joint Committee shall not 
vacancies. 
affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of 
tlie Joint Committee and shall be filled in the same manner as in the 
case of the original appointment. 
(d) The Joint Committee shall select a chairman and a vice chair- 
chairman and 
man from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. The le'iecUiTn.'"^"' 
vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the chairman in the 
absence of the chairman. The chairmanship and the vice chairmanship 
shall alternate between the Senate and the House of Representativies 
with each Congress. The chairman during each even-numbered 
Congress shall be selected by the Members of the House of Representa-
tives on the Joint Committee from among their number and the 
chairman during each odd-numbered Congress shall be selected by 
the Members of the Senate on the Joint Committee from among their 
number. The vice chairman during each Congress shall be chosen in 
the same manner from that House of Congress other than the House of 
Congress of which the chairman is a Member. 
DUTIES OF JOINT COMMITTEE 
SEC. 402. (a) The Joint Committee shall— 
(1) make a continuing study of the organization and opera- 
congressional 
tion of the Congress of the LTnited States and shall recommend '^udrand^llom-
improvements in such organization and operation with a view mendations. 
toward strengthening Congress, simplifying 
its operations, 
improving its relationships with other branches of the United 
States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsi-
bilities under the Constitution of the United States; and 
(2) identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opin- . ^o^^t proceed-
ion of the Joint Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress, idemmcaUo".^' 
or to either House of the Congress, as a constitutionally estab-
lished institution of the Federal Government and call such pro-
ceeding or action to the attention of that House of the Congress 
which is specifically concerned or to both Houses of the Congress 
if both Houses are concerned. 
(b) The Joint Committee shall exercise all functions vested in it 
by section 406 of this Part. 
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(c) The Joint Committee shall report, from time to time, to the 
Report to con-
Senate and the House of Representatives their recommendations with ^'•^^^' 
respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee. 
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(d) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to authorize the Joint 
Committee to make any recommendations with respect to the rules, 
parliamentary procedure, practices, or precedents of either House or 
the consideration of any matter on the floor of either House. 
Rule making. 
Subpenas,issu-
ance. 
Oaths. 
POWERS OP JOINT COMMITTEE 
SEC. 403. The Joint Committee, or any duly authorized subcom-
mittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times 
during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Congress, to 
require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and 
the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer 
such oaths and affirmations, to take such testimony, to procure such 
printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems 
advisable. The Joint Committee may make such rules respecting its 
organization and procedures as it deems necessary, except that no 
recommendation shall be reported from the Joint Committee unless 
a majority of the Joint Committee assent. Subpenas may be issued 
over the signature of the chairman of the Joint Committee or of any 
member designated by him or by the Joint Committee, and may be 
served by such person or persons as may be designated by such chair-
man or member. The chairman of the Joint Committee or any mem-
ber thereof may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses. 
Professional 
and clerical staff 
members, appoint-
ment. 
Pay. 
Ante, p. 198-1. 
Government 
facilities, person-
nel, etc., utiliza-
tion. 
STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE 
SEC. 404. (a) In carrying out its functions under subsections (a) 
and (c) of section 402 of this Part, the Joint Committee is authorized, 
by record vote of a majority of the members of the Joint Committee— 
(1) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to polit-
ical affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their 
duties, not more than six professional staff members and not more 
than six clerical staff members; 
^ 2) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; 
(3) to fix their pay at respective per annum gross rates not 
in excess of the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time 
to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(4) to terminate their employment as the Joint Committee may 
deem appropriate. 
(b) In carrying out any of its functions under this Part, the Joint 
Committee is authorized to utilize the services, information, facilities, 
and personnel of the departments and establishments of the Govern-
ment, and to procure the temporary (not to exceed one year) or inter-
mittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof by 
contract at rates of pay not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the 
highest rate of basic pay set forth in the General Schedule of section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code, including payment of such rates 
for necessary traveltime. 
RECORDS OF JOINT COMMITTEE 
SEC. 405. The Joint Committee shall keep a complete record of all 
Joint Committee actions, including a record of the votes on any ques-
tion on which a record vote is demanded. All records, data, charts, 
and files of the Joint Committee shall be the property of the Joint 
Committee and shall be kept in the offices of the Joint Committee or 
such other places as the Joint Committee may direct. 
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OFFICE OF PLACEMENT AND OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 406. (a) There is hereby established for the Congress an Office 
of Placement and Office Management which shall be subject to the 
supervision and control of the Joint Committee. The Joint Com-
mittee is authorized, by record vote of a majority of the members of 
the Joint Committee— 
(1) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to politi- 
Director and 
cal affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform his a^ppoimmen"?*^' 
duties, a Director of the Office of Placement and Office Manage-
ment to serve as the head of the staff of the Office and such per-
sonnel as the Joint Committee deems necessary; 
(2) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; 
(3) to fix their pay at respective per annum gross rates not in 
^^y. 
excess of the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to 
time, of the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, LTnited 
States Code; and 
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(4) to terminate their employment, as the Joint Committee 
may deem appropriate. 
(b) It shall be the duty of the Office, upon request, to assist Mem- 
Duties. 
bers, committees, and officers of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives seeking competent personnel with specified qualifications and to 
furnish advice and information with respect to office management 
procedures. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be held or considered to require 
the use of the facilities of the Office by any Member, committee, or 
officer of the Senate or House of Representatives, if, in the opinion 
of such Member, committee, or officer, the use of such facilities is 
inappropriate. 
