'Hon. John Kee died on May 8, 1951. Hon. James P. Richards became chairman for remainder of 82d Congress. NOTE.-The data is taken from collections of congressional directories in the Library of Congress. Department of State, Supreme Court and National Archives. The following volumes are missing from all collections: 34th Cong., 3d sess., 37th Cong., 1st sess., 37th Cong., 3d sess, 40th Cong., 1st sess., 55th Cong., 1st sess., 58th., 1st sess., 75th Cong., 2d sess., and 76th Cong., 2d sess. Party designations are taken from the biographical dictionary of the American Congress, and are unavoidably subject to error in the early period, due to the vagueness of party lines and frequent shifting of men from one party to another on critical issues. In instances where the Biographical Directory incorrectly refers to Democratic Republicans as Democrats, the designations have been changed. APPENDIX I. TEXTS OF MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW PUBLIC LAW 99-7 AN ACT To provide that the chairmanship of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe shall rotate between members appointed from the House of Representatives and members appointed from the Senate, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION AND APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND COCHAIRMAN SECTION 1. (a) Section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe", approved June 3, 1976 (22 U.S.C. 3003), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall be composed of twenty-one members as follows: "(1) Nine Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Five Members shall be selected from the majority party and four Members shall be selected, after consultation with the minority leader of the House, from the minority party. "(2) Nine Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. Five Members shall be selected from the majority party of the Senate, after consultation with the majority leader, and four Members shall be selected, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, from the minority party. "(3) One member of the Department of State appointed by the President of the United States. "(4) One member of the Department of Defense appointed by the President of the United States. “(5) One member of the Department of Commerce appointed by the President of the United States. "(b) There shall be a Chairman and a Cochairman of the Commission.". (b) Section 3 of such Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(c) At the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the President of the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate one of the Senate Members as Chairman of the Commission. At the beginning of each even-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one of the House Members as Chairman of the Commission. "(d) At the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one of the House Members as Cochairman of the Commission. At the beginning of each even-numbered Congress, the President of the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate one of the Senate Members as Cochairman of the Commission.". (c) On the effective date of this subsection, the President of the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate one of the Senate Members to serve as Chairman of the Commission for the duration of the Ninety-ninth Congress, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one of the House Members to serve as Cochairman of the Commission for the duration of the Ninety-ninth Congress. |