(a) 
         A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         In an absence of brief duration of its Chairman, the Committee may designate a public member to preside at any meeting thereof. In case of an extended absence, the Secretary of Labor or his delegate shall appoint a public member to preside.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [38 FR 28934, Oct. 18, 1973, as amended at 48 FR 23185, May 24, 1983]