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PUBLIC LAW 102-392—OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1727 or (2), including the coordination of such activities as necessary with appropriate organizations outside the Congress. (b) The Commission shall be composed of the following Members of Congress: (1) The Majority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall be the Senate Co-chairmen. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall be the House Co-chairmen. (2) The President pro tempore of the Senate. (3) The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. (4) The Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration oi the Senate, and the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives. (5) One Senator appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate and one Senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. (6) One Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. (c) Each member of the Commission specified under subsection (b) (other than a member under paragraph (5) or (6) of such subsection) may designate a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to serve as a member of the Commission in place of the member so specified. (d) In addition to the members under subsection (b), the Architect of the Capitol shall participate in the activities of the Commission, ex officio, and without the right to vote. (e) The Co-chairmen may designate staff to work on Commission projects; however, no additional staff shall be employed by the Commission under the authority of this section. (f) The Commission may utilize such voluntary and uncompensated staff and services as it deems necessary and may utilize the services, information, facilities, and personnel of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The Commission shall also receive such support and assistance as it deems necessary from the United States Capitol Preservation Commission, the United States Senate Commission on Art, the House of Representatives Fine Arts Board, the Library of Congress and other agencies of the legislative branch. The Co-chairmen shall Records, each designate an Executive Secretary of the Commission for the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, to keep records and perform all necessary administrative tasks. (g) As used in this section, the term "Member of the House of Representatives" means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. (h) The expenses of the Commission, including official reception and representation expenses, shall be paid out of the contingent funds of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and shall be authorized on vouchers approved by the Co-chairmen of the Commission or their designees. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives are authorized to advance such sums as may be necessary to defray the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section.