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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 10 — Classification of Employees of House of Representatives

§ 301. Preservation of existing appointing authorities

Statutory text

This chapter shall not be held or considered to change or otherwise affect—

(1)

any authority to establish positions under the House of Representatives which are not within the purview of this chapter, or

(2)

any authority to make appointments to positions under the House of Representatives, irrespective of whether such positions are within the purview of this chapter.

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. House Employees Position Classification Act

    Pub. L. 88–652 § 12 · 78 Stat. 1079

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 301

    (Pub. L. 88–652, § 12, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 88–652, § 12, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 12. preservation of appointing authorities This Act shall not be held or considered to change or otherwise affect— (1) any authority to establish positions under the House of Representatives which are not within the purview of this Act, or (2) any authority to make appointments to positions under the House of Representatives, irrespective of whether such positions are within the purview of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, , 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 17 of Pub. L. 88–652, set out as a note under section 291 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 88–652, § 12, , 78 Stat. 1083.)

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