Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 27 — Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress
§ 2702. Membership; chairman; meetings
Statutory text
The Committee shall consist of the eleven members including—
the Secretary of the Senate;
the Clerk of the House of Representatives;
the Archivist of the United States;
the Historian of the Senate; and
the Historian of the House of Representatives; and
six members of whom one shall be appointed by each of the following:
the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
the Majority Leader of the Senate;
the Minority Leader of the Senate;
the Secretary of the Senate; and
the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Each member appointed under paragraph (1)(B) shall have knowledge or expertise in United States history, archival management, publishing, library science, or use of legislative records.
The Secretary of the Senate shall serve as Chairman during the two-year period beginning on , and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall serve as Chairman during the two-year period beginning on . Thereafter, such members shall alternate serving as Chairman for a term of two years.
Members of the Committee referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall serve only while holding such offices. Members appointed to the Committee under subsection (a)(1)(B) shall serve for a term of two years, and may be reappointed without limitation. The initial appointments for such terms shall begin on .
Any vacancy on the Committee shall not affect the powers of the Committee. Any vacancy in an appointed position on the Committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
No later than thirty days after the date on which the first session of the 102d Congress begins, the Committee shall hold its first meeting. Thereafter, the Committee shall meet semiannually or at the call of a majority of its members.
Seven members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1991
Pub. L. 101–509 title IV § 1(d)(1) · 104 Stat. 1389
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 2702
(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title IV, § 1(d)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1417.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title IV, § 1(d)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1417.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. Not to exceed 4 per centum of any appropriation made available to the Internal Revenue Service for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date on which the first session of the 102d Congress begins, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is .
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title IV, § 1(d)(1), , 104 Stat. 1417.)