EXPENSES 
SEC. 407. The expenses of the Joint Committee shall be paid from 
Payment. 
the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, from funds 
appropriated for the Joint Committee, upon vouchers approved by 
the chairman. 
PART 2—ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND 
NATIONALITY POLICY 
ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 
POLICY 
SEC. 421. The Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality 
Policy established by section 401(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (66 Stat. 274; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress; 
8 U.S.C. 1106 (a)) is hereby abolished. 
CONFORMING CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW 
SEC. 422. (a) Section 401 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
Repeal. 
(66 Stat. 274; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress; 8 U.S.C. 
1106) is hereby repealed. 
(b) Title IV of the table of contents of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (66 Stat. 166; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Con-
gress) is amended by striking out— 
"Sec. 401. Joint Congressional Committee.". 
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"Officer of 
Congress." 
PART 3—^AUTHORITY or OrncERS or THE CONGRESS OVER 
CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 
AUTHORITY OVER CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 431. (a) Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for 
the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon 
recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority— 
(1) to determine, before the appointment of any individual 
as an employee under the supervision of that officer of the Con-
gress, vrhether that individual possesses the qualifications neces-
sary for the satisfactory performance of the duties and responsi-
bilities to be assigned to him; and 
(2) to remove or otherwise discipline any employee under his 
supervision. 
(b) As used in this section, the term "officer of the Congress" 
means— 
(1) an elected officer of the Senate or House of Eepresentatives 
who is not a Member of the Senate or House; and 
(2) The Architect of the Capitol. 
PART 4—THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
Guided tours. 
Capitol Guide 
Board, duties. 
Chief and As-
sistant Chief 
Guide, appoint-
ment. 
Pay adjustment. 
Uniforms. 
E S T A B L I S H M E N T A N D OPERATION O F T H E CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
SEC. 441. (a) There is hereby established an organization under the 
Congress of the United States, to be designated the "Capitol Guide 
Service", which shall be subject to the direction, supervision, and 
control of a Capitol Guide Board consisting of the Architect of the 
Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeant at 
Arms of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The Capitol Guide Service is authorized and directed to pro-
vide guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol Build-
ing for the education and enlightenment of the general public, 
without charge for such tours. All such tours shall be conducted in 
compliance with regulations prescribed by the Capitol Guide Board. 
(c) The Capitol Guide Board is authorized— 
(1) with the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives, to establish and 
revise such number of positions of Guide in the Capitol Guide 
Service as the Board considers necessary to carry out effectively 
the activites of the Capitol Guide Service; 
(2) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to polit-
ical affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their 
duties, a Chief Guide and an Assistant Chief Guide, and, in 
addition, such number of Guides as may be authorized under 
subparagraph (1) of this subsection; 
(3) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; 
(4) with the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives, to fix, and adjust 
from time to time, their respective rates of pay at single per 
annum (gross) rates; and 
(5) to terminate their employment as the Board considers 
appropriate. 
(d) The Capitol Guide Board shall— 
(1) prescribe a uniform dress, including appropriate insignia, 
which shall be worn by personnel of the Capitol Guide Service 
when on duty; and 
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(2) from time to time, as may be necessary, procure and fur-
nish such uniforms to such personnel without charge to such 
personnel. 
(e) An employee of the Capitol Guide Service shall not charge or 
accept any fee, or accept any gratuity, for or on account of his official 
services. 
(f) The Capitol Guide Board may detail j)ersonnel of the Capitol 
Guide Service to assist the United States Capitol Police by providing 
ushering and informational services, and other services not directly 
involving law enforcement, in connection with the inauguration of the 
President and Vice President of the United States, the official reception 
of representatives of foreign nations and other persons by the Senate 
or House of Eepresentatives, and other special or ceremonial occa-
sions in the United States Capitol Building or on the United States 
Capitol Grounds which require the presence of additional Government 
personnel and which cause the temporary suspension of the perform-
ance of the regular duties of the Capitol Guide Service. 
(g) The Capitol Guide Board may receive and consider advice and 
information from any private historical or educational organization, mation. 
association, or society with respect to those operations of the Capitol 
Guide Service which involve the furnishing of historical and educa-
tional information to the general public. 
(h) With the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives, the Capitol Guide Board shall prescribe 
such regulations as the Board considers necessary and appropriate 
for the operation of the Capitol Guide Service. 
(i) The Capitol Guide Board may take appropriate disciplinary 
action, including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty 
without pay, reduction in pay, demotion, or removal from employment 
with the Capitol Guide Service, against any employee who violates 
any provision of this section or any regulation prescribed by the 
Board pursuant to this section. 
(j) The expenses of the Capitol Guide Service shall be paid from 
the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until appropria-
tions are available for the payment of such expenses. 
Acceptance of 
fees, prohibition. 
Personnel de« 
tail. 
Historical and 
educational infor-
Regulations, 
Disciplinary ac-
tion. 
Expenses paid 
from contingent 
fund. 
COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF T H E CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE UNDER 
T H E 
FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT PROGRAM W I T H RESULTANT COVER-
AGE UNDER FEDERAL LIFE INSURANCE AND HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS 
SEC. 442. (a) Section 2107 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to the definition of "Congressional employee", is amended— 
(1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (7); 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (8) 
and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: 
"(9) an employee of the Capitol Guide Service.". 
