Volume 78
Public Law 88–656
To amend section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, with respect to the disclosure in reports required thereunder of the names of persons who have appeared as witnesses before committees sitting in executive session.
Approved October 13, 1964
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, with respect to the disclosure in reports required thereunder of the names of persons who have appeared as witnesses before committees sitting in executive session.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, is amended by inserting immediately after the second sentence thereof the following: “Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, in any case in which the voucher or vouchers covering payment to any person for attendance as a witness before any committee of the Senate or House of Representatives, or any subcommittee thereof, during any semiannual period, indicate that all appearances of such person covered by such voucher or vouchers were as a witness in executive session of the committee or subcommittee, information regarding such payment, except for date of payment, voucher number, and amount paid, shall not be included in the report compiled pursuant to this subsection for such semiannual period. Any information excluded from a report for any semiannual period by reason of the foregoing sentence shall be included in the report compiled pursuant to this subsection for the succeeding semiannual period.
Approved October 13, 1964.