[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 4, Chapters 15 - 17]
[Chapter 17. Committees]
[D. Jurisdiction of Committees]
[Â§ 45. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service]
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                               CHAPTER 17
 
                               Committees
 
                         C. COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 45. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

    The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service was created Jan. 2, 
1947, as part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946,(9) and combined the former Committees on Post-Office 
and Post Roads (created in 1808),(10) the Civil Service 
(created in 1893 as the Committee on Reform in the Civil 
Service),(11) and the Census (created in 
1901).(12) At the same time, jurisdiction over post-roads
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 9. 60 Stat. 812.
10. 4 Hinds' Precedents Sec. 4190.
11. Id. at Sec. 4296.
12. Id. at Sec. 4351.
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was transferred to the Committee on Public Works, and the newly created 
committee was accorded jurisdiction over the National Archives 
(formerly within the jurisdiction of a Committee on the Library).

    The jurisdiction of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service 
pursuant to the 1973 rules (1) read as follows:
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 1. Rule XI clause 15, House Rules and Manual Sec. 711 (1973). See Rule 
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        (a) Census and the collection of statistics generally.
        (b) Federal Civil Service generally.
        (c) National Archives.
        (d) Postal-savings banks.
        (e) Postal service generally, including the railway mail 
    service, and measures relating to ocean mail and pneumatic-tube 
    service; but excluding post roads.
        (f) Status of officers and employees of the United States, 
    including their compensation, classification, and retirement.

    In addition to these topics, the committee also routinely considers 
federal employee-management relations, health benefits, life insurance, 
retirement, and veterans' preference legislation.
    Moreover, as the precedents reveal, the committee and its 
predecessors have dealt with such subjects as amending the District of 
Columbia Code to increase the salaries of certain District of Columbia 
judges,(2) amending the Immigration Act [of Feb. 5, 1917], 
relative to salaries of various Immigration Service 
employees,(3) and authorizing the Secretary of Defense and 
the military departments to grant return rights of employment to 
certain career and career-conditional employees.(4~)
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 2. Sec. 45.2, infra.
 3. Sec. 45.6, infra.
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    Under the Committee Reform Amendments of 1974, the Committee on 
Post Office and Civil Service obtained jurisdiction over all federal 
civil service, including intergovernmental personnel, over the Hatch 
Act (political activity prohibitions on federal employees, formerly 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on House Administration), over 
holidays and celebrations, and over population and 
demography.(5)
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 5. H. Res. 988, 120 Cong. Rec. 34447-70, 93d Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 8, 
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Advancing Civil Service Status--Private Bill

Sec. 45.1 The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and not the 
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    diciary had jurisdiction of a private bill providing for an 
    advancement in status in the civil service, particularly the Post 
    Office Department.

    On Aug. 15, 1950,(6) Emanuel Celler, of New York, 
Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, obtained unanimous consent 
to have his committee discharged from further consideration of the bill 
(S. 2927), and to have it rereferred to the Committee on Post Office 
and Civil Service.
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 6. 96 Cong. Rec. 12522, 81st Cong. 2d Sess.
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District of Columbia Judges' Salaries

Sec. 45.2 The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and not the 
    Committee on the District of Columbia, considered a bill amending 
    the District of Columbia Code to increase the salaries of certain 
    District of Columbia judges whose salary adjustments had been 
    omitted from the Federal Salary Act of 1968, which adjusted the pay 
    of judicial, executive, and legislative officials of the 
    government.

    On Dec. 11, 1969,(7) Thaddeus J. Dulski, of New York, 
Chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service obtained 
unanimous consent to have the Committee on the District of Columbia 
discharged from further consideration of the bill (S. 3180), and to 
have it rereferred to his committee. In so doing, Mr. Dulski noted that 
the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service had received a letter 
from Chairman John L. McMillan, of South Carolina, of the Committee on 
the District of Columbia stating that he was in accord with the 
request.
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    Parliamentarian's Note: Certain judges in the District of Columbia 
had been inadvertently omitted at the time the omnibus legislation was 
passed by the two Houses. The Chairman of the Committee on the District 
of Columbia agreed to this rereference since the subject matter had 
previously been considered in the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service and was part of the comprehensive legislative scheme reported 
by that committee in 1968, notwithstanding the fact that it amended the 
District of Columbia Code.

