§ 288g. Advisory and other functions

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “of the”.

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.

1. 1978

   An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes

   Pub. L. 95–521 title VII § 708 · 92 Stat. 1824

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 288g

   Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 708, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1880

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 708, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1880

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 708. advisory and other functions (a) The Counsel shall advise, consult, and cooperate with— (1) the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia with respect to any criminal proceeding for contempt of Congress certified by the President pro tempore of the Senate pursuant to section 104 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 194); (2) the committee of the Senate with the responsibility to identify any court proceeding or action which is of vital interest to the Senate; (3) the Comptroller General, the General Accounting Office, the Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate, and the Congressional Research Service, except that none of the responsibilities and authority assigned by this title to the Counsel shall be construed to affect or infringe upon any functions, powers, or duties of the aforementioned; (4) any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate not represented under section 704 with regard to obtaining private legal counsel for such Member, officer, or employee; (5) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Secretary of Senate, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and the Parliamentarian of the Senate, regarding any subpena, order, or request for withdrawal of papers presented to the Senate which raises a question of the privileges of the Senate; and (6) any committee or subcommittee of the Senate in promulgating and revising their rules and procedures for the use of congressional investigative powers and with respect to questions which may arise in the course of any investigation. (b) The Counsel shall compile and maintain legal research files of Legal research files, compilation and maintenance. materials from court proceedings which have involved Congress, a House of Congress, an office or agency of Congress, or any committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee of Congress. Public court papers and other research memoranda which do not contain information of a confidential or privileged nature shall be made available to the public consistent with any applicable procedures set forth in such rules of the Senate as may apply and the interests of the Senate. (c) The Counsel shall perform such other duties consistent with the purposes and limitations of this title as the Senate may direct.

2. 2004

   GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811

   Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 288g(a)(3)

   Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) References.— Any reference to the General Accounting Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government Accountability Office.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision