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PUBLIC LAW 91-510-OCT. 26, 197C

the Clerk, and m e absentees noted;" and inserting in lieu thereof ", and in all calls of the House the names of the Members shall be called by the Clerk, and the absentees noted, but the doors shall not be closed except when so ordered by the Speaker;". CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS A N D E L I M I N A T I O N OF OBSOLETE LANGUAGE I N CERTAIN H O U S E RULES

SEC. 129. (a) Clause 27(a) of Eule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: " (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of its committees and subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from day to day is a motion of high privilege in committees and subcommittees. Any committee may adopt additional written rules not inconsistent with the Rules of the House and those additional rules shall be binding on each subcommittee of that committee. Each subcommittee of a committee is a part of that committee and is subject to the authority and direction of that committee.". (b) Rulfe X II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: "RULE "RESIDENT

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"The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico shall be elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner as Members of the House and shall possess in such committees the same powers and privileges as the other Members.". (c) Clause 3 of Rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— (1) by striking out "to Members and Delegates" and inserting in lieu thereof "to Members and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico"; (2) by striking out "Members and officers" and inserting in lieu thereof "Members, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and officers"; (3) by striking out "and Territory"; (4) by striking out "preserve for and deliver or mail to each Member and Delegate an extra copy, in good binding, of all documents printed by order of either House of the Congress to which he belonged;" and inserting in lieu thereof "deliver or mail to any Member or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico an extra copy, in binding of good quality, of each document requested by that Member or the Resident Commissioner which has been printed, by order of either House of the Congress, in any Congress in which he served;"; and (5) by striking out "of Members and Delegates" and inserting in lieu thereof "of Members and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico". (d) Clause 1 of Rule IV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking out "of Members and Delegates" and inserting in lieu thereof "of Members and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico". (e)(1) Clause 2 of Rule V of the Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed. (2) Clause 3 of Rule V of the Rules of the House of Representatives is redesignated as clause 2 of that Rule.

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