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2 U.S.C. § 275 — Functions

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2 U.S.C. § 275 — Functions

The Office of the Legislative Counsel shall aid in drafting public bills and resolutions or amendments thereto on the request of any committee of the Senate but the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may determine the preference, if any, to be given to such requests of the committees. The Legislative Counsel shall, from time to time, prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of the work of the Office for the committees, subject to the approval of such Committee on Rules and Administration.

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2 U.S.C. § 281b — Functions

The functions of the Office shall be as follows: (1) Upon request of the managers on the part of the House at any conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, to advise and assist the managers on the part of the House in the course of the conference, and to assist the committee of conference in the preparation of the conference report and any accompanying explanatory statement. (2) Upon request of any committee of the House, or any joint committee having authority to report legislation to the House, to advise and assist the committee in the consideration of any legislation before it, and to assist the committee in the preparation of drafts of any such legislation, amendments thereto, and reports thereon. (3) Upon request of any Member having control of time during the consideration of any legislation by the House, to have in attendance on the floor of the House not more than two members of the staff of the Office (and, in his discretion, the Legislative Counsel) to advise and assist such Member and, to the extent feasible, any other Member, in the course of such consideration. (4) Upon request of any Member, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Legislative Counsel may impose with the approval of the Speaker on the proportion of the resources of the Office which may be devoted to the requests of any one Member, to prepare drafts of legislation and to furnish drafting advice with respect to drafts of legislation prepared by others. (5) At the direction of the Speaker, to perform on behalf of the House of Representatives any legal services which are within the capabilities of the Office and the performance of which would not be inconsistent with the provisions of [section 281a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-pre

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2 U.S.C. § 281 — Establishment

There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Office of the Legislative Counsel, referred to hereinafter in this subchapter as the “Office”.

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2 U.S.C. § 275 — Functions

Page 117 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 276b of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate may be des- ignated as Senior Counsel, whose compensation shall be $15,500 gross per annum each.’’ ADDITIONAL SENIOR COUNSEL Pub. L. 95–391, title I, § 102, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 771, provided that: ‘‘Effective October 1, 1978, the number of employees in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate who may be designated as, and receive the compensation of, a Senior Counsel is increased to five.’’ Pub. L. 88–248, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 804, provided in part: ‘‘That effective July 1, 1963, one additional em- ployee in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate may be designated as Senior Counsel, and the compensation of the additional employee so designated shall be equal to the gross per annum rate presently authorized for other employees so designated.’’ INCREASES IN COMPENSATION OF FOUR SENIOR COUNSELS Pub. L. 94–59, title I, § 105, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 275, eff. July 1, 1975, which provided in part that the four Senior Counsels in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall each be paid at an annual rate of compensation of $39,000, was repealed by Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(3)(A), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2775. Pub. L. 93–371, § 4, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 429, eff. July 1, 1974, provided in part that the four Senior Counsels in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall each be paid at an annual rate of compensation of $37,620. 1974 ADJUSTMENT IN COMPENSATION NOT TO SUPERSEDE ADJUSTMENTS IN COMPENSATION OR LIMITATIONS BY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE Adjustment in compensation by Pub. L. 93–371 not to supersede order of President pro tempore of the Senate authorizing higher rate of compens

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