[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 397 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 397

       Reestablishing the House of Representatives Page Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2011

  Mr. Boren (for himself, Mr. Dingell, and Mr. Cuellar) submitted the 
  following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Reestablishing the House of Representatives Page Program.

Whereas the House of Representatives Page Program is part of a historic 
        tradition of the House of Representatives, traced back to messengers 
        employed by the First Continental Congress in 1774, and the first 
        messengers and errand-runners known as ``Pages'' served during the 
        Twentieth Congress, from 1827 to 1829;
Whereas the House Page Program has long provided an opportunity for young people 
        to experience our government first hand, and many former pages have gone 
        on to become our Nation's leaders both in the public and private 
        sectors;
Whereas the primary duties of House Pages include delivering correspondence and 
        legislative materials, answering phones in the Members' Cloakrooms and 
        delivering messages to Members on the floor, and preparing the Hall of 
        the House for session;
Whereas the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House terminated this historic 
        program on August 31, 2011; and
Whereas the loss of the House Page Program is detrimental to both the House of 
        Representatives and the education of our Nation's young people: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. REESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PAGE PROGRAM.

    (a) Reestablishment of Program.--Effective with the first school 
semester that begins after the advisory panel described in subsection 
(b) submits its recommendations to the Committee on House 
Administration, the House of Representatives Page Program shall be 
reestablished.
    (b) Use of Advisory Panel To Develop Recommendations for Operation 
of Program.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        the adoption of this resolution, the chair and ranking minority 
        member of the Committee on House Administration, acting 
        jointly, shall appoint 9 individuals to serve on an advisory 
        panel to develop recommendations for the operation of the 
        reestablished Page Program.
            (2) Membership.--Of the individuals appointed to serve on 
        the advisory panel under this subsection--
                    (A) 3 shall be Members of the House of 
                Representatives who belong to the majority party of the 
                House;
                    (B) 3 shall be Members of the House of 
                Representatives who belong to the minority party of the 
                House; and
                    (C) 3 shall be individuals who are not Members of 
                the House of Representatives and who served as pages of 
                the House of Representatives.
            (3) No compensation for service.--Individuals serving on 
        the advisory panel shall serve without pay.
            (4) Administrative support services.--The Committee on 
        House Administration shall provide to the advisory panel the 
        administrative support services necessary for the advisory 
        panel to carry out its duties under this subsection.
            (5) Deadline.--The advisory panel shall submit its 
        recommendations under paragraph (1) not later than 60 days 
        after the appointment of all of its members.
    (c) Inclusion of Delegates and Resident Commissioner.--In this 
resolution, a ``Member of the House of Representatives'' includes a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
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