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 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-JULY 26, 1947 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF CUBA Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there is hereby created a joint committee to be composed of eight members, as follows: Four Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate; and four Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The committee shall serve without com- pensation and shall select a chairman from among their number. SEC. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the committee to prepare an appropriate plan for the participation in the observance and celebra- tion in Cuba during the summer of 1948 of the fiftieth anniversary of the victories of the military and naval forces of the United States and of their Cuban allies in the War with Spain, resulting in the liberation of Cuba. In the preparation of such plan the committee is authorized to cooperate with official representatives of Cuba. (b) The committee shall, not later than February 2, 1948, submit a report to the Congress setting forth the plan prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and containing such recommendations for carrying out such plan as it deems advisable. The committee shall cease to exist within thirty days after the date of the submission of such report. SEC. 3. The committee is authorized, without regard to the civil- service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to appoint and prescribe the duties, and fix the compensation, of such employees as are necessary for the execution of its function. The committee may make such expenditures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this concurrent resolution, including expenditures for necessary traveling expenses and subsistence expenses of the members of the committee and of employees of the committee. SEC. 4. The necessary expenses of the joint committee herein authorized not exceeding $25,000 shall be paid one-half out of the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives on vouchers authorized by the joint committee and signed by the chairman thereof. Passed July 26, 1947. TAX REVISION Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That, in accordance with paragraph 3 of section 2 of the Printing Act, approved March 1, 1907, the Committee on Ways and Means be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to have printed for its use one thousand additional copies of the digest of testimony, index to hear- ings, and each part of the hearings held before the said committee during the current session relative to tax revision, 1947-1948. Passed July 26, 1947. JOINT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there is hereby established a joint congressional committee to be known as the Joint Committee on Housing (hereafter referred to as the committee), and to be composed of seven Members of the Senate who are members of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and seven Members of the House of Representatives who are members of the July 26, 1947 [H. Con. Res. 108] Establishment and composition of joint committee. Duty. Report to Congress. Termination ofcom- mittee. Authority. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U. S. C. §§661-674. July 2, 1947 [H. Con. Res: 107] Printing of addi- tional copies of bear- ings, etc. 34 Stat. 1012. 44U. 8. C§ 14. July 26, 1947 [H. Con. Res. 104] Estabishment-' nd composition of Joint Committee on Hoa- tig. (61 STAT.]

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