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UNLIKE ITS 1946 PREDECESSOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1970 DID NOT RADICALLY RESTRUCTURE THE ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS. INSTEAD IT PROPOSED REMEDIES TO SOME OF THAT ACT'S DEFECTS AND DEALT WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS THAT HAD EMERGED OR BECOME MORE CRITICAL SINCE 1946. CONGRESS LATER WEAKENED OR ABANDONED SOME OF THE ACT'S PROVISIONS BUT EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF MANY MANY MORE, ESPECIALLY THOSE CURBING THE POWERS OF HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRS. IT REACTED TO THE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACT'S ANTISECRECY PROVISIONS IN WAYS THAT HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY NEGATED THEIR INTENT.