PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 36 -APR . 3 , 1939
Printingofreorgani-
SEC. 11 . If the reorganizations specified in a reorganization plan
zation plan in Statutes
at Large and Federal take effect, the reorganization plan shall be printed in the Statutes
Register.
at Large in the same volume as the public laws, and shall be printed
in the Federal Register.
Time limitation for
SEC. 12. No reorganization specified in a reorganization plan shall
take effect unless the plan is transmitted to the Congress before
January 21, 1941.
PART 2
Congressional rules
SEC. 21. The following sections of this part are enacted by the
for consideration of re-
organization plans.
Congress:
Application.
(a) As an exercise of the rule-making power of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall
be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in such
House in the case of resolutions (as defined in section 22); and such
rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are
inconsistent therewith; and
Modification.
(b) With full recognition of the constitutional right of either
House to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure in
such House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent
as in the case of any other rule of such House.
"Resolution"
de-
SEC. 22 . As used in this part, the term "resolution" means only a
fined.
concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, the matter
after the resolving clause of which is as follows: "That the Congress
does not favor the reorganization plan numbered -
transmitted
to Congress by the President on
-
, 19-. ", the blank
spaces therein being appropriately filled; and does not include a con-
current resolution which specifies more than one reorganization plan.
Reference of resol-
SEC. 23. A resolution with respect to a reorganization plan shall
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be referred to a committee (and all resolutions with respect to the
same plan shall be referred to the same committee) by the President
of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the
case may be.
Procedure for dis-
SEC. 24 . (a) If the committee to which has been referred a reso-
charge of committee.
lution with respect to a reorganization plan has not reported it before
the expiration of ten calendar days after its introduction (or, in the
case of a resolution received from the other House, ten calendar days
after its receipt), it shall then (but not before) be in order to move
either to discharge the committee from further consideration of such
resolution, or to discharge the committee from further consideration
of any other resolution with respect to such reorganization plan
which has been referred to the committee.
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(b) Such motion may be made only by a person favoring the
Gate, etc.
resolution, shall be highly privileged (except that it may not be
made after the committee has reported a resolution with respect to
the same reorganization plan), and debate thereon shall be limited to
not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided between those favoring
mNot submeecot t and those opposing the resolution. No amendment to such motion
amendment or recon-
bei
a
sideration.
shall be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider
the vote by which such motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
Restriction on te-
(c) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed to, such
newal after motion
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agreed to or disagreed motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the
to.
committees be made with respect to any other resolution with respect
to the same reorganization plan.
Procedure for con-
sideration of reolu-
SEC
.
25. (a) When the committee has reported, or has been dis-
tion.
charged from further consideration of, a resolution with respect to
a reorganization plan, it shall at any time thereafter be in order (even
though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to)
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