[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
[S. Doc. 106-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 147-148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


     79.19           TITLE IV--SCHEDULING OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

                Sec. 401. (a) In consultation with the Majority Leader 
            and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration shall establish and maintain a computerized 
            schedule of all meetings of committees of the Senate and 
            subcommittees thereof, and of all meetings of joint 
            committees of the Congress and subcommittees thereof. Such 
            schedule shall be maintained online to terminals in the 
            offices of all Senators, committees of the Senate, and 
            permanent joint committees of the Congress, and shall be 
            updated immediately upon receipt of notices of meetings or 
            cancellations thereof under this section.
                (b) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee 
            thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee 
            on Rules and Administration of each meeting

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            of such committee or subcommittee, including the time period 
            or periods (as prescribed in paragraph 6 of rule XXVI \1\ of 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate), the place, and the 
            purpose of such meeting. The Senate members of any joint 
            committee of the Congress or of a subcommittee thereof shall 
            cause notice to be given to the office designated by the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration of each meeting of 
            such joint committee or subcommittee, including the time, 
            place, and purposes of such meeting. Notice under this 
            subsection shall be given immediately upon scheduling a 
            meeting.
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                \1\ Changed from ``paragraph 9 of rule XXV'' as a result 
            of the adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979.
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                (c) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee 
            thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee 
            on Rules and Administration immediately upon the 
            cancellation of a meeting of such committee or subcommittee. 
            The Senate members of any joint committee of the Congress or 
            any subcommittee thereof shall cause notice to be given to 
            the office designated by the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration immediately upon the cancellation of a 
            meeting of such joint committee or subcommittee.
                (d) For purposes of this section, the term ``joint 
            committee of the Congress'' includes a committee of 
            conference.

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