§ 102. — Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC102]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 1--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
Sec. 102. Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during
recess
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.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 2 (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189,
Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 962; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, Sec. 6, 39 Stat. 1121).
Changes are made in phraseology.
