Pub. L. 91-510, tit. I, sec. 115
points of order with respect to committee hearing procedure
points of order with respect to committee hearing procedure Sec. 115. (a) Section 133A of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as enacted and amended by section 111(a), 112(a), 113(a), and 114 (a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) Whenever any such committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) has reported any measure, by action taken in conformity with the requirements of section 133(d) of this Act, no point of order shall lie with respect to that measure on the ground that hearings upon that measure by the committee were not conducted in accordance with the provisions of this section.”. (b) Clause 27(f) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as amended by sections 111(b), 112(b), 113(b), and 114(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: “(5) No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure reported by any committee on the ground that hearings upon such measure were not conducted in accordance with the provisions of this clause; except that a point of order on that ground may be made by any member of the committee which has reported the measure if, in the committee, such point of order was (A) timely made and (B) improperly overruled or not properly considered.”.