Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 2 — Organization of Congress
§ 28. Parliamentary precedents of House of Representatives
Statutory text
Periodic compilation; other useful materials; index digest; date of completion
The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and publication of the parliamentary precedents of the House authorized by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; Public Law 89–90), and at the beginning of each fifth fiscal year thereafter, shall commence the compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives, together with such other materials as may be useful in connection therewith, and an index digest of such precedents and other materials. Each such compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House shall be completed by the close of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which such work is commenced.
Form, number, and distribution of compilation
As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other materials and index digest shall be printed on pages of such size, and in such type and format, as the Parliamentarian may determine and shall be printed in such numbers and for such distribution as may be provided by law enacted prior to printing.
Appointment and compensation of personnel; utilization of services of personnel of Federal agencies
For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and preparation, the Parliamentarian may—
subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as employees of the House of Representatives) clerical and other personnel and fix their respective rates of pay; and
utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Publishing 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.
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–510 title III § 331 · 84 Stat. 1140
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 28
Pub. L. 91–510, title III, § 331, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1186
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–510, title III, § 331, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1186Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 331. periodic compilation of parliamentary precedents of the house of representatives (a) The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and publication of the parliamentary precedents of the House authorized by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; Public Law 89–90), and at the beginning of each fifth fiscal year thereafter, shall commence the compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives, together with such other materials as may be useful in connection therewith, and an index digest of such precedents and other materials. Each such compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House shall be completed by the close of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which such work is commenced. (b) As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other materials and index digest shall be printed on pages of such size, and in such type and format, as the Parliamentarian may determine and shall be printed in such numbers and for such distribution as may be provided by law enacted prior to printing. (c) For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and preparation, the Parliamentarian may— (1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as employees of the House of Representatives) clerical and other personnel and fix their respective rates of pay; and (2) utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 89–90, , 79 Stat. 265. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in subsec. (c)(2) on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Effective Date
Section effective immediately prior to noon on , see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.
Credits
1970–2014 · 2 acts
- 1970Pub. L. 91–510, title III, § 331, , 84 Stat. 1186
- 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), , 128 Stat. 2537.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 91–510, title III, § 331, , 84 Stat. 1186; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), , 128 Stat. 2537.)