(C) Except as provided in paragraph (0) 8, matters relating to the Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions.

(D) Matters relating to the election of the President, Vice President, or Members of Congress; corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials and qualifications; Federal elections generally; Presidential succession.

(E) 1 Matters relating to parliamentary rules; floor and gallery rules; Senate Restaurant; administration of the Senate Office Buildings and of the Senate wing of the Capitol; assignment of office space; and services to the Senate. (F) Matters relating to printing and correction of the Congressional Record.2

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(2) Such committee shall also have the duty of assigning office space in the Senate wing of the Capitol and in the Senate Office Buildings.

[25.2] 2. The said committees shall continue and have the power to act until their successors are appointed.

[25.3]

3.5 (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, each standing committee, and each subcommittee of any such committee, is authorized to fix the number of its members (but not less than one-third of its entire membership) who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of such business as may be considered by said committee, subject to the provisions of section 133 (d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.

1 As amended, S. Jour. 157-160, 88-1, Feb. 25, 1963.

The committee's general jurisdiction over matters relating to congressional printing is expressed in Rule XXIX infra (Senate Manual Section [29]).

'As amended, S. Jour. 60, 80-1, Jan. 17, 1947; S. Jour. 157-160, 88-1, Feb. 25, 1963.

As amended, S. Jour. 157-160, 88-1, Feb. 25, 1963; erroneously numbered "3" in original (Pub. Law 601, 79th Cong., sec. 102 (3)).

As amended, S. Jour. 85, 81-2, Feb. 1, 1950.

(b) Each standing committee, and each subcommittee of any such committee, is authorized to fix a lesser number than one-third of its entire membership who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the purpose of taking sworn testimony. 4. Each Senator shall serve on two and no more of the [25.4] following standing committees: Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences; Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Committee on Appropriations; Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Banking and Currency; Committee on Commerce; Committee on Finance; Committee on Foreign Relations; Committee on Government Operations; Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Committee on the Judiciary; Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; and the Committee on Public Works: Provided, however, That those Senators who, as of January 9, 1963, were members of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences or the Committee on Government Operations, as well as any Senator who is appointed temporarily to fill any vacancy arising out of this proviso, shall be entitled to serve on three of the foregoing standing committees. No Senator shall serve on more than one of the following standing committees: Committee on the District of Columbia; Committee on Post Office and Civil Service; and the Committee on Rules and Administration. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be effective during any period when there are more than forty-seven 2 Senators of the minority party.

1 As amended, S. Jour. 157–160, 88-1, Feb. 25, 1963. For prior amendments to this section, now superseded, see S. Jour. 56-57, 83-1, Jan. 9, 1953; S. Jour. 24, 84-1, Jan. 6, 1955; S. Jour. 33, 84-1, Jan. 10, 1955; S. Jour. 41, 85-1, Jan. 9, 1957; 8. Jour. 509, 85-2, July 24, 1958; 8. Jour. 42, 86-1, Jan. 14, 1959.

'As amended, 8. Jour. 726, 86-1, Sept. 12, 1959.

REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES; MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE, AND
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES TO LIE OVER

[26.1] 1. When motions are made for reference of a subject to a select committee, or to a standing committee, the question of reference to a standing committee shall be put first; and a motion simply to refer shall not be open to amendment, except to add instructions.

[26.2]

[27]

[27.1]

[27.2]

[Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XXVII, XXXIII.

2. All reports of committees and motions to discharge a committee from the consideration of a subject, and all subjects from which a committee shall be discharged, shall lie over one day for consideration, unless by unanimous consent the Senate shall otherwise direct.

RULE XXVII

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXVII.

REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

1. The presentation of reports of committees of conference shall always be in order, except when the Journal is being read or a question of order or a motion to adjourn is pending, or while the Senate is dividing; and when received the question of proceeding to the consideration of the report, if raised, shall be immediately put, and shall be determined without debate.

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLVI.

2.1 Conferees shall not insert in their report matter not committed to them by either House, nor shall they strike from the bill matter agreed to by both Houses. If new matter is inserted in the report, or if matter which was agreed to by both Houses is stricken from the bill, a point

1 As amended, S. Jour. 103, 65-2, Mar. 8, 1918.

of order may be made against the report, and if the point of order is sustained, the report shall be recommitted to the committee of conference.

3.1 (a) In any case in which a disagreement to an amend- [27.3] ment in the nature of a substitute has been referred to conferees, it shall be in order for the conferees to report a substitute on the same subject matter; but they may not include in the report matter not committed to them by either House. They may, however, include in their report in any such case matter which is a germane modification of subjects in disagreement.

(b) In any case in which the conferees violate subsection (a), the conference report shall be subject to a point of order.

RULE XXVIII

MESSAGES

[28]

1. Messages from the President of the United States or [28.11 from the House of Representatives may be received at any stage of proceedings, except while the Senate is dividing, or while the Journal is being read, or while a question of order or a motion to adjourn is pending. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLVII. 2. Messages shall be sent to the House of Representatives [28.2] by the Secretary, who shall previously certify the determination of the Senate upon all bills, joint resolutions, and other resolutions which may be communicated to the House, or in which its concurrence may be requested; and the Secretary shall also certify and deliver to the President of the United States all resolutions and other communications which may be directed to him by the Senate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLVII

As amended, S. Jour. 555, 79-2, Aug. 2, 1946, effective Jan. 2, 1947.

[29]

[29.1]

RULE XXIX

PRINTING OF PAPERS, ETC.

1. Every motion to print documents, reports, and other matter transmitted by either of the executive departments, or to print memorials, petitions, accompanying documents, or any other paper, except bills of the Senate or House of Representatives, resolutions submitted by a Senator, communications from the legislatures or conventions, lawfully called, of the respective States, and motions to print by order of the standing or select committees of the Senate, shall, unless the Senate otherwise order, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.1 When a motion is made to commit with instructions, it shall be in order to add thereto a motion to print.

[29.2] 2. Motions to print additional numbers shall also be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration;1 and when the committee shall report favorably, the report shall be accompanied by an estimate of the probable cost thereof; and when the cost of printing such additional numbers shall exceed the sum of five 2 hundred dollars, the concurrence of the House of Representatives shall be necessary for an order to print the same.

[29.3]

3. Every bill and joint resolution introduced on leave or reported from a committee, and all bills and joint resolutions received from the House of Representatives, and all reports of committees, shall be printed, unless, for the dispatch of

1 As amended, S. Jour. 173, 80-1, Mar. 28, 1947.

By Act of Apr. 19, 1949 (ch. 72, 63 Stat. 48) the limitation on printing extra copies was increased from $500 to $1,200, and the limitation on printing additional copies was increased from $200 to $700. (See 44 U.S.C. sec. 133, Senate Manual Section [627].)