jurisdiction of standing committees of the senate

jurisdiction of standing committees of the senate Sec. 131. Paragraph 1 of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended— (1) by striking out in subparagraph (e)— “Committee on Banking and Currency,” and inserting in lieu thereof— “Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs,”; (2) by adding at the end of subparagraph (e) the following item: “10. Urban affairs generally.”; (3) by striking out in subparagraph (h) (relating to the Committee on Finance) the following numbered items— “10. Veterans’ measure generally. “11. Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and special. “12. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the armed forces. “13. Compensation of veterans.”; (4) by striking out in subparagraph (m) (relating to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare)— “16. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans. “17. Veterans’ hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans. “18. Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil relief. “19. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.”; 84 Stat. 1164 (5) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph— “(q) Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: “1. Veterans’ measures generally. “2. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special. “3. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the armed forces. “4. Compensation of veterans. “5. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans. “6. Veterans’ hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans. “7. Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil relief. “8. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life. “9. National cemeteries.”; and (6) by striking out in subparagraph (k) (relating to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs) the following item— “5. Military parks and battlefields, and national cemeteries.” and inserting in lieu thereof— “5. Military parks and battlefields.”