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PUBLIC LAW 91-510-OCT. 26, 1970

[84 STAT.

Public Law 91-510 October 26, 1970 [H.R. 17654]

AN ACT To improve the operation of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Be it etmMed by the Senate mvd House of RepresentatiaeH of the or^ani^iuon^A^r ^^^^^^ States of AfTieHca in Congress assembled, That this Act, oPmo? °" '^ divided into titles, parts, and sections according to the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970". T A B L E O F CONTENTS TITLE

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108.

Sec. 109. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119.

Sec. 120. Sec. 121. Sec. 122. Sec. 123. Sec. 124. Sec. 125. Sec. 126. Sec. 127. Sec. 128. Sec. 129. Sec. 130. Sec. 131. Sec. 132.

I—THE

COMMITTEE

SYSTEM

Rulemaking power of Senate and House, Calling of committee meetings. Open committee business meetings. Public announcement of committee votes. Filing of committee reports. Proxy voting. Supplemental, minority, and additional views. Availability of committee reports and printed hearings on measures and m a t t e r s before: floor consideration thereof. Motions for consideration by the House of measures previously made in order by resolution for consideration. Committee funds and Senate Appropriations Ciomnuttee exception. Public notice of committee hearings. Open committee hearings. Statements of witnesses a t committee hearings. Calling of witnesses selected by the minority a t committee hearings. Points of order with respect to committee hearing procedure. Broadcasting of committee hearings. Committee meetings during sessions of the Houses of Congress. Legislative review by standing committees. Debate time under five-minute rule in Committee of the Whole House for amendments previously printed in Congressional Record. Recording of teller votes in the House. Recording of roll calls and quorum calls through electronic equipment in the House. Expeditious conduct of calls of the House. Debate on motion to recommit with instructions after previous question is ordered in the House. Delivery of copies of amendments offered in Committee of the Whole House. Conference reports. Motions in the House to dispose of nongermane amendmentsi between the two Houses. Reading of the J o u r n a l of the House. Closing of the doors in calls of the House. Clarification of certain provisions and elimination of obsolete language in certain House Rules. Senate committee rules. Jurisdiction of standing committees of the Senate. Membership of standing committees of the Senate. TITLE II — F I S C A L CONTROLS PART 1

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

201. 202. 203. 204. 205.

BUDGETARY AND FISCAL INFORMATION AND DATA

Budgetary and fiscal d a t a processing system. Budget standard classifications. Availability to Congress of budgetary, fiscal, and related data. Assistance to Congress by General Accounting Office. Power and duties of Comptroller General in connection with budgetary, fiscal, and related m a t t e r s. Sec. 206. Preservation of e^xisting authorities and d u t i e s under budget and accounting and other statutes. Sec. 207. Definition.

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