Educational Agency--Establishing Supergrades

Sec. 45.3 The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and not the 
    Committee on Education and Labor was held to

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    have jurisdiction under the rules of proposals establishing the 
    position of Deputy Commissioner of a Bureau of Occupational 
    Education at GS-18 and prescribing the number of supergrade 
    positions which must be assigned thereto.

    On Nov. 4, 1971,(8) the House resolved itself into the 
Committee of the Whole for the further consideration of a bill (H.R. 
7248), to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other 
acts dealing with higher education. In the course or the bill's 
consideration, a jurisdictional point of order was raised with respect 
to title XVI of a proposed committee (9~) amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
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 8. 117 Cong. Rec. 39248, 92d Cong. 1st Sess.
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    Title XVI,(10) among other things, provided for the 
establishment of a Bureau of Occupational Education within the U.S. 
Office of Education. Pursuant to section 1612 (b) of the title, this 
Bureau was to be staffed in the following manner:
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10. 117 Cong. Rec. 39281-84, 92d Cong. 1st Sess.
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        (b)(1) The Bureau shall be headed by a person (appointed or 
    designated by the Commissioner) who is highly qualified in the 
    fields of vocational, technical, and occupational education, who is 
    accorded the rank of Deputy Commissioner, and who is compensated at 
    the rate specified for GS-18 of the General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 
    5332).
        (2) Additional positions shall be assigned to the Bureau as 
    follows--
        (A) not less than three positions compensated at the rate 
    specified for GS-17 of the General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332), one of 
    which shall be filled by a person with broad experience in the 
    field of community and junior college education;
        (B) not less than seven positions compensated at the rate 
    specified for GS-16 of the General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332), at 
    least two of which shall be filled by persons with broad experience 
    in the field of postsecondary occupational education in community 
    and junior colleges, at least one of which shall be filled by a 
    person with broad experience in education in private proprietary 
    institutions, and at least one of which shall be filled by a person 
    with professional experience in occupational guidance and 
    counseling; and
        (C) not less than three positions which shall be filled by 
    persons at least one of whom is a skilled worker in a recognized 
    occupation, another is a subprofessional technician in one of the 
    branches of engineering, and the other is a subprofessional worker 
    in one of the branches of social or medical services, who shall 
    serve as senior advisers in the implementation of this title.

    Immediately after it was agreed by unanimous consent that title XVI 
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amendment, Chairman pro tempore Edward P. Boland, of Massachusetts, 
recognized Mr. David N. Henderson, of North Carolina, a member of the 
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. The following exchange took 
place: (11)
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        Mr. Henderson: Mr. Chairman, I raise a point of order against 
    section 1612 of title XVI.
        The Chairman Pro Tempore: The Chair will hear the gentleman on 
    his point of order.
        Mr. Henderson: Mr. Chairman, section 1612 establishes a Bureau 
    of Occupational Education. Subsection (b) of section 1612 provides 
    that the Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau shall be compensated at 
    the rate specified for GS-18, and that the Bureau may assign not 
    less than three positions at the rate specified for GS-17, not less 
    than seven positions at the rate for GS-16, and not less than three 
    senior advisers, one of whom shall be skilled in a recognized 
    occupation, another in a branch of engineering, and a third in a 
    branch of social or medical services.
        All of these matters relate to the classification and the 
    fixing of rates of compensation for Federal employees, and are 
    matters that relate specifically to the Federal civil service.
        Under clause 15 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
    Representatives, matters relating to the Federal civil service are 
    matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Post Office and 
    Civil Service.(12)
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12. Pursuant to the rule [Rule XI clause 15, House Rules and Manual 
        Sec. 711 (1973)], the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
        Service exercises jurisdiction over the following subjects, 
        among others: ``(b) Federal Civil Service generally. . . . (f) 
        Status of officers and employees of the United States, 
        including their compensation, classification, and retirement.''
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        Mr. Chairman, in view of the lateness of the hour and the 
    situation as it now exists, I should point out that Chairman Dulski 
    of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service in September 
    wrote to the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor and 
    pointed out these matters that we now make a point of order against 
    as contained in section 1612.
        Mr. Chairman, I urge that my point of order against section 
    1612 be sustained on the basis that it includes matter that is 
    clearly within the jurisdictions of the Committee on Post Office 
    and Civil Service.

    At the conclusion of Mr. Henderson's remarks, the Chair recognized 
Mr. Roman C. Pucinski, of Illinois, who opposed the point of order:

        Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the point of order. The 
    provisions in question in title XVI, the Occupational Education 
    Act, create a Bureau of Occupational Education and specify that 11 
    positions with specific responsibilities be included in that 
    Bureau. Mr. Chairman, these provisions in no way impinge upon the 
    jurisdiction of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee.
        These provisions do not amend the Civil Service Act nor do they 
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    any exemptions from that act. They simply specify that in the 11 
    positions created persons must be compensated at rates specified 
    for supergrades. These provisions in no way require that these 
    supergrades must be new supergrades, rather they can be positions 
    which are presently assigned to the Office of Education by 
    Congress. If the Office does not want to reassign these supergrades 
    within the Office to this new Bureau, it will have to come before 
    the Post Office and Civil Service Committee to request additional 
    supergrades; and the decision on whether to give the office any new 
    supergrades will be the decision of the Post Office and Civil 
    Service Committee.
        Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I would urge you to overrule the point 
    of order.
        Mr. Chairman, the last point I should like to make is that 
    these provisions are in H.R. 7429, the Occupational Education Act, 
    as it was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor.
        The important thing is that we are not creating new positions. 
    We are not asking the Civil Service Commission or the committee to 
    approve these positions because these are positions already 
    approved by the committee in previous allocations of supergrades to 
    the Department. All we are saying is that the Commissioner shall 
    reassign existing supergrades in his Department to this new 
    Department for the new duties spelled out in the Act.
        Therefore, I see no conflict between the jurisdictions of the 
    committees, and I hope that the point of order will be overruled.

    At this juncture, the Chair recognized Mr. Albert H. Quie, of 
Minnesota, who made the following observations:

        It is true that section 1612 establishes by law a Bureau of 
    Occupational Education within the U.S. Office of Education and 
    requires that certain supergrade positions be assigned to that 
    Bureau and that the persons who fill them have certain 
    qualifications of a general nature, such as ``highly qualified in 
    the fields of vocational, technical, and occupational education'' 
    and ``broad experience in the field of community and junior college 
    education.''
        Now I want to make three points about these provisions:
        First. They do not affect the Federal civil service generally 
    or in any way at all; they do not amend, modify, or affect either 
    directly or indirectly any act relating to the Federal civil 
    service. At most, the provisions of this section say that from the 
    supergrade resources available or made available to the Department, 
    the new Bureau will have the specified number. Incidentally, in the 
    opinion of everyone on our committee who worked on the occupational 
    education title, these provisions were absolutely necessary to 
    assure that the purposes of the Occupational Education Act were 
    realized.
        Second. While the provisions of this section mandate the 
    assignment of certain supergrade positions to the new Bureau, they 
    do not alter in any way any provision of law or civil service 
    regulations relating to the compensation or classification of such 
    positions, and of course they in no way affect the civil service 
    retirement system.
        Third. Finally--and I think this is the critical concern to the 
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    the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service--these provisions 
    are not intended to have the effect of adding to the quota of 
    supergrade positions established under title 5, United States Code, 
    section 5108. Fixing the number of such positions is clearly a 
    matter for the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and these 
    provisions do not interfere with that. The supergrade positions 
    specified in section 1612 would have to come out of the quota 
    established by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service under 
    section 5108 of title 5 of the United States Code.
        Accordingly, I do not believe the point of order will lie 
    against section 1612.

    Announcing he was ready to rule, the Chairman stated: 
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        The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Henderson) has raised a 
    point of order against section 1612, beginning on page 235, line 
    18, through page 237, line 8, on the ground that the subject matter 
    of subsection (b) of that section is within the jurisdiction of the 
    Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and not the Committee on 
    Education and Labor.
        Section 1612(a) establishes in the Office of Education a Bureau 
    of Occupational Education, which is to serve as the principal 
    agency for the administration of various occupational, vocational, 
    and manpower education and training programs. Section 1612(b) 
    establishes the position of Deputy Commissioner at GS-18 to head 
    the Bureau, and also prescribes the number of supergrade positions 
    which must be assigned to the Bureau.
        Clause 15(f), rule XI confers upon the Committee on Post Office 
    and Civil Service jurisdiction over the status of officers and 
    employees of the United States, including their compensation, 
    classification, and retirement. Section 1612(b) of the committee 
    substitute, if considered separately, is a subject properly within 
    the jurisdiction of the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
    Service.(14) Under the precedents of the House, if a 
    point of order is sustained against a portion of a pending section 
    or paragraph, the entire section or paragraph may be ruled out of 
    order.
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14. It should be noted that H. Res. 661, agreed to on Oct. 27, 1971 
        [117 Cong. Rec. 37769, 92d Cong. 1st Sess.] prescribed the 
        special rule by which H.R. 7248 was to be considered. This 
        resolution provided, among other things [id. at p. 37765] that 
        ``all titles, parts, or sections of the [amendment in the 
        nature of a] substitute, the subject matter of which is 
        properly within the jurisdiction of any other standing 
        committee of the House of Representatives, shall be subject to 
        a point of order for such reason if such point of order is 
        properly raised during the consideration of H.R. 7248.''
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        Accordingly, the Chair sustains the point of order against 
    section 1612, and the language in that section is stricken from the 
    committee amendment.

Certain Educational Agencies--Waiver of Civil Service Laws Regarding 
    Employment

Sec. 45.4 The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and

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    not the Committee on Education and Labor was held to have 
    jurisdiction under the rules of proposals which would: (1) 
    authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to (a) 
    fix entrance level rates of compensation up to two grades higher 
    than prescribed under the General Schedule for officers and 
    employees of a National Institute of Education; (b) appoint up to 
    one-third of the regular, technical, or professional employees of 
    the institute without regard to civil service laws; (c) fix rates 
    of compensation up to GS-18 level for members of a National 
    Advisory Council on Educational Research and Development; and (2) 
    permit the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and 
    Development to employ personnel and fix rates of compensation 
    without regard to civil service laws.

    On Nov. 4, 1971,(15) the House resolved itself into the 
Committee of the Whole for the further consideration of a bill (H.R. 
7248), to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other 
acts dealing with higher education. In the course of that consideration 
a jurisdictional question arose over title XIV of a proposed committee 
(16) amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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15. 117 Cong. Rec. 39248, 92d Cong. 1st Sess.
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    Title XIV (17) provided for the establishment of a 
National Institute of Education within the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, as well as a National Advisory Council on 
Educational Research and Development. The jurisdictional conflict 
pertained to those sections within the title which provided for the 
staffing of these organizations.
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    The staffing of the institute was detailed in section 1405 which 
read as follows:

        Sec. 1405. The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 
    of such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out 
    purposes of this title. Such officers and employees shall be 
    appointed in accordance with chapter 51 of title 5, United States 
    Code, except that (1) to the extent that the Secretary deems such 
    action necessary to recruit men and women of exceptional talent he 
    may establish the entrance grade for personnel at a level up to two 
    grades higher than the grade level provided for by such personnel 
    under the General Schedule established by such title, and fix their 
    compensation accordingly, and (2) to the

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    extent the Secretary deems such action necessary to the discharge 
    of his responsibilities, he may appoint personnel of the Institute 
    without regard to the civil service or classification laws; 
    Provided, That personnel appointed under this clause do not exceed 
    at any one time one-third of the number of full-time, regular 
    technical or professional employees of the Institute.

    The staffing of the council was provided for in section 1406, 
pertinent sections of which are excerpted below:

        Sec. 1406(a). The President shall appoint a National Advisory 
    Council on Educational Research and Development. . . .
        (b) The Council shall be appointed by the President without 
    regard to the civil service laws and shall consist of fifteen 
    members appointed for terms of three years; except that (1) any 
    member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
    expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed 
    shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. . . . One of 
    such members shall be designated by the President as Chairman. 
    Members of the Council who are not regular full-time employees of 
    the United States shall, while serving on the business of the 
    Council, be entitled to receive compensation at rates to be 
    determined by the Secretary, but not exceeding the per diem 
    equivalent for GS-18 for each day so engaged, including travel time 
    and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of 
    business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 
    lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, 
    United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed 
    intermittently. The Director of the Institute and the Commissioner 
    of Education shall serve on the Council ex officio. . . .
        (e) The Council is authorized without regard to the provisions 
    of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
    competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of 
    chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating 
    to classification and general schedule pay rates, to employ and fix 
    the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out 
    its functions.

    Immediately after it was agreed by unanimous consent 
(18) that title XIV be considered as open to amendment, 
Chairman pro tempore Richard Bolling, of Massachusetts, recognized Mr. 
H.R. Gross, of Iowa, a member of the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service, who raised the following point of order:
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        Mr. Chairman, I make a point of order against title XIV 
    inasmuch as it invades the jurisdiction of the House Post Office 
    and Civil Service Committee.
        Mr. Chairman, this title, on pages 220 and 222 and 223, 
    includes authorizations for the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
    Welfare to recruit men and women of certain talent, and establishes 
    entrance grades for personnel at levels up to two grades higher 
    than the grade levels provided for under the

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    general schedule, and authorizes the Secretary to appoint personnel 
    of the National Institute of Education without regard to the Civil 
    Service or classification laws.
        The language in title XIV also authorized the President to 
    appoint a National Advisory Council on Education, Research and 
    Development, and it authorizes the Council to employ and fix the 
    compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out its 
    functions without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
    States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and 
    without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
    of chapter 53 of title 5 relating to the classification of 
    positions and the General Schedule rates of pay.
        Clause 15 of rule XI (19) of the Rules of the House 
    of Representatives provides that the Committee on Post Office and 
    Civil Service shall have jurisdiction over all matters relating to 
    the Federal civil service.
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19. Rule XI clause 15, House Rules and Manual Sec. 711 (1973) lists the 
        following subjects, among others, as being within the 
        jurisdiction of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: 
        `` (b) Federal Civil Service generally. . . . (f) Status of 
        officers and employees of the United States, including their 
        compensation, classification, and retirement.''
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        The civil service laws, the classification laws, and the laws 
    relating to the General Schedule all pertain to title 5, United 
    States Code, and are clearly under the jurisdiction of the 
    Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
        Therefore, Mr. Chairman, my point of order against title XIV is 
    based on the fact that it contains matters that are clearly and 
    wholly within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Post 
    Office and Civil Service. There can be no claim or pretense on the 
    part of the House Committee on Education and Labor to jurisdiction 
    in these matters.
        Mr. Chairman, I insist that my point of order be sustained.

    The Chair then recognized Mr. John Brademas, of Indiana, who, as a 
member of the Committee on Education and Labor, which drafted the 
substitute for H.R. 7248, responded, as follows:

        First, Mr. Chairman, I oppose the point of order made by the 
    gentleman from Iowa on the basis that the scope of his point of 
    order is much too broad. The intent of the rule adopted for 
    consideration of the bill now under consideration is to provide 
    that any ``titles, parts, or sections'' of the bill would be 
    subject to a point of order where the subject matter jurisdiction 
    was in question. In this case, Mr Chairman, the personnel 
    exemptions to the civil service laws are the only matters in 
    question with respect to jurisdiction.
        I contend, therefore, that the question of the point of order 
    should be directed to those provisions with respect to which there 
    is a question of jurisdiction, and not to the entire title.
        Second, Mr. Chairman, with regard to the jurisdiction question, 
    legislation to establish a National Institute of Education was 
    introduced in the House during the 91st, and again during the 92d 
    Congresses. In each instance the bills were referred to the 
    Committee on Education and Labor. Extensive hear

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    ings were held over a period of 2 years, and at no time was the 
    jurisdictional question raised. I suggest, therefore, Mr. Chairman, 
    that this bill is clearly within the jurisdiction of the Committee 
    on Education and Labor, and germane to the bill before this 
    Chamber.
        Third, Mr. Chairman, the specific provisions of concern to 
    which the gentleman from Iowa makes reference have been a part of 
    this legislation since the date of its introduction to the House 2 
    years ago. The only change made by the Committee on Education and 
    Labor was to limit the number of exemptions from the civil service 
    laws.
        Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I hope that the point of order is 
    overruled.

