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[CITE: 5USC908]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 9--EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 908. Rules of Senate and House of Representatives on 
        reorganization plans
        
    Sections 909 through 912 of this title are enacted by Congress--
        (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the 
    House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they are deemed 
    a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only 
    with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the 
    case of resolutions with respect to any reorganization plans 
    transmitted to Congress (in accordance with section 903(b) of this 
    chapter \1\) on or before December 31, 1984; and they supersede 
    other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; 
    and
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        (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
    House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of 
    that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent 
    as in the case of any other rule of that House.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 95-17, Sec. 2, 
Apr. 6, 1977, 91 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 2(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 
Stat. 3192.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 133z-10.             June 20, 1949, ch.
                                                    226, Sec.  201, 63
                                                    Stat. 206.
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    The words ``Sections 909-913 of this title'' are substituted for 
``The following sections of this title'' to reflect the codification of 
sections 202-206 of Title II of the Act of June 20, 1949.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1984--Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-614 substituted ``with respect to any 
reorganization plans transmitted to Congress (in accordance with section 
903(b) of this chapter) on or before December 31, 1984'' for ``described 
in section 909 of this title''.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-17 substituted ``Sections 909 through 912 of this 
title'' for ``Sections 909-913 of this title'' in provisions preceding 
par. (1).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 909 of this title.
