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2 U.S.C. § 288m — Contingent fund
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The expenses of the Office shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate in accordance with [section 6503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6503&num=0&edition=prelim), and upon vouchers approved by the Counsel.
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The expenses of the Office shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate in accordance with [section 6503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6503&num=0&edition=prelim), and upon vouchers approved by the Counsel.
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No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate unless sanctioned by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. Payments made upon vouchers or abstracts of disbursements of salaries approved by said Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government: Provided, That no payment shall be made from said contingent fund as additional salary or compensation to any officer or employee of the Senate.
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**(a) Establishment; appointment of Counsel and Deputy Counsel; Senate approval; reappointment; compensation**
(1) There is established, as an office of the Senate, the Office of Senate Legal Counsel (hereinafter referred to as the “Office”), which shall be headed by a Senate Legal Counsel (hereinafter referred to as the “Counsel”); and there shall be a Deputy Senate Legal Counsel (hereinafter referred to as the “Deputy Counsel”) who shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Counsel and who, during any absence, disability, or vacancy in the position of the Counsel, shall serve as Acting Senate Legal Counsel.
(2) The Counsel and the Deputy Counsel each shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from among recommendations submitted by the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Any appointment made under this paragraph shall be made without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. Any person appointed as Counsel or Deputy Counsel shall be learned in the law, a member of the bar of a State or the District of Columbia, and shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment during the term of such appointment.
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(A) Any appointment made under paragraph (2) shall become effective upon approval by resolution of the Senate. The Counsel and the Deputy Counsel shall each be appointed for a term of service which shall expire at the end of the Congress following the Congress during which the Counsel or Deputy Counsel, respectively, is appointed except that the Senate may, by resolution, remove either the Counsel or the Deputy Counsel prior to the termination of any term of service. The Counsel and the Deputy Counsel may be reappointed at the termination of
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 288l
or Solicitor General not to appeal any court decision
affecting the constitutionality of an Act or joint reso-
lution of Congress within such time as will enable the
Senate to direct the Counsel to intervene as a party in
such proceeding pursuant to section 288e of this title.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–7 effective as if included
in the enactment of the 21st Century Department of
Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Pub. L.
107–273, see section 110(c) of Pub. L. 108–7, set out as a
note under section 5571 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 3, 1979, see section 717 of Pub.
L. 95–521, set out as a note under section 288 of this
title.
§ 288l. Procedural provisions
(a) Intervention or appearance
Permission to intervene as a party or to ap-
pear as amicus curiae under section 288e of this
title shall be of right and may be denied by a
court only upon an express finding that such
intervention or appearance is untimely and
would significantly delay the pending action or
that standing to intervene has not been estab-
lished under section 2 of article III of the Con-
stitution of the United States.
(b) Compliance with admission requirements
The Counsel, the Deputy Counsel, or any des-
ignated Assistant Counsel or counsel specially
retained by the Office shall be entitled, for the
purpose of performing his functions under this
chapter, to enter an appearance in any pro-
ceeding before any court of the United States or
of a State or political subdivision thereof with-
out compliance with any requirement for admis-
sion to practice before such court, except that
the authorization conferred by this subsection
shall not a
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