    Immediately thereafter, the Chairman announced that he was ready to 
rule and explained his reasoning and conclusion:

        The gentleman from Iowa makes a point of order against title 
    XIV. The Chair has examined the title, and has found that the 
    language in section 1405, and in section 1406 invades the 
    jurisdiction of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
        Under provisions of House Resolution 661 (20) under 
    which the Committee of the Whole is considering this bill, it is 
    provided that all titles, parts, or sections of the said 
    substitute, the subject matter of which is properly within the 
    jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the House of 
    Representatives shall be subject to a point of order.
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20. H. Res. 661, agreed to on Oct. 27, 1971 [117 Cong. Rec. 37769, 92d 
        Cong. 1st Sess.], prescribed the special rule by which H.R. 
        7248 was to be considered, and provided, among other things 
        [id. at p. 37765], that ``all titles, parts or sections of the 
        [amendment in the nature of a] substitute, the subject matter 
        of which is properly within the jurisdiction of any other 
        standing committee of the House of Representatives, shall be 
        subject to a point of order for such reason if such point of 
        order is properly raised during the consideration of H.R. 
        7248.''
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        The gentleman from Iowa has directed his point of order, not 
    just to the sections on pages 220 through 223, but to the whole 
    title.
        Under the rule, the point of order in this case must be 
    sustained against the whole title, and the entire title is thus 
    stricken.(1)
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 1. See also 117 Cong. Rec. 39286, 39287, 92d Cong. 1st Sess., Nov. 4, 
        1971, where another proposed title of H.R. 7248, which called 
        for the establishment of an advisory council (the Council on 
        Higher Education Relief Assistance), to be staffed without 
        regard to civil service laws, was similarly objected to, and 
        struck from the bill.
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FBI Reemployment of Civil Service Retirees

Sec. 45.5 The Committee on Civil Service (now the Committee on Post 
    Office and Civil Service), and not the Committee on Naval Affairs 
    (now the Committee on Armed Services), had jurisdiction of a

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    bill to permit the reemployment by the Federal Bureau of 
    Investigation of persons retired under the Civil Service Retirement 
    Act.

    On Apr. 25, 1941,(2) Carl Vinson, of Georgia, 
Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (now the Committee on Armed 
Services), obtained unanimous consent to have his committee discharged 
from further consideration of the bill (S. 881), and to have it 
referred to the Committee on Civil Service (now the Committee on Post 
Office and Civil Service).(3)
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 2. 87 Cong. Rec. 3329, 77th Cong. 1st Sess.
 3. S. 881 was reported by the Committee on Civil Service on July 14, 
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Immigration Service Salaries

Sec. 45.6 The Committee on Civil Service (now the Committee on Post 
    Office and Civil Service), and not the Committee on Immigration and 
    Naturalization (now the Committee on the Judiciary), had 
    jurisdiction of a bill to amend section 24 of the Immigration Act 
    of Feb. 5, 1917, relative to salaries of various employees of the 
    Immigration Service.

    On May 8, 1946,(4) Mr. John Lesinski, of Michigan, 
obtained unanimous consent that the Committee on Immigration and 
Naturalization (now the Committee on the Judiciary), be discharged from 
further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988), and that it be referred 
to the Committee on Civil Service (now the Committee on Post Office and 
Civil Service).
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Military Disabled Retirees--Ceiling on Military and Civilian 
    Remuneration to the Federally Employed

Sec. 45.7 The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and not the 
    Committee on Armed Services has jurisdiction of a bill to provide 
    that certain officers of the uniformed services who have been 
    retired for disability incurred in line of duty, and who hold 
    civilian office or employment with the United States, may receive 
    retired pay and civilian pay totaling $6,000.

    On Jan. 13, 1955,(5) Carl Vinson, of Georgia, Chairman 
of the Committee on Armed Services, obtained unanimous consent to
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rerefer the bill (H.R. 487), from his committee to the Committee on 
Post Office and Civil Service.

Authorizing Military to Grant Employee Return Rights

Sec. 45.8 The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and not the 
    Committee on Armed Services has jurisdiction of proposed 
    legislation to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the 
    secretaries of the military departments to grant return rights of 
    employment to career and career-conditional employees in the civil 
    service who accept temporary overseas assignments with the defense 
    establishment.

    On Feb. 26, 1959,(6) Carl Vinson, of Georgia, Chairman 
of the Committee on Armed Services, obtained unanimous consent to have 
an executive communication (Exec. Comm. No. 553), containing the 
legislative proposals described above rereferred from his committee to 
the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
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 6. 105 Cong. Rec. 3042, 86th Cong. 1st Sess.
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