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 59 STAT. ] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. JulS 21 1945 Sept. ii, 1945 845 SEC. 3. The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of Reassembly of Con- the House of Representatives shall notify the Members of the Senate ess ' and the House, respectively, to reassemble whenever in their opinion legislative expediency shall warrant it or whenever the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader of the House, acting jointly, or the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the House, acting jointly, file a written request with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House that the Congress reassemble for the consideration of legislation. Passed July 21, 1945. PEARL HARBOR ATTACK September 11, 1946 [S. Con. Res. 27] Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there is hereby established a joint committee on the investiga- intablishment of tion of the Pearl Harbor attack, to be composed of five Members of investigation. the Senate (not more than three of whom shall be members of the majority party), to be appointed by the President pro tempore, and five Members of the House of Representatives (not more than three of whom shall be members of the majority party), to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. SEC. 2. The committee shall make a full and complete investiga- facisvestlgation of tion of the facts relating to the events and circumstances leading up to or following the attack made by Japanese armed forces upon Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and shall report to the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than January 3, 1946, the results of its investigation, together with Po ',pp.849.860. such recommendations as it may deem advisable. SEC. 3. The testimony of any person in the armed services, and Tetimony. the fact that such person testified before the joint committee herein provided for, shall not be used against him in any court proceeding, or held against him in examining his military status for credits m the service to which he belongs. SEC. 4. (a) The committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee mithoi." of om- thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during t the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Seventy-ninth Congress (prior to January 3, 1946), to require by subpena or other- wise 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. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. (b) The committee is empowered to appoint and fix the compen- ppetecotopex- sation of such experts, consultants, and clerical and stenographic tion . assistants as it deems necessary, but the compensation so fixed shall U 1a.H. . 66; not exceed the compensation prescribed under the Classification Act a SuAp. IV,§i'ta6 of 1923, as amended, for comparable duties. (c) The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $25,000, EpenB. shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, upon vouchers signed by the chairman. Agreed to September 11, 1945.

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