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PUBLIC LAW 91-510-OCT. 26, 1970

[84 STAT.

PART 3—PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PERIODIC COMPILATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Personnel, pointment.

SEC. 331. (a) The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and publication of me parliamentary precedents of the House authorized by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; Pulblic Law 89-90), and at the beginning of each fifth fiscal year thereafter, shall commence the compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives, together with such other materials as may be useful in connection therewith, and an index digest of such precedents and other materials. Each such compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House shall be completed by the close of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which such work is commenced. (b) As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other materials and index digest shall be printed on pages of such size, and in such type and format, as the Parliamentarian may determine and shall be printed in such numbers and for such distribution as may be provided by law enacted prior to printing. (c) For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and preparation, the Parliamentarian may— (1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as employees of the House of Representatives) clerical and other personnel and fix their respective rates of pay; and (2) utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office. PERIODIC PREPARATION BY HOUSE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF CONDENSED AND SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS OF HOUSE PRECEDENTS

Copies to Memb e r s of C o n g r e s s and R e s i d e n t Commissioner from Puerto R i c o.

SEC. 332. The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives shall prepare, compile, and maintain on a current basis and in cumulative form, for each Congress commencing with the Ninety-third Congress a condensed and, insofar as practicable, up-to-date version of all of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives which have current use and application in the House, together with informative text prepared by the Parliamentarian and other useful related material in summary form. The Parliamentarian shall have such matter printed for each Congress on pages of such size and in such type and format as he considers advisable to promote the usefulness of such matter to the Memibers of the House and shall provide a printed copy thereof to each Member in each Congress, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and may make such other distribution of such printed copies as he considers advisable. I n carrying out this section, the Parliamentarian may appoint and fix the pay of personnel and utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office.

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