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A resolution to amend rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to limit the length of service of Senators on congressional committees.

Introduced: February 25, 1992 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit a Senator who has served as a member of a congressional committee for four consecutive full Congresses from serving again as a member of that committee until the beginning of the third Congress following completion of his or her fourth term on such committee.

Requires that at least one-half of the Members of the majority and minority parties appointed to serve on a committee during a Congress be Senators who served on that committee during the preceding Congress.

Makes it out of order to consider a resolution or take any other action that appoints Senators to serve on a committee in violation of this rule or any other rule of the Senate.

Exempts the service by a Senator on a congressional committee prior to the 103d Congress from this Act.

Establishes a phase-in formula that rotates membership of Senators among congressional committees.

What's happening now February 25, 1992

Referred to the Committee on Rules.

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