(b) Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
creditable service for retirement purposes, is amended— 
(1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph 
( ^ ) \ 
. . 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; 
(3) by adding immediately below paragraph (7) the following 
paragraph: 
"(8) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(h) of this title, serv-
ice performed on and after February 19, 1929, and prior to the 
effective date of section 442 of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1970, as a United States Capitol Guide."; and 
"Congressional 
employee." 
80 Stat. 409J 
81 Stat. 196. 
Civil service 
retirement. 
80 Stat. 567;, 
83 Stat. 831. 
83 Stat. 137; 
80 Stat. 574. 
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(4) by inserting immediately after the fourth sentence thereof 
the following sentence: "The Civil Service Commission shall 
accept the certification of the Capitol Guide Board concerning 
service for the purpose of this subchapter of the type described 
in paragraph (8) of this subsection and performed by an 
employee.". 
Appointments 
effective date. 
Pay rates. 
Records, a s s e t s , 
transfer. 
GAG audit. 
Monetary sur-
pluses, disposal. 
TRANSITIONAL 
PROVISIONS 
RELATING 
TO T H E 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
T H E 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND T H E CONCLUSION OF T H E OPERATIONS OF 
T H E EXISTING UNITED STATES CAPITOL GUIDES ORGANIZATION 
SEC. 443. (a) The initial appointments, under section 441(c) (2) of 
this Act, of personnel of the Capitol Guide Service shall be effective on 
the effective date of this section. The Capitol Guide Board shall afford, 
to each person who is a member of the United States Capitol Guides 
immediately prior to such effective date, the opportunity to be 
appointed to a comparable position in the Capitol Guide Service with-
out reduction in level of rank and seniority. For the purposes of the 
initial appointments of such persons, the number of suchjpersons shall 
be considered to have been authorized for the Capitol Guide Service 
under section 441(c) (1) of this Act. The per annum (gross) rate of 
pay of each such person so initially appointed shall be a rate equal 
to the per annum rate of pay received by the United States Capitol 
Guides, who worked full tours of duty, averaged over the last five 
calendar years (excluding 1968) ending prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act. Subject to section 441 (i) of this Act, the rate of 
each such person so initially appointed shall not, at any time after 
such initial appointment, be less than the rate at which he was initially 
appointed so long as he remains in the same position; but, when such 
position becomes vacant, the rate of pay of any subsequent appointee 
thereto shall be fixed in accordance with section 441 of this Act. 
(b) The United States Capitol Police Board shall transfer, on the 
effective date of this section, to the Capitol Guide Board, all personnel 
records, financial records, assets, and other property of the United 
States Capitol Guides, which exist immediately prior to such effective 
date. 
(c) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this section 
but not later than the close of the sixtieth day after such effective date, 
the Capitol Guide Board shall, out of the assets and property trans-
ferred under subsection (b) of this section, on the basis of a special 
audit which shall be conducted by the General Accounting Office— 
(1) settle and pay anjr outstanding accounts payable of the 
United States Capitol Guides, 
(2) discharge the financial and other obligations of the United 
States Capitol Guides (including reimbursement to purchasers 
of tickets for guided tours which are purchased and paid for in 
advance of intended use and are unused), and 
(3) otherwise wind up the affairs of the United States Capitol 
Guides, 
which exist immediately prior to such effective date. The Capitol 
Guide Board shall dispose of any net monetary amounts remaining 
after the winding up of the affairs of the United States Capitol 
Guides, in accordance with the practices and procedures of the United 
States Capitol Guides, existing immediately prior to the effective date 
of this section, with respect to disposal of monetary surpluses. 
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PART 5—^AUDIT FOR ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES OR PER-
FORMING SERVICES IN OR ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
OR 
G R O U N D S 
A U D I T 
O F A C C O U N T S OF CERTAIN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 451. (a) Any private organization, except political parties 
and committees constituted for election of Federal officials, whether 
or not organized for profit and whether or not any of its income 
inures to the benefit of any person, which performs services or con-
ducts activities in or on the United States Capitol Buildings or 
Grounds, as defined by or pursuant to law, shall be subject, for each 
year in which it performs such services or conducts such activities, to 
a special audit of its accounts which shall be conducted by the General 
Accounting Office. The results of such audit shall be reported by the 
Comptroller General to the Senate and House of Representatives. 
PART 6—(CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT 
CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT 
SEC. 461. (a) This section is enacted by the Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it shall 
be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively; and 
such rule shall supersede other rules only to the extent incon-
sistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
House to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure 
in such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same 
extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. 
(b) Section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 198) is amended to read as follows: 
GAG 
audit. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
60 Stat. 831. 
a CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT 
"SEC. 132. (a) Unless otherwise provided by the Congress, the two 
Houses shall— 
"(1) adjourn sine die not later than July 31 of ejich year; or 
"(2) in the case of an odd-numbered year, provide, not later 
than July 31 of such year, by concurrent resolution adopted in 
each House by rollcall vote, for the adjournment of the two 
Houses from that Friday in August which occurs at least thirty 
days before the first Monday in September (Labor Day) of such 
year to the second day after Labor Day. 
"(b) This section shall not be applicable in any year if on July 31 
of such year a state of war exists pursuant to a declaration of war by 
the Congress.". 
PART 7—PAYROI.L ADMINISTRATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
N onappUc abi.l« 
ity. 
SINGLE PER A N N U M GROSS RATES OF PAY FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER T H E HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 471. Whenever the rate of pay of an employee whose pay is 
disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives is fixed or ad-
justed on or after the effective date of this section, that rate, as so fixed 
or adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate. 
