membership of standing committees of the senate

membership of standing committees of the senate Sec. 132. (a) Paragraph 1 of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, as such paragraph existed on the day preceding the effective date of this section, is amended— (1) by striking out in subparagraph (a) the words “to consist of fifteen Senators,”; (2) by striking out in subparagraph (b) the words “to consist of thirteen Senators,”; (3) by striking out in subparagraph (c) the words “to consist of twenty-four Senators,”; (4) by striking out in subparagraph (d) the words “to consist of eighteen Senators,”; (5) by striking out in subparagraph (e) the words “to consist of fifteen Senators,”; (6) by striking out in subparagraph (f) the words “to consist of nineteen Senators,”; (7) by striking out in subparagraph (g) the words “to consist of seven Senators,”; (8) by striking out in subparagraph (h) the words “to consist of seventeen Senators,”; (9) by striking out in subparagraph (i) the words “to consist of fifteen Senators,”; (10) by striking out in subparagraph (j)(1) the words “to consist of fifteen Senators,”; (11) by striking out in subparagraph (k) the words “to consist of seventeen Senators,”; (12) by striking out in subparagraph (1) the words “to consist of seventeen Senators,”; (13) by striking out in subparagraph (m) the words “to consist of seventeen Senators,”; (14) by striking out in subparagraph (n) the words “to consist of twelve Senators,”; (15) by striking out in subparagraph (o) the words “to consist of fifteen Senators,”; and (16) by striking out in subparagraph (p)(1) the words “to consist of nine Senators,”. 84 Stat. 1165 (b) Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate are redesignated as paragraphs 4, 5, 6, and 7 thereof, respectively. (c) Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting therein, immediately after paragraph 1, the following new paragraphs: (2) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 6 of this rule, each of the following standing committees shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the name of that committee appears: “Committee Members “Aeronautical and Space Sciences 14 “Agriculture and Forestry 13 “Appropriations 24 “Armed Services 15 “Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 15 “Commerce 17 “Finance 15 “Foreign Relations 15 “Government Operations 14 “Interior and Insular Affairs 14 “Judiciary 15 “Labor and Public Welfare 15 “Public Works 14. “3. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 6 of this rule, each of the following standing committees shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the name of that committee appears: “Committee Members “District of Columbia 7 “Post Office and Civil Service 9 “Rules and Administration 9 “Veterans’ Affairs 9.”. (d) Paragraph 6 of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate (as redesignated) is amended to read as follows: “6. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, each Senator shall serve on two and no more of the standing committees named in paragraph 2. Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, no Senator shall serve on more than one committee included within the following classes: standing committees named in paragraph 3; select and special committees of the Senate: and joint committees of the Congress. “(b) Each Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was serving as a member of any standing committee shall he entitled to continue to serve on each such committee of which he was a member on that day as long as his service as a member of such committee remains continuous after that day. Each Senator who (1) on that day was serving as a member of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences or the Committee on Government Operations, (2) on that date was entitled, under the proviso contained in the first sentence of paragraph 4 of this rule as such rule existed on that day, to serve on three committees named in that sentence, and (3) on June 30, 1971, is serving on three such committees, of which at least one is the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences or the Committee on Government Operations, shall be entitled to continue to serve on each of the committees of which he is a member on June 30, 1971, so long as his service as a member of each such committee remains continuous thereafter. Each Senator who, on the day preceding the effective date of section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, was a member of84 Stat. 1166 more than one committee of the classes described in the second sentence of subparagraph (a) shall be entitled to serve on each such committee of which he was a member on that day as long as his service as a member of that committee remains continuous after that day. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, each committee of the Senate shall be temporarily increased in membership by such number as may be required to carry into effect the provisions of this subparagraph. “(c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and the minority leader, the membership of one or more of the standing committees named in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this rule may be increased temporarily from time to time by such number or numbers as may be required to accord to the majority party a majority of the membership of all standing committees. IV hen any such temporary increase is necessary to accord to the majority party a majority of the membership of all standing committees, members of the majority party in such number as may be required for that purpose may serve as members of three standing committees named in paragraph 2. No such temporary increase in the membership of one or more standing committees under this subparagraph or subparagraph (b) shall be continued in effect after the need therefor has ended. No standing committee may be increased in membership under this subparagraph or subparagraph (b) by more than four members in excess of the number prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this rule. “(d) Notwithstanding the limitations contained in subparagraph (a), a Senator may serve at any time on one additional committee included within the following classes: a temporary committee of the Senate or a temporary joint committee of the Congress which, by the terms of the measure by which it was established as initially agreed to, will not continue in existence for more than one Congress; or a joint committee of the Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a committee named in paragraph 3 of which that Senator is a member. “(e) No Senator shall serve at any time on more than one of the following committees: Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Finance, and Committee on Foreign Relations. Notwithstanding the limitation contained in this subparagraph, a Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was a member of more than one such committee may continue to serve as a member of each such committee of which he was a member on that day as long as his service on that committee remains continuous after that day. “(f) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more than one committee included within the following classes: standing, select, and special committees of the Senate; and joint committees of the Congress except that— “(1) A Senator may serve as chairman of a joint committee of the (Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a committee named in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of which that Senator is the chairman: “(2) A Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was serving as chairman of more than one committee included within the classes described in this subparagraph may continue to serve as chairman of each such committee of which he was chairman on that day as long as his service as chairman of that committee remains continuous after that day; and 84 Stat. 1167 “(3) A Senator who is serving at any time as chairman of a committee included within the classes described in this subparagraph may at the same time serve also as chairman of one temporary committee of the Senate or temporary joint committee of the Congress which, by the terms of the measure by which it was established as originally agreed to, will not continue in existence for more than one Congress. “(g) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more than one subcommittee of the same committee if that committee is named in paragraph 2. Notwithstanding the limitation contained in this subparagraph, a Senator who on the day preceding the effective date of section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 was serving as chairman of more than one such subcommittee may continue to serve as chairman of each such subcommittee of which he was chairman on that day as long as his service as chairman of that subcommittee remains continuous after that day.”.