2019 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 1 - Joint Committee on Printing
Sec. 102 - Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess

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Citation 44 U.S.C. § 102 (2019)
Section Name §102. Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess
Section Text

The members of the Joint Committee on Printing who are reelected to the succeeding Congress shall continue as members of the committee until their successors are chosen. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, on the last day of a Congress, appoint members of their respective Houses who have been elected to the succeeding Congress to fill vacancies which may then be about to occur on the Committee, and the appointees and members of the Committee who have been reelected shall continue until their successors are chosen.

When Congress is not in session, the Joint Committee may exercise all its powers and duties as when Congress is in session.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §2 (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, §1, 28 Stat. 962; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, §6, 39 Stat. 1121).

Changes are made in phraseology.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 1 - JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
Sec. 102 - Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess
Contains section 102
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 28 Stat. 962
39 Stat. 1121
82 Stat. 1238
Public Law References Public Law 90-620
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