Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 9 — Office of Legislative Counsel
§ 272. Legislative Counsel
Statutory text
The Legislative Counsel shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, without reference to political affiliations and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of the office.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 65–18 · 40 Stat. 84
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 272
Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, title XIII, § 1303(a), (d), 40 Stat. 1141
Source evidence
Code source credit
Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, title XIII, § 1303(a), (d), 40 Stat. 1141
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Provisions authorizing appointment of a legislative counsel for the House of Representatives by the Speaker were omitted in view of nonapplicability of section to Speaker, employee, etc., of the House of Representatives pursuant to section 531 of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as a note under section 281 of this title. See section 282 of this title for provisions authorizing appointment, etc., of Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives.
Amendments
1941—Act , substituted “President pro tempore of the Senate” for “President of the Senate.”
Credits
1919–1941 · 3 acts
- 1919Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, title XIII, § 1303(a), (d), 40 Stat. 1141
- 1924June 2, 1924, ch. 234, title XI, § 1101, 43 Stat. 353
- 1941Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412, title VI, § 602, 55 Stat. 726.
Show as published
(Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, title XIII, § 1303(a), (d), 40 Stat. 1141; June 2, 1924, ch. 234, title XI, § 1101, 43 Stat. 353; Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412, title VI, § 602, 55 Stat. 726.)