[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AFFECTING REPRESENTATION OF MAJORITY AND MINORITY MEMBERSHIP OF SENATE 
                  MEMBERS OF JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

  Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 279) affecting the representation 
of the majority and minority membership of the Senate Members of the 
Joint Economic Committee, and ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shimkus). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                 S. 279

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, and specifically 
     section 5(a) of the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 
     1024(a)), the Members of the Senate to be appointed by the 
     President of the Senate shall for the duration of the One 
     Hundred Seventh Congress, for so long as the majority party 
     and the minority party have equal representation in the 
     Senate, be represented by five Members of the majority party 
     and five Members of the minority party.

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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