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2 U.S.C. § 288a — Senate Joint Leadership Group

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2 U.S.C. § 288a — Senate Joint Leadership Group

**(a) Accountability of Office** The Office shall be directly accountable to the Joint Leadership Group in the performance of the duties of the Office. **(b) Membership** For purposes of this chapter, the Joint Leadership Group shall consist of the following Members: (1) The President pro tempore (or if he so designates, the Deputy President pro tempore) of the Senate. (2) The majority and minority leaders of the Senate. (3) The Chairman and ranking minority Member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (4) The Chairman and ranking minority Member of the committee of the Senate which has jurisdiction over the contingent fund of the Senate. **(c) Assistance of Secretary of Senate** The Joint Leadership Group shall be assisted in the performance of its duties by the Secretary of the Senate.

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2 U.S.C. § 5504 — Officers of Senate

[Section 5503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5503&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to officers of the Senate.

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2 U.S.C. § 288 — Office of Senate Legal Counsel

**(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. (3) (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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28 U.S.C. § 1364 — Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families

**(a)** The district courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, of any civil action commenced by any person against an insurer who by contract has insured an individual, who is, or was at the time of the tortious act or omission, a member of a mission (within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Diplomatic Relations Act ([22 U.S.C. 254a(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section254a/3&num=0&edition=prelim))) or a member of the family of such a member of a mission, or an individual described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, against liability for personal injury, death, or damage to property. **(b)** Any direct action brought against an insurer under subsection (a) shall be tried without a jury, but shall not be subject to the defense that the insured is immune from suit, that the insured is an indispensable party, or in the absence of fraud or collusion, that the insured has violated a term of the contract, unless the contract was cancelled before the claim arose.

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2 U.S.C. § 288a — Senate Joint Leadership Group

Page 125 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 288b with respect to all communications between them and any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate. (Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 701, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1875; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(3)(I), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2776.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1), (d), and (e), was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title VII of Pub. L. 95–521, which enacted this chapter, section 5504 of this title, and section 1364 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and amended sections 3210, 3216, and 3219 of Title 39, Postal Service. For complete classification of title VII to the Code, see Tables. AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 116–94, § 212(a)(3)(I)(i), struck out par. (4) which read as follows: ‘‘The Counsel shall receive compensation at a rate equal to the an- nual rate of basic pay for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5. The Deputy Counsel shall receive compensation at a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu- tive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.’’ Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 116–94, § 212(a)(3)(I)(ii), struck out ‘‘The compensation fixed for each Assistant Coun- sel shall not be in excess of a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5.’’ before ‘‘Any selection’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2019 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 116–94 effective on the later of the first day of the first applicable pay period begin- ning on or after Jan. 1, 2020, or the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after Dec. 20, 2019, see section 212(c) of Pub. L. 116

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