[23] [24] RULE XXIII PREAMBLES When a bill or resolution is accompanied by a preamble, the question shall first be put on the bill or resolution and then on the preamble, which may be withdrawn by a mover before an amendment of the same, or ordering of the yeas and nays; or it may be laid on the table without prejudice to the bill or resolution, and shall be a final disposition of such preamble. RULE XXIV [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXVI. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES [24.1] 1. In the appointment of the standing committees, the Senate, unless otherwise ordered, shall proceed by ballot to appoint severally the chairman of each committee, and then, by one ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same. A majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a chairman of a standing committee, but a plurality of votes shall elect the other members thereof. All other committees shall be appointed by ballot, unless otherwise ordered, and a plurality of votes shall appoint. [24.2] [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XI. 2. When a chairman of a committee shall resign or cease to serve on a committee, and the Presiding Officer be authorized by the Senate to fill the vacancy in such committee, unless specially otherwise ordered, it shall be only to fill up the number of the committee. RULE XXV1 STANDING COMMITTEES [25] 1. The following standing committees shall be appointed [251] at the commencement of each Congress, with leave to report by bill or otherwise: (a) 2 (1) Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, [25.1a] to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects: (A) Aeronautical and space activities, as that term is defined in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, except those which are peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. (B) Matters relating generally to the scientific aspects of such aeronautical and space activities, except those which are peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. (C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2) Such committee also shall have jurisdiction to survey and review, and to prepare studies and reports upon, aeronautical and space activities of all agencies of the United States, including such activities which are peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. (b) Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to which [25.1b] committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 1 Rule XXV amended in entirety, S. Jour. 157-160, 88-1, Feb. 25, 1963 (for rule XXV as effective Jan. 2, 1947, see S. Jour. 229, 79-2, June 10, 1946); further amended by Secs. 131 and 132 of Pub. Law 91-510, 84 Stat. 1163-1167, Oct. 26, 1970. 'As amended, S. Jour. 508, 85-2, July 24, 1958. [25.1c] [25.1d] petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: 1. Agriculture generally. 2. Inspection of livestock and meat products. 3. Animal industry and diseases of animals. 4. Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves. 5. Agricultural colleges and experiment stations. 6. Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain. 7. Agricultural economics and research. 8. Agricultural and industrial chemistry. 10. Entomology and plant quarantine. 11. Human nutrition and home economics. 12. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering. 13. Agricultural educational extension services. 14. Extension of farm credit and farm security. 15. Rural electrification. 16. Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products. 17. Crop insurance and soil conservation. (c)1 Committee on Appropriations, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government. 2 (d)2 Committee on Armed Services, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: 1 As amended, S. Jour. 157-160, 88-1, Feb. 25, 1963. 1. Common defense generally. 2. The Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force generally. 3. Soldiers' and sailors' homes. 4. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces. 5. Selective service. 6. Size and composition of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. 7. Forts, arsenals, military reservations, and navy yards. 8. Ammunition depots. 9. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including the administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone. 10. Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves. 11. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense. 12.1 Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. (e) Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs,2 [25.10] to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: 1. Banking and currency generally. 2. Financial aid to commerce and industry, other than matters relating to such aid which are specifically assigned to other committees under this rule. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 508, 85-2, July 24, 1958. Name changed from Committee on Banking and Currency by Sec. 131, Pub. Law 91-510, 84 Stat. 1163, Oct. 26, 1970. [25.11] 3. Deposit insurance. 4. Public and private housing. 5. Federal Reserve System. 6. Gold and silver, including the coinage thereof. 7. Issuance of notes and redemption thereof. 8. Valuation and revaluation of the dollar. 9. Control of prices of commodities, rents, or services. (f) Committee on Commerce,2 to which committee shall be 2. Regulations of interstate railroads, busses, trucks, and pipe lines. 3. Communication by telephone, telegraph, radio, and television. 3 4. Civil aeronautics, except aeronautical and space activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 5. Merchant marine generally. 6. Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats. 7. Navigation and the laws relating thereto, including pilotage. 8. Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at sea. 9. Merchant marine officers and seamen. 10. Measures relating to the regulation of common carriers by water and to the inspection of merchant marine 1 Added by Sec. 131, Pub. Law 91-510, 84 Stat. 1163, Oct. 26, 1970. Name changed from Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, S. Jour. 728, 87-1, Apr. 13, 1961. As amended, S. Jour. 508, 85-2, July 24, 1958. |