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[CITE: 5USC911]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 9--EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 911. Discharge of committee considering resolution

    If the committee to which is referred a resolution introduced 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 910 (or, in the absence of such a 
resolution, the first resolution introduced with respect to the same 
reorganization plan) has not reported such resolution or identical 
resolution at the end of 75 calendar days of continuous session of 
Congress after its introduction, such committee shall be deemed to be 
discharged from further consideration of such resolution and such 
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House 
involved.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 92-179, Sec. 5, 
Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 576; Pub. L. 95-17, Sec. 2, Apr. 6, 1977, 91 
Stat. 34; Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(b)(4), 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-13.             June 20, 1949, ch.
                                                    226, Sec.  204, 63
                                                    Stat. 207.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``at the end of 10 calendar days . . . 
it is'' are substituted for ``before the expiration of ten calendar days 
. . . it shall then (but not before) be''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``A motion to discharge'' are 
substituted for ``Such motion''.
    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--Pub. L. 98-614 substituted ``75 calendar days'' for ``45 
calendar days''.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-17 substituted provisions deeming the committee 
discharged from further consideration of a resolution where that 
committee has not reported the resolution within 45 days of continuous 
session of Congress after the resolution's introduction for provisions 
permitting a motion to discharge a committee where the committee 
considering a resolution has not reported the resolution within 20 
calendar days after the resolution's introduction, provisions permitting 
a motion to discharge to be made only by an individual favoring the 
resolution and limiting debate to 1 hour, and provisions prohibiting a 
renewal of a motion to discharge where the original motion was agreed to 
or disagreed to or the making of another motion with respect to a 
resolution from the same reorganization plan.
    1971--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-179 substituted ``20 calendar days'' 
for ``10 calendar days''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 908, 909, 912 of this title.