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Clerk hire allow-
Monthly pay, 
limitation. 
Yearly pay, 
limitation. 
Salary schedule 
changes, certifi-
cation. 
SINGLE PER A N N U M GROSS RATES OF CLERK HIRE ALLOWANCES OF 
MEMBERS; RELATED 
MATTERS 
SEC. 472. (a) The clerk hire allowance of each Member of the House 
of Eepresentatives and the Eesident Commissioner from Puerto Rico 
shall be at a single per annum gross rate, detiermined on the basis of 
the population, as currently estimated by the Bureau of the Census, of 
the constituency of that Member or the Resident Commissioner within 
one of the following categories, as applicable— 
(1) a population of less than 600,000, with respect to which the 
single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance is $133,500; or 
(2) a population of 500,000 or more, with respect to which the 
single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance is $140,500. 
(b) The aggregate of the payments of pay, for each monthly pay 
period, to employees, out of the clerk hire allowance of a Member 
or the Resident Commissioner, shall not be at a rate greater than the 
single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance of that Member 
or the Resident Commissioner, divided by twelve and adjusted to the 
nearest lower whole dollar figure, not counting any remaining portion 
of a dollar. 
(c) An employee is not entitled to pay, out of the clerk hire allow-
ance of a Member or the Resident Commissioner, at a single per 
annum gross rate in excess of $27,343.27. 
(d) Each Member and the Resident Commissioner shall certify any 
rearrangements or changes of salary schedules of employees paid out 
of his clerk hire allowance, in writing to the Clerk of the House, on 
or before such day of any month, in which such rearrangements or 
changes of salary schedules are to become effective, as the Clerk, with 
the approval of the Committee on House Administration, may desig-
nate from time to time. The Clerk shall disburse the pay of those 
employees in accordance with the certification of that Member or the 
Resident Commissioner. 
(e) Each Member and the Resident Commissioner may, by written 
notice to the Clerk of the House, establish such titles for positions in 
his office as he may desire to designate. 
SINGLE PER A N N U M GROSS RATES OF ALLOWANCES FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 
IN THE OFFICES OF THE SPEAKER, MAJORITY LEADER, MINORITY LEADER, 
MAJORITY WHIP, AND MINORITY WHIP 
SEC. 473. The allowance for additional office personnel in the office 
of each of the following officials of the House of Representatives shall 
be at a single per annum gross rate, as follows: 
(1) the Speaker, $110,000. 
(2) the Majority Leader, $90,000. 
(3) the Minority Leader, $55,000. 
(4) the Majority Whip, $55,000. 
(5) the Minority Whip, $55,000. 
CONVERSION BY CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF EXISTING BASIC PAY RATES TO 
PER ANNUM GROSS PAY RATES 
SEC. 474. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall convert, 
as of the effective date of this section, to a single per annum gross rate, 
the rate of pay of each employee whose pay— 
(1) is disbursed by the Clerk; and 
(2) immediately prior to such effective date, was fixed at a 
basic rate with respect to which additional pay was payable by 
law. 
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OBSOLETE REFERENCES I N EXISTING LAW TO BASIC PAY RATES 
SEC. 475. In any case in which— 
(1) the rate of pay of any employee or position, or class of 
employees or positions, the pay for whom or for which is disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or any maximum 
or minimum rate with respect to any such employee, position, or 
class, is referred to in or provided by statute or House resolu-
tion ; and 
(2) the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with 
respect to which additional pay is provided by law; 
such statutory provision or resolution shall be deemed to refer, in lieu 
of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee 
receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this 
section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or 
resolution, under section 474 of this Part on and after such date. 
SAVING PROVISION 
SEC. 476. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to— 
(1) limit or otherwise affect any authority for the making of 
any appointment to, or for fixing or adjusting the pay for, any 
position for which the pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives; or 
(2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay 
of, any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the 
House. 
C H A N G E S I N EXISTING L A W ; RELATTJ) PROVISIONS 
SEC. 477. (a) There are hereby repealed— 
(1) the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to increase clerk 
hire, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 (58 
Stat. 831; Public Law 512, Seventy-eighth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 
(2) section 11(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1956 (2 U.S.C. 60g-l); and 
(3) section 202(e) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a (e)). 
(b) All provisions of law inconsistent with any pi-ovision of this 
Part are hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency. 
(c) (1) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking 
power of the House of Representatives subject to and with full recog-
nition of the power of the House of Representatives to enact or change 
any Rule of the House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional 
right to determine the rules of its proceedings. 
(2) Clause 29(c) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Each employee on the professional staff, and each employee 
on the clerical staff, of each standing committee, is entitled to pay at 
a single per annum ^ross rate, to be fixed by the chairman, which 
does not exceed the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time 
to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, United 
States Code.". 
(d) Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(c) (1) Unless otherwise authorized by law and except as other-
wise provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection, appropriated funds 
are not available for payment to an individual of pay from more than 
Repeals, 
Clerk hire. 
69 Stat. 509. 
Professional 
staff members. 
60 Stat. 835. 
Pay rate. 
Ante, p. 198-1. 
Dual pay. 
81 Stat. 637., 
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[84 STAT. 
one position if the pay of one of the positions is paid by the Secretary 
of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives^ or one 
of the positions is under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
and if the aggregate gross pay from the positions exceeds $7,724 a year. 
