2 USC § 133 - Joint Committee during recess of Congress

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title: "2 USC § 133 - Joint Committee during recess of Congress"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "133"
section_name: "Joint Committee during recess of Congress"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 141, § 2, 22 Stat. 592; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.)"
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# § 133. Joint Committee during recess of Congress

The portion of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library on the part of the Senate remaining in office as Senators shall during the recess of Congress exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred by law upon the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 141, § 2, 22 Stat. 592; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1946—Act , changed composition of Joint Committee. See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1946 Amendment

Amendment by act , effective , see section 245 of that act, set out as a note under .