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2 U.S.C. § 5571 — Office of General Counsel of House; administrative provisions

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2 U.S.C. § 5571 — Office of General Counsel of House; administrative provisions

**(a) Compliance with admission requirements** The General Counsel of the House of Representatives and any other counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the House of Representatives, including any counsel specially retained by the Office of General Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of performing the counsel’s functions, to enter an appearance in any proceeding before any court of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof without compliance with any requirements for admission to practice before such court, except that the authorization conferred by this subsection shall not apply with respect to the admission of any such person to practice before the United States Supreme Court. **(b) Notification by Attorney General** The Attorney General shall notify the General Counsel of the House of Representatives as required by [section 530D of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section530D&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) General Counsel definition** In this section, the term “General Counsel of the House of Representatives” means— (1) the head of the Office of General Counsel established and operating under clause 8 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives; (2) the head of any successor office to the Office of General Counsel which is established after September 29, 1999; and (3) any other person authorized and directed in accordance with the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide legal assistance and representation to the House in connection with the matters described in this section. **(d) Effective date** The provisions of this section shall become effective beginning with September 29, 1999.

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2 U.S.C. § 130f — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 130f was editorially reclassified as [section 5571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5571&num=0&edition=prelim).

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28 U.S.C. § 530D — Report on enforcement of laws

**(a) Report.—** (1) **In general.—** — The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a report of any instance in which the Attorney General or any officer of the Department of Justice— (A) establishes or implements a formal or informal policy to refrain— (i) from enforcing, applying, or administering any provision of any Federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law whose enforcement, application, or administration is within the responsibility of the Attorney General or such officer on the grounds that such provision is unconstitutional; or (ii) within any judicial jurisdiction of or within the United States, from adhering to, enforcing, applying, or complying with, any standing rule of decision (binding upon courts of, or inferior to those of, that jurisdiction) established by a final decision of any court of, or superior to those of, that jurisdiction, respecting the interpretation, construction, or application of the Constitution, any statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law whose enforcement, application, or administration is within the responsibility of the Attorney General or such officer; (B) determines— (i) to contest affirmatively, in any judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, the constitutionality of any provision of any Federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law; or (ii) to refrain (on the grounds that the provision is unconstitutional) from defending or asserting, in any judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, the constitutionality of any provision of any Federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law, or not to appeal or request review of any judicial, administrative, or other determination adversely affecting the constitutionality of an

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2 U.S.C. § 288k — Attorney General relieved of responsibility

**(a)** Upon receipt of written notice that the Counsel has undertaken, pursuant to [section 288c(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section288c/a&num=0&edition=prelim), to perform any representational service with respect to any designated party in any action or proceeding pending or to be instituted, the Attorney General shall— (1) be relieved of any responsibility with respect to such representational service; (2) have no authority to perform such service in such action or proceeding except at the request or with the approval of the Senate; and (3) transfer all materials relevant to the representation authorized under [section 288c(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section288c/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to the Counsel, except that nothing in this subsection shall limit any right of the Attorney General under existing law to intervene or appear as amicus curiae in such action or proceeding. **(b)** The Attorney General shall notify Counsel as required by [section 530D of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section530D&num=0&edition=prelim).

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2 U.S.C. § 5571 — Office of General Counsel of House; ad-

Page 621 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 5571 (1) provide support services, such as accom- modations, training, and professional develop- ment, to interns of offices of the House of Rep- resentatives; (2) serve as a center for resources and best practices for the recruitment, hiring, training, and use of interns by offices of the House of Representatives; and (3) gather demographic and other data about interns of offices of the House of Representa- tives. (c) Addressing inequities in access to internships In carrying out its duties, the Office shall con- sider inequities in access to internships in of- fices of the House of Representatives, and shall consider the viability of establishing an intern stipend program for interns from underrep- resented backgrounds, including those who at- tend Historically Black Colleges and Univer- sities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and other Minority Serving Institutions described in sec- tion 1067q(a) of title 20. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. (e) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year. (Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 113, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4922.) SUBCHAPTER IV—CLERK § 5561. Reporters for House of Representatives No person shall be employed as a reporter for the House of Representatives without the ap- proval of the Speaker. (R.S. § 54.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 84a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 54 derived from act Apr. 2, 1872,

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