Limitation. 
a ^2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, appropri-
ated funds are not available for payment to an individual of pay from 
more than one position, for each of which the pay is disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, if the aggregate gross pay from 
those positions exceeds the maximum per annum gross rate of pay au-
thorized to be paid to an employee out of the clerk hire allowance of a 
Member of the House. 
"Gross pay." 
"(3) ji"or the purposes of this subsection, 'gross pay' means the an-
nual rate of pay (or equivalent thereof in the case of an individual paid 
on other than an annual basis) received by an individual.". 
PART 8—PER ANNUM GROSS PAY RATES OF EMPLOTEJES OF THE OFFICE 
OF THE ARCHITECT OF T H E CAPITOL 
SINGLE P E E A N N U M GROSS RATES OF PAY FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 481. Whenever the rate of pay of— 
(1) an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; or 
(2) an employee of the House Restaurant, or of the Senate Res-
taurant, under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol as 
an agent of the House or Senate, respectively, as the case may be ; 
is fixed or adjusted on or aft«r the effective date of this section, that 
rate, as so fixed and adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate. 
CONVERSION BY THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL OF EXISTING BASIC PAY 
RATES TO PER ANNUM GROSS PAY RATES 
SEC. 482. The Architect of the Capitol shall convert, as of the effec-
tive date of this section, to a single per annum gross rate, the rate of 
pav of each employee described in suoparagraph (1) or subparagraph 
(2) of section 481 of this Part, whose pay immediately prior to such 
effective date was fixed at a basic rate witn respect to which additional 
pay was payable by law. 
OBSOLETE R E F E R E N C E S IN EXISTING LAW TO BASIC PAY RATES OF EMPLOYEES 
UNDER THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 483. In any case in which— 
(1) the rate of pay of, or any maximum or minimum rate of pay 
with respect to— 
(A) any employee described in subparagraph (1) or sub-
paragraph (2] of section 481 of this Part, or 
(B) the position of such employee, or 
(C) an;^ class or group of such employees or positions, 
is referred to in or provided by statute or other authority; and 
(2) the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with 
respect to which additional pay is provided by law; 
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such statutory provision or authority shall be deemed to refer, in lieu 
of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee 
receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this 
section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or 
authority, under section 482 of this Part on and after such date. 
SAVING PROVISION 
SEC. 484. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to— 
(1) limit or otherwise affect any authority for the making of 
any appointment to, or for fixing or adjusting the pay for, the 
position of any employee described in subparagraph (1) or sub-
paragraph (2) of section 481 of this Part; 
(2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay 
of, any employee holding any position referred to in subparagraph 
(1) of this section; or 
(3) modify, change, supersede, or otherwise affect the pro-
visions of sections 5504 and 6101(a) (5) of title 5, LTnited States 
Code, insofar as such sections relate to the Office of the Architect gi^stflrao?^.^' 
of the Capitol. 
EFFECT ON EXISTINCi I.AW 
SEC. 485. (a) All provisions of law inconsistent with this Part are 
hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency. 
(b) Sections 5504 and 6101(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, sena°t?ReTtlx:rant 
shall apply to employees of the House and Senate Restaurants who are employee's! °"'^" 
paid at per annum rates of pay as long as such employees are imder the 
supervision of the Architect of the Capitol as an agent of the House 
or Senate, respectively, as the case may be. 
EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 486. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the 
foregoing provisions of this Part do not aj>ply to any employee 
described in section 481 of this Part whose pay is fixed and adjusted— 
(1) in accordance with chapter 51, and subchapter I I I of 
chapter 53, of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification 4
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and General Schedule pay rates; 
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(2) in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, ^^ai. 
United States Code, relating to prevailing rate pay systems; 
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(3) at per hour or per diem rates in accordance with section 3 
of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 38; 
55 Stat. 615), relating to employees performing professional and 
technical services for the Architect of the Capitol in connection 
with construction projects and employees under the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol whose tenure of employment is temporary 
or of uncertain duration; or 
(4) in accordance with prevailing rates under authority of the 
Joint Resolution entitled "Joint Resolution transferring the man-
agement of the Senate Restaurants to the Architect of the Capitol, 
and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1961 (75 Stat. 199; 
Public Law 87-82), or section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil ^jl^^,^^ ^'^'^^^^-
Functiong Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1056; Public, No. 
812, Seventy-sixth Congress), relating to the duties of the Archi- 
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tect of the Capitol with respect to the House of Representatives 
Restaurant. 
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Appointment 
conditions. 
Qualifications, 
Pay. 
Repeals, 
Effective date. 
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[84 STAT. 
PART 9—SENATE AND HOUSE PA(JE8 
SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES 
SEC. 491. (a) A person shall not be appointed as a page of the 
Senate or House of Representatives— 
(1) unless he agrees that, in the absence of unforeseen circum-
stances preventing his service as a page after his appointment, he 
will continue to serve as a page for a period of not less than two 
months; and 
(2) until complete information in writing is transmitted to his 
parent or parents, his legal guardian, or other appropriate person 
or persons acting as his parent or parents, with respect to the 
nature of the work of pages, their pay, their working conditions 
(including hours and scheduling of work), and the housing 
accommodations available to pages. 
(b) A person shall not serve as a page— 
(1) of the Senate before he has attained the age of fourteen 
years; or 
(2) of the House of Representatives before he has attained 
the age of sixteen years; or 
(except in the case of a chief page, telephone page, or riding page) 
during any session of the Congress which begins after he has attained 
the age of eighteen years. 
