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SENATE COMMITTEE RULES FOR THE 93RD CONGRESS
REGARDING BROADCAST OF HEARINGS

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Broadcasting of Hearings.

(a) Broadcasting

of open hearings by television or radio coverage
shall be allowed upon approval by the chairman of
a request filed with the chief counsel not later
than noon of the day before the day on which such
coverage is desired.

(b) If such approval is granted, broadcasting
coverage of the hearing shall be conducted unob-
trusively and in accordance with the standards of
dignity, propriety, courtesy and decorum tradition-
ally observed by the Senate.

(c) Equipment necessary for coverage by tele-
vision and radio media shall not be installed in,
or removed from, the hearing room while the committee
is in session.

(d) Additional lighting may be installed in the
hearing room by the media in order to raise the
ambient lighting level to the lowest level necessary
to provide adequate television coverage of the
hearing at the then current state of the art of
television coverage.

(e) The additional lighting authorized by sub-
section (d) of this rule shall not be directed into
the eyes of any member of the committee or of any
witness, and at the request of any such member or
witness, offending lighting shall be extinguished.

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SENATE COMMITTEE RULES FOR THE 93RD CONGRESS
REGARDING BROADCAST OF HEARINGS

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(f) No witness shall be required to be photographed at any hearing or to give testimony while the broadcasting (or coverage) of that hearing is being conducted. At the request of any such witness who does not wish to be subjected to radio or television coverage, all equipment used for coverage shall be turned off.

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C. Radio, television, and photography. The Committee, or any subcommittee thereof, may permit the proceedings of hearings which are open to the public to be photographed and broadcast by radio, television or both, subject to such conditions as the committee, or subcommittee, may impose. (Sec. 133A(b), Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended.)

Rule 10. During open public hearings, photographers and other reporters using mechanical recording or filming devices shall position their equipment in such fashion as will not interfere with the seating or vision of Committee Members or staff on the dais, nor with the orderly process of the hearing.

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SENATE COMMITTEE RULES FOR THE 93RD CONGRESS REGARDING BROADCAST OF HEARINGS

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Meetings of the Committee shall be open to the press except (1) executive meetings to consider nominations for public office, or (2) when otherwise directed by the Chairman or majority vote of members present. The Chairman may grant or deny the privilege of broadcasting meetings of the full Committee. The Chairman of any subcommittee shall have the same power with respect to such subcommittee.

Public hearings of the Committee, or any Subcommittee thereof, shall be televised or broadcast, or recorded for television or broadcast, only when authorized by the Chairman, acting through the Chief Clerk. During public hearings, photographers and other reporters using mechanical recording or filming devices shall position and use their equipment in such fashion as will not interfere with the seating, vision, or hearing of Committee Members or Staff on the dais, nor with the orderly process of the hearing.

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2-20-73

No rule.

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SENATE COMMITTEE RULES FOR THE 93RD CONGRESS
REGARDING BROADCAST OF HEARINGS

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5.

34. Whenever the chairman so permits, any committee
hearing that is open to the public may be covered, in
whole or in part, by television broadcast, radio
broadcast, and still photography or by any other media
coverage, provided that such coverage is orderly and
unobtrusive.
35.
The coverage of any hearing of the committee
by television, radio, or still photography shall be
under the direct supervision of the chairman, who
may for good cause terminate such media coverage
in whole or in part, or take such other action as
the circumstances may warrant.

36. A witness may request, on grounds of distraction,
harassment, or physical discomfort, that during his
testimony, television, motion picture, and other
cameras and lights shall not be directed at him, such
requests to be ruled on by the committee members present
at the hearing.

37.
No witness served a subpena by the committee
shall be required against his will to be photographed
at any hearing or to give evidence or testimony while
the broadcasting of that hearing, by radio or television,
is being conducted. At the request of such witness who
does not wish to be subjected to radio, television,
or still photography coverage, all lenses shall be

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SENATE COMMITTEE RULES FOR THE 93RD CONGRESS
REGARDING BROADCAST OF HEARINGS

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covered and all microphones used for coverage turned
off.
So far as is practicable, a witness desiring to
make such a request shall so inform the chief counsel
of the committee at least 24 hours prior to the time
that witness is scheduled to testify.

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Television, motion picture and other cameras and
lights will not be permitted to operate during a hearing.

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2-28-73

2-27-73

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