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PUBLIC LAW 91-510-OCT. 26, 1970
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T A B L E O F CONTENTS—Continued TITLE V — OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL SUBTITLE A — H O U S E OF REPRESENTATIVES PART 1 — P U R P O S E, P O L I C Y, AND FUNCTION
Sec. 501. Establishment. Sec. 502. Purpose and policy. Sec. 503. Functions. PART 2
Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.
521. 522. 523. 524. 525. 526.
ADMINISTRATION
Legislative Counsel. Staff. Compensation. Expenditures. Official mail matter. 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 S E N A T E A N D
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 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 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 constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings. CALLING
or
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: "(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 meeting. 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
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