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Representatives Daniel B. Crane, Republican of Illinois, and Gerry E. Studds, Democrat of Massachusetts, were formally censured by the House in the sex scandal. On July 20, 1983, the two were required to stand in the well of the House chamber and listen to the charges against them, which they did not dispute.
Mr. Crane, who lost his bid for re-election, was censured for having had sexual relations with a 17-year-old female House page. Mr. Studds, who went on to serve in the House until January 1997, was censured for having had sexual relations with a 17-year-old male page on a trip to Europe during a summer Congressional recess.
In the aftermath of the scandal, the minimum age for pages was raised to 16 from 14. Tighter supervision measures were put in place, including a dormitory just blocks from the Capitol, where pages are required to live and attend classes.
Lawmakers moved to create the Page Board, a bipartisan panel that oversees the program.
Representative John Shimkus, a Republican from Illinois who heads the five-member board, had been looking into the case against Mr. Foley. But he kept the matter closely held. The Democrat on the board, Representative Dale E. Kildee of Michigan, said he had not learned of the episode until Friday, the day Mr. Foley resigned.
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