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[79 STAT. 1423]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1965
[79 STAT. 1423]

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79 STAT. ] CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-MAR. 11, 1965

under the Constitution. This study shall include, but shall not be limited to, the organization and operation pf each House of the Congress; the relationship between the two Houses; the relationships between the Congress and other branches of the Government; the employment and remuneration of officers and employees of the respective Houses and officers and employees of the committees and Members of Congress; and the structure of, and the relationships between, the various standing, special, and select committees of the Congress: Provided, That nothing in this concurrent resolution shall be construed to authorize the committee to make any recommendations with respect to the rules, parliamentary procedure, practices, and/or precedents of either House, or the consideration of any matter on the floor of either House: Provided further, That the language employed herein shall not prohibit the committee from studyiuj^ and recommending the consolidations and reorganization of committees. SEC. 3. (a) The committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Eighty-ninth 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, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. (b) The committee is empowered to appoint and fix the compensation of such experts, consultants, tedmicians, and clerical and stenographic assistants as it deems necessary and advisable. (c) The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $150,000 through January 31, 1966, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers signed by the chairman. (d) The committee shall report from time to time to the Senate and the House of Representatives the results of its study, together wuth its recommendations, the first report being made not later than one hundred and twenty days after the effective date of this concurrent resolution. If the Senate, the House of Representatives, or both, are in recess or have adjourned, the report shall be made to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or both, as the case may be. All reports and findings of the committee shall, when received, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administf ation of the Senate and the appropriate committees of the House. Agreed to March 11, 1965.

REVEREND P E T E R MARSHALL'S PRAYERS

Resolved by the Senate {the Hou-^e of Representatives concurring)^ That there be printed thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty additional copies of Senate Document Numbered 86, Eighty-first Congress, first session, being the prayers offered by the Chaplain, the Reverend Peter Marshall, doctor of divinity, at the opening of the daily sessions of the Senate of the United States during the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses, 1947-1949; of which ten thousand three hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate and twenty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives. Agreed to March 11, 1965.

Expenses,

Reports gress.

March H, 19 65 [S. Con. Res. 9] Printing of additional copies.