[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H795]
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  RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease) laid before the House the 
following resignation as a member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence:


                                     House of Representatives,

                                    Washington, DC, March 6, 1997.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: This letter is to inform you that in 
     order for me to accept an appointment by Democratic Leader 
     Richard Gephardt to a seat on the House Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, it will be necessary for me to 
     interrupt my service on the House Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs and as Ranking Member of its subcommittee on 
     Oversight and Investigations.
       Rule 19 F. of the Preamble and Rules of the Democratic 
     Caucus provides that no Democratic Member of the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence may serve on more than one 
     standing committee during that Member's term of service on 
     the select committee. However, the rule also provides that 
     Members shall be entitled to take leaves of absence from 
     service on any committee (or subcommittee thereof) during the 
     period they serve on the select committee and seniority 
     rights on such committee (and on each subcommittee) to which 
     they were assigned at the time shall be fully protected as if 
     they had continued to serve during the period of leave of 
     absence.
       While I will remain committed to protecting and enhancing 
     the needs and benefits of our nation's veterans, this letter 
     constitutes notice of my intent to take the necessary leave 
     of absence from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs in order 
     to accept an appointment to the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence.
       With kindest regards, I remain
           Sincerely yours,
                                           Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.,
                                               Member of Congress.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the resignation is 
accepted.
  There was no objection.

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