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[CITE: 5USC910]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 9--EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 910. Introduction and reference of resolution

    (a) No later than the first day of session following the day on 
which a reorganization plan is transmitted to the House of 
Representatives and the Senate under section 903, a resolution, as 
defined in section 909, shall be introduced (by request) in the House by 
the chairman of the Government Operations Committee of the House, or by 
a Member or Members of the House designated by such chairman; and shall 
be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the chairman of the 
Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate, or by a Member or Members 
of the Senate designated by such chairman.
    (b) A resolution with respect to a reorganization plan shall be 
referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Government Operations of the House (and all resolutions 
with respect to the same plan shall be referred to the same committee) 
by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, as the case may be. The committee shall make its 
recommendations to the House of Representatives or the Senate, 
respectively, within 75 calendar days of continuous session of Congress 
following the date of such resolution's introduction.

(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. 3(b)(3), 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-12.             June 20, 1949, ch.
                                                    226, Sec.  203, 63
                                                    Stat. 207.
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    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--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-614 substituted ``75 calendar days'' 
for ``45 calendar days''.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-17 substituted ``Introduction and reference of 
resolution'' for ``Reference of resolution to committee'' in section 
catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (b), substituted 
``the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Government Operations of the House'' for ``a committee'' and inserted 
requirement that the Committee shall make its recommendation to the 
House or Senate within 45 calendar days of continuous session of 
Congress following the date of a resolution's introduction, and added 
subsec. (a).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Government Operations of House of Representatives 
treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note under section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on 
Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, 
One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 908, 909, 911 of this title.
