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 79TH OONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 753-AUG. 2,1946 835 than the minority assistants, to possess such qualifications as the com- mittees respectively may prescribe, and the Committee on Appropria- Studies and exam- tions of the House also is authorized to conduct studies and examina- nation s. tions of the organization and operation of any executive agency (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) as it may deem necessary to assist it in connection with the determination of matters within its jurisdiction and in accordance with procedures authorized by the com- mittee by a majority vote, including the rights and powers conferred by House Resolution Numbered 50, adopted January 9, 1945. (c) The clerical staff of each standing committee, which shall be clericalstaf. 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; and the position of commiommittee janitorottt . is hereby abolished. The clerical staff shall handle committee corre- spondence and stenographic work, both for the committee staff and for the chairman and ranking minority member on matters related to committee work. (d) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall Separation of be kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records of rcords, etc. the Member serving as chairman of the committee; and such records shall be the property of the Congress and all members of the com- mittee and the respective Houses shall have access to such records. Each committee is authorized to have printed and bound such testi- mony and other data presented at hearings held by the committee. (e) The professional staff members of the standing committees shall compoensatiostaff receive annual compensation, to be fixed by the chairman, ranging members from $5,000 to $8,000 and the clerical staff shall receive annual com- pensation ranging from $2,000 to $8,000. (f) No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts or other Experts from d- personnel detailed or assigned from any department or agency of the p tm ents, etc. Government, except with the written permission of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, as the case may be. (g) No individual who is employed as a professional staff member Appointmenttosxeo. of any committee as provided in this section shall be eligible for suttrilon.r hr- appointment to any office or position in the executive branch of the Government for a period of one year after he shall have ceased to be such a member. (h) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions- (1) The committee employees of the existing Committee on Ap- impoyes oI exist- 1ng Oommitteeca propriations of the Senate and of the existing Committee on Ap- Appropriations. propriations of the House of Representatives shall be continued on the rolls of the respective appropriations committees established under title I of this Act during the fiscal year 1947, unless sooner removed Ante p. 814. for cause. (2) Committee employees of all other existing standing committees Other existing of each House shall be continued on the pay rolls of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, through January 31, 1947, unless sooner removed for cause by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be. (3) The appropriations for the compensation of committee em- cmPpPriations fr ployees of standing committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947, shall be available for the compensation of employees speci- Ants, p. 3 s 8 fied in paragraph (2) of this subsection and of employees of the stand- ing committees of the Senate and House of Representatives suceeding to the jurisdiction of the standing committees specified in such Ap- propriation Act; and in any case in which the legislative jurisdiction nT "r of J ri b diction. 60 STAT.]

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