2 U.S.C. § 282d — Official mail matter

Page 120 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 282c ‘‘(2) the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019].’’ INCREASES IN COMPENSATION Increases in compensation for House officers and em- ployees under authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967 (Pub. L. 90–206), Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–656), and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (Pub. L. 100–202), see sections 4531 and 4532 of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out as notes under those sections. § 282c. Expenditures In accordance with policies and procedures ap- proved by the Speaker, the Legislative Counsel may make such expenditures as may be nec- essary or appropriate for the functioning of the Office. (Pub. L. 91–510, title V, § 524, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1203.) § 282d. Official mail matter The Legislative Counsel may send the official mail matter of the Office as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39. (Pub. L. 91–510, title V, § 525, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1203; Pub. L. 92–51, § 101, July 9, 1971, 85 Stat. 132.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1971—Pub. L. 92–51 substituted provision for Legisla- tive Counsel to send official mail matter of the Office as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39, for former provision granting the Office the same privilege of free transmission of official mail matter as other offices of the United States Government. § 282e. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be nec- essary to carry out this subchapter and to in- crease the efficiency of the Office and the qual- ity of the services which it provides. (Pub. L. 91–510, title V, § 526, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1203.) CHAPTER 9A—OFFICE OF LAW REVISION COUNSEL Sec. 285. Establishment. 285a. Purpose and policy. 285b. Functions. 285c. Law Revision Counsel. 285d. Staff; Deputy Law Revision Counsel; delega- tion of functions. 285e. Compensation. 285f. Expenditures. 285g. Availability of applicable accounts of House. § 285. Establishment There is established in the House of Rep- resentatives an office to be known as the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, referred to herein- after in this chapter as the ‘‘Office’’. (Pub. L. 93–554, title I, ch. III, § 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1777.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is based on section 205(a) of House Resolution No. 988, Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 93–554. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 93–554, title I, ch. III, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1777, provided that the enactment of House Resolution No. 988, Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, into perma- nent law is effective on Jan. 2, 1975. This chapter is de- rived from enactment into permanent law of section 205 of House Resolution No. 988. § 285a. Purpose and policy The principal purpose of the Office shall be to develop and keep current an official and positive codification of the laws of the United States. The Office shall maintain impartiality as to issues of legislative policy to be determined by the House. (Pub. L. 93–554, title I, ch. III, § 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1777.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is based on section 205(b) of House Resolution No. 988, Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 93–554. § 285b. Functions The functions of the Office shall be as follows: (1) To prepare, and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary one title at a time, a com- plete compilation, restatement, and revision of the general and permanent laws of the United States which conforms to the under- stood policy, intent, and purpose of the Con- gress in the original enactments, with such amendments and corrections as will remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imper- fections both of substance and of form, sepa- rately stated, with a view to the enactment of each title as positive law. (2) To examine periodically all of the public laws enacted by the Congress and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary recommenda- tions for the repeal of obsolete, superfluous, and superseded provisions contained therein. (3) To prepare and publish periodically a new edition of the United States Code (including those titles which are not yet enacted into positive law as well as those titles which have been so enacted), with annual cumulative sup- plements reflecting newly enacted laws. (4) To classify newly enacted provisions of law to their proper positions in the Code where the titles involved have not yet been enacted into positive law. (5) To prepare and submit periodically such revisions in the titles of the Code which have been enacted into positive law as may be nec- essary to keep such titles current. (6) To prepare and publish periodically new editions of the District of Columbia Code, with annual cumulative supplements reflecting newly enacted laws, through publication of