(c) The pay of pages of the Senate shall begin not more than 
five days before the convening or reconvening of a session of the 
Congress or of the Senate and shall continue until the end of the 
month during w^hich the Congress or the Senate adjourns or recesses, 
or until the fourteenth day after such adjournment or recess, which-
ever is the later date, except that, in any case in which the Congress 
or the Senate adjourns or recesses on or before the last day of July 
for a period of at least thirty days but not more than forty-five days, 
such pay shall continue until the end of such period of adjournment 
or recess. 
(d) The pay of pages of the House of Representatives shall begin 
not more than five days before the convening of a session of the Con-
gress and shall continue until the end of the month during which the 
Congress adjourns sine die or recesses or until the fourteenth day after 
such adjournment or recess, whichever is the later date, except that, in 
any case in which the House adjourns or recesses on or before the last 
day of July in any year for a period of at least thirty days but not more 
than forty-five days, suc^h pay shall continue until the end of such 
period of adjournment or recess. 
(e) There are hereby repealed— 
(A) the proviso under the heading "Senate" and under the cap-
tion "Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper", which relates 
to the pay of pages of the Senate, in the Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1952 (65 Stat. 390; Public Law 168, Eighty-second 
Congress; 2 U.S.C. 88c); and 
(B) the proviso under the heading "House of Representatives" 
and under the caption "Office of the Doorkeeper", which relates 
to the pay of pages of the House of Representatives, in the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1949, as amended (62 Stat. 426, 
78 Stat. 1084; Public Law 641, Eightieth Congress, Public Law 
88-652; 2 U.S.C. 88c). 
(f) Subsection (b) of this section shall become effective on January 3, 
1971, but the provisions of such subsection limiting service as a page to 
persons who have attained the age of sixteen years shall not be con-
strued to prohibit the continued service of any page appointed prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act. 
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DORMITORY BUILDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL. PAGES 
SEC. 492. (a) There is hereby authorized to be constructed, on a site 
jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the 
House Office Building Commission, in accordance with plans which 
shall be prepared by or under the direction of the Architect of the 
Capitol and which shall be submitted to and jointly approved by the 
Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building 
Commission, a fireproof building containing dormitory and classroom 
facilities, including necessary furnishing and equipment, for pages 
of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court 
of the United States. 
(b) The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and 
supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House 
Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the 
United States, by jDurchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, 
such publicly or privately owned real property in the District of 
Columbia (including all alleys, and parts of alleys, and streets within 
the curblines surrounding such real property) located in the vicinity 
of the United States Capitol Grounds, as may be approved jointly by 
the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building 
Commission, for the purpose of constructing on such real property, 
in accordance with this section, a suitable dormitory and classroom 
facilities complex for pages of the Senate, the House of Representa-
tives, and the Supreme Court of the United States. 
(c) Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection 
(b) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter 
IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property 
owned by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and 
streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property 
acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be 
transferred, upon the request of the Architect of the Capitol made 
with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and 
the House Office Building Commission, to the jurisdiction and control 
of the Architect of the Capitol. 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts 
of alleys and streets, contained within t]ie curblines surrounding the 
real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this sec-
tion shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioner of the District 
of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the 
Architect of the Capitol with the joint approval of the Senate Office 
Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission. 
(f) Upon the acquisition on behalf of the United States of all real 
property under this section, such property shall be a part of the United 
States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to the provisions of the 
Act entitled "An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol 
Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes", approved 
July 31,1946. 
(g) The building constructed on the real property acquired under 
this section shall be designated the "John W. McCormack Residential 
Page School". The employment of all services (other than that of the 
United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, main-
tenance, and use, for which appropriations are made by Congress, 
shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the 
Capitol. Such supervision and control shall be subject to the joint 
approval and direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. 
The Architect shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in 
detail for all services, other than those of the United States Capitol 
Property acqui-
sition in D.C, 
Condemnation 
proceedings. 
77 Stat. 577. 
D.C. Code 16-
1351 et 
seq, 
U.S.-owned 
property, transfer. 
60 Stat. 718. 
D.C. Code 9-118 
to 9-132. 
John W. Mc-
Cormack Residen-
tial Page School, 
designation. 
Annual expense 
estimates to Con-
gress. 
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[84 STAT. 
Police or those provided in connection with the conduct of school 
operations and the personal supervision of pages, and for all other 
expenses in connection with the protection, care, maintenance, and 
use of the John W. McCormack Eesidential Page School. The 
Speaker and the President pro tempore shall prescribe, from time to 
time, regulations governing the Architect in the provision of services 
and the protection, care, and maintenance, of the John W. McCormack 
Residential Page Scihool. 
Supervision and 
(h) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
acavUieT*regu1a- ^^^^ P^^ tcmpore of the Senate jointly shall designate an officer of 
tions. 
' 
the House and an officer of the Senate, other than a Member of the 
House or Senate, who shall jointly exercise supervision and control 
over the activities of the pages resident in the John W. McCormack 
Residential Page School. With the approval of the Speaker and the 
President pro tempore, such officers so designated shall prescribe 
regulations governing— 
(1) the actual use and occupancy of the John W. McCormack 
Residential Page School including, if necessary, the imposition 
of a curfew for pages; 
(2) the conduct of pages generally; and 
(3) other matters pertaining to the supervision, direction, 
safety, and well-being of pages in off-duty hours. 
