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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5227 (Introduced in House) — To authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in a... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Continuation of service of returning members of Joint Committee on the Library at beginning of Congress

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During the period beginning on the first day of a Congress and ending on the date described in paragraph (2), any Member of Congress who served as a member of the Joint Committee on the Library during the previous Congress shall continue to serve as a member of the Joint Committee. The date described in this paragraph is, with respect to a Congress— in the case of a Member of Congress who is a Member of the House of Representatives, the date on which Members of the House are appointed to serve on the Joint Committee for the Congress; and in the case of a Member of Congress who is a Senator, the date on which Senators are appointed to serve on the Joint Committee for the Congress.
The final undesignated paragraph under the heading Senate. in section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1883 (chapter 141; 22 Stat. 592) ( 2 U.S.C. 133 ), is hereby repealed. During the period beginning on the first day of a Congress and ending on the date of the first organizational meeting of the Joint Committee on the Library, the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library shall be determined as follows: If the member who served as Chairman during the previous Congress is appointed to serve on the Joint Committee for such Congress, such member shall serve as Chairman during such period.
If the member who served as Chairman during the previous Congress is not appointed to serve on the Joint Committee for such Congress but the member who served as Vice Chairman during the previous Congress is appointed to serve on the Joint Committee for such Congress, the member who served as Vice Chairman shall serve as Chairman during such period. If neither the member who served as Chairman nor the member who served as Vice Chairman during the previous Congress is appointed to serve on the Joint Committee for such Congress— the member who is the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall serve as Chairman during such period if the Chairman during the previous Congress was a Member of the House of Representatives; or the member who is the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall serve as Chairman during such period if the Chairman during the previous Congress was a Senator.
This section and the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
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