Part 3-PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PERIODIC COMPILATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF SEC. 331. (a) The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and publication of the parliamentary precedents of the House authorized by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; Public 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. 84 STAT. 1186 (c) For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and Appointment preparation, the Parliamentarian may— of personnel, (1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as em- etc. ployees 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 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 mat- Copies to Memter printed for each Congress on pages of such size and in such type bers of Conand format as he considers advisable to promote the usefulness of such gress and Resimatter to the Members of the House and shall provide a printed copy dent Commisthereof to each Member in each Congress, including the Resident sioner from Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and may make such other distribu- Puerto Rico. tion of such printed copies as he considers advisable. In 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. TAT. 1187 bership. cancies. irman and lection. ngressional provements, udy and recmendations. urt proceedgs or actions, entification. st, p. 1189. port to ngress. TITLE IV-CONGRESS AS AN INSTITUTION PART 1-JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS SEC. 401. (a) There is hereby created a Joint Committee on Congressional Operations (hereafter in this Part referred to as the "Joint Committee"). (b) The Joint Committee shall be composed of ten members as follows: (1) five Members of the Senate, appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, three from the majority party and two from the minority party; and (2) five Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three from the majority party and two from the minority party. (c) Vacancies in the membership of the Joint Committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Joint Committee and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointment. (d) The Joint Committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. The vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of the chairman. The chairmanship and the vice chairmanship shall alternate between the Senate and the House of Representatives with each Congress. The chairman during each even-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the House of Representatives on the Joint Committee from among their number and the chairman during each odd-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the Senate on the Joint Committee from among their number. The vice chairman during each Congress shall be chosen in the same manner from that House of Congress other than the House of Congress of which the chairman is a Member. DUTIES OF JOINT COMMITTEE SEC. 402. (a) The Joint Committee shall— (1) make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution of the United States; and (2) identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress, or to either House of the Congress, as a constitutionally established institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to the attention of that House of the Congress which is specifically concerned or to both Houses of the Congress if both Houses are concerned. (b) The Joint Committee shall exercise all functions vested in it by section 406 of this Part. (c) The Joint Committee shall report, from time to time, to the Senate and the House of Representatives their recommendations with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee. (d) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to authorize the Joint Committee to make any recommendations with respect to the rules, parliamentary procedure, practices, or precedents of either House or the consideration of any matter on the floor of either House. POWERS OF JOINT COMMITTEE 84 STAT. 1188 SEC. 403. The Joint Committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Congress, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths and affirmations, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The Joint Committee may make such rules respecting its Rule making. organization and procedures as it deems necessary, except that no recommendation shall be reported from the Joint Committee unless a majority of the Joint Committee assent. Subpenas may be issued Subpenas, over the signature of the chairman of the Joint Committee or of any member designated by him or by the Joint Committee, and may be served by such person or persons as may be designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the Joint Committee or any mem- Power to adminber thereof may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses. STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE issuance. ister oaths. SEC. 404. (a) In carrying out its functions under subsections (a) and (c) of section 402 of this Part, the Joint Committee is authorized, by record vote of a majority of the members of the Joint Committee(1) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to polit- Professional ical affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their and clerical duties, not more than six professional staff members and not more staff members, than six clerical staff members; appointment. (2) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; (3) to fix their pay at respective per annum gross rates not Pay. in excess of the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332 (a) of title 5, United States Code; and (4) to terminate their employment as the Joint Committee may deem appropriate. (b) In carrying out any of its functions under this Part, the Joint Committee is authorized to utilize the services, information, facilities, and personnel of the departments and establishments of the Government, and to procure the temporary (not to exceed one year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof by contract at rates of pay not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay set forth in the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including payment of such rates for necessary traveltime. RECORDS OF JOINT COMMITTEE SEC. 405. The Joint Committee shall keep a complete record of all Joint Committee actions, including a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded. All records, data, charts, and files of the Joint Committee shall be the property of the Joint Committee and shall be kept in the offices of the Joint Committee or such other places as the Joint Committee may direct. 35 F. R. 6247. 5 USC 5332 note. Utilization of services, etc. of Government personnel. OFFICE OF PLACEMENT AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT SEC. 406. (a) There is hereby established for the Congress an Office of Placement and Office Management which shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Joint Committee. The Joint Committee is authorized, by record vote of a majority of the members of the Joint Committee (1) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform his duties, a Director of the Office of Placement and Office Management to serve as the head of the staff of the Office and such personnel as the Joint Committee deems necessary; (2) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; (3) to fix their pay at respective per annum gross rates not in excess of the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332 (a) of title 5, United States Code; and (4) to terminate their employment, as the Joint Committee may deem appropriate. (b) It shall be the duty of the Office, upon request, to assist Members, committees, and officers of the Senate and House of Representatives seeking competent personnel with specified qualifications and to furnish advice and information with respect to office management procedures. (c) Nothing in this section shall be held or considered to require the use of the facilities of the Office by any Member, committee, or officer of the Senate or House of Representatives, if, in the opinion of such Member, committee, or officer, the use of such facilities is inappropriate. EXPENSES SEC. 407. The expenses of the Joint Committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, from funds appropriated for the Joint Committee, upon vouchers approved by the chairman. PART 2—ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SEC. 421. The Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy established by section 401(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 274; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress; 8 U.S.C. 1106 (a)) is hereby abolished. CONFORMING CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW SEC. 422. (a) Section 401 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 274; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress; 8 U.S.C. 1106) is hereby repealed. (b) Title IV of the table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 166; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress) is amended by striking out— "Sec. 401. Joint Congressional Committee.". 84 STAT. 1190 PART 3-AUTHORITY OF OFFICERS OF THE CONGRESS OVER AUTHORITY OVER CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES SEC. 431. (a) Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority (1) to determine, before the appointment of any individual as an employee under the supervision of that officer of the Congress, whether that individual possesses the qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to him; and (2) to remove or otherwise discipline any employee under his supervision. (b) As used in this section, the term "officer of the Congress" "Officer of the Congress." means (1) an elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of the Senate or House; and (2) The Architect of the Capitol. PART 4-THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE SEC. 441. (a) There is hereby established an organization under the Congress of the United States, to be designated the "Capitol Guide Service", which shall be subject to the direction, supervision, and control of a Capitol Guide Board consisting of the Architect of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. (b) The Capitol Guide Service is authorized and directed to pro- Guided tours. vide guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol Building for the education and enlightenment of the general public, without charge for such tours. All such tours shall be conducted in compliance with regulations prescribed by the Capitol Guide Board. (c) The Capitol Guide Board is authorized (1) with the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, to establish and revise such number of positions of Guide in the Capitol Guide Service as the Board considers necessary to carry out effectively the activites of the Capitol Guide Service; Duties. (2) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to polit- Chief and Asical affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their sistant Chief duties, a Chief Guide and an Assistant Chief Guide, and, in Guide, appointaddition, such number of Guides as may be authorized under ment. subparagraph (1) of this subsection; (3) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; (4) with the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Pay adjustment. Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, to fix, and adjust from time to time, their respective rates of pay at single per annum (gross) rates; and (5) to terminate their employment as the Board considers appropriate. (d) The Capitol Guide Board shall (1) prescribe a uniform dress, including appropriate insignia, Uniforms. which shall be worn by personnel of the Capitol Guide Service when on duty; and |