Residence Si^jei- Such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President 
ap^p^^ment, ^^^^' P^o tempore, jointly shall appoint and fix the per annum gross rate of 
pay of a Residence Superintendent of Pages, who shall perform such 
duties with respect to the supervision of pages resident therein as those 
s nne'^"''"^^ ^*'" 
offlcials shall prescribe. In addition, such officers, subject to the 
approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, jointly shall 
appoint and fix the per annum gross rates of pay of such additional 
personnel as may be necessary to assist those officers and the Residence 
Superintendent of Pages in carrying out their functions under this 
section. 
(i) Nothing in this part shall affect the operation of section 243 of 
60 Stat. 839. 
^^iQ Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 88a) or the 
proviso under the heading "Education of Senate and House Pages" 
in title I of the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1947 (2 U.S.C. 
61 Stat. 16. 
88b), relating to educational facilities of pages and other minors who 
are congressional employees. 
PART 10—^MODERNIZATION OF HOUSE GALLERIES 
MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF GALLERY FACILITIES IN THE HOUSE 
CHAMBER 
sifro'n'^^ commis- 
gj,(,^ 499^ (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 
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T o "H^UITGait" appoint a special commission of the House, to oe designated the 
lery Faciiitiesi, 
"Special Commission on Modernization of House Gallery Facilities", 
appointment. 
composed of five Members of the House, three from the majority party 
and two from the minority party. The Speaker shall designate as 
chairman of the commission one of the Members so appointed. A 
vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the 
same manner as the original appointment. The commission shall con-
duct a study of the structure and uses of the gallery facilities in the 
Chamber of the House of Representatives and shall formulate and 
develop a program for the modernization and improvement of the 
House gallery facilities in order to improve the physical conditions 
under which the proceedings on the floor of the House are conducted 
and to provide for spectators in the House galleries modernized and 
improved accommodations for their enlightenment, information, and 
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understanding with respect to the proceedings on the floor of the 
House and the role of the House generally in the legislative branch 
of the Government. Any such program formulated and developed by uj^on^an" dl^'iop-
the commission shall provide for— 
ment. 
(1) the enclosure of the galleries with soundproof and trans-
parent coverage in such manner as to preserve the visibility from 
the galleries of proceedings on the House floor and eliminate the 
audibility on the House floor of noise in the galleries ; 
(2) the installation of facilities and devices which will permit 
the proceedings on the floor of the House to be heard by spectators 
in the galleries, together with facilities and devices by which 
appropriate comments and explanations may be made to spec-
tators in the galleries with respect to the proceedings on the House 
floor; and 
(3) such other items or features of modernization and improve-
ment of the House gallaries as may be directed by the commission, 
including items and features of modernization designed to provide 
for and facilitate the consultation of legislative materials and the 
taking of written notes by visitors to the House galleries, under 
such regulations as the Speaker may from time to time prescribe, 
without any distraction to or disturbance of the conduct of pro-
ceedings on the floor of the House. 
(b) At the request of the commission, the Architect of the Capitol 
shall provide advice, counsel, and assistance to the commission in the 
conduct of its study. 
(c) Such study shall be completed not later than the close of the 
completion date, 
first session of the Ninetjr-second Congress. 
(d) After the completion of such study, the commission through the 
Program impie-
Architect of the Capitol, subject to the availability of appropriations '"^"*^"°"* 
for such purpose, shall put the program for the modernization and 
improvement of the galleries into effect. The Architect of the Capitol . contract author-
may procure or make such plans, enter into such contracts, employ *
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such personnel, and take such other actions and make such expendi-
tures, as may be necessary to complete such program of modernization 
and improvement of the House galleries. In all matters connected with 
such program, the Architect shall be subject to the supervision, direc-
tion, and control of the commission. 
(e) The commission shall cease to exist when the Speaker deter- ^ coinmission, 
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termination. 
mines that the program tor modernization and improvement of the 
galleries has been completed. 
(f) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, to remain 
Appropriations. 
available until expended, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this section. 
TITLE Y—OFFICE OF T H E LEGISLATIVE 
COUNSEL 
Subtitle A—House of Eepresentatives 
PART 1—PURPOSE, POLICY, AND FUNCTION 
ESTABLISHMENT 
SEC. 501. There is established in the House of Representatives an 
office to be known as the Office of the Legislative Counsel, referred to 
hereinafter in this subtitle as the "Office". 
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PURPOSE AND POLICY 
SEC. 502. The purpose of the Office shall be to advise and assist the 
House of Representatives, and its committees and Members, in the 
achievement of a clear, faithful, and coherent expression of legislative 
policies. The Office shall maintain impartiality as to issues of legisla-
tive policy to be determined by the House of Representatives, and 
shall not advocate the adoption or rejection of any legislation except 
when duly requested by the Speaker or a committee to comment on 
a proposal directly affecting the functions of the Office. The Office 
shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with respect to all 
communications between it and any Member or committee of the 
House. 
FUNCTIONS 
SEC. 503. The functions of the Office shall be as follows: 
(1) Upon request of the managers on the part of the House at 
any conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, to 
advise and assist the managers on the part of the House in the 
course of the conference, and to assist the committee of conference 
in the preparation of the conference report and any accompanying 
explanatory statement. 
(2) Upon request of any committee of the House, or any joint 
committee having authority to report legislation to the House, to 
advise and assist the committee in the consideration of any legis-
lation before it, and to assist the committee in the preparation of 
drafts of any such legislation, amendments thereto, and reports 
thereon. 
