committee meetings during sessions of the houses of congress

committee meetings during sessions of the houses of congress Sec. 117. (a) Section 134(c) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190b (b)) is amended to read as follows: “(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no standing committee of the Senate shall sit, without special leave, while the Senate is in session. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. Any other standing committee of the Senate may sit for any purpose while the Senate is in session if consent therefor has been obtained from the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate. In the event of the absence of either of such leaders, the consent of the absent leader may be given by a Senator designated by such leader for that purpose. Notwithstanding the previsions of this subsection, any standing committee of the Senate may sit without special leave for any purpose as authorized by paragraph 5 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.”. (b) Clause 31 of rule XI of the Rules of the. House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: “31. No committee of the House (except the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on Internal Security, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) may sit, without special leave, while the House is reading a measure for amendment under the five-minute rule.”.