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PUBLIC LA\'P 91-510-OCT. 26, 1970

"(7) Floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns shall not be used in providing any method of coverage of the hearing, except that the television media may install additional lighting in the hearing room, without cost to the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting level in the hearing room to the lowest level necessary to provide adequate television coverage of the hearing at the then current state of the art of television coverage. "(8) Not more than five press photographers shall be permitted to cover a hearing by still photography. I n the selection of these photographers, preference shall be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos and United Press International Newspictures. If request is made by more than five of the media for coverage of the hearing by still photography, that coverage shall be made on the basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing Committee of Press Photographers. "(9) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any time during the course of the hearing, between the witness table and the members of the committee. "(10) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media. "(11) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries. "(12) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall be then currently accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery. " (13) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media and by still photography shall conduct themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive manner.".

Press photographers, numerical limitation.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING SESSIONS OF THE HOUSES OF CONGRESS

SEC. 117. (a) Section 134(c) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190b (b)) is amended to read as follows: "(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no standing committee of the Senate shall sit, without special leave, while the Senate is in session. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. Any other standing committee of the Senate may sit for any purpose while the Senate is in session if consent therefor has been obtained from the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate. In the event of the absence of either of such leaders, the consent of the absent leader may be given by a Senator designated by such leader for that purpose. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, any standing committee of the Senate may sit without special leave for any purpose as authorized by paragraph 5 of rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate.". (b) Clause 31 of rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: "31. No committee of the House (except the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on Internal Security, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) may sit, without special leave, while the House is reading a measure for amendment under the five-minute rule.".

Restrictions, 60 Stat. 831; Post, p. 1440. Exception.

Five-minute rule.

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