(3) Upon request of any Member having control of time during 
the consideration of any legislation by the House, to have in 
attendance on the floor of the House not more than two members 
of the staff of the Office (and, in his discretion, the Legislative 
Counsel) to advise and assist such Member and, to the extent 
feasible, any other Member, in the course of such consideration. 
(4) Upon request of any Member, subject to such reasonable 
restrictions as the Legislative Counsel may impose with the 
approval of the Speaker on the proportion of the resources of 
the Office which may be devoted to the requests of any one Mem-
ber, to prepare drafts of legislation and to furnish drafting advice 
with respect to drafts of legislation prepared by others. 
(5) At the direction of the Speaker, to perform on behalf of 
the House of Representatives any legal services which are within 
the capabilities of the Office and the performance of which would 
not be inconsistent with the provisions of section 502 or the 
preceding provisions of this section. 
PART 2—ADMINISTRATION 
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
SEC. 521. The management, supervision, and administration of the 
Office are vested in the Legislative Counsel, who shall be appointed by 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives without regard to politi-
cal affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of 
the position. Any person so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the 
Speaker. 
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STAFF 
SEC. 522. (a) With the approval of the Speaker, or in accordance 
with policies and procedures approved by the Speaker, the Legislative 
Counsel shall appoint such attorneys and other employees as may be 
necessary for the prompt and efficient performance of the functions of 
the Office. Any such appointment shall be made without regard to 
political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the 
duties of the position. Any person so appointed may be removed by 
the Legislative Counsel with the approval of the Speaker, or in accord-
ance with policies and procedures approved by the Speaker. 
(b) One of the employees appointed under subsection (a) shall be 
a full-time Office Administrator, who shall exercise the management, 
supervisory, and administrative functions of the Office as delegated to 
him by the Legislative Counsel. 
Attorneys, etc., 
appointment. 
Office Admin-
istrator. 
COMPENSATION 
SEC. 523. (a) The Legislative Counsel shall be paid at a per annum 
gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, 
for level I I I of the Executive Schedule of section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(b) Members of the staff of the Office other than the Legislative 
Counsel shall be paid at per annum gross rates fixed by the Le^slative 
Counsel with the approval of the Speaker or in accordance with poli-
cies approved by the Speaker, but not in excess of a per annum gross 
rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, for 
level V of the Executive Schedule of section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
ExPENnrruRES 
SEC. 524. In accordance with policies and procedures approved by 
the Speaker, the Legislative Counsel may make such expenditures as 
may be necessary or appropriate for the functioning of the Office. 
OFFICIAL MAIL MATTEK 
SEC. 525. The Office shall have the same privilege of free trans-
mission of official mail matter as other offices of the LTnited States 
Government. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 526. There are authorized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1971, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this subtitle and to increase the efficiency 
of the Office and the quality of the services which it provides. 
PART 3—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
Legislative 
Counsel. 
83 Stat. 863. 
Staff members 
PERSONNEL, PROPERTY, RECORDS, ETC. 
SEC. 531. Any individual who on the date of the enactment of this 
Act is serving under an appointment by the Speaker as Legislative 
Counsel of the House of Representatives shall continue as Legislative 
Counsel of the House of Representatives in accordance with this sub-
title. All personnel, positions, property, records, and unexpended bal-
ances of appropriations of or for that part of the Office of the Legis-
lative Counsel established under section 1303 of the Revenue Act of 
1918 (2 U.S.C., ch. 9) employed or held in or for the House of Repre-
40 Stat. 1141; 
43 Stat. 353. 
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40 Stat. 1141 i 
43 Stat. 353. 
2 u s e 271. 
sentatives shall be transferred to the Office established under this 
subtitle; and, effective upon the date of enactment of this Act, the 
provisions of section 1303 of the Kevenue Act of 1918 shall have no 
further applicability of any kind to the Speaker or to any committee, 
officer, employee, or property of the House of Representatives. 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATES 
Ante, pp. 1143, 
1167, 1175,1187. 
Ante, p . 1169. 
Ante, 
p. 1181. 
Ante, 
p. 1201. 
Ante, p. 1181. 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 601. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall take effect as 
follows: 
(1) Title I, title I I (except part 2 thereof^, title I I I (except section 
203 (d) (2), (d) (3), and (i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946, as amended by section 321 of this Act, and section 105 (e) and (f) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968', as amended by sec-
tion 305 of this Act), and title IV, of this Act shall become effective 
immediately prior to noon on January 3, 1971. 
(2) Part 2 of title I I shall be effective with respect to fiscal years 
beginning on or after July 1, 1972. 
(3) Section 203(d) (2) and (3) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946, as amended by section 321 of this Act, shall become effec-
tive at the close of the first session of the Ninety-second Congress. 
(4) Section 203 (i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amended by section 321 of this Act, shall be effective with respect to 
fiscal years beginning on or after July 1,1970. 
(5) Title V of this Act shall become effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(6) Section 105 (e) and (f) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1968, as amended by section 305 of this Act, shall become 
effective on January 1,1971. 
Approved October 26, 1970. 
Public Law 91-511 
October 26, 1970 
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[H. R. 17604] 
To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other 
purposes. 
Military Con-
struction and Re-
serve Forces 
Facilities authoi*-
ization acts,1971« 
Army. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop mil-
itary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment for the following acquisition and construction: